JAMES WU
DESIGN ENGINEER
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EV Cooling Plate

A serpentine cooling plate using Tesla-valve and S-bend ideas to balance pressure and battery temperature.

PROJECTEV Cooling Plate
INDEPENDENT WORKFlow-path design and simulation
CONTEXTIndependent project
Engineering study
CFD temperature result for an electric vehicle battery cooling plateInspect full-size image ↗
FIG. 01Thermal and pressure assessment of the cooling-plate concept.
01 / OVERVIEW

The project in a minute.

THE OUTCOME

Under the assessed CFD boundary conditions, the design produced a pressure drop near 5.13 kPa and a 38.9°C average cell temperature.

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The challenge
Improve battery cooling uniformity without creating an impractical pumping penalty.
Independent work
Flow-path design and simulation. Pressure and thermal results were read together rather than optimised independently.
Read this in context
CFD course study at the report’s prescribed inlet and heat-source conditions. The reported pressure drop is rounded between 5.13 and 5.14 kPa across pages. Analytical heat-transfer cross-checks contain inconsistent units, so no percentage validation claim is repeated.
01CFD02Thermal analysis03CAD
02 / THINKING

The choices behind the result.

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01 / DESIGN

Shape the route

Serpentine channels and passive flow features distribute coolant across the plate.

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02 / ENGINEERING

Track both penalties

Thermal performance is reported alongside pressure drop.

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METHODS USEDCFDThermal analysisCAD
03 / EVIDENCE

Results, and what they mean.

CFD course study at the report’s prescribed inlet and heat-source conditions. The reported pressure drop is rounded between 5.13 and 5.14 kPa across pages. Analytical heat-transfer cross-checks contain inconsistent units, so no percentage validation claim is repeated.

5.13 kPa

pressure drop

From the assessed CFD channel configuration.

38.9°C

average temperature

With a 44.4°C peak under the same CFD conditions.

Source notes & scope 1
  1. Water Cooling Plate Designpp. 11, 14–20

    Channel comparisons, simulation setup, mesh checks and final CFD outputs.

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