Browsing by Author "Bagheritabar, Mohsen"

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Battery thermal management system by employing different phase change materials with SWCNT nanoparticles to obtain better battery cooling performance
(Elsevier, 2024) Ren, Jiaxuan; Salahshour, Soheıl; Bagheritabar, Mohsen; Abdul-Redha, Hadeel Kareem; Al-Bahrani, Mohammed; Singh, Sandeep; Toghraie, D.
Maintaining a stable temperature within a battery is essential for optimizing the performance of battery thermal management systems. Phase change materials (PCMs) have demonstrated potential in achieving this stability. This study investigates the use of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) dispersed in three PCMs with varying fusion temperatures to regulate the temperature of a lithium-ion battery (LIB) during discharge, a common scenario in electric vehicles. A Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) approach was utilized to simulate the liquid-solid transition of the PCMs, incorporating buoyancy forces in the liquid phase surrounding the LIB. The study examined the effects of different C-rates (1, 2, and 3), SWCNT volume fractions (0, 2, and 4 %), and three types of PCMs (RT27, RT35, and RT58) across multiple simulation scenarios to evaluate their impacts on LIB temperature and PCM melting fraction. Results indicate that nano-enhanced PCMs, which exhibit superior convection effects in the liquid phase, significantly enhance battery cooling performance. Specifically, at a C-rate of 1, using a 4 % volume fraction of nanoparticles in the PCM reduces the battery temperature by an average of 4.138 K compared to cases without nanoparticles. Additionally, while nanoparticles are generally reported to have a minor effect on cooling and melting processes, this study reveals that considering the beneficial effects of SWCNTs and the physical properties of the selected PCMs, the cooling performance of LIBs improves by 4.69 percentage points for the scenario with a C-rate of 3, RT58, and phi = 0.02. In this particular case, the melting process is more pronounced in the top half of the battery, where the increased velocity magnitude of the melted region contributes to enhanced battery cooling.
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The computational study of silicon doping and atomic defect influences on the CNT's nano-pumping process: Molecular dynamics approach
(Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd, 2024) Hao, Yazhuo; Salahshour, Soheıl; Bagheritabar, Mohsen; Jasim, Dheyaa J.; Keivani, Babak; Kareem, Anaheed Hussein; Esmaeili, Shadi
Today, nanotubes are used in biological systems due to their low toxicity and unique functionalization capability. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are considered one of the best carriers in drug delivery systems. In this study, the effect of silicon (Si) doping and atomic defects on the CNT's nano-pumping process has been investigated by molecular dynamics (MD) simulation, and the changes in kinetic energy, potential energy, entropy, stress, and nanopumping time are investigated. The results show that increasing Si doping increases CNT's C20 molecule exit time. Numerically, as the Si doping increases from 0.05% to 4%, the exit time of the C20 molecule increases from 8.07 to 9.16 ps. Also, an increase in Si doping leads to a decrease in kinetic energy and lattice stress and an increase in the potential energy and entropy of the system. So, the nanostructure with 1% doping performs better (optimal performance) than other samples. The effect of atomic defect with 0.5%, 1% and 1.5% on CNT's surface is investigated. The results show that the kinetic energy of samples decreases by increasing atomic defect from 0.5% to 1.5%. Also, the results show that the kinetic energy of the sample with a 0.5% atomic defect is higher than its defect-free state. The numerical results show that potential energy and entropy increase with the increasing the atomic defect. This increase can lead to an increase in the time it takes for the nanoparticle to exit the nanotube and disrupt the nano-pumping process.