Preparation of a novel composite phase change material (PCM) and its locally enhanced heat transfer for power battery module

2019 ◽  
Vol 180 ◽  
pp. 1196-1202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deqiu Zou ◽  
Xiaoshi Liu ◽  
Ruijun He ◽  
SiXian Zhu ◽  
Jiaming Bao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Phase Change ◽  
Phase Change Material ◽  
Enhanced Heat Transfer ◽  
Power Battery ◽  
Composite Phase Change Material ◽  
Change Material ◽  
Battery Module

Nanoparticle enhanced paraffin and tailing ceramic composite phase change material for thermal energy storage

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (9) ◽  
pp. 4547-4557
Author(s):  
Runfeng Li ◽  
Yang Zhou ◽  
Xili Duan
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Energy Storage ◽  
Phase Change ◽  
Phase Change Material ◽  
Ceramic Composite ◽  
Physical Stability ◽  
Enhanced Heat Transfer ◽  
Composite Phase Change Material ◽  
Change Material ◽  
Transfer Properties

A nanoparticle-paraffin-tailing ceramic composite phase change material is developed with good chemical and physical stability and enhanced heat transfer properties.

Numerical Simulation of Melting in Metal Foam/Paraffin Composite Phase Change Material Using a Physically More Reasonable Macroscale Model

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuanpeng Yao ◽  
Huiying Wu
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Phase Change ◽  
Phase Change Material ◽  
Metal Foam ◽  
Phase Interface ◽  
Change Model ◽  
Composite Phase Change Material ◽  
Convection Dominated ◽  
Change Material ◽  
Change Problem

Abstract In this work, a macroscale model for melting phase change of metal foam/paraffin composite phase change material (MFPC) is developed by employing the enthalpy-porosity method and volume averaging technique. Both cases of varied and unvaried paraffin density during phase change are investigated in the model, and diffusion dominated interstitial heat exchange between paraffin and metal foam is considered along with the convection dominated interstitial heat transfer. The visualization experiments on melting phase change of copper foam/paraffin composite are carried out to validate the developed phase change model. It is found that with consideration of varied density of paraffin, the developed model can effectively solve the real melting problem of MFPC when metal foam is initially filled with solid paraffin. If the Boussinesq approximation is employed (i.e., unvaried paraffin density is considered during phase change), the model is more appropriate for the phase change problem on condition that metal foam can just be filled with liquid paraffin in the end of the melting process. Hence according to different treatments of paraffin density, the application of the phase change model needs to consider the influence of real paraffin filling condition of MFPC. The phase change model considering diffusion dominated interstitial heat transfer between stationary paraffin and metal foam can more accurately capture the solid-liquid phase interface positions as compared with the model only considering the convection dominated interstitial heat transfer. The present study can provide guidance for physically more reasonable simulation of the practical phase change problem of MFPC.

A Study on Melting Phenomena and Enhanced Heat Transfer of Phase Change Material by Ultrasonic Vibrations

2007 ◽  
Vol 345-346 ◽  
pp. 889-892 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ho Dong Yang ◽  
Yool Kwon Oh
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Phase Change ◽  
Phase Change Material ◽  
Fluid Dynamic ◽  
Computational Simulation ◽  
Melting Time ◽  
Liquid Region ◽  
Ultrasonic Vibrations ◽  
Enhanced Heat Transfer ◽  
Change Material

This study focused on observing the melting phenomena and investigated a principle factor of enhanced heat transfer in phase change material when the ultrasonic vibrations were applied during the melting process. For visualization, particle image velocimetry and thermal-vision camera for observing the flow phenomenon was used. Also, experiments were performed to obtain the experimental results such as melting time and temperature distribution. Besides, structural vibration simulator which is applying a coupled finite element-boundary element method (Coupled FE-BEM) was used for calculation of acoustic pressure occurred by ultrasonic vibrations in liquid region. The results of experimental and numerical observations show that acoustic streaming induced by ultrasonic vibrations is one of the prime effects acoustically enhanced phase change heat transfer and help to accelerate the melting of phase change material. Also, the application technique of visualization and computational simulation introduced in this study is very useful and important to analyze the mechanical behavior of material in a fast fluid dynamic or acoustic field.

scholarly journals Experimental Investigation on Thermal Management of Electric Vehicle Battery Module with Paraffin/Expanded Graphite Composite Phase Change Material

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiangyun Zhang ◽  
Xinxi Li ◽  
Fengqi He ◽  
Jieshan He ◽  
Zhaoda Zhong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Change ◽  
Phase Change Material ◽  
Thermal Management ◽  
Expanded Graphite ◽  
Peak Temperature ◽  
Maximum Temperature ◽  
Air Cooling ◽  
Composite Phase Change Material ◽  
Change Material ◽  
Battery Module

The temperature has to be controlled adequately to maintain the electric vehicles (EVs) within a safety range. Using paraffin as the heat dissipation source to control the temperature rise is developed. And the expanded graphite (EG) is applied to improve the thermal conductivity. In this study, the paraffin and EG composite phase change material (PCM) was prepared and characterized. And then, the composite PCM have been applied in the 42110 LiFePO4 battery module (48 V/10 Ah) for experimental research. Different discharge rate and pulse experiments were carried out at various working conditions, including room temperature (25°C), high temperature (35°C), and low temperature (−20°C). Furthermore, in order to obtain the practical loading test data, a battery pack with the similar specifications by 2S∗2P with PCM-based modules were installed in the EVs for various practical road experiments including the flat ground, 5°, 10°, and 20° slope. Testing results indicated that the PCM cooling system can control the peak temperature under 42°C and balance the maximum temperature difference within 5°C. Even in extreme high-discharge pulse current process, peak temperature can be controlled within 50°C. The aforementioned results exhibit that PCM cooling in battery thermal management has promising advantages over traditional air cooling.

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