Data-Driven GWO-BRNN-Based SOH Estimation of Lithium-Ion Batteries in EVs for Their Prognostics and Health Management

Due to the complexity of the aging process, maintaining the state of health (SOH) of lithium-ion batteries is a significant challenge that must be overcome. This study presents a new SOH estimation approach based on hybrid Grey Wolf Optimization (GWO) with Bayesian Regularized Neural Networks (BRNN). The approach utilizes health features (HFs) extracted from the battery charging-discharging process. Selected external voltage and current characteristics from the charging-discharging process serve as HFs to explain the aging mechanism of the batteries. The Pearson correlation coefficient, the Kendall rank correlation coefficient, and the Spearman rank correlation coefficient are then employed to select HFs that have a high degree of association with battery capacity. In this paper, GWO is introduced as a method for optimizing and selecting appropriate hyper-p parameters for BRNN. GWO-BRNN updates the population through mutation, crossover, and screening operations to obtain the globally optimal solution and improve the ability to conduct global searches. The validity of the proposed technique was assessed by examining the NASA battery dataset. Based on the simulation results, the presented approach demonstrates a higher level of accuracy. The proposed GWO-BRNN-based SOH estimation achieves estimate assessment indicators of less than 1%, significantly lower than the estimated results obtained by existing approaches. The proposed framework helps develop electric vehicle battery prognostics and health management for the widespread use of eco-friendly and reliable electric transportation.