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的轻量化、几何灵活性、增强的热性能/稳定性的优势是由于扩大了接触表面积(技术与电池之间)，从而将电池组的重量减少了18%，导致能量密度提高了12%以上。Robust创新的灵活几何结构使其能够与所有类型的电池(圆柱形、棱柱形和鼓形)相结合，这是与其他同类产品(冷板冷却、热管冷却等)相比的巨大优势。工业合作伙伴(PAK Engineering Ltd.)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，以降低稳健技术扩展的风险，使其能够立即与电池组组装/供应链结合。学术合作伙伴(拉夫堡大学)将为稳健进行建模，为其设计和验证过程提供指导。项目成果-创新和轻量化的电池热管理系统-将对加速当前ZEV迈向下一代至关重要，它将减少电池数量，增强电池性能，延长续航时间，电池寿命，更高的安全性和耐用性，从而帮助实现英国政府到2050年零碳排放的雄心。

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\.