Research on liquid cooling and heat dissipation of lithium-ion battery pack based on bionic wings vein channel cold plate

doi:10.19799/j.cnki.2095-4239.2021.0670

Abstract

Abstract:

Based on the heat production characteristics of square lithium-ion batteries, a sort of bionic wing vein channel cool plate was developed. Based on numerical heat transfer theory, a liquid-cooled heat dissipation model of the battery pack is developed for the cold plate of the bionic wings vein channel, and the numerical simulation calculations were performed on the lithium-ion battery packs of the two parallel flow channel cold plates with various inlet and outlet positions and the bionic wings vein channel cold plate. The impact of the neighboring cold plates of the battery pack's cooling liquid flow direction and channel depth on the heat dissipation of the bionic wings vein channel cold plate is investigated. The results demonstrate that when compared with the cold plate in the parallel channel, chilling the cold plate in the bionic wing channel may lower not only the maximum temperature and temperature difference of the battery pack but also the pressure loss of the flow channel and the energy consumption. Compared with that of the battery pack in the same direction. the maximum surface temperature of the adjacent cold plate coolant in the staggered flow of the battery pack decreases by 0.62 K and the temperature difference decreases by 1.13 K. The average temperature change is not significantly different, and the temperature field distribution homogeneity has improved. The coolant mass flow rate remains constant, while the battery pack's maximum temperature, average temperature, and temperature differential rise initially, then fall as the groove depth increases. However, as the depth of the channel increases, the weight and space occupied by the battery pack will also increase. The cooling effect of the cold plate is optimal when the channel groove depth is 2 mm. The findings might be used to investigate the thermal management of battery packs with improved heat dissipation and decreased energy usage.

Key words: lithium-ion batteries, bionic wing vein channel, cold-plate, thermal management of battery

CLC Number:

TM 911

Xianxi LIU, Anliang SUN, Chuan TIAN. Research on liquid cooling and heat dissipation of lithium-ion battery pack based on bionic wings vein channel cold plate[J]. Energy Storage Science and Technology, 2022, 11(7): 2266-2273.

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参数	同向流	交错流
最高温度/K	318.00	317.38
平均温度/K	315.72	315.70
温差/K	9.04	7.91

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