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Automotive Engineering ›› 2022, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (3): 372-378.doi: 10.19562/j.chinasae.qcgc.2022.03.008

Special Issue: 新能源汽车技术-动力电池&燃料电池2022年

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A P-C-C-P Equalizer and Its Control Methods for Lithium-ion Batteries in Series

Hongrui Liu1(),Donghua Gu1,Hairui Li1,Bin Zhang1,Jing Qian2   

  1. 1.Faculty of Electric Power Engineering,Kunming University of Science and Technology,Kunming  650500
    2.Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering,Kunming University of Science and Technology,Kunming  650039
  • Received:2021-09-01 Revised:2021-11-02 Online:2022-03-25 Published:2022-03-25
  • Contact: Hongrui Liu E-mail:liuhongr888@163.com

Abstract:

In view of the problem that there is often an inconsistency in capacity between single cells in a lithium-ion battery pack of electric vehicles, leading to the reduction of the available capacity of battery pack and even greatly shorten its service life, a P-C-C-P equalizer based on flyback transformer is proposed. The equalizer is simple in structure and easy to control. Flyback transformer transmits energy within battery pack, enhancing equalization efficiency. In the process of charging, discharging and stewing of battery pack, three equalization strategies, i.e. pack to cell (P-C), cell to cell (C-C) and cell to pack (C-P) can be freely selected according to the situations. Each equalization strategy only needs to carry out PWM control on one MOSFET, so the energy loss is small. In this paper, the basic principle and control method of equalizer are presented in detail, and an experimental platform is built to carry out equalization experiments. The results show that the equalizer proposed is feasible.

Key words: lithium-ion battery, inconsistency, equalizer, flyback transformer, equalization experiment