Heat pipe based battery thermal management: Evaluating the potential of two novel battery pack integrations

Lithium-ion batteries are widely used in high power applications and, with more industries focusing on the electrification of their processes, need for an effective battery thermal management system is growing. The use a serves multiple purposes such as safeguarding from catastrophic runaway and increasing lifespan pack. In present paper, sixteen-cell module, by two different configurations heat pipe based system, investigated experimentally. first configuration, module fixed top single horizontal ‘heat mat’. second configuration consists sandwiched between vertical mats. comparison cooling performances these showed ability to efficiently absorb generated cells maintain temperatures close ideal operating range. During representative cycles operation, maximum cell temperature was kept below 28.5 °C 24.5 mat respectively. uniformity across stays +/-1 range, which will reduce voltage imbalance, loss useable capacity non-uniform ageing. difference height 6 2 one. part this paper compares removed both when loaded quasi-steady-state generation. third study uses faster (6C) charge rate during cycle shows that 30 28