The capacity estimation and cycle life prediction of lithium-ion batteries using a new broad extreme learning machine approach

Lithium-ion batteries have become the main power source of many electronic devices. Accurate capacity estimation and cycle life prediction of lithium-ion batteries are of great significance to ensure the reliability of electronic devices. Extreme learning machine(ELM) is a kind of single hidden layer feedforward neural network with fast learning speed and good generalization performance. Considering the shortcomings of deep learning and the increasing size of battery datasets, this paper introduces the idea of Broad Learning(BL) and develops a new ELM model: Broad Learning-Extreme Learning Machine(BL-ELM). First, an ELM network is constructed, and the feature nodes are produced by feature mapping of the input data. Second, the enhancement operation is performed on the mapped features to produce the enhancement nodes. Next, all these two kinds of nodes are merged to become the new input layer of the network, so that the model can quickly and fully obtain effective feature information from the input data. Finally, experiments are performed with different battery datasets. The results show that BL-ELM method can not only ensure the accuracy of estimation and prediction but also save time greatly. Further comparisons with other algorithms show that this novel model is more effective and competitive.