Most batteries cases say something like 25c to 40c discharge rate. For example, a c rate of 1c for 100 ah capacity battery would correspond to a discharge current of 100 a over 1 hour. If the discharge takes place over a long period of several hours as with some high rate applications such as electric vehicles, the effective capacity of the battery can be as much as double the specified capacity at the c rate. Typical discharge curves of lead acid as a function of c rate. Battery a battery is a number of cells connected together. The following formula was used to calculate the standby battery load in table 03. State of charge soc refers to the present available battery capacity as a percentage of nominal capacity. This means that 25c is the nominal discharge rate and 40c is the maximum burst discharge rate. To make this simple, the battery should provide 1c current for one hour. Apart from the cells, a discharge rate is defined by the letter c. Assume the battery were discharged at the 391 wc rate with the expectation of 15 minutes of operating time to 1. Measurement of power loss during electric vehicle charging. I standby current ah amperehour rating of battery h standby hours 1.
Capacity fade during cycling hall boeing, 20052006. Table 1 indicates the gassing rate to be expected from each of the vrla batteries at the charging voltages of 2. Current rate c rate is a measure of the discharge current relative to its capacity. Design and specification for safe and reliable battery systems for large ups revision 0 by pearl hu white paper 207 a properly designed ups battery solution is important for safe and reliable operation. A 1c rate means that the discharge current will discharge the entire battery in 1 hour.
For a given capacity, crate is a measure that indicate at what current a battery is charged and discharged to reach its defined capacity. Rate of discharge consider two different 10hour duty cycle diagrams. The capacity of a battery is commonly rated at 1c, meaning that a fully charged battery rated at 1ah should provide 1a for one hour. A comparison of leadacid and lithiumbased battery behavior. Typical discharge curves of lead acid as a function of crate. Interpreting battery parameters and specification sheets. The battery bank capacity can now be used to determine the amount of batteries needed for the installation. Figure 1 illustrates the discharge times of a lead acid battery at various loads as expressed in c rate.
Use a voltmeter to monitor battery voltage during charging with simple charger. If the calculation requires a 220 ah battery, and the next cell size up is 250 ah. A 5c rate for this battery would be 500 amps, and a c2 rate would. On the other hand, a c rate of 2c for the same battery would correspond to a discharge current of 200 a over half an hour. Center for transportation technologies and systems. To get a ballpark idea of the c20 rating of a battery, divide the cca by 20.
Battery temperature above 125 degrees can lead to cell damage. A c rate of 1c is also known as a onehour discharge. Calculating charge and discharge rate for each battery made the charge and discharge rate is determined for each battery depending on the mass of active material in each battery. Crate is used to scale the charge and discharge current of a battery. Pdf a battery model for constantpower discharge including. A 5c rate for this battery would be 500 amps, and a c 2 rate would. The c rating is inversely proportional to the batterys capacity, so as you move up in capacity, you can move down in c. Typical value of battery rating at different discharge rate battery capacity c20 c10 c5 c3 c1 5 ah 5 120 100 86 60 150 ah 150 125 104 90 62. Its advisable to stay on or below nominal discharge level to preserve battery future life. The rate of rise of the fault current time constant in milliseconds is dependent. C rate and service times when charging and discharging. A reasonable testing scheme for 1 c rate, i suppose, is to obtain the current value for a discharge of the battery in one hour at the operating volatge of 4. You can use peukerts law to determine the discharge rate of a battery. Battery performance characteristics how to specify and test.
Battery discharge performance depends on the load the battery has to supply. For example, a battery may have a rating of 200 ah at a c10 discharge rate. A 1c or c1 charge loads a battery that is rated at, say, ah at a during one hour, so at the end of the hour. The battery pack purchased by ac propulsion is composed of 48 lipf 6 cobalt modules in series, providing a rated voltage of 345 v and a rated capacity of 106 ah. Interpreting battery parameters and specification sheets ae. Battery charging and discharging parameters pveducation. Assume the battery were discharged at the 391 w c rate with the expectation of 15 minutes of operating time to 1. A crate is a measure of the rate at which a battery is discharged relative to its maximum capacity. Some battery chemistries give much fewer amp hours if you discharge them fast. For example, the posted mah of the battery is the 1c rating. For absorbent glass mat agm batteries, the number is usually between 1. At the 4x rate, the battery voltage is measured at 20 seconds.
Why does a battery have a c5, c20 and c100 ah rating. An agm300 battery is rated to deliver 104amps for 5 hours 300 minutes to 1. For a given capacity, c rate is a measure that indicate at what current a battery is charged and discharged to reach its defined capacity. Battery congress april 1516, 20 ann arbor, michigan. Sizing loads will be explained later in terms of the c rating.
The letter c in those expressions in more easily understood if you think of it as simply the value of the amp hour rating. If this were a 200 amp hour battery, it will last for 40 minutes if discharged at 200 amps and will last for 58 minutes if discharged at a rate of 40 amps. Calculation of battery bank capacity, crate, runtime. For example, a crate of 1c for 100 ah capacity battery would correspond to a discharge current of 100 a over 1 hour. After a 5 minute rest without recharge, the battery is discharged at the 20x rate and the voltage is measured after 5 seconds. While rarely stated explicitly, the unit of the crate is h. The initial crate is based on the batterys rated capacity, although during aging cycles the leadacid crate is rescaled to the initial measured capacity, which is lower than rated.
