Prognostic-Based Active Battery Degradation Management in Wireless Sensor Networks for Group Replacement

Batteries are prevalent energy storage devices, and their failures can cause huge losses such as the shutdown of entire systems. Therefore, the prognostic health management of batteries to increase their availability is highly desirable. This work focuses on improving the serviceability of batteries for wireless sensor networks (WSNs) deployed in remote and hard-to-reach places. We propose an active management strategy such that the batteries in a network will attain similar end-of-life times, in addition to lifetime extension. The fundamental idea is to adaptively adjust the node quality-of-service (QoS) to actively manage their degradation processes, while ensuring a minimum level of network QoS. The framework first executes a prognostic algorithm that can predict the remaining useful life (RUL) of a battery, given its assigned node-level QoS. A Bayesian optimization framework with an augmented Lagrangian method has been adopted to efficiently solve the developed black-box constrained optimization problem. A Matlab Simulink model based on a truss bridge structure health monitoring network is built considering the battery aging and temperature effects. Compared with the benchmark models, the proposed strategy demonstrates a more extended network lifespan and uniform working time ratio.