Valve regulated lead acid (VRLA) batteries used on EVs and HEVs are subject to voltage imbalances which greatly diminish battery lifetime and vehicle range. An equalizer that is implemented with a high frequency, soft switching converter that corrects this imbalance is described here. Experimental results are presented for a pack of 27 batteries.
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Gottwald et al. (1997) studied this question.