A Systematic Approach to Lith-Ion Batt (Artech House Power Engineering)

I bought this book for my dad when he was promoted to the Battery Manager Position at an automotive company and here is what he had to say:"Electrification of the automobile is here to stay due to the regulatory landscape, increased customer acceptance, and perceived climate change. This book is a must read for anyone considering a career in the field or desires to understand the complexity of the applied use of lithium ion batteries in modern vehicles. It is a well rounded book that covers the current state-of-the-art aspects of system integration of lithium ion cells and the associated battery management system. My department will include this textbook an an integral part of our employee training of System Engineers for Power Pack Units."

This book contains relevant coverage (although not a ton of detail) about all the necessary areas for BMS development. Although written in 2014, it still has adequate coverage of most areas that are necessary for building a good approach to design in 2022.

An impressive overview of many important topics in battery management. The book is easy to read and navigate - very efficient material delivery (unlike many other references, especially online ones). The author really took the time to develop the content and is clearly an expert in this field. Hope to see more references like this from this author!

This book contains many of the basic concepts of battery system design that are not obvious to less experienced designers. There is a fair amount of in depth electrical engineering knowledge boiled down to easy to understand concepts. Just buy it if you are designing a Battery Management System (BMS), you won't regret it!

This book covers the practical and theoretical knowledge of Li-ion batteries. Great book to have an overall understanding of BMS.

Extremely clear, well written and helps connect the dots for understanding how larger-scale battery systems work. A must read for professionals seeking to implement battery management systems in their product line.

This is an outstanding book indeed, for those needing an effective battery management system. Author Phillip Weicker, has done a great job of writing a book that contains a description of the characteristics of different types of battery systems that are expected to be a safe and reliable source of energy, that deliver the high performance that battery cells and chemistries have to offer.Author Weicker, begins with a description of how lithium-ion batteries operate by the same electrochemical fundamentals as all batteries; but, a few important distinctions are important to consider in the development of battery management systems for lithium-ion based systems. Next, the author explains how large-format systems may be created using small-capacity cells such as the common cylindrical 18650 and 26650, or any other types of cells. In addition, he defines the black-box as describing all of the interfaces that the battery management system will have with both the battery cells; additional battery components, such as sensors and contactors; and, the host applications. The author also states that it may be possible to implement the simplest systems using a selection of definite-purpose integrated circuits, but this architecture is more commonplace with smaller systems operating at lower voltages intended for consumer electronics applications. Then, he continues by explaining why a number of battery voltages could be measured within a large-format system, including individual cells, groups, or modules of cells, all the way up to the entire series-connected string. The author then addresses why in many systems, contactor control is a vital function that must be implemented with diligence. Next, he covers important decisions that the battery management system must make are the rate of charge to optimize the utility of the system life of the batteries, overall efficiency, other factors, and when to terminate charging. In addition, the author cautions that battery management system designers should be aware of important differences in the safety aspects of ac and dc high-voltage systems. He also presents an overview of the network technologies commonly used; as well as, the types of information that are usually transferred via a communications bus. Then, the author discusses the reasons for having a representative equivalent circuit model and a number of methods to construct these models. Next, he focuses on possible approaches for identifying an appropriate model for obtaining values for the parameters to accurately represent the battery cells. Then, the author continues by explaining why in many applications, the power limit algorithm is potentially even more important than the state of change calculation. The author then addresses why in order to maintain battery performance over a long service life in a large-format battery system, it is usually necessary to implement a charge balancing strategy to account for differences in cell performance. Finally, he explains how more complicated modeling tools will be able to be implemented in battery management systems of the future.With each new wave of battery improvements, battery management systems will need to keep up with the changes described in this book. In addition, this book also explains how the field of large-format battery systems is only the beginning; and, many new developments await in the area of battery management systems.

An essential read for anyone working on battery systems. It's language is simple enough for people of different technical backgrounds, yet it offers great detail if you want expertise in BMS. With ever changing battery requirements for fast charging etc., BMS forms a critical component of any ESS. I have gained a great deal of system level knowledge in battery systems after reading this book.

Well the book provides good basic knowledge, but at the price of 11k I was expecting it to give more in-depth knowledge. Anyways I would highly recommend this one for beginners.