Thermal Management of Electrified Vehicles—A Review

Giorgio Previati, Giampiero Mastinu and Massimiliano Gobbi
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Giorgio Previati: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, via La Masa 1, 20156 Milan, Italy
Giampiero Mastinu: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, via La Masa 1, 20156 Milan, Italy
Massimiliano Gobbi: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, via La Masa 1, 20156 Milan, Italy

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 4, 1-29

Abstract: Vehicle electrification demands a deep analysis of the thermal problems in order to increase vehicle efficiency and battery life and performance. An efficient thermal management of an electrified vehicle has to involve every system of the vehicle. However, it is not sufficient to optimize the thermal behavior of each subsystem, but thermal management has to be considered at system level to optimize the global performance of the vehicle. The present paper provides an organic review of the current aspects of thermal management from a system engineering perspective. Starting from the definition of the requirements and targets of the thermal management system, each vehicle subsystem is analyzed and related to the whole system. In this framework, problems referring to modeling, simulation and optimization are considered and discussed. The current technological challenges and developments in thermal management are highlighted at vehicle and component levels.

Keywords: thermal management; electrified vehicle; thermal modeling; thermal optimization (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: 2022
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