Adjusting method of battery pack and adjusting method of battery pack with controller
The invention provides a method of adjusting a battery pack capable of reducing a difference in charge level between a plurality of secondary batteries constituting the battery pack and capable of restraining an increase in battery voltage difference between the secondary batteries of the battery pack in association with the adjustment of the charge level. A method of adjusting a battery pack includes a first adjusting process for discharging all secondary batteries of a first battery group so that charge levels of the secondary batteries of the first battery group fall within a charge level range determined based on a charge level of a secondary battery of a second battery group and further a second adjusting process for discharging all the secondary batteries of the first and second battery groups by the same electric quantity respectively.
1. A method of adjusting a battery pack including a plurality of secondary batteries divided into a first battery group and a second battery group according to charge levels before adjustment so that the first battery group includes one or more secondary batteries each having a high charge level and the secondary group includes two or more secondary batteries each having a lower charge level than that of the first battery group, the method being adapted to reduce a difference in charge level between the one or more secondary batteries of the first battery group and the two or more secondary batteries of the second battery group,
the method comprising:
a first adjusting process for discharging the one or more secondary batteries of the first battery group so that the charge level of the one or more secondary batteries of the first battery group falls within a charge level range determined based on the charge level of the two or more secondary batteries of the second battery group; and
a second adjusting process for discharging all the secondary batteries of the first and second battery groups by a same electric quantity, respectively, to reduce a battery voltage difference between the one or more secondary batteries of the first battery group and the one or more secondary batteries of the second battery group, wherein
the rate of discharge of the battery voltages of the first battery group is different than the rate of discharge of the battery voltages of the second battery group during the second adjusting process,
and the plurality of secondary batteries of the battery pack are electrically connected in series to each other.
2. The battery pack adjusting method according to claim 1 , wherein
the first adjusting process includes making the charge level of at least one secondary battery of the first battery group equal to the charge level of a secondary battery whose charge level is lowest in the second battery group.
3. The method of adjusting a battery pack according to claim 1 , the first adjusting process includes discharging the secondary batteries of the first battery group by the same electric quantity respectively so that the charge level of the two or more secondary batteries of the second battery group falls within a charge level range determined based on a charge level of the secondary batteries of the first battery group after discharge.
4. A method of adjusting a battery pack with a controller, the battery pack with a controller comprising a battery pack including a plurality of secondary batteries electrically connected, and a battery controller adapted to estimate each charge level of the secondary batteries based on each battery voltage and detect abnormality in the secondary batteries based on each estimated charge level,
the method comprising:
assuming each charge level of the secondary batteries estimated by the battery controller to be a charge level before adjustment and dividing the secondary batteries into the first battery group and the second battery group; and
reducing a difference in charge level between the secondary batteries of the first battery group and the secondary batteries of the second battery group according to the adjusting method set forth in claim 1 .