Patent ID: 8354824

Claim:
An electrochemical battery system, comprising: a plurality of first electrochemical cells; a memory in which command instructions are stored; and a processor configured to execute the command instructions to (i) evaluate each of the plurality of first electrochemical cells, (ii) selectively connect a first of the plurality of first electrochemical cells to a power provider based upon the evaluation while selectively isolating a second of the plurality of first electrochemical cells from the power provider based upon the evaluation, (iii) identify an amount of current passed into the first of the plurality of first electrochemical cells while the second of the plurality of first electrochemical cells is isolated, and (iv) reset a 0% state of charge (SOC) threshold for the first of the plurality of first electrochemical cells based upon the amount of current passed into the first of the plurality of first electrochemical cells with the second of the plurality of first electrochemical cells isolated.