Thermal management

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Webasto High Voltage Heaters offer speed, efficiency and battery optimisation

Webasto offers three electric High Voltage Heaters (HVH) with 10-12 kW of power for electric cars, trucks, buses, construction machinery and special vehicles. The adjustable HVH 100 Compact, HVH 100 Compact+ and HVH 120 heaters are no

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Immersive cooling

Nick Flaherty explains the advantages of immersion cooling and the various forms that approach can take Immersive cooling can significantly improve the performance of e-mobility powertrain designs, allowing higher charging and discharging rates and extending the life of battery packs by keeping the temperature of battery cells under much tighter control.

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Phase change materials

Phase change materials offer intriguing possibilities in the thermal management of EV powertrains as Nick Flaherty explains Phase-change materials (PCMs) are known for their superior latent heat capacity, acting as heat absorbers without notable

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Parker Chomerics announces thermal gels for high-vibration applications

The Chomerics division of Parker Hannifin Corporation has launched two fully cured dispensable thermal gels. The new Therm-a-Gap Gel 35VT and 50VT conduct heat away from electronics to heat sinks or enclosures, and are said to perform reliably in both vertical and high-vibration applications.

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Burger Group launches actuators for thermal management

Automotive products developer Burger Group has developed a range of electromechanical valve actuators for tackling the specific requirements of controlling active thermal management systems in vehicles (writes Rory Jackson). Stefan...

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Graphene-free liquid cooling

Researchers at Samsung have developed a design for a liquid-cooled thermal management system (TMS) for large lithium-ion battery packs (writes Nick Flaherty). They first built a coupled 3D electrochemical/thermal model of a battery pack that avoids the use of materials such as graphene. Simulation showed that

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LG Chem and LX Hausys announce material for delaying thermal runaways

LG Chem has announced that, together with LX Hausys, it has developed a material that delays battery thermal runaways. Their Special Flame Retardant Continuous Fibre Thermoplastic (CFT) can withstand flames and high pressure for more than 14 times longer than existing thermoplastics.

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Parker Lord expands CoolTherm portfolio of thermally conductive materials

The Parker Lord Assembly and Protection Solutions Division of Parker Hannifin Corporation, a leader in motion and control technologies, is pleased to announce the launch of three new products specifically designed for electric vehicle battery systems. With a focus on collaboration, customer service and high quality, Parker Lord provides innovative solutions that meet the design, safety and performance requirements of battery manufacturers.

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Webasto Next Generation coolant heater brings ccalable and sustainable EV heating

Smaller, lighter, more sustainable: The Next Generation Coolant Heater sets new standards for electric high-voltage heaters in terms of installation space and weight. For system requirements that demand particularly high heating performance requirements, Webasto’s high-voltage heaters (HVH) deliver an ideal solution:

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Tecman unveils high-volume anti-thermal propagation pad process

Materials engineering firm Tecman says it has developed a process that for the first time enables high-volume continuous manufacture of framed Anti-Thermal Propagation (ATP) pads. ATP pads are a type of cell barrier that incorporate a physical built-in spacer that surrounds the insulation pad.

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