Electric Vehicle Battery Pack Design for Mitigating Thermal Runaway Propagation

Ewan Copsey, Hongjian Sun, Jing Jiang

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Abstract

The production of electric vehicle battery packs with ever-increasing energy densities has accelerated the electrification of the world’s automotive industry. With increased attention on the electric vehicle markets, it is vital to increase the safety of these vehicles which now hold higher hazardous potential. This paper aims to explore the field of pack-level thermal runaway mechanisms and evaluate potential mitigation strategies. Most available literature concentrates on the micromanagement of thermal runaway whereas this paper takes a more holistic approach. Thermal simulations for analysing thermal runaway of modules in differing locations are run to characterise the behaviour of a thermal runaway event at pack-level. Results suggest that the propagation of thermal runaway is consistently severe in a cooling plate cooled battery pack as the cooling plate acts as a channel for high temperatures. Additionally, thermal insulation added to contain the rapid increase in temperature unfortunately results in wider spread higher temperatures.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2022 IEEE 96th Vehicular Technology Conference
Subtitle of host publication(VTC2022-Spring)
Place of PublicationPiscataway, US
PublisherIEEE
Pages1-6
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781665454681
ISBN (Print)9781665454698
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2022
Event 2022 IEEE 96th Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC2022-Fall - Imperial College of London, London: Beijing, United Kingdom
Duration: 26 Sept 202229 Sept 2022
https://events.vtsociety.org/vtc2022-fall/

Conference

Conference 2022 IEEE 96th Vehicular Technology Conference
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityLondon: Beijing
Period26/09/2229/09/22
Internet address

Keywords

  • Electric Vehicle
  • Battery Pack Design
  • Propagation Simulations
  • Thermal Runaway

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