The invention discloses method and apparatus for quantitative analysis of battery performance and an electronic device. The method includes performing a full charging/discharging process on a to-be-analyzed battery cluster, and determining differential capacities versus voltage of a plurality of cells in the battery cluster at different times; determining first times and first states of charge (SOC) when the differential capacities versus voltage of the cells reach a first peak and second times and second SOCs when the differential capacities versus voltage of the cells reach a second peak, and determining capacity parameters of the cells; and performing quantitative analysis on the battery cluster according to the capacity parameters of the plurality of cells. Accordingly, the battery cluster does not need to be disassembled. The capacity parameters can be quickly and accurately determined through a full charging/discharging process. The method requires can realize relatively accurate quantitative analysis for the battery cluster.

A recovery processing method of a lithium ion battery having a positive electrode and a negative electrode and in which performance has decreased due to a residue of lithium ions in the negative electrode, the method comprises: repeating a cycle a plurality of times, the cycle including: a first process of setting an SOC of the lithium ion battery to a first value, that is equal to or smaller than a value of the SOC in which a gradient of an SOC-voltage curve is a minimum value and that is equal to or greater than the value of the SOC in which the gradient of the SOC-voltage curve is two times the minimum value, by charging; and a second process of setting the SOC of the lithium ion battery to a second value, that is smaller than the first value, by discharging.

The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and devices for controlling charging of vehicles, to avoid charging during charge-adverse time periods or during charge restriction events. This can advantageously reduce cost to vehicles owners, and or provide access to reward incentives. Further, power distribution entities (utility providers) advantageously have increased control over power distribution to avoid over-burdening of power distribution infrastructure. Further, systems and methods for determining or inferring whether a vehicle is connected to a charge station are described, which can be used to inform automatic restriction of vehicle charging.

The present disclosure relates to a charging-discharging apparatus and a method of controlling thereof according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a stage portion including a plurality of arrangement regions for accommodating each of a plurality of battery groups grouping neighboring battery cells among a plurality of battery cells and a plurality of temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the plurality of arrangement regions; a charging-discharging module configured to charge and discharge the plurality of battery cells; a plurality of blowers configured to flow air toward the plurality of arrangement regions; and a controller to configured to control the plurality of temperature sensors and the plurality of blowers; wherein the controller individually may change the airflow, which is the air rate per unit time of the plurality of blowers, based on each measured temperature measured by the plurality of temperature sensors.

Provided is a customer-sited hybrid generator system that coordinates a bidirectional inverter, an energy storage battery, an engine-driven generator, an optional renewable source, a controllable load bank, and an isolation switch under a supervisory controller, to supply facility loads and interact with a power grid. The controller enables multiple modes, including surge support during normal operation, under-frequency export from the battery with generator takeover, over-frequency import to charge the battery, and distributed curtailment using a resistive load thermally coupled to a liquid cooling loop. Electrically driven pumps and fans, a radiator, and a three-way valve route coolant among power electronics, engine, and curtailment loops. During a grid outage, the system may connect the generator directly to a facility bus, while isolating the inverter so the battery-backed inverter can provide parallel hybrid surge. The system interfaces with utility or VPP dispatch and supports either 50 Hz or 60 Hz interconnection.

Provided is a method of charging a deeply discharged battery using a battery charging device, the method including measuring the output voltage of the deeply discharged battery using the battery charging device, and if the output voltage is at or near zero (0) volts, charging the deeply discharged battery using the battery charging device in a forced mode.

Cable failure protection and battery kickstart in an electronic device is provided. When the electronic device is attached to an external power supply via a universal serial bus type-C (USB-C) cable, it is important to protect the electronic device from being damaged by a cable failure (e.g., overcurrent, overtemperature, and/or faulty cable). Additionally, when a battery in the electronic device is fully depleted, it is necessary to kickstart recharging of the depleted battery upon attaching to the USB-C cable. Herein, a power management integrated circuit (PMIC) is provided in the electronic device and configured in accordance with the USB-C standard to protect the electronic device from the cable failure and kickstart recharging of the depleted battery. By integrating cable failure protection and battery kickstart functionalities into the PMIC, it is possible to reduce cost and footprint of the PMIC, thus making the PMIC suitable for small formfactor electronic devices.