Project Overview
- Target: Mitigate thermal control and safety challenges in electric vehicle $LiFePO_4$ battery packs by maintaining optimal operating temperatures (25–40°C) and minimizing thermal gradients under high (4C) discharge rates.
- Approach: Integrated a multi-scale computational framework coupling electrochemical kinetics (Multi-purpose Battery Model and NTGK) with 3D conjugate heat transfer liquid-cooling CFD simulations in ANSYS Fluent and COMSOL.
- Achievements: Developed an optimized variable-amplitude sinusoidal channel cold-plate design that limits the total pack temperature gradient to less than 5 K while maintaining an energy-efficient hydraulic pressure drop of roughly 20 Pa.
