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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019

Filed:

May. 23, 2013
Applicants:

The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Army, Washington, D.c., Washington, DC (US);

Inventors:

Xinfan Lin, Ypsilanti, MI (US);

Yi Ding, Canton, MI (US);

Matthew P. Castanier, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Anna G. Stefanopoulou, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H01M 10/052 (2010.01); G01K 7/42 (2006.01); G01R 31/36 (2019.01); H01M 10/633 (2014.01); H01M 10/6557 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/486 (2013.01); G01K 7/42 (2013.01); G01R 31/3648 (2013.01); G01R 31/3662 (2013.01); H01M 10/052 (2013.01); H01M 10/482 (2013.01); H01M 10/633 (2015.04); H01M 10/6557 (2015.04); Y02T 10/7011 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and a system of estimating core temperatures of battery cells in a battery pack can include several steps. In one step, a surface temperature of one or more battery cell(s) is received, a current of the one or more battery cell(s) is received, an inlet temperature of coolant provided to the battery pack is received, and a flow rate or velocity of the coolant is received. In another step, estimations are made including those of a cell-lumped internal electrical resistance of the battery cell(s), a cell-lumped conduction resistance between a core and a surface of the battery cell(s), and a cell-lumped convection resistance between the surface and the coolant. In yet another step, an estimation is made of a core temperature of the battery cell(s) based upon the received and estimated values of previous steps.


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