To perform more validation for the liquid cooling method, the results of the present study are compared with the results of Liu et al. for a rectangular mini-channel battery thermal management system. The thermal management system consists of a battery pack in which every five cells are sandwiched by two cooling plates.
Concluding remarks Liquid air energy storage (LAES) is becoming an attractive thermo-mechanical storage solution for decarbonization, with the advantages of no geological constraints, long lifetime (30–40 years), high energy density (120–200 kWh/m 3), environment-friendly and flexible layout.
The parasitic power consumption of the battery thermal management systems is a crucial factor that affects the specific energy of the battery pack. In this paper, a comparative analysis is conducted between air type and liquid type thermal management systems for a high-energy lithium-ion battery module.
They showed that at 1C current rate, the average temperature and temperature difference reduce around 43.7% and 65.9%, respectively, compared to the module without any cooling system. E et al. analyzed the influence of different parameters on the cooling performance of a battery thermal management system with a liquid cooling system.
For the power consumption of 0.5 W, the average temperature of the hottest cell with the liquid cooling system is around 3 °C lower than the air cooling system. For 13.5 °C increase in the average temperature of the hottest cell, the ratio of power consumption is around PR = 860.
4.1. Standalone liquid air energy storage In the standalone LAES system, the input is only the excess electricity, whereas the output can be the supplied electricity along with the heating or cooling output.