PTCME337 Thermal Management of Batteries and Fuel Cells Syllabus:

PTCME337 Thermal Management of Batteries and Fuel Cells Syllabus – Anna University Part time Regulation 2023

COURSE OBJECTIVES

1 To study the working principle of Li-ion Batteries and Battery Packs.
2 To learn the thermal management system in Battery modules.
3 To develop the different case studies in Battery Thermal Management System.
4 To learn the working principle of Fuel Cells cooling methods.
5 To learn the inside components of Thermal Management Systems in various famous Electric and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles.

UNIT – I ADVANCED BATTERIES

Li-ion Batteries- chemistry, different formats, operating areas, efficiency, aging. Battery Management System- Configuration, Characteristics. Tesla Model S- 18650 Cell specifications, P85 Battery Pack mechanical structure, Texas Instruments BMS. Supercapacitors Vs batteries. Diamond battery concepts.

UNIT – II THERMAL MANAGEMENT IN BATTERIES

Thermal Management Systems- impact, Types- Air, Liquid, Direct refrigerant, Heat pipe, Thermo Electric, Phase Change Material Cooling methods. Solid-liquid PCM Types- Organic, Inorganic, Eutectics. PCM Thermal properties and applications. Tesla Model-S Battery Module- bonding techniques, thermal management.

UNIT – III BATTERY THERMAL MANAGEMENT CASE STUDIES

EV Battery Cooling- challenges and solutions. Heat Exchanger Design and Optimization Model for EV Batteries using PCMs- system set up, selection of PCMs. Chevrolet Volt Model Battery Thermal Management System- Case study. Modelling Liquid Cooling of a Li-Ion Battery Pack with COMSOL Multiphysics- simulation concepts.

UNIT – IV THERMAL MANAGEMENT IN FUEL CELLS

Fuel Cells- operating principle, hydrogen-air fuel cell system characteristics, other fuel cell technologies, polarization curves, applications. Fuel cell thermal management- basic model, energy balance, governing equations, characteristic curve, sizing, cooling methods, advantages, restrictions.

UNIT – V FUEL CELL THERMAL MANAGEMENT CASE STUDIES

Fuel cell system- balance of plant- components required. Fuel cell power plant sizing problems- Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Fuel economy calculations-Battery EVs Vs Fuel Cell EVs. Toyota Mirai FCV- Operating principle, High pressure hydrogen tank, Boost convertor, NiMH Battery, Internal circulation system, Hydrogen refueling- Case studies.

TOTAL:45 PERIODS

OUTCOMES:

At the end of the course the students would be able to
1. Discuss the different Li-ion Batteries and Fuel Cell performances.
2. Design a Battery Pack with appropriate PCM.
3. Apply Cooling Models using Simulation
4. Estimate fuel economy.
5. Utilize different Thermal Management System approaches during real world usage.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Ibrahim Dinçer, Halil S. Hamut, and Nader Javani, “Thermal Management of Electric Vehicle Battery Systems’’, Wiley, 2017.
2. Jiuchun Jiang and Caiping Zhang, “Fundamentals and applications of Lithium-Ion batteriesin Electric Drive Vehicles’’, Wiley, 2015.
3. Mehrdad Ehsani, Yimin Gao, Sebastien E. Gay and Ali Emadi, “Modern Electric, Hybrid Electric, and Fuel Cell Vehicles-Fundamentals, Theory, and Design’’, CRC Press, 2005.
4. John G. Hayes and G. Abas Goodarzi, “Electric Powertrain”, Wiley, 2018
5. Davide Andrea, “Battery Management Systems for Large Lithium-Ion Battery Packs” ARTECH House, 2010.

REFERENCES:

1. Nag.P.K, “Engineering Thermodynamics”, 5th Edition, Tata McGraw Hill Education, New Delhi, 2013.
2. “Vehicle thermal Management Systems Conference Proceedings”, 1st Edition; 2013, Coventry Techno centre, UK
3. Younes Shabany,” Heat Transfer: Thermal Management of Electronics Hardcover” 2010, CRC Press.
4. T. Yomi Obidi, “Thermal Management in Automotive applications”, 2015, SAE International.
5. Jerry Sergent, Al Krum, “Thermal Management Handbook: For Electronic Assemblies Hardcover”, 1998, Mc Graw- Hill.