CN107819140B - All-vanadium redox flow battery system and cooling method thereof - Google Patents

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CN107819140B
CN107819140B CN201711205411.4A CN201711205411A CN107819140B CN 107819140 B CN107819140 B CN 107819140B CN 201711205411 A CN201711205411 A CN 201711205411A CN 107819140 B CN107819140 B CN 107819140B
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All-vanadium redox flow battery system and cooling method thereof, belong to the redox flow battery field, in order to solve the problem that the electrolyte cooling occupies peak regulation load in the discharging stage of the existing redox flow battery, the technical points are as follows: including the monitoring devices who is used for monitoring all vanadium redox flow battery to fill the state of discharge to and send the cooling device that all vanadium redox flow battery is the signal of state of charge in order to start in monitoring devices, cooling device is arranged in cooling the electrolyte in the electrolyte storage tank, and the effect is: the power and investment of the heat pump unit can be reduced.

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All-vanadium redox flow battery system and cooling method thereof
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the field of flow batteries, and relates to a large-scale all-vanadium flow battery cooling system and a cooling method.
Background
Too high a temperature of the electrolyte in the flow battery will affect the battery performance and may also cause crystallization of the electrolyte, requiring proper cooling.
Because the flow battery is exothermic in the discharge stage, the electrolyte cooling in the existing flow battery is performed in the discharge stage, however, the peak regulation load is occupied by the electrolyte cooling in the discharge stage, and the peak regulation capacity of the energy storage power station and the output power of the energy storage power station are reduced.
As a further technical problem, in the existing battery operation and electrolyte cooling modes, the electrolyte is cooled only by means of a dispersed process air conditioner or other equipment, or most of containers are in modularized design, and each container maintains the temperature of the electrolyte in an air-cooled or water-cooled real-time cooling mode. The cooling mode has larger power consumption and approximately accounts for 4-5% of the total output power of the battery, so that the output power of the battery is reduced.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the problem that the electrolyte cooling occupies peak regulation load in the discharging stage of the flow battery of the existing all-vanadium flow battery system, the embodiment provides the following technical scheme: the all-vanadium redox flow battery system comprises a monitoring device for monitoring the charging and discharging states of the all-vanadium redox flow battery and a cooling system which is started by sending a signal that the all-vanadium redox flow battery is in a charging state, wherein the cooling system is used for cooling electrolyte in an electrolyte storage tank.
Further, the all-vanadium redox flow battery system further comprises an anode electrolyte storage tank, the cooling system comprises an electrolyte circulation pipeline arranged on the anode electrolyte storage tank, an electrolyte circulation pump and an electrolyte heat exchanger are arranged on the pipeline, electrolyte is arranged on the shell side of the electrolyte heat exchanger, and refrigerating working media in a plurality of refrigerant pipelines connected in parallel are arranged on the tube side.
Further, the evaporator of the heat pump unit absorbs heat released by the electrolyte through the refrigerant pipeline, and the condenser of the heat pump unit is cooled by the circulating cooling system to obtain cold.
Further, a compressor is arranged between the evaporator and the condenser of the heat pump unit, and can be controlled by a control device to start in a charging state of the all-vanadium redox flow battery and stop in a discharging state of the all-vanadium redox flow battery.
Further, the heat exchanger control valve is arranged on the refrigerating medium side of the electrolyte heat exchanger and/or the heat pump unit and is connected with the control device.
Further, the cooling system of the all-vanadium redox flow battery further comprises a negative electrode electrolyte storage tank positioned at one side of the positive electrode electrolyte storage tank, an electrolyte circulating pump is arranged on an electrolyte circulating pipeline of the negative electrode electrolyte storage tank, the downstream of the electrolyte circulating pump is connected with a galvanic pile, and the galvanic pile is connected back to the negative electrode electrolyte storage tank.
Further, a stop valve is installed on a connection line between the evaporator and the condenser, an expansion valve is installed on a connection line between the stop valve and the evaporator, and a check valve is installed on a connection line between the stop valve and the condenser.
Further, the temperature measuring device is arranged at the inlet of the electrolyte circulating pump of the positive electrolyte storage tank.
The invention also relates to a cooling method of the all-vanadium redox flow battery, wherein the cooling system is used for refrigerating the electrolyte in the charging stage of the all-vanadium redox flow battery and stopping refrigerating in the discharging stage to form time-sharing refrigeration in the charging stage.
