We couldn’t really split the modelling software up into the different areas, hence we decided to create a searchable table. Please drop us a line of software packages that should be added here.
Modelling Software
| wdt_ID | Name | Description | URL | Solves | Application Level | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PyBaMM | solves physics-based electrochemical DAE models by using state-of-the-art automatic differentiation and numerical solvers. | https://www.pybamm.org/ | electrical, thermal, electrochemical, control | Cell, Chemistry | Free |
| 2 | Mathworks SimScape Battery | create digital twins, run virtual tests of battery pack architectures, design battery management systems, and evaluate battery system behavior across normal and fault conditions. | https://uk.mathworks.com/products/simscape-battery.html | electrical, thermal, control | Cell, Module, Pack | $$ |
| 3 | Comsol | The Battery Design Module is an add-on to the Multiphysics software that encompasses descriptions over a large range of scales, from the detailed structures in the battery's porous electrode to the battery pack scale including thermal management systems. | https://www.comsol.com/battery-design-module | electrical, thermal, electrochemical | Chemistry, Cell, Module | $$$ |
| 4 | Ansys | battery simulation gets the results you need from electrochemistry to electrode, cell, module, pack and system and the coupling of different physics | https://www.ansys.com/en-gb/applications/battery | electrochemical, electrical, thermal, mechanical, safety, control | Chemistry, Cell, Module, Pack | $$$ |
| 5 | CAEBAT | NREL has developed software tools to help battery designers, developers, and manufacturers create affordable, high-performance lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries for next-generation electric-drive vehicles (EDVs). | https://www.nrel.gov/transportation/caebat-modeling-design.html | electrical, thermal, electrochemical, safety | Cell, Module, Pack | ? |
| 6 | MSMD | The expandable, modular, and flexible architecture connects the physics of battery charge/discharge processes, thermal control, safety, and reliability in a computationally efficient manner. | https://www.nrel.gov/transportation/msmd.html | electrochemical, electrical, thermal, safety, control | Chemistry, Cell | ? |
| 7 | cideMOD | solves DFN physicochemical equations by Finite Element methods using FEniCS library. It enables doing physics-based battery simulations with a wide variety of use cases, from different drive cycles to characterization techniques. | https://github.com/cidetec-energy-storage | electrochemical, electrical, thermal | Chemistry, Cell | Free |
| 8 | MPET | simulations of batteries with porous electrodes using porous electrode theory, which is a volume-averaged, multiscale approach to capture the coupled behavior of electrolyte and active material within electrodes | https://pypi.org/project/mpet/ | electrochemical | Chemistry | Free |
| 9 | BEST | software environment for the physics-based three-dimensional simulation of lithium-ion batteries | https://www.itwm.fraunhofer.de/en/departments/sms/products-services/best-battery-electrochemistry-simulation-tool.html | electrochemical | Chemistry | ? |
| 10 | BatPac | A Spreadsheet Tool to Design a Lithium Ion Battery and Estimate Its Production Cost | https://www.anl.gov/cse/batpac-model-software | electrical, financial | Pack | Free |
| 11 | DandeLiion | an ultra-fast solver for electrochemical models of planar lithium-ion cells and thermal-electrochemical models of three-dimensional composite pouch cells. It solves models of the form first described by Doyle, Fuller, and Newman | https://www.dandeliion.com/ | electrochemical, electrical, thermal | Chemistry, Cell, Module | Free |
| 12 | Simcenter STAR-CCM+ | a multiphysics computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software for the simulation of products operating under real-world conditions | https://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/global/en/products/simcenter/STAR-CCM.html | electrical, thermal, mechanical, electrochemical | Chemistry, Cell, Module, Pack | $$$ |
| 13 | GT-AutoLion | used by cell designers and OEMs to predict performance, degradation, and safety for any Lithium-ion cell. It predictively models the electrochemical processes within Lithium-ion cells using a fast and reliable, electrochemical, physics-based approach | https://www.gtisoft.com/gt-autolion/ | electrochemical, thermal, electrical, safety | Chemistry, Cell, Pack | ? |
| Name | Description | URL | Solves | Application Level | Cost |