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Thermal management is of major importance for all vehicles, especially electric ones. Want to dive into detail with experts specialized in thermal management from multiple countries and companies?
On the 8th of February RAI Automotive Industry NL, Agoria Automotive Technology Club, and ARIA Industrie Automobile Hauts-De-France invite you for a Thermal Management workshop at University d’Artois in Béthune. Participants will be a mix of industrial companies, R&D/technical centers, and academic research labs. Thus, offering an excellent opportunity to see and discuss recent developments within the sector, meet experts in the field, and share insights.
Program
Wednesday, 7 February 2024 (optional)
18:00: Check-in Hotel
19:00: Welcome Dinner
Thursday, 8 February 2024
07:00 Breakfast & checkout
08:00 Transfer from Hotel to Université d'Artois, prepare tabletop demos
08:30 Registration
09:00 - 10:30 Session 1
Thermal management of performance drive units
TREMEC - Jan-Frederik VANDERHAEGEN
Metallic textiles: a possibility for temperature management
IMATTEC - Thierry DELAMBRE
BEV Thermal Management – Identifying trends thanks to benchmarking
A2MAC1 - Thomas DEROUIN
Battery Thermo Management for Electric Commercial Vehicles
Webasto Group - Lena BECKMANN
10:30 - 10:50 BREAK
10:50 - 12:10 Session 2
Innovative techniques for thermal and fluid management: development of experimental and numerical tools for accurate phenomena analysis
IMT Nord Europe - Serge RUSSEIL & Daniel BOUGEARD
Two-phase passive cooling technology for Electric Vehicles
Calyos - Antoine DE RYCKEL
A review of bus bar protection against thermal runaway mode, for a faster & more efficient installation
Tenneco Systems Protection - Geoffroy THELLIER
New Needs for Thermal Interface Materials
PPG Revocoat Jean-Marc PINEL
12:10 - 13:15 LUNCHBREAK
13:15 - 14:30 Session 3
Novel thermal management techniques adapted to electric vehicle components.
LAMIH (UPHF) - Safouene OUENZERFI
Impact of cabin thermal management on energy consumption of EV
L2EP / University of Lille - Alain BOUSCAYROL
Cylindrical cell cooling: a new sustainable plastic concept approach
NOVARES - Jérôme PRAIZELIN
How to handle mineral reinforcement as a fire-retardant enclosure for batteries used in electric vehicles
ISOMATEX - Bernard VOSS
14:30 - 14:50 BREAK
14:50 - 16:00 Session 4
Enhancing xEV thermal management with generative design
Diabatix - Dr. Lieven VERVECKEN
Impact of temperature on the electrical insulation system of powertrain electric motors
LSEE / Université d'Artois - Gabriel VELU
NRF (TBC)
Conclusions / Wrap-up
16:00 Transfer to locations for company visits
16:30 Company Visits
- CRITTM2A a battery testing and validation centre
- CREPIM is an abuse fire test center for e-mobility & Lithium Batteries
- BTC is a battery manufacturing and training center.
17:30 End
Practical information:
The event will be from 09:00 to 17:00 at Faculté des Sciences Appliquées in Béthune. Since for most of you, this will be quite a long drive, there is the option to come a day earlier and participate in the network dinner on the 7th of February. Click here for some hotel suggestions within the region, we recommend the Ibis Bethune Centre Gare Hotel. The participation fees connected to this event are:
- Participation in the thermal management workshop
- 100,- pp. excl. BTW for members
- 150,- pp. excl. BTW for non-members.
- Participation in the networking dinner will cost 100,- pp. excl BTW.



