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Thermal Characteristics of Batteries 2019

A special issue of Batteries (ISSN 2313-0105).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (27 November 2019) | Viewed by 20786

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Noshin Omar

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Research Group MOBI—Mobility, Logistics and Automotive Technology Research Centre, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium
Interests: batteries; energy storage; physics based modelling; battery systems; thermal modeling
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Dr. Joris Jaguemont

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Battery Innovation Centre (BIC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussel, Belgium
Interests: characterization, electrical, thermal, electrochemical and lifetime modeling of various rechargeable energy storage systems
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

As an alternative to gasoline fuel, rechargeable energy storage systems (RESS) have garnered the attention of automotive industries since the last decade. A growing number of electric vehicles (EV) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) in the present market depicts the rapid growing demand. Being of superior performance, in terms of high power and energy density, EV and HEV manufacturers largely depends on lithium-ion batteries as the rechargeable energy source. However, automotive applications require batteries with high performance, as well as with a high level of safety. For instance, heat generated within the cell is one of the major concerns for safety and performance of the battery cell. Total heat generation within the cell can generally be attributed to the contributions of reversible heat (entropic heat components related to the electrochemical reactions) and irreversible heat (ohmic and polarization resistance heat components). On the one hand, high cell temperature, even locally, can have a detrimental influence on the cell performance; for instance, cycle life of the cell can be heavily influenced leading to accelerated ageing of the cell. On the other hand, excessive and uncontrolled heat can lead to thermal runway and ultimately may lead to explosion of the cell. Therefore, understanding, monitoring and optimizing the operating temperature of the cell during operation are of crucial importance. In this Special Issue, we welcome review articles and original research papers focusing on recent progress and developments in the field of battery thermal studies.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Battery thermal characteristics
  • Novel battery thermal characterization techniques
  • Impact of aging on battery thermal management design
  • Battery thermal management concepts and design
  • Battery thermal modelling
  • Development of safety functions
  • Safety investigation

Prof. Noshin Omar
Dr. Joris Jaguemont
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The Impact of Environmental Factors on the Thermal Characteristic of a Lithium–ion Battery
by Gerd Liebig, Ulf Kirstein, Stefan Geißendörfer, Omio Zahid, Frank Schuldt and Carsten Agert
Batteries 2020, 6(1), 3; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries6010003 - 2 Jan 2020
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To draw reliable conclusions about the thermal characteristic of or a preferential cooling strategy for a lithium–ion battery, the correct set of thermal input parameters and a detailed battery layout is crucial. In our previous work, an electrochemical model for a commercially-available, 40 [...] Read more.
To draw reliable conclusions about the thermal characteristic of or a preferential cooling strategy for a lithium–ion battery, the correct set of thermal input parameters and a detailed battery layout is crucial. In our previous work, an electrochemical model for a commercially-available, 40 Ah prismatic lithium–ion battery was validated under heuristic temperature dependence. In this work the validated electrochemical model is coupled to a spatially resolved, three dimensional (3D), thermal model of the same battery to evaluate the thermal characteristics, i.e., thermal barriers and preferential heat rejection patterns, within common environment layouts. We discuss to which extent the knowledge of the batteries’ interior layout can be constructively used for the design of an exterior battery thermal management. It is found from the study results that: (1) Increasing the current rate without considering an increased heat removal flux at natural convection at higher temperatures will lead to increased model deviations; (2) Centralized fan air-cooling within a climate chamber in a multi cell test arrangement can lead to significantly different thermal characteristics at each battery cell; (3) Increasing the interfacial surface area, at which preferential battery interior and exterior heat rejection match, can significantly lower the temperature rise and inhomogeneity within the electrode stack and increase the batteries’ lifespan. Full article
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Parameterization and Validation of an Electrochemical Thermal Model of a Lithium-Ion Battery
by Gerd Liebig, Gaurav Gupta, Ulf Kirstein, Frank Schuldt and Carsten Agert
Batteries 2019, 5(3), 62; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries5030062 - 6 Sep 2019
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The key challenge in developing a physico-chemical model is the model parameterization. The paper presents a strategic model parameterization procedure, parameter values, and a developed model that allows simulating electrochemical and thermal behavior of a commercial lithium-ion battery with high accuracy. Steps taken [...] Read more.
The key challenge in developing a physico-chemical model is the model parameterization. The paper presents a strategic model parameterization procedure, parameter values, and a developed model that allows simulating electrochemical and thermal behavior of a commercial lithium-ion battery with high accuracy. Steps taken are the analysis of geometry details by opening a battery cell under argon atmosphere, building upon reference data of similar material compositions, incorporating cell balancing by a quasi-open-circuit-voltage experiment, and adapting the battery models reaction kinetics behavior by comparing experiment and simulation of an electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and hybrid pulse power characterization. The electrochemical-thermal coupled model is established based on COMSOL Multiphysics® platform (Stockholm, Sweden) and validated via experimental methods. The parameterized model was adopted to analyze the heat dissipation sources based on the internal states of the battery at different operation modes. Simulation in the field of thermal management for lithium-ion batteries highly depends on state of charge-related thermal issues of the incorporated cell composition. The electrode balancing is an essential step to be performed in order to address the internal battery states realistically. The individual contribution of the cell components heat dissipation has significant influence on the temperature distribution pattern based on the kinetic and thermodynamic properties. Full article
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