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Patente US7507500 - Design of a large battery pack for a hybrid locomotive - Google PatentesBúsqueda Imágenes Maps Play YouTube Noticias Gmail Drive Más »Iniciar sesiónPatentesThe present invention is directed to systems for prolonging battery life, such as maintaining battery cell temperatures in battery packs within specified limits, providing vibration and shock resistance, and/or electrically isolating groups of batteries from nearby conductive surfaces....http://www.google.es/patents/US7507500?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatente US7507500 - Design of a large battery pack for a hybrid locomotive Búsqueda avanzada de patentesTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents. Número de publicaciónUS7507500 B2Tipo de publicaciónConcesión Número de solicitudUS 11/131,917 Fecha de publicación24 Mar 2009 Fecha de presentación17 May 2005 Fecha de prioridad17 May 2004TarifaCaducadaTambién publicado comoUS20050269995, US20060012334, WO2005114810A1, WO2005114811A2, WO2005114811A3 Número de publicación11131917, 131917, US 7507500 B2, US 7507500B2, US-B2-7507500, US7507500 B2, US7507500B2 InventoresFrank Wegner Donnelly, David Herman Swan, John David Watson Cesionario originalRailpower Technologies Corp.Exportar citaBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManCitas de patentes (102), Otras citas (38), Citada por (40), Clasificaciones (60), Eventos legales (5) Enlaces externos: USPTO, Cesión de USPTO, EspacenetDesign of a large battery pack for a hybrid locomotive
US 7507500 B2 Resumen
The present invention is directed to systems for prolonging battery life, such as maintaining battery cell temperatures in battery packs within specified limits, providing vibration and shock resistance, and/or electrically isolating groups of batteries from nearby conductive surfaces.
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10. A battery pack assembly, comprising: a plurality of battery cells; a battery rack; and a plurality of isolation containers supportably mounted on and movably engaging the battery rack, each isolation container comprising a plurality of battery cells, wherein each isolation container is an enclosure comprising end surfaces, top and bottom surfaces, and side surfaces, wherein each isolation container moves outwardly in a drawer-like manner, and wherein the top surfaces comprise at least one inspection door for accessing the enclosed battery cells when the isolation container is displaced outwardly from the battery rack. Descripción
The present application claims the benefits, under 35 U.S.C. §119(e), of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/572,289, filed May 17, 2004, of the same title to Donnelly, et al., which is incorporated herein by this reference.
The present invention relates generally to the design of a large battery pack suitable for a hybrid locomotive and specifically to a battery pack using forced convection cooling.
The use of energy storage batteries in combination with a generator is known for automobiles, buses and other road and highway vehicles. Electric batteries have been used to store electric power to drive electric locomotives as, for example, disclosed by Manns in U.S. Pat. No. 1,377,087 which is incorporated herein by reference. Donnelly has disclosed the use of a battery-dominant hybrid locomotive which has a ratio of energy storage capacity to charging power in the range of 4 to 40 hours in U.S. Pat. No. 6,308,639 which is also incorporated herein by reference.
One of the principal objectives of hybrid locomotive design is to operate the locomotive in such a way as to maximize the lifetime of its energy storage unit. This is because the cost structure of an energy storage unit such as for example a battery pack or capacitor bank is primarily one of capital cost and secondarily of operating costs. It is known, for example, that operating a lead-acid battery pack in a preferred state-of-charge (“SOC”) range or with a preferred charging algorithm or with both tends to extend serviceable lifetime of cells in cyclical service towards that of float service.
These and other needs are addressed by the various embodiments and configurations of the present invention. The present invention is directed generally to a method for design and operation of an energy storage battery pack for a large hybrid vehicle such as a hybrid locomotive, maritime vessel, hybrid bus, hybrid subway or hybrid light rail vehicle. The method disclosed herein may also be applied to an energy storage unit comprised of energy storage capacitors.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a battery pack is designed to maintain cells within a specified temperature difference of all other battery cells by removing thermal energy generated within individual cells by forced convective cooling means applied to selected outside surfaces of the cells. The temperature operating range for a large hybrid locomotive battery pack is typically between minus 40° C. and plus 45° C. The temperature differential between any individual cells is preferably less than about 5° C. and more preferably less than about 3° C. The temperature of individual battery cells is maintained by placing one to several battery cells inside an isolation container and forcing a moderate flow of air along the sides of the batteries, preferably the sides of the cells perpendicular to the orientation of the internal plate pairs. This practice extends the useful lifetime of the battery pack as a whole.
