RE: An algorithm to charge batteries faster than even, $4 million to develop

awneil — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 15:02:34 GMT

I don't think it's true to say that, "conventional battery monitoring methods simply look at the voltage across the battery"?

I think there are techniques such as modulating the load current to gain better information?

RE: An algorithm to charge batteries faster than even, $4 million to develop

DAB — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:48:13 GMT

I am not sure that you will get much return on your investment for this project.

The current methods may not be ideal, but they are simple and easy to implement.

I am doubtful that you can come up with a single solution because of the vast differences in the battery chemistry.

To make this approach work, you would need an extremely stable battery with zero differences in the production facility. Not too likely to my mind. Plus, what we talking about, a few watts per battery?

I think they should look at more reversable battery configurations. The best you can hope for is a fully rechargable system with little or no degredation with time. Maybe a sealled H20 system.

Just my opinion,

DAB