Numerical analysis of lithium-ion battery thermal management system using phase change material assisted by liquid cooling method

TY - JOUR

T1 - Numerical analysis of lithium-ion battery thermal management system using phase change material assisted by liquid cooling method

AU - Wang, R.

AU - Liang, Z.

AU - Souri, M.

AU - Esfahani, M. N.

AU - Jabbari, M.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021

PY - 2022/2

Y1 - 2022/2

N2 - In this paper, a novel design for hybrid battery thermal management systems (BTMS) is proposed and evaluated from the economic and engineering perspectives. Numerical models are compared with phase change materials (PCM) BTMS. Further, the suggested hybrid cooling system's thermal performance at the pack level is investigated considering cell-to-cell variation. A three-dimensional thermal model is used for the numerical simulation of the battery cooling system. The probability distributions is utilised for the cell-to-cell variations of a 168-cell battery pack. Results shows that for a 53 Ah lithium-ion battery (LIB) under a 5C discharge rate, a hybrid cooling system with two-sided cold plates can reduce the maximum temperature from ∼64 ∘C to 46.3 ∘C with acceptable system weight and power consumption, which is used for further pack level simulation. It is concluded that the two-sided cold plate hybrid design system can manage the maximum average temperature as well as temperature difference of cells in the desirable range at extreme cases.

AB - In this paper, a novel design for hybrid battery thermal management systems (BTMS) is proposed and evaluated from the economic and engineering perspectives. Numerical models are compared with phase change materials (PCM) BTMS. Further, the suggested hybrid cooling system's thermal performance at the pack level is investigated considering cell-to-cell variation. A three-dimensional thermal model is used for the numerical simulation of the battery cooling system. The probability distributions is utilised for the cell-to-cell variations of a 168-cell battery pack. Results shows that for a 53 Ah lithium-ion battery (LIB) under a 5C discharge rate, a hybrid cooling system with two-sided cold plates can reduce the maximum temperature from ∼64 ∘C to 46.3 ∘C with acceptable system weight and power consumption, which is used for further pack level simulation. It is concluded that the two-sided cold plate hybrid design system can manage the maximum average temperature as well as temperature difference of cells in the desirable range at extreme cases.

KW - Cold plate

KW - Hybrid cooling

KW - Liquid cooling

KW - Lithium-ion battery

KW - Phase change material

KW - Thermal management

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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2021.122095

DO - 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2021.122095

M3 - Review article

AN - SCOPUS:85117566269

SN - 0017-9310

VL - 183

JO - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

JF - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

IS - Part B

M1 - 122095

ER -