Revolutionary and lightweight Battery Thermal Management System for Next Generation Electric Vehicle (ROBuST)

该项目将开发和验证用于ZEV应用的电池热管理系统（ROBuST）。ROBuST的优势在于重量轻、几何灵活性、增强的热性能/稳定性，这是由于接触面积增大ROBuST创新技术（在技术和电池单元之间），使电池组的重量减少了18%，从而使能量密度提高了12%以上。ROBuST创新的灵活几何形状使其能够与所有电池类型结合（圆柱形，棱柱形和冲压），这是一个很大的优势，比其他同行（冷板冷却，热管冷却等）。工业合作伙伴（PAK工程有限公司）将利用其在利基热交换器设计/制造方面的专业知识，提出一种创新的制造技术，以降低ROBuST技术规模扩大的风险，使其能够立即与电池组组装/供应链相结合。（拉夫堡大学）将为ROBuST进行建模，为其设计和验证过程提供指导。该项目的成果是一种创新的轻质电池热管理系统，这对于加速当前的ZEV向下一代发展至关重要，减少电池数量，增强电池性能，延长续驶里程，延长电池寿命，提高安全性和耐用性，从而帮助实现英国政府到2050年实现零碳排放的目标。

This project will develop and validate a battery thermal management system (ROBuST) for ZEV application. ROBuST'S advantages of lightweight, geometric flexibility, enhanced thermal performance/stability is due to an enlarged contact surface area (between the technology and the battery cells), that reduces the weight of battery packs up to 18%, leading to a 12%+ energy density improvement.The flexible geometry of the ROBuST innovation enables its be incorporation with all cell types (cylindrical, prismatic and pounch), this a great advantage over other counterparts (cold plate cooling, heat pipe cooling, etc).The industrial partner (PAK Engineering Ltd.) will draw upon its expertise in niche heat exchanger design/manufacturing and bring forward an innovative manufacturing technology to de-risk the ROBuST technology scale-up, enabling its immediate incorporation with battery pack assembly/supply chain.The academic partner (Loughborough University) will conduct modelling for ROBuST, providing guidance in its design and validation process.The project outcome, an innovative and lightweight battery thermal management system, will be of vital importance to accelerate current ZEVs towards its next generation with reduced number of batteries, enhanced battery performance, extended driving range, battery longevity, higher safety and durability, thereby helping to achieve the UK government's ambition of zero carbon emission by 2050\.