Empowering Electric Mobility: Revolutionizing Battery Management with Cloud and IoT Integration
IoT and cloud computing technology are combined in the cloud battery management system. IoT is utilised to alert the manufacturer and users about the real-time battery pack state thanks to advancements in the BMS software architecture for remote mirroring and notification systems.
The global electric vehicle battery market size was estimated at USD 53.08 billion in 2022 and is expected to hit over USD 276.40 billion by 2030 with a registered CAGR of 22.9% during the forecast period 2022 to 2030.
The EV experience is intimately correlated to the feasibility of the lithium-ion batteries because the EV battery pack represents 50% of the overall cost of owning the car.
Battery Management System – It’s use, need and benefits
The Battery Management System (BMS) is an electronic system that monitors, balances, and protects the battery pack in an electric vehicle. It monitors the State of Charge (SoC), State of Health (SOH), and State of Power (SoP) of the battery to ensure it is operated in an effective and safe way. It also balances the cells to ensure same voltage is maintained across cells, and collects data from the battery pack to be used for analytics-based features.
Major trends in battery technology
The sophistication of BMS software: Better battery status estimation and management of battery life and performance are on the rise. Accurate performance information from the real world has improved BMS models. For the same, self-optimizing multiphysics battery models as well as self-updating and parameterizing AI-enabled models are used.
Higher-voltage vehicle architectures: 400V topologies for cost-efficient, high-energy use. First usage of 800V in high-performance industries. For off-highway vehicles, a 1200V system. Higher currents and faster charging necessitate scalable BMS.
Advancements in battery monitoring: Individual cells can be monitored and controlled using smart embedded sensors. Moreover, it isolates one cell or takes energy from a subset of cells, aids in self-healing, and increases the lifespan of cells.
Cloud-enabled BMS: Battery monitoring and status estimation are based on Digital Twin. Over-the-air data transfers assist in fine-tuning BMS based on current system knowledge. Performance and battery life are improved via big data analytics. The use and uptake of second-life batteries are improved by detailed battery data.
Number of Internet of Things (IoT) connected devices worldwide from 2019 to 2021, with forecasts from 2022 to 2030 (in billions)
IONDASH: India’s Most Advanced Cloud Battery Management System
The battery can be examined and tracked using IONDASH, an IoT-based battery management system. The battery pack is shielded from any unwelcome voltage and current spikes by an integrated fuse circuit protection.
IONDASH is easily accessible to those using a web browser. The battery management system in electric vehicles may be made more efficient and useful with the help of this cloud IoT platform.
Conclusion
Electric car battery packs are protected by the IoT-based battery management system through remote hardware monitoring. This most secure and reliable battery performance solution was created using BMS hardware and software. BMS may show pertinent information online, including location, battery pack condition, and temperature during charging and discharging. The cloud-enabled IoT-based battery management system, which is GPS-powered, finds the precise geo-coordinates and presents them on the BMS web page.
Author: Bobby Singh