外文资料Thermal properties of paraffingraphite composite phase change materials in battery thermal management system.pdfVIP

Thermal properties of paraffin/graphite composite phase change materials in battery thermal management system Z. H. Rao, G. Q. Zhang* and Z. J. Wu The thermal properties of paraffin/graphite composite phase change materials for power nickel metal hydride batteries were experimentally investigated. Two different modes for heat dissipation were designed in this experimental study: air cooling and cooling with phase change materials. Paraffin/graphite composite phase change thermal energy storage materials were prepared and tested by differential scanning calorimetry. It appeared that the battery thermal management system with phase change materials had better performance than air cooling, especially when the scale of paraffin/graphite composite material approximates 4 : 1. Keywords: Power batteries, Phase change materials, Battery thermal management system, Thermal properties, Thermal conductivity Introduction PCM is not sufficient for high heat fluxes, while composite materials have been widely used, in the civil The automotive market demands high specific power and and ocean engineering fields as well as in aerospace and high specific energy density batteries to meet the automobile industries.6 Much attention has been paid to operational needs of electrical vehicles without adding composite PCM in recent years, which represents a substantial weight to the vehicle.1 Nickel metal hydride rational alternative to traditional PCM. Several compo- (NiMH) and Li ion batteries have demonstrated superior site PCMs have been found to exhibit many desirable performance compared to other power batteries. NiMH characteristics, such as high heat of fusion, varied phase batteries are currently