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Exploring issues relating to Li-Ion cells and batteries

From Elithion:

• CCCV chargers: a false sense of security
• The 3 charging stages
• Mind that BMS: Charging & Discharging limits
• Lots of small cells are better than one big one
• Low voltage cut-off: a false sense of security
• Estimating the State Of Charge of Li-Ion batteries
• Spaghetti? In my battery?
• Redistribution
• Disspative vs nondissipative (active vs passive) balance
• How much balance current is enough?
• The Ignition switch conundrum
• Role of the EV Button in Prius PHEV conversions
• BMS chips

From other sites:

• Battery and Energy Technologies from Woodbank Communications Ltd
• Bost battery performance with nondissipative charge balancing (pdf)

 

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