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http://dx.doi.org/10.5370/JEET.2016.11.2.367

Cell Balancing Method in Flyback Converter without Cell Selection Switch of Multi-Winding Transformer  

Kim, Jin-Woong (Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University)
Ha, Jung-Ik (Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University)
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Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology / v.11, no.2, 2016 , pp. 367-376 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper presents a cell balancing method for a single switch flyback converter with a multi-winding transformer. The conventional method using a flyback converter with a multi-winding transformer is simple and easy to control, but the voltage of each secondary winding coil might be non-uniform because of the unequal effective turn-ratio. In particular, it is difficult to control the non-uniform effect using turn-ratios because secondary coil has a limited number of turns. The non-uniform secondary voltages disturb the cell balancing procedure and induce an unbalance in cell voltages. Individual cell control by adding a switch for each cell can reduce the undesirable effect. However, the circuit becomes bulky, resulting in additional loss. The proposed method here uses the conventional flyback converter with an adjustment made to the output filters of the cells, instead of the additional switch. The magnitude of voltage applied to a particular cell can be reduced or increased according to the adjusted filter and the selected switching frequency. An analysis of the conventional converter configuration and the filter design method reveals the possibility of adequate cell balancing control without any additional switch on the secondary side.
Keywords
Battery management system; Cell balancing; Flyback converter; Multi-winding transformer;
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