Battery bank unit, remaining charge time calculation method, and remaining charge time calculation program
AssigneeFdk Corporation
InventorKatsuhiko TAMAKI
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Abstract
A battery bank unit includes: a first battery bank and a second battery bank that are connected in parallel to each other; and a control apparatus that starts charging the second battery bank after the first battery bank is fully charged. The control apparatus calculates remaining time to complete charge of the battery bank unit based on a temperature of the battery bank unit at a start of the charge of the battery bank unit and a state of charge (SOC) of at least one of the first battery bank and/or the second battery bank at the start of the charge of the battery bank unit.
Claims10
A battery bank unit, comprising:
- a first battery bank and a second battery bank that are connected in parallel to each other;
- and
- a control apparatus that starts charging the second battery bank after the first battery bank is fully charged, wherein,
- the control apparatus calculates remaining time to complete charge of the battery bank unit based on a temperature of the battery bank unit at a start of the charge of the battery bank unit and a state of charge (SOC) of at least one of the first battery bank and/or the second battery bank at the start of the charge of the battery bank unit.
A remaining charge time calculation method for a computer to calculate remaining time to complete charge of a battery bank unit including a first battery bank and a second battery bank that is connected in parallel to the first battery bank and starts to be charged after the first battery bank is fully charged, the method comprising:
- acquiring a temperature of the battery bank unit at a start of the charge of the battery bank unit;
- acquiring a state of charge (SOC) of at least one of the first battery bank and/or the second battery bank at the start of the charge of the battery bank unit;
- and
- calculating the remaining time based on the temperature and the SOC.
A remaining charge time calculation program stored in a non-transitory storage medium, wherein, when the program is executed by a computer that controls a battery bank unit including a first battery bank and a second battery bank that is connected in parallel to the first battery bank and starts to be charged after the first battery bank is fully charged, the program is configured to cause the computer to perform operations comprising:
- acquiring a temperature of the battery bank unit at a start of charge of the battery bank unit,
- acquiring a state of charge (SOC) of at least one of the first battery bank and/or the second battery bank at the start of the charge of the battery bank unit, and
- calculating remaining time to complete the charge of the battery bank unit based on the temperature and the SOC.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.