1. Enhancing the performance of the hybrid battery thermal management system with different fin structures at extreme discharge conditions.
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Kavasoğulları, Bariş, Karagöz, Mücahit Emin, Önel, Mehmet Nurullah, Yildiz, Ali Suat, and Biçer, Emre
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AbstractThis study aims to enhance the performance of the air-cooled hybrid battery thermal management system (BTMS) by using fins under extreme discharge conditions such as 7C, 9C, and 11C. In this context, five different fin structures, Type-I (no fin), Type-II (rectangular), Type-III (extended), Type-IV (blade), and Type-V (triangular), were modeled, and numerical analyses of the developed BTMSs were performed using COMSOL Multiphysics software. In the numerical analysis, three different phase change materials (PCM-1, PCM-2, and PCM-3) with three different thicknesses
(tPCM) of 4, 6, and 8 mm were considered, and the airflow was supplied to the system at three different Reynolds(Re) numbers of 100, 200, and 400. In this way, the effects of the BTMS types,tPCM , PCM types, and air velocity on the battery pack temperature distribution(ΔT) , PCM melting uniformity(ΔF) , and maximum battery cell temperature(Tmax) in the hybrid BTMS were investigated. As a result of the analyses, the maximumΔT was found to be 5.58 °C for the case involving Type-II and PCM-1 withtPCM of 4 mm at 11C. PCM-2 exhibited the best performance for all BTMS types with atPCM of 4 mm at 9C. However, at 11C, only the case involving PCM-3 with atPCM of 6 mm and Type-V could maintain theTmax under 60 °C. Moreover, the results obtained from the numerical analysis revealed that the use of fins significantly increased the PCM melting uniformity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2024
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