Single Switched Capacitor Battery Balancing System Enhancements

• Published in: Energies (Basel) Vol. 6; no. 4; pp. 2149 - 2174
• Main Authors: Daowd, Mohamed, Antoine, Mailier, Omar, Noshin, Van den Bossche, Peter, Van Mierlo, Joeri
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.04.2013
• Subjects: battery balancing; battery management system; BMS; cell equalization; Efficiency; Electric vehicles; Energy storage; Lithium; MATLAB/Simulink; Methods; shuttling capacitor; single switched capacitor; SSC; Belgium
• ISSN: 1996-1073; 1996-1073
• DOI: 10.3390/en6042149

Battery management systems (BMS) are a key element in electric vehicle energy storage systems. The BMS performs several functions concerning to the battery system, its key task being balancing the battery cells. Battery cell unbalancing hampers electric vehicles’ performance, with differing individu...