BATTERY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD

A battery management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: an EIS unit configured to output an AC current to a battery at a plurality of time points and generate an EIS profile representing a resistance of the battery as a corresponding relationship between a real part and an imaginary part at each of the plurality of time points; and a control unit configured to obtain the plurality of EIS profiles for the battery generated by the EIS unit, determine a plurality of arcs in each of the plurality of EIS profiles, calculate an arc resistance value for each of the plurality of determined arcs, calculate a resistance change rate for the arc resistance value between corresponding arcs among the plurality of arcs, and determine each of the plurality of arcs as a negative electrode-originated arc or a positive electrode-originated arc based on the plurality of calculated resistance change rates and a preset criterion change rate.