State of charge estimation of lithium‐ion battery based on extended Kalman filter and unscented Kalman filter techniques

Abstract

Abstract Lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs) are currently the most widely used energy storage technologies in electric vehicles (EVs) due to their higher power density, greater energy density, longer life, fast charging capabilities, and low discharge rate. The brain of rechargeable batteries is referred to be the battery management system (BMS). The operation of the battery is monitored & regulated by an electronic system called BMS. Most significantly, it prevents the battery from exceeding its safety limits. One of the important parameters of BMS is the state of charge (SOC); it determines the battery's remaining capacity of accessible stored energy, battery lifespan, and cell balancing. As a result, an accurate SOC calculation is essential for BMS, and it is used for safer operations that avoid overcharging and discharging for the optimum battery life. The primary ambition of this article is to find an accurate and robust SOC estimation based on extended Kalman filter (EKF) and unscented Kalman filter (UKF) techniques. RMS error, average error, minimum error, and maximum error are used to compare the EKF method and UKF method. Two resistor‐capacitor (2RC) equivalent circuit model has been considered for the dynamic performance of the battery. The waveforms are displayed, and errors are simulated for SOC estimate using the EKF and UKF algorithms, taking the same initial SOC into consideration at a time. The UKF algorithm outperforms the EKF approach in terms of dynamic results when comparing the two methods.