Solid-State Thermal Management for Lithium-Ion EV Batteries

Battery thermal management system (BTMS) is essential for electric-vehicle (EV) and hybrid-vehicle (HV) battery packs to operate effectively in all climates. Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries offer many advantages to the EV such as high power and high specific energy. However, temperature affects their performance, safety, and productive life. This paper is about the design and evaluation of a BTMS based on the Peltier effect heat pumps. The discharge efficiency of a 60-Ah prismatic Li-ion pouch cell was measured under different rates and different ambient temperature values. The obtained results were used to design a solid-state BTMS based on Peltier thermoelectric coolers (TECs). The proposed BTMS is then modeled and evaluated at constant current discharge in the laboratory. In addition, The BTMS was installed in an EV that was driven in the US06 cycle. The thermal response and the energy consumption of the proposed BTMS were satisfactory.