Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Woo Suk Sung

Jae Jun Ko

Sang Uk Kwon

Nam Woo Lee

Do Sung Hwang

Dong Hun Lee

Jong Hyun Lee

Young Min Kim

Sae Hoon Kim

Myung Hoe Kim

Sung Il Kim

Sung Gone Yoon

Woo Sub Kim

Ik Jae Son

Seo Ho Choi

Yo In Song

Ji-Hwon Kim

Hyung Jin Yoon

A method and system for estimating a state of health using battery model parameters are provided. The system includes a battery model parameter extractor that is configured to extract liquid-phase diffusivity of Li-ion parameters and a storage unit that is configured to store a mapping table in which states of health (SOH) for each liquid-phase diffusivity of Li-ion parameter are mapped. In addition, a SOH estimator is configured to use the mapping table to estimate the SOH that corresponds to a liquid-phase diffusivity of Li-ion extracted from the battery model parameter extractor.

System and method for estimating state of health using battery model parameter

A method for estimating a state of health of a battery includes calculating a measured value of a charging required time for each of preset voltage intervals in a preset voltage range in which the battery is charged; calculating an estimated value of the charging required time for each of the voltage intervals by a preset battery meta-model; and estimating the SOH having lowest error between the measured value of the charging required time and the estimating value of the charging required time by allowing the estimated value of the charging required time to iteratively approach the measured value of the charging required time.

Method for estimating a battery state of health

System for estimating the state of health of a battery using liquid-phase diffusivity of lithium-ion parameters

Provided are a weighted least square (WLS)-based state of health (SOH) estimating system and method. A battery management system according to an aspect of the present invention includes a measurer measuring a time required for charging at each of preset voltage intervals within a preset voltage range in which a battery is charged with a constant current; and an estimator estimating a parameter using an estimated value of time required for charging according to a preset metamodel and a measured value of a time required for charging after completion of the constant current charging.

System and method for managing battery on the basis of time required for charging

A system and method for more accurately measuring an internal resistance of a battery for a vehicle are provided. The method includes measuring, by a controller, current-voltage pairs for the battery and calculating a correlation between current and voltage in the measured current-voltage pairs. In addition, the internal resistance of the battery is measured using the current-voltage pairs having the correlation equal to or greater than a preset threshold.

System and method for measuring internal resistance of battery

A method is provided for cold starting a fuel cell vehicle, the method preferably including supplying reactant gases for generating electricity to a fuel cell stack, and simultaneously performing a motoring process for operating the fuel cell vehicle by applying a portion of stack current generated in the fuel cell stack to a drive motor and a heating process for warming up the fuel cell stack by applying the remaining available stack current to a heater for heating coolant. Preferred methods of the invention can provide a more rapid and efficient cold start to the fuel cell vehicle.

Method for cold starting fuel cell vehicle

A method for shutting down a fuel cell system includes: determining whether an outside air temperature is below a first predetermined reference temperature when a shutdown of a fuel cell system is detected; warming up the fuel cell stack by operating balance of plant components of the fuel cell system and a stack load using the power of the fuel cell stack, while the supply of hydrogen to the fuel cell stack is normally maintained, when the outside air temperature is below the first reference temperature; removing water in the fuel cell stack by passing air supplied by an air supply system through the stack load to supply heated air to a cathode of the fuel cell stack; and shutting down the fuel cell system by cutting off the supply of air after the removal of water. The method can eliminate or reduce cold start failure.

Method for shutting down fuel cell system

The present invention provides a fuel cell system, which reduces the temperature of exhaust gas discharged from a fuel cell stack to a humidifier to increase the humidity thereof when the fuel cell stack operates at high temperature and high power, and thus improves the humidification performance for air as an oxidant in the humidifier and improves the performance of the fuel cell stack. For this purpose, the present invention provides a fuel cell system in which an intercooler is installed in an exhaust gas pipe, which connects a cathode outlet of the fuel cell stack and the humidifier, to cool the exhaust gas as a water supply source of the humidifier such that the intercooler reduces the temperature of the exhaust gas and, at the same time, increase the humidity thereof, thus improving humidification performance for air as an oxidant in the humidifier.

Fuel cell system with improved humidification performance

A telematics device for an electric vehicle and a remote air-conditioning control method thereof are provided. A vehicle driver remote adjusts an indoor temperature of the electric vehicle by driving an air-conditioning unit of the vehicle during the battery charging, so that a travelable distance based on the battery life can be maximized.

Telematics device for electric vehicle and remote air-conditioning control method thereof

The present invention provides a purge system for a fuel cell, which can reduce the time required to thaw a frozen valve during cold start-up and reduce the whole start-up time, thus improving the cold start performance. In preferred embodiments, the present invention provides a purge system for a fuel cell with improved cold start performance, the system preferably including a main pipe connected to a purge gas outlet of a fuel cell stack to discharge a purge gas purging the fuel cell stack and impurities; an auxiliary pipe branched from the main pipe; a purge valve installed in each of the main pipe and the auxiliary pipe to perform an purge operation; a cut-off valve installed at an upstream side of the purge valve in the auxiliary pipe; and a controller for controlling the operation of the purge valves and the cut-off valve.

Purge system for fuel cell with improved cold start performance

The present invention provides a novel integrated valve system for a fuel cell stack, in which an air shut-off valve for preventing the inflow of air when a fuel cell shuts down and a dry gas purge valve for improving cold startability are coaxially coupled to each other so that the air shut-off valve and the dry gas purge valve simultaneously open or close.

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Woo Suk Sung