Patents by Inventor Zihua Yang

Zihua Yang 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).

  • Publication number: 20240105351
    Abstract: A method for measuring drop time of a control rod cluster integrated with a rod position measurement device is provided, wherein the method is used to measure the drop time of each control rod cluster, and includes: Si, monitoring a voltage Ua of coils in Group A to capture a rod cluster drop signal; S2, searching a point (tmax, Vmax) with a maximum drop speed or with a local maximum drop speed; S3, retroactively calculating, from tmax, an end of a time period T4 when the control rod cluster starts to drop; S4, retroactively searching, from a minimum value point of a drop reference signal DROPref, a start of the time period T4 when the drop reference signal DROPref drops from a maximum value to 33% thereof; and S5, determining, from tmax forward, a time point t6 when a drop speed of the control rod cluster is lower than 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: NUCLEAR POWER OPERATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (NPRI)
    Inventors: Zhengke CHANG, Minghui ZHANG, Yuan HUANG, Ye TIAN, Shaohua XU, Xinxin LIU, Weijian ZHU, Yiming MA, Shengfeng XU, Bo CHAO, Ning TAO, Zihua YANG, Desong LANG, Qichao WANG
  • Patent number: 11904703
    Abstract: Provided is an electric vehicle driving mileage calculation method, comprising the following steps: calculate the energy consumption of a power battery of the electric vehicle per unit driving mileage; obtain the open-circuit voltage (OCv)-battery capacity (Q) reference curve of the power battery; obtain the OCv of the power battery; obtain the currently remaining available energy of the power battery according to the OCv and the OCv-Q reference curve of the power battery; calculate the driving mileage of the electric vehicle according to the energy consumption of the power battery per unit driving mileage and the currently remaining available energy of the power battery, whereby the driving mileage of the electric vehicle which is calculated is more accurate. Also disclosed is an electric-vehicle driving mileage calculation device and an electric vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Linwang Deng, Zihua Yang, Tianyu Feng, Chun Lv, Siqi Lin
  • Patent number: 11628743
    Abstract: Disclosed are an automobile, and a power battery pack equalization method and device, the method comprises the following steps: acquiring a high voltage inflection point of the charging curve of a battery cell of the power battery pack and acquiring the capacity of the battery cell according to the high voltage inflection point of the battery cell, and equalizing the battery cell according to the capacity of the battery cell. Hence, equalization management of the power battery pack can be realized, thereby improving the use ratio of the power battery pack and prolonging the service life of the power battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Tianyu Feng, Linwang Deng, Chun Lv, Siqi Lin, Zihua Yang
  • Patent number: 11346887
    Abstract: Provided is a method for calculating the SOH of a battery power pack. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring a charging curve of a cell of a battery power pack, and determining a current charging phase according to the charging curve, wherein the charging phase comprises a high voltage charging inflection point and a high voltage charging phase (S1); acquiring a battery pack power amount corresponding to the high voltage charging inflection point and a battery pack power amount corresponding to the high voltage charging phase (S2); calculating the remaining capacity of a cell according to the battery pack power amount corresponding to the high voltage charging inflection point and the battery pack power amount corresponding to the high voltage charging phase (S3); and calculating the SOH of the cell according to the remaining capacity (S4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: BYD Company Limited
    Inventors: Linwang Deng, Tianyu Feng, Chun Lv, Siqi Lin, Zihua Yang
  • Publication number: 20210018568
    Abstract: Provided is a method for calculating the SOH of a battery power pack. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring a charging curve of a cell of a battery power pack, and determining a current charging phase according to the charging curve, wherein the charging phase comprises a high voltage charging inflection point and a high voltage charging phase (S1); acquiring a battery pack power amount corresponding to the high voltage charging inflection point and a battery pack power amount corresponding to the high voltage charging phase (S2); calculating the remaining capacity of a cell according to the battery pack power amount corresponding to the high voltage charging inflection point and the battery pack power amount corresponding to the high voltage charging phase (S3); and calculating the SOH of the cell according to the remaining capacity (S4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Linwang Deng, Tianyu Feng, Chun Lv, Siqi Lin, Zihua Yang
  • Publication number: 20210016664
    Abstract: Provided is an electric vehicle driving mileage calculation method, comprising the following steps: calculate the energy consumption of a power battery of the electric vehicle per unit driving mileage; obtain the open-circuit voltage (OCv)-battery capacity (Q) reference curve of the power battery; obtain the OCv of the power battery; obtain the currently remaining available energy of the power battery according to the OCv and the OCv-Q reference curve of the power battery; calculate the driving mileage of the electric vehicle according to the energy consumption of the power battery per unit driving mileage and the currently remaining available energy of the power battery, whereby the driving mileage of the electric vehicle which is calculated is more accurate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Linwang Deng, Zihua Yang, Tianyu Feng, Chun Lv, Siqi Lin
  • Publication number: 20210016680
    Abstract: Disclosed are an automobile, and a power battery pack equalization method and device, the method comprises the following steps: acquiring a high voltage inflection point of the charging curve of a battery cell of the power battery pack and acquiring the capacity of the battery cell according to the high voltage inflection point of the battery cell, and equalizing the battery cell according to the capacity of the battery cell. Hence, equalization management of the power battery pack can be realized, thereby improving the use ratio of the power battery pack and prolonging the service life of the power battery pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Tianyu Feng, Linwang Deng, Chun Lv, Siqi Lin, Zihua Yang