A novel data-driven method for mining battery open-circuit voltage characterization

Abstract

Lithium-ion batteries (LiB) are widely used in electric vehicles (EVs) and battery energy storage systems, and accurate state estimation relying on the relationship between battery Open-Circuit-Voltage (OCV) and State-of-Charge (SOC) is the basis for their safe and efficient applications. To avoid the time-consuming lab test needed for obtaining OCV-SOC curves, this study proposes a data-driven universal method by using operation data collected onboard about the variation of OCV with ampere-hour (Ah). To guarantee high reliability, a series of constraints have been implemented. To verify the effectiveness of this method, the constructed OCV-SOC curves are used to estimate battery SOC and State-of-Health (SOH), which are compared with data from both lab tests and EV manufacturers. Results show that a higher accuracy can be achieved in the estimation of both SOC and SOH, for which the maximum deviations are less than 3.0% and 2.9% respectively.