Battery Charging and Discharging

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This example shows how to use a constant current and constant voltage algorithm to charge and discharge a battery. The Battery CC-CV block is charging and discharging the battery for 10 hours. The initial state of charge (SOC) is equal to 0.3. When the battery is charging, the current is constant until the battery reaches the maximum voltage and the current decreases to 0. When the battery is discharging, the model uses a constant current.

Model Overview

Simulation Results

This plot shows the current, voltage, and temperature of the battery under test.

Results from Real-Time Simulation

This example has been tested on these platforms:

  • Speedgoat™ Performance real-time target machine with an Intel® 3.5 GHz i7 multi-core CPU and 4 GB RAM.

  • dSPACE® SCALEXIO LabBox with Intel® Core XEON E3-1275v3 at 3.5GHz and 4 GB RAM.

You can run this model in real time with a step size of 50 microseconds by using the Simscape local solver. For small sample rates, a task overrun might occur during the initial task execution due to a cold cache. To avoid this overrun, if the selected platform supports these options, relax the start-up behavior by specifying a limited number of task overruns or increasing the sample time of periodic tasks during the start-up phase of the real-time application.

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