Power battery module of integrated liquid cooling
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of power batteries, in particular to a liquid-cooled power battery module.
Background
The new energy automobile is in a high-speed development period in China and even the world, and the performance and the service life of the lithium ion power battery which is taken as a core component of the current new energy automobile are widely concerned. In order to ensure that the lithium ion battery is in a comfortable temperature range during working, a liquid cooling heat dissipation mode gradually becomes a mainstream heat management mode. However, most of the liquid cooling methods currently applied in China are that the water cooling plate is integrated in the lower box body or is separately arranged between the module and the lower box body. Such liquid cooling mode is heating or cooling to electric core, also will heat or cool off lower box, and this energy consumption that will increase the new forms of energy car certainly.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model aims to provide a power battery module integrated with liquid cooling, which can be used for enhancing the heat exchange efficiency between a battery core and a liquid cooling plate and reducing the energy consumption for cooling or heating the module.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a liquid-cooled power battery module, including:
the upper ladle cover, the lower ladle cover and the two end plate assemblies are enclosed to form an accommodating cavity;
at least two rows of stacking battery cores arranged in parallel are arranged in the accommodating cavity;
and a liquid cooling plate is clamped between the two adjacent stacking cells.
Optionally, the stacking battery core comprises a soft-packaged strip battery core with tabs extending from a plurality of two sides of the stacking battery core in the vertical direction, and the liquid cooling plate is arranged between the stacking battery cores in the vertical direction.
Optionally, the stacking cell is connected with the liquid-cooling plate through an insulating heat-conducting layer;
the top end and the bottom end of the stacking battery cell are respectively connected with the upper ladle cover and the lower ladle cover through insulating layers.
Optionally, the height of the liquid-cooled plate matches the height of the stacked cell.
Optionally, an insulating and heat insulating buffer member is arranged between the soft-packaged strip-shaped cells in the stacking cells in a clamping manner.
Optionally, the top end and the bottom end of the liquid cooling plate are respectively connected with the upper ladle cover and the lower ladle cover through structural glue or bolts.
Optionally, the liquid cooling plate includes a housing, an inner cavity for circulating cooling liquid is provided in the housing, and a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet for communicating with an external cooling liquid pipeline are provided on the housing;
the liquid inlet with the liquid outlet set up respectively in the upper end and the lower extreme of cold liquid board homonymy, perhaps lie in simultaneously the upper end of cold night board both sides.
Optionally, the cooling liquid is an aqueous glycol solution or a refrigerant.
Optionally, the end plate assembly comprises an insulating plate, a slip-proof cover and an end plate which are arranged in sequence from inside to outside;
the anti-slip cover is buckled with the insulating plate, the end plate is buckled with the anti-slip cover, and the anti-slip cover is connected with the upper ladle cover through a connector.
Optionally, the insulating plate is provided with pole outlet holes corresponding to a plurality of pole lugs at two ends of the stacking battery core, and the pole lugs penetrate through the pole outlet holes and are welded with the busbar.
The utility model has the beneficial effects that:
according to the utility model, the liquid cooling plate is arranged between two adjacent columns of stacking cells, so that the two sides of the liquid cooling plate can directly exchange heat with the stacking cells at the two sides, and compared with the traditional mode that the liquid cooling plate is integrated in the lower box body or is independently arranged between the module and the lower box body, the heat exchange efficiency between the cell and the liquid cooling plate is enhanced, the energy consumption for cooling and heating the battery module is reduced, and the size adjustment in the stacking direction of the cell is flexible; simultaneously, be used for two electric cores of piling up in the middle of sharing liquid cooling board, can save the structure space, improve module energy density.
The apparatus of the present invention has other features and advantages which will be apparent from or are set forth in detail in the accompanying drawings and the following detailed description, which are incorporated herein, and which together serve to explain certain principles of the utility model.
Drawings
The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent by describing in more detail exemplary embodiments thereof with reference to the attached drawings, in which like reference numerals generally represent like parts.
Fig. 1 shows an exploded view of an integrated liquid-cooled power battery module according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Description of reference numerals:
1-end plate, 2-anti-slip cover, 3-insulation plate, 4-busbar, 5-upper ladle cover, 6-lower ladle cover, 7-foam, 8-strip cell, 9-liquid cooling plate and 10-connector.
Detailed Description
The utility model will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. While the preferred embodiments of the present invention are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the present invention may be embodied in various forms and should not be limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the utility model to those skilled in the art.
