The thermal analysis of the heat dissipation system of the charging module integrated with ultra-thin heat pipes

Abstract

• A hybrid heat dissipation system of charging module is performed. • An application of ultra-thin heat pipes (UTHPs) in charging module. • Effects of heat dissipation factors are compared quantitatively. • The HTUPs greatly improve the temperature uniformity. Electric vehicles (EV) played an important role fighting greenhouse gas emissions that contributed to global warming. The construction of the charging pile, which was called as the "gas station" of EV, developed rapidly. The charging speed of the charging piles was shorted rapidly, which was a challenge for the heat dissipation system of the charging pile. In order to reduce the operation temperature of the charging pile, this paper proposed a fin and ultra-thin heat pipes (UTHPs) hybrid heat dissipation system for the direct-current (DC) charging pile. The L-shaped ultra-thin flattened heat pipe with ultra-high thermal conductivity was adopted to reduce the spreading thermal resistance. ICEPAK software was used to simulate the temperature and flow profiles of the new design. And various factors that affected the heat dissipation performance of the system were explored. Simulation results showed that the system had excellent heat dissipation capacity and achieved good temperature uniformity. Rather than solely relied on the fans, this new design efficiently dissipated heat with a lower fan load and less energy consumption.