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Automotive Engineering ›› 2024, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (1): 128-138.doi: 10.19562/j.chinasae.qcgc.2024.01.014

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Thermal Analysis and Optimization Design of a BMS Slave Unit for Electric Vehicles

Jiangxin Yuan1,2,Liping He1,2(),Yaodong Li3,Gang Li2   

  1. 1.Hunan University,State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing Technology for Vehicles,Changsha  410082
    2.College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering,Hunan University,Changsha  410082
    3.Hunan Central South Intelligent Equipment Co. ,Ltd. ,Changsha  410116
  • Received:2023-05-31 Revised:2023-06-27 Online:2024-01-25 Published:2024-01-23
  • Contact: Liping He E-mail:lphe@hnu.edu.cn

Abstract:

For the problem of high temperature and uneven distribution affecting the power and safety of the electric vehicle during the battery management systems slave control board's service, a commercial BMS slave control board thermal analysis model is built and verified using the CFD theory and Icepak software. For the first time under vehicle service conditions, temperature field analysis and thermal uniformity optimization research are carried out based on the thermal analysis model. The BMS slave control board thermal simulation analysis shows that the balancing and power supply modules exceed the BMS's design temperature limit of 60 °C due to local heat accumulation, with the maximum temperature difference of the entire BMS slave control board being 21.0 ℃. A heat dissipation path analysis of the BMS slave control board is further carried out, and heat dissipation optimization design is realized by altering the distance, layout of the balancing resistor, PCB substrate and adding thermal pads. By increasing the heat dissipation capacity of the BMS slave control board, the highest temperature of the BMS slave control board can be controlled below the design limit of 60 ℃, and the temperature difference of the entire circuit board can be reduced to 6.9 ℃, which enhances the safety and reliability of the BMS slave control board under actual vehicle service conditions, providing theoretical methods for the thermal design and optimization of the BMS slave control board.

Key words: new energy electric vehicles, battery management system slave control board, thermal analysis, heat dissipation optimization