National Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology

Wei-Min Hsiao

Kuo-Kuang Jen

Gwo-Huei You

Fu-Min Fang

Jeng-Chyan Lin

Chih-Hsien Chung

Hsun-Ming Hsien

Shih-Chang Tseng

Jung-Zong Wu

Dao-Qin Lin

A portable battery detection device includes a battery data receiving module for receiving battery data, a temperature measurement module for measuring battery temperature, a gas measurement module for measuring discharged gas, an insulation resistance measurement module for measuring insulation resistance, a serial impedance measurement module for measuring serial impedance, a data acquisition module for receiving various data sent by the temperature measurement module and the gas measurement module, an electric meter module for measuring DC voltage, current, and impedance, the data integration module for receiving data transmitted by the battery data receiving module, the electric meter module, and the insulation resistance measurement module, and then integrating the data to the processor module, and the processor module for using data received from the data integration module, the data acquisition module, and the serial impedance measurement module to transmit data, control, and manage the operation of the portable battery detection device.

Portable battery detection device

A safety protection device for a battery test system includes a system device, an alternating current changeover switch and a direct current changeover switch. The system device is coupled to a load device. One terminal of the AC changeover switch is coupled to an AC source, the other terminal of the AC changeover switch is coupled to the system device. One terminal of the DC changeover switch is coupled to a battery pack, the other terminal of the DC changeover switch is coupled to the system device. The system device detects in real time a plurality of sets of detection information of the battery pack, performs a plurality of determinations on the plurality of sets of detection information to obtain a plurality of sets of determination information. The system device respectively switches the AC changeover switch and DC changeover switch according to the plurality of sets of determination information.

Safety protection device and method for battery test system

The present invention discloses an external battery short-circuit testing device, configured to perform short-circuit test on a battery pack under test. The external battery short-circuit testing device comprises a plurality of fuses; a Hall current transducer, coupled to the plurality of fuses; a current meter, coupled to the Hall current transducer and the battery pack under test; a voltmeter, coupled to the battery pack under test; a variable resistor, coupled to the Hall current transducer; an electromagnetic switch, coupled to the variable resistor and the battery pack under test; and an operation unit, comprising a voltage measurement unit, a current measurement unit, a temperature measurement unit and a switch control unit.

External battery short-circuit testing device

A charging method for a battery set with a plurality of battery cells, having steps of performing a serial charging on the battery cells; determining whether one of the battery cells reaches a saturation voltage; and performing a uniform separately charging on the battery cells when one of the battery cells reaches the saturation voltage, wherein the uniform separately charging comprises sorting the battery cells according to cell voltages of the battery cells; and sequentially and separately charging the sorted battery cells to a Nsegmented voltage in a Nsegmentation, wherein N is a positive integer from 1 to K, and K is a positive integer larger than 1. The charging method of the present disclosure can reduce the temperature rising of the battery cell due to the longtime charging.

Charging method for battery set and battery management system using the same

A charging control method includes the following. (a) An electrical state of a battery set is obtained. (b) Whether the electrical state is greater than a first electrical state threshold is determined and charging control based on a first charging mode or a second charging mode on the battery set is performed accordingly. (c) During the charging control on the battery set, at least one temperature difference value is determined based on temperature values of the battery set at different times. (d) Whether the temperature difference value is greater than a first temperature difference threshold is determined and whether to temporarily stop or continue the charging is determined accordingly. (e) During the charging control on the battery set, the electrical state is obtained, and whether the electrical state satisfies a fully-charged criterion is determined and whether to stop or continue the charging control is determined accordingly.

Charging control apparatus, charging control method and computer readable medium thereof

An electrical system having a master node, at least one slave node and a bus linked to both of the master node and the slave node is illustrated. The master node check whether a reception register of the slave node does not receives a new data for a first time period, and resets the slave node while the reception register of the slave node does not receives the new data for the first time period; and the slave node checks whether the reception register of the slave node does not receives the new data for a second time period, and resets the slave node itself while the reception register of the slave node does not receives the new data for the second time period. Therefore, the communication stability of the electrical system can be enhanced.

Link reestablishment method and electrical system using the same

Electric vehicle range extending apparatus includes a step-down voltage provision unit, cell voltage sensing unit, cell switching unit, and control unit. The step-down voltage provision unit has an input port to be coupled to the main battery pack or an auxiliary battery pack, and an output port to output a power balancing signal. The cell voltage sensing unit is for being coupled to the battery cells and sensing individual voltages of the battery cells. The cell switching unit, including a plurality of switches, is coupled to the battery cells respectively, and coupled to the output port. The control unit, coupled to the cell voltage sensing unit, step-down voltage provision unit, and cell switching unit, is for controlling the cell switching unit based on the individual voltages of the battery cells so as to apply the power balancing signal to at least one of the battery cells selectively.

Range extending apparatus for electric vehicle and control method thereof

A battery active-balancing system comprises an external balancing power; a buck converter having a first side-winding and a second side-winding induced thereby, the first side-winding and the second side-winding each having a positive terminal and a negative terminal; a battery comprising series-connected cell-units each having a positive terminal and a negative terminal; a cell voltage-sensing unit coupled to the battery to sense a voltage of each cell unit of the series-connected cell-units; a main switch component coupled to the first side-winding and the battery in an ON state, or coupled to the first side-winding and the external balancing power in an OFF state; a cell-switch unit comprising first cell-switch components and second cell-switch components, wherein each of the first cell-switch components is coupled to the positive terminal of corresponding one cell-unit and the positive terminal of the second side-winding, and each of the second cell-switch components is coupled to the negative terminal of corresponding one cell-unit and the negative terminal of the second side-winding; and a microcontroller for controlling the main switch component and the cell-switch unit, and determining a voltage level fed back from the cell voltage-sensing unit.

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Taoyuan, Taiwan

Wei-Min Hsiao