Performance Analysis of the Lithium-ion Battery RC Equivalent Circuit Model Using EPA Drive Cycles

Abstract

This paper compares the dynamic and static models of a Lithium-ion battery pack with its electrochemical model as energy storage of an electric vehicle according to the environmental protection agency drive cycles. The dynamic model or the RC equivalent circuit includes a voltage source and double parallel resistor and capacitor networks which are connected in series. The static model includes a voltage source and resistors. Given drive cycles, these models are compared in terms of the battery voltage, state-of-charge, and power loss in an electric vehicle in MapleSim software. Although the state-of-charge and power loss of both models are identical to each other, actually the terminal voltage of the dynamic model is close to the electrochemical battery pack. Indeed, the dynamic model accuracy is much more than the static model, especially when the vehicle velocity variation is high.