State of charge estimation by finite difference extended Kalman filter with HPPC parameters identification

State of charge (SOC) is a key parameter of lithium-ion battery. In this paper, a finite difference extended Kalman filter (FDEKF) with Hybrid Pulse Power Characterization (HPPC) parameters identification is proposed to estimate the SOC. The finite difference (FD) algorithm is benefit to compute the partial derivative of nonlinear function, which can reduce the linearization error generated by the extended Kalman filter (EKF) The FDEKF algorithm can reduce the computational load of controller in engineering practice without solving the Jacobian matrix. It is simple of dynamic model of lithium-ion battery to adopt a second-order resistor-capacitor (2RC) network, the parameters of which are identified by the HPPC. Two conditions, both constant current discharge (CCD) and urban dynamometer driving schedule (UDDS), are utilized to validate the FDEKF algorithm. Comparing convergence rate and accuracy between the FDEKF and the EKF algorithm, it can be seen that the former is a better candidate to estimate the SOC.