Singapore Battery Pack Programme

To develop a national platform for the rapid design, prototyping, and validation of battery packs.

Focus:

• Create a multifunctional research team combining expertise from across Singapore’s leading battery research teams at NTU, A*STAR, NUS and SUTD.
• Design and construct a globally competitive reference pack design, exceeding international benchmarks by the end of 2026.
• Partner with Singapore industry and support their progress in battery pack research and manufacturing.
• Enable new opportunities in electrification solutions, requiring battery packs.
• Develop the pool of expertise available to meet the requirements of international companies locating their R&D teams in Singapore.
• Generate a portfolio of innovative solutions that will be essential to next-generation high-energy-density battery packs.

1. An Integrated Digital Design and Virtual Test

   By integrating a deep physics based predictive capability using advanced computational methods, including Bayesian Neural Frameworks, designers can see the effect of their design choices on battery life. The simulation driven approach enables the project team to reduce cost and weight, by eliminating overly conservative pack designs, whilst achieving regulatory and operational targets.

   

   
   

   

   Contact: Clive@a-star.edu.sg / nagarajan@sutd.edu.sg

   

   
2. Module-level cell-data analytics for design against abuse conditions

   Battery packs are increasingly used in harsh environments, including construction and mining. To avoid unexpected loss of capacity or pack failures due to excessive mechanical loads, the project team is developing techniques for high throughput analytics for design against shock and vibration. These will provide design solutions for safer battery packs , with protection against vibration and shock.

   

   

   Contact: mpepb@nus.edu.sg / yinxs@imre.a-star.edu.sg / hmlee@nus.edu.sg

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3. A Dynamically Adaptive Battery Management System

   The project team is developing hybrid Battery Management Systems (BMS) integrating new safety Protocols and AI prognostics for Enhanced battery life. Achieving the optimum operating for battery cells within the pack ensures that the lifetime targets are achieved without underutilisation of cell capacity. The state-of-art BMS provides a significant contribution to ensuring the reference pack achieves the project’s performance goals.

   

   

   Contact: zjhe@ntu.edu.sg

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4. An Innovative Battery Thermal Management System

   The project team is developing novel thermal solutions to improve battery pack cooling targeting thermal efficiency improvements of 30%. Leveraging deep understanding of materials design and manufacturing process to enable micro-fin design of the cooling plate surface to be manufactured cost-effectively at the sizes needed for large battery packs – reducing cost and weight of the thermal system.

   

   

   Contact: gong.jun@nus.edu.sg / tli@simtech.a-star.edu.sg

   

   

   

5. Pack Internal Design including Validation and Verification

   Adopting a design for manufacturing approach, the project team will develop a prototype of the full internal structure of a high-energy pack with best-in-class cell-to-pack architecture. Through high pack structural utilisation and optimised thermal design, the reference pack targets a cell to pack ratio of up to 85%.

   

   

   Contact: zjhe@ntu.edu.sg

   
6. A comprehensive Testing facility for high-capacity Battery Energy Storage

   SGBP2 is supporting the expansion of local test facilities with capacity to test battery energy storage exceeding 100kWh. Thus ensuring the availability of reliable and innovative battery test solutions for Singapore companies. The full capabilities of the facility will be demonstrated by a comprehensive validation of the prototype pack, for performance, safety and reliability.

   

   

   Contact: zjhe@ntu.edu.sg