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Title: On the Error of Li-ion Battery Parameter Estimation Subject to System Uncertainties
Emerging lithium-ion battery systems require high-fidelity electrochemical models for advanced control, diagnostics, and design. Accordingly, battery parameter estimation is an active research domain where novel algorithms are being developed to calibrate complex models from input-output data. Amidst these efforts, little focus has been placed on the fundamental mechanisms governing estimation accuracy, spurring the question, why is an estimate accurate or inaccurate? In response, we derive a generalized estimation error equation under the commonly adopted least-squares objective function, which reveals that the error can be represented as a combination of system uncertainties (i.e., in model, measurement, and parameter) and uncertainty-propagating sensitivity structures in the data. We then relate the error equation to conventional error analysis criteria, such as the Fisher information matrix, Cramér-Rao bound, and parameter sensitivity, to assess the benefits and limitations of each. The error equation is validated through several uni- and bivariate estimations of lithium-ion battery electrochemical parameters using experimental data. These results are also analyzed with the error equation to study the error compositions and parameter identifiability under different data. Finally, we show that adding target parameters to the estimation without increasing the amount of data intrinsically reduces the robustness of the results to system uncertainties.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2046292
PAR ID:
10400975
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
The Electrochemical Society
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal of The Electrochemical Society
Volume:
170
Issue:
3
ISSN:
0013-4651
Format(s):
Medium: X Size: Article No. 030510
Size(s):
Article No. 030510
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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