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  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
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18 Pages

Optimal SoC Balancing Control for Lithium-Ion Battery Cells Connected in Series

  • Chi Nguyen Van,
  • Thuy Nguyen Vinh,
  • Minh-Duc Ngo and
  • Seon-Ju Ahn

16 May 2021

The optimal state of charge (SoC) balancing control for series-connected lithium-ion battery cells is presented in this paper. A modified SoC balancing circuit for two adjacent cells, based on the principle of a bidirectional Cuk converter, is propos...

  • Article
  • Open Access
56 Citations
11,809 Views
15 Pages

24 May 2013

This paper proposes a novel battery cell balancing topology with reduced component count and simplified control. The balancing algorithm is based on the state of charge (SOC) of each individual cell instead of cell voltage. The principle of the propo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,081 Views
19 Pages

A Fast SOC Balancing Method for MMC-BESS Based on Nonlinear Model-Predictive Control

  • Xiaofan Ji,
  • Fengxiang Xie,
  • Yuantang Qi,
  • Yongdong Ji,
  • Decun Niu and
  • Qizhong Yan

13 May 2025

In modular multilevel converter battery energy storage systems (MMC-BESS), state-of-charge (SOC) balancing is essential for ensuring safe and reliable operation. Existing methods based on linear controllers or conventional model-predictive control (M...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,791 Views
17 Pages

1 June 2020

Based on the droop control, voltage regulation at the secondary control is required to eliminate the deviation of the average voltage across the microgrid. Meanwhile, to prevent any of energy storage (ESs) from over-charging or over-discharging, Stat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,128 Views
19 Pages

SOC Balancing Control Strategy for Multiple Storage Units Based on Battery Life Degradation Characteristics

  • Guiquan Chen,
  • Xiangyang Xia,
  • Dan Lu,
  • Ting Ouyang,
  • Xiaoyue Zhao,
  • Nanlan Wang,
  • Naitong Liu,
  • Xianliang Luo and
  • Yichong Luo

29 August 2025

To resolve the issue of state of charge (SOC) inconsistency among energy storage units under traditional equal-power allocation strategies, this paper proposes a multi-unit SOC balancing control strategy based on battery life degradation characterist...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
4,054 Views
15 Pages

17 April 2022

In order to achieve a state-of-charge (SOC) balance among multiple energy storage units (MESUs) in an islanded DC microgrid, a SOC balancing and coordinated control strategy based on the adaptive droop coefficient algorithm for MESUs is proposed. Whe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
709 Views
17 Pages

Centralized SoC Balancing for Batteries with Droop-Controlled DC/DC Converters for Electric Aircraft

  • Elias Berschneider,
  • Bernhard Wagner,
  • Markus Meindl and
  • Bernd Eckardt

6 November 2025

In this article, an approach to balance the State of Charge (SoC) of two batteries connected to the DC bus of a fuel cell (FC) electric aircraft by Droop-controlled converters is described. The proposed algorithm is based on shifting the Droop refere...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,683 Views
21 Pages

6 August 2024

In isolated operation, DC microgrids require multiple distributed energy storage units (DESUs) to accommodate the variability of distributed generation (DG). The traditional control strategy has the problem of uneven allocation of load current when t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,806 Views
25 Pages

A Model-Based Strategy for Active Balancing and SoC and SoH Estimations of an Automotive Battery Management System

  • Lorenzo Breglio,
  • Arcangelo Fiordellisi,
  • Giovanni Gasperini,
  • Giulio Iodice,
  • Denise Palermo,
  • Manuela Tufo,
  • Fabio Ursumando and
  • Agostino Mele

7 August 2024

This paper presents a novel integrated control architecture for automotive battery management systems (BMSs). The primary focus is on estimating the state of charge (SoC) and the state of health (SoH) of a battery pack made of sixteen parallel-connec...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,276 Views
16 Pages

27 December 2022

Battery energy storage systems are widely used in energy storage microgrids. As the index of stored energy level of a battery, balancing the State-of-Charge (SoC) can effectively restrain the circulating current between battery cells. Compared with p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
590 Views
18 Pages

21 November 2025

The “double-high” characteristics of power systems—namely, the high penetration of renewable energy and the widespread use of power electronic devices—have significantly increased operational complexity. This underscores the n...

