High power battery tester development

Author

Butler, Paul ; Moya, Larry ; Reichman, Deborah ; Ripple, Robert ; Peterkin, Frank

Author_Institution

Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

30 June-3 July 2002

Firstpage

257

Lastpage

261

Abstract

This paper describes the development of novel test equipment for evaluating high-power batteries under multi-kW load requirements. Two testers were designed, fabricated, and placed in service during this effort. One was an air-cooled system (16 kW power capacity) and the other a water-cooled system (36 kW power capacity). Both testers used National Instruments LabView real-time software and hardware running on a Windows PC using the Windows 98 operating system to control tests and acquire data. The test capability was established to support battery development and evaluation work proceeding in parallel with these activities. This paper will review the challenges encountered and the solutions developed during the project.

Keywords

battery testers; computerised instrumentation; cooling; 16 kW; 36 kW; National Instruments LabView hardware; National Instruments LabView real-time software; air-cooled system; battery development; battery evaluation; high power battery tester; multi-kW load requirements; tests control; water-cooled system; Batteries; Control systems; Electronic equipment testing; Instruments; Laboratories; Real time systems; Software testing; System testing; Test equipment; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Modulator Symposium, 2002 and 2002 High-Voltage Workshop. Conference Record of the Twenty-Fifth International

ISSN

1076-8467

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7540-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MODSYM.2002.1189465

Filename

1189465