The refrigeration is concentrated refrigeration, and the temperature control method comprises the following steps: s1, determining a single-cycle temperature rise characteristic curve according to test data to obtain a temperature rise characteristic curve of electrolyte; s2, after the battery starts to charge, determining the existing storage capacity of the battery, and inquiring a temperature rise characteristic curve of the electrolyte according to the storage capacity of the battery, the initial temperature of the electrolyte and the operation control temperature of the battery to obtain the residual charging time and the temperature of the electrolyte after the complete discharge of the battery; s3, obtaining heat required to be cooled in the battery charging process according to a formula, wherein the formula is as follows:
Q=(T1-T2)×C×V;
q: heat required to be cooled during battery charging; t: the temperature of the electrolyte after discharge; t2: controlling the temperature of battery operation; c: specific heat of electrolyte; v: electrolyte volume; s4, calculating the refrigerating power of the refrigerating system according to the residual charging time, and controlling the refrigerating device to control the temperature of the electrolyte.
The beneficial effects are that: by the scheme, the traditional refrigeration running time is changed, the original battery discharging stage is used for refrigeration, the charging stage is used for refrigeration, the power and the investment of the heat pump unit can be reduced, because the battery energy storage is used for adjusting the load of the power grid, the refrigeration equipment is started during charging to consume more valley electricity of the power grid, and the electrolyte is cooled during the charging stage to ensure that peak load is not occupied during discharging, as a further effect, a time-sharing cooling system is adopted, the peak capacity of the energy storage power station is improved by about 4-5%, and the valley electricity consumption capacity of the energy storage power station is improved by about 4-5%.
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1. the system comprises a galvanic pile, a positive electrode electrolyte storage tank, a negative electrode electrolyte storage tank, an electrolyte circulating pump, a cooling system, an electrolyte heat exchanger, a temperature measuring device and a temperature transmitter, a heat exchanger control valve, a check valve, an evaporator, a condenser, a compressor, an expansion valve and a circulating cooling system, wherein the positive electrode electrolyte storage tank, the negative electrode electrolyte storage tank, the electrolyte circulating pump, the cooling system, the electrolyte heat exchanger, the temperature measuring device and the temperature transmitter are arranged in sequence, the heat exchanger control valve, the check valve and the circulating cooling system are arranged in sequence.
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in the embodiment, an all-vanadium redox flow battery system suitable for large scale is described, comprising a galvanic pile 1, an anode electrolyte storage tank 2, a cathode electrolyte storage tank 3, an electrolyte circulating pump 4, a monitoring device, a cooling system 5 and pipelines;
in order to change the traditional refrigeration running time, the original battery discharging stage cooling is changed into the charging stage cooling to reduce the power and the investment of the heat pump unit, and the battery discharging stage releases heat, so that the heat pump unit is basically cooled in the heat release stage, namely the discharging stage cooling is performed, however, the discharging stage cooling, particularly the heat exchange cooling, occupies the peak load, the battery energy storage is used for adjusting the power grid load, and the refrigerating equipment is started to absorb the valley electricity of the power grid more in the charging stage, so that the electrolyte is cooled in the charging stage, and the peak load is not occupied any more in the discharging stage.
Therefore, the system suitable for the large-scale all-vanadium redox flow battery comprises a monitoring device for monitoring the charging and discharging states of the all-vanadium redox flow battery and a cooling system 5 which is started by sending a signal that the all-vanadium redox flow battery is in a charging state to the monitoring device, wherein the cooling system 5 is used for cooling electrolyte in an electrolyte storage tank.
The monitoring device can be a battery management system BMS which is used by a battery system in the prior art, and the management system BMS is mainly used for monitoring the OCV of the battery, converting the OCV into the SOC and then controlling the battery to operate.
The cooling system 5 comprises an electrolyte heat exchanger 6, a heat pump unit and a temperature control system; the temperature control system comprises a temperature measuring device, a transmitter, a control device and a heat exchanger control valve 8;
the electrolyte heat exchangers 6 are arranged at the position of each positive electrolyte storage tank 2, and are shell-and-tube heat exchangers, wherein the heat exchanger control valve 8 is arranged behind a heat exchanger refrigerant inlet valve, the shell side is electrolyte, the tube side is refrigerator refrigerant, and the refrigerants of the electrolyte heat exchangers 6 are connected in parallel and enter the heat pump unit after being summarized to realize concentrated refrigeration; the temperature measuring device is arranged at the inlet of the electrolyte circulating pump 4.
