Analysis of Heat Dissipation Performance of Battery Liquid Cooling Plate Based on Bionic Structure
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Structural Modeling and Calculation Settings
2.1. Modeling of Liquid Cooling Plate with Imitation Blood Vessel Structure
2.2. Verification of the Independence of Boundary Conditions and Grid
2.2.1. Boundary Conditions
2.2.2. Grid Independence Verification
3. Simulation Analysis of Liquid Cooling Plate Heat Dissipation
3.1. The Influence of the Pipe Distance at the Coolant Outlet on the Heat Dissipation Performance
3.2. The Influence of Liquid Cooling Plate Thickness on Heat Dissipation Performance
3.3. The Influence of Inner Tube Turning Radius on Heat Dissipation Performance
3.4. The Influence of the Flow Channel Area at the Coolant Outlet on the Heat Dissipation Performance of the Liquid Cooling Plate
3.5. The Influence of the Coolant Mass Flow Rate on the Heat Dissipation Performance of the Liquid Cooling Plate
3.6. Experimental Verification
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameter | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Aluminum | 871 | 202.4 | - | 2719 |
Water | 4182 | 0.6 | 1.003 × 10−4 | 998.2 |
Boundary Conditions | Parameter Value |
---|---|
Inlet mass flow (kg/s) | 0.02 |
Inlet temperature T0 (K) | 300 |
Outlet pressure (Pa) | 0 |
Grid Size/mm | Total Number of Grids | Maximum Temperature (K) | Temperature Difference (°C) |
---|---|---|---|
0.75 | 1,240,995 | 307.11 | 6.44 |
0.7 | 1,498,009 | 307.09 | 6.32 |
0.6 | 2,290,503 | 307.04 | 6.39 |
0.5 | 3,593,672 | 307.05 | 6.43 |
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Li, B.; Wang, W.; Bei, S.; Quan, Z. Analysis of Heat Dissipation Performance of Battery Liquid Cooling Plate Based on Bionic Structure. Sustainability 2022, 14, 5541. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14095541
Li B, Wang W, Bei S, Quan Z. Analysis of Heat Dissipation Performance of Battery Liquid Cooling Plate Based on Bionic Structure. Sustainability. 2022; 14(9):5541. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14095541
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Bo, Wenhao Wang, Shaoyi Bei, and Zhengqiang Quan. 2022. "Analysis of Heat Dissipation Performance of Battery Liquid Cooling Plate Based on Bionic Structure" Sustainability 14, no. 9: 5541. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14095541