Comparative Analysis of Battery Behavior with Different Modes of Discharge for Optimal Capacity Sizing and BMS Operation

• Main Authors: Mazhar Abbas, Eung-sang Kim, Seul-ki Kim, Yun-su Kim
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2016-10-01
• Series: Energies
• Subjects: battery-aware; load-aware; battery management system (BMS); modes of discharge; state of health; capacity sizing
• Online Access: http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/9/10/812

Battery-operated systems are always concerned about the proper management and sizing of a battery. A Traditional Battery Management System (BMS) only includes battery-aware task scheduling based on the discharge characteristics of a whole battery pack and do not take into account the mode of the load being served by the battery. On the other hand, an efficient and intelligent BMS should monitor the battery at a cell level and track the load with significant consideration of the load mode. Depending upon the load modes, the common modes of discharge (MOD) of a battery identified so far are Constant Power Mode (CPM), Constant Current Mode (CCM) and Constant Impedance Mode (CIM). This paper comparatively analyzes the discharging behavior of batteries at an individual cell level for different load modes. The difference in discharging behavior from mode to mode represents the study of the mode-dependent behavior of the battery before its deployment in some application. Based on simulation results, optimal capacity sizing and BMS operation of battery for an assumed situation in a remote microgrid has been proposed.