The heat pump unit includes: shut-off valve (refrigerant inlet valve), function: controlling the starting and stopping of the refrigerating system; expansion valve 13, function: throttling means for throttling the saturated or supercooled liquid at the condensing pressure in the condenser 11 or the receiver to the evaporating pressure and the evaporating temperature, and adjusting the flow rate of the refrigerant entering the evaporator 10 according to the load change; check valve 9, function: preventing the medium from flowing backwards and preventing the compressor 12 from driving the motor to reverse; in this embodiment, a shut-off valve is installed on a connection line between the evaporator 10 and the condenser 11, an expansion valve 13 is installed on a connection line between the shut-off valve and the evaporator 10, and a check valve 9 is installed on a connection line between the shut-off valve and the condenser 11.
The refrigerant tubes of the electrolyte heat exchanger are connected in parallel and release the heat collected by the electrolyte to supply the evaporator of the heat pump unit, the condenser of the heat pump unit is cooled by the circulation cooling system 14 to obtain cold energy, and the method reflects the organization relation of the electrolyte heat exchanger 6 and the heat pump unit.
The heat pump unit further comprises a compressor, a compressor 12 controlled by the control device to start and stop in a time-sharing manner is arranged between the evaporator 10 and the condenser 11 of the heat pump unit, and the compressor 12 is started in a charging state of the all-vanadium redox flow battery and stopped in a discharging state of the all-vanadium redox flow battery.
In one embodiment, the heat exchanger control valve 8 of the heat pump unit is located after the heat exchanger refrigerant inlet valve, an expansion valve 13 is installed on the connection line between the evaporator 10 and the heat exchanger control valve 8, a check valve 9 is connected on the line between the heat exchanger control valve 8 and the condenser 11, and a shut-off valve is installed between the check valve 9 and the heat exchanger control valve 8.
In another embodiment, the heat pump unit further comprises a heat exchanger control valve 8, which may be a separate part or a component part of the heat pump unit, for example, in the heat pump unit, the heat exchanger control valve 8 is arranged on the refrigerant side of the heat pump unit, the control device is used for controlling the start and stop of the heat pump unit or the heat pump unit and the electrolyte heat exchanger 6, in one embodiment, the heat exchanger control valve may be further arranged to regulate the output power of the heat pump unit, and in another embodiment, the control device is arranged to control the start and stop of the electrolyte heat exchanger 6 and/or regulate the output power thereof through the heat exchanger control valve 8.
By the above scheme, the shut-off valve and the heat exchanger control valve 8 are used only as the start-stop function, and only the shut-off valve is reserved in the pipeline.
By the solutions in the above embodiments, in one embodiment, the cooling system is used for cooling the electrolyte, and the heat pump unit is set for implementing centralized refrigeration, and the start timing of the cooling system, that is, the control device is implemented by controlling the start and stop of the electrolyte heat exchanger 6 through the heat exchanger control valve 8; in yet another aspect, the compressor 12 is controlled by the control device to be turned on and off in a time sharing manner to control the activation timing of the cooling system.
In one embodiment, the cooling system may be an electrolyte circulation pipeline installed on the positive electrode electrolyte storage tank, the pipeline is provided with an electrolyte circulation pump 4 and an electrolyte heat exchanger 6, the shell side of the electrolyte heat exchanger 6 is electrolyte, and the tube side is a refrigerant medium in a plurality of refrigerant tubes connected in parallel. Or a combination of the cooling system and the heat pump unit.
In one embodiment, the all-vanadium redox flow battery system further comprises a negative electrolyte storage tank 3 positioned at one side of the positive electrolyte storage tank 2, an electrolyte circulation pump 4 is arranged on an electrolyte circulation pipeline of the negative electrolyte storage tank 3, and the galvanic pile 1 is connected to the downstream of the electrolyte circulation pump 4, and the galvanic pile 1 is connected back to the negative electrolyte storage tank 3.
