Electric vehicle fluid test system
AssigneeSouthwest Research Institute
InventorsJoshua C. Conner, Nolan A. Erickson, J. Matthew Jackson, Terrence F. Alger, II
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Abstract
An electric vehicle test chamber device for electric vehicle fluid oxidation testing. The device is incorporated into a system that includes a shaft implement such as a pump as well as a variable electric input mechanism with capacity to impart a variety of different types of electrical fields to the fluid. The fields may be induced by direct current, alternating current or an electromagnetic current. The system includes an acquisition unit for collection of oxidation data as well as capacity to account for a variety of other parameters applied to the fluid in order to attained enhanced accuracy of oxidation data analysis.
Claims16
An electric vehicle test chamber device of a system for evaluating oxidation of an electric vehicle fluid, the device comprising:
- a chamber to accommodate the electric vehicle fluid and in communication with an acquisition unit for acquiring and managing fluid data;
- a pump shaft implement with oxidation catalyst submerged within the fluid;
- a variable electrical input mechanism submerged in the fluid for application of multiple different types of electrical fields to the fluid to generate the fluid data, the fields induced by any of a direct current source, an alternating current source and an electromagnet;
- wherein the variable electrical input mechanism comprises an insulated metallic wire;
- and the insulated metallic wire comprises a coil wrapped about the pump shaft implement.
A test system for evaluating oxidation of an electric vehicle fluid, the system comprising:
- a test chamber accommodating the electric vehicle fluid;
- a pumping shaft implement with oxidation catalyst submerged within the fluid;
- a variable electrical input mechanism submerged within the fluid for application of multiple different types of electrical fields to the fluid, the fields facilitated by any of a direct current source, an alternating current source and an electromagnet;
- an acquisition unit for acquiring and managing fluid data in light of the applied conditions;
- wherein the variable electrical input mechanism comprises an insulated metallic wire;
- and the insulated metallic wire comprises a coil wrapped about the pumping shaft implement.
A method of evaluating oxidation of an electric vehicle fluid with a test system, the method comprising:
- filling a test chamber with an electric vehicle fluid for testing;
- actuating a pumping shaft implement submerged within the fluid;
- employing a variable electrical input mechanism submerged within the fluid to apply one of multiple different types of electrical fields to the fluid;
- and acquiring oxidation data from the electric vehicle fluid for analysis at an acquisition unit for managing fluid data in light of the one of the multiple different types of electrical fields;
- wherein the variable electrical input mechanism comprises an insulated metallic wire;
- and the insulated metallic wire comprises a coil wrapped about the pumping shaft implement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.