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Automotive Engineering ›› 2022, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (6): 859-867.doi: 10.19562/j.chinasae.qcgc.2022.06.007

Special Issue: 新能源汽车技术-动力电池&燃料电池2022年

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Improved Design of Battery Module Cooling System Under the Influence of Busbar Heat Generation

Yuming Peng1,2(),Mingxiao Yuan2,Zhuoxin Jing2,Yonglin Zhang2,Gang Huang2   

  1. 1.Engineering Research Center of Advanced Driving Energy-saving Technology,Ministry of Education,Chengdu  610036
    2.Institute of Automotive and Energy Power,Southwest Jiaotong University,Chengdu  610036
  • Received:2021-12-21 Revised:2022-01-12 Online:2022-06-25 Published:2022-06-28
  • Contact: Yuming Peng E-mail:cdmikepeng@swjtu.cn

Abstract:

In this paper, a reliable cell heat generation model is established by using Bernardi heat generation rate equation through simulation and experimental verification, and the simulation and experimental error is less than 2%. Based on this, the heat generation model of the module under the influence of the bus-bar heat generation is established. For improved design of the original cooling system for insufficient cooling effect on the top area of the module and the bus bar, for the cooling plate arrangement, it is proposed to install the cooling plate on the side of the module, and then to select the appropriate cooling plate thickness, cooling fluid volume concentration and the coolant inlet velocity through simulation analysis. In the final design, the average temperature rise of the bus-bar of the cooling system module, cell and top surface of the module is reduced by 15.56%, 11.48% and 20.34% respectively, and the temperature distribution on the cell of the module is more uniform.

Key words: square lithium-ion battery, Busbar, COMSOL Multiphysic, liquid cooling system