Liquid Cooling for Li-Ion Battery

Project Description

Battery Liquid Cooling System for Electric Engines — In an effort to meet the modern demand for reduced carbon pollution, the Hyster-Yale Group is converting one of its diesel forklifts into an electric one. To aid in these efforts, this group has designed a modular liquid cooling system to help batteries maintain a safe temperature. The liquid cooling system can be upscaled or downsized for any future conversions, and makes the future – hot swapping any combustion engine for an electric system – closer to reality.

Team: LICH System

Members

Tarrin Funderburg, Mechanical Engr.
Donald Funk, Mechanical Engr.
Jesus Barrera, Mechanical Engr.
Ryan Gonzalez, Mechanical Engr.

Sponsor

Samuel Weiss, Hyster-Yale Group

Faculty Advisor

Matthew Swenson, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering