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  title info:
    title: Modeling and experimental study of lithium-ion battery thermal behavior
  name:
    name part: Lopez, Carlos Felipe
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Mukherjee, Partha
    role:
      role term: thesis advisor.
  name:
    name part: Texas A & M University
    role:
      role term: degree granting institution.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 2015
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: While the popularity of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) has increased significantly in recent years, safety concerns due to the high thermal instability of LIBs limit their use in applications with zero tolerance for failure. A safety issue of particular interest is a scenario called thermal runaway in which several exothermic side-reactions occur at elevated temperature ranges and release heat, which can then trigger the next reaction. This matter worsens when multiple cells are installed in close proximity to each other as the released heat from an abused cell can activate the chain of reactions in a neighboring cell, causing an entire module to heat rapidly and vent or ignite. This body of work aims to study LIB thermal behavior using both modeling and experiments to determine design practices that improve the safety of LIB modules. Based on the results of single cell abuse testing, a numerical model of the side-reactions that occur during thermal runaway was developed. The results showed that cell form factor and ambient conditions influence abuse behavior significantly. These abuse tests were extended to multi-cell modules to determine the effect of cell spacing, electrical configuration, and protection materials on the propagation of thermal runaway from an abused cell to a surrounding one. Lastly, an electrochemically coupled thermal model of battery thermal management systems of various configurations was created. An optimum thermal management design was found that utilized both active and passive methods of cooling to keep cell temperatures and thermal gradients within safe limits. The work described herein is expected to provide insight into safe battery design practices. The electronic version of this dissertation is accessible from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/155326
  note: by Carlos Felipe Lopez.
  note: "Major Subject: Mechanical Engineering."
  note: Includes vita.
  note: Master of Science Texas A & M University 2015 http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/155326
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  note: Text (Thesis)
  subject:
    topic: Major Mechanical Engineering
  subject:
    topic: Lithium-ion batteries
  subject:
    topic: thermal runaway
  subject:
    topic: thermal management
  subject:
    topic: safety
  identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/155326
  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 160212
    record change date: 20170928111711.0
    record identifier: in00003606085
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng