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US 2014/0176084 A1Published application
System and Method for the Adaptive Management of a Battery System
OwnerPaul Geantilinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates generally to a method and apparatus for the management of individual cells in a battery system. More particularly, the present invention relates to the control of charging a battery system such that the cells stay balanced and the ability to produce a battery system profile and cell profile to adapt to the changes of the cells within the battery system.
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A battery management system for managing the charging of cells, the system includes:
- various sensors to sense voltage and count the amount of current going into a cell;
- a microcontroller;
- and
- non-volatile memory for recording data;
- wherein the microcontroller is smartly configured to generate a cell profile through the recording of the amount of current going into a cell during a full charge cycle where the cell was fully depleted.
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A method for generating a battery system profile, the method includes the steps of:
- reading the predetermined cell capacity;
- reading the battery cell profile;
- calculating the difference between a predetermined cell capacity and the battery cell profile;
- assigning a value which represents the capacity of the cell for each cell in a battery system;
- and
- generating a battery system profile.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.