Date of Last Revision
2023-05-02 14:16:31
Major
Mechanical Engineering - Cooperative Education
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Date of Expected Graduation
Spring 2015
Abstract
This report addresses the concepts and implementation of fluid cooled heat sink designs for an electric or hybrid vehicle battery. To determine the battery’s temperature and heat flux profile, testing was performed by measuring these values at multiple locations on a lithium-ion pouch battery using heat flux sensors and thermocouples during the charge and discharge cycles of the battery. Once the data was collected and analyzed, trendlines were fit to the heat flux data then used to create equations for the heat flux profile during the discharging stage. Each equation represented a specific region on the battery geometry. Four heat sink designs were modeled in COMSOL Multiphysics to optimize cooling. The third model concept (Model 3) was chosen as the best model because it cooled the battery to the lowest temperature with the lowest pressure drop.
Research Sponsor
Dr. Siamak Farhad
Recommended Citation
Irvine, Dylan; Foreman, Evan; Remington, Christopher B.; Jackson, Aaron; and Endrizzi, Sam, "Designing a Heat Sink for Lithium-ion Battery Packs in Electric Vehicles" (2015). Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects. 48.
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/honors_research_projects/48
Included in
Automotive Engineering Commons, Computer-Aided Engineering and Design Commons, Heat Transfer, Combustion Commons