Modelling and Interpretation of A Novel Battery-Motor amalgamated Thermal Management System using rGO/CO3O4 based Hybrid Nano-composite Coolant for Electric Vehicle Applications

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Year : 2025 | Volume : 13 | 04 | Page : –
    By

    R. Sreedhar,

  • K. Karunanithi,

  • S. Ramesh,

  • S.P. Raja,

  1. Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Avadi, Tamil Nadu, India
  2. Professor, Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Avadi, Tamil Nadu, India
  3. Professor, Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Avadi, Tamil Nadu, India
  4. Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract

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Battery and motor have to be given equivalent importance to maintain the lifetime, thermal characteristics, efficiency and safety of Electric Vehicles (EVs). Thermal management of EVs need to be considered for battery and motor because of dynamic loading conditions. This research proposes a novel Battery-Motor Integrated Thermal Management System (BMITMS) for EV applications.  An EV assembled with LiFePO4 battery pack and a three-phase induction motor has been considered on this research work. This paper describes about the cooling of the battery and motor in EV using (rGO/CO3O4) Water based Hybrid Nano-fluid coolant. The battery pack consists of 1000 cells totally which are all arranged in 10(series)*100(parallel) matrix format. The cooling tubes are circulated around each battery cell and through the motor to control the temperature in the steady state condition. A three-phase induction motor is utilized to drive EV. The heat energy dissipated by the battery and motor during working condition is controlled by using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in ANSYS software. The heat energy from battery and motor gets transferred to the coolant, this coolant is cooled by using the radiator setup. Catia V5 software is used to sketch and design the battery, coolant pipes, Motor, Radiator, inverter and insulators.

Keywords: ANSYS, battery-motor integrated thermal management system (BMITMS), Catia V5, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), electric vehicles (EVs).

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R. Sreedhar, K. Karunanithi, S. Ramesh, S.P. Raja. Modelling and Interpretation of A Novel Battery-Motor amalgamated Thermal Management System using rGO/CO3O4 based Hybrid Nano-composite Coolant for Electric Vehicle Applications. Journal of Polymer and Composites. 2025; 13(04):-.
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R. Sreedhar, K. Karunanithi, S. Ramesh, S.P. Raja. Modelling and Interpretation of A Novel Battery-Motor amalgamated Thermal Management System using rGO/CO3O4 based Hybrid Nano-composite Coolant for Electric Vehicle Applications. Journal of Polymer and Composites. 2025; 13(04):-. Available from: https://journals.stmjournals.com/jopc/article=2025/view=0


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Volume 13
04
Received 24/01/2025
Accepted 18/03/2025
Published 24/05/2025
Publication Time 120 Days
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