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CD-adapco is known for its 30+ years of experience with thermal-fluid simulations. Battery Design LLC has
more than 10 years experience with the development of Li-ion battery analysis software and cell design
consulting. In 2009, Battery Design LLC and CD-adapco initiated a partnership for integrating the battery
and CFD simulation technologies. Since then the two companies have been developing the fully integrated
simulation environment consisting of the following 2 products:
Battery Design Studio®
Battery Design Studio® has Physics model (advanced electrochemistry
model), equivalent circuit model and NTG (Newman Tiedeman Gu)
model to simulate battery performance. BDS’s integrated environment
offers more efficient information sharing, cell/pack design, simulation,
evaluation of experiment data and simulation outputs. BDS will
speed up the battery design process for its users and provide a
standard platform connecting material suppliers, cell designers and
battery users.
• GAP analysis
This function automatically judges the adequateness of a cell
for HEV/EV applications. The qualification is based on USABC
(US advanced Battery Consortium) standard HPPC (Hybrid
Pulse Power Characterization) test. Battery Design Studio® is
Graph showing maximum temperature within a official software of USABC.
battery cell for different discharge rates
STAR-CCM+ Battery Simulation Module Benefits
• 3D thermal/fluid/electrochemistry analysis
Battery Design Studio® Benefits STAR-CCM+ BSM has the ability to calculate not only cell
Battery Performance Models active area but also thermally conducting parts within a
• The physics model is developed based on Newman model. pack like tabs and straps at high discharge/charge rate.
This model calculates Li-ion intercalation between electrolyte STAR-CCM+ BSM can analyze thermal problems including
and active materials. Then the model simulates the current cooling system like liquid-cooling, air-cooling or heat-pump
density, voltage and Li-ion transfer within the battery cell. cooling. STAR-CCM+ BSM can greatly improve your thermal
• Equivalent circuit model replaces the battery cell behavior with optimization capability.
a circuit which consists of resistance (R) and capacitance (C). • Parallel calculation
This RCR model computes the heat generation as a function STAR-CCM+ BSM retains the large scale parallel computation
of voltage and current. capacity of STAR-CCM+. STAR-CCM+ BSM can simulate
• NTG (Newman Tiedeman Gu) fits the open circuit voltage hundreds of battery cells simultaneously.
and discharging curves to polynomials. This model calculates • Visualization
the heat generation from the voltage profile of the fitted STAR-CCM+ BSM can visualize thermal and electrical
polynomial. quantities that are difficult to measure experimentally.
Results Visualization e.g contours of heat generation and current density. Also
• Battery Design Studio’s OutViewer can plot experimental integrated values such as total heat rejection are easily
results and simulation results quickly and easily, so user obtained
can understand the result on a user friendly Graphical User
Interface(GUI). Interpreters for common battery testers are The integrated CAE environment by Battery Design Studio® and
embedded in the code STAR-CCM+ Battery Simulation Module will provide you seamless
and powerful cell design/analysis/evaluation tools.
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