Patent · US9895995B2 · B2 · US

Power management in electric vehicles

(11) Publication number

US9895995B2

(21) Application number

15/230,293

(22) Filing date

2016-08-05

(30) Priority date

2015-03-16

(43) Publication date

2018-02-20

(45) Date of grant

2018-02-20

(51) IPC

B60L 11/18; H01M 10/42

(52) CPC

B60L Propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles; supplying electric power for auxiliary equipment of electrically-propelled vehicles; electrodynamic brake systems for vehicles in general; magnetic suspension or levitation for vehicles; monitoring operating variables of electrically-propelled vehicles; electric safety devices for electrically-propelled vehicles: 53/00, 1/02, 11/1864, 3/0046, 3/12, 53/10, 53/12, 53/60, 53/66, 53/665, 58/12, 58/13, 58/21, 58/26
B29C Shaping or joining of plastics; shaping of material in a plastic state, not otherwise provided for; after-treatment of the shaped products, e.g. repairing: 65/002
B32B Layered products, i.e. products built-up of strata of flat or non-flat, e.g. cellular or honeycomb, form: 3/266, 7/04
B60H Arrangements of heating, cooling, ventilating or other air-treating devices specially adapted for passenger or goods spaces of vehicles: 1/00021, 1/00278, 1/00321, 1/00328, 1/00392, 1/00564, 1/00571, 1/143, 2001/00092, 2001/003
B60K Arrangement or mounting of propulsion units or of transmissions in vehicles; arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers in vehicles; auxiliary drives for vehicles; instrumentation or dashboards for vehicles; arrangements in connection with cooling, air intake, gas exhaust or fuel supply of propulsion units in vehicles: 11/04, 11/085
B60R Vehicles, vehicle fittings, or vehicle parts, not otherwise provided for: 2300/8006
C09J Adhesives; non-mechanical aspects of adhesive processes in general; adhesive processes not provided for elsewhere; use of materials as adhesives: 5/00
F16B Devices for fastening or securing constructional elements or machine parts together, e.g. nails, bolts, circlips, clamps, clips or wedges; joints or jointing: 11/00
F25B Refrigeration machines, plants or systems; combined heating and refrigeration systems; heat pump systems: 29/00
G06F Electric digital data processing: 3/005, 3/017
G06V Image or video recognition or understanding: 20/59, 40/23
H01M Processes or means, e.g. batteries, for the direct conversion of chemical energy into electrical energy: 10/4207, 10/425, 10/4257, 10/482, 10/486, 10/613, 10/625, 10/6557, 10/6563, 10/663, 2010/4271, 2010/4278, 2220/20
H02J Electric power networks; circuit arrangements or systems for supplying or distributing electric power; systems for storing electric energy: 7/56
Y02E Reduction of greenhouse gas [ghg] emissions, related to energy generation, transmission or distribution: 60/10
Y02T Climate change mitigation technologies related to transportation: 10/70, 10/7072, 90/12, 90/14, 90/16

(73) Assignee

THUNDER POWER NEW ENERGY VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT CO LTD

(72) Inventors

Dai yu ting

(54) Title

Power management in electric vehicles

(57) Abstract

Various techniques described herein relate to electric vehicle power management system for managing a plurality of battery modules in a battery pack. Such electric vehicle power management system may include a plurality of battery management systems corresponding to a plurality of battery modules, and an energy management system for managing the plurality of battery management systems. The energy management system and the plurality of battery management systems may adopt master-slave wireless communication, and may use a single wireless frequency channel or a plurality of assigned wireless frequency channels.

