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Showing 1 to 20 of 50 for “"Thermal Management System"”.
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Superconducting rotor with self-contained thermal management system
… including aircraft electric propulsion. However, thermal management of the cryogenic environment has posed challenges to building practical aerospace SC machines. Traditional cryogenic refrigeration involves boiling liquid cryogen, such as liquid helium and nitrogen, in the rotor. Although rotary …
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A Hydrogel Based Thermal Management System for Lithium-ion Batteries
… ion (Li-ion) batteries. An effective battery thermal management (BTM) system is required to keep the batteries operating within a desirable temperature range with minimal variations, and thus to guarantee their high efficiency, long lifetime and great safety. In this study, a water based sodium …
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Model-Based Control Development for an Advanced Thermal Management System for Automotive Powertrains
… improvements and technical solutions, advanced Thermal Management Systems (TMS) have been recently developed to more efficiently manage the thermal loads produced by internal combustion engines and thereby reduce fuel consumption. Advanced TMS include complex networks of coolant, oil and …
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Dynamic modeling and control of a hybrid electric quadrotor powertrain and thermal management system
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-04-12 without embargo terms
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The design and control of a thermal management system for a photovoltaic reverse osmosis system
… friendly concept, especially for community-scale systems. Increasing the system efficiency will lower the total cost of water produced, making the systems more economically competitive for a greater number of geographic locations. The thermal behaviors of PV panels and RO systems are complementary …
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Second law analysis of a liquid cooled battery thermal management system for hybrid and electric vehicles
… to evolve there is a need for better battery thermal management systems (BTMS), which maintain uniformity of operating temperature of the batteries in the vehicles. This thesis investigates the use of an indirect liquid cooled system, which can be applied to hybrid and electric vehicles. The …
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Design and optimization of an ultra-compact thermal management system integrated with micro-fins for high power applications
… require powerful and compact cooling systems in order to maintain operational capabilities. A key component that requires significant heat extraction (several hundreds of watts up to 1 kW) are silicon photo-conductive semiconductor switches (Si-PCSS). Many methods of thermal management …
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Design and Simulation of Passive Thermal Management System for Lithium-Ion Battery Packs on an Unmanned Ground Vehicle
<p>The transient thermal response of a 15-cell, 48 volt, lithium-ion battery pack for an unmanned ground vehicle was simulated with ANSYS Fluent. Heat generation rates and specific heat capacity of a single cell were experimentally measured and used as input to the thermal model. A heat generation …
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Development of lignin-PEO interlocked composite phase change materials for thermal stability and structural retention in battery thermal management system
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-19 without embargo terms
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State-of-the-Art of Thermal Control Solutions to Establish a Modular, Multi-Orbit Capable Spacecraft Thermal Management System Design Methodology
… of spacecraft (S/C) utilize various types of thermal management solutions to mitigate the effects of thermal loading from the unforgiving vacuum of space. Without an appropriately designed thermal system, components on-board the S/C can experience failure or malfunction due to fluctuations in …
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Thermal Modeling of Lithium-Ion Energy Storage Systems for Hybrid Electric Vehicles Using Computational Fluid Dynamics with Conjugate Heat Transfer
… (HEV) relies largely on its Energy Storage System (ESS). High temperatures and thermal variations can significantly affect a battery's performance and lifecycle. An effective thermal management system is vital to the health and safe operation of the ESS's batteries. A well designed thermal …
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Inverse and transient thermal analysis for rapid hyperthermia therapy planning, delivery and evaluation
… of hyperthermia therapy can be enhanced if a thermal management system is available for therapy planning, delivery and evaluation. The integrated thermal management system is not yet available, though some components of the system have been developed. For example, MIT Hyperthermia Program has …
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Modeling the Transient Effects of High Energy Subsystems on High-Performance Aerospace Systems
… principles. This thesis examines the transient thermal loads that a high-energy weapon system introduces into a high performance aircraft using fundamental thermodynamic and heat transfer analyses. The high-energy weapon system employed in this research contains power storage, power conditioning …
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Modelling and Optimization of Scalable Hydrogen Fuel Cell Systems for Aviation
Fuel cell systems provide one possible technological pathway for sustainable aviation propulsion; however, aviation presents unique challenges for these systems. To address these challenges, this thesis presents a modelling, simulation, and optimization tool for the sizing and performance …
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Full-Scale Testing Of A Passively Modulated Oil-To-Air Cooler
… gas turbine engines need efficient and effective thermal management systems to increase performance and service life. One thermal management system used in gas turbine engines is the lubrication system cooler or oil cooler. The lubrication system provides the necessary lubrication to components …
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Investigation of new phase change material based thermal management systems for Li-ion batteries
… temperature is 30°C. The results show that the thermal management system developed in the present study using 6 mm thick phase change composite plates can manage the battery temperature in the required range. n-Octadecane and polyurethane foam are used to make 3 mm and 6 mm thick plates. The …
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Investigation of thermal management options for robots
This thesis research studies the thermal challenges of robots and evaluates the potential thermal management options. In this regard, it aims to develop and analyze various thermal management options for robotic systems. Ten different thermal management options are investigated theoretically in …
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Study of Transport Properties of Tantalum Pentoxide for High Temperature Thermal Management and Water Purification Systems
… and operation of many different engineering systems. Two semiconductor oxide systems based on Ta2O5, one a high temperature radiative thermal management system and the other a photocatalytic water purification system, are explored. Of particular importance in designing and engineering such …
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Immersion cooled environmental monitoring and prediction system for the meerKAT imager
… acquired and installed an oil-immersion cooling system in 2012, the use of immersion cooling means that much of the infrastructure needed for cooling a data centre can be eliminated; it can moreover reduce server failures, and is cleaner and quieter than air cooling. In this study, an oil cooled …
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