Energy Storage Science and Technology ›› 2020, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (1): 271-278.doi: 10.19799/j.cnki.2095-4239.2019.0177

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Functional safety analysis and design of BMS for lithium-ion battery energy storage system

ZHU Weijie1(), SHI Youjie2, LEI Bo2   

  1. 1. Energy Storage R&D center of Shenzhen Clou Electronics Co. , Ltd. , Shenzhen 518057, Gunagdong, China
    2. State Key Laboratory of HVDC (Electric Power Research Institute, China Southern Power Grid), Guangzhou 510663, Gunagdong, China
  • Received:2019-08-02 Revised:2019-08-27 Online:2020-01-05 Published:2019-09-19

Abstract:

During the previous two years, China’s energy storage industry has witnessed explosive growth. Compared with other energy storage technologies, lithium-ion batteries are more competitive due to rapid advances in production technology and a gradual decline in manufacturing costs, and the market penetration rate in the field of energy storage is continuously increasing. As an electronic device for monitoring and managing a battery, the battery management system (BMS) is the core component of an energy storage system. Its functional safety is related to the safe and stable operation of an entire lithium-ion battery power station. To accurately and efficiently implement the design and verification of function safety in the BMS of the energy storage system, the analysis and design of a BMS to achieve functional safety, which is primarily described through system hazard identification and risk analysis, overall safety requirements and safety function allocation, and safety integrity verification, are outlined by incorporating the characteristics of a lithium-ion battery energy storage system BMS according to IEC 61508, GB/T 20438, and other related reference standards. The analysis shows that the failure mode effects and diagnostic analysis, the risk matrix, and the reliability block diagram are suitable for the functional safety analysis and design of the BMS of the energy storage system. Based on the IEC 61508 and IEC 60730-1 standards, combined with the characteristics of the energy storage system, an accurate analysis design ensures that the functional safety integrity level of the energy storage system BMS is effectively achieved. These provide a reference for the design and development of the energy storage power stations.

Key words: battery energy storage system, battery management system, functional safety, functional safety integrity level

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