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General Information on Lead Acid Batteries
7.10 STATE OF DISCHARGE OF A LOADED BATTERY – LOW BATTERY / DC INPUT
VOLTAGE ALARM AND SHUTDOWN IN INVERTERS
Most inverter hardware estimate the State of Discharge of the loaded battery by measuring the voltage at
the inverter’s DC input terminals (considering that the DC input cables are thick enough to allow a negligible
voltage drop between the battery and the inverter).
The State of Discharge of a battery is estimated based on the measured terminal voltage of the battery.
The terminal voltage of the battery is dependent upon the following:
- Temperature of the battery electrolyte: Temperature of the electrolyte affects the electrochemical
reactions inside the battery and produces a Negative Voltage
Coefficient – during charging / discharging, the terminal voltage drops with rise in temperature and rises
with drop in temperature.
- The amount of discharging current or “C-Rate”: A battery has non linear internal resistance and hence,
as the discharge current increases, the battery terminal voltage decreases non-linearly.
The discharge curves in Fig. 7.1 show the % State of Charge versus the terminal voltage of typical battery
under different charge /discharge currents, i.e. “C-Rates” and fixed temperature of 80°F.
NOTE: The X-axis of Curves shown in Fig 7.1 indicates the % State of Charge. % State of charge may be
converted to % State of Discharge using formula given below:
% State of Discharge = 100% - % State of Charge
7.11 LOW DC INPUT VOLTAGE ALARM IN INVERTERS
Inverters are provided with audible alarm that is normally triggered when the voltage at the DC input
terminals of the inverter has dropped to 80% discharged condition at C-Rate discharge current of C/5
Amps. Please note that the terminal voltage relative to a particular of State Discharge decreases with rise in
the value of the discharge current. For example, terminal voltages for State of Discharge of 80% (State of
Charge of 20%) for various discharge currents will be as given at Table 7.5 (Refer to Fig 7.1 for parameters
and values shown in Table 7.5):
TABLE 7.5 TERMINAL VOLTAGE AND SOC OF LOADED BATTERY
Discharge
Current: C-Rate
Terminal Voltage at 80%
State of Discharge (20% SOC)
Terminal Voltage When
Completely Discharged (0% SOC)
24V
48V
24V
48V
C/3 A
20.8V
41.6V
19.0V
38.0V
C/5 A
21.8V
43.6V
20.4V
40.8V
C/10 A
23.0V
46.0V
22.0V
44.0V
C/20 A
23.8V
47.6V
23.0V
46.0V
C/100 A
24.2V
48.4V
23.4V
46.8V
The threshold of Low DC Input Voltage Alarm is programmable in this Inverter through parameter "UV
Alarm" (UV stands for "Under Voltage). Default "UV Alarm" is 21.5V for PSR-1200-24 and 43.0V for PSR-
1200-48. For programming details, refer to Fig 10.1 / Table 10.1 under Main Menu for Parameter Group 2 –
"Input Setup" / Sub Menu for Parameter Group 2, Parameter (f) – "UV Alarm" (Section 10.2.2.6).
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