Research Article

Comparative Evaluation of Liquid Cooling-Based Battery Thermal Management Systems: Fin Cooling, PCM Cooling, and Intercell Cooling

Table 1

Specifications of the battery cell [14, 31].

Item (unit)Value

Active materialLiNi1/3Mn1/3Co1/3O2-graphite
ElectrolytePolymer
Nominal capacity (Ah)16
Nominal voltage (V)3.7
Nominal energy (Wh)59.2
Battery energy density
 Gravimetric (Wh∙kg-1)179
 Volumetric (Wh∙L-1)396
Max. charge/discharge current (A)48
Width (mm) (-direction)100
Length (mm) (-direction)188
Thickness (mm) (-direction)8
Weight (g)330
Density (kg∙m-3)2,250
Specific heat (J∙kg-1∙K-1)1,230
Thermal conductivity
 In-plane (W∙m-1∙K-1)26.57
 Cross-plane (W∙m-1∙K-1)0.97