Patents by Inventor Shenzhi Tang
Shenzhi Tang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11108247Abstract: The present application discloses a method, apparatus, device and medium for equalization control of battery packs. The method may include: acquiring a voltage of each of a plurality of cells of the battery pack; on the condition that one or more voltages of the voltages of the plurality of cells are within a preset voltage interval, selecting a target State of Charge (SOC)-Open Circuit Voltage (OCV) curve from a charging SOC-OCV curve and a discharging SOC-OCV curve stored for the battery pack based on the voltages within the preset voltage interval; acquiring a target SOC of each cell based on the target SOC-OCV curve and the voltage of each cell; calculating, for each cell, a SOC difference between the target SOC of the cell and a reference SOC; calculating an equalizing time for each cell based on the SOC difference of each cell.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Shichao Li, Mingshu Du, Shenzhi Tang, Jian Ruan, Yanhua Lu, Wei Zhang
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Publication number: 20210208200Abstract: The present application provides a method and apparatus for correcting a state of charge. The method for correcting a state of charge comprises: determining an operating state of a battery cell, wherein the operating state comprises a discharging state or a charging state; and determining a corrected state of charge of the battery cell according to an acquired current open circuit voltage of the battery cell, an acquired current accumulative capacity of the battery cell, an accumulative capacity correspondence relationship corresponding to the operating state of the battery cell, and an open circuit voltage curve corresponding to a limit initial state of charge, wherein the accumulative capacity correspondence relationship comprises a correspondence relationship between a pre-measured open circuit voltage and an accumulative capacity threshold. A technical solution of the present application can be used to improve the accuracy of calculation of a state of charge.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2021Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Mingshu DU, Shichao LI, Shenzhi TANG, Li TAN, Yanhua LU, Wei ZHANG
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Patent number: 11047918Abstract: A method for correcting a SOH, an apparatus, a battery management system and a storage medium are provided. The method includes obtaining a relationship curve between a ratio of an accumulated charge/discharge capacity variation and a corresponding voltage-parameter variation of a battery cell and a voltage parameter itself; determining a valid peak point on the relationship curve; determining a SOH calibration value corresponding to voltage parameter datum at the valid peak point; correcting a current SOH according to the SOH calibration value. The estimation accuracy of the SOH can be improved according to this method.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2020Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Mingshu Du, Shichao Li, Jian Ruan, Shenzhi Tang, Yanhua Lu, Wei Zhang
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Publication number: 20210148981Abstract: This disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for determining available energy of a battery, a battery management system, and a storage medium, and relates to the field of battery technologies. The method includes: obtaining a DOD interval corresponding to a current SOC interval of the battery, and a cycle quantity and a cycle temperature that correspond to the DOD interval; obtaining recoverable energy information of the battery based on the DOD interval, the cycle quantity, and the cycle temperature; and determining current remaining available energy of the battery based on the recoverable energy information. For a battery with a recoverable attenuation capacity, the method, the apparatus, the battery management system, and the storage medium in this disclosure could help improve accuracy in estimating remaining available energy of the battery, thereby improving battery reliability, prolonging a service life of the battery, and enhancing user experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Jian RUAN, Mingshu Du, Shenzhi Tang, Shichao Li, Yanhua Lu, Wei Zhang
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Publication number: 20210141028Abstract: This disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for correcting a state of health of a battery, a battery management system, and a storage medium, and relates to the field of battery technologies. The method includes: determining whether a current voltage value of a battery cell is within a correction OCV section of the battery cell; if yes, using the current voltage value of the battery cell as a correction voltage value; and acquiring an SOC correction value, and correcting a state of health (SOH) of the battery cell. According to the method, the apparatus, the battery management system, and the storage medium in this disclosure, reliability of an SOH correction result is improved, thereby providing accurate estimation of the state of health of the battery, a prolonged service life of the battery, and better user experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2020Publication date: May 13, 2021Inventors: Mingshu Du, Shichao Li, Shenzhi Tang, Yanhua Lu, Wei Zhang
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Patent number: 10989759Abstract: The present application provides a method and apparatus for correcting a state of charge. The method for correcting a state of charge comprises: determining an operating state of a battery cell, wherein the operating state comprises a discharging state or a charging state; and determining a corrected state of charge of the battery cell according to an acquired current open circuit voltage of the battery cell, an acquired current accumulative capacity of the battery cell, an accumulative capacity correspondence relationship corresponding to the operating state of the battery cell, and an open circuit voltage curve corresponding to a limit initial state of charge, wherein the accumulative capacity correspondence relationship comprises a correspondence relationship between a pre-measured open circuit voltage and an accumulative capacity threshold. A technical solution of the present application can be used to improve the accuracy of calculation of a state of charge.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2020Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Mingshu Du, Shichao Li, Shenzhi Tang, Li Tan, Yanhua Lu, Wei Zhang
