Early-Stage State-of-Health Prediction of Lithium Batteries for Wireless Sensor Networks Using LSTM and a Single Exponential Degradation Model

One of the most critical items from the reliability and the State-of-Health (SOH) point of view of wireless sensor networks is represented by lithium batteries. Predicting the SOH of batteries in sensor-equipped smart grids is crucial for optimizing energy management, preventing failures, and extend...

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Main Authors: Lorenzo Ciani, Cristian Garzon-Alfonso, Francesco Grasso, Gabriele Patrizi
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description One of the most critical items from the reliability and the State-of-Health (SOH) point of view of wireless sensor networks is represented by lithium batteries. Predicting the SOH of batteries in sensor-equipped smart grids is crucial for optimizing energy management, preventing failures, and extending battery lifespan. Accurate SOH estimation enhances grid reliability, reduces maintenance costs, and facilitates the efficient integration of renewable energy sources. In this article, a solution for SOH prediction and the estimation of the Remaining Useful Life (RUL) of lithium batteries is presented. The approach was implemented and tested using two training datasets: the first consists of raw data provided by the Prognostics Center of Excellence at NASA, comprising 168 records, while the second is based on the curve fitting of the measured data using a single exponential degradation model. Long Short-Term Memory networks (LSTMs) were trained using data from three different scenarios, where battery cycle consumption reached 30%, 50%, and 65% correspondingly. Various architectures and hyperparameters were explored to optimize the models’ performance. The key finding is that training one of the models with only 50 records (equivalent to 30% of battery usage) enables accurate SOH prediction, achieving a Mean Squared Error (MSE) of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>1.68</mn><mo>×</mo><msup><mrow><mn>10</mn></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>4</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> and Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE) of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>1.30</mn><mo>×</mo><msup><mrow><mn>10</mn></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>. The best model trained with 110 records achieved an MSE of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>2.51</mn><mo>×</mo><msup><mrow><mn>10</mn></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>5</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> and an RMSE of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>5.01</mn><mo>×</mo><msup><mrow><mn>10</mn></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>3</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>.
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spelling doaj-art-56d82bb90e984fa4aa18f1b5c0225a102025-08-20T02:15:54ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202025-04-01257227510.3390/s25072275Early-Stage State-of-Health Prediction of Lithium Batteries for Wireless Sensor Networks Using LSTM and a Single Exponential Degradation ModelLorenzo Ciani0Cristian Garzon-Alfonso1Francesco Grasso2Gabriele Patrizi3Department of Information Engineering, University of Florence, Via di Santa Marta 3, 50139 Florence, ItalyDepartment of Information Engineering, University of Florence, Via di Santa Marta 3, 50139 Florence, ItalyDepartment of Information Engineering, University of Florence, Via di Santa Marta 3, 50139 Florence, ItalyDepartment of Information Engineering, University of Florence, Via di Santa Marta 3, 50139 Florence, ItalyOne of the most critical items from the reliability and the State-of-Health (SOH) point of view of wireless sensor networks is represented by lithium batteries. Predicting the SOH of batteries in sensor-equipped smart grids is crucial for optimizing energy management, preventing failures, and extending battery lifespan. Accurate SOH estimation enhances grid reliability, reduces maintenance costs, and facilitates the efficient integration of renewable energy sources. In this article, a solution for SOH prediction and the estimation of the Remaining Useful Life (RUL) of lithium batteries is presented. The approach was implemented and tested using two training datasets: the first consists of raw data provided by the Prognostics Center of Excellence at NASA, comprising 168 records, while the second is based on the curve fitting of the measured data using a single exponential degradation model. Long Short-Term Memory networks (LSTMs) were trained using data from three different scenarios, where battery cycle consumption reached 30%, 50%, and 65% correspondingly. Various architectures and hyperparameters were explored to optimize the models’ performance. The key finding is that training one of the models with only 50 records (equivalent to 30% of battery usage) enables accurate SOH prediction, achieving a Mean Squared Error (MSE) of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>1.68</mn><mo>×</mo><msup><mrow><mn>10</mn></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>4</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> and Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE) of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>1.30</mn><mo>×</mo><msup><mrow><mn>10</mn></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>. The best model trained with 110 records achieved an MSE of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>2.51</mn><mo>×</mo><msup><mrow><mn>10</mn></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>5</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> and an RMSE of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>5.01</mn><mo>×</mo><msup><mrow><mn>10</mn></mrow><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>3</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/7/2275machine learningLSTMrecurrent neural networksbatteries’ state of healthNASAsingle exponential model
spellingShingle Lorenzo Ciani
Cristian Garzon-Alfonso
Francesco Grasso
Gabriele Patrizi
Early-Stage State-of-Health Prediction of Lithium Batteries for Wireless Sensor Networks Using LSTM and a Single Exponential Degradation Model
Sensors
machine learning
LSTM
recurrent neural networks
batteries’ state of health
NASA
single exponential model
title Early-Stage State-of-Health Prediction of Lithium Batteries for Wireless Sensor Networks Using LSTM and a Single Exponential Degradation Model
title_full Early-Stage State-of-Health Prediction of Lithium Batteries for Wireless Sensor Networks Using LSTM and a Single Exponential Degradation Model
title_fullStr Early-Stage State-of-Health Prediction of Lithium Batteries for Wireless Sensor Networks Using LSTM and a Single Exponential Degradation Model
title_full_unstemmed Early-Stage State-of-Health Prediction of Lithium Batteries for Wireless Sensor Networks Using LSTM and a Single Exponential Degradation Model
title_short Early-Stage State-of-Health Prediction of Lithium Batteries for Wireless Sensor Networks Using LSTM and a Single Exponential Degradation Model
title_sort early stage state of health prediction of lithium batteries for wireless sensor networks using lstm and a single exponential degradation model
topic machine learning
LSTM
recurrent neural networks
batteries’ state of health
NASA
single exponential model
url https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/7/2275
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