A Bilevel Equalizer to Boost the Capacity of Second Life Li Ion Batteries
| Autor: | Thomas A. Stuart, Ngalula Sandrine Mubenga, Kripa Sharma |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Battery (electricity)
business.product_category charge equalizer Computer science 020209 energy voltage equalizer (EQU) Energy Engineering and Power Technology Equalizer 02 engineering and technology Ion Modelling methods Electric vehicle lcsh:TK1001-1841 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Electrochemistry passive equalizer (PEQ) Electrical and Electronic Engineering lithium ion Cell voltage business.industry 020208 electrical & electronic engineering second-life batteries Electrical engineering active equalizer (AEQ) battery management bilevel equalizer (BEQ) lcsh:Production of electric energy or power. Powerplants. Central stations Microcontroller lcsh:Industrial electrochemistry Capacity loss business discharge capacity lcsh:TP250-261 |
| Zdroj: | Batteries, Vol 5, Iss 3, p 55 (2019) Batteries Volume 5 Issue 3 |
| ISSN: | 2313-0105 |
| Popis: | There is a strong interest in second life applications for the growing number of used electric vehicle (EV) batteries, but capacity variations amongst these used cells present a problem. Even when these cells are matched for capacity, some imbalance is bound to remain, and a few lower capacity cells are also likely to develop after the pack begins its second life. Conventional cell voltage equalizers (EQU) do not address this problem, and they only provide a battery discharge capacity that is exactly equal to that of the weakest cell in the pack. This can easily result in a capacity loss of perhaps 20% to 25%, or more. This indicates the need for a new class of EQUs that can provide a discharge capacity that is close to the average of the cells, instead of the weakest cell. It is proposed to call these &ldquo capacity EQUs&rdquo and the properties they must have are described. One such EQU is the bilevel equalizer (BEQ), described previously. This present paper provides an enhanced analysis of the BEQ and improved modelling methods. It also presents more details that are necessary to implement the microcontroller algorithm for the BEQ hardware. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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