Clustering LiFePO4 cells for battery pack based on neural network in EVs

Fengxian He, W. X. Shen, Qiang Song, Ajay Kapoor, Demon Honnery, Daya Dayawansa

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Abstract

Power sources of electric vehicles (EVs) are integrated by hundreds of cells connected in series and parallel. Due to slight differences in the manufacturing process and various operating conditions of the individual cell in a battery pack in EVs, the characteristics of the individual cell to cell can be non-uniform in the battery pack, which affects the available capacity and the life of the battery pack. This paper investigates the neural network (NN) based method to sort lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) cells so that the cells can be as consistant as possible before these cells form a battery pack. All cells used in the sorting process are LiFePO4 Cells. A clustering NN tool of self-organizing map (SOM) is adopted to classify the cells based on the experimental data of all cells. The cell temperature and capacity are used in the trained SOM to classify the cells. The cells in the same category are connected in series to form a sorted battery pack whereas the randomly chosen cells are connected in series to form the unsorted battery pack. The comparison between the sorted battery pack and the unsorted battery pack has been conducted to verify the clustering methods and the consistency of the cells in the battery pack.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC Asia-Pacific 2014 - Conference Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781479942398
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Oct 2014
Event2014 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC Asia-Pacific 2014 - Beijing, China
Duration: 31 Aug 20143 Sept 2014

Publication series

NameIEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC Asia-Pacific 2014 - Conference Proceedings

Conference

Conference2014 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, ITEC Asia-Pacific 2014
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period31/08/143/09/14

Keywords

  • Lithium ion battery
  • battery sorting
  • battery uniformity
  • self-organizing map

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