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›› 2019, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (2): 140-146.doi: 10.19562/j.chinasae.qcgc.2019.02.004

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Analysis and Experimental Study on the Influence of Bus-bar on the Temperature and Current Equalization of Battery Module

Fan Guanghui1,2, Yu Jianwu1,2, Luo Hong1,2, Lu Yuetuo2, Tong Ruiqing2   

  1. 1.Hunan University, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body, Changsha 410082;
    2.College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082
  • Received:2017-12-25 Online:2019-02-25 Published:2019-02-25

Abstract: A thermo-electric coupling numerical calculation on the heat generation characteristics of the battery module in an electric vehicle is conducted to study the effects of discharge rate, current I/O mode, bus-bar contact area and current I/O position on the current density and the temperature field of battery module. The results show that the discharge rate significantly affects the temperature rise and the heat exchange between bus-bar and cell, thus the analysis on battery heat generation in high current rate charge / discharge conditions should take the electro-thermal effects of bus-bar into consideration. An experimental study on the temperature rise in battery module under different discharge rates is carried out by using battery charge / discharge testing system and under an ambient temperature of 28.5℃, the highest temperature rise measured is basically consistent with the result of thermo-electric coupling numerical calculation, demonstrating that numerical simulation can well predict the temperature rise characteristics of bus-bar

Key words: bus-bars, battery module, current density, temperature field, thermoelectric coupling