Qualification and verification of high-power battery systems for traction application

This paper reveals that the standard test procedures for the qualification and verification of traction battery systems are not sufficient in certain cases. In fact, realistic and application-oriented tests on the interaction among the complex battery subsystems are inevitable. To achieve these objectives, a high-performance test bench with the unique selling features of a high voltage/- and current range, extremely low ripple currents, and high dynamics is presented. For the operation of the applied multiphase current-sharing inverter for charging/discharging the device under test (DUT), special control algorithms, especially a current balancing control method, is introduced.