IoT Based smart Battery Management System

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IoT Based smart Battery Management System
Dinesh Panicker1, Darsh Kapoor2, Prajwal S.P3, Mahesh A. Kamthe4
1
Student, Dept of Electronics and Communication Engineering, MIT-ADT University,Pune
2
Student Dept of Electronics and Communication Engineering, MIT-ADT University
3
Student Dept of Electronics and Communication Engineering, MIT-ADT University
4
Assistant Professor, Dept of Electronics and Communication Engineering, , MIT-ADT University
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Abstract – In this project, a model battery management system was developed and tested for a 1s an 3s battery pack.The
parameters were sent to the cloud and data analysis wasperformed to find out the faulty cell in the battery pack. Passive cell
balancing was performed, and the results were evaluatedfor a Lithium ion NMC Battery Pack of 3 cells. The cells are charged
with CC-CV charger for 1s and 3s respectively. This is all modelled for an e-bike application, but the scope will be limited to a 3s
battery pack
Key Words: BMS- Battery Management System, IoT- Internet of Things, NMC- Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide, API-
Application Programming Interface
1. INTRODUCTION
In this project, we'll measure voltage, current, and temperature and therefore the necessary balancing circuits and
protection. Then, using an Arduino Nano, we'll create A battery management system for an E-bike application. the
information obtained are going to be transferred to a cloudserver with the assistance of a BOLT IoT module, and we'lluse
data analysis to work out which cell within the batterypack is bad. The battery management system's balancing function
is additionally a very important feature. A correct balance of the electrical battery management system will allow the
battery cells to be used more efficiently and safely for extended periods of your time.
We will also display the results on the Arduino serial monitor before uploading them to the cloud server via an API. Over
the UART line, the system communicated with an BOLT module and transmitted data (voltage, temperature, current, SoC,
and operating status) to a far-off server. Simultaneously, a command infrastructure has been developed that may stop
charging and discharging from the remote server when necessary. This function also adds an IoT capability to the system.
the info that the battery management system sends to the remote server provides information about the system's
supply and allows the balancing function to be evaluated. This IoT feature also allows you to regulate load output and
consider the charging process.
2. BLOCK DIAGRAM
Fig 1: Block Diagram

The figure above depicts the overall block diagram of our project. The Arduino Nano microcontroller first measures the
voltage, current, and temperature of each cell. Theparameters are then transmitted to a BOLT/ESP8266 IoT board, which
transmits them to the cloud server. The battery pack has been subjected to some analysis using the NMC Cell Chemistry's
OCV-SOC look-up table. The faulty cell is then detected, and the user is notified. The cloud analytics uses the OCV-SOC
dataset to identify the faulty cell and alerts the user.
3. CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
Fig 2: Circuit Diagram
 In our Project we have taken a battery pack of 3 cells of 3.5~3.6v each.
 For voltage & current detection of the battery pack, we have connected an ACS712 hall-effect sensor & then it is
connected to the microcontroller. For voltage detection formula used is:
Voltage = Input vtg / 1023 * reference voltage (Vref) Here Vref is 0.000447V (or 4.47mV) since the VCC of the arduino is
4.68V
& for current detection, the formula used is:
Current = (o/p Voltage-offset voltage)/sensitivity
 Here sensitivity ranges from 66 mV/A to 185 mv/A. The offset voltage is 490 mV
 For temperature sensing, we had used a thermistor. Input is given to the analog pin A8, the microcontroller
converts it to the digital output using a suitable equation and it displays it on the LCD(simulation). In hardware,
we’re displaying it on the BOLT IoT cloud
 For displaying values are had used 16 x 2 alphanumeric LCD(simulation).
 Coming to the battery protection part, we had used a relay for switching & grounding the circuit. We had
programmed it in such a way that when the Temperature of the battery pack is less than 10 deg or greater than 60
deg, then the relay grounds thecircuit.
 The actual hardware for protection consists of theDW01A IC and some 06N03LA Power MOSFETs which are both
included in the 3s battery balancing
+ protection board and in the TP4056 IC(for 1s configuration)

