Heating a battery and cooling an electric power conversion device are achieved together. This mobile body includes an electric motor, a battery, a thermoelectric conversion element, an electric power conversion device, and a controller. The electric motor is a driving source. The electric power conversion device is configured to convert electric power outputted from the battery into driving electric power for the electric motor. The electric power conversion device is disposed in direct contact or in indirect contact with the battery with the thermoelectric conversion element interposed therebetween. The controller is configured to control electric power to be supplied to the thermoelectric conversion element. The controller controls, in a case where the battery is in a predetermined low-temperature state, the electric power to be supplied to the thermoelectric conversion element to cause a surface of the thermoelectric conversion element coupled to the battery to serve as a heat dissipation surface.

A heat dissipation structure including a plurality of heat dissipating members, and a support plate for supporting the heat dissipating members. Each of the heat dissipating members includes a plurality of cushion members each having a hollow or a solid shape, and a heat conduction sheet covering an outer surface of the cushion members. The support plate includes a plurality of grooves for supporting the heat dissipating members in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the heat dissipating members. Each of the grooves is a curved recess portion formed in a thickness direction, opened to the side of the heat dissipating member, formed to have a radius of curvature larger than a radius of curvature of the heat dissipating member, and to have a depth smaller than a circular conversion diameter of the heat dissipating member, and a battery provided with the heat dissipating structure.

A heat dissipation structure including a plurality of heat dissipating members, and a support plate for supporting the heat dissipating members. Each of the heat dissipating members includes a plurality of cushion members each having a hollow or a solid shape, and a heat conduction sheet covering an outer surface of the cushion members. The support plate includes a plurality of grooves for supporting the heat dissipating members in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the heat dissipating members. Each of the grooves is a curved recess portion formed in a thickness direction, opened to the side of the heat dissipating member, formed to have a radius of curvature larger than a radius of curvature of the heat dissipating member, and to have a depth smaller than a circular conversion diameter of the heat dissipating member, and a battery provided with the heat dissipating structure.

The present disclosure provides a method for controlling the coolant flow of a liquid-cooled power battery, a system, and a vehicle. The method obtains a relationship between a temperature difference within a battery pack and a temperature difference within the coolant, and deduces a target temperature difference within the coolant according to a target temperature difference within the battery pack and the relationship between the temperature difference within the battery pack and the temperature difference within the coolant. The method determines a required flow capacity of the coolant according to the target temperature difference within the coolant, and controls a battery cooling pump to operate according to the required flow capacity of the coolant. The problem of higher energy consumption existing in existing liquid-cooled battery packs for controlling the temperature difference within the battery pack is resolved by the disclosure.

A thermal management system for an electric component has a housing for the electric component and a heat exchange plate extending over the surface of the lateral face of the housing. The plate has a fluid channel between a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, a supply duct to supply the plate with fluid and a discharge duct, a casing defining the housing(s) and receiving the heat exchange plate and the supply and discharge ducts. The system includes a fluid collecting box arranged to collect fluid from a possible fluid leakage at the junction between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet of the plate and the associated supply and discharge ducts, so as to prevent said leaked fluid from dripping into a bottom of the casing.

A thermal management system for an electric component has a housing for the electric component and a heat exchange plate extending over the surface of the lateral face of the housing. The plate has a fluid channel between a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, a supply duct to supply the plate with fluid and a discharge duct, a casing defining the housing(s) and receiving the heat exchange plate and the supply and discharge ducts. The system includes a fluid collecting box arranged to collect fluid from a possible fluid leakage at the junction between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet of the plate and the associated supply and discharge ducts, so as to prevent said leaked fluid from dripping into a bottom of the casing.

The invention relates to a compartment for an apparatus likely to emit heat during its operation, in particular for an electrical energy storage device for a motor vehicle, this compartment having at least one cooling plate arranged to have a cooling fluid flowing through it and arranged to cool said apparatus, this compartment also including an upper housing arranged to receive said electrical equipment, and a lower housing in which at least one fluid connection element for supplying fluid to the cooling plate is placed, the lower and upper housings being insulated from one another in a fluid-tight manner.

The invention relates to a compartment for an apparatus likely to emit heat during its operation, in particular for an electrical energy storage device for a motor vehicle, this compartment having at least one cooling plate arranged to have a cooling fluid flowing through it and arranged to cool said apparatus, this compartment also including an upper housing arranged to receive said electrical equipment, and a lower housing in which at least one fluid connection element for supplying fluid to the cooling plate is placed, the lower and upper housings being insulated from one another in a fluid-tight manner.

A battery pack of an electric or hybrid motor vehicle, which is constituted by an upper casing and a lower casing, is provided with a cooling circuit which enables circulation in the pack of a cooling fluid which is intended to be sprayed onto battery modules by spray nozzles. The cooling circuit is suitable for ensuring circulation of the cooling fluid in a closed circuit inside the pack, with a pump which is arranged in the internal vessel of the pack being capable of recirculating, back to the spray nozzles, the cooling fluid which is sprayed onto the modules and collected in a double base arranged under a base wall of the lower casing by discharge openings which are formed in the base wall of the lower casing.

A battery pack of an electric or hybrid motor vehicle, which is constituted by an upper casing and a lower casing, is provided with a cooling circuit which enables circulation in the pack of a cooling fluid which is intended to be sprayed onto battery modules by spray nozzles. The cooling circuit is suitable for ensuring circulation of the cooling fluid in a closed circuit inside the pack, with a pump which is arranged in the internal vessel of the pack being capable of recirculating, back to the spray nozzles, the cooling fluid which is sprayed onto the modules and collected in a double base arranged under a base wall of the lower casing by discharge openings which are formed in the base wall of the lower casing.