Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging – Battery or cell charging – Multi-rate charging
Patent
1998-07-01
2000-03-14
Wong, Peter S.
Electricity: battery or capacitor charging or discharging
Battery or cell charging
Multi-rate charging
320156, 320129, H01M 1044
Patent
active
060377518
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for efficiently charging lead-acid batteries applies small voltage steps to probe the charging efficiency of a battery being charged. The application of a voltage step causes the current to change from a base current to a surge current immediately after the voltage step, and to decay asymptotically to a plateau current after the surge current. A current ratio, defined as the difference between the plateau current and the base current divided by the difference between the surge current and the base current, is used as an indicator of the charging efficiency. The output voltage of the power supply charging the battery is then adjusted according to the measured current ratio. A current-voltage slope, defined as the difference between the plateau current and the base current divided by the magnitude of the voltage step, may also be used as an indicator of the charging efficiency for controlling the charging process. Alternatively, in a current-controlled charging process, small current steps are used to probe the charging efficiency. For a current step, the induced voltage changes are measured, and a transient-plateau voltage ratio is calculated. The charging current is then adjusted according to the calculated voltage ratio.
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GNB Technologies, Inc.
Toatley , Jr. Gregory J.
Wong Peter S.
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