4. LITERATURE SURVEY
We have referred to the following research papers forour project. The first paper is the main one which gave us a general
idea of the BMS development.
5. SYSTEM SPECFICATIONS
Hardware Specifications:
1. Arduino Nano Board
Management System” in SasTech
Journal Volume 11, Issue 2, Sept
2012
3 lker Aydn, Özgür Üstün “A Basic
Battery Management System
Design with IoT Feature for
LiFePO4 Batteries” in IEEE
International Conference on
Electrical and Electronics
Engineering (ELECO)
Implementation ofIoT in
BMS
4 Nathan Scharich,
Brandon Schniter, Anthony
Herbert, and Md. Shafiul Islam,
“Battery Management System
Using Arduino” in 2017
IEEE
Technology &Engineering
Management
Conference (TEMSCON)
Arduino Implementation
ofBMS
5 Balakumar Balasingam 1,* ,
Mostafa Ahmed 1 and Krishna
Pattipati 2,“Battery Management
Systems—Challenges
and Some Solutions” in Energies
2020
BMS faults andsafety
Sr. No Publications andAuthor Title Taken
1 Yow-Chyi Liu1 and Shyue-
BinChang2,“Design and
Implementation of aSmartLithium-
Ion Battery Capacity Estimation
System for E- Bike” in World
Electric Vehicle Journal Vol. 4
Battery Management with
Lithium-Ion cellsfor an
E-bikeapplication
2 Namith T, Preetham Shankpal,
“Design and Development of
Efficient Battery Charging and Cell
Balancing for Battery
Circuit Design forthe BMS
Table -1: Literature Survey

2. Bolt IoT module
3. TP4056 battery charger IC
4. Shunt resistor Load
5. DW10A Protection IC
6. NTC 10k thermistor
7. 3S 10A 12V 18650 Lithium Batterybalancing/protection board
8. LM2596HVS Buck converter for 3s
9. Cell weld strips
10. Battery Holder
Software Specifications:
1. Proteus
2. Arduino IDE
3. Bolt Platform
6. DESIGN, DEVELOPMENTS AND DRAWINGS
6.1 Features of and working principle of ACS712 inour circuit:
Fig 3: ACS712 pinout
Indirect sensing is used by the ACS712 current sensor. When current flows across the wire, direct sensing uses Ohm's law to
calculate the free fall across it. In indirect sensing, the magnetic flux is calculated using Faraday's law or the Ampere law.
This IC detects this using a low-offset Hall sensor. This sensor is located on the IC's surface along a copper conduction
path. It's a copper strip that connects the sensor's IP+ and IP- pins internally. When current flows through this copper
conductor, it generates a magnetic flux, which the Hall Effect sensor detects. The hall effect sensor produces voltage
proportional to the sensed force field, which is used to generate live current.

6.2 BOLT IoT features and Working:
Fig 4: BOLT IoT contents
The BOLT IoT development board includes the ESP-12E module, which contains a chip with a Tensilica Xtensa 32-bit LX106
RISC microprocessor. This microprocessor supports RTOS and operates at an adjustable clock frequency of 80MHz to
160MHz. To store data and programmes, the BOLT IoT has 128 KB of RAM and 4MB of nonvolatile storage. Its high
processing power, combined with built-in Wi- Fi/Bluetooth and Deep Sleep Operating features, makes it ideal for IoT
projects. The primary function of this device isto send data to the cloud and perform data analysis on the cloud.
The BOLT IoT will be powered by a Micro USB jack and a VIN pin (External Supply Pin). It has interfaces for UART, SPI, andI2C.
6.3 Actual Circuit Connections
Fig 5: Hardware connections
The circuit connection for the 1s battery is shown above. The voltage of the battery is measured directly through the wire. The
current is measured using an ACS712 current sensor. The temperature of the system is measured using an NTC
Thermistor. These parameters are then sent to the cloud for analysis. The faulty cell is detected and the user is notified.This
experiment used a 2ohm, 10W shunt that can discharge the cell in less than 30 minutes.

