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Battery Cell and Electrode Performance

Written by Mert Berkman | May 2, 2025 9:00:18 PM

Challenges in Battery Cell Design

It is critical for battery manufacturers to increase cell energy and power density. Achieving a balance between high power density and long cycle life is a key challenge in battery design, often requiring careful optimization of materials, electrode structure, and thermal management systems. Another key challenge is to reduce the overall cost of battery cells by optimizing weight-volume ratio.   

 

Engineering Solution

The solution approach to improve cell and electrode performance deployed by Ansys has four pillars:

1. Fast-preprocessing: Using fully resolved porous electrodes structure (this can be achieved by robust Fluent Meshing tool)

 

Fig. 1  Fast meshing algorithm 

 

2. Accurate modeling: Ansys Fluent employs accurate 3D electrochemistry models for prediction of battery charge/discharge.

Fig. 2  Transient lithium concentration

 

3. Optimization: Ansys optiSLang tool is ideal for parametric studies and for finding the best porous structure.

Fig. 3 Optimization logic

 

4. Scalable: High performance computing (HPC) for large 3D electrochemistry models.

 

Ansys Solution Benefits

Customers of Ansys are able to:

1. Predict performance at different discharge rate (C-rate).

2. Understand impact of cell parameters (particle size, diffusivity, porosity and tortuosity) on performance. 

3. Minimize weight-volume ratio by optimizing packing density.

 

Ozen Engineering Expertise 

Ozen leverages its extensive consulting expertise in CFD, FEA, optics, photonics, and electromagnetic simulations to achieve exceptional results across various engineering projects, addressing complex challenges like multiphase flows, erosion modeling, and channel flows using Ansys software.

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