CELL BALANCING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

1 . A cell balancing method, characterized in that the method comprises:

performing charge and discharge operations on battery cells in an energy storage system, and determining a first battery cell that first reaches a discharge cut-off voltage during the discharge operation, and a second battery cell that first reaches a charge cut-off voltage during the charge operation; and

performing a balancing process on the battery cells in the energy storage system in a case that the first battery cell is different from the second battery cell.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , characterized in that the method further comprises:

determining, in a case that the first battery cell is identical to the second battery cell, that the battery cells in the energy storage system reach a balanced state, or stopping the balancing process on the battery cells in the energy storage system.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , characterized in that the performing a balancing process on the battery cells in the energy storage system comprises:

determining a target battery cell that meets a balancing condition in the energy storage system; and

performing the balancing process on the target battery cell.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , characterized in that, after performing the balancing process on the target battery cell, the method further comprises:

performing charge and discharge operations on the battery cells in the energy storage system, and determining a third battery cell that first reaches the discharge cut-off voltage during the discharge operation, and a fourth battery cell that first reaches the charge cut-off voltage during the charge operation; and

determining, in a case that the third battery cell is identical to the fourth battery cell, that the battery cells in the energy storage system reach a balanced state, or stopping the balancing process on the battery cells in the energy storage system.

5 . The method according to claim 3 , characterized in that the determining a target battery cell that meets a balancing condition in the energy storage system comprises:

obtaining a cell voltage of each battery cell in the energy storage system, and a cell voltage difference between each battery cell and the first battery cell; and

determining that a battery cell meeting a condition is the target battery cell, wherein the condition is: the cell voltage is greater than a first voltage threshold, and the cell voltage difference is greater than a second voltage threshold.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , characterized in that the first voltage threshold is determined based on the charge cut-off voltage of the energy storage system, and the second voltage threshold is determined based on a maximum allowable voltage difference between the battery cells of the energy storage system.

7 . The method according to claim 3 , characterized in that the performing the balancing process on the target battery cell comprises:

determining a target discharge duration based on a preset discharge amount; and

discharging the target battery cell based on the target discharge duration.

8 . The method according to claim 7 , characterized in that the discharging the target battery cell based on the target discharge duration comprises:

discharging the target battery cell by using a balancing circuit disposed in the energy storage system, and starting timing from a beginning of the discharge; and

stopping discharging the target battery cell when a duration of the timing reaches the target discharge duration.

9 . A cell balancing apparatus, characterized in that the apparatus comprises:

a first cell determining module, configured to perform charge and discharge operations on battery cells in an energy storage system, and determine a first battery cell that first reaches a discharge cut-off voltage during the discharge operation, and a second battery cell that first reaches a charge cut-off voltage during the charge operation; and

a balancing module, configured to perform a balancing process on the battery cells in the energy storage system in a case that the first battery cell is different from the second battery cell.

10 . The apparatus according to claim 9 , characterized in that the apparatus further comprises:

a first balancing stopping module, configured to determine, in a case that the first battery cell is identical to the second battery cell, that the battery cells in the energy storage system reach a balanced state, or stop the balancing process on the battery cells in the energy storage system.

11 . The apparatus according to claim 9 , characterized in that the balancing module is specifically configured to: determine a target battery cell that meets a balancing condition in the energy storage system; and perform the balancing process on the target battery cell.

12 . The apparatus according to claim 9 , characterized in that the apparatus further comprises:

a second cell determining module, configured to perform charge and discharge operations on the battery cells in the energy storage system, and determine a third battery cell that first reaches the discharge cut-off voltage during the discharge operation, and a fourth battery cell that first reaches the charge cut-off voltage during the charge operation; and

a second balancing stopping module, configured to determine, in a case that the third battery cell is identical to the fourth battery cell, that the battery cells in the energy storage system reach a balanced state, or stop the balancing process on the battery cells in the energy storage system.

13 . An electronic device, comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the memory stores a computer program, characterized in that, when executing the computer program, the processor implements steps of the method according to claim 1 .