Battery Modelling Applications and Technology

<p>Batteries among the various energy storage systems are electrochemical storage devices that have always been attractive for both stationary and mobile applications. Different kinds of technology have been developed through the years (lead-acid nickel-cadmium nickel-metal hydride lithium ion etc.) and other novel technologies (metal-air quasi-solid state battery all-solid state battery etc.) are still being studied. The most important features for these devices to have include high power energy density and efficiency in addition to a long lifecycle. In particular the latter can be increased by developing novel technologies in the construction of the batteries themselves and/or in controlling them to operate in their optimal working conditions. To achieve this the modeling of batteries and the estimation of their parameters becomes a very important challenge. Indeed through the latter it is possible to study analyze and predict the behavior of single battery cells or whole battery packs with different aims. On the one hand battery models can be used for analyses of the batteries themselves to improve their efficiency and lifecycle to build battery management systems or for sizing battery packs. On the other hand the same models can be used to analyze the behavior of entire systems in which the battery is one part. This Special Issue collected many articles on battery chemical electric thermal and aging models integrated battery models and their composition battery parameter estimation methods and novel applications and technologies of batteries.</p>