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US 9,865,852 B2Granted
Energy storage container with vortex separator
AssigneeTesla, Inc.
InventorsJason Haer, Joseph Mardall, Scott I. Kohn, Adam Maser, Peter How, Christopher Grimmer
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Abstract
A vortex separator includes: a housing having a cylindrical chamber therein; an inlet through a mantle of the cylindrical chamber, the inlet positioned at a proximal end of the housing; a pipe that enters the housing at the proximal end and extends axially through the cylindrical chamber toward a distal end of the housing which is closed; an outlet through the mantle, the outlet positioned at the distal end; and a catch basin at the outlet.
Claims11
An energy storage container comprising:
- a plurality of pods each containing electrochemical cells, the pods arranged in a vertical stack inside the energy storage container;
- a chimney;
- a plurality of exhausts from the pods into the chimney;
- a catch basin;
- and
- a vortex separator having:
- an inlet toward the chimney, a first outlet toward the catch basin, and a second outlet toward an outside of the energy storage container.
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