An instrument for the characterization of voltage and temperature profile in NiCd and NiMH batteries

Author

Danese, G. ; Leporati, F. ; Lombardi, R. ; Nucita, M. ; Pedrazzini, G. ; Ricotti, G.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Inf. e Sistemistica, Pavia Univ., Italy

fYear

1997

fDate

1-4 Sep 1997

Firstpage

178

Lastpage

183

Abstract

In this paper, we present an instrument to identify the behaviour of NiCd and NiMH batteries from the measured values of voltage and temperature during the charge and discharge phases. The instrument represents a useful tool for controlling the battery charge phase through methods based on the increase of the voltage or of the derivative of the temperature with respect to time, avoiding damage due to overcharging. It can also be used to validate new algorithms for detecting the end of the charge

Keywords

cadmium; computerised instrumentation; instruments; nickel; overvoltage protection; power engineering computing; secondary cells; temperature measurement; voltage control; voltage measurement; Ni-Cd; NiCd batteries; NiMH batteries; algorithm validation; battery charging control; charge termination detection; charging phase; discharge phase; measuring instrument; overcharging; temperature profile characterization; voltage profile characterization; Battery charge measurement; Battery management systems; Charge measurement; Consumer electronics; Current measurement; Instruments; Phase measurement; Temperature control; Voltage control; Voltage measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

EUROMICRO 97. 'New Frontiers of Information Technology'. Short Contributions., Proceedings of the 23rd Euromicro Conference

Conference_Location

Budapest

Print_ISBN

0-8186-8215-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMSCNT.1997.658459

Filename

658459