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Thermal Management for a Stadium Power Supply Container Using a Rack-Level Air Cooling Strategy

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  • Yue Dong

    (Center of Physical Education, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China)

  • Yi Ding

    (Key Laboratory of Thermo-Fluid Science and Engineering, MOE, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China)

  • Karem Elsayed Elfeky

    (Key Laboratory of Thermo-Fluid Science and Engineering, MOE, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China)

  • Yu Qi

    (Key Laboratory of Thermo-Fluid Science and Engineering, MOE, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China)

  • Wenxiao Chu

    (Key Laboratory of Thermo-Fluid Science and Engineering, MOE, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China)

  • Qiuwang Wang

    (Key Laboratory of Thermo-Fluid Science and Engineering, MOE, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China)

Abstract

This study investigates the airflow and thermal management of a compact electric energy storage system by using computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulation. A porous medium model for predicting the flow resistance performance of the battery modules in a battery cabinet is developed. By studying the influence of rack shapes, the effects of heat exchanger arrangements and other parameters on the airflow and battery thermal distribution are analyzed. When applying a larger bottom air channel, the inlet flow uniformity of each battery cabin in the cabinet increases by 5%. Meanwhile, temperature standard deviation decreases by 0.18 while raising the flow rate from 3 m/s to 8 m/s, indicating better temperature uniformity in the battery cabin. When the charge–discharge ratio reaches 0.5 C, the temperature deviation of the entire cabinet significantly increases, reaching 8 K. Furthermore, a rack-level thermal management scheme is proposed to effectively reduce the thermal deviation of the container electric energy storage system and improve the overall temperature uniformity. Results reveal that the rack-level thermal management of the wavy cabinet in the electric storage container can effectively improve the thermal uniformity of the distributed battery cabin, and the overall thermal deviation is controlled within 1.0 K.

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  • Yue Dong & Yi Ding & Karem Elsayed Elfeky & Yu Qi & Wenxiao Chu & Qiuwang Wang, 2024. "Thermal Management for a Stadium Power Supply Container Using a Rack-Level Air Cooling Strategy," Energies, MDPI, vol. 17(7), pages 1-17, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:17:y:2024:i:7:p:1654-:d:1367063
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    1. Thomas Imre Cyrille Buidin & Florin Mariasiu, 2021. "Battery Thermal Management Systems: Current Status and Design Approach of Cooling Technologies," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(16), pages 1-32, August.
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