Heat pipe based battery thermal management: Evaluating the potential of two novel battery pack integrations

Lithium-ion batteries are widely used in high power applications and, with more industries focusing on the electrification of their processes, the need for an effective battery thermal management system is growing. The use of a thermal management system serves multiple purposes such as safeguarding...

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Autores principales: Hussam Jouhara, Bertrand Delpech, Robert Bennett, Amisha Chauhan, Navid Khordehgah, Nicolas Serey, Stephen P. Lester
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:65892e0f7c1746e0b4a713a267bececd2021-11-28T04:38:26ZHeat pipe based battery thermal management: Evaluating the potential of two novel battery pack integrations2666-202710.1016/j.ijft.2021.100115https://doaj.org/article/65892e0f7c1746e0b4a713a267bececd2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666202721000537https://doaj.org/toc/2666-2027Lithium-ion batteries are widely used in high power applications and, with more industries focusing on the electrification of their processes, the need for an effective battery thermal management system is growing. The use of a thermal management system serves multiple purposes such as safeguarding the battery from catastrophic thermal runaway and increasing the lifespan of the battery pack. In the present paper, the thermal management of a sixteen-cell battery module, by two different configurations of a heat pipe based thermal management system, is investigated experimentally. In the first configuration, the module is fixed on top of a single horizontal ‘heat mat’. The second configuration consists of the module sandwiched between two vertical heat mats. The comparison of the cooling performances of these two configurations showed their ability to efficiently absorb the heat generated by the cells and maintain their temperatures close to the ideal operating range. During representative cycles of operation, the maximum cell temperature was kept below 28.5 °C and 24.5 °C for the horizontal and vertical heat mat configurations respectively. The cell temperature uniformity across the module stays in a +/-1 °C range, which will reduce cell voltage imbalance, loss of useable capacity and non-uniform ageing. The maximum temperature difference across the height of the cells was 6 °C for the horizontal configuration and 2 °C for the vertical one. The second part of this paper compares the heat removed in both configurations when loaded with a quasi-steady-state heat generation. The third study uses a faster (6C) charge rate during a representative cycle and shows that the maximum temperature stays below 30 °C and 28 °C for the horizontal and vertical configurations respectively.Hussam JouharaBertrand DelpechRobert BennettAmisha ChauhanNavid KhordehgahNicolas SereyStephen P. LesterElsevierarticleBattery thermal managementHeat matHeat pipeHeat exchangerTemperature homogeneityFast chargeHeatQC251-338.5ENInternational Journal of Thermofluids, Vol 12, Iss , Pp 100115- (2021)
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language EN
topic Battery thermal management
Heat mat
Heat pipe
Heat exchanger
Temperature homogeneity
Fast charge
Heat
QC251-338.5
spellingShingle Battery thermal management
Heat mat
Heat pipe
Heat exchanger
Temperature homogeneity
Fast charge
Heat
QC251-338.5
Hussam Jouhara
Bertrand Delpech
Robert Bennett
Amisha Chauhan
Navid Khordehgah
Nicolas Serey
Stephen P. Lester
Heat pipe based battery thermal management: Evaluating the potential of two novel battery pack integrations
description Lithium-ion batteries are widely used in high power applications and, with more industries focusing on the electrification of their processes, the need for an effective battery thermal management system is growing. The use of a thermal management system serves multiple purposes such as safeguarding the battery from catastrophic thermal runaway and increasing the lifespan of the battery pack. In the present paper, the thermal management of a sixteen-cell battery module, by two different configurations of a heat pipe based thermal management system, is investigated experimentally. In the first configuration, the module is fixed on top of a single horizontal ‘heat mat’. The second configuration consists of the module sandwiched between two vertical heat mats. The comparison of the cooling performances of these two configurations showed their ability to efficiently absorb the heat generated by the cells and maintain their temperatures close to the ideal operating range. During representative cycles of operation, the maximum cell temperature was kept below 28.5 °C and 24.5 °C for the horizontal and vertical heat mat configurations respectively. The cell temperature uniformity across the module stays in a +/-1 °C range, which will reduce cell voltage imbalance, loss of useable capacity and non-uniform ageing. The maximum temperature difference across the height of the cells was 6 °C for the horizontal configuration and 2 °C for the vertical one. The second part of this paper compares the heat removed in both configurations when loaded with a quasi-steady-state heat generation. The third study uses a faster (6C) charge rate during a representative cycle and shows that the maximum temperature stays below 30 °C and 28 °C for the horizontal and vertical configurations respectively.
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author Hussam Jouhara
Bertrand Delpech
Robert Bennett
Amisha Chauhan
Navid Khordehgah
Nicolas Serey
Stephen P. Lester
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Bertrand Delpech
Robert Bennett
Amisha Chauhan
Navid Khordehgah
Nicolas Serey
Stephen P. Lester
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title Heat pipe based battery thermal management: Evaluating the potential of two novel battery pack integrations
title_short Heat pipe based battery thermal management: Evaluating the potential of two novel battery pack integrations
title_full Heat pipe based battery thermal management: Evaluating the potential of two novel battery pack integrations
title_fullStr Heat pipe based battery thermal management: Evaluating the potential of two novel battery pack integrations
title_full_unstemmed Heat pipe based battery thermal management: Evaluating the potential of two novel battery pack integrations
title_sort heat pipe based battery thermal management: evaluating the potential of two novel battery pack integrations
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2021
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