# US 10,873,110 B2 · Device for determining the internal temperature of an energy storage device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,873,110 B2 - Document ID: US10873110B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/045,595 - Filed: 2018-07-25 - Published: 2018-11-15 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2011-04-21 - Assignees: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft - Applicants: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft - Inventors: Matthias Fleckenstein; Marcel Fenkart; Oliver Bohlen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10873110B2 ## CPC - H01M 10/613: Cooling or keeping cold - G06F 30/20: Design optimisation, verification or simulation (optimisation, verification or simulation of circuit designs G06F30/30) - H01M 10/482: {for several batteries or cells simultaneously or sequentially} - H01M 10/486: {for measuring temperature} - H01M 10/633: characterised by algorithms, flow charts, software details or the like - Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract A device is provided for determining the internal temperature of an electrochemical energy storage device, particularly for a motor vehicle. The internal temperature of a cell winding of the energy storage device is determined by calculation in a control device of the energy storage device by way of a thermal model for the energy storage device which is saved in the control device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electrochemical energy storage device for a motor vehicle, comprising a control device in which a thermal model of the electrochemical energy storage device is stored, wherein the control device is operatively configured to: determine a heat volume exchanged between adjacent thermal capacitances that is determined iteratively from a temperature difference between said adjacent thermal capacitances, in real-time during operation of the control device and over a plurality of prespecified time interval, determine an internal temperature of a cell winding of the electrochemical energy storage device on an iterative basis over the plurality of prespecified time intervals using the thermal model stored in the control device and the determined heat volume exchanges for corresponding ones of the plurality of prespecified time intervals; and regulate at least one of a cooling and heating function of the electrochemical energy storage device based on at least one of the determined internal temperatures of the cell winding, wherein adjacent thermal capacitances represent at least distinct thermal capacitances of respective adjacent storage device components. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electrochemical energy storage device according to claim 1, wherein the thermal model of the electrochemical energy storage device is formed from thermal capacitances and temperature sensors, wherein a thermal resistance is disposed between two of the thermal capacitances. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The electrochemical energy storage device according to claim 2, wherein the thermal capacitances for the cell winding of a storage cell of the energy storage device, for a housing of the storage cell, and for at least one connector terminal of the storage cell are taken into account in the thermal model. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The electrochemical energy storage device according to claim 3, further comprising a cooling device, and wherein the thermal capacitance for the cooling device is taken into account in the thermal model. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electrochemical energy storage device according to claim 1, wherein a thermal dissipation loss of the energy storage device is processed in the thermal model, said thermal dissipation loss being determined from a current in the energy storage device which is detected by measurement. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The electrochemical energy storage device according to claim 3, wherein a thermal dissipation loss of the energy storage device is processed in the thermal model, said thermal dissipation loss being determined from a current in the energy storage device which is detected by measurement. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The electrochemical energy storage device according to claim 1, wherein at least a temperature of one component of the energy storage device, said component representing one of the thermal capacitances with the exception of that of the cell winding, is determined by measurement and is taken into account in the thermal model. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The electrochemical energy storage device according to claim 6, wherein at least a temperature of one component of the energy storage device, said component representing one of the thermal capacitances with the exception of that of the cell winding, is determined by measurement and is taken into account in the thermal model. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The electrochemical energy storage device according to claim 1, wherein said control device is further configured to iteratively determine heat volume exchanged between two adjacent thermal capacitances according to the following formula: Q i → i + 1 = T i - T i + 1 R th , i → i + 1 ⁢ Δ ⁢ ⁢ t where, Qi→i+1=heat volume exchanged between adjacent thermal capacitances, Ti=temperature of the storage device component representing one of the adjacent thermal capacitances, Ti+1=temperature of the storage device component representing another of the adjacent thermal capacitances, Rth, i→i+1=thermal resistance between the adjacent thermal capacitances, and Δt=the prespecified time interval. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The electrochemical energy storage device according to claim 8, wherein said control device is further operatively configured to iteratively determine heat volume exchanged between two adjacent thermal capacitances according to the following formula: Q i → i + 1 = T i - T i + 1 R th , i → i + 1 ⁢ Δ ⁢ ⁢ t where, Qi→i+1=heat volume exchanged between adjacent thermal capacitances, Ti=temperature of the storage device component representing one of the adjacent thermal capacitances, Ti+1=temperature of the storage device component representing another of the adjacent thermal capacitances, Rth, i→i+1=thermal resistance between the adjacent thermal capacitances, and Δt=the prespecified time interval. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The electrochemical energy storage device according to claim 10, wherein the control device is further operatively configured to iteratively determine the temperatures for the thermal capacitances for each prespecified time interval for the thermal model from the determined, exchanged heat volumes, according to the following formula: T i ⁡ ( t 0 + Δ ⁢ ⁢ t ) = T i ⁡ ( t 0 ) + 1 C th , i ⁢ ∑ k = 1 n ⁢ Q k where, Qk=heat volume for storage device component k, Ti=temperature of a the storage device component representing one of the adjacent thermal capacitances, Cth,i=one of the adjacent thermal capacitances, t0=an initial time, and Δt=the prespecified time interval. ### Claim 12 (depends on 3) The electrochemical energy storage device according to claim 3, wherein, following a downtime phase, and up to a prespecified maximum time period of the energy storage device, the control device is further operatively configured to estimate the starting temperature values for the temperatures of components which represent the thermal capacitances, for use in the thermal model, wherein said temperatures cannot be detected by measurement or are not detected by measurement. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The electrochemical energy storage device according to claim 11, wherein, following a downtime phase, and up to a prespecified maximum time period of the energy storage device, the control device is further operatively configured to estimate the starting temperature values by calculation for the temperatures of components which represent the thermal capacitances, for use in the thermal model, wherein said temperatures cannot be detected by measurement or are not detected by measurement. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The electrochemical energy storage device according to claim 12, wherein, when estimating the starting temperature value following the downtime phase, the control device is further operatively configured to: save a relevant temperature value last determined by calculation prior to the downtime phase, as well as a measured temperature value; calculate, at the end of the downtime phase, a temperature difference between the saved, measured temperature value and the temperature value determined, wherein the temperature value determined by calculation is corrected prior to the temperature subtraction, by use of a prespecified decay curve and the duration of the downtime phase; and adding a temperature difference to the temperature value measured at the end of the downtime phase, wherein the resulting sum gives the starting temperature value. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The electrochemical energy storage device according to claim 12, wherein a regulatory observer is implemented in the simulation for the purpose of correcting the starting temperature value following the downtime phase. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The electrochemical energy storage device according to claim 14, wherein a regulatory observer is implemented in the simulation for the purpose of correcting the starting temperature value following the downtime phase.