Battery cell balancing control system and battery management method thereof

1. A battery management method for a battery cell balancing control system for managing a battery apparatus, wherein the battery apparatus has a plurality of battery cells, the method comprising the following steps:

executing a battery checking procedure;

determining whether the plurality of battery cells has a controlled cell, wherein the controlled cell is the battery cell with a minimum capacity or a maximum resistance or composed of both of them;

if yes, skipping the battery cell balancing procedure; and

if no, executing a battery cell balancing procedure until the controlled cell is found, wherein the step of executing the battery checking procedure further comprises:

executing a charging procedure to charge the battery apparatus to a predetermined maximum point;

measuring a voltage of each battery cell to find a cell with a highest charged voltage;

executing a discharging procedure to discharge the battery apparatus to a predetermined minimum point;

measuring the voltage of each battery cell to find a cell with a lowest discharged voltage;

determining whether the cell with the highest charged voltage and the cell with the lowest discharged voltage have both been located;

if the cell with the highest charged voltage and the cell with the lowest discharged voltage have both been located, determining whether the cell with the highest charged voltage and the cell with the lowest discharged voltage are the same battery cell;

if the cell with the highest charged voltage and the cell with the lowest discharged voltage are the same battery cell, then marked the cell as the controlled cell;

if the cell with the highest charged voltage and the cell with the lowest discharged voltage are different battery cells, defining the cell with the lowest discharged value as a candidate of the controlled cell; and

executing the battery cell balancing procedure according to the candidate of the controlled cell repeatedly until the cell with the highest charged voltage and the cell with the lowest discharged voltage are the same battery cell.

2. The battery management method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein when the cell with the highest charged voltage and the cell with the lowest discharged voltage are different battery cells, the method further comprises the following steps:

determining whether a difference in a state of charge between the cell with the highest charged voltage and the cell with the lowest discharged voltage is greater than a predetermined value;

if yes, defining the cell with the lowest discharged voltage as the controlled cell;

if no, defining the cell with the lowest discharged voltage as the candidate of the controlled cell; and

executing the battery cell balancing procedure according to the candidate of the controlled cell repeatedly until the difference in the state of charge between the cell with the highest charged voltage and the candidate of the controlled is smaller than the predetermined value.

3. The battery management method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the step of executing the battery cell balancing procedure further comprises:

adjusting the state of charge of other battery cells according to a fully charged capacity of the candidate of the controlled cell.

4. The battery management method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the step of executing the battery checking procedure further comprises:

executing a charging procedure and a discharging procedure on the battery apparatus;

measuring the temperature of each battery cell to find a cell with a maximum temperature increase; and

defining the cell with the maximum temperature increase as the controlled cell.

5. The battery management method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a step of disposing a marked cell in the plurality of battery cells in advance, wherein the marked cell is the battery cell of smaller capacity or higher resistance or composed of both of them.

6. The battery management method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the step of executing the battery checking procedure further comprises:

finding the marked cell among the plurality of battery cells; and

defining the marked cell as the controlled cell.

7. The battery management method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising the following step:

if a capacity of the controlled cell is smaller than a threshold capacity, generating a maintenance notification message.

8. The battery management method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising the following step:

re-executing the battery checking procedure on the battery apparatus periodically or when a using state is changed.

9. A battery cell balancing control system for managing a battery apparatus, wherein the battery apparatus has a plurality of battery cells, the battery cell balancing control system comprising:

a detection module for executing a batter checking procedure on the plurality of battery cells to generate a detection result;

a battery management module electrically connected to the detection module for determining whether the plurality of battery cells has a controlled cell according to the detection result, wherein the controlled cell is the battery cell with a minimum capacity or a maximum resistance or composed of both of them;

an adjusting module electrically connected to the battery management module, wherein if the controlled cell has not been found among the plurality of battery cells, the battery management module controls the adjusting module to execute a battery cell balancing procedure until the controlled cell is found; if the controlled cell has found, the battery management module controls the adjusting module to disable the battery cell balancing procedure; and

a charging-discharging module used for executing a charging procedure and a discharging procedure on the battery apparatus, wherein the detection module comprises a voltage detection module for measuring the voltage of each battery cell to find a cell with a highest charged voltage when the battery apparatus is charged to a predetermined maximum point, and for measuring the voltage of each battery cell to find a cell with a lowest discharged voltage when the battery apparatus is discharged to a predetermined minimum point,

such that the battery management module is used for determining whether the cell with the highest charged voltage and the cell with the lowest discharged voltage have both been located; if the cell with the highest charged voltage and the cell with the lowest discharged voltage have both been located, the battery management module is used for determining whether the cell with the highest charged voltage and the cell with the lowest discharged voltage are the same battery cell; if the cell with the highest charged voltage and the cell with the lowest discharged voltage are the same battery cell, the battery management module is used for defining the cell as the controlled cell; if the cell with the highest charged voltage and the cell with the lowest discharged voltage are different battery cells, the battery management module is used for defining the cell with the lowest discharged voltage as a candidate of the controlled cell and controlling the adjusting module to execute the battery cell balancing procedure according to the candidate of the controlled cell repeatedly until the cell with the highest charged voltage and the cell with the lowest discharged voltage are the same battery cell.

10. The battery cell balancing control system as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the battery management module further determines whether a difference in a state of charge between the cell with the highest charged voltage and the cell with the lowest discharged voltage is greater than a predetermined value; if yes, the battery management module defines the cell with the lowest discharged voltage as the controlled cell; if no, the battery management module defines the cell with the lowest discharged voltage as the candidate of the controlled cell.

11. The battery cell balancing control system as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the battery management module is used for controlling the adjusting module to adjust the state of charge of other battery cells according to a fully charged capacity of the candidate of the controlled cell.

12. The battery cell balancing control system as claimed in claim 9 , the battery cell balancing control system further comprising a charging-discharging module for executing a charging procedure and a discharging procedure on the battery apparatus, wherein the detection module comprises a temperature detection module for measuring the temperature of each battery cell to find a cell with a maximum temperature increase; such that the battery management module is used for defining the cell with the maximum temperature increase as the controlled cell.

13. The battery cell balancing control system as claimed in claim 9 , wherein a marked cell is disposed in the plurality of battery cells previously; wherein the marked cell is the battery cell of smaller capacity or higher resistance or composed of both of them.

14. The battery cell balancing control system as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the detection module comprises a search module for finding the marked cell among the plurality of battery cells;

such that the battery management module is used for defining the marked cell as the controlled cell.

15. The battery cell balancing control system as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the battery management module is used for generating a maintenance notification message when the capacity of the controlled cell is smaller than a threshold capacity.

16. The battery cell balancing control system as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the detection module is used for re-executing the battery checking procedure on the battery apparatus periodically or when a using state is changed.