Design, Development and Thermal Analysis of Reusable Li-Ion Battery Module for Future Mobile and Stationary Applications

Arun Mambazhasseri Divakaran, Dean Hamilton, Krishna Nama Manjunatha and Manickam Minakshi
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Arun Mambazhasseri Divakaran: Department of Mechanical Engineering, De Montfort University, Leicester LE1 9BH, UK
Dean Hamilton: Emerging Technologies Research Centre, De Montfort University, Leicester LE1 9BH, UK
Krishna Nama Manjunatha: Emerging Technologies Research Centre, De Montfort University, Leicester LE1 9BH, UK
Manickam Minakshi: Engineering and Energy, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 6, 1-22

Abstract: The performance, energy storage capacity, safety, and lifetime of lithium-ion battery cells of different chemistries are very sensitive to operating and environmental temperatures. The cells generate heat by current passing through their internal resistances, and chemical reactions can generate additional, sometimes uncontrollable, heat if the temperature within the cells reaches the trigger temperature. Therefore, a high-performance battery cooling system that maintains cells as close to the ideal temperature as possible is needed to enable the highest possible discharge current rates while still providing a sufficient safety margin. This paper presents a novel design, preliminary development, and results for an inexpensive reusable, liquid-cooled, modular, hexagonal battery module that may be suitable for some mobile and stationary applications that have high charge and or discharge rate requirements. The battery temperature rise was measured experimentally for a six parallel 18650 cylindrical cell demonstrator module over complete discharge cycles at discharge rates of 1C, 2C and 3C. The measured temperature rises at the hottest point in the cells, at the anode terminal, were found to be 6, 17 and 22 °C, respectively. The thermal resistance of the system was estimated to be below 0.2 K/W at a coolant flow rate of 0.001 Kg/s. The proposed liquid cooled module appeared to be an effective solution for maintaining cylindrical Li-ion cells close to their optimum working temperature.

Keywords: design; thermal; energy storage; discharge rate; Li-ion battery (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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