Introduction to designing sustainable batteries

Understand sustainability in relation to battery module and pack design and manufacture.

Definitions, examples and evaluation in relation to human, social, economic and environmental sustainability. Evaluation of sustainability in relation to at least one module pack and pack design.

Understand the battery module and pack manufacturing process.

Produce and label a manufacturing process flow chart for a battery module and battery pack. Inputs of materials for the manufacturing process and outputs including voltage, nominal capacity and reserve capacity.

Define what a battery module and pack is.

Battery module components including battery cell, management electronics for cell balancing, voltage and temperature measurement, connectors. The battery manufacturing process, different power and current outputs for different applications.

Understand the main components and organisation of a battery module and pack.

Identification of battery module and battery pack components on engineering drawings or CAD images, components (including the identification of components which are incorrectly located).

Identify the main design points of a battery module and pack.

Main considerations including: size, weight, power, cooling, output.

Investigate how sustainability can be applied to battery design.

Difficulty in having all four sustainability factors at a suitable level, positives and negatives of modular design, current and potential future innovation, any negative impacts on the environment, areas for improvement.

This course is designed to introduce the basics sustainability and how design choices can impact the process. The course gives the delegates an insight into why certain choices are made and how they impact the design, timings, and supply chain in battery manufacturing.