Lg Chem, Ltd

Lg Energy Solution, Ltd.

Du-Seong Yoon

Jin-Hyung Lim

Won-Tae Joe

Jae-Hyun Lee

Ji-Hyun Kim

Gi-Min Nam

Yong-Seok Choi

Yoon-Jung Bae

Se-Wook Seo

Yo-Han Ko

Myung-Hwan Kim

Su-Hyun Chae

Su-Hyun Kim

Yong-Jun Kim

Hyeong-Seok Kim

Gwang-Hoon Jun

Jeong-Mi Choi

Dong-Wook Koh

A battery management apparatus and method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is directed to obtaining a positive electrode profile and a negative electrode profile for a battery cell in a non-destructive manner by appropriately adjusting a preset negative electrode profile. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, by using the battery profile and the adjusted negative electrode profile for the degraded battery cell, there is an advantage that the positive electrode profile of the degraded battery cell may be easily estimated in a non-destructive manner.

Battery management apparatus and method

An apparatus estimating a state of charge (SOC)-open circuit voltage (OCV) profile, including: a storage unit storing: a beginning of life (BOL) positive electrode (PE) half-cell SOC-OCV profile and available range (AR), a BOL negative electrode (NE) half-cell SOC-OCV profile and AR, and a BOL full-cell SOC-OCV profile and total capacity (TC), and a control unit estimating a full-cell SOC-OCV profile at middle of life (MOL), including: an AR determination module for: calculating an MOL full-cell TC while a secondary battery is fully charged/discharged at MOL, and determining the MOL PE and NE ARs so a ratio of the MOL to the BOL full-cell TCs equals a ratio of the MOL to the BOL PE ARs and a ratio of the MOL to the BOL NE ARs, and a profile management module for: estimating, as an MOL full-cell SOC-OCV profile, a differential profile, and updating the BOL full-cell SOC-OCV profile.

Method and apparatus for estimating SOC-OCV profile

Disclosed is a technique capable of improving the life span of a battery by managing the charging of the battery. The battery charging management apparatus includes a degradation rate estimating unit configured to estimate a degradation rate of a secondary battery; a ceiling calculating unit configured to calculate a charge ceiling voltage based on the degradation rate estimated by the degradation rate estimating unit; a charge control unit configured to control the charging of the secondary battery so that the secondary battery is charged only up to the charge ceiling voltage calculated by the ceiling calculating unit; and a memory unit configured to store information required for operating at least one of the degradation rate estimating unit, the ceiling calculating unit and the charge control unit.

Battery charging management apparatus and meihod

Provided are an apparatus and method of obtaining degradation information of a lithium ion battery cell. The apparatus according to an embodiment estimates a first positive electrode usage region related to a first state of health of the lithium ion battery cell. The apparatus estimates a second positive electrode usage region related to a second state of health of the lithium ion battery cell. Then, the apparatus calculates an amount of change of maximum storage capacity of a positive electrode of the lithium ion battery cell with respect to a usage period from the first state of health to the second state of health, based on the first positive electrode usage region and the second positive electrode usage region.

Apparatus and method for acquiring degradation information of lithium-ion battery cell

Provided is an apparatus and method for testing the electrochemical performance of a battery cell in a non-destructive manner. The apparatus includes a measuring unit configured to measure an open circuit voltage (OCV) of the battery cell, a memory unit configured to store data obtained through pre-experiments for each of a plurality of reference cells and a process deviation value occurred in a manufacturing process of the battery cell, and a control unit electrically connected to the measuring unit and the memory unit. The control unit is configured to determine at least one of a capacity of the battery cell, an estimated profile data indicating a change in OCV of the battery cell in a predetermined state of charge (SOC) range and a resistance of the battery cell.

Apparatus and method for testing performance of battery cell

Provided are apparatus and method of testing electrochemical performance of a battery cell in a nondestructive manner The apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a memory configured to store first profile data, second profile data, a first positive electrode upper limit, a first positive electrode lower limit, a first negative electrode upper limit, and a first negative electrode lower limit that are determined in advance through a preliminary experiment with respect to each of a plurality of reference cells; a sensing unit configured to measure an open-circuit voltage of a test cell according to a variation in a state of charge (SOC) of the test cell; and a controller electrically connected to the memory and the sensing unit. The controller is configured to test performance of the test cell in a nondestructive manner based on data regarding the reference cells and data measured by the sensing unit stored in the memory.

Apparatus and method of testing performance of battery cell

Provided is a battery pack management apparatus that effectively improves the life of a battery pack. The battery pack management apparatus is an apparatus for managing a battery pack, in which a plurality of battery cells are electrically connected to each other, and includes: a measurement unit configured to measure the number of charging and discharging cycles of each of the plurality of battery cells; a selection unit configured to select at least some battery cells from among battery cells whose number of charging and discharging cycles measured by the measurement unit reached a reference number; and a blocking unit configured to stop operations of the at least some battery cells selected by the selection unit for a first reference time.

Battery pack management apparatus selectively controlling battery cells

Provided are a device and method for measuring the thickness of a secondary battery cell. The device comprises: a mounting stand on which a secondary battery cell is positioned; a pressurizing plate which is installed so as to be variable in distance from the mounting stand; a pressurizing device which pushes or pulls the pressurizing plate; a measurement device for measuring the pressurization force applied to the pressurizing plate; and a controller which is configured to control charging, discharging or temperature of the secondary battery cell according to measurement conditions, receive a pressurization force measurement value and a thickness measurement value from the measurement device to thereby determine the magnitude of the pressurization force applied to the pressurizing plate and the thickness of the secondary battery cell, and vary, or maintain the pressurization force applied to the pressurizing plate to be constant.

Device and method for measuring thickness of secondary battery cell

The present disclosure discloses a pressing jig of secondary battery cell, the pressing jig including: one pair of pressing plates hinge-coupled to be mutually foldable, and having space therebetween where the cell of the secondary battery may be disposed; and a locking mechanism configured to fixate a folded state of the one pair of pressing plates, wherein at least one of the one pair of pressing plates is made of a polyacetal (POM) material.

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Daejeon, South Korea

Du-Seong Yoon