A battery management system comprising: at least one battery comprising two or more sets of cells, each set of cells comprising one or more cells; a multiplexing switch apparatus connected to each set of cells; and at least one controller configured to use the multiplexing switch apparatus to selectively discharge the sets of cells based on at least one criterion. A battery pack comprising: at least one battery comprising two or more sets of cells, each set of cells comprising one or more cells; and an integrated switching control system comprising at least one switch connected to each set of cells, wherein the integrated switching control system is configured to control the at least one switch to discharge the sets of cells sequentially or selectively based on at least one criterion. A battery management method or a battery pack control method.

Disclosed herein is a switch system for rechargeable power storage devices (PSDs). The switch system includes a controller and a first and second switching modules. The first switching module is serially-connected to a PSD. The second switching module is connected in parallel to the PSD and the first switching module. Each switching module is switchable by the controller between: a state S.sub.1, wherein current cannot flow (through the switching module) in a first direction; a state S.sub.2, wherein current flow cannot flow opposite to the first direction; a state S.sub.3, wherein current may flow in both directions; and a state S.sub.0, wherein current cannot flow in any direction. The switch system is configured to preclude joint states (S.sub.1, S.sub.2), (S.sub.1, S.sub.3), (S.sub.3, S.sub.2), (S.sub.3, S.sub.3), with the first and second entries denoting states of the first and second switching modules, respectively, thereby preventing possibility of short-circuit.

An operating method for a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) is provided. The BESS includes a processor and a plurality of energy storage units coupled in parallel, wherein each energy storage unit includes a Power Conservation System (PCS) and a battery module. The operating method includes performing following steps by the processor: obtaining a dedicated operation power of the BESS; calculating a remaining operation period of each energy storage unit according to a maximum operation power of each PCS and a remaining power quantity of each battery module; determining an operational order corresponding to the plurality of energy storage units according to the remaining operation period of the plurality of energy storage units and the dedicated operation power of the BESS; and controlling an operation of each energy storage unit according to the operational order.

An electric power charge and discharge system for an electronic device having a battery, by which the electronic device can be used for a long period of time. In a wireless communication device including a wireless driving portion including a first battery and a wireless charging portion including a second battery, the first battery is charged by electric power from a fixed power supply and the second battery is charged by using electromagnetic waves existing in an external space. Further, the first battery and the second battery are discharged alternately, and during a period in which the first battery is discharged, the second battery is charged.

A control switch incorporating a 1:2 demultiplexer is used in controlling timing for concurrent switching, break-before-make and make-before-break power multiplexing, and is configurable to link a plurality of the control switches into a control chain to perform sequential charging, sequential discharging, parallel charging, parallel discharging, simultaneous sequential charging and discharging for a plurality of batteries coupled to the control chain in a power system.

An apparatus includes a power management circuit to receive an input voltage and to generate and provide a first output voltage to an energy storage device. The power management circuit further generates and provides a second output voltage to a load. The first output voltage is greater than the input voltage, and the second output voltage is smaller than the first output voltage. The apparatus further includes a monitor circuit to monitor the first output voltage and to provide a signal to the load to indicate when the load may perform an operation.

A battery bank unit includes: a first battery bank and a second battery bank that are connected in parallel to each other; and a control apparatus that performs collective charge for collectively charging the first battery bank and the second battery bank, performs first bank charge for charging only the first battery bank after the collective charge, and performs second bank charge for charging only the second battery bank after the first bank charge. The control apparatus calculates remaining time to complete charge of the battery bank unit based on a temperature of the battery bank unit at a start of the collective charge.

The application provides a battery management method and a power supply system. The battery management method includes: providing the power supply system comprising a power supply device and a plurality of battery systems connected in parallel, the power supply device electrically configured to control the charging or discharging of each of the plurality of battery systems connected to each of the plurality of battery systems; detecting an actual voltage of each battery system; controlling the start of battery systems with a low actual voltage for charging or discharging; and controlling the start of battery systems with a high actual voltage after the actual voltage of each battery system is balanced. The battery systems are directly controlled by the power supply device when connected in parallel to the power supply system, such that unlimited capacity expansion may be realized without redesigning the battery systems or adding a BMS.

A riding lawn mower comprising, a pair of rear drive wheels, a pair of front wheels, a deck positioned between the pair of front wheels and the pair of rear drive wheels, a rotatable cutting blade, and multiple battery packs removably coupled to the riding lawn mower and structured to provide power to the riding lawn mower, each battery pack graspable and removable by a user, wherein the multiple battery packs jointly provide power to the riding lawn mower.

A method of operating an electric power system, which may include: determining a charge state of a first battery unit and a charge state of a second battery unit; determining a difference between the charge state of the first battery unit and the charge state of the second battery unit; and determining whether to enable discharging simultaneously of both the first battery unit and the second battery unit, or to enable discharging of one of the first and second battery units, based on the difference between the charge state of the first battery unit and the charge state of the second battery unit. At least one of the first and second battery units may be a swappable battery unit. The disclosure further relates to an electric power system and to a computer executable code including instructions for operating an electric power system.