General Information

HEV Battery System
P0BC5 Hybrid Battery Temperature Sensor \'E\' Circuit High - General Information

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General Description

** What is the High Voltage Battery System ?
The High Voltage Battery System consists of the Battery Management System Control Unit (BMS-ECU), Power Relay Assembly (PRA) and a Cooling Blower.
Each function is listed below :
- High Voltage Battery: Supplies electrical energy for acceleration and receives/stores electrical energy during deceleration.
- BMS ECU: Controls the High Voltage Battery by monitoring the voltage, current and temperature.
- PRA(Power relay assembly)consists of relays which link and cut high voltage, and finally, current sensor which monitors battery current. Those are an assembly in PRA.
- A safety plug : It can cut high voltage flowing as mechanically in order to protect technicians. And, there is a safety fuse in the safety plug that protect over current.
- Cooling Blower: Maintains proper High Voltage Battery temperature.
** The battery cell function and roles :
The High Voltage battery cell is the smallest unit of the High Voltage Battery pack.
The voltage of each cell is 3.75V. The battery pack will attain 270V by connecting all 72 cells in a series.
The BMS ECU monitors all of the 72 high-voltage cells, 5 battery temperature sensors, an ambient temperature sensor, a current sensor which checks the main battery and an auxiliary battery temperature sensor.
** The High-voltage battery specification is shown below :
Operating Voltage : for a battery pack : 200 - 310V (for a battery cell: 2.75 - 4.3)
Operating temperature : -30°C(-22°F)~55°C(131°F)
Storage temperature : -40°C(-40°F)~65°C(149°F)
Operating Current : During charge (-)200A~ During discharge (+)200A.
Field action when High Voltage Battery discharges






DTC Description

BMS ECU receives temperature signal from 5 temperature sensor installed on the high voltage battery. If Battery Temperature 'E' Sensor is detected lower than -45°C(-49°F), BMS ECU sets DTC P0BC5.

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Fig.1) SOC 46% of high voltage battery : Max. temperature is 84°F, Min. temperature is 84°F at EV mode
Fig.2) SOC 45.5% of High voltage battery : temperature sensors are showing -58°F at EV mode After disconnecting temperature sensor
Fig.3) DTC and Current Data shows temperature : -58°F(After disconnecting temperature sensor connector at EV mode)
Fig.4) DTC and Current Data shows temperature : Max. & Min - 261°F(After disconnecting temperature sensor connector at EV mode)