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Battery management system with active inrush current control for Li-ion battery in light electric vehicles

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This paper presents a design concept of integrating an inrush current control function into a battery management system (BMS) for Li-ion battery used in light electric vehicles. The proposed concept exploits the existing discharge MOSFET, which has the primary function as an electronic circuit breaker, for the secondary function as an inrush current limiter. The proposed inrush current control function is implemented as an adaptation based on an existing BMS platform. The gate control circuit is redesigned together with an adaptation of the BMS software. Both hardware and software adaptations do not lead to any significant increase in material costs. The major technical challenge of the proposed concept is finding an appropriate trade-off design between the performances of two functions, cutting off circuit and limiting inrush current. The design procedures are presented along with technical discussions for making design compromises. At the end, the functionality of the proposed technique is validated by experimental results.

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This publication is one of the results in an industrial-oriented R&D project under cooperation with LA-Ride Co., Ltd. (Thailand). The author would like to thank Ms. Waraporn Puviwatnangkurn for collecting experimental data.

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  1. The Siridhorn International Thai-German Graduate School of Engineering, King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, 1518 Pracharat 1 Road, Bangsue, Bangkok, 10800, Thailand

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Fuengwarodsakul, N.H. Battery management system with active inrush current control for Li-ion battery in light electric vehicles. Electr Eng 98, 17–27 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00202-015-0344-3

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