Battery Modeling: A Versatile Tool to Design Advanced Battery Management Systems

Peter H. L. Notten, Dmitri L. Danilov

Group Energy Materials and Devices, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

DOI: 10.4236/aces.2014.41009                

Abstract

Fundamental physical and (electro) chemical principles of rechargeable battery operation form the basis of the electronic network models developed for Nickel-based aqueous battery systems, including Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH), and non-aqueous battery systems, such as the well-known Li-ion. Refined equivalent network circuits for both systems represent the main contribution of this paper. These electronic network models describe the behavior of batteries during normal operation and during over (dis) charging in the case of the aqueous battery systems. This makes it possible to visualize the various reaction pathways, including convention and pulse (dis) charge behavior and for example, the self-discharge performance.

Keywords

Battery Modelling; Rechargeable Batteries; Li-Ion; NiMH; Battery Management Systems (BMS)

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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