Accurate health estimation and lifetime prediction of lithium-ion batteries are crucial for durable electric vehicles. Early detection of inadequate performance facilitates timely maintenance of battery systems. This reduces operational costs and prevents accidents and malfunctions. Recent advancements in “Big Data” analytics and related statistical/computational tools raised interest in data-driven battery health estimation. Here, we will review these in view of their feasibility and cost-effectiveness in dealing with battery health in real-world applications. We categorise these methods according to their underlying models/algorithms and discuss their advantages and limitations. In the final section we focus on challenges of real-time battery health management and discuss potential next-generation techniques. We are confident that this review will inform commercial technology choices and academic research agendas alike, thus boosting progress in data-driven battery health estimation and prediction on all technology readiness levels.

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Data-driven health estimation and lifetime prediction of lithium-ion batteries: A review

With the rapid development of new energy electric vehicles and smart grids, the demand for batteries is increasing. The battery management system (BMS) plays a crucial role in the battery-powered energy storage system. This paper presents a systematic review of the most commonly used battery modeling and state estimation approaches for BMSs. The models include the physics-based electrochemical models, the integral and fractional order equivalent circuit models, and data-driven models. The state estimation approaches are analyzed from the perspectives of remaining capacity and energy estimation, power capability prediction, lifespan and health prognoses, and other crucial indexes in BMS. This present paper, through the analysis of literature, includes almost all states in the BMS. The estimation approaches of state-of-charge (SOC), state-of-energy (SOE), state-of-power (SOP), state-of-function (SOF), state-of-health (SOH), remaining useful life (RUL), remaining discharge time (RDT), state-of-balance (SOB), and state-of-temperature (SOT) are reviewed and discussed in a systematical way. Moreover, the challenges and outlooks of the research on future battery management are disclosed, in the hope of providing some inspirations to the development and design of the next-generation BMSs.

A comprehensive review of battery modeling and state estimation approaches for advanced battery management systems

https://www.cell.com/joule/pdf/S2542-4351(19)30585-9.pdf

Battery Lifetime Prognostics

A review of lithium-ion battery safety concerns: The issues, strategies, and testing standards

Predicting future capacities and remaining useful life (RUL) with uncertainty quantification is a key but challenging issue in the applications of battery health diagnosis and management. This article applies advanced machine-learning techniques to achieve effective future capacities and RUL prediction for lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries with reliable uncertainty management. To be specific, after using the empirical mode decomposition (EMD) method, the original battery capacity data is decomposed into some intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) and a residual. Then, the long short-term memory (LSTM) submodel is applied to estimate the residual while the Gaussian process regression (GPR) submodel is utilized to fit the IMFs with the uncertainty level. Consequently, both the long-term dependence of capacity and uncertainty quantification caused by the capacity regenerations can be captured directly and simultaneously. Experimental aging data from different batteries are deployed to evaluate the performance of proposed LSTM+GPR model in comparison with the solo GPR, solo LSTM, GPR+EMD, and LSTM+EMD models. Illustrative results demonstrate the combined LSTM+GPR model outperforms other counterparts and is capable of achieving accurate results for both 1-step and multistep ahead capacity predictions. Even predicting the RUL at the early battery cycle stage, the proposed data-driven approach still presents good adaptability and reliable uncertainty quantification for battery health diagnosis.

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A Data-Driven Approach With Uncertainty Quantification for Predicting Future Capacities and Remaining Useful Life of Lithium-ion Battery

Multiscale morphology analysis and its application to fault diagnosis

As the secondary widely used battery, lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have become the core component of the energy supply for most devices. Accurately predicting the current cycle time of LIBs is of great importance to ensure the reliability and safety of the equipment. In this paper, considering the nonlinear and non-Gaussian capacity degradation characteristics of LIBs, a remaining useful life (RUL) prediction method based on the exponential model and the particle filter is proposed. The cycle life test data of LIBs published by prognostics center of excellence in national aeronautics and space administration were exponentially experiencing the rule of degradation. And then the extrapolation method was used to get the quantitative expression of the uncertainty of life expectancy of LIBs, i.e. the prediction mean and the probability distribution histogram. The prognostic horizon index and the new specific accuracy index were applied to evaluate the prediction performance. Moreover, the prediction error under different prediction starting points is given. Compared with other methods such as the auto-regressive integrated moving average model, the fusion nonlinear degradation autoregressive model and the regularized particle filter algorithm, the proposed algorithm has a better prediction performance. According to the accuracy index, the proposed prediction method has better prediction accuracy and convergence. The RUL prediction for LIBs can provide a better decision support for the maintenance and support systems to optimize maintenance strategies, and reduce maintenance costs.