Stringbank a battery string or bank comprises a number of cellsbatteries connected in series to produce a battery or battery string with the required usable voltagepotential e. Calculating charge and discharge rate for each battery made. Smaller batteries are rated at a 1c discharge rate. C rate is used to describe how fast a battery charges and discharges. Doing the math for a charging rate of a 0ma battery, we calculate. However, it needs to consider the decrease rate of voltage from the self discharge in the. The crate is the governing measurement of what current a battery is charged or discharged at. If you open the advanced mode of this battery capacity calculator, you will be able to compute three other parameters of a battery. Current rate crate is a measure of the discharge current relative to its capacity. Capacity and energy of a battery or storage system. This means that 25c is the nominal discharge rate and 40c is the maximum burst. Shortcircuit currents in dc auxiliary installations in power. For example, a 1c battery needs one hour at 100 a to load 100 ah. Some highperformance batteries can be charged and discharged above 1c with moderate stress.
On the other hand, a crate of 2c for the same battery would correspond to a discharge current of 200 a over half an hour. The crate is defined as the charge or discharge current divided by the batterys capacity to store an electrical charge. The system was 65f, was discharged at 104amps and the systems end cell voltage was reached at 4 hours and 25 minutes 265 minutes. This rating is acquired by adding a specific size load to a battery to make it completely dead in a 3, 5, 8, 10, 20 or 100 hour period. Peukerts law is t hcih k in which h is the rated discharge time in hours, c is the rated capacity of the discharge rate in amphours also called the ah amphour rating, i is the discharge current in amps, k is the peukert constant without dimensions and t is the actual discharge time.
The discharge rate is determined by the equation below. Total vah 18 x 12 x 28 6048 vah the following assumptions have been made in the above calculations. The number in these expressions is simply a multiplier. The battery pack will be designed for an average energy consumption of 161. A battery cell can be regarded as the smallest division of the voltage. So a 2000ma battery should be charged at 2000ma, a 1. When engineering a new quadcopter, we have to consider the amp draw of the motorprop combination, and the max battery size we can fit on the quad to determine the right battery for the job. This paper describes the main components and functions of a battery system, and discusses the reasons why vendor pre. Ah the ah or amperehour capacity is the current a battery can provide over a. C rate is used to scale the charge and discharge current of a battery. A c rating is simply a batterys capacity or ahamp hour rating when discharged over a specific period of time. The c rate or rate of discharge refers to the amount of current that a battery can sustain for. The c rate or rate of discharge refers to the amount of current that a. Design and specification for safe and reliable battery.
Battery performance characteristics how to specify and. A 1c or c 1 charge loads a battery that is rated at, say, ah at a during one hour, so at the end of the hour. The crate is a measure of the rate at which a battery is being charged or discharged. The lcoe for each technologysegment combination is determined for a speci c u. Charge and discharge rates of a battery are governed by crates. A cca battery is roughly equivalent to at 50ah battery. The actual percentage rated capacity of the battery would then be calculated as 77. If a battery is labeled 2000mah, then its 1c rating is 2000mah.
If the temperature becomes excessive or the cells begin to gas vigorously, reduce the rate of charge. Crate is used to describe how fast a battery charges and discharges. A battery model for constantpower discharge including rate effects article pdf available in energy conversion and management 88. All high voltage battery packs are made up from battery cells arranged in strings and modules. The batt ery crate refers to the rate at which a battery is charged or discharged. A c rate is a measure of the rate at which a battery is discharged relative to its maximum capacity. Peukerts law is t h c ih k in which h is the rated discharge time in hours, c is the rated capacity of the discharge rate in amphours also called the ah amphour rating, i is the discharge current in amps, k is the peukert constant without dimensions and t is the actual discharge time. How to calculate battery runtime when design equipment. For a battery with a capacity of 100 amphrs, this equates to a discharge current of 100 amps. The c rating of a battery is the power capacity of a battery. It is normally expressed in terms numbers that look like 1c, 2c, 0. The discharge rate when discharging the battery in 10 hours is found by dividing the capacity by the time. When the discharging rate is halved and the time it takes to discharge the battery is doubled to 20 hours, the battery capacity rises to y.
Essentially, charging a battery at a 1c rate means charging at the batterys capacity. The capacity of a battery or accumulator is the amount of energy stored according to specific temperature, charge and discharge current value and time of charge or discharge. When peak is reached and voltage begins to drop the battery is fully charged. Alternatively, a discharge rate may be specified by its charge rate or crate, which is expressed as a multiple of the rated capacity of the cell or battery. Table 1 illustrates typical times at various c rates. How to calculate battery runtime when design equipment using. Description calculations steps results number of strings divide the bah by the batterys 100hour rate if 5 days autonomy selected or a rate that approximates the actual autonomy hours for the system a number of batteries cells. Figure 1 illustrates the discharge times of a lead acid battery at various loads as expressed in crate. V0v1i in the case of large current discharge, it needs to consider the ir drop, which is caused during the early discharge stage derived from capacitors ir direct current resistance and the discharge current. Storage size determination for gridconnected photovoltaic. Capacity fade during storage smart nasajpl, 2009 t 0c, 10c, 23c, 40c, 55c broussely saft, 2001 v 3. This number is usually given with the number of hours at which the rate was taken.