Remaining Useful Life Prediction for Lithium-Ion Batteries Based on Gaussian Processes Mixture

PLoS One. 2016 Sep 15;11(9):e0163004. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163004. eCollection 2016.

Abstract

The remaining useful life (RUL) prediction of Lithium-ion batteries is closely related to the capacity degeneration trajectories. Due to the self-charging and the capacity regeneration, the trajectories have the property of multimodality. Traditional prediction models such as the support vector machines (SVM) or the Gaussian Process regression (GPR) cannot accurately characterize this multimodality. This paper proposes a novel RUL prediction method based on the Gaussian Process Mixture (GPM). It can process multimodality by fitting different segments of trajectories with different GPR models separately, such that the tiny differences among these segments can be revealed. The method is demonstrated to be effective for prediction by the excellent predictive result of the experiments on the two commercial and chargeable Type 1850 Lithium-ion batteries, provided by NASA. The performance comparison among the models illustrates that the GPM is more accurate than the SVM and the GPR. In addition, GPM can yield the predictive confidence interval, which makes the prediction more reliable than that of traditional models.

MeSH terms

  • Electric Power Supplies*
  • Lithium*
  • Models, Theoretical*

Substances

  • Lithium

Grants and funding

This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Program No. 51475136), Lingling Li, http://www.nsfc.gov.cn/; Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province of China (Program No. E2014202230), Lingling Li, http://www.hensf.gov.cn/; Hebei Province Science and Technology Support Program (Program No. 15212117), http://www.hebstd.gov.cn; and University Innovation Team Leader Program of Hebei Province (Program No. LJRC003), http://www.hee.gov.cn/.