CN220422292U - Valve tower structure and energy storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

The application provides a valve tower structure and energy memory, valve tower structure includes: a tower; an interlayer water pipe which is arranged on the valve tower and is positioned outside the tower; the waterway branch pipe is used for connecting the interlayer water pipe with the external submodule and is arranged on the interlayer water pipe; and a water collecting assembly mounted to a bottom of the tower. The utility model provides a valve tower structure and energy memory installs in the outside of pylon through installing the interlaminar water pipe, installs the subassembly that catchments in the bottom of pylon simultaneously, under the circumstances that the emergence of interlaminar water pipe leaked, can by the outside drip of pylon to the subassembly that catchments, not only effectively reduced the risk on the outside submodule of water drip to the pylon inboard, improved the insulating security of valve tower structure, need not the subassembly that catchments of installation on each outside submodule moreover to be favorable to reducing the quantity of subassembly that catchments, reduce the altitude space that catchments the subassembly occupy the pylon.

Description

Valve tower structure and energy storage device

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of energy storage equipment, and more specifically relates to a valve tower structure and an energy storage device.

Background

In order to ensure the insulation safety of the submodules in the traditional energy storage valve tower, a water collecting assembly is arranged on the lower side of each submodule. Because the number of layers of the submodules in the energy storage valve tower is more, the water collecting assemblies are required to be installed on the lower sides of the submodules in each layer, so that the number of the water collecting assemblies is more, the large height space of the energy storage valve tower can be occupied, and the installation and maintenance of the energy storage valve tower are not facilitated.

Disclosure of Invention

An object of the embodiment of the application is to provide a valve tower structure to solve the technical problem that the number of water leakage detection devices is many that exists among the prior art.

In a first aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a valve tower structure, comprising:

a tower;

an interlayer water pipe which is arranged on the valve tower and is positioned outside the tower;

the waterway branch pipe is used for connecting the interlayer water pipe with the external submodule and is arranged on the interlayer water pipe; the method comprises the steps of,

and the water collecting assembly is arranged at the bottom of the tower.

Through installing the outside at the pylon with the interlaminar water pipe, install the subassembly that catchments in the bottom of pylon simultaneously, under the circumstances that the emergence of interlaminar water pipe leaked, can be by the outside drip of pylon to the subassembly that catchments, not only effectively reduced the risk of drip to the outside submodule of pylon inboard, improved the insulating security of valve tower structure, need not to install the subassembly that catchments on each outside submodule moreover to be favorable to reducing the quantity of subassembly that catchments, reduce the altitude space that catchments the subassembly and occupy the pylon.

In one embodiment, the interlayer water pipe comprises an interlayer water inlet pipe arranged around the tower and an interlayer water outlet pipe arranged around the tower, and the waterway branch pipe comprises a water inlet branch pipe connected with the interlayer water inlet pipe and a water outlet branch pipe connected with the interlayer water outlet pipe.

By adopting the technical means, the cooling water can be conveyed to the water cooling unit in the external sub-module through the water inlet branch pipe on the interlayer water inlet pipe, and the cooling water of the water cooling unit flows back to the interlayer water outlet pipe through the water outlet branch pipe, so that the flow of the cooling water is realized, and the external sub-module is cooled.

In one embodiment, the interlayer water inlet pipe is located at the lower side of the interlayer water outlet pipe, and the water outlet end of the water inlet branch pipe is located at the lower side of the water inlet end of the water outlet branch pipe.

By adopting the technical means, the water inlet position of the water cooling unit is lower than the water outlet position, so that the cooling water is filled in the water cooling unit.

In one embodiment, the water inlet branch pipe comprises a first pipe section connected with the interlayer water inlet pipe, a first connector arranged at the water outlet end of the first pipe section and a second pipe section connected with the first connector; the first connector is located at one side of the interlayer water inlet pipe, which is away from the tower, and the first connector is located above the water collecting component.

By adopting the technical means, the first connector is arranged on the outer side, so that the processing and the installation of the water inlet branch pipe can be facilitated, the first connector is prevented from leaking water and dripping onto the outer sub-module, and the first connector is convenient to detect water leakage.

In one embodiment, the first pipe section is curved from a side of the interlayer water inlet pipe facing away from the tower in a direction away from the water collection assembly.

By adopting the technical means, the first pipe section is positioned on one side of the interlayer water inlet pipe, which is away from the tower, and water can drip from the outer side of the tower to the water collecting component under the condition that water leakage occurs in the first pipe section; and can make things convenient for first pipeline section and interlaminar inlet tube and first connector to assemble and maintain.

In one embodiment, the water outlet end of the second pipe section is located at the upper side of the water inlet end of the second pipe section, and the middle part of the second pipe section is bent from the upper side of the first connector to the direction approaching the tower.

By adopting the technical means, the second pipe section, the water cooling unit and the first connector can be conveniently assembled and maintained.

In one embodiment, the water outlet branch pipe comprises a third pipe section connected with the interlayer water outlet pipe, a second connector arranged at the water inlet end of the third pipe section and a fourth pipe section connected with the second connector; the second connector is located one side of the interlayer water outlet pipe away from the tower, and the second connector is located above the water collecting component.

