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Cooling plate with flat channels

Since R2023a

Libraries:
Simscape / Battery / Thermal

Description

This block models a battery cooling plate with flat channels. Use the buildBattery function to create a Simscape model of a battery and connect it to one or both sides of the cooling plate. The fluid_in and fluid_out ports are thermal fluid ports. The output ports are the plate temperature, Tp, the fluid pressure drop, dP, and the fluid temperature change, dT.

Examples

Ports

Output

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Temperature of the cooling plate.

Temperature change of the fluid.

Pressure drop of the fluid.

Conserving

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Thermal fluid conserving port associated with the fluid that comes in the cooling plate.

Thermal fluid conserving port associated with the fluid that comes out of the cooling plate.

Thermal conserving port associated with the surface 1 of the cooling plate. This port connects the array of thermal nodes between the cooling plate and battery pack or module.

Thermal conserving port associated with the surface 2 of the cooling plate. This port connects the array of thermal nodes between the cooling plate and battery pack or module.

Parameters

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Interface

Option to choose the connectivity of the battery.

Number of battery thermal nodes on surface 1 of the cooling plate.

Dimension of battery thermal nodes on surface 1 of the cooling plate.

Coordinates of battery thermal nodes on surface 1 of the cooling plate.

Number of battery thermal nodes on surface 2 of the cooling plate.

Dependencies

To enable this parameter, set Battery Connectivity to Double sided.

Dimension of battery thermal nodes on surface 2 of the cooling plate.

Dependencies

To enable this parameter, set Battery Connectivity to Double sided.

Coordinates of battery thermal nodes on surface 2 of the cooling plate.

Dependencies

To enable this parameter, set Battery Connectivity to Double sided.

Number of partitions in X dimension for the cooling plate.

Number of partitions in Y dimension for the cooling plate.

Plate Material

Thickness of the material of the cooling plate.

Thermal conductivity of the material of the cooling plate.

Density of the material of the cooling plate.

Specific heat of the material of the cooling plate.

Initial temperature of the cooling plate and of the coolant fluid.

Fluid Properties

Upper limit of Reynolds number for laminar flow.

Lower limit of Reynolds number for turbulent flow.

Nusselt number for laminar flow heat transfer.

Aggregate equivalent length of local resistances.

Laminar friction constant for the Darcy friction factor.

Design

Number of the partitions of the flat channels.

Option to choose the axis direction of the channel orientation.

Thickness of the coolant channel.

Width of the partition.

Roughness of the coolant channel.

Extended Capabilities

C/C++ Code Generation
Generate C and C++ code using Simulink® Coder™.

Version History

Introduced in R2023a