A method to empirically set the coefficients of an analytical model of battery aging

The increase of battery-powered devices and systems, from consumer electronics to electric vehicles, means that the reliability analysis of such systems concerns both energy cells and battery packs, as well as circuitry. For this reason, battery modeling has been one of most developed research areas during the last two decades. In this context, the Millner model, which is based on crack propagation theory, provides an accurate mathematical model for the analysis of the degradation (i.e., aging or capacity fading) of lithium-ion cells. In order to extend the application of the Millner model in a practical and simplified way, this work describes a method to empirically set the coefficients of this model by extracting these values from experimental data only published by the manufacturer and some researchers. When simulating an AMP20m1HD-A prismatic pouch cell at different working and operating conditions, the results show an accurate analysis of the capacity fading, with an error of generally less than 3%.