BATTERY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD

A battery management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a measuring unit configured to measure a first voltage of a battery cell at a first time point and measure a second voltage and a second capacity of the battery cell at a second time point later than the first time point; and a control unit configured to calculate a voltage deviation between the first voltage and the second voltage, calculate a capacity deviation between a first capacity corresponding to the first voltage and the second capacity, determine a positive electrode side reaction factor and a negative electrode side reaction factor for the battery cell based on the voltage deviation and the capacity deviation, and judge the type of a side reaction of the battery cell based on the positive electrode side reaction factor and the negative electrode side reaction factor.