  • Article
  • Open Access
284 Views
21 Pages

SOC Balancing Scheme of Microgrid Lithium Battery Energy Storage System Considering SOH

  • Jiebao Yang,
  • Liqun Liu,
  • Qingfeng Wu,
  • Shaojuan Yu,
  • Yamin Fan and
  • Rui Ma

29 December 2025

The existing state of charge (SOC) balancing scheme of the lithium battery energy storage system (LBESS) does not consider the state of health (SOH) of LBESS in the process of energy distribution, which results in an inability to reduce SOH balancing...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,373 Views
15 Pages

Consensus-Based SOC Balancing of Battery Energy Storage Systems in Wind Farm

  • Cao-Khang Nguyen,
  • Thai-Thanh Nguyen,
  • Hyeong-Jun Yoo and
  • Hak-Man Kim

16 December 2018

Multiple battery energy storage systems (BESSs) are used to compensate for the fluctuation in wind generations effectively. The stage of charge (SOC) of BESSs might be unbalanced due to the difference of wind speed, initial SOCs, line impedances and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,390 Views
24 Pages

4 February 2024

Modular multilevel converters (MMCs) with integrated battery energy storage systems (BESSs) are becoming crucial for modern power grids. This paper investigates the modeling and control of a grid-connected MMC-BESS, with a specific emphasis on state-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
775 Views
32 Pages

18 September 2025

The growing share of renewable energy resources highlights the need for reliable energy management in frequency regulation. Multi-type battery energy storage system (M-BESS) aggregators are promising resources, yet their heterogeneous costs, capaciti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
5,835 Views
17 Pages

2 November 2017

Abstract: Non-uniformity of Lithium-ion cells in a battery pack is inevitable and has become the bottleneck to the pack capacity, especially in the fast charging process. Therefore, a balancing approach is essentially required. This paper proposes an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
767 Views
15 Pages

8 August 2025

State-of-charge (SOC) and temperature inconsistencies among lithium-ion battery cells can significantly degrade the performance, safety, and lifespan of battery packs. To address this issue, this paper proposes a dynamic balancing strategy that simul...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,336 Views
12 Pages

19 April 2016

Various balancing topology and control methods have been proposed for the inconsistency problem of battery packs. However, these strategies only focus on a single objective, ignore the mutual interaction among various factors and are only based on th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,858 Views
20 Pages

28 December 2018

Modular multilevel converter with integrated battery energy storage system (MMC-BESS) has been proposed for energy storage requirements in high-voltage applications. The state-of-charge (SOC) equilibrium of batteries is essential for BESS to guarante...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,382 Views
21 Pages

Improved Battery Balancing Control Strategy for Reconfigurable Converter Systems

  • Guangwei Wan,
  • Qiang Zhang,
  • Menghan Li,
  • Siyuan Li,
  • Zehao Fu,
  • Junjie Liu and
  • Gang Li

26 July 2023

In order to address the issue of battery cell disparity in lithium-ion battery systems, battery balancing techniques are required. This paper proposes an improved battery balancing strategy within a reconfigurable converter system. The strategy is ba...

  • Article
  • Open Access
560 Views
21 Pages

Inter-Arm State-of-Charge Balancing Control Based on Arm Valley Voltage Adjustment in MMDTC-BESS

  • Qizhong Yan,
  • Decun Niu,
  • Xiangzheng Cui,
  • Dong Wang,
  • Dachuan Yu and
  • Lei Zhang

18 September 2025

This paper addresses a critical challenge in Modular Multilevel DC-link based T-type Converter (MMDTC) battery energy storage systems: the inherent power symmetry between upper and lower arms that prevents natural state-of-charge (SOC) balancing. A n...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,405 Views
26 Pages

12 November 2024

To address the instability of wind power caused by the randomness and intermittency of wind generation, as well as the challenges in power compensation by hybrid energy storage systems (HESSs), this paper proposes a state of charge (SOC) balancing co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,196 Views
17 Pages

State-of-Charge Balancing Control for Dual-Bus Battery System with Low-Voltage Output Regulation

  • Daxing Zhang,
  • Xiangdong Wang,
  • Yankai Wang,
  • Bingzi Cai,
  • Shisen Gao,
  • Mingming Tian,
  • Suxiong Cai,
  • Yuehui Deng,
  • Yuan Cao and
  • Feiliang Li

This article introduces a new method for balancing the state of charge (SOC) in a dual-bus battery system architecture. The system consists of multiple battery cells or modules connected in series to provide high voltage output. Additionally, low-pow...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,801 Views
25 Pages

2 February 2024

State-of-charge balance is vital for allowing multiple energy storage units (ESUs) to make the most of stored energy and ensure safe operation. Concerning scenarios wherein boost converters are used as the interfaces between ESUs and loads, this pape...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,539 Views
14 Pages

Double-Layer SOC and SOH Equalization Scheme for LiFePO4 Battery Energy Storage System Using MAS Blackboard System

