Use of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene for heating a lithium battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12247154-B2
Application number	US-202017597250-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 3, 2020
Priority date	Jul 5, 2019
Publication date	Mar 11, 2025
Grant date	Mar 11, 2025

Abstract

The use of a refrigerant including 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene for the heating of a battery of an electric vehicle including at least one electrochemical cell including a negative electrode, a positive electrode and an electrolyte, the electrolyte including a lithium salt and the negative electrode including metallic lithium as electrochemically active material.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A use of a refrigerant comprising 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene for heating of a battery of an electric vehicle comprising at least one electrochemical cell comprising a negative electrode, a positive electrode and an electrolyte, the electrolyte comprising a lithium salt and the negative electrode comprising metallic lithium as electrochemically active material,
wherein the refrigerant comprises 60% by weight to 78.5% by weight of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 21.5% by weight to 40% by weight of difluoromethane, and
wherein the refrigerant circulates in a vapor compression circuit such that a heat-transfer process of the refrigerant is carried out cyclically and comprises:
evaporation of the refrigerant in an evaporator;
compression of the refrigerant in a compressor;
condensation of the refrigerant in a condenser; and
expansion of the refrigerant in an expansion module,
wherein the refrigerant is subcooled between the condensation and the expansion, and the subcooling is from 1 to 50° C.

2. The use as claimed in claim 1 , in which the lithium salt of the electrolyte is chosen from LiPF 6 , LiFSI, LiTDI, LiPOF 2 , LiB(C 2 O 4 ) 2 , LiF 2 B(C 2 O 4 ) 2 , LiBF 4 , LiNO 3 , LiClO 4 and the mixtures of these.

3. The use as claimed in claim 1 , in which the battery is maintained at a temperature of between a minimum temperature t 1 and a maximum temperature t 2 , in which the minimum temperature t 1 is greater than or equal to 10° C. and the maximum temperature t 2 is less than or equal to 40° C.

4. The use as claimed in claim 1 , in which the vapor compression circuit is also suitable for heating the passenger compartment of the vehicle and/or for air conditioning the passenger compartment of the vehicle and/or for cooling the battery of the vehicle.

5. The use as claimed in claim 1 , in which the refrigerant comprises 78.5% by weight of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 21.5% by weight of difluoromethane.

6. A process for conditioning the battery of an electric vehicle, said battery comprising at least one electrochemical cell comprising a negative electrode, a positive electrode and an electrolyte, the electrolyte comprising a lithium salt and the negative electrode comprising graphite or a lithium-containing material as electrochemically active material, the process comprising:
heating of the battery with a refrigerant comprising 60% by weight to 78.5% by weight of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 21.5% by weight to 40% by weight of difluoromethane; and
circulating the refrigerant in a vapor compression circuit such that a heat-transfer process of the refrigerant is carried out cyclically and comprises:
evaporation of the refrigerant in an evaporator;
compression of the refrigerant in a compressor;
condensation of the refrigerant in a condenser; and
expansion of the refrigerant in an expansion module,
wherein the refrigerant is subcooled between the condensation and the expansion, and the subcooling is from 1 to 50° C.

7. The process as claimed in claim 6 , in which the lithium salt of the electrolyte is chosen from LiPF 6 , LiFSI, LiTDI, LiPOF 2 , LiB(C 2 O 4 ) 2 , LiF 2 B(C 2 O 4 ) 2 , LiBF 4 , LiNO 3 , LiClO 4 and the mixtures of these.

8. The process as claimed in claim 6 , comprising:
maintaining the battery of the vehicle at a temperature of between a minimum temperature t 1 and a maximum temperature t 2 , in which the minimum temperature t 1 is greater than or equal to 10° C. and the maximum temperature t 2 is less than or equal to 40° C.

9. The process as claimed in claim 8 , in which maintaining the battery of the vehicle at a temperature of between t 1 and t 2 is carried out alternately by cooling the battery with the refrigerant and by heating the battery.

10. The process claim 9 , in which the heating of the battery is also carried out partially by an electrical resistance.

11. The process as claimed in claim 6 , in which the refrigerant comprises 78.5% by weight of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 21.5% by weight of difluoromethane.

Assignees

• Arkema France

Inventors

• Schmidt Gregory

Classifications

• H01M2300/0028

  characterised by the solvent · CPC title

• H01M2220/20

  Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane · CPC title

• H01M2004/027

  Negative electrodes · CPC title

• H01M10/0569

  characterised by the solvents · CPC title

• H01M10/0568

  characterised by the solutes · CPC title