3 research outputs found
Bayesian Parameter Estimation Applied to the Li-ion Battery Single Particle Model with Electrolyte Dynamics
This paper presents a Bayesian parameter estimation approach and
identifiability analysis for a lithium-ion battery model, to determine the
uniqueness, evaluate the sensitivity and quantify the uncertainty of a subset
of the model parameters. The analysis was based on the single particle model
with electrolyte dynamics, rigorously derived from the Doyle-Fuller-Newman
model using asymptotic analysis including electrode-average terms. The Bayesian
approach allows complex target distributions to be estimated, which enables a
global analysis of the parameter space. The analysis focuses on the
identification problem (i) locally, under a set of discrete quasi-steady states
of charge, and in comparison (ii) globally with a continuous excursion of state
of charge. The performance of the methodology was evaluated using synthetic
data from multiple numerical simulations under diverse types of current
excitation. We show that various diffusivities as well as the transference
number may be estimated with small variances in the global case, but with much
larger uncertainty in the local estimation case. This also has significant
implications for estimation where parameters might vary as a function of state
of charge or other latent variables
Bayesian methods for battery state of health estimation
Estimating the state of health of battery energy storage systems is key to their operational safety and reliability, both of which affect lifetime cost. However, accurate estimation of state of health remains challenging, as measurement techniques used in laboratory environments are not available in real-world operating environments. In this work, a framework is developed that combines the relative strengths of commonly applied model- and data-driven approaches to state of health estimation. Gaussian process regression, a flexible Bayesian method of learning arbitrary functions from input-output data, is applied to estimate the parameters of low-order battery models as functions of internal states, operating conditions and lifetime. The approach is first motivated by the difficulty of parameter identification for physics-based battery models from real-world data. Then it is shown how electrical equivalent circuit models can be extended to include parameter dependencies on operating conditions and lifetime in a data-driven manner. The framework is then applied to two different usage scenarios. First, internal resistance is estimated for a fleet of solar-connected lead-acid batteries located in sub-Saharan Africa, where the resulting health metric is shown to provide an early indication of end-of-life failure. Second, a first-order RC circuit, coupled with a one-state thermal model, is parameterised in a joint process that also simultaneously estimates battery states, using data from a Li-ion cell under laboratory conditions. The only prerequisite was the cell-level open-circuit voltage versus charge curve and, in the case of the Li-ion cell model, a single thermal parameter. Given this, the method is agnostic to chemistry and battery construction.
Enabling robust and fast state of health estimation for large fleets of batteries has the potential to `close the loop' in terms of battery energy storage system design. Instead of performing laboratory-based ageing experiments, field data can be used directly to determine factors that affect battery life. By incorporating this information into fault diagnosis and health-aware battery management systems, safety and reliability will be improved. Furthermore, with deeper understanding of degradation in the real world, better design of energy storage systems will ultimately lead to better cost efficiency through reduced over-engineering