Evaluating the Potential for Cell Balancing Using a Cascaded Multi-Level Converter Using Convex Optimization
Paper in proceeding, 2012

The modeling and design of an active battery cell balancing system using Multi- Level Converter (MLC) for EV/HEV/PHEV is studied. The MLC allows to independently switch ON/OFF each battery cell in a battery pack . This extra degree-of-freedom (DoF) can be exploited to optimally use each cell in order to balance among them the temperature and state-of- charge (SoC). This study has shown that the constrained convex optimization based control policy, exploiting the extra DoF of MLC, gives significant benefit in terms of reduction in temperature and SoC deviations, especially under parameter variations, compared to uniformly using all the cells. Thus, the MLC has promising potential to offer extra benefit of achieving cell balancing while being simultaneously used as a motor driver.

Hybrid Vehicles

Cell Balancing

Multi-level Converter

Convex Optimization

Author

Faisal Altaf

Chalmers, Signals and Systems, Systems and control

Lars Johannesson

Chalmers, Signals and Systems, Systems and control

Bo Egardt

Chalmers, Signals and Systems, Systems and control

IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)

14746670 (ISSN)

Vol. 3 100-107
9783902823168 (ISBN)

Driving Forces

Sustainable development

Areas of Advance

Transport

Energy

Subject Categories

Control Engineering

Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

DOI

10.3182/20121023-3-FR-4025.00024

ISBN

9783902823168

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10/7/2017