Research on State of Power Estimation of Echelon-Use Battery Based on Adaptive Unscented Kalman Filter

An echelon-use lithium-ion battery (EULB) refers to a powered lithium-ion battery used in electric vehicles when the battery capacity is attenuated to less than 80% and greater than 20%. Aiming at the degradation of the performance of the EULB and the unclear initial value of the state of energy (SOE), estimations of the state of power (SOP) of an EULB are not accurate. An SOP estimation method based on an adaptive dual unscented Kalman filter (ADUKF) is proposed. First, the second-order resistor-capacitance symmetry equivalent model (SRCSEM) of the EULB is established. Second, an unscented transformation (UT) is introduced and the battery parameters estimated by the ADUKF: (a) the SOE is estimated based on an adaptive unscented Kalman filtering (AUKF) algorithm, that uses the observation noise equation γk, Rk and the processes noise equation qk, Qk, and (b) the ohmic internal resistance (OIR) and actual capacity (AC) are estimated based on the aforementioned algorithm, which uses the observation noise equation γθ,k, Rθ,k and the process noise equation qθ,k, Qθ,k. Third, the working voltage and OIR are predicted using optimal estimation, and the SOP of the EULB is estimated. MATLAB simulation results show that EULB symmetry capacity decays to 80%, 60%, 40%, and 20% of rated capacity, the proposed algorithm is adaptive regardless of whether the initial SOE value is consistent with the actual value, and the estimation error of the EULB’s SOP is less than 3.28%, showing high accuracy. The results of this study can provide valuable reference for estimating EULB parameters, and help to understand the usage behavior of retired batteries.