Empowering Energy Navigating the Battery Management System Market

Everyone uses batteries in our lives, some are rechargeable are some are single use. The rechargeable ones can be charged and used again and again, and the single use ones must be replaced, once the charge stored in them is exhausted. Most of the tech devices, such as mobiles, laptops, smartwatches make use of rechargeable batteries, making use of an external charger.

During charging and discharging, some volume of heat is generated depending on the battery capacity. It can be negligible in mobiles, but a backup system is required in charging EVs. This has brought about the development of a battery management for checking that the battery does not produce much heat or get overcharged.

What is a Battery Management System? To put it in layman language, BMS technology is used in applications demanding huge amount of energy for ensuring a smooth battery operation. Usually, a battery management system is not deployed in case of a single cell battery, but a battery pack. Now, what is a battery pack. Arrangement of many cells make a module, and numerous modules and a BMS constitute a battery pack. What All is Controlled by a Battery Management System? State of Charging BMS system tracks charging and discharging of independent batteries and manages the current distribution. It ensures that no battery is overcharged or discharged beyond a limit. It ensures that the voltage is never surpassed. The BMS does some calculations for estimating the charge and discharge limits. It calculates its total time of operation of a battery, energy discharge in the preceding cycle, and the total charging and discharging cycles. With these calculations, it predicts the SOC. Managing the Temperature of a Battery The most important function of a BMS is the thermal management. It performs a temperature check and cools down the battery, when it is needed the most. Cooling of batteries does not only avoid thermal runaway but also helps in optimizing the efficiency of the battery. Thermal management systems are formulated, keeping in mind, the size of the battery, cost, highest voltage value, and geographical location. There is a specified operating temperature for every battery at which it can work with supreme efficiency. An increase in the temperature of the battery can decrease its competence by approximately 50%. Due to the need for BMS in charging electric vehicles effectively, the demand of the same will reach a value of USD 26,797 million by 2030.