Description

Lithium-ion batteries have become a key technology in our daily routine, from powering our portable electronics devices and electric vehicles to offering grid support and playing a crucial role in the reliable and cost-efficient grid integration of intermittent energy sources. 
The objective of this two-day course is to provide the attendees with an extensive overview of Lithium-ion battery applications, such as EVs, grid support, nanosatellites or hybrid charging stations. Battery requirements for these applications as well as Li-ion batteries operation (power and energy management & mission profiles) in these applications will be thoroughly discussed. All the applications require power electronics solutions (e.g., BMS, chargers, power converters etc.) in order to assure Li-ion battery pack safety, high efficiency, and reliable operation. Power electronics play three important roles in tattery applications: charge/discharge management, battery cell balancing, and safety protection. In consequence, this course will provide extensive state-of-the-art on power electronics solutions with a special emphasis on battery management systems

Exemplifications of some of the discussed topics will be made through exercises in Matlab/Simulink. 

Find the detailed course program on PhD Moodle: https://phd.moodle.aau.dk/course/view.php?id=2187 

Prerequisites

Basic electrical engineering knowledge and basic experience with MATLAB/Simulink. 

Form of evaluation

Written individual report with solutions and comments for exercises, which will be introduced during the course. 

Price

8000 DKK for the Industry and 6000 DKK for PhD students outside of Denmark (VAT-FREE Education)

The Danish universities have entered into an agreement that allows PhD students at a Danish university (except Copenhagen Business School) the opportunity to free of charge take a subject-specific course at another Danish university.
Read more here: https://phdcourses.dk/ 

Questions

hr@energy.aau.dk   

More information

https://www.energy.aau.dk/research/phd   

Course literature

1. J. V. Barreras, “Practical Methods in Li-ion Batteries,” Ph.D. dissertation, Aalborg University, 2017
2. J. Guo, Y. Li, K. Pedersen, D.-I. Stroe, ”Lithium-Ion Battery Operation, Degradation, and Aging Mechanism in Electric Vehicles: An Overview,” Energies 2021, 14, 5220. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14175220 
3. M. Swierczynski, D. -I. Stroe, A. -I. Stan, R. Teodorescu, R. Lærke and P. C. Kjær, "Field tests experience from 1.6MW/400kWh Li-ion battery energy storage system providing primary frequency regulation service," IEEE PES ISGT Europe 2013, 2013, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ISGTEurope.2013.6695277.
4. V. Knap, L. K. Vestergaard LK, and D.-I. Stroe, “A Review of Battery Technology in CubeSats and Small Satellite Solutions”. Energies. 2020; 13(16):4097. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13164097 
5. V. Knap, S. Beczkowski, L. K. Vestergaard and D. -I. Stroe, "Battery Current and Temperature Mission Profiles for CubeSats at Low Earth Orbit," in IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 58, no. 5, pp. 4656-4668, Oct. 2022, doi: 10.1109/TAES.2022.3164867. 

A complete list of references will be available one week prior to the course.