Strings, Parallel Cells, and Parallel Strings
Paralleling strings together greatly increases the complexity of managing the battery pack and should be avoided unless there is a specific reason to use this configuration.
Whenever possible, using a single string of lithium cells is usually the preferred configuration for a lithium ion battery pack as it is the lowest cost and simplest. However, sometimes it may be necessary to use multiple strings of cells. Here are a few reasons that parallel strings may be necessary:
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Since lithium cells must be managed on a cell level, parallel lithium strings dramatically increase the complexity and cost of the battery management and introduce many additional points of failure and failure modes not found with a single string.
The use of a system contactor or shunt trip breaker in each battery pack is strongly recommended as an additional backup. This approach uses one battery charger per string. The BMS in each string directly controls the charger for that string, meaning that the charge can be controlled very precisely.
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