This first of its kind new resource focuses on developing a mathematical understanding of how electrochemical (battery) cells work, both internally and externally.
This comprehensive resource derives physics-based microscale model equations,
then continuum-scale model equations, and finally reduced-order model equations.
This book describes the commonly used equivalent-circuit-type battery model
and develops equations for superior physics-based models of lithium-ion cells at
different length scales.
This book presents a breakthrough technology called the discrete-time realization
algorithm that automatically converts physics-based models into high-fidelity
approximate reduced-order models. These reduced-order models have similar
computational complexity to equivalent-circuit-type models, but can also predict
electrochemical variables at any spatial location inside the cell.