TAI Blog Designing Battery Fast Charging and Thermal Management Systems using TAITherm

Energy storage systems (ESS) applications are plentiful as OEMs electrify their vehicle fleets, residential and commercial power demand turns toward alternative energy, and portable electronics and high-tech accessories advance for everyday consumers. To keep up with these rapidly advancing technologies, many companies use modeling and simulation as a cost-effective and efficient way to design ESS. The models must be simple and accurate enough to calibrate with limited test data while providing reliable performance predictions that engineers can use to evaluate design trade-offs with minimal knowledge of the actual internal workings of the systems. Once reliable models are built, ESS thermal management systems and charger management systems can be designed to accommodate the heat produced during charging/use while keeping safety and durability in mind. This blog will highlight how simple battery models can be calibrated and validated and then used to inform the design of battery chargers and thermal management systems.