In one embodiment, a temperature measuring device is arranged at the inlet of the electrolyte circulating pump 4 of the positive electrolyte storage tank 2, and the temperature measuring device is used for monitoring the temperature of the electrolyte in cooperation with a cooling method. The cooling method of the invention comprises the following steps:
according to the test data of the existing system, a temperature rise characteristic curve of a single circulation system is determined, the curve shows heat dissipation power of the battery in different SOC states during charging and discharging, the temperature rise characteristic curve of the electrolyte can be calculated by combining the volume and specific heat of the electrolyte, and then the temperature rise characteristic curve is combined with the battery operation control temperature, wherein the temperature is an ideal temperature of the electrolyte preset according to the battery operation characteristic, the battery characteristics of battery manufacturers are different, the temperature is generally 25-35 ℃, and the temperature control strategy and the temperature control target value of the cooling system 5 in the battery charging process can be set.
The temperature control strategy is as follows: after the battery starts to charge, determining the existing storage capacity of the battery, and obtaining the temperature of the electrolyte after the battery is completely discharged (namely SOC=0) according to the storage capacity of the battery, the initial temperature of the electrolyte and a temperature rise curve obtained by a system test; according to
Q=(T1-T2)×C×V;
Q: heat required to be cooled during battery charging;
t: the temperature of the electrolyte after discharge;
t2: controlling the temperature of battery operation;
c: specific heat of electrolyte;
v: electrolyte volume;
the heat quantity required to be cooled in the battery charging process, namely the cold quantity required to be provided by the heat pump system, can be obtained, the input power of the heat pump system is calculated according to the residual charging time, and the temperature control of the electrolyte is realized through the PLC control device.
For example: electrolyte initiationThe temperature is 29 ℃, the SOC=30%, the battery operation control temperature is 30 ℃, the battery temperature rise characteristic curve is checked, the time T=4 hours required for fully charging the battery is obtained, after the battery is completely discharged, the system temperature rise is 2.6 ℃, namely the electrolyte temperature is 31.6 ℃ at the moment, and the electrolyte density is 1440kg/m 3 Specific heat: 3.12kj/kg.k, electrolyte volume: 2X 30m 3 =60m 3 The method is calculated according to the formula:
heat required to be cooled during battery charging q= (temperature after electrolyte discharge-battery operation control temperature) ×specific heat of electrolyte×electrolyte volume= (31.6-30) °c×3.12kj/kg.k×60m 3 ×1440kg/m 3 = 431308.8kJ, refrigeration power p=q/t= 29.952kW.
In this cooling method, as an aspect, each battery cell is independently controlled.
As another embodiment, a cooling method is described:
determining the temperature rise of a single circulation system according to the test data of the existing system, combining the ideal temperature of the battery operation, setting a temperature control strategy and a temperature control target value of a cooling system 5 in the battery charging process, opening a heat exchanger control valve 8DZi of any independent unit when the inlet temperature Ti of an electrolyte circulation pump 4 of the independent unit is higher than 30 ℃ in the battery charging process, and jointly starting a refrigerant circulation pump PP1 and a heat pump unit RM1, wherein the refrigerant circulation pump PP1 and the heat pump unit RM1 are in an opened state, and the output power of the heat pump unit is adjusted according to a second scheme; after cooling for a period of time, when the inlet temperature Ti of the electrolyte circulating pump 4 of any independent unit is reduced to 29 ℃, the independent unit heat exchanger control valve 8Dzi is closed until the inlet temperatures T1-Tn of the electrolyte circulating pumps 4 of all independent units are reduced to below 29 ℃, the refrigerant circulating pump PP1 and the heat pump unit RM1 are stopped.
Calculating the total refrigeration demand Qt+1 of the cooling system 5 at the next moment according to the inlet temperature of the electrolyte circulating pump 4 of each independent unit at the moment t, and regulating the output power of the heat pump unit; and analyzing the inlet temperatures T1-Tn of the electrolyte circulating pumps 4 of the independent units at the moment T, and adjusting the opening and the switching state of the temperature control valves of the heat exchangers of the independent units according to the temperature control strategy of the first strip of the scheme and the priority level of the temperature from high to low. Repeating the steps at the time t+1 until the inlet temperatures T1-Tn of the electrolyte circulating pumps 4 of all the independent units are reduced to below 29 ℃, and stopping the operation of the cooling system 5.
