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A Review of Battery Equalizer Circuits for Electric Vehicle Applications
| Content Provider | MDPI |
|---|---|
| Author | Adyr, A. Estévez-Bén Juvenal, Rodríguez-Reséndiz Miguel-Angel, Martínez-Prado Alvarez-Diazcomas, Alfredo Carrillo-Serrano, Roberto V. Thenozhi, Suresh |
| Copyright Year | 2020 |
| Description | Electric vehicles (EVs) are an alternative to internal combustion engine (ICE) cars, as they can reduce the environmental impact of transportation. The bottleneck for EVs is the high-voltage battery pack, which utilizes most of the space and increases the weight of the vehicle. Currently, the main challenge for the electronics industry is the cell equalization of the battery pack. This paper gives an overview of the research works related to battery equalizer circuits (BECs) used in EV applications. Several simulations were carried out for the main BEC topologies with the same initial conditions. The results obtained were used to perform a quantitative analysis between these schemes. Moreover, this review highlights important issues, challenges, variables and parameters associated with the battery pack equalizers and provides recommendations for future investigations. We think that this work will lead to an increase in efforts on the development of an advanced BEC for EV applications. |
| Starting Page | 5688 |
| e-ISSN | 19961073 |
| DOI | 10.3390/en13215688 |
| Journal | Energies |
| Issue Number | 21 |
| Volume Number | 13 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2020-10-30 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Energies Energy and Fuel Technology Lithium-ion Battery Battery Management Systems Battery Equalizer Circuits Electric Vehicles |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
