135results about How to "Reduce charging voltage" patented technology

A power plant outputs motive power by driving a motor (22) using electric power from a direct-current power source (32). When the direct-current power source (32) has a low temperature, the direct-current power source is rapidly heated, whereby the performance can fully be demonstrated. In the power plant in which a capacitor (30) is installed so as to connect a positive electrode bus (26) and a negative electrode bus (28) of an inverter circuit (24) and the direct-current power source (32) is also installed so as to connect the negative electrode bus (28) of the inverter circuit (24) and a neutral point of the motor (22), when a power source temperature (Tb) of the direct-current power source (32) detected by a temperature sensor (50) is less than or equal to a threshold temperature (Tblow) at which supply of required electric power to the motor (22) is possible, an electronic control unit (40) sets a voltage between terminals of the capacitor (30) higher than normal and also sets a frequency of a carrier wave lower than normal, and performs switching control of transistors (T1 to T6) Thus, a ripple of a neutral point current which flows into the direct-current power source (32) can be increased, whereby it is possible to promote calorification of the direct current power source (32).

A vehicle power management system (VPMS) controls a charging voltage of a battery in a vehicle, wherein a VPMS controller evaluates state-of-charge (SOC), battery temperature, and battery charging current to determine a charge mode. A rapid charge mode is used when the SOC is less than a first threshold, wherein the VPMS controller selects a target rapid charge voltage, compensates the target rapid charge voltage for the battery temperature, and transmits the compensated rapid charge voltage to the charging source. A normal charge mode is used when the SOC is greater than the first threshold and less than a second threshold, wherein a target normal charge voltage is selected and compensated which is less than the target rapid charge voltage. A trickle charge mode is used when the SOC is greater than the second threshold, wherein a target trickle charge voltage is less than the target normal charge voltage. The VPMS controller also enters the trickle charge mode in the event of a failure to receive the SOC, battery temperature, or battery charging current from a battery monitor.

A stable power supply apparatus in accordance with the present invention comprises a secondary battery, a bidirectional chopper circuit and a bidirectional converter, wherein the secondary battery, the chopper circuit and the converter are connected in this order in the direction from the secondary battery side to a system bus line side. The converter is formed of a wide-gap semiconductor device, more particularly, a wide-gap bipolar semiconductor device, and the instantaneous large-power operation capability of the wide-gap bipolar semiconductor device and the instantaneous large-power supplying capability of the secondary battery are utilized. For a short time during which the influence of an instantaneous drop is prevented, the converter is operated as a converter having capability exceeding the instantaneous large-power supplying capability of the secondary battery and having power capacity several times or more the rating of the converter.

The present invention provides an electrochemical flow battery for electric energy storage, the said battery uses anode reactive materials (the material being oxidized during battery discharge) selected from complexed ionic form of late 3d transition metals, i.e., Mn, Fe, and Cu. The battery has significantly low cost due to use of these relative inexpensive metals.

The invention discloses a composite material used as a lithium air battery positive electrode and a preparation method thereof. The composite material comprises nanometer manganese dioxide (MnO2) and porous carbon which are compounded on the molecular level and are bonded by a hydrogen bond; and the molar ratio of the porous carbon to the nanometer MnO2 is 10:1 to 20:1. The porous carbon is uniform in aperture and large in specific surface area; the nanometer MnO2 is low in cost, non-toxic, high in average voltage and energy compatibility and extremely high in catalytic activity; and moreover, overpotential can be effectively reduced. The nanometer MnO2 used as a catalyst is deposited on the surface of the porous carbon material by a hydrothermal method or an oxidation-reduction method, so that precious metal salt is avoided, the cost is low, the practicability is high, the composite material is clean and environment-friendly, and the requirement on environment protection is met; and in addition, the method is simple and feasible, and complicated and harsh reaction conditions and side reaction are avoided.

The present invention provides a power converter for recreational vehicle (RV) batteries that uses time and ambient temperature to control output voltage. By employing a remote temperature sensor attached to the battery post, temperature information is sent to an output voltage control circuit in the power converter. When the power converter is powered up an internal timing circuit increases the output voltage by a preset amount for a timed period for rapid charging but is also adjusted to predetermined temperature curve controlled by the remote temperature sensor to prevent overcharge. The output voltage is held at the increased value until the internal timing circuit times out and the output voltage is reduced (setback) to the float voltage determined by the remote temperature sensor.

A reduction in breakdown voltage and mechanical deterioration of an electrode plate of a rechargeable battery are suppressed, and a charging time is shortened.

There is provided a charger 10 which charges a rechargeable battery, comprising: a first output unit which outputs a first voltage; a second output unit which outputs a second voltage having a predetermined voltage value different from that of the first voltage; a charge control unit 16 which inputs the first voltage and the second voltage, alternately outputs these voltages, and supplies them to the rechargeable battery as charging voltages; a charged-amount detection unit 14 which measures a charged amount of the rechargeable battery; and an output control unit 15 which carries out control in such a manner that an output time of the first voltage and/or the second voltage in the charge control unit 15 is prolonged as the charged amount increases.

