Zhonghao Rao

TL;DR: In this paper, the development of clean vehicles, including pure electric vehicles (EVs), hybrid vehicles (HEVs), and fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEVs) and high energy power batteries, such as nickel metal hydride (Ni-MH), lithium-ion (Li-ion) and proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), are discussed and compared.

TL;DR: In this article, a mini-channel cold plate-based battery thermal management system is designed to cool a rectangular Li-ion battery, and a three-dimensional thermal model of the cooling system was established and the effects of number of channels, flow direction, inlet mass flow rate and ambient temperature on temperature rise and distribution of the battery during the discharge process were investigated.

TL;DR: In this paper, a thermal management system equipped with heat pipes was designed according to the heat generated character of power batteries to increase the cycle time of power battery and decrease the overall cost of electric vehicles.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of number of channels, inlet mass flow rate, flow direction, and width of channels on the thermal behavior of the battery pack were analyzed and the results showed that the mini-channel cold-plate thermal management system provided good cooling efficiency in controlling the battery temperature at 5C discharge.

TL;DR: In this article, a comprehensive summary has been presented based on the research of nano-encapsulated phase change materials (NanoPCM) in recent years, in which four aspects have been reviewed in detail: preparation and characterization of NanoPCM, application of nanoPCM in latent functional thermal fluid, dynamics simulation study of nanophotonics, and heat transfer enhancement of NanPCM.