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An electric vehicle power management system for managing a plurality of battery modules, the electric vehicle power management system comprising: a plurality of battery management systems; and an energy management system comprising an energy management processor and an energy management communication module, wherein the energy management system is operatively connected to each battery management system via a unique wireless channel and is configured to: select a first wireless channel from a plurality of wireless channels, the selected first wireless channel corresponding to a unique wireless channel of a first selected battery management system; and transmit a first command to the first selected battery management system using the selected first wireless channel; and, wherein each of the plurality of battery management systems is configured to: receive commands from the energy management system transmitted via its respective unique wireless frequency channel; and upon receiving a command from the energy management system transmitted via its respective unique wireless frequency channel, process and respond to the received command; receive a response to the first command from the first selected battery management system; after receiving the response from the first selected battery management system, determine a second wireless frequency channel from the plurality of wireless frequency channels in the wireless data channel, the determined second wireless frequency channel corresponding to the unique wireless frequency channel of a second selected battery management system; transmit a second command to the second selected battery management system using the determined second wireless frequency channel; set a communication interval time; identify a finishing time, the finishing time being a time of termination of communications between the energy management system and the first selected battery management system, wherein the communication interval time is initiated after the finishing time; and transmit the second command to the second selected battery management system upon completion of the communication interval.
The electric vehicle power management system of claim 1, wherein the first command includes a unique address identifying the first selected battery management system.
The electric vehicle power management system of claim 1, wherein the first command does not include a unique identifier associated with the first selected battery management system.
The electric vehicle power management system of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of wireless channels corresponds to a unique battery management system address associated with one of the plurality of battery management systems.
The electric vehicle power management system of claim 1, wherein the energy management system is further configured to: before transmitting the first command to the first selected battery management system, transmit a verification signal; receive a response to the verification signal from the first selected battery management system; and determine whether there is an abnormality associated with the first selected battery management system based on the response received to the verification signal.
The electric vehicle power management system of claim 5, wherein the energy management system is further configured to: upon determining that there is an abnormality associated with the first selected battery management system, perform a fault diagnosis process.
The electric vehicle power management system of claim 1, further comprising: an external data bus connected to the energy management system, the external data bus configured to transmit communication data from the energy management system and to receive communication data for the energy management system, wherein the external data bus is configured for bidirectional communication with at least one of a vehicle control unit, a charging unit, or a user interface.
The electric vehicle power management system of claim 1, wherein the energy management system is configured to continuously and sequentially update an address identifying one of the plurality of battery management systems to be selected.
A method for managing a plurality of battery modules, the method being implemented by an electric vehicle power management system comprising a plurality of battery management systems and an energy management system comprising an energy management processor and an energy management communication module, wherein the energy management system is operatively connected to each battery management system via a unique wireless channel, the method comprising: selecting, by the energy management system, a first wireless channel from a plurality of wireless channels, the selected first wireless channel corresponding to a unique wireless channel of a first selected battery management system; transmitting, by the energy management system, a first command to the first selected battery management system using the selected first wireless channel; receiving, at each of the plurality of battery management systems, the commands from the energy management system transmitted via its respective unique wireless frequency channel; and upon receiving a command from the energy management system transmitted via its respective unique wireless frequency channel, at each of the plurality of battery management systems, process and respond to the received command receiving, by the energy management system, a response to the first command from the first selected battery management system; after receiving the response from the first selected battery management system, determining, by the energy management system, a second wireless frequency channel from the plurality of wireless frequency channels in the wireless data channel, the determined second wireless frequency channel corresponding to the unique wireless frequency channel of a second selected battery management system: transmitting, by the energy management system, a second command to the second selected battery management system using the determined second wireless frequency channel; setting, by the energy management system, a communication interval time; identify, by the energy management system, a finishing time, the finishing time being a time of termination of communications between the energy management system and the first selected battery management system, wherein the communication interval time is initiated after the finishing time; and transmit, by the energy management system, the second command to the second selected battery management system upon completion of the communication interval.
The method of claim 9, wherein the first command includes a unique address identifying the first selected battery management system.
The method of claim 9, wherein the first command does not include a unique identifier associated with the first selected battery management system.
The method of claim 9, wherein each of the plurality of wireless channels corresponds to a unique battery management system address associated with one of the plurality of battery management systems.
The method of claim 9, further comprising: before transmitting the first command to the first selected battery management system, transmitting, by the energy management system, a verification signal; receiving, by the energy management system, a response to the verification signal from the first selected battery management system; and determining, by energy management system, whether there is an abnormality associated with the first selected battery management system based on the response received to the verification signal.
The method of claim 13, further comprising: upon determining that there is an abnormality associated with the first selected battery management system, performing, by the energy management system, a fault diagnosis process.
The method of claim 9, further comprising continuously and sequentially updating, by the energy management system, an address identifying one of the plurality of battery management systems to be selected.

Description

The present invention relates to a power management systems for electric batteries, for example, batteries within electric vehicle motors and other electric devices.

Battery charging and power management technologies are an important part of the development of new electric battery-powered devices, such as electric vehicles. For example, a plurality of battery modules may be the power source of an electric vehicle and may play an important role in the operation of the electric vehicle. Effective management and monitoring of the battery may be a critical technology, and thus the battery management system becomes an essential part of the electric vehicle. Battery management systems in electric vehicles may monitor battery voltage, current, temperature, and other battery parameters and conditions necessary to ensure the effective operation of the battery. Such data may be stored and provided to various control circuits and systems within the battery pack and/or within the electric device (e.g., a vehicle control unit of an electric vehicle). In some cases, battery packs may use pluralities of replaceable battery modules, creating complications and difficulties for ongoing monitoring and management of the battery modules.

In view of the above, the present invention relates to power management systems for electric devices, such as electric vehicles. Certain aspects of the present invention relate to power management system for electric vehicle.

