To alleviate the intermittences in renewable power generation, use of energy storage is an evitable route of choice. Batteries are nowadays the most realistic means in energy storage. The charging and discharging of batteries affect the battery life time and energy efficiency greatly. At present, batteries have been used to provide electricity for lighting, radios, TVs and communications. The use of a small size wind generators with the assistance of batteries could provide local alternative means to enable more households to have access to electricity. The work reported in the chapter mainly focuses on the development of a battery control unit. The energy conversion modes are analyzed. Then the working principles of chargeable batteries are probed into. Control strategies based on fuzzy logic have been suggested to ensure the optimal performance in battery charging and discharging. A charging/ discharging control module using embedded system technology is designed to charge the battery by following the optimal charging/discharging curve of the battery. The whole unit is controlled and monitored by an embedded microprocessor system.
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Yin, Y., Wang, J., Luo, X., Guo, S. (2009). Development of a Battery Charging Management Unit for Renewable Power Generation. In: Ao, SI., Gelman, L. (eds) Advances in Electrical Engineering and Computational Science. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 39. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2311-7_4
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