Project description
Developing advanced battery management systems for a green future
The EU’s goal is to attain climate neutrality and eliminate net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This necessitates the development and implementation of various innovative and pivotal technologies. Batteries, in particular, hold significant potential to swiftly and effectively decarbonise the transportation sector, which is actively seeking renewable energy solutions. The EU-supported NEXTBMS project is dedicated to creating an advanced battery management system that guarantees safety, prolonged lifespan, and increased efficiency, all of which are essential for a sustainable transportation industry. To achieve this, they intend to enhance their understanding of lithium battery materials and modelling, as well as create frameworks to optimise their performance.
Objective
The EU aims to become an economy with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, achieving climate neutrality by 2050. Batteries will enable this clean energy transition by helping to decarbonise transport and enabling a higher uptake of renewable energy technologies. Therefore, the electrification of the European economy and society, both in transport and stationary storage sectors, has resulted in an expensive growth of the European battery industry (from battery cell manufacturers to recycling and second use companies). Achieving optimal utilisation of battery systems (by increasing the operational and lifetime usage window and reducing cost via a more efficient and appropriate use of materials) benefits not only the environment but also the end-users.
The overall NEXTBMS aim is to develop an advanced battery management systems (BMS) built on fundamental knowledge and experience with the physicochemical processes of lithium-ion batteries, which will enable the significant enhance of current modelling approaches, including the readiness for upcoming lithium (Li) battery material developments. These modelling approaches will be further improved by optimising sensors and measurement techniques to meet modelling needs (and optimising models based on physical sensor data) and the physical cell configurations to form a framework that supports improving the battery state prediction and -control. By solving these challenges, NEXTBMS will ensure that the next generation of BMSs will enable higher performance, safety, and longer lifetime of the battery cells for an overall optimal utilisation of the battery system.
As the NEXTBMS results aim to be implemented in a large variety of the transport and energy storage sectors, the project has a wide market potential to impact and revolutionize the entire battery market and to contribute in achieving the Green Deal objectives.
Fields of science
- natural scienceschemical scienceselectrochemistryelectric batteries
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energy
- natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistryalkali metals
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
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Funding Scheme
HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinator
1210 Wien
Austria