Vehicle battery pack, a system for cooling a battery pack and a cooling plate for use in the system
AssigneeJaguar Land Rover Limited
InventorStephen Nicholls
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Abstract
A system for controlling the temperature of a rechargeable electric battery pack for a vehicle includes a plurality of rechargeable electrochemical storage cells disposed in rows of one or more cells each. The system includes two heat exchanger plates for each of the rows of one or more cells. Each heat exchanger plate is configured to allow heat transfer fluid to flow internally thereof and a first of two heat exchanger plates for one of the rows is configured to allow heat transfer fluid to flow in a first general direction. A second of the two heat exchanger plates for the row is configured to allow heat transfer fluid to flow in a second general direction. The first and second general directions are substantially different to one another.
Claims10
A system for controlling the temperature of a rechargeable electric battery pack comprising a plurality of rechargeable electrochemical storage cells disposed in a plurality of rows of one or more cells each, the system comprising two heat exchanger plates for each of said rows of one or more cells, each said row being disposed between the two heat exchanger plates for said row, and each heat exchanger plate being arranged to allow heat transfer fluid to flow internally thereof;
- wherein a first of the two heat exchanger plates for a first of said rows is configured and/or arranged to allow heat transfer fluid to flow in a first general direction;
- wherein a second of the two heat exchanger plates for said first row is configured and/or arranged to allow heat transfer fluid to flow in a second general direction;
- wherein the first and second general directions are substantially different to one another;
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- wherein each heat exchanger plate of the system comprises an inlet and an outlet, and wherein, in use, the inlet is disposed at a higher elevation than the outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.