By adopting the technical means, the second connector is arranged on the outer side, so that the processing and the installation of the water outlet branch pipe can be facilitated, the second connector is prevented from leaking water and dripping onto the outer sub-module, and the second connector is conveniently detected to leak water.

In one embodiment, the third pipe section is curved from a side of the inter-level outlet pipe facing away from the tower in a direction towards the water collection assembly.

By adopting the technical means, the third pipe section is positioned on one side of the interlayer water outlet pipe, which is away from the tower, and water can drip from the outer side of the tower to the water collecting component under the condition that water leakage occurs in the third pipe section; and the third pipe section, the interlayer water outlet pipe and the second connector can be conveniently assembled and maintained.

In one embodiment, the water inlet end of the fourth pipe section is located at the lower side of the water outlet end of the fourth pipe section, and the middle part of the fourth pipe section is bent from the lower side of the second connector towards the direction approaching the tower.

By adopting the technical means, the fourth pipe section, the water cooling unit and the second connector can be conveniently assembled and maintained.

In one embodiment, the interlayer water inlet pipe comprises a plurality of first interlayer layers arranged around the valve tower, a first joint piece arranged at the water outlet end of each first interlayer layer and a second joint piece arranged at the water inlet end of each first interlayer layer, wherein the adjacent second joint pieces are connected with the first joint pieces, the first joint pieces and the second joint pieces are positioned on the outer side of the tower, and the first joint pieces and the second joint pieces are positioned above the water collecting assembly; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

the interlayer water outlet pipe comprises a plurality of second interlayer layers arranged around the valve tower, a third joint piece arranged at the water outlet end of each second interlayer layer and a fourth joint piece arranged at the water inlet end of each second interlayer layer, wherein the adjacent fourth joint pieces are connected with the third joint pieces, the third joint pieces and the fourth joint pieces are positioned at the outer sides of the tower, and the third joint pieces and the fourth joint pieces are positioned above the water collecting assembly.

By adopting the technical means, the processing and the assembly of the interlayer water inlet pipe can be facilitated, and the water leakage detection can be carried out on the connection position between the adjacent first layers; the water leakage detection device can facilitate the processing and assembly of the water outlet pipe between the layers and can detect the water leakage of the connecting position between the adjacent second layers.

In one embodiment, the number of the waterway branches is plural, and the plurality of waterway branches are distributed along the length direction of the interlayer water pipe; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

the number of the interlayer water pipes is multiple, and the multiple layers of the interlayer water pipes are distributed along the height direction of the tower.

By adopting the technical means, the plurality of waterway branch pipes can supply cooling water for the plurality of water cooling units in the external sub-module; the multi-layered interlayer water pipe can supply cooling water to the water cooling unit in the multi-layered external sub-module.

In one embodiment, the water collection assembly includes a water collection member mounted to the bottom of the tower and a sensor for detecting the amount of water collected in the water collection member.

By adopting the technical means, the water leakage of the interlayer water pipe and the waterway branch pipe above the water collecting piece can be collected, so that the sensor can conveniently detect whether water leakage occurs.

In one embodiment, the number of water collectors is a plurality, the plurality of water collectors being arranged circumferentially around the tower.

By adopting the technical means, the length of the water collecting piece can be reduced, and the water collecting piece is convenient to process and install.

In one embodiment, the water collecting assembly further comprises a converging pipeline connected with the bottom of each water collecting piece, and the water outlet of the converging pipeline is positioned above the sensor.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical means, can converging the water that gathers among a plurality of catchments to the sensor top to the quantity of sensor is so that reduced, reduce cost.

In one embodiment, the water collecting member includes a bottom plate, a side frame provided along an edge of the bottom plate, and a connection base connected to the side frame, the connection base being connected to a bottom of the tower.

By adopting the technical means, the leaked water can be collected when the pipeline above leaks water, so that the water leakage detection can be conveniently carried out.

In one embodiment, the water outlet is arranged on the bottom plate, and the height of the bottom plate gradually increases from a position close to the water outlet to a position far away from the water outlet.

By adopting the technical means, the height of the water outlet interface can be reduced, so that water can flow out of the water outlet interface conveniently.

In one embodiment, the number of the connection seats is plural, and the plural connection seats are arranged along the length direction of the water collecting piece.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical means, can ensure the stability that catchment spare and pylon are connected, and be convenient for adjust catchment spare inclination.

In a second aspect, the present application provides an energy storage device comprising a valve tower structure as described in any one of the embodiments above.

By adopting the technical means, the water leakage of the pipeline can be detected, and the water leakage of the pipeline is prevented from dripping to the inner side of the tower.

In one embodiment, the tower further comprises a sub-module, wherein the sub-module is installed on the inner side of the tower, and the sub-module is connected with the waterway branch pipe.

By adopting the technical means, the sub-module can be cooled.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the following description will briefly introduce the drawings that are needed in the embodiments or the description of the prior art, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and that other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a valve tower structure according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of FIG. 1 at A;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view at B in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of the water collection assembly of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view of the water collecting member of FIG. 4;

fig. 6 is a side view of the water collection piece of fig. 4.

