Publications

Howard's MRes Summer Project investigated the effect that AC internal heating had on the spatial temperature homogeneity of Lithium-ion cells. With his supervisor Dr Christopher Vagg, he found that the cylindrical MoliCel and DTP Pouch cells both demonstrated significant temperature gradients when heated from sub-zero temperatures. These gradients increased in magnitude with the size of the cell and for the pouch cells were affected further by the current gradients caused by tabs located at the same end of the battery.