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(Article history: Received: 25th February 2017 and accepted: 05th April 2018)
7. Simulation Results
6. Experimental Methodology
An experimental system was developed which allowed the Figure 6: Capacitance Lookup Table
supercapacitor to be normalized and subjected to
controlled-current tests which then enable the equivalent Figure 8 shows the charge profile of the supercacitor at
circuit parameters to be calculated. supply current of 20 Amperes where dashed and solid
The supercapacitor under test was subjected to controlled- curve are represented as simulation and experimental
current charge and discharge. It has been developed to results respectively.
deliver a range of voltages and currents and hence is Figure 9 shows the discharge profile of the supercacitor at
capable of characterizing the range of supercapacitors. It load currents of 20A, 40A and 60A where dotted and solid
is able to charge or discharge at up to 300mA in 2mA curves are simulation and experimental results
increments and current values are stable within 3ms. respectively which shows a good correlation between
Simulations were ran on a charge and discharge using the simulation and experimental results However, the minor
proposed model and the ideal which were then compared difference observed can be attributed to the effect of the
against the behavior of the BMOD0165 Supercapacitor. approximated electrical model. Although the derived
The ideal model is obtained using MATLAB -Simulink equivalent model is not a perfect model, it gives a good
while the proposed model is obtained from experiments approximation of the supercapacitor characteristics when
carried out. Firstly, to remove any residual charge from compared to a real device in slow discharge applications.
the supercapacitor, the supercapacitor was normalized for Using this model, it can be estimated by how much time
24 hours and then rapidly charged at 100mA. This
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the supercapacitor can be fully charge at high levels of time as load current increases. When the load current was
supply current. 20 A, the temperature operates at the range of 17.0 oC to
21.67oC, and when it was discharged at 80 amperes, the
temperature range increased and became 30oC to 34.8oC.
Figure 7:Charging profile of BMOD0165 Supercapacitor Figure 9: Temperature variation during charging
7. Conclusion
8. Temperature Variations Of
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