The Chroma 17020C is a high-precision system designed for repeated and reliable testing of secondary battery modules and packs. Offering highly accurate sourcing and measurement, the 17020C is ideal for incoming and outgoing inspections as well as capacity, performance, production, and qualification testing.
Regenerative Discharge Capabilities
The test system efficiently recycles the energy discharged from a battery module, either from one channel to other charging channels or back to the grid, saving power and reducing thermal footprint.
Multiple Independent Channels
Supports dedicated charge/discharge tests on multiple battery modules or packs with distinct test characteristics. Channels can be paralleled for higher current requirements, offering flexibility between high channel count and high-current test.
Flexible Programming Functions
Operated with Chroma's user-friendly Battery Pro X software, which allows easy creation and execution of tests without needing advanced programming skills. Features include graphically aided test creation, pre-defined profiles, real-time monitoring, and integration with external equipment.
Backup Battery Unit (BBU) / Shelf Test
To ensure accurate BBU testing, it is essential that the slew rate of the testing equipment be minimal. The Chroma 17020C, with a slew rate of 5ms (transition from 10% to 90%), is an optimal solution for testing BBU and BBS, providing precise control and reliable performance.
Rapid Slew Rate
The 17020C features a -90% to +90% slew rate of 10ms, allowing it to replicate real drive profile conditions for accurate simulation of dynamic driving scenarios.
Safety Features
Includes Battery Polarity Check, Over Voltage Protection, Over Current Protection Check, Over Temperature Protection, and VDE-4105-AE Islanding Detection. Tested data is securely stored in non-volatile memory to prevent data loss during power or communication failures. With flexible programming functionality and user-friendly operating software, the Chroma 17020C provides a convenient, robust, and efficient solution for comprehensive battery test.
System Functions
- Two measurement ranges and improved accuracy
- Voltage ranges: 60V/150V; Current range: 50A/100A
- Voltage accuracy: 0.02%FS, 60V ±12mV/150V ±30mV
- Current accuracy: 0.05%FS, 50A±25mA/100A±50mA
- Full current discharge
- Full current discharge at 3V. Discharge current decreases below 3V as follows: 2V/-85A, 1.5V/-65A, 0.3V/-16A
- Smooth current transition from discharge to charge cycle
- Stable current, no overshoot during the transition
- No current interruption when switching from charge to discharge
- Operating modes
- Constant Current (CC)
- Constant Voltage (CV)
- Constant Power (CP)
- Constant Resistance (CR)
- Constant Voltage-Limit Current (CC-CV)
- Constant Power-limit Current (CP-CC)
- Rest mode
- Waveform current mode
- DCIR mode
- CV source mode
- Regenerative battery energy discharge
- Recycled back to grid or internal loading
- Low heat output, reducing HVAC power consumption
- THD less than 5% at rated power
- PF over 0.9 at rated power
- Communication between tester and controller
- Fast and efficient data handling: data is processed without buffering, ensuring low-latency communication across the network
- Ensures timely and accurate data exchange between devices in the daisy chain
- Min sampling rate 10ms
- Protection conditions
- OVP, UVP, OCP, UCP, OTP, UTP, over/under capacity (Ah) protections
- Reverse connection, Wire loss protection (ΔV)
- Delta Protection: -ΔV/+ΔV (V), +ΔI/-ΔI (A) protections
- Report data recording parameters
- STEP
- Test TIME
- Real TIME ID
- Cycle
- Loop
- STEP MODE
- STEP TIME
- VOLTAGE(V)
- CURRENT(A)
- CAPACITY (Ah)
- Energy(Wh)
- CUT OFF VOLTAGE(V)
- CUT OFF CURRENT(A)
- CUT OFF CAPACITY(Ah)
- DCIR(mOhm)
- TEMPERATURE(˚C)
- Fast current response for dynamic drive curve simulation
- Minimum slew rate of 5ms（10％ to 90％）
- Report recording interval of 10ms
- Dynamic charge/discharge power and current waveforms comply with NEDC, FUDS and HPPC standards
- Additional hardware safety features
▲ Output isolation monitoring: ISO685 meter (option)
▲ Anti Islanding protection: VDE meter ufr1001e (option)
Graphic User Interface - BATTERY PRO X
The 17020C test system is engineered to meet the diverse requirements of testing secondary battery packs at a high level of safety and stability. The system's charge and discharge protection mechanisms automatically halt testing when abnormal conditions are detected, while its robust data storage and recovery features provide safeguards against data loss due to power failure.
Battery Pro X main screen
Charge/Discharge test program editor
Real time monitoring
- Recipe Editor
- Two-layered recipe list
- 500 charge/discharge conditions
- Set dual-layer loops (cycle & loop) with 999999 loops per layer
- Edit dynamic charge/discharge waveforms with 10ms current switching speed
- Testing steps: CV/CC/CP/CC-CV/Waveform current/DCIR
- Cut-off conditions (time, current, capacity, cut-off voltage, cut-off current, etc.)
- Next Step options: Next/End/Jump/Rest
- Statistical Reports
- Detailed report and step report generation
- Customized report format, exports test reports in PDF, CSV and XLS
- Graphical report function
- Report analysis function: create customized reports such as life-cycle report, Q (AH)-V (V) report, and V(V)/I(A)/T (ºC)-time report through user-defined X and Y axis parameters
- Real-time browsing of per-channel test reports
System Configuration
- Multi-function frame with BMS communication ports
- AC-DC bi-directional converter
- Regenerative charge/discharge tester model 69210C series
- Industrial PC (option)
- Tower light for status indicator
- Rack arm monitor with keyboard stand
- Datalogger placement (option)
* Supports other equipment upon request
