Low-Cost Air-Cooling System Optimization on Battery Pack of Electric Vehicle

Robby Dwianto Widyantara; Muhammad Adnan Naufal; Poetro Lebdo Sambegoro; Ignatius Pulung Nurprasetio; Farid Triawan; Djati Wibowo Djamari; Asep Bayu Dani Nandiyanto; Bentang Arief Budiman; Muhammad Aziz

doi:10.3390/en14237954

Energies (Nov 2021)

Low-Cost Air-Cooling System Optimization on Battery Pack of Electric Vehicle

Robby Dwianto Widyantara,
Muhammad Adnan Naufal,
Poetro Lebdo Sambegoro,
Ignatius Pulung Nurprasetio,
Farid Triawan,
Djati Wibowo Djamari,
Asep Bayu Dani Nandiyanto,
Bentang Arief Budiman,
Muhammad Aziz

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Robby Dwianto Widyantara: Faculty of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jl. Ganesha No. 10, Bandung 40132, Indonesia
Muhammad Adnan Naufal: Faculty of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jl. Ganesha No. 10, Bandung 40132, Indonesia
Poetro Lebdo Sambegoro: Faculty of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jl. Ganesha No. 10, Bandung 40132, Indonesia
Ignatius Pulung Nurprasetio: Faculty of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jl. Ganesha No. 10, Bandung 40132, Indonesia
Farid Triawan: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Sampoerna University, Jl. Raya Pasar Minggu No. 16, Jakarta 12780, Indonesia
Djati Wibowo Djamari: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Sampoerna University, Jl. Raya Pasar Minggu No. 16, Jakarta 12780, Indonesia
Asep Bayu Dani Nandiyanto: Departemen Kimia, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Dr. Setiabudi No. 229, Bandung 40154, Indonesia
Bentang Arief Budiman: Faculty of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jl. Ganesha No. 10, Bandung 40132, Indonesia
Muhammad Aziz: Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/en14237954
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 23
p. 7954

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Temperature management for battery packs installed in electric vehicles is crucial to ensure that the battery works properly. For lithium-ion battery cells, the optimal operating temperature is in the range of 25 to 40 °C with a maximum temperature difference among battery cells of 5 °C. This work aimed to optimize lithium-ion battery packing design for electric vehicles to meet the optimal operating temperature using an air-cooling system by modifying the number of cooling fans and the inlet air temperature. A numerical model of 74 V and 2.31 kWh battery packing was simulated using the lattice Boltzmann method. The results showed that the temperature difference between the battery cells decreased with the increasing number of cooling fans; likewise, the mean temperature inside the battery pack decreased with the decreasing inlet air temperature. The optimization showed that the configuration of three cooling fans with 25 °C inlet air temperature gave the best performance with low power required. Even though the maximum temperature difference was still 15 °C, the configuration kept all battery cells inside the optimum temperature range. This finding is helpful to develop a standardized battery packing module and for engineers in designing low-cost battery packing for electric vehicles.

Published in Energies

ISSN: 1996-1073 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies

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