Patent SG-11201809267P-A (SG)
Title: Method and apparatus for managing thermal runaway gases in a battery system
Inventor: LINDSTROM JEREMY
IPC: H01M10/6566
Filed: 2017-04-20
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property 11111111111111111111101011111111111 0111011111111011101111111101111111011110111111 Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date .....0\"\"\" WO 2017/181283 Al 26 October 2017 (26.10.2017) WIPO I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, HO1M 10/6566 (2014.01) HO1M 2/12 (2006.01) CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, HO1M 10/613 (2014.01) DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, (21) International Application Number: HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, PCT/CA2017/050490 KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, (22) International Filing Date: PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, 20 April 2017 (20.04.2017) SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, (30) Priority Data: GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, 62/325,337 20 April 2016 (20.04.2016) US UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, (71) Applicant: CORVUS ENERGY INC. [CA/CA]; Unit 220 EE, ES, FL FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, - 13155 Delf Place, Richmond, British Columbia V6V 2A2 MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, (CA). TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, (72) Inventors: LINDSTROM, Jeremy; c/o Unit 220, 13155 KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Delf Place, Richmond, British Columbia V6V 2A2 (CA). _ LOKHORST, David; c/o Unit 220 - 13155 Delf Place, Published: Richmond, British Columbia V6V 2A2 (CA). — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) = (74) Agent: RIPLEY, Roch; Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP, = Suite 2300 - 550 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Colum- bia V6C 2B5 (CA). = = (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, = (54) Title: METHOD AND APPARATUS _ = — 15 17 FOR MANAGING THERMAL RUNAWAY GASES IN A BATTERY SYSTEM (57) : A system comprising one or more battery modules mounted in a rack assembly has a structure which defmes a cooling air pathway for flowing cooling air 29 across the side and/or bottom of each battery module thereby cooling the battery mod- the energy calls in the battery Further, the ule, or alternatively, across module. sys- 22 tem has a structure which defmes a thermal runaway gas pathway for flowing thermal = < <= 20 = 14 a P from battery module out of the system. The is runaway gases a system structure con- figured to ensure that the cooling air pathway and thermal runaway gas pathway are physically separated, thereby minimizing the risk of the thermal runaway gas sub stan- = = 22 12 I 26 tially mixing with cooling air thereby potentially resulting in a spontaneous ignition and an explosion. 20 I = 10 22 12 14 I 24 18 19 20 3 1283 Al ..... 14 12 i ll MI III 1 22 1-1 FIG. 1 0 ei 0