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Can a passive cell balancing system improve battery management?

The increasing demand for clean transportation has propelled research and development in electric vehicles (EVs), with a crucial focus on enhancing battery technologies. This paper presents a novel approach to a battery management system by implementing a passive cell balancing system for lithium-ion battery packs.

What is passive balancing?

The circuits in passive balancing is simple. The resistors can deplete capacity either in a continuous or pulsed way decided by the input signal. Passive balancing is commonly applied on EV models. For battery modules or small battery packs, passive balancing can satisfy the requirement to minimize inhomogeneity.

What is a passive cell balancing system for lithium-ion battery packs?

The presented research actually proposes a novel passive cell balancing system for lithium-ion battery packs. It is the process of ramping down the SOC of the cells to the lowest SOC of the cell, which is present in the group or pack. In simple words, consider a family having 5 members, such as parents and children’s.

Does passive balancing reduce capacity inhomogeneity?

It has been shown that (Omariba et al. 2019), passive balancing control reduce the capacity inhomogeneity and thermal inhomogeneity as well. But due to the heat generation of resistance, the temperature level is increased for passive balancing, while active balancing does not suffer from the rise of temperature.

What is the difference between passive and Active balancing?

But due to the heat generation of resistance, the temperature level is increased for passive balancing, while active balancing does not suffer from the rise of temperature. Passive balancing is common in application for car manufactures such as Tesla and BYD. In active balancing control, balancing rate is fast and energy loss is minimized.

What is the difference between passive and active equalisation?

Passive equalisation method mainly uses shunt resistance to consume the energy of single cell with high SOH, the control structure is simple but causes energy loss. The active equalisation method is mainly based on improving the topology of the battery system to achieve SOH equalisation between individual cells.