Ferrari S.p.a.

Matias Troncoso

Luca Poggio

Ugo Sitta

Elena Ligabue

Daniele Genova

Giovanni Sartoni

Andrea Benoit Abbiati

Roberto Betro'

Irene Dona'

Antonio Scandurra

Stefano Lugini

Roberto Betrò

A method for the diagnosis of thermal runaway in an electric battery having at least one stack of electrochemical cells connected to one another in series. The diagnosis method provides for the steps of: measuring a first electric voltage at the ends of each electrochemical cell; measuring a second electric voltage at the ends of the entire stack of electrochemical cells; calculating a difference between the second electric voltage and the sum of all first electric voltages; and diagnosing a thermal runaway of an electrochemical cell, if the first electric voltage of the electrochemical cell is smaller than a first threshold value and if, simultaneously, the difference between the second electric voltage and the sum of all first electric voltages is smaller than a second threshold value.

Method for the diagnosis of thermal runaway in an electric battery

A road vehicle comprising: an internal combustion engine; an electric starter motor; a high-voltage electric circuit provided with a first storage system; a low-voltage electric circuit provided with a second storage system and directly connected to the electric starter motor; an electronic DC-DC power converter, which connects the low-voltage electric circuit and the high-voltage electric circuit to one another; and a control unit configured, in the presence of a turned-on condition of the road vehicle and when the internal combustion engine is off, to activate the electronic DC-DC power converter so as to transfer power to be at least partially supplied to the electric starter motor from the high-voltage electric circuit to the low-voltage electric circuit only in case of a cold-start condition of the internal combustion engine.

Road vehicle provided with an electronic DC-DC power converter and corresponding control method

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