Battery State-of-Charge Estimation

This example shows how to estimate the battery state of charge (SOC) by using a Kalman filter. The initial SOC of the battery is equal to 0.5. The estimator uses an initial condition for the SOC equal to 0.8. The battery keeps charging and discharging for 6 hours. The extended Kalman filter estimator converges to the real value of the SOC in less than 10 minutes and then follows the real SOC value. To use a different Kalman filter implementation, in the SOC Estimator (Kalman Filter) block, set the Filter type parameter to the desired value.

To learn more about the SOC, battery, and Kalman filter, see the Explore Techniques to Estimate Battery State of Charge example.

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View Simulation Results

This plot shows the real and estimated battery state-of-charge.

Results from Real-Time Simulation

This example has been tested on a Speedgoat Performance real-time target machine with an Intel® 3.5 GHz i7 multi-core CPU. This model can run in real time with a step size of 50 microseconds.