Design of Li-ion Battery Pack

In this study, the need for electric motorcycle adoption based on the greenhouse warming potential of conventional modes of transport was established. Present hurdles in e-motorcycle adoption and the importance of advanced manufacturing and clean energy technology advancement in increasing widespread usage was realized. Different cathode chemistries suitable to automotive needs were studied in detail along with a brief overview of anode, separator, electrolyte materials and cell form factor considerations. Suitable selections of the aforementioned entities were made, which were then fed into a battery performance and cost model software BatPaC by Argonne National Lab. Based on the outputs a module and pack was designed to achieve maximum possible packing density of 18650 cells. Suggestion and future improvements in design are described.

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