I-HECOBATT

A European consortium has started working on the development of an intelligent Heating and Cooling solution -named i-HeCoBatt- that is expected to offer an enhanced range on Electrified Vehicles (EV) battery packs.

Datik is part of this consortium as a developer of automotive data management software and in conjunction with other leading companies that cover the whole relevant value chain of the EV batteries industry: A top automobile manufacturer (AUDI), a leading automotive components manufacturer (MIBA), a printed electronics developer (EPI) and an eco- design expert (VERTECH), supported by first order two European research centres (CEA, CIDETEC).

i-HeCoBatt‘s industrialization will enhance the efficiency of the heating and cooling system, through the cost reduction of its design and development.

To achieve so, i-HeCoBatt will integrate an innovative heat exchanger, which will allow to remove the currently used gap filler between the heat exchanger and the battery.

This design not only reduces weight but enhances the efficiency of the heating and cooling system. The generated temperature data feed in the battery management control unit, as well as an external early diagnostic and safety system connected to the cloud. Different interfaces will be created to access these data according to user profiles: designers, testers, maintenance teams or driver. The i-HeCoBatt technology targets EVs with a time to market of about five years.

The main objective of i-HeCoBatt is to achieve a smart, cost bursting industrial battery heat exchanger to minimize the impact on full electric vehicle range in extreme conditions.
Smart, because new sensing functionalities will be implemented in the thermal system in order to monitor the behavior of the whole battery pack thermal system.
Cost bursting, because expensive components of current SoA products will be replaced by cost efficient components as well as the number of parts minimized.
Industrial, because mass production means will be used to manufacture the heat exchanger.