Experimental Investigation of Novel Thin Aluminium Flat Heat Pipe Assisted Battery Thermal Management System for Cylindrical Lithium-ion Batteries of Electrical Vehicles

Manmeet Singh, Sudhanshu Dogra

Abstract


Abstract- A novel thin aluminium flat heat pipe-assisted hybrid battery thermal management system is presented in this paper. A battery thermal management system is a crucial component of an electric vehicle as it is required to maintain the cell temperature within optimum operating range. Usually, conventional thermal management systems are based on air cooling and liquid cooling, and they have their own limitations. The presented hybrid cooling system is fabricated, and its performance is investigated as compared to conventional free convection and forced convection cooling in terms of temperature uniformity (?T), peak temperature (Tmax), and average temperature (Tavg) of battery pack. The heat pipes selected are 2 mm thick and aluminium made with acetone as working fluid. The battery pack consisted of twelve Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries of 32650 type and six heat pipes were inserted through the core of the battery pack for heat extraction. The condenser section of the heat pipes was forced air-cooled while evaporator section remains in contact with cylindrical battery. The limitation of perfect contact of flat heat pipe with cylindrical battery surface was overcome by using fine silicon carbide powder which was compressed filled in the empty space between battery and heat pipe. The experimental facility mainly consists of a battery pack, battery charger/discharger (tester), heat pipes insertions, air cooling arrangements, 16 channel data logger and K-type thermocouples. The battery pack was discharged at three discharge rates:1C, 2C and 3C, combined with three different air flow rates: 3.6 m/s, 4.6 m/s and 5.5 m/s. Results indicated that hybrid thermal management system with heat pipe insertions is better at maintaining temperature uniformity and peak temperature within acceptable limits of 5°C and 50°C respectively.


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Battery charger/discharger; Data logger; Li-ion batteries; Lithium Iron Phosphate; Ultra-thin flat heat pipe; C-rate

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