Wherein, each reference sign in the figure:

10-tower;

20-interlayer water pipes; 21-interlayer water inlet pipe; 211-a first interlayer; 212-a first joint member; 213-a second fitting; 22-an interlayer water outlet pipe; 221-a second interlayer; 222-a third fitting; 223-fourth joint member;

30-waterway branch pipes; 31-a water inlet branch pipe; 311-a first pipe section; 312-first connector; 313-a second pipe segment; 32-a water outlet branch pipe; 321-a third pipe section; 322-second connector; 323-fourth pipe section;

40-a detection assembly; 41-a water collecting piece; 411-floor; 412-side frames; 413-a connection socket; 414-water outlet interface; 42-a sensor; 43-confluence line;

50-a main water inlet pipe; 51-backwater main pipe.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the technical solutions of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following examples are only for more clearly illustrating the technical solutions of the present application, and thus are only examples, and are not intended to limit the scope of protection of the present application.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs; the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application; the terms "comprising" and "having" and any variations thereof in the description and claims of the present application and in the description of the figures above are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the technical terms "first," "second," etc. are used merely to distinguish between different objects and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated, a particular order or a primary or secondary relationship. In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the meaning of "plurality" is two or more unless explicitly defined otherwise.

Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment may be included in at least one embodiment of the present application. The appearances of such phrases in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. Those of skill in the art will explicitly and implicitly appreciate that the embodiments described herein may be combined with other embodiments.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the term "and/or" is merely an association relationship describing an association object, which means that three relationships may exist, for example, a and/or B may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist together, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the front and rear associated objects are an "or" relationship.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the term "plurality" refers to two or more (including two), and similarly, "plural sets" refers to two or more (including two), and "plural sheets" refers to two or more (including two).

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the orientation or positional relationship indicated by the technical terms "length", "width", "thickness", "up", "down", "front", "back", "top", "bottom", "inside", "outside", etc. are orientation or positional relationship based on the drawings, only for convenience of describing the embodiments of the present application and simplifying the description, and are not indicative or implying that the apparatus or element in question must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the embodiments of the present application.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured" and the like are to be construed broadly and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; or may be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communicated with the inside of two elements or the interaction relationship of the two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the embodiments of the present application will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.

The energy storage valve tower comprises multistage submodules connected in series, each submodule adopts water cooling to dissipate heat, and heat generated by the submodule is taken away through a water cooling circulation system in the operation process. When water leakage occurs in a water-cooling pipeline on the energy storage valve tower, insulation failure of an electric loop in an adjacent sub-module can be caused, and serious potential safety hazards are brought to reliable operation of the energy storage valve tower.

In the related art, in order to reduce the risk of insulation failure of the sub-module caused by water dripping to the sub-module, a water collecting component needs to be installed at the lower side of the water cooling pipeline of each layer of sub-module during the design of the sub-module, so as to prevent the water cooling pipeline from leaking and dripping to the lower layer of sub-module to a certain extent. The number of the submodules in the energy storage valve tower is large, water collecting assemblies are needed to be arranged below the submodules in each layer, so that the number of the water collecting assemblies is large, and the cost of the energy storage valve tower is increased. Between two adjacent layers of submodules, because the water collecting assembly has a certain height, the height space of the energy storage valve tower can be occupied, and the installation and maintenance of the submodules can be interfered.

Based on the above-mentioned consideration, the embodiment of the application provides a valve tower structure, the valve tower structure includes the pylon 10, the interlayer water pipe 20, waterway branch pipe 30 and water collecting assembly 40, interlayer water pipe 20 is located the pylon 10 outside, water collecting assembly 40 installs in the pylon 10 bottom, under the circumstances that interlayer water pipe 20 takes place to leak, can drip to water collecting assembly 40 by the pylon 10 outside, so that collect the interlayer water pipe 20 weeping of each layer, effectively reduced the water drip to outside submodule and lead to outside submodule insulation failure's risk, and need not the water collecting assembly 40 that sets up between adjacent two layers outside submodule, reduce the quantity of water collecting assembly 40, reduce the cost of energy storage valve tower and the height of pylon 10, outside submodule installation and maintenance of being convenient for.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, a valve tower structure according to an embodiment of the present application will be described. The valve tower structure includes a tower 10, an interlayer water pipe 20, a waterway branch pipe 30, and a water collecting assembly 40. The interlayer water pipe 20 is installed on the tower 10, and the interlayer water pipe 20 is positioned outside the tower 10; the waterway branch pipe 30 is used for connecting the interlayer water pipe 20 with an external sub-module, and the waterway branch pipe 30 is arranged on the interlayer water pipe 20; a water collection assembly 40 is mounted to the bottom of the tower 10.

It should be noted that the tower 10 may be in the shape of a rectangular frame, a cylindrical frame, etc., and a space for accommodating the sub-modules is formed inside the tower 10 to facilitate the installation of the outer sub-modules.

The interlayer water pipe 20 refers to a cooling water pipe located outside the tower 10 and corresponding to each external sub-module, and one interlayer water pipe 20 may be connected to an external sub-module through one or more waterway branches 30, and the interlayer water pipe 20 may be, but is not limited to, located substantially in a plane parallel to the plane of the external sub-module. The waterway branch pipe 30 is a branch pipe for connecting the interlayer water pipe 20 with the corresponding external sub-module, and the waterway branch pipe 30 and the interlayer water pipe 20 can be connected in a welding, threaded connection or flange connection mode; each external sub-module can be correspondingly provided with a plurality of water cooling units, and each water cooling unit can be respectively connected with the corresponding interlayer water pipe 20 through the waterway branch pipe 30.