In one embodiment, in order to solve the problem that the existing flow battery performs electrolyte cooling in a discharging stage to occupy peak shaving load, the embodiment proposes the following technical scheme: the cooling system comprises a monitoring device for monitoring the charging and discharging states of the all-vanadium redox flow battery and a cooling system which is started by sending a signal that the all-vanadium redox flow battery is in a charging state from the monitoring device, wherein the cooling system is used for cooling electrolyte in an electrolyte storage tank. By the scheme, the traditional refrigeration operation time is changed from the original battery discharging stage cooling to the charging stage cooling, the power and the investment of the heat pump unit can be reduced, because the battery energy storage is used for adjusting the power grid load, the refrigeration equipment is started to consume more grid valley electricity during charging, and the electrolyte is cooled in the charging stage so that peak regulation load is not occupied during discharging, and the time-sharing cooling system is adopted as a further effect, the peak regulation capacity of the energy storage power station is improved by about 4-5%, and the valley electricity consumption capacity of the energy storage power station is improved by about 4-5%.
As a solution to the further technical problem, the cooling system of the all-vanadium redox flow battery further comprises an anode electrolyte storage tank, the cooling system comprises an electrolyte circulation pipeline arranged on the anode electrolyte storage tank, the pipeline is provided with an electrolyte circulation pump and an electrolyte heat exchanger, the shell side of the electrolyte heat exchanger is electrolyte, and the tube side is a refrigerating medium in a plurality of refrigerant tubes connected in parallel.
In this solution, a specific solution of a cooling system is described, the start-up of which can be controlled by the start-up timing logic for the purpose of charge cooling.
The evaporator of the heat pump unit absorbs heat released by the electrolyte through the refrigerant pipeline connected in parallel, and the condenser of the heat pump unit is cooled by the circulating cooling system to obtain cold energy. By the scheme, the heat pump unit is used for cascading the electrolyte heat exchangers to serve as a cooling system, and the refrigerant pipes (serving as evaporators of the heat pump unit) of the electrolyte heat exchangers are connected in parallel, so that the electrolyte heat exchangers can be intensively cooled, and compared with the cooling mode of decentralized cooling or decentralized air conditioning equipment cooling, the concentrated cooling mode is lower in power consumption, and the output power of the flow battery can be improved.
The circulating cooling system is an air cooling circulating cooling system and/or a water cooling circulating cooling system.
Naturally, the purpose of the circulation cooling system is to exchange heat at the condenser end, so that other forms of cooling system than the air-cooled and water-cooled systems described above can be used in the prior art.
The cooling system of the all-vanadium redox flow battery further comprises a negative electrode electrolyte storage tank positioned at one side of the positive electrode electrolyte storage tank, an electrolyte circulating pump is arranged on an electrolyte circulating pipeline of the negative electrode electrolyte storage tank, the downstream of the electrolyte circulating pump is connected with a galvanic pile, and the galvanic pile is connected back to the negative electrode electrolyte storage tank.
The evaporator and the condenser of the heat pump unit are provided with compressors which are controlled by the control device to start and stop in a time-sharing manner, and the heat exchanger control valve is arranged on the refrigerating medium side of the heat exchanger and is connected with the control device.
The compressor is started in a charging state of the all-vanadium redox flow battery and stopped in a discharging state of the all-vanadium redox flow battery.
Therefore, the scheme of starting the cooling system in the time-sharing charging stage is mainly realized by controlling the start and stop of the compressor of the heat pump unit, and the control of the refrigerating capacity and the refrigerating time can be realized by controlling the compressor.
The temperature measuring device is arranged at the inlet of the electrolyte circulating pump of the positive electrolyte storage tank, and the temperature measuring device is used for collecting temperature data and mainly providing basic data when a centralized refrigeration method is realized.
The heat exchanger control valve is positioned behind the refrigerant inlet valve of the heat exchanger, the expansion valve is arranged on a connecting pipeline between the evaporator and the heat exchanger control valve, the check valve is connected on a pipeline between the heat exchanger control valve and the condenser, and the shutoff valve is arranged between the check valve and the heat exchanger control valve. Wherein the shut-off valve is fully shut-off, although the heat exchanger control valve basically can function similarly, however, since the heat exchanger control valve cannot be fully shut-off, a shut-off valve (refrigerant inlet valve) is installed between the check valve and the heat exchanger control valve for safety, and functions: controlling the starting and stopping of the refrigerating system; expansion valve function: a throttling device which throttles saturated liquid (or supercooled liquid) under condensation pressure in a condenser or a receiver and then reduces the saturated liquid to evaporation pressure and evaporation temperature, and simultaneously adjusts the flow rate of refrigerant entering an evaporator according to the change of load; check valve function: preventing the medium from flowing backwards and preventing the compressor driving motor from reversing.
