Battery Monitoring Unit Using SCADA

Battery Management System (BMS) means different things to different people. To some it is simply battery monitoring, keeping a check on the key operational parameters during charging and discharging such as voltages and currents and the battery internal and ambient temperature. The monitoring circuits would normally provide inputs to protection device which would generate alarms or disconnects the battery from the load or charger should any of the parameters becomes out of limit. For the power or plant engineer responsible for standby power, whose battery is the last line of defence against a power blackout or a telecommunications network outage. BMS means Battery Management System; such systems encompass not only the monitoring and protection of the battery but also methods for keeping it ready to deliver full power when called upon and methods for prolonging its life. For the automotive engineer the battery management system is a component of a much more complex fast acting. Energy management system must interface with other on board system such as engine management, climate controls, and communications and safety systems. SCADA technology is best applied to processes that are spread over long areas are relatively simple to control and monitor and require frequent regular or immediate intervention.