Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1

Battery advances are constantly making electronic devices greener and provide them with higher mobility. This helps tackle problems like climate change and efficiency. Lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries which store and release energy as needed are currently a commonly used type of rechargeable battery. eV Fern Ltd. designs, builds and tests battery packs upon customer specification. Their energy solutions work as a source of power supply where power generators are not allowed or where the connection to the grid is not available and operate as a standalone energy storage system used to reduce overload, balance the distribution and work as backup. eV Fern Ltd. has acquired the distribution of a complete line of renewable energy equipment and supplies. To protect these batteries by preventing operation of any cell outside its safe operating area and to maximize the battery capacity, a battery management system (BMS) is required with each energy storage solution. While designing and building batteries with high-energy storage, eV Fern has constantly faced a challenge of procuring battery management systems from reliable sources. The company wishes to manufacture its own battery management systems in Canada to increase the quality of its products and the efficiency and sales of the company. In the current project the designs and specifications for the manufacturing of their battery management system will be developed. The company intends to take the specifics of the design provided by the Durham College research team and manufacture this system in house. The project outcome will enable eV Fern Ltd. to own the design and manufacturing of BMS in Canada. They hope this project and outcome will improve the availability and quality control of battery management systems. The end result will be able to bring jobs and cash flow to Canada.