Table A1 Summary of recent computational...

Table A1

Summary of recent computational fluid dynamic studies on battery thermal management by air cooling

Reference	Cell type	Cells in pack	Coolant	Method	Heat generation model	Heat dissipation model	Investigation parameters
Akbarzadeh et al. (2021)	Prismatic	12	Air or water	Experimental and simulation	Electrochemical	Conduction and convection	Air vs. water as coolant
Park (2013)	Prismatic	36	Air	Simulation	Constant heat flux	Convection and advection	Manifold shape and flow pressure relief
Junsheng et al. (2021)	Prismatic	10	Air	Experimental and simulation	Electrochemical	Convection	Flow rate and structural optimisation
Behi et al. (2020)	Cylindrical	24	Air and heat pipe	Experimental and simulation	Electrochemical	Convection	Heat pipe, cell spacing and velocity
Hasan et al. (2023)	Cylindrical	52	Air	Simulation	Constant heat flux	Convection	Cell spacing and Reynolds number
Saw et al. (2016)	Cylindrical	24	Air	Experimental and simulation	Electrochemical	Convection	Flow rate
Chen et al. (2020)	Prismatic	12	Air	Experimental and simulation	Electrochemical	Conduction and convection	Number of battery cells, cell spacing and cell symmetry
Xu et al. (2022)	Cylindrical	24	Air	Simulation	Electrochemical	Conduction and convection	Inlet position and inlet air velocity
Wang et al. (2021a)	Prismatic	8	Air	Simulation	Constant heat flux	Convection	Inlet and outlet position and parallel plate installation
Hong et al. (2018)	Prismatic	12	Air	Simulation	Electrochemical and constant heat flux	Conduction and convection	Position and size of a secondary vent
Napa et al. (2023)	Cylindrical	9	Air and phase change material	Simulation	Electrochemical	Convection	Use of phase change material
Shahid and Agelin-Chaab (2018)	Cylindrical	32	Air	Experiment and simulation	Electrochemical	Convection	Inlet plenum addition and position
Wang et al. (2021b)	Pouch	16	Air	Simulation	Electrochemical	Convection	Implementation of spoilers in cell gaps
Zhang et al. (2021)	Prismatic	6	Air	Experimental and simulation	Coupled electrochemical-thermal	Conduction	Inlet and outlet position, height and cell symmetry
Yue et al. (2018)	Cylindrical	60	Air	Experimental and simulation	Electrochemical	Conduction and convection	Inlet and outlet position and baffle in air flow
Zeng et al. (2020)	Cylindrical	16	Air	Experimental and simulation	Electrochemical	Conduction and convection	Inlet and outlet position, size and eccentricity, flow velocity and battery layout
Kausthubharam et al. (2021)	Cylindrical	36	Air	Simulation	Electrochemical	Convection	Inlet and outlet position and flow velocity
Mahamud and Park (2011)	Cylindrical	32	Air	Experimental and simulation	Electrochemical	Conduction and convection	Reciprocating air flow
Xie et al. (2017)	Prismatic	10	Air	Experimental and simulation	Constant heat flux	Conduction and convection	Air inlet and outlet angle and width of air flow channel
Wang et al. (2014)	Cylindrical	16–28	Air	Experiment and simulation	Experimentally derived	Conduction and convection	Length and area of flow path, flow velocity, inlet location, cell spacing and pack structure

Reference	Cell type	Cells in pack	Coolant	Method	Heat generation model	Heat dissipation model	Investigation parameters
Akbarzadeh et al. (2021)	Prismatic	12	Air or water	Experimental and simulation	Electrochemical	Conduction and convection	Air vs. water as coolant
Park (2013)	Prismatic	36	Air	Simulation	Constant heat flux	Convection and advection	Manifold shape and flow pressure relief
Junsheng et al. (2021)	Prismatic	10	Air	Experimental and simulation	Electrochemical	Convection	Flow rate and structural optimisation
Behi et al. (2020)	Cylindrical	24	Air and heat pipe	Experimental and simulation	Electrochemical	Convection	Heat pipe, cell spacing and velocity
Hasan et al. (2023)	Cylindrical	52	Air	Simulation	Constant heat flux	Convection	Cell spacing and Reynolds number
Saw et al. (2016)	Cylindrical	24	Air	Experimental and simulation	Electrochemical	Convection	Flow rate
Chen et al. (2020)	Prismatic	12	Air	Experimental and simulation	Electrochemical	Conduction and convection	Number of battery cells, cell spacing and cell symmetry
Xu et al. (2022)	Cylindrical	24	Air	Simulation	Electrochemical	Conduction and convection	Inlet position and inlet air velocity
Wang et al. (2021a)	Prismatic	8	Air	Simulation	Constant heat flux	Convection	Inlet and outlet position and parallel plate installation
Hong et al. (2018)	Prismatic	12	Air	Simulation	Electrochemical and constant heat flux	Conduction and convection	Position and size of a secondary vent
Napa et al. (2023)	Cylindrical	9	Air and phase change material	Simulation	Electrochemical	Convection	Use of phase change material
Shahid and Agelin-Chaab (2018)	Cylindrical	32	Air	Experiment and simulation	Electrochemical	Convection	Inlet plenum addition and position
Wang et al. (2021b)	Pouch	16	Air	Simulation	Electrochemical	Convection	Implementation of spoilers in cell gaps
Zhang et al. (2021)	Prismatic	6	Air	Experimental and simulation	Coupled electrochemical-thermal	Conduction	Inlet and outlet position, height and cell symmetry
Yue et al. (2018)	Cylindrical	60	Air	Experimental and simulation	Electrochemical	Conduction and convection	Inlet and outlet position and baffle in air flow
Zeng et al. (2020)	Cylindrical	16	Air	Experimental and simulation	Electrochemical	Conduction and convection	Inlet and outlet position, size and eccentricity, flow velocity and battery layout
Kausthubharam et al. (2021)	Cylindrical	36	Air	Simulation	Electrochemical	Convection	Inlet and outlet position and flow velocity
Mahamud and Park (2011)	Cylindrical	32	Air	Experimental and simulation	Electrochemical	Conduction and convection	Reciprocating air flow
Xie et al. (2017)	Prismatic	10	Air	Experimental and simulation	Constant heat flux	Conduction and convection	Air inlet and outlet angle and width of air flow channel
Wang et al. (2014)	Cylindrical	16–28	Air	Experiment and simulation	Experimentally derived	Conduction and convection	Length and area of flow path, flow velocity, inlet location, cell spacing and pack structure

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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