This paper reports on the design and operation of a flexible power source integrating a lithium ion battery and amorphous silicon solar module, optimized to supply power to a wearable health monitoring device. The battery consists of printed anode and cathode layers based on graphite and lithium cobalt oxide, respectively, on thin flexible current collectors. It displays energy density of 6.98 ...

The converter will be used to charge a large battery bank as well as supplying power to a constant power absorbing load. It will have to operate in either constant current mode or constant voltage mode, depending on the state of charge of the battery bank. Peak current mode control is implemented to give this functionality to the converter. The series stack topology also allows interleaved swit...

for the urban transportation because of their sustainability, High torque, low volume, zero emission and energy saving. Electric scooter can go certain limit of distance based on the battery capacity it consists. This paper presents the model construction of an energy regenerative electric scooter via MATLAB/SIMULINK so that one can evaluate the performance of the energy recycling technique for...

Lithium ion batteries are among the most used rechargeable batteries in the world. Carbon nanostructures including carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are considered as important electrode materials for this kind of batteries. Therefore improving the performance of these carbon based electrodes in Lithium ion batteries is an important issue and attracts much attention in the battery community. In this manu...

We propose a new score function to compare and evaluate the relative impact of state-of-charge profiles on overall battery lifetime. Our score function, based on on a discrete Fourier transform of the state-of-charge profile, formalizes and generalizes earlier ideas found in the literature, and can form an important help in optimizing overall life time for battery powered systems. In this paper...

The fast charge battery control problem is characterized by the need to have a sufficiently detailed model that can capture both the charging process and the inevitable constraints that limit the rate of charging due to battery state of health requirements. Presently, it appears the minimal modeling requirements to address the charging problem in model based fashion are unknown. This work seeks...

In off-grid wind energy systems batteries often undergo frequent charge discharge cycles, which reduce battery service life. In addition, due to motor start and other high ‘inrush current’ loads batteries can also undergo high rates of discharge which also degrade battery life. In this paper, a superconducting magnetic energy storage and battery hybrid energy storage system is proposed which is...

Electric vehicles should be connected to power system for charge and discharge of battery. Besides vehicle's battery is charged for a power source, it is also reversibly possible to provide power source from battery to power system. Researches on battery usage for regulation resources have been progressed and could cause cost increase excessively because they distribute regulation capacity equa...

The proposed technique a) provides both charge and discharge equalization and supports battery operation even with damaged cells b) ensures a uniform battery cell voltage fall, thus protecting cells from reverse polarization, and c) maximizes the energy delivered by the battery. The operation has been verified both by simulation and by experimental results.