Flame resistant heat-transfer tube

Abstract

A thermal management system is disclosed, in particular a battery thermal management system, as well as a flame resistant heat transfer tube for use in said thermal management system. The flame resistant heat transfer tube comprises a composition which contains at least one polyphenylsulfide polymer, at least one polyphenylsulfone polymer, and at least one thermoplastic elastomer containing epoxy functional groups. A method of cooling a battery and/or operating a battery comprising passing a heat transfer fluid, preferably a water/ethylene glycol mixture, in such a flame resistant heat transfer tube.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.