Experimental and numerical investigation of a thermal management system for a Li-ion battery pack using cutting copper fiber sintered skeleton/paraffin composite phase change materials

Pan, Mei; Zhong, Yujian

doi:10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.06.014

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“…In addition, a non-thermal equilibrium model was designed by employing the enthalpy procedure. The experimental data demonstrate well agreement with the numerical results, which validate the precision of the numerical model [12].…”

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“…A lithium-ion battery pack, which was cooled by a paraffin composite phase change material, was fabricated and designed [12]. The influence of the composite phase change material on temperature of the battery pack was studied by using discharge tests and it was compared with copper foam composite phase change material, pure paraffin, and natural air-cooling.…”

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Thermal Analysis of Cold Plate with Different Configurations for Thermal Management of a Lithium-Ion Battery

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Thermal analysis and thermal management of lithium-ion batteries for utilization in electric vehicles is vital. In order to investigate the thermal behavior of a lithium-ion battery, a liquid cooling design is demonstrated in this research. The influence of cooling direction and conduit distribution on the thermal performance of the lithium-ion battery is analyzed. The outcomes exhibit that the appropriate flow rate for heat dissipation is dependent on different configurations for cold plate. The acceptable heat dissipation condition could be acquired by adding more cooling conduits. Moreover, it was distinguished that satisfactory cooling direction could efficiently enhance the homogeneity of temperature distribution of the lithium-ion battery.

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Thermal Analysis of Cold Plate with Different Configurations for Thermal Management of a Lithium-Ion Battery

2020

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“…Excessive chip temperature will reduce the reliability of the device [1]. Many advanced passive cooling techniques such as heat pipe cooling [2], micro-channel cooling [3], phase change cooling [4] and nanofluid cooling [5,6] have effectively prevented the chip from overheating. Nevertheless, these passive cooling methods cannot quickly remove the high heat fluxes and effectively control the chip temperature.…”

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Cooling and Mechanical Performance Analysis of a Trapezoidal Thermoelectric Cooler with Variable Cross-Section

Zhang

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Energies

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In this study, a full-scale three-dimensional trapezoidal thermoelectric cooler model is constructed to study its cooling performance and mechanical reliability using finite element simulation. Temperature dependent material properties are considered in this work. The boundary conditions similar to those in a real experimental environment are applied. The effects of the input electrical current and geometry of the thermoelectric leg on the cooling performance and reliability of a trapezoidal thermoelectric cooler are analyzed, and a comparison is made with a rectangular thermoelectric cooler. The results indicate that increasing the leg height and the variable cross-sectional design of the leg can improve the cooling performance of the trapezoidal thermoelectric cooler. Compared to the original rectangular thermoelectric cooler, the minimum chip temperature was reduced by 0.87% under the trapezoidal thermoelectric cooler with optimized geometry. Furthermore, increasing the leg height enhances the mechanical reliability of the trapezoidal thermoelectric cooler, while the trapezoidal design of the leg reduces its mechanical reliability. The maximum von Mises stress of the leg for the trapezoidal thermoelectric cooler with optimal cooling performance increased by 40.1%. The results of this work provide useful guidance for the structural design of trapezoidal thermoelectric coolers.

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“…The PCM cooling system demonstrated many advantages for the battery module, such as effectively prolonging the cycling life [28], decreasing thermal runaway [29], and sustaining a relatively high operating temperature [30]. Many studies have been conducted to improve the thermal conductivity of BTMS by using various methods, such as adding paraffin (PA) with metal foam/mesh [31][32][33], metal fins/metallic particle [34], graphene [35,36], carbon nanotubes [37], and expanded graphite (EG) [38]. Ling et al [39] found that the factors of the packing density of the composite PCM and mass fraction PA affected the thermal performance.…”

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Experimental and Numerical Investigation on an Integrated Thermal Management System for the Li-Ion Battery Module with Phase Change Material

Huang

Zhong

et al. 2020

International Journal of Photoenergy

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Lightweight power battery modules with outstanding thermal performance are urgently required given the rapid development of electric vehicles. This study proposes a composite phase change material coupled with forced convection as an integrated thermal management system (ITMS) with the aim to control the temperature’s rising tendency and maintain the temperature distribution uniformly within an appropriate range among the battery modules. The thermal behavior effects of airflow rates on the thermal management system were investigated in detail by combining experiments and numerical simulations. Comparisons were conducted between an air cooling system with an optimum flow rate and the ITMS. Experimental results revealed that the cooling effect of the ITMS was better than that of the forced cooling system at a 3 m/s airflow rate. The maximum temperature in the designed battery module was limited to 63.2°C. The maximum temperature difference was limited to 4.8°C at a 4 C discharge rate. This research indicates that the ITMS is an effective and optimized approach to control and balance the temperature among battery modules, thereby providing engineers with design optimization strategies for similar systems.

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Experimental and numerical investigation of a thermal management system for a Li-ion battery pack using cutting copper fiber sintered skeleton/paraffin composite phase change materials

Cited by 79 publications

References 33 publications

Thermal Analysis of Cold Plate with Different Configurations for Thermal Management of a Lithium-Ion Battery

Thermal Analysis of Cold Plate with Different Configurations for Thermal Management of a Lithium-Ion Battery

Cooling and Mechanical Performance Analysis of a Trapezoidal Thermoelectric Cooler with Variable Cross-Section

Experimental and Numerical Investigation on an Integrated Thermal Management System for the Li-Ion Battery Module with Phase Change Material

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