6.4 3S Battery Protection and Balancing Board 10AWorking:
Fig 6: Battery Protection and Balancing Board connections
• The connections are strictly in accordance with the wiringdiagram
• It will have output once we have charged the primary line.
• This circuit includes the 06N03LA Power MOSFET, which isused for passive cell balancing.
• It also includes the DW01C IC Module, which providesovervoltage/overcurrent protection.
6.5 DC-DC Buck Converter 4.5-50V to 3-40VAdjustable Step Down Power Module:
The LM2596HVS module is a high input voltage variant of the LM2596 Module. The LM2596HV module is a buck
converter module with an input voltage range of 4.5 to 50 volts and an output voltage range of three to 40 volts. This
variable output can be adjusted using the on-board multi- turn potentiometer. This will help charging our 3s battery
pack.
Fig 7: LM2596HVS Buck converter module
6.6 Discharger board Schematics and PCB
The Discharger board is designed for the 1s battery configuration. We have used IRF544 MOSFET to dissipate the heat
and balance the voltage properly. A Shunt output is connected to the board along with a 18650 battery. We also have an
operational amplifier to measure the current discharged in the circuit. This arrangement uses a direct current
measurement method with a sense resistor and external amplifier (opamp in this case) to determine the current. We
also have reserved spaces for someoptocouplers if we want to use higher currents.

Fig 8: Discharger board schematics
Fig 9: Discharger board PCB
7. RESULTS
7.1 SIMULATION RESULTS:
Fig 10: Voltage and Current Monitoring

The circuit was simulated in proteus along with an ACS712current sensor and a 10k NTC thermistor. The voltage was
measured directly by the A0 pin of the Arduino Nano Microcontroller, current by the A1 pin and temperature bythe A2
pin. In simulation only we’ve included a relay circuitfor protection, which would not be necessary in the practical hardware.
Fig 11: Temperature Monitoring
7.1 HARDWARE RESULTS:
Fig 12: Discharger PCB board results

Fig 13: Charging Hardware circuit
In the charging hardware, we’ve implemented it using a TP4056 IC and charged this single cell battery. There are
provisions for voltage/current spikes as it contains theDW01A IC.
Fig 14: Results displayed on the serial monitor are sent tothe cloud
Fig 15: 3s cell balancing + protection

The 3s cell battery pack is protected by the charger protection board, which offers both cell balancing and protection.
The cells are charged by a LM2596HVS buck converter module. This arrangement ensures all the cells are equally charged
and there are no voltage/current spikes.
8. CONCLUSION
The developed system is used for a 3s as well as for a 1s battery pack system. The voltage, current, temperature andSoC
values were sent to the cloud. In our system, we have implemented IoT and data analytics through cloud, which helped
us study and observe each parameter and behavior of each battery in detail. Using this data, we can deduce how each cell
in the battery pack is performing, not as a collective, but individually, which will help isolate any problem causing cells.
Fault codes have also been implemented which will be displayed on the cloud so that even the end user can understand in
short what might be the problem. We can even prevent many accidental fires due totemperature or external stimulus with
the help of our system. The charging and discharging of both 3s and 1s cells have been shown and thus we have built a
battery pack of the required configuration.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The satisfaction that accompanies the successful completion of the task would be put incomplete without the mention ofthe
people who made it possible, whose constant guidanceand encouragement crown all the efforts with success.
It is my greatest pleasure to thank Prof. Dr. Virendra V. Shete (Vice-Principal, MIT SOE and Head, Department of
Electronics and Communication, MIT ADT University) for providing us heart full encouragement support and allowing us
to work in such a resourceful lab of this esteemed institute and thereby fulfilling one of my dreams.
I whole heartedly thank my project guide Prof. Mahesh A. Kamthe for his consistent guidance, expert academic and
support throughout the project, without his great concepts & inspiration it would have been impossible.
I thank my parents for their emotional and financial support which they provided during this project.
We show gratitude to our Honourable Principal Prof. Dr. Kishore Ravande, for having provided all the facilities and
support.
I thank to all faculties who directly and indirectly helped usin the completion of this project.
Fig 16: 3s cell charging

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