Battery

The electrical testing centre at CRITT M2A will enable to consider and characterize the behaviour of energy storage systems used in automotive, railway and aeronautic industries.

OUR SKILLS


CHARACTERIZATION & PERFORMANCE TESTING
• Reference Performance Test (RPT)
• C-rate Charge & Discharge Performance
• Energy & Capacity Determination
• Hybrid Pulse Power Characterisation test (HPPC)
• Internal Resistance
• OCV Characterization Test
• Thermal Characterization & Validation
• Quasi-Adiabatic Environment ( ex : dielectric oil bath)
• Standard Cycle ( ex : WLTP)
• Autonomy Performance Test
• Load Cycle - Quick Charge Cycle
• Climatic Temperature, Hum and Battery Cycling
• Controls & Functional Tests
• BMS Validation (Accuracy, Current/power limitation, SOC, SOH…)


ENDURANCE TESTING
• Mission Profile
• Cycling Ageing and/or Calendar Ageing
• Self Discharge
• Life Cycle/Track Cycle
• Powered Thermal Cyclic Endurance (PTCE)
• Cold Cranking
• Cell Balancing
• Dynamic Stress Testing (DST)

ABUSIVE AND ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING

• Short circuit
• Overcharge
• Over discharge
• ECE R100 Homologation
• IEC 62620 , IEC 62928
• ISO 16750...

 


OUR EQUIPMENTS

9 PACK TEST CHANNELS
Current: ±600A ; ±1200A ; ±1800A
Power: ±250 kW; ±500 kW; ±750 kW
Voltage: 0 to +1200V
8 MODULE TEST CHANNELS
Current: ±600A ; ±500A ; ±1200A
Power: ±32 kW; ±50 kW; ±64 kW
Voltage: 0 to +60V; 0 to +100V
96 CELL TEST CHANNELS
Current: ±250A ; ±500A ; ±1000A
Power: ±2 kW; ±4 kW; ±8 kW
Voltage: 0 to +8V
ELECTRICAL ABUSE TEST BENCH
Current: ±600A ; ±1200A 
Power: ±32 kW; ±64 kW; ±250 kW;± 500 kW
Voltage: 0 to +60V; 0 to 1200V

CLIMATE ENVIRONMENT

• Climatic chambers
4 walk in chambers: 3,2mx2mx2m --> 14 m3
2 walk in chambers: 4,3mx2mx2m --> 19 m3
29 chambers --> 0,6 m3
 
• Cooling systems 
Air cooling systems
 
Water glycol cooling systems