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Research on temperature control performance of battery thermal management system composited with multi-channel parallel liquid cooling and air cooling

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Power battery is the core parts of electric vehicle, which directly affects the safety and usability of electric vehicle. Aiming at the problems of heat dissipation and temperature uniformity of battery module, a battery thermal management system composited with multi-channel parallel liquid cooling and air cooling is proposed. Firstly, the simulation model of composite system is established from the system level, and the corresponding thermal performance is analyzed under different ambient temperature and charge/discharge rate. Then, the thermal management system is optimized from the aspect of coolant flow direction and control strategy. The results show that changing the coolant flow direction can reduce the temperature difference of the battery module to within 3°C, but it is not conducive to controlling the maximum temperature of the battery. With the intelligent PID control strategy, the temperature of the battery fluctuates smoothly and stays between 41 and 42°C, and the temperature of the battery module is more evenly distributed with the temperature difference within 2°C.

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The authors acknowledge the support provided by the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province of China (No. E2016402066).

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    Meng Li, Fei Liu, Bing Han, Jiale Guo & Yalong Xu

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Li, M., Liu, F., Han, B. et al. Research on temperature control performance of battery thermal management system composited with multi-channel parallel liquid cooling and air cooling. Ionics 27, 2685–2695 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-021-04033-w

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