Mechanical Engineering / Makina Mühendisliği

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    Emergence of Elevated Battery Positioning in Air Cooled Battery Packs for Temperature Uniformity in Ultra-Fast Dis/Charging Applications
    (Elsevier, 2022) Göçmen, Sinan; Çetkin, Erdal
    Pure electric vehicles (EVs) are gradually becoming major interest of research in worldwide. Battery cells in EV battery packs must be kept in between the desired operational temperature range (similar to 30 degrees C) and temperature should be homogeneous in packs to eliminate safety risks and prolong battery life. In this study, performance of a novel BTMS design was studied at various discharge conditions with fast and ultra-fast C-rate values. Cooling with natural convection exceeds desired operational temperature in the pack as well as forced air convection in Z-type manifold. Elevated battery positions yield flow resistance along the air channels in between battery cells to be uniform which yields flow rate sweeping the surface of each cell to be the same. Therefore, the maximum temperature in between cells decreases to less than 0.3K from the order of 12K. The temperature uniformity is essential for ageing and electrical resistance of cells to be homogeneous in a pack. In addition, heat transfer enhancement with various fin designs is documented as well as its effect on the temperature distribution. The accuracy of numerical studies is validated by experimental work. The results show that the peak temperature can be kept under the desired operational temperature with minimum deviation in the temperature difference for distinct operation conditions required for advanced electric vehicles (cars, airplanes, helicopters) with extreme charging and discharging capability.
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    Circular and Semi-Circular Constructal Vascular Channels for Cooling and Reduced Stresses
    (Publishing Romanian Academy-Editura Academiei Romane, 2017) Çetkin, Erdal
    In this paper, we show how the vascular channel configuration and its shape affect the mechanical strength which is simultaneously subjected to heating and mechanical load. The effect of channel cross-section on the coolant mass flow rate, peak temperature and peak stresses are documented. The material properties were defined as functions of temperature in simulations. The results show that the flow of stresses and fluid is minimum with the circular channels and the resistance to the heat flow is the smallest with semi-circular channels. In addition, morphing the vascular design provides almost the smallest resistance to the heat flow with circular channels (0.3% difference in the peak temperature). This shows that even the convective resistances are the smallest with circular-cross section, overall thermal resistance is smaller in semi-circular design for the fixed fluid volume. The peak stress is smaller with semi-circular channels than the circular ones if the pressure drop is less than 500 Pa for the radial design. However, the peak stress is smaller with hybrid design than the semi-circular radial designs for the entire pressure drop range. In addition, the effects of mechanical load, heating rate and reference temperature on the stress distribution are also documented. Furthermore, the thermal and mechanical stresses are also documented separately, and then compared with the coupled solution cases. The chief result of this paper is that for a coupled system minimizing only one of the resistance terms is not sufficient, all the resistances considered simultaneously in order to uncover the best performing design. In addition, the results show that the designs should be free to vary, the unexpected designs can be the best performing designs for the given parameters and constraints. Therefore, the design parameters based on the experience does not always yield the best performing designs as the objectives and constraints vary. This result is in accord with the constructal law.