Challenges in battery pack design

Author

Rothgang, Susanne ; Nordmann, Hannes ; Schäper, Christoph ; Sauer, Dirk Uwe

Author_Institution

Electrochem. Energy Conversion & Storage Group, RWTH Aachen Univ., Aachen, Germany

fYear

2012

fDate

16-18 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Regarding battery systems for electric vehicles a lot of steps have to be taken into account during the development process - from system layout to the integration in the vehicle. In doing so, the overall design of a battery pack can be divided in mechanical, thermal and electrical issues. This work aims to give an insight to crucial points in these areas such as the layout of the battery management system and its interference with the rest of the vehicle. The stated design recommendations shall be provided among others with results from research projects supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology.

Keywords

battery management systems; electric vehicles; Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology; German Federal Ministry of Education and Research; battery management system; battery pack design; battery systems; electric vehicles; electrical issues; mechanical issues; system layout; thermal issues; Batteries;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway and Ship Propulsion (ESARS), 2012

Conference_Location

Bologna

ISSN

2165-9400

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1370-4

Electronic_ISBN

2165-9400

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ESARS.2012.6387503

Filename

6387503