BATTERY WARM UP SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WARMING UP THE BATTERY USING THE SAME

• Main Authors: AHN, SOON HO, KIM, SUNG JONG, LEE, JUNG JAE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 19.11.2014
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRICITY; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY

According to the present invention, a battery warm-up system includes: a temperature measurement unit which measures the temperature of a battery pack connected to a starter of a vehicle; a battery state measurement unit which measures a charging state of each of a plurality of battery modules constituting the battery pack; a control unit which outputs a forced discharge start signal with reference to the temperature measured by the temperature measurement unit, and outputs a balancing start signal with reference to a charging state of each of the battery modules; a forced discharge circuit unit which forces some of the battery modules to be discharged according to the forced discharge start signal; and a balancing unit which balances a charged amount of each of the battery modules according to the balancing start signal.