System and method for cell balancing of battery pack

1. A method of cell balancing of a battery pack, using a cell balancing device of a battery pack, the method comprising:

detecting, by a controller, an inter-cell voltage deviation in the battery pack;

determining, by the controller, whether to perform cell balancing on the battery pack by comparing a magnitude of a control signal to a predetermined limit;

inactivating, by the controller, a relay connected with the battery pack; and

performing, by the controller, cell balancing in the battery pack.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of whether to perform cell balancing includes:

determining, by the controller, whether to perform cell balancing by comparing the detected voltage deviation with a stored threshold value.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the inactivating of the relay includes:

determining, by the controller, whether to inactivate some battery packs by checking the charge and discharge amounts of the battery packs based on traveling of a vehicle.

4. A method of cell balancing of a battery pack, using a cell balancing device of a battery pack, the method comprising:

detecting, by a controller, an inter-cell voltage deviation in a battery pack;

determining, by the controller, a battery pack that requires cell balancing, using the detected voltage deviation;

inactivating, by the controller, a relay connected with the determined battery pack and restricting charge and discharge of the determined battery pack;

performing, by the controller, cell balancing on the cells in the determined battery pack; and

connecting, by the controller, the relay and returning to a basic mode when a magnitude of a control signal is greater than a predeterminded limit,

wherein the magnitude of the control signal is greater than the predetermined limit when an acceleration pedal is engaged over a threshold value and a requested output of an engine is greater than a predetermined engine output limit.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the magnitude of the control signal is greater than the predetermined limit when a current value input by regenerative braking of a motor is greater than a predetermined current value limit during braking of a vehicle.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the magnitude of the control signal is greater than the predetermined limit when a heater or an air conditioner is required to operate and a room temperature is beyond a threshold value range.

7. A system for cell balancing of a battery pack, comprising:

a plurality of battery packs having a plurality of cells and connected in parallel;

a relay connected between the battery packs; and

a battery management system executed by a controller to determine whether to perform cell balancing on the battery pack based on an inter-cell voltage deviation of the battery pack and to connecting the relay and return to a basic mode when a magnitude of a control signal is greater than a predeterminded limit,

wherein the magnitude of the control signal is greater than the predetermined limit when an acceleration pedal is engaged over a threshold value and a requested output of an engine is greater than a predetermined engine output limit, or when a current value input by regenerative braking of a motor is greater than a predetermined current value limit during braking of a vehicle.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the battery management system includes one or more sub-battery management systems connected with the battery packs, respectively, and configured to detect an inter-cell voltage deviation of the battery packs, and perform cell balancing by inactivating the relays when the voltage deviation is equal to or greater than a threshold value.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the magnitude of the control signal is greater than the predetermined limit when a heater or an air conditioner is required to operate a room temperature is beyond a predetermined threshold value range.