Li-ion battery thermal runaway suppression system using microchannel coolers and refrigerant injections

Title: Li-ion battery thermal runaway suppression system using microchannel coolers and refrigerant injections

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A battery management system with thermally integrated fire suppression includes a multiplicity of individual battery cells in a housing; a multiplicity of cooling passages in the housing within or between the multiplicity of individual battery cells; a multiplicity of sensors operably connected to the individual battery cells, the sensors adapted to detect a thermal runaway event related to one or more of the multiplicity of individual battery cells; and a management system adapted to inject coolant into at least one of the multiplicity of cooling passages upon the detection of the thermal runaway event by the any one of the multiplicity of sensors, so that the thermal runaway event is rapidly quenched.

Inventors:: Bandhauer, Todd M.; Farmer, Joseph C.

Issue Date:: 2016-11-08

Research Org.:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1331156

Patent Number(s):: 9,490,507

Application Number:: 13/900,417

Assignee:: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)

DOE Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2013 May 22

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 25 ENERGY STORAGE; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 42 ENGINEERING

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