Effective modeling of temperature effects on lithium polymer cells

The availability of an accurate model capable of simulating the dynamic behavior of a cell is important for sizing and controlling the battery for electric and hybrid vehicle. Moreover, including the thermal behavior of cell into the model is very useful when designing the battery pack layout and its cooling system. This work shows the characterization and modeling of a commercial Lithium-Polymer Cell. Particular attention has been paid to consider the thermal effects on the model parameters. The developed model has been used to predict the cell behavior in different operating conditions and the simulated data has been compared to equivalent experimental ones.