Analysis of electrothermal coupling abuse condition based on thermal runaway model of lithium-ion battery

doi:10.19799/j.cnki.2095-4239.2021.0064

Abstract

Abstract:

At present, the safety problem caused by thermal runaway (TR) of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) has been the bottleneck for the promotion of electric vehicles and large-scale energy storage stations. To tackle this problem, great efforts have been made to study the TR characteristics of LIBs. The electrical abuse and the thermal abuse are two key reasons that induce the TR. In this paper, based on the TR model, the electrical and thermal response of LIB are systematically studied under different abuse conditions. Three influencing impacts are comprehensively investigated, including charging rate, ambient temperature and heat dissipation. These results show that compared with the TR induced by the overcharge, the TR would occur at lower SOC under the combined overcharge and overheating condition. In the face of extreme high temperature environment, the TR could even occur at the early charge stage. Moreover, under the overheat condition with low surface heat transfer coefficient, the charging rate has little effect on trigger SOC of thermal runaway; While under the overheat condition with natural convection condition, the thermal runaway would occur at higher SOC with the increase of charging rate, but the thermal runaway time would be reduced. This study provides support for the development of reliable battery safety early warning technology.

Key words: lithium-ion battery, overcharge, overheat, thermal runaway model, electrothermal coupling abuse

CLC Number:

TM 912

Jinlong XU, Jiani SHEN, Qiankun WANG, Yijun HE, Zifeng MA, Wen TAN, Qingheng YANG. Analysis of electrothermal coupling abuse condition based on thermal runaway model of lithium-ion battery[J]. Energy Storage Science and Technology, 2021, 10(4): 1344-1352.

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Table 1

The entropic heat coefficient under different SOC"

SOC	0	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.8	1.0	>1.0
$? U ? T$ /mV·K^-1	0.310	0.130	0.005	0.020	0.032	0.059	0

Table 1

Fig. 2

Table 2

Thermal parameter of each part of battery"

组件名称	材料名称	$ρ$ /kg·m^-3	C_p /J·(kg·K)^-1	$λ$ /W·(m·K)^-1
内核	内核	2600	1100	$λ x = λ y = 21$ $λ z = 1.1$
壳体	铝	2700	900	160
正极柱	铝	2700	900	160
负极柱	铜镀镍	8522	385	146

Table 2

Table 3

Side reaction related parameters inside battery"

副反应sr	焓变 $Δ H s r$ /J·g^-1	指前因子A_sr/s^-1	活化能E_a_,_sr/J·mol^-1
Li	585.5	$4 × 1016$	$1.35 × 105$
ele	728	1200	$7.33 × 104$
SEI	257	$1.667 × 1015$	$1.35 × 105$
ano	1714	8	$3.4 × 104$
Cat,1	77	$1.75 × 109$	$1.1495 × 105$
Cat,2	84	$1.077 × 1012$	$1.588 × 105$

Table 3

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