Presentation
Battery thermal management for hybrid electric vehicles using a phase-change material cold plate
ASME 2013 Heat Transfer Summer Conference collocated with the ASME 2013 7th International Conference on Energy Sustainability and the ASME 2013 11th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology
(2013)
Abstract
A novel liquid-cooled (50-50 ethylene glycol-water mixture) composite cold plate made of phase-change material (PCM) is proposed as a thermal management solution for energy storage systems (ESS) in hybrid-electric vehicles (HEV). The composite cold plate is lighter than a traditional aluminum cold plate and able to absorb high heat flux spikes. Furthermore, the pump operation time is reduced. The goal of the present study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a preliminary PCM cold plate subjected to constant heat flux. The inlet temperature of the working fluid is parametrically varied and results include PCM temperatures and pump operation times.
Keywords
- Phase change materials,
- Hybrid electric vehicles,
- Thermal management,
- Batteries
Disciplines
Publication Date
July 14, 2013
Location
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
DOI
10.1115/HT2013-17008
Citation Information
Sandra Boetcher, Marc Compere, Domenic Barsotti, William Townsend Hyatt, et al.. "Battery thermal management for hybrid electric vehicles using a phase-change material cold plate" ASME 2013 Heat Transfer Summer Conference collocated with the ASME 2013 7th International Conference on Energy Sustainability and the ASME 2013 11th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology (2013) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/marc_compere/14/