The cooling system carries out refrigeration on electrolyte in a charging stage of the all-vanadium redox flow battery, and stops refrigeration in a discharging stage so as to form time-sharing refrigeration in the charging stage.
In the cooling method, the starting of refrigeration is in a charging stage, and the discharging stage is stopped for refrigeration, so that the power and investment of the heat pump unit can be reduced, because the battery energy storage is used for adjusting the load of a power grid, the refrigerating equipment can be started to consume more valley electricity of the power grid during charging, and the electrolyte is cooled in the charging stage, so that the peak regulation load is not occupied during discharging, and as a further effect, a time-sharing cooling system is adopted, the peak regulation capacity of the energy storage power station is improved by about 4-5%, and the valley electricity consumption capacity of the energy storage power station is improved by about 4-5%.
The refrigeration is concentrated refrigeration, and the temperature control method comprises the following steps:
s1, determining a single-cycle temperature rise characteristic curve according to test data to obtain a temperature rise characteristic curve of electrolyte;
s2, after the battery starts to charge, determining the existing storage capacity of the battery, and inquiring a temperature rise characteristic curve of the electrolyte according to the storage capacity of the battery, the initial temperature of the electrolyte and the operation control temperature of the battery to obtain the residual charging time and the temperature of the electrolyte after the complete discharge of the battery;
s3, obtaining heat required to be cooled in the battery charging process according to a formula, wherein the formula is as follows:
Q=(T1-T2)×C×V;
q: heat required to be cooled during battery charging;
t: the temperature of the electrolyte after discharge;
t2: controlling the temperature of battery operation;
c: specific heat of electrolyte;
v: electrolyte volume;
s4, calculating the refrigerating power of the refrigerating system according to the residual charging time, and controlling the refrigerating device to control the temperature of the electrolyte.
By the cooling method, through the operation control of the cooling system, a battery operation temperature control strategy for a charging stage is formulated, and the requirement control on the temperature of the electrolyte can be realized more accurately.
While the invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and detail may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

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1. The cooling system is used for refrigerating the electrolyte in the charging stage of the all-vanadium redox flow battery and stopping refrigerating in the discharging stage to form time-sharing refrigeration in the charging stage; the refrigeration is concentrated refrigeration, and the temperature control method comprises the following steps:
s1, determining a single-cycle temperature rise characteristic curve according to test data to obtain a temperature rise characteristic curve of electrolyte;
s2, after the battery starts to charge, determining the existing storage capacity of the battery, and inquiring a temperature rise characteristic curve of the electrolyte according to the storage capacity of the battery, the initial temperature of the electrolyte and the operation control temperature of the battery to obtain the residual charging time and the temperature of the electrolyte after the complete discharge of the battery;
s3, obtaining heat required to be cooled in the battery charging process according to a formula, wherein the formula is as follows:
Q=(T1-T2)×C×V;
q: heat required to be cooled during battery charging;
t: the temperature of the electrolyte after discharge;
t2: controlling the temperature of battery operation;
c: specific heat of electrolyte;
v: electrolyte volume;
s4, calculating the refrigerating power of the refrigerating system according to the residual charging time, and controlling the temperature of the electrolyte by controlling the refrigerating device; the all-vanadium redox flow battery system comprises a monitoring device for monitoring the charging and discharging states of the all-vanadium redox flow battery and a cooling system (5) which is started by sending a signal that the all-vanadium redox flow battery is in a charging state from the monitoring device, wherein the cooling system (5) is used for cooling electrolyte in an electrolyte storage tank; the cooling system comprises an electrolyte circulating pipeline arranged on a positive electrode electrolyte storage tank, wherein the pipeline is provided with an electrolyte circulating pump (4) and an electrolyte heat exchanger (6), the shell side of the electrolyte heat exchanger (6) is electrolyte, and the pipe side is a refrigerating medium in a plurality of refrigerant pipes connected in parallel; the refrigerant pipes are connected in parallel and release heat collected by the electrolyte to supply the evaporator of the heat pump unit, and the condenser of the heat pump unit is cooled by the circulating cooling system (14) to obtain cold energy; a compressor (12) which is controlled by a control device to start in the charging state of the all-vanadium redox flow battery and stop in the discharging state of the all-vanadium redox flow battery is arranged between an evaporator (10) and a condenser (11) of the heat pump unit; the heat exchanger control valve (8) is arranged on the refrigerant side of the electrolyte heat exchanger (6) and/or the heat pump unit and is in signal connection with the control device.
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