Question: Quickly cooling lithium batteries after charging is a key aspect of extending battery life. Recently Tesla announced a new battery form factor, the 4 6

Quickly cooling lithium batteries after charging is a key aspect of extending battery life. Recently Tesla announced a new battery form factor, the 4680, which has a diameter of 46 mm and length of 80 mm . This is significantly bigger than the previous generation battery, the 2170, which has a diameter of 21 mm and length of 70 mm . As an engineer, you are curious about the cooling time implications for this larger battery.
Assume that after charging, the cylindrical battery cell is initially at \(80^{\circ}\mathrm{C}\). The battery is cooled via convection (circulating fluid within the battery pack) with fluid at \(20^{\circ}\mathrm{C}\) and h of \(50\mathrm{~W}/\mathrm{m}^{2}\mathrm{~K}\). The battery cell has a thermal conductivity of \(1\mathrm{~W}/\mathrm{mK}\), a density of \(2500\mathrm{~kg}/\mathrm{m}^{3}\), and a heat capacity of \(1000\mathrm{~J}/\mathrm{kgK}\).
a) How long does it take the center temperature of the smaller 2170 cell to cool to \(30^{\circ}\mathrm{C}\)?
b) How many times longer does it take the center temperature of the larger 4680 cell to cool to \(30^{\circ}\mathrm{C}\)?
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Quickly cooling lithium batteries after charging

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