Title :
An intelligent instrumentation system for testing fast-charging process in high-capacity batteries
Author :
Viera, J.C. ; González, M. ; Carballo, C. ; Blanco, C.
Author_Institution :
Area de Technol. Electron., Oviedo Univ., Spain
Abstract :
This paper describes a new system for testing fast-charge process in medium or high capacity batteries. The developed system integrates high-efficiency power stages (in order to implement different charging methods) and signal conditioning stages (main battery parameters are sampled to provide information about battery behavior). In this way, it is possible to study the efficiency of fast-charging methods. Due to the data obtained being processed and monitored online in a personal computer (both manual or automatic control of test is possible), different charge-end point detection methods can also be implemented
Keywords :
automatic test equipment; battery testers; secondary cells; voltage measurement; DAQ system; GPIB bus; automatic control; charge-end point detection methods; different charging methods; fast-charge process testing; high-capacity batteries; high-efficiency power stages; intelligent instrumentation system; main battery parameter sampling; manual control; online PC measurements; signal conditioning stages; voltage evolution; Automatic control; Automatic testing; Batteries; Computerized monitoring; Costs; Instruments; Intelligent systems; Microcomputers; System testing; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2000. IMTC 2000. Proceedings of the 17th IEEE
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5890-2
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.2000.848700