The invention relates to a controlling device and a controlling method for charging operation of a battery, that is to say, it is a device and method to optimize charging stations of the batteryby adjusting charging capacity of the battery. The method includes reading an actual full charge capacity of the battery and a design capacity of the battery. The actual full charge capacity of the battery is compared with the design capacity of the battery. A charge voltage and a charge current are adjusted if the actual full charge capacity is less than the design capacity. The charge voltage and the charge current in adjusting step is used for controlling the charging operation of the battery. This invention determines the charging station, if the nonce full charge capacity is less than the design capacity, the charging operation of the battery is controlled by the adjusted charge voltage and charge current which are adjusted by decreasing charge current and increasing charge voltage. This invention can properly adjusts the full charge capacity of the battery and increases the charging efficiency.

A power supply system including a battery module and a converter unit. The system includes a bidirectional DC-DC converter as a component of a battery module voltage control device that is connected between a load and a secondary battery and that changes a discharge voltage of the secondary battery and outputs the discharge voltage to the load. Moreover, a voltage control unit, which can include a control unit and the bidirectional DC-DC converter, changes the discharge voltage of the secondary battery to an output voltage target value to be outputted to the load.

A method for a rechargeable battery is disclosed that includes applying a charge voltage to the rechargeable battery; monitoring a battery voltage and a battery current of the rechargeable battery; and identifying a top of charge condition when for a defined time period the battery voltage is within a voltage tolerance of the charge voltage and the battery current is within a current tolerance of a threshold current. Also disclosed is a rechargeable battery system.

The invention discloses a preparation method of an aluminum-ion battery positive electrode material. The method comprises the following steps of firstly, processing foamed nickel by an etching method;secondly, pre-processing a surface of the foamed nickel; thirdly, growing graphene on the surface of the foamed nickel to form a graphene/foamed nickel structure; fourthly, etching the graphene/foamed nickel; fifthly, coating a layer of PMMA solvent on a surface of the graphene/foamed nickel, and performing baking and film formation to obtain a PMMA/graphene/foamed nickel structure; sixthly, performing acid processing on the PMMA/graphene/foamed nickel, and dissolving the foamed nickel to obtain a PMMA/graphene structure; and finally, removing PMMA in the PMMA/graphene to obtain foam structure-based graphene. The synthesis of the aluminum-ion battery positive electrode material without a binding agent is achieved by chemical vapor deposition and an etching technology, the aluminum-ion battery positive electrode material has ultra-large capacity, relatively low charging voltage and excellent cycle stability, and the volume expansion of the material during the charge-discharge process is prevented.

The invention discloses a method for coating the surface of nano-alpha-phase nickel hydroxide with CoOOH. The method is mainly characterized in that a precipitation conversion process is adopted to coat the surface of alpha-phase nickel hydroxide with a layer of CoOOH. The method obviously improves the conductive performance of the alpha-phase nickel hydroxide, and improves the electrode performance of nickel hydroxide, so the cell performances are obviously improved, for example, the specific capacity and the output power are improved, the large-rate discharge capability and the charge and discharge cycle performance are improved, and the oxygen evolution over-potential and the discharge plateau are improved. The discharge capacity of the cobalt coated nickel hydroxide prepared in the invention is high to 386mAh/g.

The invention provides a grid driving circuit, an array substrate and a display device. The grid driving circuit is used for sequentially inputting scanning signals to a plurality of grid lines line-by-line, the grid driving circuit comprises a plurality of driving units and waveform processing units which are arranged in a cascade connection mode and in one-to-one correspondence with the grid lines, the waveform processing units are arranged between the output ends of the driving units corresponding to the grid lines arranged on the even number lines and the grid lines, the waveform processing units are used for processing the waveforms of the output signals of the driving units corresponding to the grid lines into angle cutting weaves and take signals with the waveforms being angle cutting weaves as scanning signals to input the signals into the grid lines. The grid driving circuit can achieve equal charging voltages of sub-pixels of the even number lines and the sub-pixels of the odd number lines, and therefore the problem that cross stripes occur due to the fact that the grid driving circuit is driven by a two-point mode is solved, and therefore the quality of the array substrate and the display device is improved.

The present invention is to provide a cathode catalyst capable of increasing the initial capacity, decreasing the charging voltage and improving the capacity retention of a rechargeable metal-air battery, and a rechargeable metal-air battery having high initial capacity, excellent charge-discharge efficiency, and excellent capacity retention. A cathode catalyst for a rechargeable metal-air battery comprising NiFe₂O₄, and a rechargeable metal-air battery comprising an air cathode containing at least NiFe₂O₄, an anode containing at least a negative-electrode active material and an electrolyte interposed between the air cathode and the anode.

A quick low-voltage rechargeable battery is switched between a charging mode and a discharging mode. The battery includes plural battery cells and a power management circuit. Each battery cell includes a battery positive terminal and a battery negative terminal. The battery positive terminal of each battery cell corresponds to the battery negative terminal of another battery cell sequentially, so as to constitute a battery cell sequence. Respectively, the battery cells connect the power management circuit. The power management circuit includes a loading positive terminal and a loading negative terminal used to connect to a load. In the discharging mode, the power management circuit switches the battery cells to a series connection state; in the charging mode, the power management circuit switches the battery cells to respectively connect to a charging source and to be charged, and the battery cells are not connected in series.