Provided is a method for determining a micro short circuit of a lithium ion secondary battery which is capable of determining the presence or absence of a micro short circuit of the lithium ion secondary battery in a short time. A relaxation process after the interruption of a discharging current or a charging current is analyzed and a voltage fluctuation component due to micro short circuit is separated and used in the determination. Specifically, a method for determining a micro short circuit that determines presence or absence of the micro short circuit in a lithium ion secondary battery is provided which includes: a relaxation decomposition step of decomposing a change of a cell voltage in a relaxation process after interrupting charging current during charging or discharging current during discharging into a plurality of decomposition relaxation components; and a micro short circuit determination step of determining presence or absence of micro short circuit by determining presence or absence of a component in which a voltage drop has occurred due to the micro short circuit, among the plurality of decomposition relaxation components.

This application relates to a battery test system and a battery test method. The battery test system according to an embodiment comprises: an extrusion apparatus configured to be disposed on a first surface of a battery; and a pressure apparatus, disposed above the extrusion apparatus, where the pressure apparatus is configured to apply a predetermined force to the battery in predetermined duration through the extrusion apparatus. The battery test system and the battery test method provided in this application are able to more reasonably evaluate the safety of the soft package battery and identify the risk caused by the defect of the soft package battery.

The present invention provides a classification method and system for rechargeable batteries based on stable charging current or current leakage. A charging current should be zero theoretically when a rechargeable battery is fully charged, however, due to self-discharging effect, there exists a current leakage even after the battery is fully charged. Rechargeable batteries can be classified based on their stable charging current after being fully charged. Different classified rechargeable batteries can be adopted for different purposes.

A system for testing a battery cell includes a test fixture configured to enclose the battery cell, a battery cycler configured to alternately charge and discharge the battery cell, an antenna mounted on a surface of the test fixture, the antenna configured to detect an electromagnetic signature of the battery cell and generate a signal indicative of the electromagnetic signature, and a detection module configured to receive the signal and detect characteristics of the battery cell based on the signal.

A method for inspecting self-discharge of a power storage device includes: a) continuously applying a continuous power-supply voltage to the power storage device that has been charged in advance from an external power supply to a first device voltage), the continuous power-supply voltage being higher than the first device voltage and having a constant magnitude; b) detecting a power-supply current flowing from the external power supply to the power storage device; and c) determining a self-discharge state of the power storage device based on the detected power-supply current.

An inspection system for inspecting a secondary battery cell is generally described. An example inspection system includes a thickness measurement unit, an electrical characteristics measurement unit, a print processing unit, a tab cutting unit, a mass measurement unit, a tab inspection unit and a defect selection unit. The thickness measurement unit, the electrical characteristics measurement unit, the print processing unit, the tab cutting unit, the mass measurement unit, the tab inspection unit and the defect selection unit are arranged in series, and a plurality of secondary battery cells are transferred in line throughout the inspection system.

A battery diagnosing technology capable of effectively diagnosing a state of a secondary battery using a charge and discharge signal extracted from the secondary battery, including memory to store a positive electrode reference profile and a negative electrode reference profile for charge or discharge of a reference battery, a voltage sensor to measure a voltage of a target battery during a charge or discharge process, and a processor to generate a plurality of charge and discharge measurement profiles based on voltages measured at a plurality of different time points, compare each of the generated charge and discharge measurement profiles with a simulation profile obtained from the positive and negative electrode reference profiles, and determine positive and negative electrode adjustment profiles for each of the generated charge and discharge measurement profiles so that an error between each charge and discharge measurement profile and the simulation profile is within a predetermined level.

An apparatus for inspecting a failure of an electrode assembly before injecting an electrolyte includes a short-circuit tester configured to detect a short circuit of the electrode assembly by applying a predetermined voltage to a positive electrode and a negative electrode of the electrode assembly; a multimeter electrically connected to the short-circuit tester and configured to measure a voltage and a current of the electrode assembly over time; and a failure determination part connected to the multimeter and configured to monitor changes in voltage and current measured by the multimeter and determine a type of a failure of the electrode assembly from data on the changes in voltage and current over a predetermined period of time. A method of inspecting a failure of an electrode assembly using the same is also provided.

The invention provides a battery monitoring system comprising a battery monitoring device and at least one battery pack in storage. The battery pack comprises at least one battery core, a controller, and a temperature sensor. When the controller of the battery pack senses that a temperature of the battery core is higher than a safe temperature value, it issues an alarm signal, and directly transmits the alarm signal to the battery monitoring device in a short distance wireless communication, or transmits the alarm signal to the battery monitoring device via a multi-hop transmission of multiple battery packs in the short distance wireless communication. The alarm signal received by the battery monitoring device will be displayed on an alarm notification unit. Accordingly, the battery monitoring system can instantly monitor the temperature of the battery pack in storage to reduce the probability of burning or exploding of the battery pack.

The present application discloses a battery inspection device. The battery inspection device includes a power supply device, at least one charging port disposed on a surface of the power supply device, at least one display light bar disposed on the surface of the power supply device, and at least one first battery connection line, wherein the first battery connection line is electrically connected to the charging port.