  • Zhongda Lu,
  • Qilong Wang,
  • Fengxia Xu,
  • Mingqing Fan,
  • Chuanshui Peng and
  • Shiwei Yan

18 July 2023

26650 LiFePO4 battery, as an ideal energy storage battery for the smart grid system, has the shortcomings of fast aging speed and large dispersion of aging trend, which is the reason for accelerating the 26650 battery system aging. However, it is not...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,115 Views
17 Pages

13 May 2025

The growing integration of renewable energy sources has led to the development of virtual synchronous generator (VSG) control as a way to enhance system stability and offer primary frequency regulation. These functions of VSGs usually rely on the pho...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,774 Views
18 Pages

14 January 2020

For the purpose of accurate power sharing and the state of charge (SOC) balancing of each energy storage unit (ESU), a novel secondary control scheme which regulates the virtual impedance is proposed herein. However, there is a coupling relationship...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,879 Views
13 Pages

Controlling Algorithm of Reconfigurable Battery for State of Charge Balancing Using Amortized Q-Learning

  • Dominic Karnehm,
  • Wolfgang Bliemetsrieder,
  • Sebastian Pohlmann and
  • Antje Neve

In the context of the electrification of the mobility sector, smart algorithms have to be developed to control battery packs. Smart and reconfigurable batteries are a promising alternative to conventional battery packs and offer new possibilities for...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,470 Views
24 Pages

2 April 2025

This paper focuses on the development and experimental validation of a single-phase modular multilevel converter (MMC) based on a battery energy storage system (BESS) for residential uninterruptible power supply (UPS) with two-level active SoC balanc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,103 Views
21 Pages

Fast-charging technology for lithium-ion batteries is of great significance in reducing charging time and enhancing user experience. However, during fast charging, the imbalance among battery cells can affect the overall performance and available cap...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
6,585 Views
17 Pages

Grid-Scale BESS for Ancillary Services Provision: SoC Restoration Strategies

  • Giuliano Rancilio,
  • Arianna Rossi,
  • Claudio Di Profio,
  • Martino Alborghetti,
  • Andrea Galliani and
  • Marco Merlo

15 June 2020

The future power system, characterized by lower inertia, reduced programmability and more distributed architecture, will depend on prompt and reliable control systems. Quick ancillary services provided by battery energy storage systems (BESS) could b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,638 Views
14 Pages

25 November 2024

Early SOC balancing techniques primarily centered on simple hardware circuit designs. Passive balancing circuits utilize resistors to consume energy, aiming to balance the SOC among batteries; however, this approach leads to considerable energy wasta...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,785 Views
16 Pages

19 April 2020

To mitigate global warming caused by vehicles, emission regulations have been implemented for all automobiles. Hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) are being designed to meet consumer demand for eco-friendly vehicles that offer increased power and improve...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,209 Views
10 Pages

SOC Balanced Power Distribution Control Strategy of a DC–DC Converter with Virtual Synchronous Generator

  • Haodong Zhao,
  • Xiangyong Chen,
  • Chunmei Wang,
  • Xueqiang Liu and
  • Jianlong Qiu

30 November 2022

The DC microgrid does not need to consider frequency when accessing distributed energy, but the distributed energy access port does not have inertia and damping characteristics, so there are problems of voltage instability and power fluctuation. In t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,864 Views
19 Pages

7 March 2025

Maintaining the long-term viability of a wheat–maize planting system, particularly the synchronous improvement of crop production and soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration, is crucial for ensuring food security in the North China Plain. A fie...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,734 Views
20 Pages

21 March 2022

The modular multilevel converter with embedded batteries is a viable alternative in electric vehicle drive systems. This research investigates integrated charging of the embedded batteries in a three-phase converter from a single-phase source without...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,298 Views
20 Pages

The Ca Mau peninsula (CMP) is a key economic region in southern Vietnam. In recent decades, the high demand for water has increased the exploitation of groundwater, thus lowering the groundwater level and leading to risks of degradation, depletion, a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,330 Views
17 Pages

Scalability is a significant issue in system-on-a-chip architectures because of the rapid increase in numerous on-chip resources. Moreover, hybrid processing elements demand diverse communication requirements, which system-on-a-chip architectures are...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,248 Views
12 Pages

FBM-CSoC Control and Management System for Multi-Port Converter Applied in Hybrid Energy Storage System Used in Microgrid

  • Daniel Augusto Cantane,
  • Adalberto Teogenes Tavares Junior,
  • Ediane Karine Scherer Isernhagen,
  • Nathalie Danree Busti,
  • Alexsandra Rospirski,
  • Tales Gottlieb Jahn and
  • Fernando Marcos de Oliveira

15 August 2022

Several management and control techniques for hybrid energy storage systems (HESS) with batteries and supercapacitors are presented in the literature applied to microgrids (MGs). The filter-based control strategy for defining the control loop actuati...

