Liquid-cooled battery pack system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9774065-B2
Application number	US-201514601159-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 20, 2015
Priority date	Jan 21, 2014
Publication date	Sep 26, 2017
Grant date	Sep 26, 2017

Abstract

The present invention provides a battery module and a liquid-cooled battery system that uses it, a battery cell and a current collector sheet, on the premise that the materials like the electrode and separator and so on are completely the same, energy density of the battery pack is greatly increased; the cell and the current collector sheet are fully welded connections, the joints are fewer and it is not prone to produce desoldering, also ensuring the stability of the of the cell tab and high current carrying capacity, and when putting the parallel battery module in series, the use of wires are avoided, thus reduces the volume of the battery pack; the innovative design for the liquid-cooled battery pack system, improves the thermal balance between the cells, and the heat-dissipation in battery pack distributes more evenly, the insulation property of the battery package is highly improved, controlling the heat-dissipation capacity of the system by adjusting the flow rate of the circulating pump, not only the unnecessary energy consumption can be avoided, but also have a better impact resistance.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A liquid-cooled battery pack system, comprising:
a battery module;
a battery case;
a cooling insulating liquid;
a circulating pump, a radiator; and
a liquid reservoir tank;
the battery module having a plurality of battery cells, the battery module and the cooling insulating liquid being disposed in the battery case, the battery module being immersed in the cooling insulating liquid, a first end of the battery pack being provided with an outlet of the cooling insulation liquid, a second end being provided with an inlet of the cooling insulating liquid; and
the inlet of the cooling insulating liquid, the reservoir tank, the radiator, the circulating pump and the outlet of the cooling insulating liquid being closed connection through pipelines, either side of the battery module parallel to the battery cells therein being provided with a fixed frame, a blocking portion extending outwardly from either end of each fixed frame, opposite blocking portions at the same end holding corresponding cell tabs of the battery cells sandwiched therein, either end of the fixed frames being provided with a flow part matching with corresponding blocking portion, each flow part being provided with a circulation passage and a harness channel; and
an extending direction of the circulation passages is parallel to a longitudinal direction of the battery pack.

2. The liquid-cooled battery pack system of claim 1 , wherein the battery case is sealed and assembled by components comprising a case and two covers, both ends of the case are open.

3. The liquid-cooled battery pack system of claim 1 , wherein the cooling insulating liquid is selected from one or two of the groups consisting of silicone oil, transformer oil, and fluorinated hydrocarbons.

4. The liquid-cooled battery pack system of claim 1 , wherein a separator is provided at either side of each battery cell, a surface area of the separator is larger than that of its adjacent battery cell.

5. The liquid-cooled battery pack system of claim 4 , wherein the separator is provided with concave and convex patterns, the concave and convex patterns distribute over the entire separator.

6. The liquid-cooled battery pack system of claim 5 , wherein the concave and convex patterns are selected from at least one of the diamond-shaped concave and convex patterns, square-shaped concave and convex patterns, triangle-shaped concave and convex patterns, strip-shaped concave and convex patterns, or orange peel-shaped concave and convex patterns.

7. The liquid-cooled battery pack system of claim 1 , wherein:
a depth of the circulation passages is equal to the thickness of the battery module, and an opening corresponding to the outlet of the cooling insulating liquid is closed.

8. The liquid-cooled battery pack system of claim 7 , wherein inner wall of each circulation passage, closed to the battery cell, is provided with a plurality of circulation holes.

9. The liquid-cooled battery pack system of claim 1 , wherein the fixed frames are provided with buffer rings between them, the buffer rings are sheathed on the battery cells between the fixed frames.

10. The liquid-cooled battery pack system of claim 9 , wherein both end surfaces of the battery module are provided with cushion separately.

11. The liquid-cooled battery pack system of claim 1 , wherein the bottom of the fixed frame is provided with shunt grooves, an extending direction of the shunt grooves is in the same direction with that of the circulation passages.

12. The liquid-cooled battery pack system of claim 1 , wherein an outer wall of the case is provided with a plurality of longitudinal reinforcing ribs.

13. The liquid-cooled battery pack system of claim 1 , wherein an outer surface of the case is provided with explosion-proof grooves, a notch depth of the explosion-proof grooves is 20%-50% of the wall thickness of the case.

14. The liquid-cooled battery pack system of claim 13 , wherein the explosion-proof grooves include a U-shaped groove.

15. The liquid-cooled battery pack system of claim 14 , wherein the battery pack is provided with a temperature sensor.

16. The liquid-cooled battery pack system of claim 15 , wherein the temperature sensor is provided at the cell tabs of the battery module.

17. The liquid-cooled battery pack system of claim 15 , wherein the liquid reservoir tank is provided with a liquid level sensor.

18. The liquid-cooled battery pack system of claim 17 , wherein the liquid reservoir tank is provided with a one-way oil-gas separation exhaust valve.

19. The liquid-cooled battery pack system of claim 18 , wherein the one-way oil-gas separation exhaust valve is sheathed with an airway.

20. The liquid-cooled battery pack system of claim 19 , wherein the liquid reservoir tank is provided with an electrolyte detector.

21. The liquid-cooled battery pack system of claim 20 , wherein the electrolyte detector includes a hydrofluoric acid detector.

22. The liquid-cooled battery pack system of claim 2 , wherein the case is provided with flexible connecting bars connected to the two covers.

23. The liquid-cooled battery pack system of claim 10 , wherein an outer wall of the case is provided with a plurality of longitudinal reinforcing ribs.

24. A liquid-cooled battery pack system, comprising:
a battery module;
a battery case;
a cooling insulating liquid;
a circulating pump, a radiator; and
a liquid reservoir tank;
the battery module having a plurality of battery cells, the battery module and the cooling insulating liquid being disposed in the battery case, the battery module being immersed in the cooling insulating liquid, a first end of the battery pack being provided with an outlet of the cooling insulation liquid, a second end being provided with an inlet of the cooling insulating liquid; and
the inlet of the cooling insulating liquid, the reservoir tank, the radiator, the circulating pump and the outlet of the cooling insulating liquid being closed connection through pipelines, either side of the battery module parallel to the battery cells therein being provided with a fixed frame, a blocking portion extending outwardly from either end of each fixed frame, opposite blocking portions at the same end holding corresponding cell tabs of the battery cells sandwiched therein, either end of the fixed frames being provided with a flow part matching with corresponding blocking portion, each flow part being provided with a circulation passage and a harness channel;
an extending direction of the circulation passages is parallel to a longitudinal direction of the battery pack; and
a material of the battery case is selected from the group consisting of stainless steel or aluminum alloy.

Assignees

• Microvast Power Systems Co Ltd
• Microvast Power Systems Co Ltd

Inventors

• Deng Guoyou
• Wu Yang
• Guo Feng

Classifications

• H01M10/486

  for measuring temperature · CPC title

• H01M10/484 Primary

  for measuring electrolyte level, electrolyte density or electrolyte conductivity · CPC title

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title

• H01M10/625

  Vehicles · CPC title

• H01M10/054

  Accumulators with insertion or intercalation of metals other than lithium, e.g. with magnesium or aluminium · CPC title