One-Piece Battery Incorporating A Circulating Fluid Type Heat Exchanger

Patent · Tue Oct 02 04:00:00 EDT 2001

OSTI ID:879599

Verhoog, Roelof ^[1]

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1. Bordeaux, FR

A one-piece battery comprises a tank divided into cells each receiving an electrode assembly, closure means for the tank and a circulating fluid type heat exchanger facing the relatively larger faces of the electrode assembly. The fluid flows in a compartment defined by two flanges which incorporate a fluid inlet orifice communicating with a common inlet manifold and a fluid outlet orifice communicating with a common outlet manifold. The tank comprises at least two units and each unit comprises at least one cell delimited by walls. The wall facing a relatively larger face of the electrode assembly constitutes one of the flanges. Each unit further incorporates a portion of an inlet and outlet manifold. The units are fastened together so that the flanges when placed face-to-face form a sealed circulation compartment and the portions of the same manifold are aligned with each other.

• Research Organization: US ADVANCED BATTERY CONSORTIUM
• DOE Contract Number: FC02-91CE50336
• Assignee: Alcatel (Paris, FR)
• Patent Number(s): US 6,296,968
• Application Number: 09/327534
• OSTI ID: 879599
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English