Battery system and moving body

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11411270-B2
Application number	US-202016739162-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 10, 2020
Priority date	Jul 13, 2017
Publication date	Aug 9, 2022
Grant date	Aug 9, 2022

Abstract

While lithium-air batteries have been known, in which oxygen in the air is used as a positive electrode active material and lithium is used as a negative electrode active material, it is desired to provide a battery system capable of efficient utilization of oxygen. A battery system is provided, including: a lithium-oxygen battery; an oxygen compressing unit configured to compress oxygen released from the lithium-oxygen battery; a storage unit configured to store oxygen compressed by the oxygen compressing unit; and an oxygen supplying unit configured to supply oxygen stored in the storage unit to the lithium-oxygen battery.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A battery system comprising:
a lithium-oxygen battery;
an oxygen compressing unit configured to compress oxygen released from the lithium-oxygen battery;
a storage unit configured to store oxygen compressed by the oxygen compressing unit;
an oxygen supplying unit configured to supply oxygen stored in the storage unit to the lithium-oxygen battery;
an enclosure case enclosing the lithium-oxygen battery;
a temperature measuring unit configured to measure a temperature in the enclosure case; and
a temperature adjusting unit configured to maintain the temperature in the enclosure case within a predetermined range; wherein
the oxygen compressing unit and the oxygen supplying unit are connected to the enclosure case, and
the temperature adjusting unit adjusts the temperature in the enclosure case by heating inside the enclosure case with a heater provided in the enclosure case.

2. The battery system according to claim 1 , wherein
the oxygen supplying unit supplies oxygen stored in the storage unit to the enclosure case, and
the battery system further comprises a blowing fan disposed in the enclosure case and configured to blow oxygen supplied by the oxygen supplying unit toward the lithium-oxygen battery.

3. The battery system according to claim 1 , comprising:
an internal pressure measuring unit configured to measure an internal pressure of the enclosure case; and
an internal pressure adjusting unit configured to maintain the internal pressure of the enclosure case within a predetermined range.

4. The battery system according to claim 3 , wherein the internal pressure adjusting unit causes the oxygen compressing unit to compress oxygen contained in the enclosure case if the internal pressure of the enclosure case is higher than a predetermined threshold, and causes the oxygen supplying unit to supply oxygen stored in the storage unit to the enclosure case if the internal pressure of the enclosure case is lower than the predetermined threshold.

5. The battery system according to claim 3 , wherein
the oxygen supplying unit is a compressor, and
the internal pressure adjusting unit maintains the internal pressure of the enclosure case by adjusting a rotation rate of the compressor.

6. The battery system according to claim 3 , wherein the internal pressure adjusting unit maintains the internal pressure of the enclosure case by controlling a valve to adjust an amount of supplying oxygen stored in the storage unit to the enclosure case.

7. The battery system according to claim 1 , wherein the temperature adjusting unit adjusts the temperature in the enclosure case by heating oxygen supplied from the oxygen supplying unit to the enclosure case.

8. The battery system according to claim 1 wherein the enclosure case has a heat retaining property.

9. The battery system according to claim 8 , wherein the enclosure case comprises a thermal insulation material.

10. The battery system according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a blow rate adjusting unit configured to adjust a blow rate of the blowing fan;
an internal pressure measuring unit configured to measure an internal pressure of the enclosure case;
an internal pressure adjusting unit configured to adjust the internal pressure of the enclosure case;
a temperature measuring unit configured to measure a temperature in the enclosure case; and
a temperature adjusting unit configured to adjust the temperature in the enclosure case.

11. The battery system according to claim 10 , further comprising an environment adjusting unit configured to adjust an environment of the lithium-oxygen battery by controlling at least one of: adjustment of the blow rate performed by the blow rate adjusting unit; adjustment of the internal pressure of the enclosure case performed by the internal pressure adjusting unit; and adjustment of the temperature in the enclosure case performed by the temperature adjusting unit.

12. The battery system according to claim 11 , wherein the environment adjusting unit adjusts the environment of the lithium-oxygen battery according to an operating mode of the battery system.

13. The battery system according to claim 1 , wherein the oxygen compressing unit is a compressor.

14. The battery system according to claim 13 , wherein the oxygen supplying unit is the compressor.

15. The battery system according to claim 13 , wherein the compressor compresses oxygen using electrical power of the lithium-oxygen battery.

16. The battery system according to claim 13 , wherein the compressor generates electrical power by utilizing expansive pressure of compressed oxygen stored in the storage unit.

17. The battery system according to claim 1 , comprising
a power supplying unit configured to supply electrical power to the lithium-oxygen battery to charge the lithium-oxygen battery, wherein
the oxygen compressing unit compresses oxygen released from the lithium-oxygen battery as a result of the power supplying unit charging the lithium-oxygen battery.

18. The battery system according to claim 17 , wherein the power supplying unit supplies electrical power generated by solar power generation to the lithium-oxygen battery.

19. A moving body comprising:
the battery system according to claim 1 ; and
a movement controlling unit configured to perform movement control using electrical power of the lithium-oxygen battery.

20. A moving body comprising:
the battery system according to claim 1 ; and
a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication using electrical power of the lithium-oxygen battery.

21. The moving body according to claim 19 , wherein the moving body is capable of flying and serves as a stratospheric platform.

Assignees

• Softbank Corp

Inventors

• Tajika Akihiko

Classifications

• H01M10/48

  Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte (constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals, H01M50/569) · CPC title

• H01M10/625

  Vehicles · CPC title

• H01M10/425

  Structural combination with electronic components, e.g. electronic circuits integrated to the outside of the casing (printed circuits H05K1/00) · CPC title

• Y02T10/70

  Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries · CPC title

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title