Self-reconfiguration batteries with stable voltage during the full cycle without the DC-DC converter

Abstract This paper proposes the self-reconfigurable batteries topology without DC-DC converter, which is similar to self-reconfigurable batteries, but it can guarantee that the voltage of the battery pack is within the set range when the SOC (state of charge) is from 0 to 100%, even if the voltage will drop with the SOC or some cells will be bypassed. Simply put, when the battery pack is discharged, the batteries whose SOC is high and their voltages satisfy the demand are discharged, and the cell with lower SOC is continuously replaced, and the consistency of the battery pack is ensured while stabilizing the voltage. The topological and control strategy are analyzed in detail. The proposed topology is verified by the battery pack composed of 9 cells in series, the experiment result shows that this topology not only retains the advantages of good equalization of self-reconfiguration batteries but also maintains low voltage fluctuations even without DC-DC converters, besides, without the DC-DC converter, the capacity utilization rate of the battery pack reaches 99.8%, demonstrating the superior performance of the proposed topology.