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Publication number: 20210116512Abstract: The present application provides a method and apparatus for correcting a state of charge. The method for correcting a state of charge comprises: determining an operating state of a battery cell, wherein the operating state comprises a discharging state or a charging state; and determining a corrected state of charge of the battery cell according to an acquired current open circuit voltage of the battery cell, an acquired current accumulative capacity of the battery cell, an accumulative capacity correspondence relationship corresponding to the operating state of the battery cell, and an open circuit voltage curve corresponding to a limit initial state of charge, wherein the accumulative capacity correspondence relationship comprises a correspondence relationship between a pre-measured open circuit voltage and an accumulative capacity threshold. A technical solution of the present application can be used to improve the accuracy of calculation of a state of charge.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Mingshu DU, Shichao LI, Shenzhi TANG, Li TAN, Yanhua LU, Wei ZHANG
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Publication number: 20210116513Abstract: This application discloses a method for correcting a SOH, an apparatus, a battery management system and a storage medium, where the method includes: obtaining a relationship curve between a ratio of an accumulated charge/discharge capacity variation and a corresponding voltage-parameter variation of a battery cell and a voltage parameter itself; determining a valid peak point on the relationship curve; determining a SOH calibration value corresponding to voltage parameter datum at the valid peak point; correcting a current SOH according to the SOH calibration value. The estimation accuracy of the SOH can be improved according to this application.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Mingshu DU, Shichao LI, Jian RUAN, Shenzhi TANG, Yanhua LU, Wei ZHANG
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Publication number: 20210083484Abstract: The present application discloses a method, apparatus, device and medium for equalization control of battery packs. The method may include: acquiring a voltage of each of a plurality of cells of the battery pack; on the condition that one or more voltages of the voltages of the plurality of cells are within a preset voltage interval, selecting a target State of Charge (SOC)-Open Circuit Voltage (OCV) curve from a charging SOC-OCV curve and a discharging SOC-OCV curve stored for the battery pack based on the voltages within the preset voltage interval; acquiring a target SOC of each cell based on the target SOC-OCV curve and the voltage of each cell; calculating, for each cell, a SOC difference between the target SOC of the cell and a reference SOC; calculating an equalizing time for each cell based on the SOC difference of each cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Shichao LI, Mingshu DU, Shenzhi TANG, Jian RUAN, Yanhua LU, Wei ZHANG
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Publication number: 20210041503Abstract: A method and apparatus for correcting a state of charge (SOC) is provided. The method includes: acquiring state data of a battery cell in a case where the battery cell meets a preset standing condition, wherein the state data includes: current and voltage data, the preset standing condition is that the current in the state data is less than a preset current threshold, wherein a length of the voltage data in the state data is greater than a preset length; calculating an estimated steady-state Open Circuit Voltage (OCV) value according to the state data, under a condition that a change value of the voltage data in the state data is greater than a preset change threshold; determining a SOC correction value corresponding to the estimated steady-state OCV value; and correcting a current SOC by using the SOC correction value corresponding to the estimated steady-state OCV value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Jian Ruan, Shichao Li, Mingshu Du, Shenzhi Tang, Yanhua Lu, Wei Zhang
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Publication number: 20200400750Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method, a device, a system, and a storage medium for SOC correction for a battery. The method includes determining a current OCV measurement value of the battery, and determining whether the current OCV measurement value is within a hysteresis voltage interval; determining, when the current OCV measurement value is within the hysteresis voltage interval, a charging SOC value corresponding to the current OCV measurement value in the charging state and a discharging SOC value corresponding to the current OCV measurement value in the discharging state; and determining, based on a SOC confidence interval determined from the charging SOC value and the discharging SOC value, a SOC correction target value to correct a current SOC value of the battery. The embodiments of the present disclosure may implement SOC correction for the battery having a hysteresis characteristic to improve estimation accuracy of the battery SOC.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Mingshu DU, Shichao LI, Shenzhi TANG, Jian RUAN, Yanhua LU, Wei ZHANG
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Patent number: 10871521Abstract: A method and apparatus for correcting a state of charge (SOC) is provided. The method includes: acquiring state data of a battery cell in a case where the battery cell meets a preset standing condition; determining, when a length of voltage data in the state data is greater than a first preset length and less than a second preset length, and a change value of the voltage data in the state data is greater than a preset change threshold, a first set of pending parameters of a predetermined near-steady-state battery model according to the state data; predicting, according to the first set of pending parameters, a second set of pending parameters of the predetermined near-steady-state battery model; calculating an estimated steady-state OCV value according to the second set of pending parameters; and determining a SOC correction value corresponding to the estimated steady-state OCV value to correct current SOC.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2020Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Jian Ruan, Shichao Li, Mingshu Du, Shenzhi Tang, Yanhua Lu, Wei Zhang
