Investigation on the effect of addition of nano-titanium oxide particles to phase change material in a hybrid system for battery cooling under constant heat flux

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1 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kashan

2 School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Increasing lithium-ion batteries temperature is known as a challenge. In this research, by completing a hybrid heat management system, the effect of adding Nano-titanium oxide particles to paraffin phase change material was investigated on the cooling performance of battery in two constant heat flux, 4.5 and 14 Watts. The hybrid system consists of nano-paraffin and copper metal foam with two working fluids as air and water. For air as working fluid, battery temperature in pure paraffin and nano-paraffins 1, 2, 3 and 4% became 56.2°C, 51.8°C, 50.7°C, 49.3°C and 48°C, respectively. From investigated cases, nano-paraffin 4% had the most decreasing temperature comparing to pure paraffin which was about 17%. Hybrid system with copper foam, nano-paraffin and working fluid as pure water tested in Reynolds numbers 420, 600 and 720. It is shown that the battery temperature reached  stable temperatures of 48°C, 46°C and 44°C respectively, which comparing to the pure paraffin case, temperatures reduced by 11%, 12% and 12.5% respectively. Therefore, due to the low thermal conductivity of paraffin, the addition of nanoparticles to phase change materials is beneficial.

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Amirkabir Journal of Mechanical Engineering
Volume 53, Issue 7
October 2021
Pages 4379-4396

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