The battery is a generic term for battery cell, battery module, and pack. All are different forms of batteries in different stages of application. The smallest of these units is the battery cell, several cells can form a module, and several modules can form a battery pack by adding BMS and other management systems.
The Shape of the Power Cell
Square Cells (Steel Shell / Aluminium Shell Battery)
Square Cells (Plastic Battery module and pack)
Soft–Packed Cells
Cylindrical Cells
Group of Square Power Cells
Soft package power cells in groups
Battery Box
Contact Resistance: The resistance presented between conductors is called contact resistance.
1. Concentrated Resistance: The resistance shown by contraction (or concentration) of the current line when the current passes through the actual contact surface.
2. Film Resistance: Film resistance due to contact surface film and other contaminants.
Factors affecting contact resistance:
1. Contact Material,
2. positive pressure,
3. surface condition,
4. Use Voltage,
5. Current
Bolted
1. Simple and convenient connection, low cost.
2. Easy to assemble and disassemble for maintenance
Requirements for bolted connections:
1. Surface finish,
2. Certain Preload,
3. Surface needs to be coated
Shortcoming
1. The surface is prone to corrosion,
2. Due to the relationship between the preload and the surface quality, the contact resistance is unstable,
3. After vibration, it is easy to cause the bolt to loosen, and the contact resistance increases
Resistance Spot Welding and Laser Welding
Resistance Welding: After the workpiece is assembled, pressure is applied through the electrode, and the electric current is passed through the contact surface of the joint and the resistance heat generated by the adjacent area for welding.
Laser Welding The surface to be processed is heated by laser radiation, and the surface heat diffuses into the interior through thermal Battery Laser Welder conduction. By controlling the laser parameters such as width, energy, peak power, and repetition frequency of the laser pulse, the workpiece is melted to form a specific molten pool.
Resistance Spot Welding and Laser Welding
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Advantages of Resistance Spot Welding Machine:
1. The production cost is low, and no other consumables are required.
2. Welding time is short, forming faster.
Disadvantages of Resistance but Welding Machine:
1. A large of electric sparks will be generated during the welding process, the safety is not high, and it needs to be isolated.
2. Since isolation is required during the welding process, the entire welding process cannot be observed at close range, and the controllability of the process is low.
3. The automation degree of the equipment is high, so the cost of the equipment is high and the maintenance cost is high.
Advantages of Laser Welding Machine:
1. Small thermal impact, because the laser is highly condensed into extremely small spots, its thermal impact is small, as it will basically not affect the original performance of the workpiece after welding.
2. Energy saving and environmental protection, it is beneficial to keep the workplace clean and protect the health of operators.
3. The production cost is low, and the laser can be used for a long time only after filling the laser once.
4. Adjustable light points, can achieve precise welding.
5. The electro-optical conversion rate is high, which is conducive to saving production costs.
6. The welding speed is fast, which is several times that of traditional welding equipment.
7. It can be observed at a close distance, and the controllability of the production process is strong.
8. The welding surface is flat, the bonding force is strong, the welding depth is deep, and the welding seam is narrow.
Disadvantages of Laser Welding Machine:
1. The position of the weldment must be very precise and must be within the focus range of the laser beam.
2. When a fixture needs to be used for the weldment, it must be ensured that the final position of the weldment is aligned with the welding point that the laser beam will strike.
The maximum weldable thickness is limited by the penetration thickness far exceeding 19mm the workplace is not suitable for laser welding on the production line. High reflectivity and high thermal conductivity materials such as aluminum, copper, and their alloys, etc. the weldability will be changed by the Laser.
Ultrasonic Welding
Principle: The principle of ultrasonic metal welding is to use ultrasonic frequencies (more than16KHz) of mechanical vibration energy, a special method for connecting the same metal or dissimilar metals. When the metal is ultrasonically welded, it neither transmits current to the workpiece nor applies a high-temperature heat source to the workpiece, but under static pressure, the frame vibration energy is converted into friction work, deformation energy, and limited temperature rise between the workpieces. The metallurgical bond between the joints is a solid-state welding realized without the base metal melting. Therefore, it effectively overcomes the phenomenon of spatter and oxidation during resistance welding. Ultrasonic metal welding machines can perform single-point welding, multi-point welding, and short-strip welding of copper, silver, aluminum, nickel, and other non-ferrous metal filaments or sheet materials.
Advantages of Ultrasonic Metal Welding:
1. The welding material does not melt, and the metal characteristics are not fragile.
2. Good conductivity after welding, and the resistivity is extremely low or close to zero.
3. Low requirements for welding metal surface, can be welded by oxidation or electroplating.
4. Short soldering time, no need for any flux, gas, or solder.
5. Welding without sparks, environmental protection, and safety.
Applicable Products
1. Nickel-metal hydride battery, nickel mesh, and nickel sheets are mutually fused.
2. lithium battery, polymer battery copper foil and nickel fusing, aluminum foil and aluminum fusing each other.
3. The wires are fused to each other, and the partial knot is formed into one and several fused to each other.
4. Wires and various electronic components, contacts, and connectors are mutually fused. Various household appliances, large–scale heat sinks for automotive supplies, heat exchange fins, and honeycomb cores.
5. Various household appliances, large-scale heat sinks for automotive supplies, heat exchange fins, honeycomb cores, electromagnetic switches, non-fuse switches, and other high current contacts, a mutual fusion of dissimilar metal sheets.
Significance and Status Quo of Research on Battery Thermal Management System
The cost, performance, and life of the power battery are largely determined by HEV cost and reliability. The temperature of the battery and the uniformity of the temperature field have a great influence on the performance and life of the battery.
Therefore, it is of great practical significance to optimize the design of the battery heat dissipation structure and predict the heat dissipation performance for improving the maturity and reliability of hybrid electric vehicles and power batteries.
Battery Thermal Management
There is no thermal management system, that is, the battery is not deliberately cooled, and the natural cooling method is adopted, such as Leaf electric car.
Adopting Air Cooling: There is mainly cooling and cooling through the internal circulation of the Battery module and pack and cooling through external fan ventilation, of which the former accounts for the majority and the latter is relatively small. Water cooling or other liquid medium cooling
Air Cooling System: Adjust the fan speed in monitoring point real-time through the temperature of the temperature.
Battery Thermal Management: A Sample Battery module and pack optimization scheme 1 (change the title angle and the spacing of the batteries)
Battery Thermal Management
A sample Battery module and pack optimization plan 2 (battery position does not move, add baffle)
Conclusion
Lithium Ion and Lithium-Ion Polymer batteries are great power sources for projects but they require care during use and charging. They can be easy to damage or misuse and can hurt you or your property! All the batteries we sell pass testing and certification but you should still be careful with them
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