Remaining Useful Life Prediction for Lithium-Ion Batteries Based on Exponential Model and Particle Filter

Equivalent circuit models are a hot research topic in the field of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, and scholars have proposed a variety of equivalent circuit models, from simple to complex. On one hand, a simple model cannot simulate the dynamic characteristics of batteries; on the other hand, it is difficult to apply a complex model to a real-time system. At present, there are few systematic comparative studies on equivalent circuit models of lithium-ion batteries. The representative first-order resistor-capacitor (RC) model and second-order RC model commonly used in the literature are studied comparatively in this paper. Firstly, the parameters of the two models are identified experimentally; secondly, the simulation model is built in Matlab/Simulink environment, and finally the output precision of these two models is verified by the actual data. The results show that in the constant current condition, the maximum error of the first-order RC model is 1.65% and the maximum error for the second-order RC model is 1.22%. In urban dynamometer driving schedule (UDDS) condition, the maximum error of the first-order RC model is 1.88%, and for the second-order RC model the maximum error is 1.69%. This is of great instructional significance to the application in practical battery management systems for the equivalent circuit model of lithium-ion batteries of electric vehicles.

Comparative Research on RC Equivalent Circuit Models for Lithium-Ion Batteries of Electric Vehicles

Batteries are gaining entry into every home and office for they are widely used because of their variant benefits. However, these batteries are prone to failure caused by charge imbalance in the batteries connected in either series or parallel, which can sometimes be catastrophic and hence they require to be properly monitored in a real-time manner. There exist many battery balancing schemes which are broadly grouped into either passive or active schemes. All these schemes have their own advantages and disadvantages, and hence it is upon the user to decide on which scheme will best work for them. However, research has proven that the hybrid scheme will be the best as it couples the benefits of all schemes. This study will review the various battery cell balancing methodologies and evaluate their relationship with battery performance. At present there are a few studies tackling the mechanical vibration of battery balancing performance. This study shows that battery balancing performance during long-term should be evaluated from various temperature and vibration frequencies.

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Review of Battery Cell Balancing Methodologies for Optimizing Battery Pack Performance in Electric Vehicles

The battery is the most ideal power source of the twenty-first century, and has a bright future in many applications, such as portable consumer electronics, electric vehicles (EVs), military and aerospace systems, and power storage for renewable energy sources, because of its many advantages that make it the most promising technology. EVs are viewed as one of the novel solutions to land transport systems, as they reduce overdependence on fossil energy. With the current growth of EVs, it calls for innovative ways of supplementing EVs power, as overdependence on electric power may add to expensive loads on the power grid. However lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) for EVs have high capacity, and large serial/parallel numbers, when coupled with problems like safety, durability, uniformity, and cost imposes limitations on the wide application of lithium-ion batteries in EVs. These LIBs face a major challenge of battery life, which research has shown can be extended by cell balancing. The common areas under which these batteries operate with safety and reliability require the effective control and management of battery health systems. A great deal of research is being carried out to see that this technology does not lead to failure in the applications, as its failure may lead to catastrophes or lessen performance. This paper, through an analytical review of the literature, gives a brief introduction to battery management system (BMS), opportunities, and challenges, and provides a future research agenda on battery health management. With issues raised in this review paper, further exploration is essential.

https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/7/5/72/pdf

Lijun Zhang

Papers

Multiscale morphology analysis and its application to fault diagnosis

Remaining Useful Life Prediction for Lithium-Ion Batteries Based on Exponential Model and Particle Filter

Comparative Research on RC Equivalent Circuit Models for Lithium-Ion Batteries of Electric Vehicles

Review of Battery Cell Balancing Methodologies for Optimizing Battery Pack Performance in Electric Vehicles

Review on Health Management System for Lithium-Ion Batteries of Electric Vehicles