Battery/Supercapacitor Emulator for Chargers Functionality Testing

Authors: S. Farag, A. Kupeman

Abstract:

In this paper, design of solid-state battery/supercapacitor emulator based on dc-dc boost converter is described. The emulator mimics charging behavior of any storage device based on a predefined behavior set by the user. The device is operated by a two-level control structure: high-level emulating controller and low- level input voltage controller. Simulation and experimental results are shown to demonstrate the emulator operation.

Keywords: Battery, Charger, Energy, Storage, Supercapacitor.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1337527

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