Through installing the interlayer water pipe 20 in the outside of pylon 10, install the subassembly 40 that catchments in the bottom of pylon 10 simultaneously, under the circumstances that the water leakage takes place for interlayer water pipe 20, can drip to the subassembly 40 that catchments by the pylon 10 outside, not only effectively reduced the risk of water droplet on the outside submodule of pylon 10 inboard, improved the insulating security of valve tower structure, need not to install the subassembly 40 that catchments on each outside submodule moreover, thereby be favorable to reducing the quantity of subassembly 40 that catchments, reduce the high space that catchments subassembly 40 occupy pylon 10, in order to reduce the cost of pylon 10 height and valve tower structure.

In one embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 1 to 3, an interlayer water pipe 20 includes an interlayer water inlet pipe 21 disposed around a tower 10 and an interlayer water outlet pipe 22 disposed around the tower 10, and a waterway branch pipe 30 includes a water inlet branch pipe 31 connected to the interlayer water inlet pipe 21 and a water outlet branch pipe 32 connected to the interlayer water outlet pipe 22.

The interlayer water inlet pipe 21 and the interlayer water outlet pipe 22 are provided around the tower 10, so that the interlayer water inlet pipe 21 and the interlayer water outlet pipe 22 can be conveniently corresponding to the corresponding one layer of outer submodule, so that the arrangement of the waterway branch pipe 30 is convenient.

The water inlet branch pipe 31 is connected with the interlayer water inlet pipe 21 and the water inlet of the water cooling unit of the external sub-module, and cooling water is input into the water inlet of the water cooling unit from the interlayer water inlet pipe 21; the water outlet branch pipe 32 connects the water outlet of the water cooling unit of the external sub-module with the interlayer water outlet pipe 22, and outputs cooling water from the water cooling unit to the interlayer water outlet pipe 22.

Through inlet branch pipe 31 and outlet branch pipe 32, can carry the cooling water to the water-cooling unit in succession, realize continuous cooling effect to improve cooling efficiency, control the stability of outside submodule temperature.

In one embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 1 to 3, the interlayer water inlet pipe 21 is located at the lower side of the interlayer water outlet pipe 22, and the water outlet end of the water inlet branch pipe 31 is located at the lower side of the water inlet end of the water outlet branch pipe 32.

The interlayer water inlet pipe 21 is located at the lower side of the interlayer water outlet pipe 22, and it is understood that the height of the interlayer water inlet pipe 21 from the water collecting assembly 40 corresponding to the same external sub-module is smaller than the height of the interlayer water outlet pipe 22 from the water collecting assembly 40. The water outlet end of the water inlet branch pipe 31 is located at the lower side of the water inlet end of the water outlet branch pipe 32, which can be understood as that in the water inlet branch pipe 31 and the water outlet branch pipe 32 corresponding to the same external submodule, the height of one end, connected with the external submodule, of the water inlet branch pipe 31 from the water collecting component 40 is smaller than the height of one end, connected with the external submodule, of the water outlet branch pipe 32 from the water collecting component 41.

By arranging the interlayer water inlet pipe 21 at the lower side of the interlayer water outlet pipe 22 and arranging the water outlet end of the water inlet branch pipe 31 at the lower side of the water inlet end of the water outlet branch pipe 32, the water inlet position of the water cooling unit can be made lower than the water outlet position, so that the lower side of the water outlet in the water cooling unit is filled with cooling water.

In one embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 1 to 3, the water inlet branch pipe 31 includes a first pipe section 311 connected to the interlayer water inlet pipe 21, a first connection head 312 installed at the water outlet end of the first pipe section 311, and a second pipe section 313 connected to the first connection head 312; the first connection 312 is located on the side of the interlayer water inlet pipe 21 facing away from the tower 10, and the first connection 312 is located above the water collecting assembly 40.

It should be noted that the water flow in the water inlet branch pipe 31 flows from the end of the first pipe section 311 connected to the interlayer water inlet pipe 21 to the end of the second pipe section 313 connected to the external submodule, and the water outlet end of the first pipe section 311 refers to the end of the first pipe section 311 away from the interlayer water inlet pipe 21, and the water inlet end of the first pipe section 311 is connected to the interlayer water inlet pipe 21. The shape and material of the first pipe section 311 and the second pipe section 313 may be different, and the first pipe section 311 may be, but is not limited to, the same material as the interlayer water inlet pipe 21, so that welding of the first pipe section 311 and the interlayer water inlet pipe 21 may be facilitated. The first connector 312 may be, but is not limited to, a quick connector, and as such, can be easily installed.

By adopting the first pipe section 311 and the second pipe section 313, the first connector 312 is positioned outside, so that the processing and the installation of the water inlet branch pipe 31 can be facilitated, the first connector 312 is prevented from leaking water and dripping onto an external sub-module, and the first connector 312 can be conveniently detected to leak water.

In one embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 1-3, first tube segment 311 is curved from the side of interlayer intake tube 21 facing away from tower 10 in a direction away from water collection assembly 40.

