Title :
Application of a battery monitoring system to VRLA batteries for a Santa Barbara bus
Author_Institution :
Firing Circuits Inc., Norwalk, CT, USA
Abstract :
The Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District has operated a fleet of electric buses since 1991. Purpose built and converted diesel buses carry passengers from downtown Santa Barbara to its waterfront. Most buses have used flooded traction batteries as a power source. New installation of VRLA batteries with battery monitoring systems (BMS) are the subject of this presentation. The author describes the battery monitoring system, state of charge modeling, alarm conditions, and data storage
Keywords :
alarm systems; computerised monitoring; electric vehicles; lead; secondary cells; Pb-acid valve regulated batteries; Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District; VRLA batteries; alarm conditions; battery monitoring system; battery monitoring systems; data storage; electric buses; power source; state of charge modeling; Battery powered vehicles; Circuits; Control systems; Current measurement; Data acquisition; Monitoring; Portable computers; Power supplies; Temperature; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Battery Conference on Applications and Advances, 1998., The Thirteenth Annual
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4098-1
DOI :
10.1109/BCAA.1998.653864
