Thermal behavior of overcharged nickel/metal hydride batteries

This work provides a two-dimensional thermal model for cylinder Ni/MH battery. Thermal model is developed to analyze the thermal behavior of the battery when charged and overcharged. Quantity of heat and heat generation rate of the battery during charge and overcharge period are studied by quartz frequency microcalorimeter. Heat generation curve is fitted into a function, and heat transport equation is solved. Analysis with the model and experiment show that temperature rise is about 3 °C and difference between the model and the experiment is no more than 0.1 °C.