Method and system for drying electrode plate of secondary battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12018889-B2
Application number	US-202117367711-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 6, 2021
Priority date	Jul 6, 2020
Publication date	Jun 25, 2024
Grant date	Jun 25, 2024

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for drying an electrode plate capable of solving an electrode plate overdrying problem and a drying uniformity deterioration problem due to a pressure change by including: a supply air volume setting step of setting an initial supply air volume introduced into a drier to a target air volume or less; an exhaust air volume setting step of setting an initial exhaust air volume to a numerical value corresponding to the initial supply air volume set in the supply air volume setting step; and an air volume adjusting step of increasing a supply air volume and an exhaust air volume from the initial air volumes set in the supply air volume setting step and the exhaust air volume setting step to designated target air volumes for a predetermined time, and a system for drying an electrode plate capable of effectively implementing the same.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for drying an electrode plate, comprising:
a supply air volume setting step of setting an initial supply air volume introduced into a drier to a target air volume or less;
an exhaust air volume setting step of setting an initial exhaust air volume to a numerical value corresponding to the initial supply air volume set in the supply air volume setting step; and
an air volume adjusting step of increasing a supply air volume and an exhaust air volume from the initial supply air volume and the initial exhaust air volume respectively set in the supply air volume setting step and the exhaust air volume setting step, to designated target air volumes for a predetermined time, wherein the supply air volume and the exhaust air volume are maintained to be the same as each other.

2. The method for drying an electrode plate of claim 1 , wherein the initial supply air volume in the supply air volume setting step and the initial exhaust air volume in the exhaust air volume setting step are set to be same as each other.

3. The method for drying an electrode plate of claim 2 , wherein an increase in the supply air volume and an increase in the exhaust air volume in the air volume adjusting step are stepwise performed with a time difference therebetween.

4. The method for drying an electrode plate of claim 1 , further comprising an air volume adjustment information calculating step of generating a plurality of air volume increasing steps on a basis of initial supply air volume information input in the supply air volume setting step, initial exhaust air volume information input in the exhaust air volume setting step, and set preparation time and arrival time information and determining a holding time of each air volume increasing step.

5. The method for drying an electrode plate of claim 4 , further comprising a temperature control information obtaining step of calculating a heating fluid flow rate suitable for each air volume increasing step determined in the air volume adjustment information calculating step.

6. The method for drying an electrode plate of claim 5 , further comprising a temperature adjusting step of adjusting the heating fluid flow rate to a numerical value corresponding to an air volume increasing step change using heating fluid flow rate information for each step obtained in the temperature control information obtaining step.

7. A system for drying an electrode plate, comprising:
a fluid feeder through which a fluid is introduced;
a heater heating the fluid supplied through the fluid feeder;
a drier receiving the fluid heated through the heater and drying the electrode plate;
a discharger through which the fluid used in the drier is discharged; and
a controller stepwise adjusting amounts of fluid introduced through the fluid feeder and fluid discharged through the discharger and a heat amount of the heater from designated initial numerical values to target numerical values, wherein the amounts of fluid introduced through the fluid feeder and fluid discharged through the discharger are maintained to be the same as each other.

Assignees

• Sk Innovation Co Ltd
• Sk On Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Sang Hwa
• Kim Sung Woo
• Jeong Hoe Sun
• Kim Ju Hyun

Classifications

• F26B21/37

  Velocity of flow; Quantity of flow · CPC title

• F26B21/30

  Controlling, e.g. regulating, parameters of gas supply · CPC title

• F26B21/35 Primary

  Temperature; Pressure · CPC title

• F26B21/50

  Ducting arrangements from the source of air or other gases to the materials or objects being dried · CPC title

• F26B3/04 Primary

  the gas or vapour circulating over or surrounding the materials or objects to be dried (F26B3/14 takes precedence) · CPC title