Integration Issues of Cells into Battery Packs for Plug-in and Hybrid Electric Vehicles

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Abstract

The main barriers to increased market share of HEVs and commercialization of plug-in HEVs are the cost, safety, and life of lithium-ion batteries. Significant effort is directed to address these issuers for lithium-ion cells. However, even best cells when integrated into packs for vehicles may not perform as well because of the environment that vehicles operate. In this paper, we will discuss mechanical, electrical, and thermal integration issues and interface with vehicle that could impact the cost, life and safety of the system. We compare advantages and disadvantages of using many small cells versus a few large cells, and using prismatic cells versus cylindrical cells.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages1924-1930
Number of pages7
StatePublished - 2009
Event24th International Battery, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exhibition 2009, EVS 24 - Stavanger, Norway
Duration: 13 May 200916 May 2009

Conference

Conference24th International Battery, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exhibition 2009, EVS 24
Country/TerritoryNorway
CityStavanger
Period13/05/0916/05/09

Bibliographical note

See CP-540-45779 for preprint

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/CP-5400-57436

Keywords

  • Battery management
  • Cooling
  • Electric drive
  • Lithium battery
  • Modelling
  • Thermal management

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