Graduate Course

Instructor: Dr Mahdi Alavi

Department of Electrical Engineering

Shahid Bebeshti University

In-person Course: Winter 2018, 2019

E-learning Course: Winter 2019

Syllabus:

Battery Preliminaries

Working principles

Terminologies

Lithium-ion batteries

*Find at the bottom of this page, the videos describing the charge/discharge process and dendrite formation in Lithium batteries

Introduction to Battery Management System 

Building components

Functions

Charging Fundamentals 

Electrochemical processes during charging

Basic charge algorithms

Charge termination methods

Applied fast charging methods

Electric vehicles charger stations

Battery Electronics 

System structure

Power train

Protection circuits

Some commercial BMS

Battery Modeling 

Equivalent circuit models using common circuit elements

Equivalent circuit models using constant phase elements

Physical (electrochemical) models

Thermal models

Battery Monitoring

State of charge & state of health estimation using impedance spectroscopy, observers and estimation filters

Identification of equivalent circuit models

Battery Control and Optimization

Cell balancing

Electric Vehicles 

*Find the videos at the bottom of this page

  • Comparing between EVs and petrol cars.
  • Disassembling the 2017 Toyota Prius Li-Ion Battery.

Evaluation Policy:

  • Midterm Exam: 50%
  • Final Exam: 50%
  • Seminar: 5%
  • Practical Projects : 5%

References:

  • G.L. Plett, Battery Management Systems, Vol. 1: Battery Modeling, Artech House Publishers, 2015.
  • G.L. Plett, Battery Management Systems, Vol. 2: Equivalent-Circuit Methods, Artech House Publishers, 2015.
  • Impedance Spectroscopy: Theory, Experiment, and Applications, 2nd Edition, Edited by E. Barsoukov,‎ J.R. Macdonald, Wiley-Interscience, 2005.
  • C.D. Rahn, and C.-Y. Wang, Battery Systems Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, 2013.
  • T. Soderstrom, P. Stoica, System Identification, Prentice Hall, 1989.
  • L. Ljung, System Identification Theory for the User, Prentice Hall, 1999.
  • SMM Alavi, A Mahdi, SJ Payne and DA Howey, Identifiability of generalised Randles circuit models, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, In Press, 25 (6), 2112 – 2120, 2017. [arXiv]
  • SMM Alavi, CR Birkl and DA Howey, Time-domain fitting of battery electrochemical impedance models, Journal of Power Sources, 288, pp 345-352, 2015. 
  • SMM Alavi, A Mahdi, PE Jacob, SJ Payne and DA Howey, Structural identifiability analysis of fractional order models with applications in battery systems, arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.01402, November 2015. [arXiv].
  • http://www.mpoweruk.com/
  • http://batteryuniversity.com/

Projects:

Winter 2018: Design and implementation of a programmable battery charger. 

Winter 2019: Design and implementation of a programmable battery charger. 

Charge-Discharge in Lithium batteries

Dendrite formation in Lithium batteries 

EVs versus Petrol Cars

High Voltage Hybrid Systems – 2017 Toyota Prius Li-Ion Battery – Prof. John D. Kelly