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Harnessing Simulation to Tame EV Battery Thermal Runaway

The electric vehicle market surge highlights the need for smaller, lighter batteries with increased capacity. This webinar will discuss the importance of robust numerical models in understanding thermal runaway propagation and identifying parameters to mitigate incidents in battery modules or packs.

Venue:
Virtual

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Overview

The surge in the electric vehicle market underscores the pressing need for smaller, lighter batteries with increased capacity. Yet, safety remains a critical concern in Li-ion battery (LIB) applications.

Thermal abuse resulting from manufacturing defects, deformation, or inadequate thermal management poses a significant risk. Due to the intricate electrochemical/thermal system, traditional safety testing falls short of comprehensively addressing thermal runaway propagation during internal shorting. Thus, a robust numerical model is critical in understanding thermal runaway propagation and pinpointing parameters to mitigate such incidents in battery modules or packs.

What attendees will learn

  • Understand thermal runaway initiation from a mechanical abuse event, like nail penetration, through FEA analysis
  • Learn the role that ARC test data plays in battery thermal runaway kinetics model and its parameters identification
  • Learn how to mitigate thermal runaway propagation for an EV pack through simulation
  • Mitigate pre-mature thermal runaway propagation due to venting event through simulation

Who should attend

Battery systems and cell development engineers, battery thermal CAE engineer, EV battery development team leads, battery pack and system design engineer, EV/HEV battery project engineer, thermal management modules, energy and thermal management systems, systems engineer – thermal management module, electrochemist and battery scientists 

Speakers

Xiao Hu