In other words, the water inlet end of the first pipe section 311 is connected to the interlayer water inlet pipe 21, and the water outlet end of the first pipe section 311 faces away from the water collecting assembly 40, and the first connector 312 is mounted on the water outlet end of the first pipe section 311, such that the first connector 312 is located on the side of the interlayer water inlet pipe 21 facing away from the tower 10.

The first pipe section 311 may be, but not limited to, bent in a right angle or an arc shape, the middle of the first pipe section 311 may be bent at one or more positions, the water inlet end of the first pipe section 311 may be, but not limited to, horizontally disposed, and the water outlet end of the first pipe section 311 may be, but not limited to, vertically disposed.

Through the bending arrangement of the first pipe section 311, the position of the first connector 312 can be controlled, so that the water inlet end of the water inlet branch pipe 31 and the first connector 312 are positioned outside the interlayer water inlet pipe 21, and the first pipe section 311 can be conveniently assembled and maintained with the interlayer water inlet pipe 21 and the first connector 312.

In one embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 1 to 3, the water outlet end of the second pipe section 313 is located at the upper side of the water inlet end of the second pipe section 313, and the middle of the second pipe section 313 is bent from the upper side of the first connector 312 toward the direction approaching the tower 10.

The water outlet end of the second pipe section 313 refers to the end of the second pipe section 313 connected to the external submodule, and the water inlet end of the second pipe section 313 is connected to the first connector 312. The middle part of the second pipe section 313 may be, but not limited to, bent at a right angle or in an arc shape, the middle part of the second pipe section 313 may be bent at one or more places, the water outlet end of the second pipe section 313 may be, but not limited to, horizontally disposed, and the water inlet end of the second pipe section 313 may be, but not limited to, vertically disposed.

The position of the water outlet end of the second pipe section 313 can be controlled by bending the middle part of the second pipe section 313, so that the water outlet end of the water inlet branch pipe 31 extends to the inner side of the tower 10, and the second pipe section 313 can be conveniently assembled and maintained with the external sub-module and the first connector 312.

In one embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 1 to 3, the water outlet branch pipe 32 includes a third pipe section 321 connected to the inter-layer water outlet pipe 22, a second connector 322 installed at a water inlet end of the third pipe section 321, and a fourth pipe section 323 connected to the second connector 322; the second connector 322 is located at a side of the interlayer water outlet pipe 22 facing away from the tower 10, and the second connector 322 is located above the water collecting component 40.

It should be noted that, the water flow in the water outlet branch pipe 32 flows from the end of the fourth pipe section 323 connected with the external submodule to the end of the third pipe section 321 connected with the interlayer water outlet pipe 22, and the water inlet end of the third pipe section 321 refers to the end of the third pipe section 321 away from the interlayer water outlet pipe 22, and the water outlet end of the third pipe section 321 is connected with the interlayer water outlet pipe 22. The third pipe section 321 and the fourth pipe section 323 may be different in shape and material, and the third pipe section 321 may be, but is not limited to, the same material as the inter-layer water outlet pipe 22, so that welding of the third pipe section 321 and the inter-layer water outlet pipe 22 may be facilitated. The second connector 322 may be, but not limited to, a quick connector, and thus, can be easily installed.

By adopting the third pipe section 321 and the fourth pipe section 323, the second connector 322 is arranged on the outer side, so that the processing and the installation of the water outlet branch pipe 32 can be facilitated, the second connector 322 is prevented from leaking water and dripping onto an external sub-module, and the second connector 322 can be conveniently detected to leak water.

In one embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 1-3, third pipe section 321 is curved from the side of interlayer outlet pipe 22 facing away from tower 10 toward water collection assembly 40.

In other words, the water outlet end of the third pipe section 321 is connected to the interlayer water outlet pipe 22, and the water inlet end of the third pipe section 321 faces the direction of the water collecting assembly 40, and the second connector 322 is mounted on the water inlet end of the third pipe section 321, such that the second connector 322 is located on the side of the interlayer water outlet pipe 22 facing away from the tower 10.

The third pipe section 321 may be, but not limited to, bent in a right angle or an arc shape, the middle of the third pipe section 321 may be bent at one or more positions, the water outlet end of the third pipe section 321 may be, but not limited to, horizontally disposed, and the water inlet end of the third pipe section 321 may be, but not limited to, vertically disposed.

Through the crooked setting of third pipeline section 321, can control the position of second connector 322, make the water inlet end and the second connector 322 of play water branch pipe 32 be in the interlaminar outlet pipe 22 outside, can make things convenient for third pipeline section 321 and interlaminar outlet pipe 22 and second connector 322 to assemble and maintain.

In an embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 1 to 3, the water inlet end of the fourth pipe section 323 is located at the lower side of the water outlet end of the fourth pipe section 323, and the middle portion of the fourth pipe section 323 is bent from the lower side of the second connector 322 towards the direction approaching the tower 10.

The water inlet end of the fourth pipe section 323 refers to the end of the fourth pipe section 323 connected with the external submodule, and the water outlet end of the fourth pipe section 323 is connected with the second connector 322. The middle part of the fourth pipe section 323 can be, but is not limited to, bent in a right angle or an arc shape, the middle part of the fourth pipe section 323 can be bent at one or more positions, the water inlet end of the fourth pipe section 323 can be, but is not limited to, horizontally arranged, and the water outlet end of the fourth pipe section 323 can be, but is not limited to, vertically arranged.

