CN216539652U

CN216539652U - Battery sorting device with explosion suppression mechanism

Info

Publication number: CN216539652U
Application number: CN202122956412.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 许开华; 张宇平; 别传玉; 刘虹灵; 宋华伟; 阳婕; 张阳琳; 李晨威
Original assignee: GEM Co Ltd China
Current assignee: GEM Co Ltd China
Priority date: 2021-11-26
Filing date: 2021-11-26
Publication date: 2022-05-17
Anticipated expiration: 2031-11-26

Abstract

The utility model discloses a battery sorting device with an explosion suppression mechanism, which comprises a sorting mechanism, a temperature detection piece and an explosion suppression mechanism, wherein the temperature detection piece is arranged on the sorting mechanism; the sorting mechanism comprises a test piece, wherein the test piece is electrically connected with a battery to measure the performance parameters of the battery; the temperature detection piece is used for detecting the temperature of the battery; the explosion suppression mechanism comprises a storage tank, a spray pipe and a control valve, the storage tank is provided with a closed storage cavity used for storing a fire extinguishing agent, one end of the spray pipe is communicated with the storage cavity, the other end of the spray pipe is arranged opposite to the battery, and the control valve is arranged on the spray pipe and used for controlling the on-off of the spray pipe. The technical scheme provided by the utility model has the beneficial effects that: when the temperature that the temperature detection spare detected the battery surpassed preset temperature, then the control valve opens, and the spontaneous surface of following the spray tube blowout to the battery of fire extinguishing agent in the storage tank prevents that the battery from taking place the detonation, has improved battery sorting unit's security.

Description

Battery sorting device with explosion suppression mechanism

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of battery sorting, in particular to a battery sorting device with an explosion suppression mechanism.

Background

In recent years, the electric automobile industry in China enters a rapid development period. The existing electric automobile mainly uses a lithium ion battery as a power source, the performance of the power battery is continuously reduced in the use process of the electric automobile, and when the performance of the power battery cannot meet the application requirements of a new energy automobile, the power battery needs to be retired from the automobile. Most of the retired power batteries also have high residual energy, and the batteries, after being evaluated and sorted again, may be applied to scenes with low requirements on battery performance and mild use conditions, so as to realize the echelon utilization of the power batteries (refer to the chinese patent application No. CN202010557738.3 for details).

However, when the waste battery is tested, the waste battery may explode, resulting in a fire accident.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of the above, there is a need for a battery sorting apparatus with an explosion suppression mechanism, which is used to solve the technical problem that the existing battery sorting apparatus may explode and cause fire accidents when testing the waste batteries.

In order to achieve the purpose, the utility model provides a battery sorting device with an explosion suppression mechanism, which comprises a sorting mechanism, a temperature detection piece and the explosion suppression mechanism;

the sorting mechanism comprises a test piece, wherein the test piece is electrically connected with a battery to measure the performance parameter of the battery;

the temperature detection piece is used for detecting the temperature of the battery;

the explosion suppression mechanism comprises a storage tank, a spray pipe and a control valve, the storage tank is provided with a closed storage cavity used for storing a fire extinguishing agent, one end of the spray pipe is communicated with the storage cavity, the other end of the spray pipe is arranged opposite to the battery, and the control valve is arranged on the spray pipe and used for controlling the on-off of the spray pipe.

In some embodiments, the battery sorting device with the explosion suppression mechanism further comprises a conveying belt, and the conveying belt is used for conveying the batteries to a preset station.

In some embodiments, the conveyer belt is provided with positioning plates at equal intervals, and the positioning plates are provided with positioning grooves matched with the batteries.

In some embodiments, the battery sorting apparatus with an explosion suppression mechanism further includes a top plate disposed above the conveyor belt, and the temperature detection member, the test member, and the storage tank are fixed to the top plate.

In some embodiments, sorting mechanism still includes coupling assembling, coupling assembling includes extensible member, lifter plate and detection electrode, the stiff end of extensible member is fixed in on the roof, the expansion end of extensible member with lifter plate fixed connection, detection electrode with the test piece electricity is connected, detection electrode is fixed in on the lifter plate, and can follow the lifter plate move to with the position of the output electrode butt of battery.

In some embodiments, the connection assembly further includes a lead having one end electrically connected to the detection electrode and the other end electrically connected to the test piece.

In some embodiments, the telescopic member is a cylinder, a cylinder body of the cylinder is fixed on the top plate, and an output shaft of the cylinder is fixedly connected with the lifting plate.

