Parallel Architecture for Battery Charge Equalization
- 24 October 2014
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
- Vol. 30 (9), 4906-4913
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tpel.2014.2364838
Abstract
One limitation of many battery charge equalizers is their slow equalization speed, especially when there are a large number of batteries in the series-string in high-voltage and high-power applications. This paper presents a new architecture for battery charge equalization. In this architecture, independent equalizers are placed in different layers and all the layers can equalize the corresponding batteries simultaneously, thus reducing equalization time by 50%. We explore the operation, performance characteristics, and the design of the architecture. Both simulation and experimental results are presented to validate the analysis in this paper.Keywords
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