Many different battery technologies are available for the applications which need energy
storage. New researches are being focused on Lithium-based batteries, since they are …

The trend toward more electric vehicles has demanded the need for high voltage, high
efficiency and long life battery systems. A complete battery system consists of the following …

In this paper, a new battery/ultracapacitor hybrid energy storage system (HESS) is proposed
for electric drive vehicles including electric, hybrid electric, and plug-in hybrid electric …

The automobile industry is progressing toward hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and fully electric
vehicles in their future car models. The energy storage unit is one of the most important …

In this paper, a new cell-to-cell charge equalization converter using a multiwinding
transformer is proposed. The proposed scheme achieves the direct cell-to-cell charge …

A generic modeling methodology that analyzes the losses in switched capacitor converters
(SCC) operating in open loop was developed and verified by simulation and experiments …

Battery management systems (BMS) are a key element in electric vehicle energy storage
systems. The BMS performs several functions concerning to the battery system, its key task …

A resonant switched capacitor converter with high efficiency over a wide and continuous
conversion ratio range is introduced. The efficiency of the topology depends primarily on the …

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(57) ABSTRACT A power conditioning unit with maximum power point track ing (MPPT) for a
dc power source in a photovoltaic panel is provided. The power conditioning unit includes a …