• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.629-638
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• 2016

This paper proposes a State-of-Charge (SOC) balancing control of Battery Power Modules (BPMs) for a modularized battery for Electric Vehicles (EVs) without additional balancing circuits. The BPMs are substituted with the single converter in EVs located between the battery and the inverter. The BPM is composed of a two-phase interleaved boost converter with battery modules. The discharge current of each battery module can be controlled individually by using the BPM to achieve a balanced state as well as increased utilization of the battery capacity. Also, an SOC balancing method is proposed to reduce the equalization time, which satisfies the regulation of a constant DC-link voltage and a demand of the output power. The proposed system and the SOC balancing method are verified through simulation and experiment.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.451-459
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• 2022

Recently, in accordance with the demand for a large capacity of a secondary battery according to an increase in the demand for energy storage devices, a modular series battery configuration is essential. Accordingly, various cell balancing techniques have been proposed to prevent high efficiency and performance degradation of the battery. In this paper, propose a battery voltage balancing topology consisting of a flyback DC/DC converter type of a SIMO (Single-Input-Multiple Output) two-switch configuration for a series battery configuration. The proposed topology shows a structure in which a DC/DC converter connected to each module and a battery cell share one transformer. The topology cell balancing operation is a principle in which the voltage balancing converter of the battery converges to the same value through a transformer that shares a magnetic flux with the cells constituting the module through a single high-frequency transformer. In this paper, the dynamic characteristics analysis of the proposed circuit using PSIM was based and it was verified through experiments on one module.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.160-166
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• 2015

This study proposes an improved cell balancing circuit for fast equalization among lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries. A simple voltage sensorless charge balancing circuit has been proposed in the past. This cell balancing circuit automatically transfers energy from high-to low-voltage battery cells. However, the circuit requires a switch with low on-resistance because the balancing speed is limited by the on-resistance of the switch. Balancing speed decreases as the voltage difference among the battery cells decrease. In this study, the balancing speed of the cell balancing circuit is enhanced by using the auxiliary circuit, which boosts the balancing current. The charging current is determined by the nominal battery cell voltage and thus, the balancing speed is almost constant despite the very small voltage differences among the batteries. Simulation results are provided to verify the validity of the proposed cell balancing circuit.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2015년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.7-8
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• 2015

In this paper a cell-to-cell fast charge balancing circuit for the Lithium-Ion battery module is proposed. In the proposed topology the energy in a high voltage cell is transferred directly to a low voltage cell through the operation of the dc-dc converter. Furthermore, the charge balancing can be performed regardless of the battery operation whether it is being charged, discharged or relaxed. The monitoring circuit composed of a DSP and a battery monitoring IC is designed to monitor the cell voltage and detect the inferior cell thereby protecting the battery module from failure. In order to demonstrate the performance of the proposed topology, a prototype circuit was designed and applied to 12 Lithium-Ion battery module. It has been verified with the experiments that the charge equalization time of the proposed method was shorter compared with those of other methods.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.193-199
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• 2014

The series connected battery cells are mainly used in high voltage battery pack application. However parameter inequality of each battery cell makes battery voltage imbalance problem. In this paper, a new balancing circuit utilizing converter scheme for the series connected battery cells is proposed. Proposed circuit offers easy control and fast equalization time. Moreover the circuit can be used in a practical application because it has high modularity and can operate during the charging/discharging cycle. To show its superiorness and effectiveness, the principle of proposed circuit is explained with computer simulation and experiment is carried out using lithium-ion battery.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.199-208
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• 2017

