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Pulse-Charging Techniques for Advanced Charging of Batteries

Mediterranean Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences (MJBAS), 2024

Batteries are remarkable devices. Nowadays, they power devices everywhere, from small children toys to IoT devices, cellphones and automobiles, especially rechargeable ones. The need to have healthy batteries ready to be reused in a very short time is essential. Unfortunately, charging a battery is a trivial task that can lead to battery degradation and wear, even thermal escape and fire. The faster the charging process, the more the problems that arise in the charging battery. In this work, several charging algorithms and noteworthy, although mostly unknown, methods are presented and commented. For example, a common algorithm that produces good charging results is the Constant Current/Constant Voltage, abbreviated CC/CV, that is used in most battery chargers. Yet, the pulse charging algorithm, as presented, exhibits remarkable results compared to the common CC/CV algorithm. The pulse charging methods, as evaluated, keep the batteries healthy, achieving better charging results and lower charging time.

A new high speed charge and high efficiency Li-Ion battery charger interface using pulse control technique

International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE), 2022

A new Li-Ion battery charger interface (BCI) using pulse control (PC) technique is designed and analyzed in this paper. Thanks to the use of PC technique, the main standards of the Li-Ion battery charger, i.e. fast charge, small surface area and high efficiency, are achieved. The proposed charger achieves full charge in forty-one minutes passing by the constant current (CC) charging mode which also included the start-up and the constant voltage mode (CV) charging mode. It designed, simulated and layouted which occupies a small size area 0.1 mm 2 by using Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company 180 nm complementary metal oxide semiconductor technology (TSMC 180 nm CMOS) technology in Cadence Virtuoso software. The battery voltage VBAT varies between 2.9 V to 4.35 V and the maximum battery current IBAT is 2.1 A in CC charging mode, according to a maximum input voltage VIN equal 5 V. The maximum charging efficiency reaches 98%.

A novel pulse charger with intelligent battery management system for fast charging of electric vehicle

Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, 2023

Electric vehicles contribute a major role in building an eco-friendly environment. Li-ion batteries are most widely used in electric vehicles. It is very important to maintain the operation of Li-ion batteries within their “safety operation area (SOA)”. Hence implementing a battery management system (BMS) becomes a necessity while using Li-ion batteries. This paper proposes an intelligent BMS for electric vehicles using proportional integral derivative (PID) control action along with artificial neural network (ANN). It prefers the improved pulse charging technique. The design consists of a battery pack containing four 12 V Li-ion batteries, MOSFETs, Arduino Uno, a transformer, a temperature sensor, a liquid-crystal displays (LCD), a cooling fan, and four relay circuit are used. Arduino Uno is used as a master controller for controlling the whole operation. Using this design approximately 38 minutes are required to fully charge the battery. Implementation results validate the system performance and efficiency of the design.

Battery Charge Applications Based on Wide Output Voltage Range

2016

In this study, high efficiency design procedure of a phase shifted full bridge (PSFB) converter is presented for on-board electrical vehicle (EV) battery charger. Presented design methodology used lithium-ion battery cells because of their high voltage and current rates compared to a lead-acid battery cells. In this case, PSFB converter can be regulated wide range output voltage with while its soft switching operation is maintained. The basic operation principles of PSFB converter is defined and its soft switching operation requirements are given. To evaluate the performance of the converter over wide output voltage range, zero voltage switching (ZVS) operation of converter is discussed based on dead time requirement. To improve efficiency, the snubber inductance effects on soft switching over wide output voltage range are evaluated. Finally, operation of the PSFB converter is validated experimentally with a prototype which has 42-54 V/15 A output range at 200 kHz switching frequency

IJERT-Design And Implementation of a Battery Charger With Soft Switching Technique

International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology (IJERT), 2014

https://www.ijert.org/design-and-implementation-of-a-battery-charger-with-soft-switching-technique https://www.ijert.org/research/design-and-implementation-of-a-battery-charger-with-soft-switching-technique-IJERTV3IS070538.pdf A new soft switching technique with zero current switching is developed for a battery charger circuit with buck converter.The proposed new circuit is obtained by placing an auxillary circuit in series with the resonant capacitor which significantly decrease the switching losses in the power switches.the new battery charger with a buck converter has many advantages like simple structure,simple control,low cost,light weight,high efficiency etc.The operating principle and the design aspects of the charger circuit are analysed.The required values of the resonant inductance nad resonant capacitance are calculated from the characteristic curve and functions derived from the required circuit.A charger circuit is designed for a 3.7-V 1020mAh lithium ion battery and the simulation is done in matlab.

A Review of Pulsed Current Technique for Lithium-ion Batteries

Energies

Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries have been competitive in Electric Vehicles (EVs) due to their high energy density and long lifetime. However, there are still issues, which have to be solved, related to the fast-charging capability of EVs. The pulsed current charging technique is expected to improve the lifetime, charging speed, charging/discharging capacity, and the temperature rising of Li-ion batteries. However, the impact of the pulsed current parameters (i.e., frequency, duty cycle, and magnitude) on characteristics of Li-ion batteries has not been fully understood yet. This paper summarizes the existing pulsed current modes, which are positive Pulsed Current Mode (PPC) and its five extended modes, and Negative Pulsed Current (NPC) mode and its three extended modes. An overview of the impact of pulsed current techniques on the performance of Li-ion batteries is presented. Then the main impact factors of the PPC strategy and the NPC strategy are analyzed and discussed. The weight ...

Performance Analysis of the Frequency- Adjustable Current Pulse Charger for LFP Battery

This paper presents the performance analysis of a frequency-adjustable current pulse charger for LiFePO4 (LFP) battery. The charger uses frequency-adjustable current pulse charging circuit which contains rectifier, buck DC/DC converter, microprocessor , voltage detecting interface, current detecting interface, keyboard, LCD display and control software. The user can adjust the frequency of charging current pulse by controlling the pulse width modulation (PWM) signal. With a microprocessor integrated, the charger is capable of digital control to improve the system reliability. To demonstrate the performance analysis of the frequency-adjustable current pulse charger, the field practical operations of the prototype charger were studied in accordance with the conditions for the different charging modes. The performance is evaluated based on two indexes, namely, charging time and charging capacity.