A battery system for a transportation vehicle having at least one battery module with a number of battery cells and a cell controller for monitoring and adjusting the state of charge of the battery cells, and a battery management controller coupled to the cell controller, wherein the cell controller has an analog-to-digital converter, which is led to the battery cells of the battery module by a filter circuit, wherein a frequency circuit for adjusting a cut-off frequency of the filter circuit, wherein the cut-off frequency of the filter circuit is adjusted to a first frequency value during a sampling period in which the cell controller monitors the battery cells and to a second frequency value during a diagnostics period in which the battery management controller monitors the battery cells.

The present disclosure relates to a method and system for stabilizing a battery through cell balancing of a battery pack, and more particularly, to a method and system for performing battery cell balancing and determining a control situation through a feedback for the cell balancing, thereby improving reliability for the battery cell balancing and enabling a proactive measure for a battery abnormality.

A method of managing an energy storage system that includes a plurality of smart energy storage cells, and a related method of operation for said smart cells. The cells are arranged into a two-dimensional array, and at least one management unit for controlling and monitoring the smart cells is coupled to the array. The smart cells and management units engage in wireless communication that has relatively short range and is relatively directional, with the direction being electronically-steerable in the plane of the array. The management method assigns direction codes to each smart cell which the cells utilize to steer the directions of their communication links, thereby organizing the smart cells into a plurality of serially-linked communication networks. The methods include steps for automatically determining the size and arrangement of the array, including the orientation of each smart cell. The methods also include steps for automatically reorganizing the network links in response to any cell or management unit failing to communicate, thereby making the energy storage system highly fault-tolerant and extremely reliable.

An energy storage system includes at least one battery cluster, at least two direct current DC/DC conversion modules, and a control unit. An output end of each battery cluster is connected to an input end of each DC/DC conversion module with a switch, and output ends of the at least two DC/DC conversion modules are connected in parallel to a direct current bus. The control unit is connected to each battery cluster and each DC/DC conversion module with a control bus, to control charging and discharging of each battery cluster and control each DC/DC conversion module to perform direct current conversion. The control unit is further configured to control turn-on or turn-off of a switch used by each battery cluster to connect to each DC/DC conversion module, so as to control connections between each battery cluster and different quantities of DC/DC conversion modules.

A network enabled portable charging station for it mobile electronic devices comprising a rectangular shaped housing, one or more removable battery packs, a main charging board, a plurality of interchangeable cord housing cartridges, a wireless speaker, and an adjustable faceplate. The plurality of cord housing cartridges comprising retractable charging cords, each of the retractable charging cords having a USB connector end for connecting to the charge and cell balancing circuit board, and a device connector end for connecting to a mobile electronic device. The faceplate is configured to be retractable or removable from the housing body, and with one or more USB ports for receiving a USB-enabled charging cord, and a plurality of charge ports.

Systems and methods for performing low voltage charging of a high voltage, series-connected string of battery modules are disclosed. A battery pack system may include a plurality of battery cells, including one or more groups of battery cells coupled in parallel. A processor may be configured to select a sub-group of battery cells from a group of battery cells for charging separately from other battery cells of the selected group of battery cells. The group of battery cells may be reconfigured to allow charging of the sub-group of battery cells separate from the other battery cells. The sub-group of battery cells may be charged, and then the group of battery cells may be reconfigured to allow operation of the sub-group of battery cells with the other battery cells. During charging, the sub-group of battery cells may be unavailable but other battery cells may continue to discharge.

A storage battery device, a charging and discharging monitoring method and device thereof and a corresponding system are described. The storage battery device includes multiple storage batteries connected in parallel. A storage battery switching unit connected in series with each storage battery is arranged on a parallel branch circuit where the storage battery is located, and includes a charging control unit configured to switch on or switch off a charging loop of the storage battery and a discharging control unit connected in parallel with the charging control unit and configured to switch on or switch off a discharging loop of the storage battery.

According to one aspect, embodiments of the invention provide a UPS comprising a plurality of inputs, a PFC converter configured to convert 3-phase input power into DC power, an inverter coupled to a positive DC bus and a negative DC bus and configured to convert the DC power received from the positive DC bus and the negative DC bus into output AC power, a first output configured to provide a first portion of the output AC power from the inverter to a load, a second output configured to provide a second portion of the output AC power from the inverter to the load, a third output configured to be selectively coupled to a neutral line via the inverter, and a controller configured to operate the inverter to generate current between the load and the neutral line via the third output and the inverter.

A battery capacity estimation apparatus includes one or more hardware processors that: calculate a current integrated value by integrating electric currents of a secondary battery system whose capacity is to be estimated; calculate an SOC estimate value in a stabilization state where a change in SOC of a secondary battery per unit time is comparatively small; perform a regression analysis in which the current integrated value is defined as a dependent variable and the SOC estimate value is defined as an independent variable, the regression analysis being performed while correcting the current integrated value based on a value of a coefficient of determination so that a result of the regression analysis has predetermined accuracy; and estimate a capacity of the secondary battery system based on the result of the regression analysis.

A battery overcharge preventing device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a voltage distribution unit connected to both ends of at least one battery cell in a battery module including multiple battery cells, the voltage distribution unit being configured to distribute a voltage of the at least one battery cell according to a preset ratio; a voltage sensing unit operating so as to allow a control current to flow when the voltage distributed by the voltage distribution unit is greater than a preset reference voltage; and a second relay configured to block, by operation of the voltage sensing unit, operation of a first relay that establishes an electrical connection between the battery module and a charging module.