Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a storage battery, a storage battery controller, an electric power demand predictor, and a fuel cell controller. The fuel cell controller calculates a full-charge necessary electric power amount, which is an amount of electric power necessary for fully charging the storage battery, by using a residual capacity and a first time, which is a time that is immediately before a time at which electric power demand becomes maximum among time at which predicted electric power demand and a fuel cell output become equal to each other. The fuel cell controller calculates a fuel cell adjustment output by dividing the full-charge necessary electric power amount by time from a present time to the first time, and controls the fuel cell with the calculated fuel cell adjustment output.

Abstract: The power supply device is provided with: a battery pack that comprises a plurality of battery units each of which includes a battery, a first terminal and a second terminal; a capacitor connected in parallel with the battery pack; and a current adjusting circuit that includes a load and a switching device for controlling a current to the load and adjusts a current from the capacitor to the battery pack. When a battery that has reached an upper limit voltage is detected during charging the battery pack, between control for closing a first path that connects the first terminal to the positive side of the battery and control for opening a second path that connects the first terminal to the second terminal and negative side of the battery, the power supply device causes the current to flow to the load to adjust the current flowing to the battery pack.

Abstract: The power conversion device includes common DC buses, AC buses, DC connection terminals, AC connection terminals, N pairs of distributed power supply connection terminals, N DC/DC converters for transferring power between the common DC buses and the distributed power supply connection terminals, M DC/AC converters for transferring power between the AC buses and the common DC buses, and a control unit for controlling each converter on the basis of a high-order control command. The DC connection terminals are connected to the common DC buses and connected to an external DC power distribution grid, the AC connection terminals are connected to the AC buses and connected to an external AC power distribution grid, and the distributed power supply connection terminals are connected to the DC/DC converters and connected to external DC distributed power supplies.

Abstract: The power conversion device includes common DC buses, AC buses, DC connection terminals, AC connection terminals, N pairs of distributed power supply connection terminals, N DC/DC converters for transferring power between the common DC buses and the distributed power supply connection terminals, M DC/AC converters for transferring power between the AC buses and the common DC buses, and a control unit for controlling each converter on the basis of a high-order control command. The DC connection terminals are connected to the common DC buses and connected to an external DC power distribution grid, the AC connection terminals are connected to the AC buses and connected to an external AC power distribution grid, and the distributed power supply connection terminals are connected to the DC/DC converters and connected to external DC distributed power supplies.

Abstract: A method of estimating a state of charge of a lithium ion battery, which uses a lithium phosphate compound having an olivine-type crystal structure for a positive electrode and uses an active material exhibiting no potential fluctuation due to an insertion/desorption reaction of lithium for a negative electrode, based on a voltage change rate. The method includes: storing a map representing a correspondence relationship between the voltage change rate and the state of charge at a plurality of charging/discharging rates; obtaining a candidate for a present state of charge from an actually measured voltage change rate, by referring to the map; and obtaining the present state of charge through a comparison between the candidate for the state of charge obtained during the charging and the candidate for the state of charge obtained during the discharging.

Abstract: A method of estimating a state of charge of a lithium ion battery, which uses a lithium phosphate compound having an olivine-type crystal structure for a positive electrode and uses an active material exhibiting no potential fluctuation due to an insertion/desorption reaction of lithium for a negative electrode, based on a voltage change rate. The method includes: storing a map representing a correspondence relationship between the voltage change rate and the state of charge at a plurality of charging/discharging rates; obtaining a candidate for a present state of charge from an actually measured voltage change rate, by referring to the map; and obtaining the present state of charge through a comparison between the candidate for the state of charge obtained during the charging and the candidate for the state of charge obtained during the discharging.

Abstract: In a power supply system using various kinds of storage batteries such as a large capacity storage battery or a small capacity storage battery, an electric power path is complicated, which may increase failures such as a short circuit trouble. There is a problem in that, when a short circuit trouble between storage batteries occurs, damage to a smaller capacity storage battery is serious. Accordingly, in a power supply system according to the present invention, the relationship among voltages, current capacities, and electric power capacities of various kinds of storage batteries such as a large capacity storage battery or a small capacity storage battery is defined so that damage to the storage batteries may be minimized even when malfunction occurs in, for example, switching a switch, and energy transfers from a higher voltage storage device.

Abstract: In a power supply system using various kinds of storage batteries such as a large capacity storage battery or a small capacity storage battery, an electric power path is complicated, which may increase failures such as a short circuit trouble. There is a problem in that, when a short circuit trouble between storage batteries occurs, damage to a smaller capacity storage battery is serious. Accordingly, in a power supply system according to the present invention, the relationship among voltages, current capacities, and electric power capacities of various kinds of storage batteries such as a large capacity storage battery or a small capacity storage battery is defined so that damage to the storage batteries may be minimized even when malfunction occurs in, for example, switching a switch, and energy transfers from a higher voltage storage device.

Abstract: A charging control apparatus for a secondary battery, including a current control apparatus for, upon charging for a secondary battery from an electric generator regenerating kinetic energy as regenerative energy, performing control so as to suppress charging current for the secondary battery at a start of charging to a predetermined suppression rate with respect to charging current at the start of charging in the case that the charging current is not suppressed, and decrease the suppression rate as time elapses.

