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Cordex®CXCHPControllerSoftwareManual|5-DCpowersystems
1. GotoSystems > DC System > Inventory > Battery.OntheBattery page,youwillseeseveral
tables,withStatus,Configuration,Alarms,Battery Strings,andCharging/Discharging
Threshold.Thereisalsoatablewithalistofbatterystrings,andabuttontoaddmore.
2. IntheConfiguration table,assignthebatteryanameanddescriptionifrequired.
3. EdittheBattery Voltage Source andBattery Current Source ifnecessary.Notethatitispossible
tomaptheentirebatterytoanADIOmoduleinputforthevoltageandcurrentsources,butis
recommendedtoleavethosevaluesattheirdefaultsatthislevel.Thedefaultswillaveragethe
voltagesofthebatterystrings,andsumthecurrents.
4. IntheBattery Strings table,selecttheAdd Battery String buttontolaunchthewizardwhichwill
addmorebatterystringsifnecessary.
5.3.11.1. Configure the battery strings
Abatterystringcanbeconfiguredbyeditingthenecessaryvaluesmanually,orbylaunchingtheAdd
Battery String wizard(tocreateandconfigureanumberofnewbatterystrings),ortheConfigure
Battery String wizardtosettheconfigurationofanexistingbatterystring.
Configure the battery string configuration values manually:
1. SelecttheGO TO buttontostepintothedetailsforeachstring.Dothefollowingstepsoneachof
thebatterystringsinyoursystem.
2. IntheConfiguration table,setaName andDescription foreachstring,ifdesired.
3. IntheConfiguration table,selecttheBattery Voltage Source.Thisisthevoltageinputonan
ADIOmodulethattakesavoltagereadingasnearthebatteryaspossible.
4.
IntheConfiguration table,selecttheBattery Current Source.Thisistheshuntinputthatreads
thebatterycurrent.Ifyouhavearealshuntreadingthebatterycurrent,thenselecttheshuntfrom
thedrop-downmenu.Ifyoudon'tseeashunt,youshouldcreateonenow.
Ifyoudonothaveashuntforreadingthebatterycurrent,thenselectthe'virtual'inputthat
calculatesthebatterycurrentbysubtractingthetotalrectifieroutputcurrentminustheloadcurrent
5. TemperaturesensorscanbeaddedviatheTemperatures table.Seethenextsectionfor
informationonhowtodothis.
6. IntheConfiguration table,configuretheCapacity Rating.Thisvaluemaybeavailablefromthe
batteryspecificationsheet.Usethecapacityatthe20-hourrate(C/20).
7. IntheConfiguration table,configuretheOpen Circuit Voltage.Thisvalueismaybeavailable
fromthebatteryspecificationsheet.Ifnot,leaveatthedefaultvalue.
8.
IntheConfiguration table,launchtheConfigure Peukert Exponent wizardtoconfigurethe
Peukert Exponent.Thisvaluemaybeavailablefromthebatteryspecificationsheet.
IfthePeukertexponent(n) isnotsuppliedinthebatteryspecification,calculateitbytheequation:
n =
log T
2
)( − log T
1
)([ ]
log I
1
)( − log I
2
)([ ]
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