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Prof. Fowler said that the gaps we have between every two cell rows for airflow are unnecessary and that the standard inter-cell gap provided by adjacent cell holders would be fine provided that we have active cooling. He initially proposed a stronger cooling solution such as a thermoelectric cooler but after Minghao explained that our motors have a combined draw of 20 hp, he became less concerned.
Regardless of out our design, Prof. Fowler emphasized that it was critical for us to perform airflow and heat transfer simulations in COMSOL (or ANSYS). He said that all chemical engineering students have access to COMSOL through servers but that he could also help us obtain access as a team. COMSOL is supposed to have Li-ion models built-in.
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