Current balancing for battery strings
Abstract
A battery plant is described which features magnetic circuit means for balancing the electrical current flow through a pluraliircuitbattery strings which are connected electrically in parallel. The magnetic circuit means is associated with the battery strings such that the conductors carrying the electrical current flow through each of the battery strings pass through the magnetic circuit means in directions which cause the electromagnetic fields of at least one predetermined pair of the conductors to oppose each other. In an alternative embodiment, a low voltage converter is associated with each of the battery strings for balancing the electrical current flow through the battery strings.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Energy Development Associates, Inc., Madison Heights, MI (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 865360
- Patent Number(s):
- 4502001
- Application Number:
- 06/515,351
- Assignee:
- Energy Development Associates, Inc. (Madison Heights, MI)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01M - PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-78ET26923
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 1983 Jul 19
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- current; balancing; battery; strings; plant; described; features; magnetic; circuit; means; electrical; flow; pluraliircuitbattery; connected; electrically; parallel; associated; conductors; carrying; pass; directions; electromagnetic; fields; predetermined; pair; oppose; alternative; embodiment; voltage; converter; battery plant; electromagnetic fields; battery strings; electromagnetic field; magnetic field; magnetic fields; current flow; electrical current; alternative embodiment; circuit means; magnetic circuit; connected electrically; voltage converter; features magnetic; battery string; /320/307/363/
Citation Formats
Galloway, James H. Current balancing for battery strings. United States: N. p., 1985.
Web.
Galloway, James H. Current balancing for battery strings. United States.
Galloway, James H. Tue .
"Current balancing for battery strings". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/865360.
@article{osti_865360,
title = {Current balancing for battery strings},
author = {Galloway, James H.},
abstractNote = {A battery plant is described which features magnetic circuit means for balancing the electrical current flow through a pluraliircuitbattery strings which are connected electrically in parallel. The magnetic circuit means is associated with the battery strings such that the conductors carrying the electrical current flow through each of the battery strings pass through the magnetic circuit means in directions which cause the electromagnetic fields of at least one predetermined pair of the conductors to oppose each other. In an alternative embodiment, a low voltage converter is associated with each of the battery strings for balancing the electrical current flow through the battery strings.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {1985},
month = {1}
}
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