@inproceedings{ReindlMeierNiemetz, author = {Reindl, Andrea and Meier, Hans and Niemetz, Michael}, title = {Scalable, Decentralized Battery Management System Based on Self-organizing Nodes}, series = {Architecture of computing systems - ARCS 2020: 33rd international conference, Aachen, Germany, May 25-28, 2020, proceedings}, volume = {12155}, booktitle = {Architecture of computing systems - ARCS 2020: 33rd international conference, Aachen, Germany, May 25-28, 2020, proceedings}, editor = {Brinkmann, Andr{\´e} and Karl, Wolfgang and Lankes, Stefan and Tomforde, Sven and Pionteck, Thilo and Trinitis, Carsten}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, address = {Cham}, isbn = {978-3-030-52793-8}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-52794-5_13}, pages = {171 -- 184}, abstract = {Due to the transition to renewable energy sources and the increasing share of electric vehicles and smart grids, batteries are gaining in importance. Battery management systems (BMSs) are required for optimal, reliable operation. In this paper, existing BMS topologies are presented and evaluated in terms of reliability, scalability and flexibility. The decentralisation of BMSs and associated advantages are shown. A scalable, reconfigurable BMS based on a distributed architecture of self-organized, locally controlled nodes is proposed. For distributed system control, producers, batteries and consumers each are equipped with a local microcontroller based control unit, which monitors and controls the local parameters with its own computing and communication resources. Features, advantages and challenges to overcome of the proposed approach are described.}, language = {en} }