Analysis of Heat Dissipation Performance of Battery Liquid Cooling Plate Based on Bionic Structure

Bo Li, Wenhao Wang, Shaoyi Bei and Zhengqiang Quan
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Bo Li: Automotive and Transportation Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou 213001, China
Wenhao Wang: Automotive and Transportation Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou 213001, China
Shaoyi Bei: Automotive and Transportation Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou 213001, China
Zhengqiang Quan: Automotive and Transportation Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou 213001, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 9, 1-16

Abstract: To provide a favorable temperature for a power battery liquid cooling system, a bionic blood vessel structure of the power battery liquid cooling plate is designed based on the knowledge of bionics and the human blood vessel model. For three different discharge rates of 1C, 2C, and 3C, FLUENT is used to simulate and analyze the heat dissipation performance of the liquid cooling plate with a bionic vascular structure. The influence of the pipe distance ( A1 and A2 ) at the coolant outlet, the thickness of the liquid cooling plate, the inner pipe turning radius R of the pipe in the channel, and the mass flow of coolant on the heat dissipation performance are studied. The results show that the pipe distance ( A1 and A2 ), plate thickness, and inner pipe turning radius R have significant effects on the heat dissipation of the liquid cooling plate, especially under a 3C discharge. In addition, the channel area at the coolant outlet also has great influence on the heat dissipation performance of the liquid cooling plate, and the variable width optimization of the channel area at the outlet greatly improves the heat dissipation performance of the liquid cooling plate. Increasing the inlet mass flow rate can improve the heat dissipation capacity, but at the expense of a pressure drop. A verification experiment is designed for 3C discharge. The results show that the error between the experiment and simulation results is within 9.8%; therefore, the simulation is accurate, and the liquid cooling plate has a significant heat dissipation effect.

Keywords: power battery; bionic vascular structure; liquid cooling plate; heat dissipation performance; simulation analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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