Analysis and Design of Zero-Current Switching Switched-Capacitor Cell Balancing Circuit for Series-Connected Battery/Supercapacitor

Yuanmao Ye, Ka Wai Eric Cheng

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Abstract

To overcome the problem that the balancing performance of existing switched-capacitor (SC) cell balancing systems drops along with the increase in the number of series-connected battery cells, a novel SC cell balancing circuit is presented in this paper. The same as other SC balancing systems, only a pair of complementary square-wave signals is required to control the proposed circuit. With resonant SC design, all switches employed in the proposed balancing circuit operate under zero-current switching. The equivalent model is derived to reveal the balancing performance of the proposed balancing circuit. The system feasibility and theoretical analysis are verified by both of simulation and experimental results.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)948-955
Number of pages8
JournalIEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
Volume67
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2018

Keywords

  • battery management system
  • Cell balancing
  • switched-capacitor
  • zero-current switching

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Automotive Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Applied Mathematics

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