Online estimation of model parameters and state-of-charge of LiFePO4 batteries in electric vehicles

The accurate estimation of internal parameters and state-of-charge (SoC) of battery, which greatly depends on proper models and corresponding high-efficiency, high-accuracy algorithms, is one of the critical issues for the battery management system. A model-based online estimation method of a LiFePO4 battery is presented for application in electric vehicles (EVs) by using an adaptive extended Kalman filter (AEKF) algorithm. The Thevenin equivalent circuit model is selected to model the LiFePO4 battery and its mathematics equations are deduced to some extent. Additionally, an implementation of the AEKF algorithm is elaborated and employed for the online parameters' estimation of the LiFePO4 battery model. To illustrate advantages of the online parameters' estimation, a comparison analysis is performed on the terminal voltages between the online estimation and the offline calculation under the Hybrid pulse power characteristic (HPPC) test and the Urban Dynamometer Driving Schedule (UDDS) test. Furthermore, an efficient online SoC estimation approach based on the online estimation result of open-circuit voltage (OCV) is proposed. The experimental results show that the online SoC estimation based on OCV-SoC can efficiently limit the error below 0.041. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.