The position of the water inlet end of the fourth pipe section 323 can be controlled by bending the middle part of the fourth pipe section 323, so that the water inlet end of the water outlet branch pipe 32 extends to the inner side of the tower 10, and the fourth pipe section 323, the external sub-module and the second connector 322 can be conveniently assembled and maintained.

In one embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 1 to 3, the interlayer water inlet pipe 21 includes a plurality of first interlayer 211 disposed around the tower 10, a first joint member 212 disposed at a water outlet end of each first interlayer section 211, and a second joint member 213 disposed at a water inlet end of each first interlayer section 211, adjacent second joint members 213 being connected to the first joint member 212, the first joint member 212 and the second joint member 213 being located outside the tower 10, and the first joint member 212 and the second joint member 213 being located above the water collecting assembly 40; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

the inter-layer water outlet pipe 22 includes a plurality of second inter-layers 221 disposed around the tower 10, a third joint member 222 disposed at a water outlet end of each second inter-layer 221, and a fourth joint member 223 disposed at a water inlet end of each second inter-layer section 221, adjacent fourth joint members 223 being connected to the third joint member 222, the third joint member 222 and the fourth joint member 223 being located outside the tower 10, and the third joint member 222 and the fourth joint member 223 being located above the water collecting assembly 40.

The first plurality of layers 211 may include straight pipes and elbow pipes, or may include a plurality of curved pipes. The first connector 212 and the second connector 213 may be, but not limited to, flanges, and the first connector 212 and the second connector 213 may be locked by a bolt or a hoop, and a sealing element may be installed between the first connector 212 and the second connector 213 to perform a sealing function to prevent water leakage. The shape of the plurality of first interlayer 211 may be different, the first joint 212 on each first interlayer 211 may be different, and the second joint 213 on each first interlayer 211 may be different.

One of the plurality of first interlayer 211 may be connected to the water inlet main 50, and may be, but is not limited to, connected by the first joint member 212 or the second joint member 213. The first joint 212 or the second joint 213 at the ends of the plurality of first interlayer 211 may be sealed by a stopper to prevent water leakage.

The plurality of second layers 221 may include straight pipes and elbow pipes, or may include a plurality of bent pipes. The third joint piece 222 and the fourth joint piece 223 may be, but not limited to, flanges, the third joint piece 222 and the fourth joint piece 223 may be locked by a bolt or a hoop, etc., and a sealing piece may be installed between the third joint piece 222 and the fourth joint piece 223 to play a role of sealing and prevent water leakage. The shape of the plurality of second interlayer 221 may be different, the fourth tab 223 on each second interlayer 221 may be different, and the fourth tab 223 on each second interlayer 221 may be different.

One of the plurality of second layers 221 may be connected to the return water main pipe 51, and may be, but is not limited to being, connected by a third joint 222 or a fourth joint 223. The third joint 222 or the fourth joint 223 at the end of the plurality of second interlayer 221 may be sealed by a stopper to prevent water leakage.

By disposing first joint member 212 and second joint member 213 at the outer side of tower 10, it is possible to facilitate the processing and assembly of interlayer water intake pipe 21, and when first joint member 212 and second joint member 213 leak water, it is possible to drip down water collection assembly 40, so as to facilitate the detection of water leakage at the connection portion of first joint member 212 and second joint member 213; by disposing the third joint member 222 and the fourth joint member 223 at the outer side of the tower 10, the processing and assembly of the inter-layer water outlet pipe 22 can be facilitated, and when the third joint member 222 and the fourth joint member 223 leak water, the water can be dropped to the water collecting assembly 40, so that the water leakage detection can be performed at the connection portion of the third joint member 222 and the fourth joint member 223.

In one embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 1 to 3, the number of the waterway branches 30 is plural, and the plurality of waterway branches 30 are arranged along the length direction of the interlayer water pipe 20; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

the number of the interlayer water pipes 20 is multiple, and the multiple layers of interlayer water pipes 20 are arranged along the height direction of the tower 10.

The number of the waterway branches 30 on the layer of the water pipes 20 may be 2, 4, 8 or 16, etc., and the plurality of waterway branches 30 may be arranged on the layer of the water pipes 20 on one side of the tower 10, or on the layer of the water pipes 20 on the adjacent or opposite sides of the tower 10, or may be distributed on three or four sides of the tower 10.

The number of the interlayer water pipes 20 may be 2, 4, 6, 10, etc., and the plurality of interlayer water pipes 20 may be spaced apart in the height direction of the tower 10.

The interlayer water inlet pipes 21 in the water pipes 20 of each layer can be connected with the water inlet main pipe 50, or the interlayer water inlet pipes 21 in the water pipes 20 of each layer are sequentially connected in series, or are partially connected in series, and are partially connected with the water inlet main pipe 50; the interlayer water outlet pipes 22 in the water pipes 20 of each layer can be connected with the main water return pipe 51, or the interlayer water outlet pipes 22 in the water pipes 20 of each layer can be sequentially connected in series, or the interlayer water outlet pipes are partially connected in series, and the interlayer water outlet pipes 22 of the water pipes 20 of each layer are partially connected with the main water return pipe 51.

