BMS Course Overview
In this course, participants will engage in hands-on testing of a simple battery pack and battery management system. Additionally, participants will gain an understanding of energy storage and conversion, BMS functions, algorithms, and fault detection for battery applications. By the course end, participants will learn how the BMS communicates through a CAN network, identify Battery and BMS failure modes and mitigation strategies, and how to monitor voltage, temperature, and current within a battery.
Graduates will be qualified to:
- Explain the fundamentals of energy conversion
- Describe the key components and the critical functionality of an automotive BESS
- Run performance tests to characterize a Lithium Ion battery system
- Understand and test the functions of a battery management system
- Understand failure modes, fault detection, and safety mitigation
- Perform System engineering tasks for BESS applications
