DIRECTING THE UNIFORMITY OF THE LEVEL OF PULSE CHARGING OF LI-ION BATTERIES USED IN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

Abstract

The lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery is widely used in modern electronics, serves as a power source in electric vehicles and for energy storage in renewable energy systems. The strengths of Li-ion batteries are their high energy density. Modern Li-ion batteries can include arrays of cells, the lifetime of which is determined by factors that depend on charge-discharge characteristics. Li-ion batteries connected in series have different aging rates due to different capacities. The capacity deviation increases as the battery has been used, generating an increase in compensation current, which continues to increase until ignition. To solve this problem, a pulse device and a charging method in a charge equalization battery were proposed in this paper. A numerical simulation of how to charge real Porsche Taycan car batteries was performed. The results obtained confirmed the effectiveness, the energy losses did not exceed 2% of the battery capacity. A bench diagram was developed for studying and programming the operating modes of battery control units for hybrid and electric cars.

Keywords

• lithium-ion battery charging
• current pulses
• charge equalization
• resistive voltage divider
• testing charging systems