Charging Speed and Time Calculator

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Charging Speed and Time Calculator

Calculate EV or device charging time, charging speed (power), and energy delivered based on battery capacity, charger power, and efficiency.

Calculate:

Charging Time Required Charging Power Energy Delivered

Battery Capacity (kWh):

Current State of Charge (%):

Target State of Charge (%):

Charger Power (kW):

Charging Efficiency (%):

Battery Capacity (kWh):

Current State of Charge (%):

Target State of Charge (%):

Desired Charging Time (hours):

Charging Efficiency (%):

Charger Power (kW):

Charging Duration (hours):

Charging Efficiency (%):

Calculate

function chaToggleMode() { var mode = document.getElementById('cha-mode').value; document.getElementById('cha-group-time').style.display = (mode === 'time') ? '' : 'none'; document.getElementById('cha-group-power').style.display = (mode === 'power') ? '' : 'none'; document.getElementById('cha-group-energy').style.display = (mode === 'energy') ? '' : 'none'; document.getElementById('cha-result').innerHTML = ''; }

function chaFormatTime(hours) { if (hours 0 ? m + ' min' : ''); } }

function chaCalc() { var mode = document.getElementById('cha-mode').value; var resultDiv = document.getElementById('cha-result'); var errors = []; var html = '';

if (mode === 'time') { var cap = parseFloat(document.getElementById('cha-battery-capacity').value); var socS = parseFloat(document.getElementById('cha-soc-start').value); var socE = parseFloat(document.getElementById('cha-soc-end').value); var power = parseFloat(document.getElementById('cha-charger-power').value); var eff = parseFloat(document.getElementById('cha-efficiency-time').value);

if (isNaN(cap) || cap 0 kWh.'); if (isNaN(socS) || socS 99) errors.push('Start SoC must be between 0% and 99%.'); if (isNaN(socE) || socE 100) errors.push('Target SoC must be between 1% and 100%.'); if (!isNaN(socS) && !isNaN(socE) && socE 0 kW.'); if (isNaN(eff) || eff 100) errors.push('Efficiency must be between 1% and 100%.');

if (errors.length > 0) { resultDiv.innerHTML = '' + errors.join('') + ''; return; }

// Energy needed at battery terminals var energyNeeded = cap * (socE - socS) / 100; // kWh // Energy drawn from charger (accounting for losses) var energyFromCharger = energyNeeded / (eff / 100); // Charging time var chargingTime = energyFromCharger / power; // hours // Effective charging speed (energy into battery per hour) var effectiveSpeed = energyNeeded / chargingTime; // kW into battery

html = '### Charging Time Results '; html += ''; html += 'Energy Needed (battery)' + energyNeeded.toFixed(2) + ' kWh'; html += 'Energy Drawn from Charger' + energyFromCharger.toFixed(2) + ' kWh'; html += 'Charging Time' + chaFormatTime(chargingTime) + ' (' + chargingTime.toFixed(2) + ' hrs)'; html += 'Effective Charging Speed' + effectiveSpeed.toFixed(2) + ' kW (into battery)'; html += 'Charging Loss' + (energyFromCharger - energyNeeded).toFixed(2) + ' kWh (' + (100 - eff).toFixed(1) + '%)'; html += '';

} else if (mode === 'power') { var cap = parseFloat(document.getElementById('cha-battery-capacity-p').value); var socS = parseFloat(document.getElementById('cha-soc-start-p').value); var socE = parseFloat(document.getElementById('cha-soc-end-p').value); var tDes = parseFloat(document.getElementById('cha-desired-time').value); var eff = parseFloat(document.getElementById('cha-efficiency-power').value);

if (isNaN(cap) || cap 0 kWh.'); if (isNaN(socS) || socS 99) errors.push('Start SoC must be between 0% and 99%.'); if (isNaN(socE) || socE 100) errors.push('Target SoC must be between 1% and 100%.'); if (!isNaN(socS) && !isNaN(socE) && socE 0 hours.'); if (isNaN(eff) || eff 100) errors.push('Efficiency must be between 1% and 100%.');

if (errors.length > 0) { resultDiv.innerHTML = '' + errors.join('') + ''; return; }

var energyNeeded = cap * (socE - socS) / 100; var energyFromCharger = energyNeeded / (eff / 100); // Required charger power var requiredPower = energyFromCharger / tDes; // kW

html = '### Required Charging Power Results '; html += ''; html += 'Energy Needed (battery)' + energyNeeded.toFixed(2) + ' kWh'; html += 'Energy to Draw from Charger' + energyFromCharger.toFixed(2) + ' kWh'; html += 'Required Charger Power' + requiredPower.toFixed(2) + ' kW'; html += 'Equivalent Voltage @ 240V' + ((requiredPower * 1000) / 240).toFixed(1) + ' A'; html += 'Equivalent Voltage @ 120V' + ((requiredPower * 1000) / 120).toFixed(1) + ' A'; html += '';

} else if (mode === 'energy') { var power = parseFloat(document.getElementById('cha-charger-power-e').value); var duration = parseFloat(document.getElementById('cha-duration').value); var eff = parseFloat(document.getElementById('cha-efficiency-energy').value);

if (isNaN(power) || power 0 kW.'); if (isNaN(duration) || duration 0 hours.'); if (isNaN(eff) || eff 100) errors.push('Efficiency must be between 1% and 100%.');

if (errors.length > 0) { resultDiv.innerHTML = '' + errors.join('') + ''; return; }

var energyFromCharger = power * duration; // kWh drawn var energyDelivered = energyFromCharger * (eff / 100); // kWh into battery var energyLost = energyFromCharger - energyDelivered;

html = '### Energy Delivered Results '; html += ''; html += 'Energy Drawn from Charger' + energyFromCharger.toFixed(2) + ' kWh'; html += 'Energy Delivered to Battery' + energyDelivered.toFixed(2) + ' kWh'; html += 'Energy Lost (heat/conversion)' + energyLost.toFixed(2) + ' kWh'; html += 'Effective Charging Rate' + (energyDelivered / duration).toFixed(2) + ' kW (into battery)'; html += ''; }

resultDiv.innerHTML = html; }

#### Formulas

Charging Time: Energy Needed = Battery Capacity × (SoCend − SoCstart) / 100 Energy from Charger = Energy Needed / Efficiency Charging Time (hrs) = Energy from Charger (kWh) / Charger Power (kW)

Required Charging Power: Required Power (kW) = [Battery Capacity × ΔSoC / 100] / [Efficiency × Desired Time]

Energy Delivered: Energy Drawn = Charger Power (kW) × Duration (hrs) Energy Delivered (kWh) = Energy Drawn × Efficiency

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