An energy converter method for battery cell balancing

Batteries packs made of series-parallel connected cells have developed a lot lately. These new solutions brought along with them some safety issues due to the possibility of overcharging or under-discharging of every individual cell that forms the pack. Balancing is one of the most important issues...

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Main Authors: Cadar, Dorin V, Petreus, Dorin M, Patarau, Toma M
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Batteries
Capacitors
Inductors
Logic gates
Magnetic cores
Switches
Transistors
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Summary:Batteries packs made of series-parallel connected cells have developed a lot lately. These new solutions brought along with them some safety issues due to the possibility of overcharging or under-discharging of every individual cell that forms the pack. Balancing is one of the most important issues regarding battery management, as without it the individual cell voltages will draft apart over time and the pack's total capacity will also decrease more quickly. This paper presents some theory behind the balancing methods developed so far and presents a new system used for cell balancing.
ISSN:2161-2528
DOI:10.1109/ISSE.2010.5547305