Multi-step constant-current charging method for an electric vehicle nickel/metal hydride battery with high-energy efficiency and long cycle life
This study sought to investigate methods of charging nickel/metal hydride (Ni/MH) batteries for use in an electric vehicle(EV). The specific conditions for the multi-step constant-current charging method with regulation of voltage and d T/d t were varied in an attempt to improve high-energy efficien...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of power sources 2002-03, Vol.105 (1), p.6-12 |
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Zusammenfassung: | This study sought to investigate methods of charging nickel/metal hydride (Ni/MH) batteries for use in an electric vehicle(EV). The specific conditions for the multi-step constant-current charging method with regulation of voltage and d
T/d
t were varied in an attempt to improve high-energy efficiency, shorten charging time, and increase cycle life. A commercial battery system with 12 modules was subjected to a discharge/charge cycling test using patterns of dynamic stress test (DST) 120. Two-step charging with a first-step current of 0.5
CA (1
CA=95
A) was completed in less than 2.5
h after DST120-pattern discharging to 80% DOD. Further, three-step charging with the first step of 1.0
CA reduced charging time to about 1.5
h. Multi-step constant-current charging provided a high-energy efficiency of more than 80%. The battery system withstood over 1800 cycles in a cycling test with reduction DST120-pattern discharge of 20%, but reductions in constant-current discharge of only 7%, due to a gradual decrease of discharge power, independently of the value of the charging current. |
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ISSN: | 0378-7753 1873-2755 |
DOI: | 10.1016/S0378-7753(01)00907-7 |