Teesmat | Battery physics-based modelling: Fundamentals and Methodologies

Mathematical models are nowadays commonly used as an efficient tool to simulate physical and electrochemical processes occurring inside battery cells. This type of models, or also called physics- based models, when coupled with experimental characterisations at both electrodes and cell levels, are of great value for design and development purposes of battery cells, as further for the understanding of the occurrence of their internal ageing mechanisms and the prediction of their lifetime. In practice, accurate lifetime predictions translated in terms of capacity decay of battery cells during operation is also of high importance in the research and development activities at VITO towards improved battery management systems for battery pack and modules in use in mobile and/or stationary applications. The speaker Odile Capron contributes, since 2019, to the Research and Development activities of VITO (Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek) within the Energy Technology Unit located in EnergyVille in Genk, Belgium. Her current activities are linked to the research and development of coupled electrochemical-thermal models dedicated to both automotive and stationary energy storage systems. She obtained a Ph.D. degree in Engineering Science from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels (Belgium) in 2018 and has the double M.Sc. degree in Engineering from both Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels (Belgium) in 2013.