A battery fire detection device according to an embodiment includes: a first sensor configured to detect whether a gas vent of a battery cell is opened; a second sensor configured to detect a temperature of the battery cell; and a controller configured to determine whether there is a risk of fire or whether a fire occurs in the battery cell based on detection results of the first sensor and the second sensor.

A system for battery charging includes at least one processor; and at least one memory including instructions which when executed causes the at least one processor to a least: determine, based on a first output from a charging source and a second output from a pressure sensor, a differential pressure with respect to charge. Such systems are applicable to methods of charging batteries and can be used in charging batteries in electric cars and mobile devices.

Provided is a pressure balancing device, having a mounting seat and a cover, wherein an accommodating cavity is formed between the mounting seat and the cover. The pressure balancing device may also have a partition member, wherein the partition member divides the accommodating cavity into first and second accommodating cavities. The partition member may also include a support portion and an elastic portion, the support portion being disposed on the elastic portion and having a vent hole capable of fluidly communicating the accommodating cavities. The elastic portion is elastically deformable so as to move the support portion relative to the cover. The pressure balancing device may also have a breathable film that is disposed on the support portion and covers the vent hole, and that is movable as the support portion moves.

An all solid-state battery unit includes: a battery module in which a plurality of all solid-state battery cells are laminated; a pressurization unit configured to pressurize the battery module; and a control unit configured to control the pressurization unit, the control unit controls a pressurization force of the pressurization unit depending on either or both of a temperature of the battery module and a State of Charge of the battery module.

A method for adjusting a parameter of a model of a battery, including providing a temporal operating variable profile of a plurality of operating variables for a time period, and modelling a profile of one of the operating variables using the model based on an operating variable of the provided operating variable profile within the time period. The method includes determining an operating state of the battery when the modeled operating variable deviates from the corresponding operating variable by more than a threshold value during the time period. The method includes performing a charging process, wherein, in the presence of the operating state, a current pulse or a voltage pulse of a specified height and a specified duration is superimposed on a charging current or a charging voltage while a further temporal operating variable profile is captured and adjusting the parameter based on the further temporal operating variable profile.

A degradation-determination system includes at least four strain gauges that are installed on a principal surface of a lithium-ion battery and each of which is configured to detect pressure of a battery surface at a corresponding installation position, and a degradation determining unit configured to determine degradation of the lithium-ion battery based on measured values at the strain gauges. The degradation determining unit is configured to estimate a maximum expansion position where volume expansion is maximal in a region defined by the strain gauges, of the surface of the lithium-ion battery.

The present invention relates to a method and system for evaluating insulation and lithium ion conductivity characteristics of a separator for an electrochemical device, in which insulation and lithium ion conductivity characteristics are evaluated while a separator-containing measurement object to be tested and an electrochemical device are made to face each other, and thus, the insulation and lithium ion conductivity characteristics of the separator can be evaluated by reflecting temperature and pressure changes and the like according to the actual operation state of the electrochemical device.

A battery thermal runaway detection sensor system for use within a battery enclosure housing one or more batteries. The system has at least one gas sensor for detecting a venting condition of a battery cell of hydrogen, carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide, and providing a sensed output in real time. A microcontroller determines power management and signal conditioned output on the concentration of specific battery venting gases based on the sensed output from said at least one gas sensor.

The invention provides an electrolytic cell (200) for temporally shifted electrolytic production of H.sub.2 and O.sub.2, the electrolytic cell comprising a cell compartment (210), wherein the cell compartment comprises a gas evolution electrode (220) and an electron storage electrode (230), wherein the gas evolution electrode comprises a nickel-based electrode, wherein the electron storage electrode comprises an iron-based electrode, and wherein an electrochemical storage capacity C.sub.gee of the gas evolution electrode is≤5% of an electrochemical storage capacity C.sub.esc of the electron storage electrode.

A battery pack includes battery cell having a discharge valve opened when an internal pressure exceeds a set pressure, and case housing battery cell. Case has opening, and opening is blocked by porous plate made of resin. Porous plate has a plurality of through-holes, an expansion gap of a discharge gas is formed by stacking a plurality of the porous plates, through-holes provided in each of porous plates are arranged at non-facing positions not facing through-holes provided in adjacent another porous plate, and the discharge gas of the discharge valve passes through through-holes provided in porous plates and the expansion gap and is discharged to an outside of the case.