Aim: to characterise next-generation cells and modules for JLR. Develop specific test procedures for JLR
Partners: JLR
Faraday Multiscale Modelling
Grey-box modelling and identification. Improving validation of models with known dynamics and unknown physics via data augmentation.
Partners: Led by ICL, with six other universities
Faraday Sprint Project
Develop cloud and BMS battery models for remaining useful life prediction.
Partners: Eatron Technologies
H2020 Project ECO2LIB
Develop physical models of Si anode batteries to predict performance and ageing.
Partners: Led by VARTA Microbattery GmbH and nine other partners from EU.
AMEC - Air Mobility Ecosystem Consortium
To develop a battery fault diagnostic algorithm for lithium-ion battery packs of VX-4 aircraft by Vertical Aerospace.
Partners: Vertical Aerospace, Atkins, Vergin Atlantic, London Heathrow, Skyports.
Extending Battery Life
Aim: to produce a complete understanding of the degradation mechanisms of high energy density lithium-ion batteries
Partners: University of Cambridge, UCL and 15 more partners
Salamander: self-healing battery concept in which anode and cathode deformities can be sensed and repaired through a BMS
SIMBA: instrumented Sodium ion batteries with distributed temperature
SAFEBAT: advancing the science of safety through new in-cell sensing methods and metrology
MSM (Multi-Scale Modelling) Parameterisation and validation of new physical models, linking internal states to cell performance and ageing – expansion and strain
NEXTRODE II: In-line metrology to support battery manufacture and the direct manufacture of smart cells
ZEST: Novel methods of cell sensing, failure and mitigation relevant to future aircraft applications
ASTIR: Mechanical characterisation of large-format cells in low- and high-strain rate deformation, and validation of cell FEA models to predict cell failure (rupture, short-circuit) when subjected to crush.
Novel Cell: High Power Cell to Module design concept
TSUK Catapult: Novel design of steel cell casings
Salamander
Self-healing battery concept in which anode and cathode deformities can be sensed and repaired through a BMS.
SIMBA
Instrumented Sodium-ion batteries with distributed temperature.
SAFEBAT
Advancing the science of safety through new in-cell sensing methods and metrology.
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