Abstract: A power storage device cell is configured such that a capacitor positive electrode and a lithium positive electrode are directly connected with each other; a second electrode layer is formed of a material including particles of phosphoric-acid-type lithium compound having an olivine-type structure; the third electrode layers are formed mainly of particles of lithium titanate; and a third collector foil is formed of an aluminum foil.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an energy storage device electrode in which breakage of electrode particles and warping of a collector are reduced, and internal resistance is lowered by lowering the contact resistance between the collector and an electrode layer. The method manufactures an electric double-layer capacitor electrode, and includes: forming a plurality of grooves that run in one direction in each of a front surface and rear surface of a collector foil; subsequently providing an electrode layer that includes plural electrode particles on each of the front surface and rear surface of the collector foil; and subsequently pressing the electrode layer toward the collector foil to move the plurality of electrode particles along the plurality of grooves until the plural electrode particles dig into the plurality of grooves.

Abstract: A power storage device cell is configured to include a capacitor positive electrode, a lithium positive electrode, and a common negative electrode in which electrode layers are formed on a collector foil in which penetration holes are formed, and such that the capacitor positive electrode and the lithium positive electrode are directly connected; each of the electrode layers of the common negative electrode is formed of a carbon-based material in which graphite particles and hard carbon particles are mixed, and the proportion of the hard carbon particles in the carbon-based material is from 5% by weight to 70% by weight.

Abstract: A cathode terminal includes a cathode collector foil connector connected to the blank of a cathode collector foil, a cathode terminal external lead-out portion, and an intra-cell cathode terminal radiator located between the cathode collector foil connector and the cathode terminal external lead-out portion and covering approximately half of one of the wide side surfaces of a flat-wound electrode portion. An anode terminal includes an anode collector foil connector connected to the blank of an anode collector foil, an anode terminal external lead-out portion, and an in-cell anode terminal radiator located between the anode collector foil connector and the anode terminal external lead-out portion and substantially covering a remaining portion of the one of the wider side surfaces of the flat-wound electrode portion.

Abstract: A charging control apparatus for a secondary battery, including a current control apparatus for, upon charging for a secondary battery from an electric generator regenerating kinetic energy as regenerative energy, performing control so as to suppress charging current for the secondary battery at a start of charging to a predetermined suppression rate with respect to charging current at the start of charging in the case that the charging current is not suppressed, and decrease the suppression rate as time elapses.

Abstract: The storage cell includes a flat roll electrode that includes a strip of positive electrode having a positive electrode current collector foil and a positive electrode layer formed thereon, a strip of negative electrode having an electrode current collector foil and a negative electrode layer formed, and a strip of electrically insulated separator, the strip of positive electrode and the strip of negative electrode being wound into a flat roll configuration with the strip of electrically insulated separator sandwiched therebetween; a sealed casing that hermetically seals the flat roll electrode impregnated with an electrolyte; a positive terminal and a negative terminal each electrically insulated from the sealed casing, connected to the positive current collector foil and the negative current collector foil, respectively.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric double-layer capacitor and a method for producing same capable of evenly and rapidly doping a negative electrode layer with lithium ions. The electric double-layer capacitor comprises: a positive electrode including a positive electrode layer formed on one surface of a positive electrode current collector; a negative electrode including a negative electrode layer formed on one surface of a negative electrode current collector; a first separator disposed between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer; and a second separator disposed between the positive electrode current collector and the negative electrode current collector, in which the negative electrode includes holes penetrating through the negative electrode current collector and reaching the negative electrode layer.

Abstract: A power storage device cell is configured such that a capacitor positive electrode and a lithium positive electrode are directly connected with each other; a second electrode layer is formed of a material including particles of phosphoric-acid-type lithium compound having an olivine-type structure; the third electrode layers are formed mainly of particles of lithium titanate; and a third collector foil is formed of an aluminum foil.

Abstract: A power storage device cell is configured to include a capacitor positive electrode, a lithium positive electrode, and a common negative electrode in which electrode layers are formed on a collector foil in which penetration holes are formed, and such that the capacitor positive electrode and the lithium positive electrode are directly connected; each of the electrode layers of the common negative electrode is formed of a carbon-based material in which graphite particles and hard carbon particles are mixed, and the proportion of the hard carbon particles in the carbon-based material is from 5% by weight to 70% by weight.

Abstract: An energy storage device cell includes: a capacitor cathode including a capacitor cathode collector foil, and a capacitor cathode electrode layer formed on one face of the capacitor cathode collector foil and containing microparticles of activated carbon; a first separator; a common anode including an anode collector foil having a through-hole, and an anode electrode layer formed on one face of the anode collector foil; a second separator; and a battery cathode including a battery cathode collector foil, and a battery cathode electrode layer formed on one face of the battery cathode collector foil and containing particles of a lithium-containing metal compound. The first separator is sandwiched by the capacitor cathode electrode layer and the anode electrode layer. The second separator is sandwiched by the anode collector foil and the battery cathode electrode layer.

Abstract: A cathode terminal includes a cathode collector foil connector connected to the blank of a cathode collector foil, a cathode terminal external lead-out portion, and an intra-cell cathode terminal radiator located between the cathode collector foil connector and the cathode terminal external lead-out portion and covering approximately half of one of the wide side surfaces of a flat-wound electrode portion. An anode terminal includes an anode collector foil connector connected to the blank of an anode collector foil, an anode terminal external lead-out portion, and an in-cell anode terminal radiator located between the anode collector foil connector and the anode terminal external lead-out portion and substantially covering a remaining portion of the one of the wider side surfaces of the flat-wound electrode portion.