WEIGHT AND COST REDUCTION OF THE THERMAL MANAGEMENT FOR TRACTION BATTERIES BY USING THE DSM METHODOLOGY
DS 77: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2014 13th International Design Conference
Year: 2014
Editor: Marjanovic Dorian, Storga Mario, Pavkovic Neven, Bojcetic Nenad
Author: Luft ,T.; Klein ,F.; Wartzack, S.
Series: DESIGN
Section: DESIGN METHODS
Page(s): 293-302
Abstract
This paper provides a methodology to reduce weight and costs of thermal management systems for traction batteries in vehicles by using value engineering approaches and a matrix-based product description. This allows product developers to analyze and to improve the complex dependencies and relationships between all requirements, functions, properties and characteristics of the product as well as the respective associated costs and weights. This methodology is used and validated in the contribution for a simplified sealing plate of one cell module.
Keywords: design optimization, matrix-based product description, DSM, lightweight design, cost reduction, decision making