A Novel Method to Balance and Reconfigure Series-Connected Battery Strings
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Structure Analysis of the Proposed Reconfigurable Balancing Method
2.1. Existing Reconfigurable Methods
2.2. The Proposed Reconfigurable Balancing Method
3. Control Strategy Development for the Reconfigurable Balancing Topology
4. Experimental Validation
4.1. Establishment of the Experimental Test Workbench
4.2. Reconfigurable Balancing Circuits Fabrication and Fundamental Function Validation
4.3. Balancing Only Validation
4.4. Simultaneously Balancing and Reconfiguring Validation
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Items | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | Tp |
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Switches | 3(n − 1) | 5n − 3 | 4n − 3 | 2n | n |
Fuses | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n |
System Complexity | Complex | Complex | Complex | Fair | Simple |
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Xu, J.; Cao, B.; Wang, J. A Novel Method to Balance and Reconfigure Series-Connected Battery Strings. Energies 2016, 9, 766. https://doi.org/10.3390/en9100766
Xu J, Cao B, Wang J. A Novel Method to Balance and Reconfigure Series-Connected Battery Strings. Energies. 2016; 9(10):766. https://doi.org/10.3390/en9100766
Chicago/Turabian StyleXu, Jun, Binggang Cao, and Junping Wang. 2016. "A Novel Method to Balance and Reconfigure Series-Connected Battery Strings" Energies 9, no. 10: 766. https://doi.org/10.3390/en9100766