  • Protocol
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,718 Views
12 Pages

7 February 2023

Cancer can have a significant impact on one’s life situation, with many patients reporting psychosocial discomfort, worry, anxiety, fear of recurrence, depression, tiredness/fatigue, sleep problems, pain and numerous other problems even long af...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,483 Views
18 Pages

Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning-Based Decentralized Controller for Battery Modular Multilevel Inverter Systems

  • Ali Mashayekh,
  • Sebastian Pohlmann,
  • Julian Estaller,
  • Manuel Kuder,
  • Anton Lesnicar,
  • Richard Eckerle and
  • Thomas Weyh

The battery-based multilevel inverter has grown in popularity due to its ability to boost a system’s safety while increasing the effective battery life. Nevertheless, the system’s high degree of freedom, induced by a large number of switc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
779 Views
25 Pages

Development of a Novel IoT-Based Hierarchical Control System for Enhancing Inertia in DC Microgrids

  • Eman K. Belal,
  • Doaa M. Yehia,
  • Ahmed M. Azmy,
  • Gamal E. M. Ali,
  • Xiangning Lin and
  • Ahmed E. EL Gebaly

One of the main challenges faced by DC microgrid (DCMG) is their low inertia, which leads to rapid and significant voltage fluctuations during load or generation changes. These fluctuations can negatively impact sensitive loads and protection devices...

  • Article
  • Open Access
973 Views
20 Pages

10 May 2025

The modular multilevel converter with embedded supercapacitor energy storage system (MMC-SCES) is a promising solution to the integration challenges posed by large-scale renewable energy. However, inconsistencies in supercapacitor characteristics acr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
5,325 Views
18 Pages

State-of-Charge Balancing Control of a Modular Multilevel Converter with an Integrated Battery Energy Storage

  • Hui Liang,
  • Long Guo,
  • Junhong Song,
  • Yong Yang,
  • Weige Zhang and
  • Hongfeng Qi

9 April 2018

With the fast development of the electric vehicle industry, the reuse of second-life batteries in vehicles are becoming more attractive, however, both the state-of-charge (SOC) inconsistency and the capacity inconsistency of second-life batteries hav...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
2,949 Views
12 Pages

29 October 2021

In order to efficiently use energy storage resources while meeting the power grid primary frequency modulation requirements, an adaptive droop coefficient and SOC balance-based primary frequency modulation control strategy for energy storage is propo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,038 Views
26 Pages

In order to achieve the state of charge (SOC) balance of distributed energy storage systems (ESSs) in offshore isolated island DC microgrids and enhance the inertia and damping characteristics of DC microgrids, an SOC-based bidirectional virtual DC m...

  • Essay
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,012 Views
13 Pages

Temporal and Spatial Changes in Soil Organic Carbon in a Semi-Arid Area of Aohan County, Chifeng City, China

  • Long Li,
  • Xiaoyu Dong,
  • Yan Sheng,
  • Peng Zhang,
  • Shangxuan Zhang and
  • Zhizhuo Zhu

13 September 2023

Soil organic carbon (SOC) plays a crucial role in arid zones, while land-use change could lead to changes in the balance of SOC. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the impact of land-use change on the temporal and spatial variability i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,733 Views
11 Pages

Research on Alternating Equalization Control Systems for Lithium-Ion Cells Charging

  • Chuanwei Zhang,
  • Yikun Li,
  • Jing Huang,
  • Zhan Xia and
  • Jinpeng Liu

Lithium-ion batteries which are used in electric vehicles cannot be charged to their maximum capacity at the end of the charging period, a situation which is caused by inconsistency between the battery cells. This paper takes the 18650 ternary lithiu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
5,218 Views
17 Pages

With the rapid development of renewable energy technologies, islanded DC microgrids have received extensive attention in the field of distributed power generation due to their plug-and-play, flexible operation modes and convenient power conversion, a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,511 Views
13 Pages

Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics in the Long-Term Field Experiments with Contrasting Crop Rotations

  • Tomáš Šimon,
  • Mikuláš Madaras,
  • Markéta Mayerová and
  • Eva Kunzová

Trends in soil organic carbon (SOC) were analyzed in the soils from the oldest Czech long-term field experiment, the Prague-Ruzyně Long-Term Fertilizer Experiment, conducted on Haplic Luvisol since 1955. The aim of the work was to compare the lo...

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