There is provided a risk-free and easy-to-use battery pack using battery cells 1 as a secondary battery, in which internal gases evaporated by applying overvoltage or the like thereto are processed inside a case to be prevented from leaking to the outside of the case and thereby even if the case has been led to rise in pressure due to a thermorunaway of the battery, the case is free from breaking. To realize this performance, the battery pack 10 is provided with a battery cell housing 17 for housing lithium cells 1 and a gas processor 15 for liquefying the internal gases g generated from the lithium cells 1.
1. A battery pack comprising:
a case;
a battery cell housing which houses battery cells, and
a gas processor which liquefies gases generated from said battery cells, comprising:
a metallic body including a plurality of spaces partitioned by partition walls and formed by making a metallic material into a boxy shape, said metallic material being excellent in thermal conductivity and in exoergic property;
a gas inflow port provided in a space of said metallic body;
a gas exhaust port provided in another space of said metallic body; and
a ventilation hole provided in each of said partition walls,
wherein said gas inflow port is arranged over against said battery cell housing,
wherein said battery cell housing and said gas processor are provided inside said case,
wherein said gas processor is structured separately from said battery cell housing;
wherein said battery cells are lithium cells and are housed in said battery cell housing as a battery stack having a structure built up by stacking said battery cells one above the other,
wherein said battery cells comprise a safety valve which discharges said gases to the outside of each battery cell when an internal pressure of each battery cell has become equal to or higher than a given pressure, and
wherein said gas processer is provided behind said safety valve.
2. The battery pack according to claim 1 , wherein said gas inflow port is located at a position lower than where said ventilation hole is located.
3. The battery pack according to claim 1 , further comprising a thermal insulating material arranged between said gas processor and said case of a battery pack.
4. The battery pack according to claim 1 , further comprising a liquid absorbent material arranged in a gas exhaust vicinity of said battery stack against said gas inflow port.