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A Rougher Cold Plate Still Spread Battery Heat Better

A topology-shaped channel model improved thermal uniformity by more than ten percent at high discharge rates.

Published Updated Story ID: mp-2026-08-03-015
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Summary

A topology-shaped channel model improved thermal uniformity by more than ten percent at high discharge rates.

A simulation incorporating measured additive-manufacturing roughness found a nonuniform layered cold plate outperformed planar designs; prediction error stayed below seven percent. The work is a coupled numerical assessment, not a vehicle test.

Why it matters

A topology-shaped channel model improved thermal uniformity by more than ten percent at high discharge rates.

Limits and context

  • The work is a coupled numerical assessment, not a vehicle test.

Key claims

  1. A topology-shaped channel model improved thermal uniformity by more than ten percent at high discharge rates.

    Qualification: The work is a coupled numerical assessment, not a vehicle test.

    Evidence: source-2026-08-03-017

Sources

  1. International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow: additive cold plateEmerald · secondary reporting

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