Improving of Active Cell Balancing by Equalizing the Cell Energy Instead of the Cell Voltage
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Mobility Department, Electric Drive Technologies, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology Giefinggasse 2, 1210 Vienna, Austria
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Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, Vienna University of Technology Getreidemarkt 9/164ec 1060 Vienna, Austria
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World Electr. Veh. J. 2010, 4(2), 400-404; https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj4020400
Published: 25 June 2010
Abstract
This article presents how active charge balancing of energy storage devices such as batteries and supercaps can be improved by using the capacity and the state of charge instead of the cell voltage as balancing criterion. Both for charging and discharging an improvement of performance is gained when using the state of charge and the capacity of the cells as information. A battery stack is modeled and a realistic driving cycle is applied to compare the difference between both methods in terms of usable energy. Finally, the simulation is validated by measurements.
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Einhorn, M.; Conte, F.V.; Fleig, J. Improving of Active Cell Balancing by Equalizing the Cell Energy Instead of the Cell Voltage. World Electr. Veh. J. 2010, 4, 400-404. https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj4020400
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Einhorn M, Conte FV, Fleig J. Improving of Active Cell Balancing by Equalizing the Cell Energy Instead of the Cell Voltage. World Electric Vehicle Journal. 2010; 4(2):400-404. https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj4020400
Chicago/Turabian StyleEinhorn, Markus, Fiorentino Valerio Conte, and Juergen Fleig. 2010. "Improving of Active Cell Balancing by Equalizing the Cell Energy Instead of the Cell Voltage" World Electric Vehicle Journal 4, no. 2: 400-404. https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj4020400
