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    <title language="eng">Centralized SoC Balancing for Batteries with Droop-Controlled DC/DC Converters for Electric Aircraft</title>
    <abstract language="eng">In this article, an approach to balance the State of Charge (SoC) of two batteries connected to the DC bus of a fuel cell (FC) electric aircraft by Droop-controlled converters is described. The proposed algorithm is based on shifting the Droop reference voltages and prevents the simultaneous charging and discharging of the batteries. This approach is not only practical but also highly versatile, as it is compatible with all converters as long as the Droop voltage can be changed remotely, and a current measurement is provided to a central controller. No further programming access to the DC/DCs is necessary. There is no need for nonlinear or different-valued Droop resistances for charging and discharging. The balancing approach is validated via simulation in MATLAB/Simulink 2024a.The results show that the proposed approach achieves SoC balancing without degrading the dynamic performance of the grid. The delays added by the slower communication with the central controller have a minimal impact on performance.</abstract>
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