Iranian Journal of Mechanical Engineering Transactions of ISME

Iranian Journal of Mechanical Engineering Transactions of ISME

Numerical Investigation of the Effect of using Phase Change Material on the Cooling of Lithium-ion Batteries of Electric Vehicles

Authors
Mohammad reza Babaei 1
Ghanbar Ali Sheikhzadeh 2
Mohammad Eidian 3
1 Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Islamic Azad University, Badroud Branch, Badroud, Iran
2 Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran
3 M.Sc., Thermo-Fluids Department, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran
10.30506/ijmep.2024.2041659.1995
Abstract
In this study, the performance of different cooling methods including natural air circulation cooling, forced air circulation in the presence of a heat sink, forced air circulation with paraffin as phase change material, forced air circulation with paraffin and metal foam and forced air circulation with paraffin, foam and fin on cooling of lithium-ion batteries of electric vehicles have been investigated using numerical simulation. The results showed that when the battery temperature in the state of cooling with pure paraffin exceeds the allowed temperature of 55 degrees Celsius, for paraffin with metal foam and paraffin with metal foam and fins, the maximum temperature is 39.3 and 1.36 degrees Celsius, respectively. is Therefore, metal foam and finned metal foam reduce the temperature by 29% and 34% respectively in the same period of time compared to pure paraffin, and even after 21 complete cycles with the change of production heat rate, the maximum temperature does not exceed the allowed temperature. At a relatively high temperature, the use of phasing materials along with conductivity amplifiers makes the hybrid cooling system more efficient than the forced displacement-heat well cooling system; In such a way that the allowed time span increases more than 11 times.
Keywords
Electric vehicle
Lithium-ion battery
Cooling
Phase change material
Metal foam

Subjects

 
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  • Receive Date 22 September 2024
  • Revise Date 19 December 2024
  • Accept Date 18 December 2024