Graduate Course

Instructor: Dr Mahdi Alavi

Department of Electrical Engineering

University of Windsor

Winter 2013, Summer 2013 

Syllabus:

Basics of Battery Energy Storage Systems 

Terminologies 

Working principles  

Lithium-ion Batteries 

Charge methods

Basics of Battery Management System

Definition

Building components (electronics, monitoring, control and protection systems)  

BMS functions

Battery Charger Design

Sensors

DC-DC converters 

Circuit analysis 

Components selection   

Drive circuits

Mathematical modeling 

Control system design

Protections

Review of Commercial battery management systems

Evaluation Policy:

  • Assignments and Quizzes: 20%
  • Midterm Exam: 30%
  • Project: 20%
  • Final Exam: 30%

References:

  • 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.
  • W.W. Erickson, D. Maksimovic, Fundamentals of Power Electronics, 2nd Edition, Springer, 2001.
  • N. Mohan, T.M. Undeland, W.P. Robbins, Power Electronics: Converters, Applications, and Design, 3rd Edition, John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2003.
  • Power electronics Handbook, Third Edition, Edited by M.H. Rashid, Elsevier Inc., 2011. 
  • http://www.mpoweruk.com/
  • http://batteryuniversity.com/