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Enhancement of lithium-ion battery thermal management with the divergent-shaped channel cold plate

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JOURNAL OF ENERGY STORAGE
Volume 42, Issue -, Pages -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.est.2021.103027

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Battery thermal management; Liquid cooling; Cold plate; Divergent-shaped channel

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  1. Zhenjiang Key Laboratory of Marine Power Equipment Performance [SS2018006]
  2. National Science Foundation of China [21701083]
  3. Hong Kong Polytechnic University [G-YW2D]
  4. Research Grant Council, University Grants Committee, Hong Kong SAR [PolyU 152214/17E, PolyU 152064/18E]

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The new cold plate design utilizing divergent-shaped channels has enhanced heat dissipation capacity and minimized pressure drop, contributing to the development of effective battery cooling systems for electric vehicles.
Effective thermal management is critical to the performance and durability of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. As an alternative to conventional cold plates with straight channels, a new cold plate with divergentshaped channels has been proposed to minimize the maximum temperature and pressure drop. Compared with conventional straight-shaped channels, the divergent-shaped channels exhibit enhanced performance with a higher heat dissipation capacity and lower frictional resistance. To further reduce the local flow resistance, divergent-shaped channels with two inlets and one outlet have been evaluated. This new design can successfully decrease the pressure drop by 7.2% and decrease the maximum temperature difference from 3.99 to 3.19 K. Finally, battery cooling modules with a counter-flow configuration have been constructed, which achieve a smaller maximum temperature difference. This work contributes to the development of effective and efficient battery cooling systems for electric vehicles.

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