In some embodiments, the test piece is a multimeter for electrically connecting to the battery to measure voltage and current when the battery is energized.

In some embodiments, the temperature sensing member is an infrared thermometer.

In some embodiments, the explosion suppression mechanism further comprises a spray head in communication with the spray tube, the spray head being disposed toward the battery.

Compared with the prior art, the technical scheme provided by the utility model has the beneficial effects that: when the temperature that the temperature detection spare detected the battery surpassed preset temperature, then the control valve opens, and the spontaneous surface of following the spray tube blowout to the battery of fire extinguishing agent in the storage tank prevents that the battery from taking place the detonation, has improved battery sorting unit's security.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment of a battery sorting device with an explosion suppression mechanism provided by the utility model;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the battery and the positioning plate shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the sorting mechanism of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of the explosion suppression mechanism of FIG. 1;

in the figure: 1-sorting mechanism, 11-testing piece, 12-connecting component, 121-telescopic piece, 122-lifting plate, 123-detecting electrode, 124-conducting wire, 2-temperature detecting piece, 3-explosion suppression mechanism, 31-storage tank, 32-spraying pipe, 33-control valve, 34-spraying head, 4-battery, 5-conveying belt, 51-positioning plate, 511-positioning groove and 6-top plate.

Detailed Description

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate preferred embodiments of the utility model and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the utility model and not to limit the scope of the utility model.

Referring to fig. 1, the utility model provides a battery sorting device with an explosion suppression mechanism, which comprises a sorting mechanism 1, a temperature detection piece 2 and an explosion suppression mechanism 3.

The sorting mechanism 1 comprises a test piece 11, the test piece 11 being adapted to be electrically connected to a battery 4 for measuring a performance parameter of the battery 4. The temperature detection member 2 is used to detect the temperature of the battery 4.

The explosion suppression mechanism 3 comprises a storage tank 31, a spray pipe 32 and a control valve 33, wherein the storage tank 31 is provided with a closed storage cavity for storing fire extinguishing agents (such as dry powder), one end of the spray pipe 32 is communicated with the storage cavity, the other end of the spray pipe 32 is arranged opposite to the battery 4, and the control valve 33 is arranged on the spray pipe 32 and used for controlling the on-off of the spray pipe 32. The inside of the storage tank 31 is in a high pressure state so that the fire extinguishing agent in the storage tank 31 is spontaneously sprayed from the spray pipe 32 after the control valve 33 is opened.

When the temperature detection piece 2 detects that the temperature of the battery 4 exceeds the preset temperature in use, the control valve 33 is opened, the fire extinguishing agent in the storage tank 31 is spontaneously sprayed out from the spray pipe 32 to the surface of the battery 4, the explosion of the battery 4 is prevented, and the safety of the battery sorting device is improved.

In order to improve the sorting efficiency, referring to fig. 1, in a preferred embodiment, the battery sorting apparatus with explosion suppression mechanism further includes a conveyer belt 5, and the conveyer belt 5 is used for conveying the battery 4 to a preset station.

In order to prevent the batteries 4 from shifting on the conveyor belt 5, referring to fig. 1 and 2, in a preferred embodiment, positioning plates 51 are disposed on the conveyor belt 5 at equal intervals, and positioning grooves 511 matched with the batteries 4 are formed on the positioning plates 51.

In order to facilitate the installation of the temperature detecting member 2, the testing member 11 and the storage tank 31, referring to fig. 1, in a preferred embodiment, the battery sorting apparatus with an explosion suppression mechanism further includes a top plate 6, the top plate 6 is disposed above the conveyer belt 5, and the temperature detecting member 2, the testing member 11 and the storage tank 31 are all fixed on the top plate 6.

In order to improve the detection efficiency, referring to fig. 1 and fig. 3, in a preferred embodiment, the sorting mechanism 1 further includes a connecting assembly 12, the connecting assembly 12 includes an expansion member 121, a lifting plate 122 and a detection electrode 123, a fixed end of the expansion member 121 is fixed on the top plate 6, a movable end of the expansion member 121 is fixedly connected with the lifting plate 122, the detection electrode 123 is electrically connected with the test piece 11, and the detection electrode 123 is fixed on the lifting plate 122 and can move to a position abutting against the output electrode of the battery 4 along with the lifting plate 122. When using, after conveyer belt 5 carried battery 4 to predetermineeing the station, extensible member 121 drove lifter plate 122 and descends to make detection electrode 123 and battery 4's output electrode butt, so that battery 4 and test piece 11 electricity are connected, thereby accessible test piece 11 detects battery 4.