In a second embodiment, a combination of procedures is disclosed for maximizing the ampere-hour lifetime of a battery pack. First, individual battery cells are maintained within a specified temperature differential as described above. Second, the temperature level of all the cells is maintained within a second predetermined range by controlling the inflow and outflow of air to the battery pack compartment in response to ambient temperature conditions. Third, the shock and vibration environment of individual battery cells are controlled within predetermined maximum values. Fourth, the battery pack is operated such that its state of charge (“SOC”) is preferably between 20% to 95% and more preferably between 50% and 95%. This practice reduces the tendency of the condition of individual battery cells to diverge, thereby requiring fewer equalization charges which can reduce overall battery pack lifetime. Fifth, the battery pack is operated to avoid deep discharging the battery cells for example below 20% SOC so as not to cause unnecessary level of stress on the cell plates which tends to reduce battery lifetime. Sixth, when it is necessary to overcharge the battery pack (perform an equalization charge), a current interrupt charging algorithm is used. This is known to significantly extend battery cell lifetime because it allows the cells to cool down during charging and avoid the oxygen recombination cycle which leads to early failure of the negative plate by oxidation of the sulfuric acid to sulfate. Seventh, it is also preferable to perform equalization charges at a high rate of current so as to more evenly pass current through the plates, a practice which is also known to extend cell lifetime.
A “battery cell” is an individual sealed or vented unit comprised of one or more internal plate assemblies, each plate assembly comprised of a negative plate, a separator material and a positive plate. The battery cell may have one or more external negative and positive terminals.
A “plate pair” is the basic unit of a cell and is comprised of a negative plate, a separator material and a positive plate. When the separator is impregnated with an appropriate electrolyte, a voltage typical of the particular battery chemistry is developed between the positive and negative plates. In a lead-acid battery, this voltage is typically about 2.13 volts at full charge.
A “battery rack” is a mechanical structure in which battery cells are mounted.
A “battery module” is a collection of cells mounted in a battery rack frame assembly of convenient size.
A “battery pack” is an assembly of many individual battery cells connected electrically. The assembly may be comprised of subassemblies or modules comprised of individual battery cells. The battery pack usually, but not always, has one overall positive and negative terminals for charging and discharging the cells in the pack.
“Float service” as applied to a battery means operating the battery under rigid voltage conditions to overcome self-discharge reactions while minimizing overcharge and corrosion of the cell's positive grid.
FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of a prior art assembly of a battery pack, generator and ballast installed on a locomotive frame;
The energy storage capacity of a battery cell can be characterized by its ampere-hour rating. The lifetime of the battery cell can also be characterized by a number of ampere-hours throughput of expected service. For example, a lead-acid battery cell may have a capacity rating of 1,500 ampere-hours and a lifetime estimated at 1.5 million ampere-hours total throughput. The ratio of expected lifetime to storage capacity is therefore equivalent to the number of cycles of full discharges that the battery cell can deliver over its lifetime. In the example above, this would be 1,000 full discharge cycles. This does not necessarily mean the battery cell can actually be fully discharged 1,000 times but it is a means to characterize the lifetime of the battery cell under the operating conditions recommended to achieve its specified lifetime. This method of estimating lifetime for a battery is appropriate to batteries that are continually discharged and recharged (cycled) during service, where the discharging and recharging may be held within a predetermined range that need not include full discharging and recharging. This can be contrasted to float service where the battery is operated under rigid voltage conditions which usually results in a lifetime measured in years of operation rather than in equivalent full discharge cycles.
An objective of hybrid locomotive design is to operate the locomotive in such a way as to maximize the lifetime of its energy storage unit. This is because the cost structure of an energy storage unit such as for example a battery pack or capacitor bank is primarily one of capital cost and secondarily of operating costs. It is known, for example, that operating a lead-acid battery pack generally within a predetermined range of state-of-charge (“SOC”) range (for example from about 50% to about 95%) as well as applying known charging algorithms and procedures, applying, tends to extend serviceable lifetime towards that of float service.
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