Design of energy balancing circuit for battery cells connected in series based on modifying the bidirectional CuK converter

Chi Van Nguyen; Thuy Nguyen Vinh; Chi Van Nguyen; Thuy Nguyen Vinh

doi:10.3934/energy.2022012

AIMS Energy

2022, Volume 10, Issue 2: 219-235. doi: 10.3934/energy.2022012

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Design of energy balancing circuit for battery cells connected in series based on modifying the bidirectional CuK converter

Chi Van Nguyen ^{1
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Thuy Nguyen Vinh ²

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Institute of High-Technology Research and Development for Industry (RIAT), Thai Nguyen University of Technology (TNUT), 666, 3/2 Street, Tich Luong Ward, Thai Nguyen City, Vietnam
2.
Department of Automation, Thai Nguyen University of Technology (TNUT), 666, 3/2 Street, Tich Luong Ward, Thai Nguyen City, Vietnam

Received: 10 December 2021 Revised: 18 March 2022 Accepted: 06 April 2022 Published: 14 April 2022

This paper proposes a design of energy balance circuit for two adjacent Lithium-ion battery cells in the cell string based on the modifying of the bidirectional CuK converter principle. This design only uses one MOSFET to transfer energy between two cells in a direction controlled by the first relay, second relay controls the cutting energy balance circuit off the cells when they have the same energy level. The control command sent by the management battery system (BMS) to the energy balance circuit via an RS485 communication protocol controls the direction of transferring energy, the amplitude of the balance current, the frequency and duty of PWM, the PWM signal applied to MOSFET is programmed by a microprocessor PIC18F2685. This design overcomes some disadvantages caused by applying the principle of bidirectional CuK converter to design the energy balancing circuit, these are the need for a multiple level DC source to open MOSFETs and issue of the energy loss on the elements of energy balance circuit. This design is also easy to expand for the battery string with a large number of cells. The energy balance control strategy can be implemented directly by each the energy balance circuit or remotely by BMS using RS485 communication. The experimental results of online optimal energy balance control based on state of charge (SoC) feedback for 07 SAMSUNG 22P battery cells connected in series are presented to prove the efficiency of the energy balance circuit design for two adjacent cells proposed in this paper.
- Lithium-Ion battery,
- balance circuit,
- CuK converter,
- the cell string,
- state of charge,
- optimal balancing control
Citation: Chi Van Nguyen, Thuy Nguyen Vinh. Design of energy balancing circuit for battery cells connected in series based on modifying the bidirectional CuK converter[J]. AIMS Energy, 2022, 10(2): 219-235. doi: 10.3934/energy.2022012

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This paper proposes a design of energy balance circuit for two adjacent Lithium-ion battery cells in the cell string based on the modifying of the bidirectional CuK converter principle. This design only uses one MOSFET to transfer energy between two cells in a direction controlled by the first relay, second relay controls the cutting energy balance circuit off the cells when they have the same energy level. The control command sent by the management battery system (BMS) to the energy balance circuit via an RS485 communication protocol controls the direction of transferring energy, the amplitude of the balance current, the frequency and duty of PWM, the PWM signal applied to MOSFET is programmed by a microprocessor PIC18F2685. This design overcomes some disadvantages caused by applying the principle of bidirectional CuK converter to design the energy balancing circuit, these are the need for a multiple level DC source to open MOSFETs and issue of the energy loss on the elements of energy balance circuit. This design is also easy to expand for the battery string with a large number of cells. The energy balance control strategy can be implemented directly by each the energy balance circuit or remotely by BMS using RS485 communication. The experimental results of online optimal energy balance control based on state of charge (SoC) feedback for 07 SAMSUNG 22P battery cells connected in series are presented to prove the efficiency of the energy balance circuit design for two adjacent cells proposed in this paper.

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