리튬 폴리머 배터리는 높은 안전성, 빠른 충전 및 긴 라이프 사이클 등으로 인해 에너지 저장치(ESS: Energy Storage System), 전기자동차(EVs: Electric Vehicles)등에 채택이 되어 사용되고 있으며, 그리고 현재는 농업용 드론에서 까지 사용이 되고 있다. 그러나 리튬 폴리머 배터리는 과충 방전에는 리튬-이온 배터리 내의 격차구조가 파괴되어 배터리 수명이 줄어들게 되며, 과충 방전을 방지하기 위해 불균등한 셀 전압을 균등 제어 할 수 있는 셀 밸런싱 시스템이 필수적이다. 본 논문은 각 셀의 충 방전할때의 전압차이를 검출하여 불균형된 셀을 확인하여 비선형 시스템에 적합한 퍼지 제어기를 개발하여 적용한 셀별 밸런싱 알고리즘을 제안한다. 본 논문은 농업용 드론의 배터리팩의 셀 밸런싱을 퍼지제어를 하여 셀 간 균등 제어를 위해 설계하였으며, 최종 결과로 셀 간 밸런싱이 잘 되는지 확인하고 자 셀이 2개 있을 때와 6개 그리고 최종적으로 12개의 각 셀 밸런싱이 되는지를 확인하였다. 이는 다른 제품에도 사용할 수 있는지를 실험하고자 하였으며, 확인결과 사용된 셀의 개수와는 관계없이 셀별 밸런싱이 잘 되고 있음을 확인하였다.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.366-370
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 배터리 교대 방전 기법에서 배터리 셀의 방전 시간을 밸런싱함으로서 배터리 사용 시간을 크게 높이는 방법을 제안한다. 기존 기법에서는 다수의 배터리 셀을 교대로 방전시킴으로서 배터리에 회복 효과를 발생시키고, 이를 통해 배터리 사용 시간을 연장한다. 이때, 시스템에 공급되는 전원이 차단되지 않도록 배터리 셀이 동시에 켜지는 시간 구간이 있는데, 배터리 셀의 전압 차이로 인해 여러 가지 문제가 발생한다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해서 배터리 셀이 가능한 한 균등한 전압을 가지도록 배터리의 방전 시간을 제어한다. 실험 결과, 제안하는 방법에서 배터리 사용 시간이 19.2% 연장되었다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.194-201
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• 2014

To increase the capacity of secondary cells, an appropriate serial composition of the battery modules is essential. The unbalance that may occur due to the series connection in such a serial composition is the main cause for declines in the efficiency and performance of batteries. Various studies have been conducted on the use of a passive or active topology to eliminate the unbalance from the series circuit of battery modules. Most topologies consist of a complex structure in which the Battery Management System (BMS) detects the voltage of each module and establishes the voltage balancing in the independent electrical power converters installed on each module by comparing the module voltage. This study proposes a new magnetic flux sharing type DC/DC converter topology in order to remove voltage unbalances from batteries. The proposed topology is characterized by a design in which all of the DC/DC convertor outputs connected to the modules converge into a single transformer. In this structure, by taking a form in which all of the battery balancing type converters share magnetic flux through a single harmonic wave transformer, all of the converter voltages automatically converge to the same voltage. This paper attempts to analyze the dynamic properties of the proposed circuit by using a Programmable Synthesizer Interface Module (PSIM), which is useful for power electronics analysis, while also attempting to demonstrate the validity of the proposed circuit through experimental results.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.187-193
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• 2004

PDA, 스마트폰, USP 및 전기자동차와 같은 전기적 장치의 전력공급을 위하여 배터리가 직렬로 연결된 다중 셀을 만들어 일반적으로 사용한다. 이 경우 개별 셀 전압의 편차가 발생되면 배터리의 수명과 용량은 낮아지게 된다. 셀에서 전압의 안정화상태를 유지하기 위한 셀 전압을 안정화시키는 효율적인 방범은 없어서는 안 될 중요한 사항이다. 본 논문에서는 휴대형 가전기기에 적용하기 위해 마이크로컨트롤러를 사용한 다중 셀용 밸런싱 회로의 설계에 대하여 제안한다. 밸런싱 시스템은 충전되는 주기 동안 밸런싱 동작을 이행하며 마이크로컨트롤러로서 제어된다. 제안된 방법은 충전기와 레코드를 사용하여 실험을 통해 증명하였다. 실험결과에서 개별 배터리의 용량, 수령, 성능이 향상됨을 보여준다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.29-38
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• 2017

This paper presents a study on the state-of-charge (SOC) reference based active cell balancing in real-time. The optimal references of SOC are determined by using the proposed active cell balancing system with the bidirectional DC/DC converters via the dual active bridge (DAB) type. Then, the energies between cells can be balanced by the power flow control of DAB based bidirectional DC/DC converters. That is, it provides the effective management of battery by transferring energy from the strong cell to the weak one until the cell voltages are equalized to the same level and therefore improving the additional charging capacity of battery. In particular, the cell aging of battery and power loss caused from energy transfer are considered. The performances of proposed active cell balancing system are evaluated by an electromagnetic transient program (EMTP) simulation. Then, the experimental prototype is implemented in hardware to verify the usefulness of proposed system.