Predicting a graph from 3 (6?) values?
On 19/09/2017 19:02, T i m wrote:
Reference 'C' gives:
Current, Time to fully discharge:
21A, 1h (i.e. C/1)
11.9A, 2h (i.e. C/2)
5.40A, 5h (i.e. C/5)
3.10A, 10h (i.e. C/10)
1.60A, 20h (i.e. C/20)
0.36A, 100h (i.e. C/100)
The trick is to work out what varies most smoothly with load.
If you work out the battery capacity in Ah and then fit that against
current I you get a reasonable quadratic approximation of capacity
Capacity (Ah) = 35.3 - 1.56*I + 0.04*I^2
It is always going to be a bit rough and ready since individual
batteries will vary from the abuse they have suffered in service.
A linear model would underestimate the low current lifetime
Capacity (Ah) = 33.2 - 0.66I
Datasheet batteries always seem to last longer than real world ones!
You should be able to reproduce these models by putting the numbers into
Excel and plotting I*t against I.
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Regards,
Martin Brown
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