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BATTERYMULTI-SCALE SYSTEM MODELLINGMODELLING

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PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR atomic level all the way up to To simulateits electronic an EV control battery mechanisms. pack, we need In to charging of batteries, low temperature consideraddition, a range a variety of length of time scales, scales from need the to operationDr Gregory and thermal Offer, management of The goal is to create accurate models for an assembled battery pack. nanoscale,be considered, where atomsin order interact, to assess right atomic up cells withinDepartment battery of packs. , use by the automotive industry to extend to theprocesses macroscale at the of nanoseconda complete pack through and to lifetime and performance, especially at low its electroniclong-term controldegradation mechanisms. occurring In over https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/ temperatures. 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The way in which the cells are occurringwith a broadwithin setbatteries. of skills at every level to combined into a pack large enough to build the critical bridge between science UNIVERSITY• Imperial PARTNERS College London (lead) The powerperformance an EV and and the lifetime mechanism of a battery • Theand Battery engineering, System Modelling working alongside project UK • Imperial College London (lead) in ancontrolling electric vehicle the local (EV) environment depends not of each • University College London bringsindustry together to ensure world-leading that the batterywork is • Lancaster University onlycell on withinthe underlying that pack chemistry also influence and lifetime • expertsinnovative with a andbroad delivers set of highskills impact. at every This • University College London physics.and performance. The way in which the cells are • levelconsortium to build the uniquely critical blendsbridge betweentheoreticians • University of Bath combined into a pack large enough to • sciencewith andmodellers, engineering, mathematicians working and • University of Oxford powerAccurate an EV simulationsand the mechanism of batteries will give • University of Southampton alongsideexperimentalists, UK industry ensuring to ensure that that the the models •University of Southampton controllingus the ability the local to inform environment the design of each of • University• of Warwick workdeveloped is innovative are scientifically and delivers highrigorous, celladvanced within that batteries, pack also reducing influence the lifetime costs • And• And 17 industrial 17 industrial partners partners impact.computationally This consortium efficient uniquely and blends andassociated performance. with the creation of prototypes theoreticiansexperimentally with modellers,validated in parallel, to CONTENTS LOGO CLEAR SPACE mathematicians and experimentalists, MINIMUM SIZE WITH HM GOV MARQUE THINGS TO AVOID COLOUR TYPOGRAPHY PHOTOGRAPHIC STYLE GRAPHIC PATTERN

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