By using the plurality of water path branch pipes 30, the water cooling units in the external sub-module can be connected to each other, and the cooling water can be supplied to each water cooling unit in the external sub-module. By using the multi-layered interlayer water pipe 20, it is possible to connect with the multi-layered outer sub-modules in the tower 10, respectively, and supply the cooling water to the water cooling units in the multi-layered outer sub-modules.

In one embodiment of the present application, referring to FIGS. 1, 4 and 5, a water collection assembly 40 includes a water collection member 41 mounted to the bottom of tower 10 and a sensor 42 for detecting water in water collection member 41.

The water collecting member 41 refers to a container for collecting water droplets, collecting the water droplets, and may be, but not limited to, a funnel, a disk-like structure, a box-like structure, or the like. The sensor 42 is suitable for detecting whether the water collecting member 41 collects water droplets, and may be a water droplet detection sensor, a liquid level detection sensor, or the like; the sensor 42 may be directly or indirectly connected to the tower 10 or the water collecting member 41, etc., as long as it can detect whether water is present in the water collecting member 41.

By using the water collecting member 41, water leakage in the water pipe above the tower 10 can be collected so that the sensor 42 detects whether or not there is water leakage.

In one embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 1, 4 and 6, the number of water collection members 41 is plural, and the plurality of water collection members 41 are arranged around the circumference of the tower 10.

The plurality of water collecting members 41 may be different in size and shape, and the plurality of water collecting members 41 may be different in mounting height or may be substantially at the same height.

By the plurality of water collecting pieces 41, the length of the water collecting pieces 41 can be reduced, and the water collecting pieces 41 can be conveniently processed and installed.

In one embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 4 to 6, the water collecting assembly 40 further includes a converging pipe 43 connected to the bottom of each water collecting member 41, and a water outlet of the converging pipe 43 is located above the sensor 42.

The confluence piping 43 may include a plurality of confluence branch pipes connecting the water collecting piece 41 with the confluence main pipe, a confluence main pipe, and a drain pipe connected with the confluence main pipe, the drain pipe being located above the sensor 42. When the sensor 42 is a water drop sensor, the sensor 42 and the drain pipe can be arranged separately, and a water leakage signal can be detected as long as water in the drain pipe drops onto the sensor 42; when the sensor 42 is a liquid level sensor, the sensor 42 can be arranged at the lower end of the drain pipe, and when the water accumulated in the drain pipe reaches the lowest detection liquid level of the sensor 42, a water leakage signal can be detected.

By adopting the confluence pipe 43, the water in each water collecting member 41 can be collected to the sensor 42, so that whether water leakage exists above the water collecting member 41 or not can be detected by one sensor 42, thereby being beneficial to reducing the number of the sensors 42 and reducing the cost.

In one embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 4 to 6, the water collecting member 41 includes a bottom plate 411, a side frame 412 provided along an edge of the bottom plate 411, and a connection seat 413 connected to the side frame 412, the connection seat 413 being connected to the bottom of the tower 10.

The bottom plate 411 may be a flat plate or an arc plate, etc., and the edge of the bottom plate 411 may be, but is not limited to, rectangular.

By using the side frame 412, the splash at the time of water dripping can be reduced, and water leakage can be collected, so that water leakage detection can be facilitated.

In an embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 4 to 6, the water outlet 414 is disposed on the bottom plate 411, and the height of the bottom plate 411 gradually increases from a position close to the water outlet 414 to a position far from the water outlet 414.

It will be appreciated that the water outlet port 414 is adapted to connect with a manifold to facilitate the flow of water from the water collection member 41 into the manifold 43. The bottom plate 411 may be an inclined flat plate, an arcuate plate or a tapered structure. The water outlet 414 is positioned at the lowest part of the bottom plate 411.

The position of the bottom plate 411 away from the water outlet 414 is higher, so that the height of the water outlet 414 is reduced, and water is automatically converged to the water outlet 414.

In one embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 4 to 6, the number of the connection seats 413 is plural, and the plural connection seats 413 are arranged along the length direction of the water collecting member 41.

The number of the connection seats 413 may be 2, 4 or 6, and the structures of the respective connection seats 413 may be different. The height of the connection locations of the connection seats 413 and the tower 10 may be sequentially increased so as to control the water collecting member 41 to be inclined at a certain angle.

Through a plurality of connecting seats 413, can ensure the stability that water collecting piece 41 is connected with pylon 10, and be convenient for adjust water collecting piece 41's inclination.

Referring to fig. 1, an embodiment of the present application further provides an energy storage device, including the valve tower structure in any of the above embodiments.

The energy storage device may be an energy storage valve tower or may be an energy storage device comprising at least one energy storage valve tower.

By adopting the valve tower structure, the number of the water collecting assemblies 40 is reduced, the cost of the energy storage device is reduced, the pipeline is prevented from leaking water and dripping to the inner side of the tower 10, and the reliability of the energy storage device is improved.

In one embodiment of the present application, referring to FIG. 1, the tower further includes a sub-module mounted on the inner side of the tower 10 and connected to the waterway branch 30.

One or more water cooling units may be provided in the sub-module, the water inlet of the water cooling unit being connected to the second pipe section 313 and the water outlet of the water cooling unit being connected to the fourth pipe section 323, so as to continuously supply cooling water into the water cooling unit.

