Cooling system of battery pack
View Patent ↗In a cooling system for cooling a battery pack mounted in a vehicle, the battery pack is mounted at an inner lower end of the vehicle constructed in a corrugated structure including alternating valleys and peaks. Battery modules of the battery pack are arranged such that unit cells of each battery module are mounted vertically on the corrugated lower end of the vehicle. The cooling system includes a coolant inlet port and a coolant outlet port formed at a lower-end member of a housing surrounding an outer surface of the battery pack. The coolant inlet port and the coolant outlet port are formed using a structure of the vehicle.
1. A cooling system for cooling a battery pack mounted in a vehicle, the cooling system comprising:
a coolant inlet port; and
a coolant outlet port formed together with the coolant inlet port at a lower-end member of a housing surrounding an outer surface of the battery pack in a sealed state, wherein
the battery pack is mounted at an inner lower end of the vehicle constructed in a corrugated structure including a plurality of alternating valleys and peaks,
battery modules of the battery pack are arranged such that unit cells of each of the battery modules are mounted vertically on the inner lower end of the vehicle,
the lower-end member of the housing is constructed as a structure corresponding to the inner lower end of the vehicle, and
the coolant inlet port and the coolant outlet port are formed by the lower-end member of the housing having the corrugated structure.
2. The cooling system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
partitions mounted between the battery modules for guiding passage of coolant such that the coolant introduced into the cooling system through the coolant inlet port can ascend vertically at least once and then descend toward the coolant outlet port.
3. The cooling system according to claim 2 , wherein the partitions are mounted on the lower-end member of the housing at predetermined positions where a large majority of coolant can be prevented from directly flowing from the coolant inlet port to the coolant outlet port.
4. The cooling system according to claim 2 , wherein two or more partitions are alternately mounted at an upper-end member and the lower-end member of the housing.
5. The cooling system according to claim 2 , wherein the partitions are arranged between the coolant inlet port and the coolant outlet port in a direction perpendicular to the battery modules.
6. The cooling system according to claim 3 , wherein each partition has a plurality of through-holes having small diameters.
7. The cooling system according to claim 6 , wherein the through-holes are constructed such that inner diameters of the through-holes are decreased from an upper part to a lower part of each partition.
8. The cooling system according to claim 4 , wherein each partition has a plurality of through-holes having small diameters.
9. The cooling system according to claim 5 , wherein each partition has a plurality of through-holes having small diameters.
10. The cooling system according to claim 8 , wherein the through-holes are constructed such that inner diameters of the through-holes are decreased from an upper part to a lower part of each partition.
11. The cooling system according to claim 9 , wherein the through-holes are constructed such that inner diameters of the through-holes are decreased from an upper part to a lower part of each partition.