Week 7 State of charge estimation

Q1).Simulate the 3 test cases from harness dashboard and write a detailed report on the results

A) As given in the reference link Download the project model.

Now,at first we have to simulate 3 test cases from harness dashboard. We need to, select the harness dashboard from project file which we downloaded with the reference link . The battery model harness dash board is represented below.

Step1 : Click on the test sequence variant block and select test case 1

Now by clicking on the BMS sequence block we get the chart

While simulation is started, the model will be in driving condition. After 3000 seconds it will be in standby mode and after 1000 seconds it will be in charging mode. Now by Running the simulation.

Results :

From the plot we can see the vehicle is initially in driving state and charging was done till 90%. After charging it reaches to standby mode. It can be seen in BMS state plot.Battery temperature increases in driving and charging. Battery voltage was increased to 4.2V while charging. Current plot shows the value of
current supplied to vehicle while driving. SOC decreased up to 50% in driving condition and it was increased while charging.

2) now change the test sequence varient in case two

now by clicking the BMS state request block

Result :

From the above graph , a fault condition occured in second case. So even after charging was started, the soc didnt increase. It continue to decrease.

3) Now change the test case sequence to 3

This condition is only one phase that is charging .Thus 0 to 20000seconds simulation runs

Result :

here we can see that the soc reached 100% in charging and remained in stand by mode. Cell temperature also decrased when stsndby mode was acheived.

From the 3 cases we observer that only charging takes place thus SOC was 80% at first , then SOC increases to 100% in 2000 seconds then SOC remains constant at 100%.

Q2) What is coulomb counting? Refer to the above model and explain how BMS implements coulomb counting for SOC estimation ?

A) Coulomb counting method measures the discharging current of a battery and integrates the discharging current over time to estimate SOC. Coulomb counting method is done to estimate the SOC(t), which is estimated from the discharging current, I(t), and previously estimated SOC values, SOC(t-1). SOC is calculated
by the following equation:

But there are several factors that affect the accuracy of Coulomb counting method

including temperature, battery history, discharge current, and cycle life.

Modified Coulomb Counting Method:

To improve the Coulomb counting method, a new technique called modified Coulomb counting method is proposed. The modified Coulomb counting method uses the corrected current to improve the accuracy of estimation.

The corrected current is the function of discharging current. There is a quadratic relationship between the corrected current and discharging current of battery.
By practice of experimental data, corrected current is calculated by the following form:

where K1,K2 are constant values obtained from the practice experimental data.In modified Coulomb counting method, SOC is calculated by the following equation:

The experimental results show that the accuracy of the modified Coulomb counting method is superior to the conventional Coulomb counting method.
But there are several factors that affect the accuracy of Coulomb counting method including temperature, battery history, discharge current, and cycle life .

By clicking on the BMS ECU we get the ECU subsytem as follows

By clicking the SOC Estimation block we can get the below Subsystem block

From the above image we can identify the coulomb counting block

when you click on the coulomb counting block another subsytem will be opened

• This system does the estimation by coulomb counting equation mentioned above.
• Advantage of coulomb counting method is its simplicity and low computational cost.
• Temperature and current from the battery is given as inputs.
• Current signal is given to a gain block and temperature is given to capacity since it varies according to temperature.
• These inputs are given for integration where current will be integrated with respect to time.
• This output is given to another block where it is divided by capacity.
• Hence the SOC is estimated.