Modeling of Lithium-Ion Battery for Energy Storage System Simulation

Batteries are the power providers for almost all portable computing devices. They can also be used to build energy storage systems for large-scale power applications. In order to design battery systems for energy-optimal architectures and applications with maximized battery lifetime, system designers require computer aided design tools that can implement mathematical battery models, predict the battery behavior and thus help the designers search for the optimal schemes. This paper presents a lithium-ion battery model which can be used on SIMPLORER software to simulate the behavior of the battery under dynamic conditions. Based on measured battery data, a mathematical model of the battery is developed which takes into account battery operating temperature and the rates of the battery charge/discharge currents. In addition, thermal characteristics of the battery are also studied.