Determination system and determination method for determining whether metal lithium is precipitated in a lithium ion secondary battery, and vehicle equipped with the determination system

• Main Authors: MANO, RYO, ITO, YUSUKE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 07.11.2012
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRICITY; MEASURING; MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES; PHYSICS; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY; TESTING

A determination system (1) for determining whether metal lithium is precipitated in a lithium ion secondary battery (5) includes: a discharging unit (9) that causes the lithium ion secondary battery (5) to perform constant current discharge until a voltage of the lithium ion secondary battery (5) becomes a voltage corresponding to a predetermined low state of charge; a natural increase acquisition unit (2) that acquires a natural increase in voltage of the lithium ion secondary battery (5) after the constant current discharge is terminated; and a precipitation determining unit (4) the compares the acquired natural increase with a predetermined threshold, that determines that the metal lithium is not precipitated when the natural increase is larger than or equal to the threshold, and that determines that the metal lithium is precipitated when the natural increase is smaller than the threshold.