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Cooling Strategy Optimization of Cylindrical Lithium-Ion Battery Pack via Multi-Counter Cooling Channels

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  • Hyeonchang Jeon

    (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Kongju National University, 1223-24, Cheonan-daero, Seobuk-gu, Cheonan-si 31080, Republic of Korea)

  • Seokmoo Hong

    (Department of Future Automotive Engineering, Kongju National University, 1223-24, Cheonan-daero, Seobuk-gu, Cheonan-si 31080, Republic of Korea)

  • Jinwon Yun

    (Department of Energy and Mineral Resources Engineering, Dong-A University, 37, Nakdong-daero 550beon-gil, Saha-gu, Busan 49315, Republic of Korea)

  • Jaeyoung Han

    (Department of Future Automotive Engineering, Kongju National University, 1223-24, Cheonan-daero, Seobuk-gu, Cheonan-si 31080, Republic of Korea
    Institute of Green Car Technology, Kongju National University, 1223-24, Cheonan-daero, Seobuk-gu, Cheonan-si 31080, Republic of Korea)

Abstract

This study focused on the design of a battery pack cooling channel based on a Tesla Model S electric car. This study aimed to achieve a balance between cooling efficiency and pressure drop while maintaining safe and optimal operating temperatures for the batteries. A cooling channel design similar to the basic type employed in the Tesla Model S using 448 cylindrical Li-ion batteries was considered. Consequently, important parameters, such as the maximum temperature and temperature difference in the battery cells in a module, as well as the pressure drop of the coolant, were analyzed. In addition, the characteristics of the temperature changes in each cooling channel shape were investigated. The temperature limit for the battery in a module and the temperature limit difference were set to 40 °C and 5 °C, respectively, to evaluate the performance of the cooling system. Further, the effects of discharge rates (3C and 5C), cooling channel shapes (counter flow and parallel types), and coolant inlet velocities (0.1, 0.2, 0.3, and 0.4 m/s) on battery thermal management were analyzed. The results revealed that the parallel type channel yielded a lower pressure drop than the basic type channel; however, it was not as effective in removing heat from the battery. In contrast, the counter flow type channel effectively removed heat from the batteries with a higher coolant pressure drop in the channel. Therefore, a multi-counter flow type cooling channel combining the advantages of both these channels was proposed to decrease the pressure drop while maintaining appropriate operating temperatures for the battery module. The proposed cooling channel exhibited an excellent cooling performance with lower power consumption and better heat transfer characteristics. However, relatively minimal differences were confirmed for the maximum temperature and temperature difference in the battery module compared with the counter flow type. Therefore, the proposed cooling channel type can be implemented to ensure the optimal temperature operation of the battery module and to decrease system power consumption.

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  • Hyeonchang Jeon & Seokmoo Hong & Jinwon Yun & Jaeyoung Han, 2023. "Cooling Strategy Optimization of Cylindrical Lithium-Ion Battery Pack via Multi-Counter Cooling Channels," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(23), pages 1-30, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:16:y:2023:i:23:p:7860-:d:1291728
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