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Performance improvement of a novel trapezoid air-cooling battery thermal management system for electric vehicles
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-21, 07:21 authored by Gang Zhao, Xiaolin WangXiaolin Wang, Michael NegnevitskyMichael Negnevitsky, Zhang, H, Li, CAn air-cooling battery thermal management system is a reliable and cost-effective system to control the operating temperatures of the electric vehicle battery pack within an ideal range. Different from most designs of the rectangular battery pack in previous research, this one proposed a novel isosceles trapezoid layout to improve system heat dissipations. The simulation results showed that the trapezoid design delivered better cooling performances than the rectangular one with a maximum temperature reduction of 0.9 °C and maximum temperature difference reduction of 1.17 °C at the inlet air flow rate of 60 L/s. Moreover, the cooling performance was further boosted by an aluminum heat spreader. The boosted design delivers an average Max T (32.95 °C) and an average ΔT (3.10 °C) at five different flow rates, which are 8.8% and 66.1% lower the one without the spreader (35.85 °C and 5.15 °C). Compared with the rectangular design without the spreader, the average Max T and ΔT of the boosted trapezoid design are reduced by 10.4% and 91.9% in addition to a space-saving of about 5.26%.
Funding
Australian Research Council
Go Solar Group Pty Ltd
Regen Power Pty Ltd
History
Publication title
SustainabilityVolume
14Issue
9Article number
4975Number
4975Pagination
1-21ISSN
2071-1050Department/School
School of EngineeringPublisher
MDPIPlace of publication
SwitzerlandRights statement
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