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Numerical Simulation of a Finned-Surface Prismatic Lithium-Ion Battery Thermal Management System

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In today’s world, transportation has become a major problem for environmental pollution as a greater amount of CO2 has been released from conventional internal engine vehicles. An electric vehicle (EV) is the best alternative to conventional vehicles to reduce emissions and keep the environment green. Lithium-ion batteries owing to its advantages of high energy and power density are the most suitable cells for electric and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs). Still, the performance of EVs suffered from low efficiency due to the internal heat generation of batteries. The performance of Li-ion batteries is highly sensitive to temperature; hence, a battery thermal management system (BTMS) is essential for battery packs of EVs and HEVs. In this article, a numerical study has been conducted on a single prismatic lithium-ion battery cell. Fins are mounted on the surface of the battery which helps to reduce the maximum temperature rise of the cell by increasing the heat transfer area. The location and positioning of fins on the battery surface define the novelty of the current work, and the simulation results showed that there is a large temperature drop of 13.278 ℃ with the proposed design of BTMS compared to the natural convection cooling.

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    Pranjali Tete, Puneet Kedar, Mahendra Gupta & Sandeep Joshi

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Tete, P., Kedar, P., Gupta, M., Joshi, S. (2022). Numerical Simulation of a Finned-Surface Prismatic Lithium-Ion Battery Thermal Management System. In: Kolhe, M.L., Jaju, S.B., Diagavane, P.M. (eds) Smart Technologies for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development, Vol 1. Springer Proceedings in Energy. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6875-3_64

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