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Electro-Thermal Analysis of Lithium Ion Batteries: Experimental and Numerical study. Gad A. Pinhasi. The Israeli Fuel Cell and Batteries Center (IFCBC) Conference 26 January 2011, Tel Aviv University. Outline. The Objective The Project Background Internal Resistance Heat Generation
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Electro-Thermal Analysis of Lithium Ion Batteries: Experimental and Numerical study Gad A. Pinhasi The Israeli Fuel Cell and Batteries Center (IFCBC) Conference 26 January 2011, Tel Aviv University
Outline • The Objective • The Project • Background • Internal Resistance • Heat Generation • The Study • Experimental Setup • Calorimeter • Models • Lumped heat model • CFC model • Results • Cell • Battery • Pack 4 • Conclusions • Summery
The Objective • Thermal Analysis and Design of a Large Battery Pack. • To evaluate the heat generation and temperature field under various electrical loads and design specifications. • Safety: Thermal Runaway • Max. Temperature restriction: • “Passive cooling” solutions
The Project • Evaluation of Heat Generation: • Source term • Experimentally • Calculation of the Temperature Field • Numerically • Cell, Battery, Packs : 4, 92
Introduction • Evaluation of Heat Generation • Experimentally • Calculation of the temperature field • Numerically • Model Approaches • Thermal characterization • Battery Internal Resistance
Model Approaches • Fundamental models • physical foundations principles • Transport Phenomena • Phenomenological models • Equivalent circuit models
Thermal characterization • The heat produced due to: • Joule heat of the electrical resistance • Polarization heat • Reaction heat • initially exothermic during discharge • reversible
Battery Internal Resistance • The cell voltage under load is : • Open circuit voltage • Internal Ohmic resistance • “Concentration polarization” • “Charge transfer polarization” • Methods for Determining the Internal Resistance • Ohm’s Law • Joule’s Law • AC Resistance • Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS)
Internal Resistance Dependence • Temperature • Decreasing with Temperature • State of Charge (SoC) • State of Health (SoH) Yurkovich et al. (2009)
Joule heat of the electrical resistance Open circuit voltage Internal Resistance and Heat Generation
Experimental Setup Liquid Bath Dewar: Calorimeter FLUKE: Data Acquisition Cell/ Battery/ Pack Charge/ Load Charge Load Temperature Data logger Silicone Fluid Dow Corning DC‑200/100 cSt
Calorimeter: • Batch / Continuous Flow (SHC) Calorimeter Tw,out Tw,in Toil,in
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Partial differential equations (PDEs) solvers: Fluid Mechanics Heat Transfer Mass Transfer (Diffusion) Chemical reactions COMSOL Multiphysics Batteries & Fuel Cells Module ANSYS CFX FLUENT ToolsNumerical Study:
T T1 Cell T3 T2 q”’ 24 U3 q”’ U23 U12 Battery 91 The Lumped Model • Cells • Battery Medium • Pack Medium • Heat Transfer Mechanisms
Results • Cell • Temperature history • Heat Generation and SOC • Battery • The Pack • Electrical resistance • Open-circuit voltage • Heat Generation
Samsung 18650 • ICR18650-26C 2600m Li-ion 3.7v Battery • Brand :Samsung • Nominal voltage : 3.7V • Capacity: 2.6Ahr • Size 18mm x 65.0mm • Weight : 48g/pcs • Made in JAPAN
Cell Heat Generation and SOC 2.6A 1A
YT-600 4 Batteries 2791 4P Voltage: 16.8 Volts Capacity: 57.6Ahr Pack 4
Current: 32A Temperature Battery inside Battery Gap Surrounding water Electrical voltage Electrical Power Heat Power Pack 4 zeros
Experiment vs. Simulation Medium Effect: air/oil Pack 4: Simulation
Experiment vs. Simulation • Points: • Battery inside • Battery Gap Experiment Simulation 0.6W/cell
Experiment vs. Simple model • Points: • Battery inside • Battery Gap 0.6W/cell 24
Oil Air Pack 4: Medium Effect: 32A100min Tmax: 51ºC Tmax: 96ºC
Summary • The heat generation and temperature field for battery packs were evaluated theoretically and experimentally • Internal resistance of a cell was determined by current step methods and thermal loss methods. • Future Work: • Heat generation Correlation • Dynamic models • Fundamental models
People • Dr. Gad Pinhasi • Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology • Dr. Alon Kuperman • Department of Electrical Engineering • Neria Roth • (M.Sc. Student) Experimental Study • Itshak Shtainbach • (M.Sc. Student) Numerical Study
Acknowledgment The research is supported by the ISRAEL Ministry of Defense : MAFAT
Roth, N., Shtainbach, T., Kuperman, A. and Pinhasi, G.A., "Electro-thermal Analysis of Lithium Ion Batteries: Experimental and Numerical study”, The 31st Israeli Conference on Mechanical Engineering - ICME 2010 , Dan Panorama Hotel, Tel-Aviv 2-3 June 2010. The 47th annual meeting of the IIChE, 2010. The Israeli Fuel Cell and Batteries Center (IFCBC) Conference, 2011 Conferences