Thermal Management of New Energy Vehicles

Dear Colleagues,

In the past one hundred years, the vigorous development of automotive engineering strongly promoted the rapid development of industrial civilization and profoundly changed the road transport industry. In recent decades, the breakthroughs in key energy storage technologies, such as Li-ion batteries, have made power batteries possible. More and more vehicles with new architectures have been developed. These new vehicles, which are different from traditional IC engine vehicles, are called "New Energy vehicles".

As one of the important development directions of new energy vehicles, vehicle electrification has attracted more and more attention from researchers in related fields. However, the pursuit of a higher power density and horsepower will inevitably lead to vehicle thermal management becoming an important issue. We need to further discuss and design a better thermal management system for the battery, motor, power electronic equipment, cabin, and other components, as well as for the whole vehicle. Relevant research provides excellent solutions for the hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electric vehicle industries, effectively promoting the popularization of new energy vehicles.

In this Special Issue, "Thermal Management of New Energy Vehicles", original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Efficient control strategies of component thermal management systems;
• Thermophysical models of key components of new energy vehicles;
• Advanced thermal management system architecture;
• New heat-conducting materials for new energy vehicles;
• Optimization and improvement of current thermal management systems;
• Research on the heating principle and characteristics of batteries;
• Design of cabin temperature control and air-conditioning thermal management systems;
• Simulation of component/vehicle thermal management systems;
• Fuel cells with combined heat and power (CHP).

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Lingfeng Shi
Prof. Dr. Ya-Xiong Wang
Guest Editors

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