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    "1. An electric vehicle power management system for managing a plurality of battery modules, the electric vehicle power management system comprising: a plurality of battery management systems; and an energy management system comprising an energy management processor and an energy management communication module, wherein the energy management system is operatively connected to each battery management system via a unique wireless channel and is configured to: select a first wireless channel from a plurality of wireless channels, the selected first wireless channel corresponding to a unique wireless channel of a first selected battery management system; and transmit a first command to the first selected battery management system using the selected first wireless channel; and, wherein each of the plurality of battery management systems is configured to: receive commands from the energy management system transmitted via its respective unique wireless frequency channel; and upon receiving a command from the energy management system transmitted via its respective unique wireless frequency channel, process and respond to the received command; receive a response to the first command from the first selected battery management system; after receiving the response from the first selected battery management system, determine a second wireless frequency channel from the plurality of wireless frequency channels in the wireless data channel, the determined second wireless frequency channel corresponding to the unique wireless frequency channel of a second selected battery management system; transmit a second command to the second selected battery management system using the determined second wireless frequency channel; set a communication interval time; identify a finishing time, the finishing time being a time of termination of communications between the energy management system and the first selected battery management system, wherein the communication interval time is initiated after the finishing time; and transmit the second command to the second selected battery management system upon completion of the communication interval.",
    "2. The electric vehicle power management system of claim 1, wherein the first command includes a unique address identifying the first selected battery management system.",
    "3. The electric vehicle power management system of claim 1, wherein the first command does not include a unique identifier associated with the first selected battery management system.",
    "4. The electric vehicle power management system of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of wireless channels corresponds to a unique battery management system address associated with one of the plurality of battery management systems.",
    "5. The electric vehicle power management system of claim 1, wherein the energy management system is further configured to: before transmitting the first command to the first selected battery management system, transmit a verification signal; receive a response to the verification signal from the first selected battery management system; and determine whether there is an abnormality associated with the first selected battery management system based on the response received to the verification signal.",
    "6. The electric vehicle power management system of claim 5, wherein the energy management system is further configured to: upon determining that there is an abnormality associated with the first selected battery management system, perform a fault diagnosis process.",
    "7. The electric vehicle power management system of claim 1, further comprising: an external data bus connected to the energy management system, the external data bus configured to transmit communication data from the energy management system and to receive communication data for the energy management system, wherein the external data bus is configured for bidirectional communication with at least one of a vehicle control unit, a charging unit, or a user interface.",
    "8. The electric vehicle power management system of claim 1, wherein the energy management system is configured to continuously and sequentially update an address identifying one of the plurality of battery management systems to be selected.",
    "9. A method for managing a plurality of battery modules, the method being implemented by an electric vehicle power management system comprising a plurality of battery management systems and an energy management system comprising an energy management processor and an energy management communication module, wherein the energy management system is operatively connected to each battery management system via a unique wireless channel, the method comprising: selecting, by the energy management system, a first wireless channel from a plurality of wireless channels, the selected first wireless channel corresponding to a unique wireless channel of a first selected battery management system; transmitting, by the energy management system, a first command to the first selected battery management system using the selected first wireless channel; receiving, at each of the plurality of battery management systems, the commands from the energy management system transmitted via its respective unique wireless frequency channel; and upon receiving a command from the energy management system transmitted via its respective unique wireless frequency channel, at each of the plurality of battery management systems, process and respond to the received command receiving, by the energy management system, a response to the first command from the first selected battery management system; after receiving the response from the first selected battery management system, determining, by the energy management system, a second wireless frequency channel from the plurality of wireless frequency channels in the wireless data channel, the determined second wireless frequency channel corresponding to the unique wireless frequency channel of a second selected battery management system: transmitting, by the energy management system, a second command to the second selected battery management system using the determined second wireless frequency channel; setting, by the energy management system, a communication interval time; identify, by the energy management system, a finishing time, the finishing time being a time of termination of communications between the energy management system and the first selected battery management system, wherein the communication interval time is initiated after the finishing time; and transmit, by the energy management system, the second command to the second selected battery management system upon completion of the communication interval.",
    "10. The method of claim 9, wherein the first command includes a unique address identifying the first selected battery management system.",
    "11. The method of claim 9, wherein the first command does not include a unique identifier associated with the first selected battery management system.",
    "12. The method of claim 9, wherein each of the plurality of wireless channels corresponds to a unique battery management system address associated with one of the plurality of battery management systems.",
    "13. The method of claim 9, further comprising: before transmitting the first command to the first selected battery management system, transmitting, by the energy management system, a verification signal; receiving, by the energy management system, a response to the verification signal from the first selected battery management system; and determining, by energy management system, whether there is an abnormality associated with the first selected battery management system based on the response received to the verification signal.",
    "14. The method of claim 13, further comprising: upon determining that there is an abnormality associated with the first selected battery management system, performing, by the energy management system, a fault diagnosis process.",
    "15. The method of claim 9, further comprising continuously and sequentially updating, by the energy management system, an address identifying one of the plurality of battery management systems to be selected."
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