This paper proposes a new mathematical model of modular multilevel converters for battery electric vehicles with space-vectors enabling a critical analysis of cell balancing for the battery management system. In particular, the requirements for power balancing and the actual number of degrees of freedom of the control are investigated. The paper shows that the traditional approach of cell balan...

This paper presents an overview of the control and management requirements of high power lithiumbased batteries for electric and hybrid electric vehicle systems. Lithium based battery technologies offer performance advantages over traditional battery technologies at the cost of increased monitoring and controls overhead. The additional complexity of the hybrid drive system increases the managem...

This paper describes an approach to optimize electric vehicle battery charging behavior with the goal of minimizing charging costs, achieving satisfactory state-of-energy levels, and optimal power balancing. Two methods for charging schedule optimization are compared. The first formulation uses a linear approximation of the battery behavior, whereas the second uses a quadratic approximation. A ...

In this paper, the electro-thermal model of Lithium-ion battery for electric vehicles and its related application were studied. The spatial variations of electrode parameter and the reaction heat generated inside battery must be considered when developing an electro-thermal model of Lithium-ion battery for electric vehicles, to ensure the applicability of the developed model under different ope...

The battery management system (BMS) is a critical component of electric and hybrid electric vehicles. The purpose of the BMS is to guarantee safe and reliable battery operation. To maintain the safety and reliability of the battery, state monitoring and evaluation, charge control, and cell balancing are functionalities that have been implemented in BMS. As an electrochemical product, a battery ...

Electric-drive vehicles (EDVs) have drawn more and more attention worldwide. As one of the most important parts of EDVs, battery management systems (BMSs) manage the huge amount of battery cells in EDVs and assures their safety. To achieve these goals, re‐ searches in BMS, such as battery modeling, battery state estimation, and battery balanc‐ ing have gained a new vigor. This chapter will revi...

As electric vehicles become promising alternatives for sustainable and cleaner energy emissions in transportation, the modeling and simulation of electric vehicles has attracted increasing attention from researchers. This paper presents a simulation model of a full electric vehicle on the Matlab-Simulink platform to examine power flow during motoring and regeneration. The drive train components...

Battery energy storage management for electric vehicles (EV) and hybrid EV is the most critical and enabling technology since the dawn of electric vehicle commercialization. A battery system is a complex electrochemical phenomenon whose performance degrades with age and the existence of varying material design. Moreover, it is very tedious and computationally very complex to monitor and control...