Hi all, I'm Rashiga from Sri Lanka. We also have quite lot of dense leaf users although our country is small. We mostly use imported leaf's Japan (some are also from UK).
Since our country is near the equator we experience out hot climate all through out the year(86 F - 95 F). When I was reading research papers and articles in forums like my nissan leaf I found out that how critical is to have a some sort of active cooling mechanism for the nissan leaf. Best part is our authorized dealer does not handle issues with Nissan leaf. So our option is to save the first battery we got as much as possible before battery prices come down and battery replacement becomes readily available.
These are some methods that came to my mind,
1. Using pipes to run coolant below the battery casing and remove the heat using another radiator.
2. Using pipes to run coolant below the battery casing and remove the heat using peltier device.
3. Using fans to add an airflow around the battery case
I have some basic issues for using any of the cooling methods, looking at the battery arrangement only some of the modules contact to the battery casing. So will the cooling the battery casing be useful?
Other option is to drill two holes in the battery casing and flood the battery with non conductive fluid and run it through a external radiator. Will it have any harm to the battery, like chemical reactions and even shortage by reaching breakdown voltage of the cooling fluid? Also does the battery casing have enough thickness to be able to tap a thread so pipe fitting can be installed without opening the battery casing?
I want to is it ok to use the vehicle with the under body plastic battery cover removed? Hope this will atleast help to improve the heat transfer to the ambient.
Hope to hear your opinion regrading this!
Thanks in advance.
Since our country is near the equator we experience out hot climate all through out the year(86 F - 95 F). When I was reading research papers and articles in forums like my nissan leaf I found out that how critical is to have a some sort of active cooling mechanism for the nissan leaf. Best part is our authorized dealer does not handle issues with Nissan leaf. So our option is to save the first battery we got as much as possible before battery prices come down and battery replacement becomes readily available.
These are some methods that came to my mind,
1. Using pipes to run coolant below the battery casing and remove the heat using another radiator.
2. Using pipes to run coolant below the battery casing and remove the heat using peltier device.
3. Using fans to add an airflow around the battery case
I have some basic issues for using any of the cooling methods, looking at the battery arrangement only some of the modules contact to the battery casing. So will the cooling the battery casing be useful?
Other option is to drill two holes in the battery casing and flood the battery with non conductive fluid and run it through a external radiator. Will it have any harm to the battery, like chemical reactions and even shortage by reaching breakdown voltage of the cooling fluid? Also does the battery casing have enough thickness to be able to tap a thread so pipe fitting can be installed without opening the battery casing?
I want to is it ok to use the vehicle with the under body plastic battery cover removed? Hope this will atleast help to improve the heat transfer to the ambient.
Hope to hear your opinion regrading this!
Thanks in advance.