Lithium-based battery system management and balancing

William Joel Schmidt, Purdue University

Abstract

This thesis builds upon previous work completed for the design and evaluation of active lithium battery system management. Simulations were performed to provide a comparison for the hardware that was designed, built, and tested. An analysis of the simulation and hardware results was completed to support or disprove the initial hypothesis. A DC-DC converter was used as the source for the balancing current. Lithium polymer batteries with a 5Ah capacity were used for testing the designed hardware. The findings showed that there is a reduction in the system voltage swing during balancing as well as less time taken to decrease the imbalance delta.

Degree

M.S.

Advisors

Honchell, Purdue University.

Subject Area

Electrical engineering

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