摘要 |
<p>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a voltage equalization device and a power storage device capable of appropriately performing voltage equalization irrespective of variation in characteristics among circuit elements.SOLUTION: The voltage equalization device includes: a voltage measurement circuit for measuring the voltage of plural storage members connected to each other in series; plural rectifier element groups of plural rectifier elements connected to each other in series and each of which is connected to the respective storage members in parallel; plural capacitors which are connected to the respective nodes between the neighboring rectifier elements in the rectifier element groups; a voltage controller which is disposed at the input side of the capacitors to control the voltage supplied to the storage member; plural switches connected to each of the capacitors for connecting or shutting the nodes to the voltage controller; and a switch controller that controls the operation of the switches based on the measurement result made by the voltage measurement circuit.</p> |