Energy Storage Science and Technology ›› 2022, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (2): 547-552.doi: 10.19799/j.cnki.2095-4239.2021.0448

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Optimal design of liquid cooling pipeline for battery module based on VCALB

Xiang WANG(), Jing XU(), Yajun DING, Fan DING, Xin XU   

  1. Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 215000, Jiangsu, China
  • Received:2021-08-27 Revised:2021-09-09 Online:2022-02-05 Published:2022-02-08
  • Contact: Xiang WANG,Jing XU E-mail:549253463@qq.com;jingxu@yzu.edu.cn

Abstract:

In the battery thermal management of electric vehicles, the maximum temperature (MTBM) and maximum temperature difference (MTDBM) of a battery module are the most important indicators to measure the heat dissipation system. Liquid cooling is an efficient way of dissipating heat, but it also has the defect of excessive temperature difference. Therefore, the influence of inlet coolant flow (ICF), inlet coolant temperature (ICT), liquid-cooled pipe flow channel height (LFCH), and contact angle between the liquid cooling pipe and battery (CALB) on the MTBM and MTDBM is studied through simulation, and the structure of the liquid cooling pipeline of the battery module is optimized by using the variable contact angle between the liquid cooling pipe and battery. The results show that the MTBM of the optimized battery module is reduced from 40.50 ℃ to 38.47 ℃, a decrease of 5.01%, and the MTDBM is reduced from 6.07 ℃ to 3.60 ℃, a decrease of 24.05%. Increasing the ICF can reduce the MTBM and MTDBM, but the decrease of MTBM and MTDBM is gradual and will increase the pressure difference. Increasing the LFCH and CALB and reducing the ICT can all reduce the MTBM to a certain extent; however, the improvement of the cooling effect continues to decrease, and it will cause the problem of excessive temperature difference in the module. Therefore, this research provides an effective solution to the problem of excessive temperature difference in the liquid cooling system in the battery module, which is conducive to the further development of liquid cooling in the direction of battery thermal management.

Key words: lithium battery, thermodynamic simulation, liquid-cooling heat dissipation, temperature difference

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