Sustainability

Developed with sustainability and safety at the forefront, the Dukosi Cell Monitoring System (DKCMS™) can be a core part of ISO 26262 compliance in the next generation of battery management systems. By capturing and storing lifetime data for each cell, Dukosi is helping to create a circular economy (reduce, reuse, recycle) and a sustainable battery value chain.

Improvements in sustainability comes from many facets of the Dukosi solution in the battery/cell lifecycle:

Not every cell degrades at the same rate during use; the challenge is determining the status of each cell at the end of its first life, and which cells are still good to be reused. DKCMS provides lifetime traceability, which can reduce or even eliminate the barriers to second-life use. It provides unparalleled insights into each cell’s lifecycle, easily determining which cells are healthy and therefore safe to ship, store, and reuse. Once the cells can no longer be reused, the data provides essential materials provenance for responsible recycling and recovery of raw materials.

Battery weight and material reduction

DKCMS uses a patented contactless communication architecture that eliminates complex wiring harnesses and other components typically found in traditional wired battery architectures. Using DKCMS in a typical EV battery can reduce the component count by a factor of 10 while improving reliability by up to 2 times.

Reduced manufacturing costs

Work with battery designs that are easily scalable, as cell and battery pack manufacturing can be streamlined, reducing energy consumption in the process. With its inherently flexible architecture, DKCMS allows manufacturers to add or remove cells from a single pack design without having to retool the process, further reducing material costs and energy use.

Improving cell performance and longevity

When installed on each cell, DKCMS measures parameters such as voltage and temperature, providing highly accurate, granular data that enables the battery management system to extract more usable energy from each cell while maintaining or increasing longevity. This new source of accumulated data can generate insights into long-term battery performance and reliability, enhancing next-generation products.

Shipping advantages

When the cell status is easily readable and known, it can avoid unnecessary shipping of bad cells, reducing shipping costs, insurance, packaging, and administrative costs associated with paperwork for good cells.