Passive Cell Balancing Simulation In Matlab Simulink

passive Cell Balancing simulation in matlab Simulink

Hello guys, welcome back to my blog. In this article, I will discuss passive cell balancing simulation in Matlab Simulink, I will also share Matlab function code, components details, circuit diagram, and working of the circuit.

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Passive Cell Balancing Simulation In Matlab Simulink 

Passive Cell Balancing Simulation MATLAB
Passive Cell Balancing Simulation

The image shows a circuit diagram of passive cell balancing. The battery pack is 12 volts and 2.6AHh. It consists of three lithium-ion cells connected in series. Each cell is connected to the load resistance through Mosfet.

Passive cell balancing means equalizing the state of charge of each cell by wasting or dissipating energy through a resistor. In passive cell balancing, each cell state of charge value will be brought to the one cell value which has a low state of charge. As you can see in the waveforms below.

Initial values of cell 01

Initial values of cell 01
Initial values of cell 01

The initial state of charge of the lithium-ion cell 01 is 15%.

Initial values of cell 02

Initial values of cell 02
Initial values of cell 02

The initial state of charge of a lithium-ion cell 02 is 35%.

Initial values of cell 03

Initial values of cell 03
Initial values of cell 03

The initial state of charge of a lithium-ion cell 03 is 50%.

The state of charge of each cell is different and when the passive cell balancing will be applied, the state of charge of each cell will come to 15% because cell 1 has a low state of charge compared to others.

The circuit consists of components such as;

01. Resistor – To dissipate the energy, the resistor is used at each cell.

Resistor value
Resistor value

02. MOSFET – It acts as a switch. when all cells’ state of charge becomes equal, the MOSFET is turned off and the circuit will become open.

MOSFET Value
MOSFET Value

03. Lithium-ion cell – Which stored energy. We are applying passive cell balancing for the lithium-ion cells.

04. Goto – By using goto, we are passing the state of charge value to from and then to the Matlab function.

Goto in MATLAB
Goto in MATLAB

05. From – It is input to the Matlab function which holds the value of the state of charge.

From Block in MATLAB
From Block in MATLAB

06. Display – To display the value of the state of charge, I am using the display.

07. Scope – To see the waveform of state of charge, I am using the scope.

08. Matlab function

Code which I am using, hope it works for you.

Matlab Function Code

function [y1, y2, y3]= fcn(s1,s2,s3)

s1 = int16(s1);

s2 = int16(s2);

s3 = int16(s3);


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This code compares the state of charge of each cell and gives the respected output. Suppose, if the state of charge of cell 02 is low then it will give high output for MOSFET of cell 1 and cell 2.

Now, I will share values of the state of charge and waveform after simulation. The simulation time it took was 2600 seconds.

Passive Cell Balancing Simulation

Passive Cell Balancing Simulation
Passive Cell Balancing Simulation

Working

Initially, the state of charge of each cell is different. The state of charge value is given to the Matlab function, where the code is written which will compare the state of charge of each cell and accordingly produces the output. The output is connected to the gate of the MOSFET, by which the circuit is controlled.

Waveform Of Passive Cell Balancing

See the above waveform, the state of charge of cells becoming equal. And if you want to purchase this file, then click here: Passive Cell Balancing In Lithium-Ion Battery For Battery Management.

I hope this article “Passive Cell Balancing Simulation” may help you all a lot. Thank you for reading.

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2 thoughts on “Passive Cell Balancing Simulation In Matlab Simulink

  1. Need design,modelling and simulation for SOC estimation of a battery in a simpler manner. Thank you

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