A battery management system for dynamically balancing power in a battery module is provided. The battery management system comprises a plurality of modules, and each of the plurality of modules comprises a plurality of bricks. Each of the plurality of bricks comprises a plurality of blocks, electrically connected in one of a series configuration or a parallel configuration and a controller assembly provided in each of the plurality of the modules. The controller assembly comprises a first converter adapted to be connected to the plurality of bricks and a second converter adapted to be connected to an external system. The controller assembly is configured to obtain a plurality of battery pack parameters from the plurality of bricks using the first converter, process the obtained plurality of battery pack parameters and determine a current level to regulate a charging or discharging of the battery pack using the second converter.

A battery cell balance circuit includes an AC/DC converter, a plurality of battery cells, a plurality of switches, an isolated DC/DC converter, a circuit switch, and a control unit. The AC/DC converter receives an AC power. The battery cells are connected in series to form a battery link. Each switch is correspondingly connected to one battery cell. The isolated DC/DC converter is coupled to the switches and coupled to the battery link in series. The circuit switch is coupled between the AC/DC converter, the isolated DC/DC converter, and the plurality of switches. The control unit provides a plurality of control signals to correspondingly control the plurality of switches and the circuit switch.

Embodiments of this application provide a battery equalization method and device, and a battery management system. The method includes: obtaining a first closed circuit voltage of N cells in a duration of a pulse charge current and a second closed circuit voltage of the N cells in a duration of a pulse discharge current, where the N cells constitute a battery, and N is a positive integer; determining a relationship of SOC values between the N cells based on the first closed circuit voltage and the second closed circuit voltage; and performing charge equalization on target cells, where the target cells are determined from the N cells based on the relationship of SOC values.

An energy storage system includes N switch units and N battery packs connected in series. The N switch units are separately connected to two ends of the N battery packs in a one-to-one correspondence. Each of the N switch units is configured to: when the energy storage system is in a charging state and remaining power of a battery pack correspondingly connected to each switch unit meets a first preset condition, and/or when the energy storage system is in a discharging state and the remaining power of the battery pack correspondingly connected to each switch unit meets a second preset condition, perform disconnection processing on the battery pack correspondingly connected to each switch unit. The first preset condition includes being greater than or equal to a first preset power value. The second preset condition includes being less than or equal to a second preset power value.

A method includes turning on a first group of switches of a switched capacitor converter in a battery charging system to establish a first conductive path, and configuring a system voltage at a system bus to charge a first flying capacitor to a predetermined voltage level through the first conductive path, wherein the predetermined voltage level is less than the system voltage, and turning on a second group of switches of the switched capacitor converter in the battery charging system to establish a second conductive path to charge a battery, wherein a sum of a voltage across the first flying capacitor and the system voltage is applied to the battery.

The energy storage system includes battery cells, a subrack, a backplane, and a battery management system BMS. The subrack reserves a plurality of battery cell slots, the battery cells are connected to the backplane through the battery cell slots. The backplane is installed in the subrack, a first power terminal is reserved at a position corresponding to the battery cell slot on the backplane, and a plug-in power terminal is formed by a second power terminal of the battery cell together with the first power terminal. A power circuit, a sampling circuit, and an equalizer circuit are integrated into the backplane, and the power circuit, the sampling circuit, and the equalizer circuit are connected after the second power terminal is plugged and docked with the first power terminal. The BMS is connected to the backplane for managing the energy storage system.

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are described for a wireless battery system. An example apparatus includes at least one memory, instructions, and processor circuitry to at least one of instantiate or execute the instructions to identify a first battery node to transmit an uplink command during a first superframe interval, transmit a downlink command to the first battery node and a second battery node, the first battery node to switch in the first superframe interval from a receive state to a transmit state in response to the downlink command, the first battery node to transmit the uplink command in the transmit state, and receive the uplink command from the first battery node in the first superframe interval.

This application embodiment provides a method for equalizing the battery module, an apparatus, a battery module and a power management controller, including: judging whether the first battery core and the second battery core enter their respective fully-charged interval; if the first battery core enters and the second battery core doesn't enter, discharging the first battery core until the second battery core enters; if the first battery core doesn't enter and the second battery core enters, judging whether the maximum value of the first charging voltage of each battery cell in the first battery core is greater than a third preset value; if so, discharging the second battery core until the first battery core enters; if not, controlling both to rest a preset time; after resting for the preset time, discharging the first battery core and the second battery core until the SOC of each battery cell enters a same state.

A method for managing a plurality of batteries that are electrically coupled together includes (1) monitoring respective voltages of the plurality of batteries and (2) in response to a respective voltage of a first battery of the plurality of batteries reaching a first threshold value at a first time, reducing a charge or discharge rate of the first battery, relative to at least a second battery of the plurality of batteries. Charge and discharge rates may be adaptively managed such that each battery reaches the first threshold value at substantially the same time.

A power storage system of the present technology includes a battery board configured to accommodate a secondary battery, a branch board, a first frame on which the battery board is placed, a second frame on which the branch board is placed, and a plurality of connection wirings that are disposed in the first frame and the second frame and connects the battery board and the branch board. The plurality of connection wirings are aggregated in the second frame.