Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging – Serially connected batteries or cells – Having variable number of cells or batteries in series
Patent
1998-01-26
1999-04-27
Nappi, Robert E.
Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging
Serially connected batteries or cells
Having variable number of cells or batteries in series
320118, 320136, 320120, 320122, 429 61, H02J 700
Patent
active
058982914
ABSTRACT:
When the cell of a battery, most notably a lithium ion battery, fails and human intervention is unavailable to correct the problem. a system is provided for optimizing the energy storage capacity of the battery. At least two cellular strings, each including a plurality of battery cells, are connected electrically in series. All cellular strings contain the same number of battery cells and are electrically connected in parallel to form a battery array powering a load. A sensor detects the condition of each battery cell and sends a signal of the detected condition to a controller for operating the battery array for powering the load. A switching arrangement is responsive to the sensor, upon failure of a battery cell in one cellular string, for disconnecting at least one other battery cell of the battery array such that, thereafter, the modified battery array continues to power the load with reduced but optimized capacity. In one instance, the switching arrangement is operable, upon failure of the battery cell in one cellular string to disconnect that cellular string from the remaining cellular strings which, thereafter, alone continue to power the load. In another instance, the switching arrangement is operable, upon failure of the battery cell in one cellular string, to disconnect a battery cell from each of the remaining cellular strings whereby all of the cellular strings continue, as originally, to have an equal, albeit reduced, number of active battery cells, the modified battery array continuing to power the load.
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Nappi Robert E.
Shin K.
Space Systems Loral, Inc.
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