A battery unit temperature management device may include a battery unit that can be charged and discharged, a heater that operates due to electricity supply from the battery unit and heats a heat exchange medium that exchanges heat with the battery unit, a changing structure that changes a heat transfer capacity between the battery unit and the heat exchange medium, and a controller that controls the heating of the heat exchange medium by the heater and the change of the heat transfer capacity by the changing structure. When a temperature Tw of the heat exchange medium does not reach a first temperature which is equivalent to a temperature of the battery unit while the heat exchange medium is heated by the heater, the controller may make the heat transfer capacity smaller than that when the temperature of the heat exchange medium has reached the first temperature.

Provided is a rechargeable battery system comprising at least a battery cell and an external cooling means, wherein the battery cell comprises an anode, a cathode, an electrolyte disposed between the anode and the cathode, a protective housing that at least partially encloses the anode, the cathode and the electrolyte, and at least one heat-spreader element disposed partially or entirely inside the protective housing and wherein the external cooling means is in thermal contact with the heat spreader element configured to enable transporting internal heat of the battery through the heat spreader element to the external cooling means. Also provided is a method of operating a rechargeable battery system, the method comprising implementing a heat spreader element in one or each of a plurality of battery cells and bringing the heat spreader element in thermal contact with one or a plurality of external cooling means.

A control system for a secondary battery that effectively performs temperature control of the secondary battery before getting to a charging station, thereby enabling high speed charging, is provided. It relates to a vehicle including a first secondary battery, a second secondary battery, a first temperature control unit, a secondary battery monitoring unit, and an arithmetic unit. The secondary battery monitoring unit acquires remaining amount data of the first secondary battery. The arithmetic unit compares the remaining amount data and a set value. In the case where the remaining amount data is smaller than the set value, the secondary battery monitoring unit acquires the temperature of the first secondary battery. The arithmetic unit calculates an adjustment term required to adjust the temperature of the first secondary battery to a set temperature. The arithmetic unit calculates an arrival term required to get to a set charging station. The first temperature control unit starts adjusting the temperature of the first secondary battery to the set temperature, with electric power fed from the second secondary battery, in the case where the adjustment term is shorter than or equal to the arrival term.

A battery temperature control system is disclosed. The battery temperature control system includes a cabinet, an air conditioner, a central control module and a plurality of battery modules. Each of the plurality of battery modules includes a plurality of batteries, a control unit, a fan assembly and a temperature detecting module, wherein the central control module sends a temperature controlling command to the air conditioner to activate a cold source or a heat source according to the ambient temperature, then the central control module compares and calculates a plurality of working temperature information transmitting from the plurality of battery modules, and sends a fan operation command to the each corresponding battery module, the corresponding fan assembly activates an working mode to cool or warm the temperature of the corresponding battery module, so as to adjust the working temperature of each battery module, and to achieve a dynamic temperature balance.

A battery temperature control system is disclosed. The battery temperature control system includes a cabinet, an air conditioner, a central control module and a plurality of battery modules. Each of the plurality of battery modules includes a plurality of batteries, a control unit, a fan assembly and a temperature detecting module, wherein the central control module sends a temperature controlling command to the air conditioner to activate a cold source or a heat source according to the ambient temperature, then the central control module compares and calculates a plurality of working temperature information transmitting from the plurality of battery modules, and sends a fan operation command to the each corresponding battery module, the corresponding fan assembly activates an working mode to cool or warm the temperature of the corresponding battery module, so as to adjust the working temperature of each battery module, and to achieve a dynamic temperature balance.

A thermal runaway barrier for at least significantly slowing down a thermal runaway event within a battery assembly. The thermal runaway barrier includes a layer of a nonwoven fibrous thermal insulation comprising a fiber matrix of inorganic fibers, thermally insulative inorganic particles of fumed silica dispersed within the fiber matrix, and a binder dispersed within the fiber matrix so as to hold together the fiber matrix. An optional organic encapsulation layer may also be used to encapsulate the nonwoven fibrous thermal insulation.

A battery cell cooling assembly for a vehicle comprising a cooling vessel having a coolant flow path between an inlet and outlet, cell apertures exterior to the flow path, a first directional directing coolant from the inlet into laterally spaced first sub-channels, a second directional receiving coolant from the first sub-channels and directing it into laterally spaced second sub-channels, the first sub-channels extending transversely between the cell apertures and aligned longitudinally between first aperture ends and second aperture ends of the cell apertures, the second sub-channels extending transversely between the cell apertures and aligned longitudinally between the first sub-channels and the second aperture ends, wherein the first sub-channels provide a first thermal pass by each of the plurality of cell apertures and the second sub-channels provide a second thermal pass by each of the same plurality of cell apertures for temperature control of the cells during operation.

A battery pack includes a battery stack having a plurality of prismatic batteries being stacked. The battery pack further includes a cooling plate extending in a stack direction of the prismatic batteries in the battery stack. The cooling plate includes a plurality of coolant passages and a plurality of grooves. The coolant passages extend in a perpendicular direction substantially perpendicular to the stack direction of the prismatic batteries, and allow a coolant to flow in the coolant passages. The grooves constitute heat conduction inhibitors configured to inhibit heat conduction in the stack direction of the prismatic batteries.

The disclosure relates to a cooling system for one or more battery cells of an electric battery, comprising: a cooling conduit for coolant fluid, wherein the cooling conduit is arranged for cooling of at least one battery cell of the electric battery, characterized in that, the cooling conduit has a variable dimension being indicative of a variable amount of coolant fluid to flow in the cooling conduit, and the variable dimension of the cooling conduit is variable in dependence on a cell swelling mechanism of the at least one battery cell.

A fluid-cooled battery system includes at least one battery module which includes a plurality of rows of battery cells, an outer casing, and at least one cell fixture. The outer casing defines therein an accommodation space. The cell fixture includes a holding web fitted inside the accommodation space, and formed with a plurality of rows of retaining holes. The retaining holes of each row are configured to retain cell bodies of a respective row of the battery cells so as to permit the battery cells to be held in the accommodation space by the holding web, to thereby keep the battery cells in stable position against undesired vibration.