Research focus

    General studies on battery technologies and applications using electrical energy storage systems

  • Technologies

    • Flooded and VRLA lead acid batteries
    • Lithium-ion batteries
    • NiMH batteries
    • NiCd batteries
    • Electrochemical double layer capacitors (SuperCaps)
    • Fuel cells
    • Primary batteries

  • Battery and energy management in applications

  • Real-time onboard battery diagnostics

    • State of charge (SOC)
    • State of health (SOH)
    • Charge acceptance
    • Power prediction
    • State of function (SOF)

  • Battery modelling

    • Highly dynamic, impedance-based models
    • Physico-chemical models
    • Ageing models
    • Energy flow models
    • Thermal models

    • Impedance spectroscopy

  • Basics

    • Development of multi-channel impedance spectroscopes
    • Impedance-based modelling
    • Impedance-based diagnosis

  • Battery characterisation

    • Electrical performance
    • Lifetime

  • Applications

    • Conventional, hybrid electrical and full electrical vehicles
    • Special vehicles (buses, trucks, cranes, etc.)
    • Traction applications (fork lift trucks, scooters, etc.)
    • Electrical energy storage systems (EESS) in grids
    • Off-grid and autonomous power supply systems (telecom, rural electrification, etc.)
    • Uninterruptible power supplies (UPS)
    • Organic light emitting diodes (OLED) – impedance-based modelling