Automotive application of lithium-ion batteries: Control of commercial batteries in laboratory tests

In this work the behavior of commercial lithium-ions batteries for auto-motive sector usage have been analyzed. Trough laboratory tests the loss of the nominal capacity in a battery has been studied. In particular the three basic causes of this phenomenon such as the amount of power required during the discharge phase, the aging due to high number of cycles and the poorly management of a battery pack have been examined in order to try to identify and define a method to recover battery packs poorly managed.