Open AccessThermal Analysis of a Li-Ion Battery using FloEFD Software
Author(s) -
Orhun Batur,
Gamze Genç,
Mustafa Serdar Genç
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
energy, environment and storage
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2791-6197
DOI - 10.52924/vwtr9779
Subject(s) - battery (electricity) , refrigerant , lithium ion battery , nuclear engineering , thermal , thermal analysis , lithium (medication) , computer cooling , battery pack , automotive engineering , computer science , software , materials science , mechanical engineering , electrical engineering , engineering , thermodynamics , physics , operating system , thermal management of electronic devices and systems , gas compressor , medicine , power (physics) , endocrinology
In the presented study, a thermal analysis of a lithium-ion battery was carried. The battery consists of 6 Series 2 parallel, 12 lithium-ion (NCA 18650) batteries. Liquid water was used as a refrigerant in the thermal analysis of the battery. After designing in SOLIDWORKS computer-aided design program, performance of the battery module was investigated with the help of SIEMENS FloEFD program which is a computational fluid dynamics program. The simulations were performed under steady-state conditions by using the k-epsilon turbulence model. The results bring out that the highest temperatures were occurred at the busbars and the liquid cooled batteries can operate efficiently at a temperature of 27-28°C.