Fig. 1 shows an exploded view of an integrated liquid-cooled power battery module according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in fig. 1, the power battery module integrated with liquid cooling according to the present invention includes:
the upper ladle cover 5, the lower ladle cover 6 and the two end plate 1 components are enclosed to form an accommodating cavity;
at least two rows of stacking battery cores arranged in parallel are arranged in the accommodating cavity;
and a liquid cooling plate 9 is arranged between every two adjacent stacked electric cores.
In this embodiment, the total two are listed as to pile up and pile up electric core, pile up and pile up electric core and include that a plurality of both sides that pile up in vertical direction go out the rectangular electric core 8 of soft-packing of utmost point ear, and liquid cooling plate 9 sets up in the vertical direction between the electric core of piling up in the pile up.
The stacking battery core is connected with the liquid cooling plate 9 through an insulating heat-conducting layer; the top end and the bottom end of the stacking battery core are respectively connected with the upper ladle cover 5 and the lower ladle cover 6 through insulating layers.
In other embodiments, more than two columns of cells may be stacked, and one liquid-cooled plate 9 is disposed between every two adjacent columns of cells.
In this embodiment, the height of the liquid cooling plate 9 matches the height of the stacking cell. Preferably, the liquid-cooled plate 9 has the same height as the stacked cells.
In this embodiment, an insulating and heat insulating buffer member is arranged between the soft-packaged strip battery cells 8 in the stacking battery cells. Preferably, insulating thermal-insulated bolster is bubble cotton 7, and bubble cotton 7 is the rectangular shape of the main part matching with soft packet of rectangular electric core 8. In other embodiments, the insulating and heat-insulating buffer member may be other components with insulating, heat-insulating and compressible functions.
In this embodiment, the top end and the bottom end of the liquid cooling plate 9 are respectively connected with the upper ladle cover 5 and the lower ladle cover 6 through structural glue or bolts.
In this embodiment, the liquid cooling plate 9 includes a housing, an inner cavity for circulating a cooling liquid is provided in the housing, and a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet for communicating with an external cooling liquid pipeline are provided on the housing; the liquid inlet and the liquid outlet are simultaneously positioned at the upper ends of two sides of the cooling night plate. Preferably, the cooling liquid is an aqueous glycol solution or a refrigerant. In other embodiments, the liquid inlet and the liquid outlet may be disposed at the upper end and the lower end of the same side of the cold liquid plate, respectively.
In the embodiment, the end plate 1 assembly comprises an insulating plate 3, an anti-skid cover 2 and an end plate 1 which are sequentially arranged from inside to outside;
the anti-slip cover 2 is buckled with the insulating plate 3, the end plate 1 is buckled with the anti-slip cover 2, and the anti-slip cover 2 is connected with the upper ladle cover 5 through the connector 10.
In this embodiment, the insulating plate 3 is provided with pole outlet holes corresponding to a plurality of tabs at two ends of the stacking battery core, and the tabs are welded to the bus bar 4 after penetrating through the pole outlet holes. Preferably, the insulating plate 3 is a plastic piece.
The assembling method of the power battery module integrated with liquid cooling in the embodiment comprises the following steps:
1. bonding a certain number of soft-packaged strip cells 8 into two groups of stacked cells through double-sided adhesive or structural adhesive, then loading the two groups of stacked cells into the lower package cover 6, and fixing the stacked cells and the lower package cover 6 in an adhesive mode;
2. installing a liquid cooling plate 9, fixing the liquid cooling plate 9 on the lower ladle cover 6 in a bolt or gluing mode, and coating heat-conducting structural glue or placing a heat-conducting silica gel pad between the electric core and the liquid cooling plate 9;
3. installing an upper ladle cover 5, and fixing the upper ladle cover 5 and the cold plate in a bolt or adhesive mode;
4. and installing an insulating plate 3, welding the busbar 4 with a pole lug, and then sequentially installing a protective cover, an end plate 1 and a connector 10.
The above are only preferred embodiments of the present application, and are not intended to limit the present application, and the sequence of processes performed in the present application can be adjusted; various modifications and changes may occur to those skilled in the art. For example, the vertical stacking of the soft-packaged strip cells is changed into the horizontal stacking of the square-shell cells. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement and the like made within the concept of the present application shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.
Compared with the existing module liquid cooling integration scheme, the liquid cooling integration mode has the advantages that the liquid cooling plate is shared between the adjacent stacking cells in the module, the structural space is saved, the module energy density is improved, the heat exchange efficiency between the cells and the liquid cooling plate is enhanced, the energy consumption of cooling and heating of the new energy vehicle is reduced, the size in the stacking direction is flexibly adjusted, and various battery modules can be met.
Having described embodiments of the present invention, the foregoing description is intended to be exemplary, not exhaustive, and not limited to the embodiments disclosed. Many modifications and variations will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the described embodiments.