Thermal Management of Batteries and Fuel Cells detailed syllabus for Mechanical Engineering Sandwich (Mech Sandwich) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Mech Sandwich students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
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Course Objectives:
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Unit I
ADVANCED BATTERIES 9
Li-ion Batteries- chemistry, different formats, operating areas, efficiency, aging. Battery Management System- Configuration, Characteristics. Tesla Model S- 18650 Cell specifications, P85 Battery Pack mechanical structure, Texas Instruments BMS. Supercapacitors Vs batteries. Diamond battery concepts.
Unit II
THERMAL MANAGEMENT IN BATTERIES 9
Thermal Management Systems- impact, Types- Air, Liquid, Direct refrigerant, Heat pipe, Thermo Electric, Phase Change Material Cooling methods. Solid-liquid PCM Types- Organic, Inorganic, Eutectics. PCM Thermal properties and applications. Tesla Model-S Battery Module- bonding techniques, thermal management.
Unit III
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Unit IV
THERMAL MANAGEMENT IN FUEL CELLS 9
Fuel Cells- operating principle, hydrogen-air fuel cell system characteristics, other fuel cell technologies, polarization curves, applications. Fuel cell thermal management- basic model, energy balance, governing equations, characteristic curve, sizing, cooling methods, advantages, restrictions.
Unit V
FUEL CELL THERMAL MANAGEMENT CASE STUDIES 9
Fuel cell system- balance of plant- components required. Fuel cell power plant sizing problems- Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Fuel economy calculations-Battery EVs Vs Fuel Cell EVs. Toyota Mirai FCV- Operating principle, High pressure hydrogen tank, Boost convertor, NiMH Battery, Internal circulation system, Hydrogen refueling- Case studies.
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course the students would be able to
- Discuss the different Li-ion Batteries and Fuel Cell performances.
- Design a Battery Pack with appropriate PCM.
- Apply Cooling Models using Simulation
- Estimate fuel economy.
- Utilize different Thermal Management System approaches during real world usage.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Nag.P.K, “Engineering Thermodynamics”, 5th Edition, Tata McGraw Hill Education, New Delhi, 2013.
- “Vehicle thermal Management Systems Conference Proceedings”, 1st Edition; 2013, Coventry Techno centre, UK
- Younes Shabany,” Heat Transfer: Thermal Management of Electronics Hardcover” 2010, CRC Press.
- T. Yomi Obidi, “Thermal Management in Automotive applications”, 2015, SAE International.
- Jerry Sergent, Al Krum, “Thermal Management Handbook: For Electronic Assemblies Hardcover”, 1998, Mc Graw- Hill.
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