How do you discharge a lithium ion battery?

How to discharge your industrial-grade lithium-ion batteries to optimize their lifespan: Top Tip 1: Lower the C rate when discharging to optimize your battery’s capacity and cycle life. Strong rates increase the battery’s internal resistance.

Can a battery discharge beyond 2C?

For this battery it is advised not to discharge beyond 2C or the efficiency hit becomes unreasonable. From my understanding, I can increase the amount of batteries in parallel to increase the capacity, but cannot increase the available current. Correct? Will this cell be unable to meet the 12A requirement? I think I'm missing a concept here.

How to improve battery life?

Top Tip 1: Lower the C rate when discharging to optimize your battery’s capacity and cycle life. Strong rates increase the battery’s internal resistance. The battery will have to strive to deliver high current and use more power to keep the same voltage level, which will therefore make it age faster.

How does depth of discharge affect the cycle life of a battery?

The depth of discharge complements the state of charge (SoC): as the Depth of Discharge increases, the State of Charge decreases. There is a direct relation between the depth of discharge and the cycle life of the battery. The shallower the DoD, the exponentially higher the number of cycles given by a battery.

How does lowering the DoD affect battery life?

This graph showcases how lowering the DoD will allow you to increase the numbers of cycles. A partial charge and discharge will therefore reduce stress and prolong battery life. It is recommended to avoid full cycles and stay between 100% and 50% DoD (0-50% SoC).

What is a good charge depth for a battery?

Top tip 3: Favorize a partial depth of discharge (DoD). A partial charge and discharge will reduce stress and prolong battery life. It is recommended to avoid full cycles and stay between 100% and 50% DoD (0-50% SoC).