Comprehensive Model for Real Battery Simulation Responsive to Variable Load

• Published in: Energies (Basel) Vol. 14; no. 11; p. 3209
• Main Authors: Fenner, Gustavo Piske, Stringini, Leonardo Weber, Rangel, Camilo Alberto Sepulveda, Canha, Luciane Neves
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.06.2021
• Subjects: Accuracy; battery model; battery voltage model; Computer applications; Datasets; electric circuit model (ECM); Electric potential; Energy; KiBaM model; Model accuracy; Simulation; SOC prediction; Software; Tabu search; variable load response; Voltage
• ISSN: 1996-1073; 1996-1073
• DOI: 10.3390/en14113209

This paper proposes a battery voltage model that is suitable for variable operation. The model combines the features of the Kinetic Battery Model (KiBaM) and voltage model (VM), and it improves the accuracy and quality of the solution, addressing four characteristics of operation: charging, discharging, rest after charge, and rest after discharge. This model will be known as 4-KiVM and shows low impact on computational burden. The proposed model can keep track of the voltage even when the load is inverted or turned off. To calibrate and validate the model, a NASA-provided dataset was used composed of a battery with variable charges and discharges, simulating real applications. A metaheuristic method based on tabu search is used to extract constants from this dataset and validate this hybrid model. In addition, a comparison of performance of the 4-KiVM against KiBaM, VM, and the electric circuit model (ECM) was made, showing its advantages. The results of the simulations showed a good prediction of the battery voltage response and SOC prediction in random (variable) use.