Technical Progress Report for PEPCO: Turbo-Z Battery Charging System

The authors are entering the final phase of development for this project. Work has been imparted to define the components of the flexible battery charger control board. Detailed analog and digital circuits are complete. Improved analog to digital and digital to analog converters have been selected for use with the control board. The control board schematics are complete and construction of the hardware is in progress. The programming of the circuit board modules is underway. The documentation and circuit schematic drawings are in process. The test stand has added the integration of a dedicated fast computer/microprocessor to control the test stand. This will allow measurements to be taken and recorded more often. This has required modification of the software. The software is being debugged. The modules to be controlled by the test stand microprocessor include the charger module, the battery simulator, the discharge pulse, and discharger. Integrating these components will greatly enhance design and testing. An SCR charger power module has been has been designed, built, and debugged. The circuits for the battery simulator and discharge pulse have been detailed and debugged. The discharge pulse characteristics have been defined and designed. The charger power and discharge pulse modules can be used with either the test stand or the flexible control board. This work is the result of extensive catalog and internet research for the test stand and control board components. The documentation for the project is underway. It is important to have this documentation for reference purposes. Also, the drawing schematics will help with future projects, and they will help with flow-charting the projects for all parties involved. The drawings and some output parameters as of June 1999 are attached