Second life batteries for future applications (Batt2TheFuture)

面向未来应用的二次电池 (Batt2TheFuture)

• 批准号: 107302
• 金额: $ 67.45万
• 依托单位: INNVOTEK LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: BEIS-Funded Programmes
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=107302
• 关键词: Second; life; batteries; future; applications

The decarbonisation of the transport sector in the UK, will see the migration from solely internal combustion powered vehicles to electric or hybrid vehicles only, as early as 2030\. This will result in the exponential growth of spent Electric Vehicle (EV) batteries stockpiled, as they must be replaced every 7-10 years. After this period, the EV batteries may still hold as much as 80% of their capacity, which often can be used in other applications. Our consortium is developing a fast automated process, **Batt2TheFuture** to enable fast sorting of battery cells to rebuild high quality and consistent second-generation battery packs.**Batt2TheFuture** is an automated process that uses disruptive ultrasound technology, machine vision and AI algorithms to inspect and grade spent battery cells. The process inspects each cell from a battery pack/module and then grades them according to their respective State of Health (SoH) and State of Charge (SoC). The technology combination enables in-depth inspection, increased speed of cell assessment and processing capacity scalability -- these have been missing in current spent battery inspection solutions on the market.Based on the results of the assessment, the cells are sorted and refurbished in preparation for their second-life . The repurposed battery packs are then deployed to applications whose power requirements align with their SoH and SoC values. This will extend the life cycle of the spent EV batteries, thereby drastically reducing battery waste and the lifetime cost of the battery.Therefore, **Batt2TheFuture** will facilitate the utilisation of the full value of spent EV batteries as well as contributing towards ensuring that the decarbonisation of the transport sector will not just be a transfer of carbon emissions from the vehicles themselves to battery raw material extraction.

早在2030年，英国交通运输部门的脱碳将从纯内燃机汽车转向纯电动或混合动力汽车。这将导致废旧电动汽车（EV）电池库存呈指数级增长，因为它们必须每7-10年更换一次。在这段时间之后，电动汽车电池可能仍然保持高达80%的容量，这通常可以用于其他应用。我们的联盟正在开发一种快速自动化流程，**Batt2TheFuture**，以实现电池单元的快速分选，以重建高质量和一致的第二代电池组。**Batt2TheFuture**是一个自动化的过程，使用破坏性的超声波技术，机器视觉和人工智能算法来检查和分级废旧电池。该过程检查电池组/模块中的每个电池，然后根据其各自的健康状态（SoH）和充电状态（SoC）对其进行分级。该技术组合可实现深度检测，提高电池评估速度和处理能力的可扩展性，这些都是目前市场上废电池检测解决方案所缺少的。根据评估结果，对细胞进行分类和翻新，为它们的第二次生命做准备。然后，重新利用的电池组被部署到功率要求与其SoH和SoC值相一致的应用中。这将延长废旧电动汽车电池的生命周期，从而大大减少电池浪费和电池的生命周期成本。因此，**Batt2TheFuture**将促进废旧电动汽车电池的充分利用，并有助于确保运输部门的脱碳不仅仅是将车辆本身的碳排放转移到电池原材料的提取上。