Title

An Efficient Solar Charging Algorithm For Different Battery Chemistries

Keywords

Battery charger; Lithium-Ion; Nickel-Cadimum; Nickel-Metal-Hydride; Sealed Lead-Acid; Solar power

Abstract

This paper proposes a new, effective, robust and reliable solar battery charging algorithm for the widely used batteries; NiCd, NiMH, Lead-Acid and Lithium-Ion. The algorithm has the ability to charge the battery in the outdoor conditions, when the power is variable, and terminate charging when the battery is fully charged. The algorithm has two modes of operation; current mode and voltage mode. It can deal with the unexpected outdoor conditions, which may cause drops in the current, without falsely detecting the battery state of charge. A programmable power supply was programmed and the four battery types were charged to test the algorithm. © 2009 IEEE.

Publication Date

12-23-2009

Publication Title

5th IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, VPPC '09

Number of Pages

188-193

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1109/VPPC.2009.5289853

Socpus ID

72149088428 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/72149088428

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