• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.622-629
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• 2020

The performance and cost of electric vehicles (EVs) are much influenced by the performance and service life of the Li-ion battery system. In particular, the cell performance and reliability of Li-ion battery packs are highly dependent on their operating temperature. Therefore, a novel battery thermal management is crucial for Li-ion batteries owing to heat dissipation effects on their performance. Among various types of battery thermal management systems (BTMS'), the phase change material (PCM) based BTMS is considered to be a promising cooling system in terms of guaranteeing the performance and reliability of Li-ion batteries. This work is mainly concerned with the basic research on PCM based BTMS. In this paper, a basic experimental study on PCM based battery cooling system was performed. The main purpose of the present study is to present a comparison of two PCM-based cooling systems (n-Eicosane and n-Docosane) of the unit 18650 battery module. To this end, the simplified PCM-based Li-ion battery module with two 18650 batteries was designed and fabricated. The thermal behavior (such as temperature rise of the battery pack) with various discharge rates (c-rate) was mainly investigated and compared for two types of battery systems employing PCM-based cooling. It is considered that the results obtained from this study provide good fundamental data on screening the appropriate PCMs for future research on PCM based BTMS for EV applications.

• 한국지열·수열에너지학회논문집
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2024

The introduction of the sector coupling concept has expanded the scope of ESS utilization, resulting in the importance of thermal management of ESS. To ensure the safe use of the lithium-ion batteries that are used in ESS, it is important to use the batteries at the optimal temperature. To examine the utilization of liquid cooling in ESS, numerical study was conducted on the thermal characteristics of 21700 battery modules (16S2P array) during liquid cooling using Novec-649 as insulating fluid. The NTGK model, an MSMD model in ANSYS fluent, was used to investigate thermal characteristics on the battery modules with liquid immersion cooling. The results show that the final temperature of the battery module discharged at 5 C-rate is 68.9℃ using natural convection and 48.3℃ using liquid cooling. However, the temperature difference among cells in the battery module was up to 0.5℃ when using natural convection cooling and 5.8℃ when using liquid cooling, respectively, indicating that the temperature difference among cells was significantly increased when liquid cooling was used. As the mass flow rate increased from 0.01 kg/s to 0.05 kg/s, the average temperature of the battery module decreased from 48.3℃ to 38.4℃, confirming that increasing the mass flow rate of the insulating fluid improves the performance of liquid immersion cooling. Although partial liquid immersion cooling has a high cooling performance compared to natural convection cooling, the temperature difference between modules was up to 8.9℃, indicating that the thermal stress of the battery cells increased.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.2545-2552
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 전기구동 자동차에 동력원으로 사용되는 고전압 및 고용량 배터리의 고효율 운전을 위하여 배터리 열관리 시스템 기술을 소개하고 이론적 설계 방법에 소개하고 한다. 이를 위하여 전기구동 자동차의 배터리로 많이 사용되는 리튬이온 배터리의 고효율 운전을 위한 발열 모델링을 제시하였고, 열원의 종류에 따른 냉방 및 난방 시스템 설계를 에너지 평형식을 이용하여 부하를 계산하였다. 특히, 리튬이온 배터리의 발열 모델링을 이용하여 충전 및 방전 시 발열 반응열과 혹서기 및 혹한기시 배터리 작동의 최적 온도를 유지하기 위한 냉방과 난방 설계 기술을 제시하였다. 전기구동 자동차 종류에 따라 배터리 사용 비중이 다르기 때문에 효율적인 배터리 열관리를 위하여 계절별 및 작동 모드별 부하에 따른 배터리 열관리 기술을 제안하였다. 또한, 냉방 부하가 가장 큰 여름철 동일 조건에서 외부 공기 온도가 같다고 가정하면 냉방 능력은 수랭식 냉매 방법이 가장 크며 공랭식 방법이 가장 작게 나타난다.

• 한국가시화정보학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.104-114
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• 2024

To effectively control heat generation resulting from advancements in fast discharging technology for electric vehicle batteries, hybrid Battery Thermal Management Systems (BTMS) are gaining attention. In this study, a BTMS combining Phase Change Material (PCM) with Oscillating Heat Pipe (OHP) was designed. During the phase change process of the PCM, the maximum battery temperature increased slowly. Additionally, due to the excellent heat transfer capability of the OHP, the PCM/OHP BTMS delayed the time when the maximum battery temperature exceeded 50 ℃ by 810 s compared to the PCM/copper fin BTMS, resulting in the maximum battery temperature that was 41.29 ℃ lower at 3600 s. Furthermore, in the section where the latent heat of the PCM had the greatest impact, the slope of the battery temperature difference was 0.0017 lower than that of the PCM/copper fin BTMS. Therefore, the PCM/OHP BTMS demonstrates its potential as a viable hybrid BTMS.

• Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.12-20
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• 2019

An energy storage system consisting of a battery and a power-to-methanol (PtM) unit was investigated to develop an energy storage system for renewable energy systems. A nonlinear programming model was established to optimize the energy storage system. The optimal installation capacities of the battery and power-to-methanol units were determined to minimize the cost of the energy system. The cost from a renewable energy system was assessed for four configurations, with or without energy storage units, of the battery and the power-to-methanol unit. The proposed model was applied to the modified electricity supply and demand based on published data. The results show that value-adding units, such as PtM, need be included to build a stable renewable energy system. This work will significantly contribute to the advancement of electricity supply and demand management and to the establishment of a nationwide policy for renewable energy storage.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.119-124
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• 2022

하이브리드 자동차 및 전기 자동차(하이브리드 및 전기자동차)용 배터리 팩은 고용량 대면적 셀을 적용하기 때문에 배터리 셀의 평균 온도는 중요한 관리 기준이 된다. 최근에는, 배터리 충전시간을 줄이기 위한 고속 충전 기술이 요구되고 있으며, 이에 따른 셀과 전장부품의 발열로 인해 배터리 팩 성능 및 수명의 저하가 발생한다. 따라서, 고속 충전에 따른 배터리 팩의 성능저하를 방지하기 위해 효과적인 배터리 냉각시스템이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 파우치형 고속 충전용 배터리 셀 적용 냉각시스템 및 모듈 설계를 도출하고 배터리의 효율을 극대화할 수 있는 냉각성능을 분석하였다. 베이퍼챔버 냉각시스템을 적용한 모듈의 온도 편차 분석 결과 모듈 내 온도 편차는 5.82 ℃로 기존 알루미늄 냉각판 대비 낮은 온도를 보여 우수한 냉각시스템 효과를 보였다.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.153-160
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• 2015

Hybrid Electric Vehicles(HEVs) have seriously come into prevalence recently as car manufacturers and consumers have become more aware of the environmental and economic problems of conventional vehicles. For the alternative power-train and battery cooling systems in HEVs, an effective thermal management system is required, and many automakers are interested in using Brushless DC(BLDC) motors for cooling fans for the overall traction unit's performance and energy saving capability. This paper presents the development status of BLDC motors as major parts of the power-train, i.e. the engine cooling and battery cooling fans of HEVs. A design that uses BLDC motors for the power-train and each battery cooling fan, is successfully implemented through using electro-magnetic analysis, and prototype BLDC motors are examined. As experimental results, the BLDC motors achieved an efficiency of 85% as engine cooling fans and 72% as a battery thermal management fan motor. The electric cogging noise is significantly reduced by changing the skew of the slot pitch angle and optimizing the magnetic shape.

• 에너지공학
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.57-61
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• 2014

자동차산업이 해결해야 할 과제로서 석유에너지의 소비증가와, $CO_2$ 배출에의한 지구온난화, 배기가스 배출에 의한 도시부 대기오염 등에 대한 대처가 필요한 시점이다. 이들의 해법으로 시장에서 높은 평가를 받고 있는 전기자동차의 필요성이 대두되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 전기자동차 모터, 배터 리 및 구동모터를 포함한 고전압 핵심부품들의 효율적인 열관리 기술, 배터리 및 구동모터의 열관리 기술 및 개발동향을 알아보고자 한다.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.152-159
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• 2001

전기자동차의 성능은 축전지의 성능에 의해 크게 좌우된다. 그러므로 우수한 성능과 높은 신뢰성을 가진 전기자동차를 개발하기 위해서는 다양한 운영조건에서 축전지가 최대의 성능을 가질 수 있게 잘 관리되어야 한다. 축전지의 성능 향상은 축전지 관리 시스템(BMS)의 적용에 의해 달성될 수 있으며 BMS는 축전지의 상태 감시뿐만 아니라 축전지의 충전 및 방전을 최적화하는 중요한 역할을 수행한다. 이 연구에서는 전기자동차에 적용된 니켈 메탈하이드라이드 전지(Ni/MH battery) 이용을 최대화하기 위한 역할을 수행하는 BMS를 개발하였다 이 시스템은 축전지의 충전 및 방전 제어, 과충전 및 과방전 방지, 잔존용량 계산 및 표시, 안전관리 및 열관리 등의 기능을 가진다. 금번 개발된 BMS를 대우자동차와 고등기술원이 공동 개발한 DEV5-5전기자동차에 장착하여 시험을 수행하였다. 이 차량에는 파나소닉사의 12V-95Ah사양의 Ni/MH battery 18모듈이 적용되었다 시험결과 이 시스템은 $3\%$ 이내의 높은 정확성을 가지고 있으며 우수한 신뢰성을 나타내었다. 이 BMS는 전기자동차의 신뢰성과 안전도뿐만 아니라 Ni/MH battery pack의 성능과 수명을 향상시킬 것이다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.407-418
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• 2017

Battery heat management is essential for high power and high energy battery system because it affects its performance, longevity, and safety. In this paper, we investigated the temperature of the 18650 Lithium Ion Battery Module used in a Energy Storage System (ESS) and the cooling method to minimize cell-to-cell temperature variation of battery module. For uniform temperature distribution within a battery module, the flow direction of the coolant in a battery module has been changed according to the time interval, and studied the effect of the cooling method on the temperature uniformity in a battery module which includes a number of battery cells. The experimental results show that bi-directional battery cooling method can effectively reduce the cell-to-cell temperature variation compared with the one-directional battery cooling. Furthermore, it is also found that bi-directional battery cooling can reduce the maximum temperature in a battery module.