Battery Management System in Electric and Hybrid Vehicles

Dear Colleagues,

The rapid development of electric and hybrid vehicles has created a boom for lithium-ion batteries. However, lithium-ion batteries inherently have non-linear dynamic behaviours coupled with electrical, acoustic, and mechanical variations. Furthermore, their dynamic behaviors change with factors such as voltage, current, capacity, temperature, and vibration. These factors make it difficult to model and manage the lithium-ion batteries. Therefore, the intelligent battery management system is very crucial for the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of electric and hybrid vehicles. Although remarkable progress has been made in recent years, to control and manage the lithium-ion batteries accurately during their whole lifespan and practical conditions still remain open issues. This Special Issue focuses on the advanced battery management technologies that could potentially be used in electric and hybrid vehicles. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Battery state estimation and remaining useful life prediction;
• Battery thermal analysis and management;
• Battery charging strategy optimization;
• Battery pack balance control;
• Battery multi-physics field parameter monitoring.

Dr. Yong Tian
Dr. Penghua Li
Guest Editors

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