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Publication number: 20200371162Abstract: A method and apparatus for correcting a state of charge (SOC) is provided. The method includes: acquiring state data of a battery cell in a case where the battery cell meets a preset standing condition; determining, when a length of voltage data in the state data is greater than a first preset length and less than a second preset length, and a change value of the voltage data in the state data is greater than a preset change threshold, a first set of pending parameters of a predetermined near-steady-state battery model according to the state data; predicting, according to the first set of pending parameters, a second set of pending parameters of the predetermined near-steady-state battery model; calculating an estimated steady-state OCV value according to the second set of pending parameters; and determining a SOC correction value corresponding to the estimated steady-state OCV value to correct current SOC.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Jian RUAN, Shichao LI, Mingshu DU, Shenzhi TANG, Yanhua LU, Wei ZHANG
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Publication number: 20200371163Abstract: A method and apparatus for correcting a state of charge (SOC), a battery management system and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring state data of a battery cell in a case where the battery cell meets a preset standing condition; determining, according to the state data of the battery cell, a near-steady-state battery model for characterizing a change in an open circuit voltage (OCV) over time in a near-steady-state and a steady-state time period threshold for characterizing whether a standing time period is sufficient; processing the steady-state time period threshold by using the near-steady-state battery model to obtain an estimated steady-state OCV value; determining a SOC corresponding to the estimated steady-state OCV value by using a preset correspondence between steady-state OCVs and SOCs; and correcting a current SOC by using the SOC corresponding to the estimated steady-state OCV value.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Mingshu Du, Shichao Li, Jian Ruan, Shenzhi Tang, Yanhua Lu, Wei Zhang
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Publication number: 20200341073Abstract: A method, a device and a system for recovering recoverable faded capacity of a battery. The method includes determining the recoverable faded capacity of the battery, determining a corresponding lower limit of a battery parameter according to the recoverable faded capacity of the battery, and instructing a discharging device to discharge the battery to the corresponding lower limit of the battery parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Shenzhi TANG, Mingshu DU, Shichao LI, Jian RUAN
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Publication number: 20200341067Abstract: A method and device for determining an available capacity of a battery, a battery management system, and a storage medium, relating to the field of battery technologies. The method includes: obtaining the at least one DOD interval corresponding to the SOC interval of the operation of the battery, and the number of cycles and the cycle temperature corresponding to the at least one DOD interval; obtaining a recoverable amount of capacity fade of the battery according to the at least one DOD interval, the number of cycles and the cycle temperature, and determining an actual available capacity of the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Jian RUAN, Mingshu DU, Shenzhi TANG, Shichao LI, Yanhua LU, Wei ZHANG
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Method and apparatus for estimating a state of health of a battery pack and computer-readable medium
Patent number: 10620273Abstract: A method and apparatus for estimating a state of health of a battery pack and a computer-readable medium are provided, the method including: detecting changes of health indicators of every battery unit in the battery pack, determining whether the battery unit has a correction opportunity for a state of charge thereof during a predetermined period of time based on the detected changes of the health indicators, calculating corrected states of charge and one or more of cumulative changes in capacity between every two correction opportunities of a battery unit having two or more correction opportunities, obtaining a first estimated state of health of the battery unit having two or more correction opportunities based on the above data and estimating the state of health of the battery pack based on the first estimated state of health of the battery unit having two or more correction opportunities.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2018Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Shenzhi Tang, Yanhua Lu -
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING A STATE OF HEALTH OF A BATTERY PACK AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM
Publication number: 20180348304Abstract: A method and apparatus for estimating a state of health of a battery pack and a computer-readable medium are provided, the method including: detecting changes of health indicators of every battery unit in the battery pack, determining whether the battery unit has a correction opportunity for a state of charge thereof during a predetermined period of time based on the detected changes of the health indicators, calculating corrected states of charge and one or more of cumulative changes in capacity between every two correction opportunities of a battery unit having two or more correction opportunities, obtaining a first estimated state of health of the battery unit having two or more correction opportunities based on the above data and estimating the state of health of the battery pack based on the first estimated state of health of the battery unit having two or more correction opportunities.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Shenzhi Tang, Yanhua Lu