The foregoing description of the preferred embodiments of the present application is not intended to be limiting, but is intended to cover any and all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and principles of the present application.

Claims (19)

1. A valve tower structure, comprising:

a tower;

an interlayer water pipe which is arranged on the valve tower and is positioned outside the tower;

the waterway branch pipe is used for connecting the interlayer water pipe with the external submodule and is arranged on the interlayer water pipe; the method comprises the steps of,

and the water collecting assembly is arranged at the bottom of the tower.

2. A valve tower structure according to claim 1, wherein: the interlayer water pipe comprises an interlayer water inlet pipe arranged around the tower frame and an interlayer water outlet pipe arranged around the tower frame, and the waterway branch pipe comprises a water inlet branch pipe connected with the interlayer water inlet pipe and a water outlet branch pipe connected with the interlayer water outlet pipe.

3. A valve tower structure according to claim 2, wherein: the interlayer water inlet pipe is positioned at the lower side of the interlayer water outlet pipe, and the water outlet end of the water inlet branch pipe is positioned at the lower side of the water inlet end of the water outlet branch pipe.

4. A valve tower structure according to claim 3, wherein: the water inlet branch pipe comprises a first pipe section connected with the interlayer water inlet pipe, a first connector arranged at the water outlet end of the first pipe section and a second pipe section connected with the first connector; the first connector is located at one side of the interlayer water inlet pipe, which is away from the tower, and the first connector is located above the water collecting component.

5. A valve tower structure according to claim 4, wherein: the first pipe section is bent from one side of the interlayer water inlet pipe, which is away from the tower, towards a direction away from the water collecting component.

6. A valve tower structure according to claim 5, wherein: the water outlet end of the second pipe section is positioned at the upper side of the water inlet end of the second pipe section, and the middle part of the second pipe section is bent from the upper side of the first connector to the direction close to the tower.

7. A valve tower structure according to claim 3, wherein: the water outlet branch pipe comprises a third pipe section connected with the interlayer water outlet pipe, a second connector arranged at the water inlet end of the third pipe section and a fourth pipe section connected with the second connector; the second connector is located one side of the interlayer water outlet pipe away from the tower, and the second connector is located above the water collecting component.

8. The valve tower structure of claim 7, wherein: the third pipe section is bent from one side of the interlayer water outlet pipe, which is away from the tower, towards the water collecting assembly.

9. The valve tower structure of claim 8, wherein: the water inlet end of the fourth pipe section is positioned at the lower side of the water outlet end of the fourth pipe section, and the middle part of the fourth pipe section is bent from the lower side of the second connector to the direction close to the tower.

10. A valve tower structure according to claim 2, wherein: the interlayer water inlet pipe comprises a plurality of first interlayer layers arranged around the valve tower, a first connector piece arranged at the water outlet end of each first interlayer layer and a second connector piece arranged at the water inlet end of each first interlayer layer, wherein the adjacent second connector pieces are connected with the first connector pieces, the first connector pieces and the second connector pieces are positioned on the outer sides of the tower, and the first connector pieces and the second connector pieces are positioned above the water collecting assembly; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

the interlayer water outlet pipe comprises a plurality of second interlayer layers arranged around the valve tower, a third joint piece arranged at the water outlet end of each second interlayer layer and a fourth joint piece arranged at the water inlet end of each second interlayer layer, wherein the adjacent fourth joint pieces are connected with the third joint pieces, the third joint pieces and the fourth joint pieces are positioned at the outer sides of the tower, and the third joint pieces and the fourth joint pieces are positioned above the water collecting assembly.

11. A valve tower structure according to claim 1, wherein: the number of the waterway branch pipes is multiple, and the waterway branch pipes are distributed along the length direction of the interlayer water pipe; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

the number of the interlayer water pipes is multiple, and the multiple layers of the interlayer water pipes are distributed along the height direction of the tower.

12. Valve tower structure according to any one of the claims 1-11, wherein: the water collecting assembly comprises a water collecting piece arranged at the bottom of the tower and a sensor for detecting the water collecting amount in the water collecting piece.

13. A valve tower structure according to claim 12, wherein: the number of the water collecting pieces is a plurality, and the plurality of the water collecting pieces are arranged around the circumference of the tower.

14. A valve tower structure according to claim 13, wherein: the water collection assembly further comprises a converging pipeline connected with the bottom of each water collection piece, and a water outlet of the converging pipeline is positioned above the sensor.

15. A valve tower structure according to claim 12, wherein: the water collecting piece comprises a bottom plate, a side frame arranged along the edge of the bottom plate and a connecting seat connected with the side frame, and the connecting seat is connected with the bottom of the tower.

16. A valve tower structure according to claim 15, wherein: the bottom plate is provided with a water outlet, and the height of the bottom plate is gradually increased from a position close to the water outlet to a position far away from the water outlet.

17. A valve tower structure according to claim 15, wherein: the number of the connecting seats is multiple, and the connecting seats are distributed along the length direction of the water collecting piece.

18. An energy storage device, characterized in that: a valve tower structure comprising any of claims 1-17.

19. The energy storage device of claim 18, wherein: the device also comprises a submodule, wherein the submodule is arranged on the inner side of the tower, and the submodule is connected with the waterway branch pipe.