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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-B.2016.40.6.403

Numerical Investigation of Cooling Performance of Liquid-cooled Battery in Electric Vehicles  

Kwon, Hwabhin (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Changwon Nat'l Univ.)
Park, Heesung (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Changwon Nat'l Univ.)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B / v.40, no.6, 2016 , pp. 403-408 More about this Journal
Abstract
Lithium-ion batteries are commonly employed in hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), and achieving high energy density in the battery has been one of the most critical issues in the automotive industry. Because liquid cooling containing antifreeze is important in automotive batteries to enable cold starts, an effective geometric configuration for high-cooling performance should be carefully investigated. Battery cooling with antifreeze has also been considered to realize successful cold starts. In this article, we theoretically investigate a specific property of an antifreeze cooling battery system, and we perform numerical modeling to satisfy the required thermal specifications. Because a typical battery system in HEVs consists of multiple stacked battery cells, the cooling performance is determined mainly by the special properties of antifreeze in the coolant passage, which dissipates heat generated from the battery cells. We propose that the required cooling performance can be realized by performing numerical simulations of different geometric configurations for battery cooling. Furthermore, we perform a theoretical analysis as a design guideline to optimize the cooling performance with minimum power consumption by the cooling pump.
Keywords
Battery; Coolant Flow Channel; Antifreeze; Design Optimization; Heat Transfer;
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