Experimental set-up and procedures to test and validate battery fuel gauge algorithms
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-15-2015
Publication Title
Applied Energy
Volume
160
First Page
404
Keywords
Battery fuel gauge (BFG), Battery management system (BMS), Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) validation, State of charge (SOC) tracking
Last Page
418
Abstract
A battery fuel gauge (BFG) helps to extend battery life by tracking the state of charge (SOC) and many other diagnostic features. In this paper, we present an approach to validate the SOC and time-to-shutdown (TTS) estimates of a BFG. Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing under realistic usage scenarios provides a means for BFG algorithm evaluation and provides insights into practical implementation and testing of BFG algorithms in battery management systems. We report the details of a HIL system that was designed to validate the SOC and TTS estimation capability of BFG algorithms; different current load profiles were synthesized to replicate typical battery usage in portable electronic applications; the HIL system is automated with the help of programmable current profiles and is designed to operate at various controlled temperatures; three performance validation metrics are formulated for an objective assessment of SOC and TTS tracking algorithms. The HIL setup and the performance validation metrics are used to evaluate a BFG developed by the authors using three different batteries at temperatures ranging from -20 °C to 40 °C.
DOI
10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.09.048
ISSN
03062619
Recommended Citation
Avvari, G. V.; Pattipati, B.; Balasingam, B.; Pattipati, K. R.; and Bar-Shalom, Y.. (2015). Experimental set-up and procedures to test and validate battery fuel gauge algorithms. Applied Energy, 160, 404-418.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/computersciencepub/139