Flowing electrolyte as coolant inside the microgrooves embedded in the electrodes: A novel thermal management of Li-ion batteries

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Abstract

One way to enhance thermal performance of the Li-ion batteries is embedding microgrooves inside the porous electrodes and flowing the electrolyte through these microgrooves. A 2D thermal Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM) was employed to predict electrolyte flow, heat transfer, and internal heat generation inside the positive porous electrode. Size and number of the microgrooves were investigated, and it was found that embedding microgrooves inside the porous electrode improved the thermal performance of the Li-ion battery by keeping the electrode in lower temperatures and improving its temperature uniformity. Furthermore, increasing the number of microgrooves (in a constant ratio between total size of the microgrooves to size of the porous electrode) kept the porous electrode in lower temperatures and enhanced temperature uniformity.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationASME 2019 Heat Transfer Summer Conference, HT 2019, collocated with the ASME 2019 13th International Conference on Energy Sustainability
PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
ISBN (Electronic)9780791859315
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes
EventASME 2019 Heat Transfer Summer Conference, HT 2019, collocated with the ASME 2019 13th International Conference on Energy Sustainability - Bellevue, United States
Duration: 14 Jul 201917 Jul 2019

Publication series

NameASME 2019 Heat Transfer Summer Conference, HT 2019, collocated with the ASME 2019 13th International Conference on Energy Sustainability

Conference

ConferenceASME 2019 Heat Transfer Summer Conference, HT 2019, collocated with the ASME 2019 13th International Conference on Energy Sustainability
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBellevue
Period14/07/1917/07/19

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