In order to realize the electrical connection between the detecting electrode 123 and the testing device 11, referring to fig. 1 and fig. 3, in a preferred embodiment, the connecting assembly 12 further includes a conducting wire 124, one end of the conducting wire 124 is electrically connected to the detecting electrode 123, and the other end of the conducting wire 124 is electrically connected to the testing device 11.

To realize the function of the telescopic member 121, please refer to fig. 1 and fig. 3, in a preferred embodiment, the telescopic member 121 is a cylinder, a cylinder body of the cylinder is fixed on the top plate 6, and an output shaft of the cylinder is fixedly connected with the lifting plate 122.

To implement the function of the test piece 11, referring to fig. 1 and 3, in a preferred embodiment, the test piece 11 is a multimeter electrically connected to the battery 4 to measure the voltage and current of the battery 4 when the battery is powered on.

In order to realize the function of the temperature detecting element 2, referring to fig. 1, in a preferred embodiment, the temperature detecting element 2 is an infrared thermometer.

In order to provide a larger coverage of the sprayed fire suppressant, referring to fig. 1 and 4, in a preferred embodiment, the explosion suppression mechanism 3 further comprises a spray head 34, the spray head 34 being in communication with the spray pipe 32, the spray head 34 being arranged towards the battery 4.

For better understanding of the present invention, the following will explain the operation of the battery sorting device with explosion suppression mechanism provided by the present invention in detail with reference to fig. 1 to 4: when using, after conveyer belt 5 carried battery 4 to predetermineeing the station, extensible member 121 drove lifter plate 122 and descends, thereby make detection electrode 123 and battery 4's output electrode butt, so that battery 4 is connected with test piece 11 electricity, thereby accessible test piece 11 detects battery 4, in this process, when temperature detection piece 2 detected battery 4's temperature exceeded when predetermineeing the temperature, then control valve 33 opened, the spontaneous surface of spouting to battery 4 from spray tube 32 of fire extinguishing agent in the storage tank 31, prevent that battery 4 from taking place the detonation, the security that has improved battery sorting unit.

The above description is only for the preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions that can be easily conceived by those skilled in the art within the technical scope of the present invention are included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A battery sorting device with an explosion suppression mechanism is characterized by comprising a sorting mechanism, a temperature detection piece and an explosion suppression mechanism;

2. The battery sorting apparatus with an explosion suppression mechanism according to claim 1, further comprising a conveyor belt for conveying the batteries to a preset station.

3. The battery sorting device with the explosion suppression mechanism according to claim 2, wherein positioning plates are arranged on the conveying belt at equal intervals, and positioning grooves matched with the batteries are formed in the positioning plates.

4. The battery sorting apparatus with an explosion suppression mechanism according to claim 3, further comprising a top plate disposed above the conveyor belt, the temperature detection member, the test member, and the storage tank being fixed to the top plate.

5. The battery sorting device with the explosion suppression mechanism according to claim 4, wherein the sorting mechanism further comprises a connecting assembly, the connecting assembly comprises an expansion piece, a lifting plate and a detection electrode, a fixed end of the expansion piece is fixed on the top plate, a movable end of the expansion piece is fixedly connected with the lifting plate, the detection electrode is electrically connected with the test piece, and the detection electrode is fixed on the lifting plate and can move to a position where the detection electrode abuts against the output electrode of the battery along with the lifting plate.

6. The battery sorting apparatus with an explosion suppression mechanism according to claim 5, wherein the connecting assembly further includes a lead wire, one end of which is electrically connected to the detection electrode, and the other end of which is electrically connected to the test piece.

7. The battery sorting device with the explosion suppression mechanism according to claim 5, wherein the telescopic piece is a cylinder, a cylinder body of the cylinder is fixed on the top plate, and an output shaft of the cylinder is fixedly connected with the lifting plate.

8. The battery sorting device with an explosion suppression mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the test piece is a multimeter which is electrically connected with the battery to measure the voltage and the current when the battery is electrified.

9. The battery sorting device with the explosion suppression mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the temperature detection member is an infrared thermometer.

10. The battery sorting apparatus with an explosion suppression mechanism according to claim 1, further comprising a spray head communicating with the spray pipe, the spray head being disposed toward the battery.