System and Method for Cooling a Battery
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsAjith Kuttannair Kumar, John D. Butine
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Abstract
A system is provided for cooling an energy storage system of a hybrid electric vehicle. The energy storage system includes at least one energy storage device. The system includes an inlet positioned on the outer surface of the vehicle above the platform. More particularly, the system includes a cooling fluid duct in flow communication with the inlet and the at least one energy storage device. Additionally, the system includes a blower powered by a respective motor and positioned within the to draw cooling fluid into the inlet and through the cooling fluid duct to pass the cooling fluid over or through the at least one energy storage device and into a common vented area of the vehicle.
Claims25
A system for cooling an energy storage system of a hybrid electric vehicle, said energy storage system comprising at least one energy storage device, said system comprising:
- at least one inlet positioned on an outer surface of the vehicle above said platform;
- an cooling fluid duct in flow communication with an inlet and at least one of said at least one energy storage device;
- and
- a blower powered by a respective motor and positioned within said cooling fluid duct to draw cooling fluid into said inlet and through said cooling fluid duct to pass said cooling fluid over or through said at least one energy storage device and into a common vented area of said vehicle.
A method for cooling an energy storage system of a hybrid electric vehicle, said energy storage system comprising at least one energy storage device, said method comprising:
- positioning an inlet on the outer surface of the vehicle above said platform;
- communicating a cooling fluid duct to said inlet and said at least one energy storage device;
- and
- positioning a blower powered by a motor within said cooling fluid duct;
- drawing cooling fluid into said inlet and through said cooling fluid duct;
- and
- passing said cooling fluid over or through said at least one energy storage device and into a common vented area of said vehicle.
Computer readable media containing program instructions for cooling an energy storage system of a hybrid electric vehicle, said energy storage system comprising at least one energy storage device, the computer readable media comprising:
- a computer program code for drawing cooling fluid into an inlet positioned on the outer surface of the vehicle above said platform and through a cooling fluid duct in flow communication to said inlet and said at least one energy storage device;
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- a computer program code for passing said cooling fluid over or through said at least one energy storage device and into a common vented area of said vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.