Session: 11-09-02: Phase-Change Processes: Fundamentals and Applications

Paper Number: 144452

144452 - Hybrid Thermal Management Method of Li-Ion Batteries Using Heat Pipes and Pcm for Electric Vehicles 

This study presents an experimental investigation into a new hybrid cooling method for 18650 lithium-ion batteries utilized in electric vehicles (EV). The experimental setup comprises a heater section, a phase change material (PCM) reservoir, and a cooling section. The heater section replicates the heat generated by the batteries and includes two cylindrical aluminum housings with dimensions matching those of an 18650 battery, two cartridge heaters, and an aluminum heat sink. The PCM reservoir is constructed using 3D printed PLA components. A designated air flow channel is designed for the cooling section. Three copper-water heat pipes (HPs) are utilized to transfer heat from the heaters to the air flow channel through the aluminum housings, the heat sink, and the PCM. Aluminum fin jackets are affixed to the HPs within the PCM reservoir and the air flow channel to improve heat transfer. Two cooling scenarios—with and without PCM—are investigated. Temperatures at various locations within the setups are measured and compared under multiple powers of the heat cartridge and air velocities. The findings suggest that the developed hybrid cooling method is thermally efficient in maintaining the battery temperature within an acceptable operating range under the study conditions.

Presenting Author: Nourouddin Sharifi Tarleton State University

Presenting Author Biography: Dr. Nourouddin Sharifi is a tenure-track assistant professor at the Department of Engineering Technology at Tarleton State University at the RELLIS campus. His background is in Thermal-Fluid Sciences, specifically in energy storage and conversion. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Connecticut in 2014. During his Ph.D., he investigated a novel heat pipe-assisted latent heat thermal energy storage system both numerically and experimentally in the renewable energy area. A comprehensive thermal-fluids numerical model of multi-component, multiphase flow was developed and verified by experimental results. He joined the University of Kansas in 2014 as a postdoctoral researcher. His efforts were focused on eliminating water consumption in power plant cooling towers by using a cooling system utilizing a novel heat exchanger. Dr. Sharifi’s research interests include thermal-fluid sciences and applications; energy storage and conversion (thermal, electrical, etc.); biocompatible and implantable electrical energy storage; transport phenomena in multiphase systems; thermal management; phase change; heat pipes; microfluidics; porous medium; hydrogel for cancer tissue; and drug delivery.

Authors:

Nourouddin Sharifi Tarleton State University
Christian Millard Tarleton State University
Ugochukwu Etufugh Tarleton State University
Hamidreza Shabgard University of Oklahoma