Claudio Scarpelli

• Assistant Professor at University of Pisa

As new models of electric vehicles are put on the market, with larger batteries and higher charging rates, there are growing concerns about how the charging infrastructure should be upgraded and modernized to cope with the challenges they pose. Governmental directives and rules dictate minimal requirements for the future charging infrastructure, bu...

Batteries are critical components of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and yet their expected lifetime is hard to estimate. Various determinants play a significant role, among which cell temperatures and usage profile are notably the most predominant, but their impact is complex to estimate. The variability of the vehicle usage patterns makes it dif...

The adoption of electric vehicles is expected to soon widespread to cope with energy transition needs; however, concerns on battery lifetime arise, especially related to charging behaviors, vehicle usage habits, vehicle-to-grid and weather conditions. In fact, lifetime battery modeling is a challenging dynamic to characterize, as it involves comple...

Lithium batteries for energy storage systems are a prominent solution for both stationary and mobile applications. Electro-thermal modelling of the cell is a useful tool for monitoring voltage and temperature in order to predict battery behaviour especially in cases of critical operative conditions. This paper provides a modelling approach focusing...

Degradation mechanism of batteries has to be carefully studied when considering their utilization in electrical power systems. This paper presents the results of an extensive experimental campaign, through which three different lithium–iron–phosphate (LFP) cells were subjected to different electrical cycling stresses. The purpose of the campaign wa...

Lithium cells are typically modeled through equivalent electrical networks whose parameters are tuned to closely match measured data. In this way, complicated experimental procedures are often needed to correctly achieve the actual battery behavior. After the testing, simulation models are fitted on experimental data through optimization algorithms...

This paper presents a technique to estimate the State-Of-Charge of lithium cells, based on a Luenberger state estimator. Although this approach is not new, in this paper several practical implementation details are discussed, including techniques to find numerical parameters of the required cell model with tests that give enough precision with limi...

One of the main concerns regarding energy storage systems during their normal operation is the possibility to perform an accurate state-of-charge estimation. This cannot be done by simple ampere-hour counting, unless drift correction means are put in place to avoid accumulation of measurement errors over time. In this paper, a state-of-charge estim...

In the past years, forklift manufacturers have started to hybridise their products under the worldwide interest toward electrification. This is generally made starting from existing standard products, and converting them into hybrid versions, rather than start from scratch and designing fully new vehicles. This approach involves several gaps from t...

With the rise of a consciousness in warehousing sustainability, an increasing number of autonomous vehicle storage and retrieval systems (AVS/RS) is diffusing among automated warehouses. Moreover, manufacturers are offering the option of equipping machines with energy recovery systems. This study analyzed a deep-lane AVS/RS provided with an energy...