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Proposed Standards and
Methods for Leak Testing
Lithium-Ion Battery Packs
Rapid detection of EV battery pack coolant-system leaks during production operations is
essential. However, industry standards for measuring leak rates for both glycol-based and
refrigerant-based cooling systems currently do not exist.
L
ithium-ion battery systems are an energy source
for a variety of electric-vehicle applications due to
their high energy density and low discharge rates.
Battery packs, whether made of prismatic, cylindrical,
or pouch cells, are cooled by common automotive
thermal management systems.
The rapid detection of battery pack coolant-system leaks
during production operations is essential for meeting necessary
safety and service-life requirements. Industry standards for
measuring leak rates for both glycol-based and refrigerant-based
cooling systems, however, currently do not exist.
This article discusses how leaks in water-glycol cooling circuits
can be detected reliably and quantitatively through detection
of escaping test gas as an indicator of ethylene glycol
leaks and how the test gas leak rates correlate to the liquid
leakage of the cooling liquid. Influencing variables such as
leakage channel diameter, pressure difference, and viscosity
are considered, and go/no-go leak rates are described.
Introduction
In this paper, the tightness requirements that are necessary
in a coolant circuit that is not operated with pure water are
Preparing an
electric-vehicle
battery pack for
final assembly at
Mercedes-Benz's
new battery manufacturing
plant near
Tuscaloosa, AL.
(Image:
Mercedes-Benz)
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