隨著科技的發展，電池已經成為人類社會中不可或缺的一部分，除了作為儲存能量的一種裝置之外，亦帶給我們許多生活上的便利，對於環境的保護也有相當的幫助。然而，隨著石油的逐漸消耗，利用電池作為交通工具的能量來源已逐漸成為當今研究的重要趨勢；這也意味著，未來在能源的需求上，勢必朝向能提供高電壓、高容量、高電能的儲能裝置作為考量。因此，利用串並聯的方式來連接電池，以獲取更龐大的電壓以及電容量，是一種能因應現今能量要求的方法。
本篇論文中，我們設計出一套模擬的方法，可利用單顆電池的放電資訊，來預測兩顆相同或不同容量之電池，經串聯或並聯後，以固定電流放電的情形。經過實驗的証明，我們確實能準確地估計出電池組在放電過程中電壓的變化；而透過進一步的討論與驗證，我們認為這個模擬系統能擴充到多顆不同容量的電池，並且能夠預測其經任意串並聯後的放電行為。
我們期望這套發展出來的模擬系統，能應用在電池組的監測系統，以維護使用時的安全性；除此之外，藉由準確的模擬結果，對於高能量電能設備中電池組的配置，可以利用各種不同容量、種類的電池增加設計上的彈性，並利用各電池的特性、以不同串並聯方式的連接，讓系統能夠安全地、有效地提供所需的電能，並節省製造過程所需的成本。

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