A secondary cell residual capacity calculation method and a battery pack
capable of calculating the secondary cell residual capacity is provided.
The calculation method includes detecting a temperature of a plurality of
secondary cells; detecting a current and a terminal voltage of the
plurality of secondary cells; digitizing temperature, current, and
terminal voltage; calculating a cell polarization voltage from the
digitized temperature, current and terminal voltage; calculating an
original cell voltage from both of the calculated cell polarization
voltage and the detected terminal voltage; and calculating a residual
capacity rate based on the calculated original cell voltage with
reference to a prearranged residual capacity reference data table.