Designing and developing battery systems which efficiently manage the long-term photovoltaic energy supply
Batteries and battery management systems are the essential storage components in any solar-powered application. These systems can be used in a variety of markets and applications, yet reliable long-term service of the battery and system is the common challenge across all applications.
Hence the BattMan project addresses these key components and focuses on off-grid, solar-powered street lighting poles as a challenging demonstrator. Battman has developed a new lithium-ion battery manufacturing process featuring the rollout of smart control algorithms for state-of-charge and state-of-health in the BMS coupled with a new method to jointly calculate the battery bank.
Simulating the new lithium-ion battery manufacturing helped to decide on the most appropriate designs and also determine the optimal technology for each vehicle class.
Programme and call: Project funded by the “Cooperation”: Joint Technology Initiatives programme
Period: 2012-2015
