Power control unit
First Claim
1. A power control apparatus for controlling charging and discharging of a plurality of storage means, comprising voltage measuring means for measuring voltages of said storage means respectively, current measuring means for measuring currents flowing through said storage means respectively, a status detecting means for detecting the operating status of each storage means from values measured by said voltage measuring means and said current measuring means, and a charging/discharging controlling means for controlling currents, voltages, or power according to the operating status of each storage means detected by said status detecting means to charge or discharge said storage means.
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A power control apparatus for controlling charging and discharging of a plurality of storage means (101a, . . . ) has voltage measuring means (102a, . . . ) for measuring voltages of said storage means respectively, current measuring means (103a, . . . ) for measuring currents flowing through said storage means respectively, a status detecting means (104) for detecting the operating status of each storage means from values measured by said voltage measuring means and said current measuring means, and a charging/discharging controlling means (105) for controlling currents, voltages, or power according to the operating status of each storage means detected by said status detecting means to charge or discharge said storage means.
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1. A power control apparatus for controlling charging and discharging of a plurality of storage means, comprising
voltage measuring means for measuring voltages of said storage means respectively, current measuring means for measuring currents flowing through said storage means respectively, a status detecting means for detecting the operating status of each storage means from values measured by said voltage measuring means and said current measuring means, and a charging/discharging controlling means for controlling currents, voltages, or power according to the operating status of each storage means detected by said status detecting means to charge or discharge said storage means.
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11. A power control apparatus for controlling charging of a plurality of storage means comprising
voltage measuring means for measuring voltages of said storage means respectively, current measuring means for measuring currents flowing through said storage means respectively, a status detecting means for respectively calculating the internal impedances and open circuit voltages of said storage means from values measured by said voltage and current measuring means, and a charging current controlling means calculates a permissible charging current value of each storage means from its internal impedance or open circuit voltage and a preset maximum permissible charging voltage which are detected by said status detecting means calculates the sum of all currents flowing through said storage means to suppress a current over t he calculated current from flowing into said storage means, and controls the charging current to make the current below the calculated total current value.
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12. A power control apparatus for controlling discharging of a plurality of storage means comprising
voltage measuring means for measuring voltages of said storage means respectively, current measuring means for measuring currents flowing through said storage means respectively, a status detecting means for respectively calculating the internal impedances and open circuit voltages of said storage means from values measured by said voltage and current measuring means, and a discharging current controlling means calculates a permissible discharging current value of each storage means from its internal impedance or open circuit voltage and a preset maximum permissible discharging voltage which are detected by said status detecting means calculates the sum of all currents flowing through said storage means to suppress a current over the calculated current from flowing from said storage means, and controls the discharging current to make the current below the calculated total discharging current value.
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