Energy Science & Engineering (Jul 2022)

An optimization model based on temperature field and series–parallel structure for battery‐package of a stratospheric airship

  • Yan Wang,
  • Zhaojie Li,
  • Yanlei Zhang,
  • Xuwei Wang,
  • Yang Gao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ese3.1113
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 7
pp. 1986 – 1997

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Abstract Stratospheric airships are long‐endurance flight platforms that utilize renewable energy systems. The solar array in these systems cannot generate electricity at night; only an energy storage battery pack can be used to power the entire system. Therefore, accurate modeling and estimation of the output characteristics and operating conditions of battery packs have become the focus of current research. During the actual flight of an airship, uneven temperature distribution causes changes in the output characteristics and differences in the cell voltage of the battery packs. To address this problem, this study establishes an output characteristic model, series–parallel structure coupled with a temperature field model (SPTM), for a battery pack based on the series–parallel structure of a single cell. In addition, the influence of temperature distribution was considered in the model. Then, a flight verification test was conducted, and the test data and simulation data were compared. The average absolute error of the SPTM was maintained at approximately 0.61 V, which accurately reflected the output characteristics of the battery pack. The simulation model was then used to study the cell voltage difference under changes in the temperature distribution and demonstrate the relationship between the cell voltage difference and temperature difference.

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