A comparative study of the influence of different open circuit voltage tests on model-based state of charge estimation for lithium-ion batteries

A predetermined relationship between open circuit voltage (OCV) and state of charge (SoC) is the premise of model-based SoC estimation algorithms. Commonly used OCV tests to obtain the offline OCV-SoC curves include the low current OCV test and the incremental OCV test. In this paper, in addition to comparing the low current OCV test with the incremental OCV test which applies 0.5 C current-rate, the incremental OCV tests which apply 0.2, 0.3, and 1 C current-rates are compared as well. Moreover, from the perspective of test accuracy and test duration, the optimal relaxation time for incremental OCV test is investigated. The recursive least squares method with a forgetting factor (FFRLS) is used to identify the parameters of the battery model, and the adaptive extended Kalman filter (AEKF) is employed to estimate SoC. The results indicate that the SoC estimator which applies the OCV-SoC curve obtained from the 0.5 C incremental OCV test performs better than other estimators at 25 degrees C and 45 degrees C. But at 0 degrees C, the SoC estimator which applies the OCV-SoC curve obtained from the 0.2 C incremental OCV test has the best estimation performance. In addition, 3 h relaxation time is the optimal choice at 25 degrees C and 45 degrees C, while 4 h relaxation time is recommended at 0 degrees C.

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This paper investigates the effects of different current rates on OCV tests and their impact on SoC estimation algorithms. The results show that the OCV-SoC curve obtained from the 0.5C incremental OCV test performs best at 25 degrees C and 45 degrees C, while the 0.2C incremental OCV test performs best at 0 degrees C. Additionally, a 3-hour relaxation time is optimal at higher temperatures, while a 4-hour relaxation time is recommended at 0 degrees C.