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Introduction to battery-management systems (Coursera)

Offered by University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado System,
Introduction to battery-management systems (Coursera)

This course will provide you with a firm foundation in lithium-ion cell terminology and function and in battery-management-system requirements as needed by the remainder of the specialization.

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After completing this course, you will be able to:

  • List the major functions provided by a battery-management system and state their purpose
  • Match battery terminology to a list of definitions
  • Identify the major components of a lithium-ion cell and their purpose
  • Understand how a battery-management system “measures” current, temperature, and isolation, and how it controls contactors
  • Identify electronic components that can provide protection and specify a minimum set of protections needed
  • Compute stored energy in a battery pack
  • List the manufacturing steps of different types of lithium-ion cells and possible failure modes

Course 1 of 5 in the Algorithms for Battery Management Systems Specialization.

Syllabus

Week 1
Battery Boot Camp
This week, you will learn some important terminology used to describe battery cells, and will learn the principles of operation of standard electrochemical battery cells.

Week 2
How lithium-ion cells work
This week, you will learn some of the principal advantages of lithium-ion cells versus standard electrochemical battery cells, what are their primary components, and how they work.

Week 3
BMS sensing and high-voltage control
This week, you will begin to learn about BMS requirements, and will study the requirements for sensing and high-voltage control in detail.

Week 4
BMS design requirements 2-5
This week, you will continue to learn about BMS requirements, studying requirements for protection, interface, performance management, and diagnostics in detail.

Week 5
How are cells made? How can they fail?
This week, you will learn in more detail than before how lithium-ion cells are made and how they can fail.

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