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Heat‐Generation Rate and General Energy Balance for Insertion Battery Systems

Year: 1997

Type: article

Abstract: A general energy balance has been developed for insertion battery systems by using enthalpy potentials. This leads to a new calculation method for the heat‐generation rate. The same result is also derived from an alternative model based on local heat generation in an electrochemical cell. A new concept, the effective open‐circuit potential of an insertion battery, was proposed to characterize the open‐circuit state of the battery during galvanostatic discharge. Simulation results are presented for heat generation in a lithium cell under galvanostatic discharge. The analysis of these results focuses on effects of the shape of the open‐circuit potential and ohmic losses in the electrolyte in the porous cathode. It is shown that a single reaction may look like two reactions due to the presence of two plateaus in the open‐circuit potential.

Source: Journal of The Electrochemical Society

DOI: 10.1149/1.1837884

Authors: Lin Rao, John Newman

Institutions: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley

Language: English

Topic: Battery Modeling and Management

Subfield: Automotive Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Affordable and clean energy

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: U.S. Department of Energy