Life-extended active battery control for energy storage using electric vehicle retired batteries

H Wang, M Rasheed, R Hassan… - … on Power Electronics, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Energy storage systems using the electric vehicle (EV) retired batteries have significant
socio-economic and environmental benefits and can facilitate the progress toward net-zero …

Battery module equalization apparatus and battery pack and vehicle including the same

CH Sung, SH Lee, C Yean-Sik - US Patent 11,205,806, 2021 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A battery module equalization apparatus includes a plurality of slave
controllers each electrically connected to the plu rality of battery modules to measure voltage …

Battery balancing and current control with bypass circuit for load switch

P Li, L Yan, BM Lehman - US Patent 10,992,144, 2021 - Google Patents
A circuit provides for regulating charge and discharge current of a battery. A bypass circuit is
connected to a terminal of the battery and connected in parallel with a load switch. The …

Battery management based on internal optical sensing

A Raghavan, P Kiesel, A Lochbaum, B Saha… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A battery management system includes one or more fiber optic sensors
configured to be disposed within an electro chemical battery. Each fiber optic sensor is …

System and method for battery management

MA Carralero, JM Quiambao - US Patent 10,547,184, 2020 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A system includes a battery and a power management unit connected with
the battery. The power management unit controls power to the battery. A spare power unit …

Energy system monitoring

A Hegyi, P Kiesel, A Raghavan - US Patent 9,677,916, 2017 - Google Patents
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Electrified vehicle DC power conversion with distributed control

MJ Hand, RD Anderson - US Patent 10,131,245, 2018 - Google Patents
An electrified vehicle has a battery pack comprising series-connected battery units providing
a main voltage. To supply a lower voltage bus equally from all battery units, a plurality of …

Bulk force in a battery pack and its application to state of charge estimation

AG Stefanopoulou, SN Mohan, YK Kim… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
There is disclosed an electrical device including a battery pack, a pressure sensor for
measuring a volume change of the battery pack, a voltage sensor in electrical …

Electrified vehicle DC power conversion with balancing of battery states

X Duan, RD Anderson - US Patent 10,793,019, 2020 - Google Patents
A high voltage battery pack comprises series-connected battery units, each separately
powering a respective DC/DC converter. The converter outputs are coupled in parallel to …

Electrified vehicle power conversion for low voltage bus

MJ Hand, RD Anderson - US Patent 10,214,111, 2019 - Google Patents
An electrified vehicle high voltage battery pack has series connected battery units or cells
combining to provide the high voltage. To power a low voltage bus (eg, for low voltage …