Cooling solutions for batteries that currently exist on the market are usually rigid aluminum plates with embedded pipes for the cooling liquid.

The Miba FLEXcooler® is a new and innovative cooling component for batteries. It’s main material is a foil where cooling liquid (various options) flows through the FLEXcooler® allowing maximum flexibility.

Compared to existing solutions on the market the FLEXcooler® is a non-rigid component, also flexible in size and shape. This allows battery cooling on cell, module and pack level.

The core benefit by using the FLEXcooler® technology is that there is no more need for gapfillers (thermal pasts) as the FLEXcooler® adjusts perfectly to the cell structure. Besides that, it is a non-electric conductive component showing better thermal efficiencies and tolerance compensation.

The i-HeCoBatt project is a highly specialised collaborative project in which a consortium of seven industrial & research organizations will jointly develop innovative solutions for EV batteries. i-HeCoBatt stands for Intelligent Heating and Cooling solution for enhanced range EV Battery packs. Its aim is to achieve a smart, cost bursting industrial battery heat exchanger to minimize the impact on full electric vehicle range in extreme conditions.

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iModBatt and GHOST have hosted a Workshop on the 18th of October 2019 at CIDETEC Energy Storage site in San Sebastián, Spain. Both projects have crossed the Rubicon and led to a mature discussion on the achieved outcomes with the rest of participants among which i-HeCoBatt represented by CIDETEC Energy Storage and MIBA.

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