Safer Batteries through Coupled Multiscale Modeling (ICCS 2015)

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2015

OSTI ID:1265671

Turner, John A ^[1]; Allu, Srikanth ^[1]; Berrill, Mark A ^[1]; Elwasif, Wael R ^[1]; Kalnaus, Sergiy ^[1]; Kumar, Abhishek ^[1]; Lebrun-Grandie, Damien T ^[1]; Pannala, Dr. Sreekanth ^[2]; Simunovic, Srdjan ^[1]

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1. ORNL
2. Saudi Basic Industries Coropration (SABIC)

Batteries are highly complex electrochemical systems, with performance and safety governed by coupled nonlinear electrochemical-electrical-thermal-mechanical processes over a range of spatiotemporal scales. We describe a new, open source computational environment for battery simulation known as VIBE - the Virtual Integrated Battery Environment. VIBE includes homogenized and pseudo-2D electrochemistry models such as those by Newman-Tiedemann-Gu (NTG) and Doyle- Fuller-Newman (DFN, a.k.a. DualFoil) as well as a new advanced capability known as AMPERES (Advanced MultiPhysics for Electrochemical and Renewable Energy Storage). AMPERES provides a 3D model for electrochemistry and full coupling with 3D electrical and thermal models on the same grid. VIBE/AMPERES has been used to create three-dimensional battery cell and pack models that explicitly simulate all the battery components (current collectors, electrodes, and separator). The models are used to predict battery performance under normal operations and to study thermal and mechanical response under adverse conditions.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: ORNL work for others
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1265671
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

battery safety
coupled physics
electrochemistry
energy storage
multiphysics
multiscale