A charging management apparatus includes a main relay connected between a positive electrode terminal of a battery pack and a charging terminal of a charging connector, a current regulator connected in parallel to the main relay and including a precharge relay and a resistance regulation circuit connected in series, a battery pack voltage sensor, a battery pack current sensor, and a controller to control the main relay is into an on state and the precharge relay into an off state in response to a first switching condition while the main relay is in the off state, the resistance regulation circuit at a first resistance value and the precharge relay is in the on state, and to control the resistance regulation circuit to a second resistance value, the precharge relay into the on state and the main relay into the off state, in response to a second switching condition.

The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for controlling a voltage of an electric machine, applied to a vehicle having an electricity-generation-starting-up integrated electric machine, which relates to the technical field of vehicle controlling. The method includes: when the vehicle is in a voltage-controlling mode, acquiring a current battery voltage, a current battery electric current and an electric-current limit value of the vehicle; according to the battery voltage, determining an initial target voltage; according to a difference between the electric-current limit value and the battery electric current, determining a superposing-voltage value; based on the superposing-voltage value and the initial target voltage, determining a target controlling voltage; and based on the target controlling voltage, controlling the battery voltage of the vehicle.

A controller discharges a traction battery according to power limits defined by output that is indicative of a state of charge of the traction battery and is updated by a bar delta filter according to a balancing current. The balancing current is associated with each cell of a string of series connected cells of the traction battery and represents a deviation of an estimated current through the cell from a total current of the string.

A battery rotation system for rechargeable batteries. The system includes a plurality of battery monitors each configured to mount to a rechargeable battery, each connected to the terminals of the battery, and each including a current sensor, a voltage sensor, and a temperature sensor. The system further includes a server in wireless communication with the battery monitors to receive battery status information from the monitors. When a battery is connect to a battery charger, the battery monitor determines when the battery is ready for use. The server maintains queue information of available batteries and sends that information to a remote user device. The server also can schedule battery replacements and schedule charging times based on peak hours.

An electrical power system for a vehicle comprising a base powernet and a primary powernet electrically connected to primary safety critical loads. A switch is disposed between the base powernet and the primary powernet. The switch is configured to transition between a closed state that electrically connects the base powernet to the primary powernet and an open state that disconnects the base powernet from the primary powernet.

The present invention relates to a system for predicting battery usage habits and battery discharge tendencies. The system includes a battery sensor that senses a state of charge (SOC) of a battery and a controller hat calculates battery power generation amount during driving time of a vehicle and battery consumption during parking time of the vehicle based on information sensed by the battery sensor. A storage unit for stores the battery power generation amount, the battery consumption, time at which the vehicle is tuned on/off, and time at which the controller enters a sleep/wake-up state.

A battery system includes at least one battery including a plurality of cells and a hybrid control module configured to monitor a differential capacity of the at least one battery, determine when the monitored differential capacity of the at least one battery corresponds to a predetermined differential capacity of the at least one battery, and determine a state of charge of the battery in response to the determination that the monitored differential capacity corresponds to the predetermined differential capacity.

The invention relates to a feedback current control device and aerial equipment. The feedback current control device includes: a feedback current capture module, located on a current capture circuit and configured to capture a feedback current; a first switch module, configured to turn on or off the current capture circuit; and a control module, including: a first receiving unit, configured to receive a first voltage at one end of the driver and a second voltage at one end of a battery on a feed circuit and a temperature of the battery; and a first control unit, configured to control the first switch module to turn on the current capture circuit for capturing the feedback current when the difference between the first voltage and the second voltage is greater than a preset voltage and the temperature of the battery is less than or equal to a preset temperature.

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.

In a battery apparatus, a battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules and a bus-bar connecting two battery modules among the plurality of battery modules. A wire connects the battery pack and the switch for controlling current supply of the battery pack. A voltage measuring circuit measures a voltage of the bus-bar, a voltage of the battery pack, and voltages of the plurality of battery modules. A processor diagnoses a connection status of the bus-bar and a connection status of the wire based on a current of the battery pack, the voltage of the bus-bar, the voltage of the battery pack, and the voltages of the plurality of battery modules.