{"id":14300,"date":"2019-12-11T00:48:04","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T23:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.olenergies.com\/lexique-batterie\/"},"modified":"2021-04-10T15:07:22","modified_gmt":"2021-04-10T13:07:22","slug":"battery-vocabulary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.olenergies.com\/en\/battery-vocabulary\/","title":{"rendered":"Battery vocabulary for beginners"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.0.5″ custom_padding=”0px||0px|||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.0.5″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.27.4″][et_pb_testimonial portrait_url=”https:\/\/www.olenergies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/logo-the-batteries-forum.jpg” _builder_version=”4.0.9″]
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A little lost in the world of batteries?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A short article to help you understand everything easily
Review of the most commonly used terms in the battery world; SOC, SOH, C-rate, Ah\u2026<\/p>\n

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Current (A):<\/strong><\/span> flow of electrical charges passing through a conductor. For instance, a current of 1 ampere corresponds to the flow of 6 trillion electrons per second. The electric current can be seen as of the flow rate in a pipe. The rated current of a battery corresponds to the maximum current that it can provide continuously.<\/p>\n

Voltage (V):<\/strong><\/span> measurement of the electrical potential difference between two points of a circuit, for instance, between the two terminals of a battery. The voltage is measured in volts and can be seen as the pressure head in a pipe: the higher it is, the more the electric current can flow. The rated voltage of a battery corresponds to the average voltage during a discharge.<\/p>\n

Power (W):<\/strong><\/span> instantaneous energy flow, it\u2019s the voltage times the current. A 12 volt battery on which a current of 3 amps is drawn provides a power of 36 watts. The rated power of a battery corresponds to the rated voltage times the rated current.<\/p>\n

Capacity (Ah):<\/strong><\/span> indication of the electrical charge that a battery can store. It\u2019s current times time. For instance, a 100 ampere-hour battery can provide 100 amps for one hour, which is the same as 50 amps for 2 hours, 25 amps for 4 hours, and so on. This same battery could also have a rated current limited to 60 amps, in this case, the battery wouldn\u2019t handle a fast discharge at 100 amps.<\/p>\n

Energy (Wh):<\/strong><\/span> it allows actions on the environment. Energy can modify the speed of objects, change a temperature, and so on. Energy can be converted into many different forms, but the total amount is conserved although it always ends up into heat. Energy is power times time. A 250 W device powered during 4 hours leads to an energy consumption of 1000 Wh, that can be written 1 kWh. Moreover, by multiplying the capacity of a battery by its rated voltage, we find the energy that can be stored expressed in Wh. For instance, a 12 volt battery with 100 Ah stores 1200 Wh or 1.2 kWh.<\/p>\n

C-rate:<\/strong><\/span> ratio between the current and the capacity of a battery. It can be used to size charge and discharge currents. A 10 Ah battery that provides a current of 20 amps experiences a \u201c2C\u201d discharge (the current value is twice the capacity value). A 10 Ah battery charging with a current of 5 amps is charged at \u201c0.5C\u201d. The C-rate allows to compare charge and discharge rates between batteries with different capacities. Indeed, a charge or discharge at \u201c1C\u201d always lasts 1 hour, a charge or discharge at \u201c0.2C\u201d always lasts 5 hours, etc. The C-rate that a battery can tolerate is intrinsic to a technology and is therefore not directly linked to the capacity.<\/p>\n

SoC (%):<\/strong><\/span> State of Charge. This is a percent indication of the energy remaining on a battery. A 100 Wh battery with a 70% SoC of can still provide 70 Wh of energy. The SoC is sometimes simplified to the ratio of the remaining capacity (and not the remaining energy), this increases the SoC a little bit because the voltage of a battery decreases slightly when the SoC decreases.<\/p>\n

DoD (%):<\/strong><\/span> Depth of Discharge. This is a percent indication of the consumed energy on a battery. A 100 Wh battery with an 80% DoD can still provide 20 Wh of energy. The DoD is sometimes simplified to the ratio of the used capacity (and not the used energy), it lowers the DoD a little bit because the voltage of a battery decreases slightly when the DoD increases. This is the opposite of the SoC.<\/p>\n

SoH (%):<\/strong><\/span> State of Health. This is a percent indication of the energy that a battery can store compared to what it could store when it was brand new. A given battery rated for 100 Wh with an 80% SoH can store more than 80 Wh. The SoH of a battery decreases with time.<\/p>\n

BMS:<\/strong><\/span> Battery Management System. It is an electronic circuit board that allows to secure and enhance a battery. A BMS protects a battery against excessive charge and discharge currents, it also protects against overcharging and deep discharges. A BMS can also protect the battery from a thermal runaway and more generally during extreme weather conditions. A BMS can even balance the series of battery cells. Some BMS are real IoT devices and their applications are limitless.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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