UNIFIED AIR COOLING STRUCTURE OF HIGH-CAPACITY BATTERY SYSTEM
A uniform air blowing and cooling structure of a high capacity battery system includes a cell assembly having battery cells which are located in parallel at regular intervals while defining cooling channels therebetween; a housing accommodating the cell assembly therein and having a first space and a second space which are defined on both sides of the cell assembly perpendicular to a direction in which the cooling channels are defined; and an inlet and an outlet defined at both ends of the housing to respectively communicate with the first and second spaces defined in the housing, wherein the inlet is defined at one end of the first space and the outlet is defined at both ends of the second space so that air can flow along a substantially “h” shaped fluid path in the housing, whereby cooling of the battery cells in the respective cooling channels can be uniformly carried out.
1 . A uniform air blowing and cooling structure of a high capacity battery system, comprising:
a cell assembly having a plurality of battery cells which are located in parallel at intervals while defining cooling channels therebetween;
a housing accommodating the cell assembly therein and having a first space and a second space which are defined on both sides of the cell assembly perpendicular to a direction in which the cooling channels are defined; and
an inlet and an outlet defined at both sides of the housing to respectively communicate with the first and second spaces defined in the housing,
wherein the inlet is defined at one end of the first space and the outlet is defined at both ends of the second space so that air can flow along a substantially ‘h’-shaped fluid path in the housing, whereby cooling of the battery cells in the respective cooling channels can be uniformly carried out.
2 . A uniform air blowing and cooling structure of a high capacity battery system according to claim 1 , wherein the outlet comprises a first outlet which corresponds to the inlet and a second outlet which faces away from the first outlet, and a sectional area of the first outlet is smaller than a sectional area of the second outlet.
3 . A uniform air blowing and cooling structure of a high capacity battery system according to claim 2 , wherein a ratio between the sectional areas of the first outlet and the second outlet is 2:5.
4 . A uniform air blowing and cooling structure of a high capacity battery system according to claim 1 , wherein at least one blower fan is installed in the inlet to introduce outside air into the housing.
5 . A uniform air blowing and cooling structure of a high capacity battery system according to claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises a base plate on which the cell assembly is supported and a cover which is coupled with the base plate to form a space for accommodating the cell assembly and has substantially the sectional shape of ‘∩’ such that the first and second spaces are defined between the cell assembly and the cover.