DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AN OIL-COOLED BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF A HIGH VOLTAGE BATTERY

Abstract

A device and method for cooling a battery management system (BMS). The BMS includes electronic components arranged inside a BMS housing. The BMS housing has at least one BMS coolant inflow connection for a coolant inflow and at least one BMS coolant outflow connection for a coolant outflow. A dielectric coolant flows around at least part of at least one electronic component inside the BMS housing. A high-voltage battery has the BMS and a plurality of battery modules that are strung together. Each battery module includes, on at least one module housing side, at least one coolant inflow connection for a coolant inflow. The high-voltage battery also includes a hollow section connected to the BMS and to the string of battery modules in a media-tight manner.

Claims

1. A device for cooling a battery management system (BMS), said device comprising: a BMS housing comprising at least one BMS coolant inflow connection for a coolant inflow and at least one BMS coolant outflow connection for a coolant outflow; a plurality of electronic components arranged inside the BMS housing; and a dielectric coolant passageway through which dielectric coolant flows around at least part of at least one electronic component inside of the BMS housing.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one electronic component of the plurality of electronic components is selected from the group consisting of: contactor, printed circuit board with integrated circuits, power connection, and an electrical connection to at least one battery module.

3. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the BMS is connected to a cooling circuit of an electrical traction system.

4. A high-voltage battery having the battery management system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the high-voltage battery comprises a plurality of battery modules that are strung together, wherein each battery module comprises a module housing, two pole connections, at least one energy storage cell arranged in the module housing, and a direct cell flow system having a dielectric coolant, wherein each battery module comprises, on at least one module housing side, at least one coolant inflow connection for a coolant inflow and, on a module housing cover, on which the two pole connections are also located, a coolant outflow opening for a coolant outflow, in which a sequence of the coolant inflows with a first coolant inflow and a last coolant inflow is stipulated by stringing together of the battery modules, wherein the battery module with the last coolant inflow forms an end side as one end of the string, wherein the battery management system is arranged on said end side, and wherein the high-voltage battery is connected to a cooling system.

5. The high-voltage battery as claimed in claim 4, wherein the at least one BMS coolant inflow connection is configured to form a coolant interface connected directly to a coolant inflow from the cooling system, wherein dielectric coolant flows from said coolant interface to the respective coolant inflow connections of the battery modules.

6. The high-voltage battery as claimed in claim 4, wherein the at least one BMS coolant outflow connection is configured to form a return flow interface connected directly to a coolant return flow into the cooling system, wherein dielectric coolant flows to said return flow interface from the respective coolant outflow connections of the battery modules.

7. The high-voltage battery as claimed in claim 4, wherein the high-voltage battery additionally comprises a hollow section connected to the battery management system and to the string of battery modules in a media-tight manner, wherein the section is configured to surround the at least one BMS coolant inflow connection and all of the coolant outflow openings and pole connections, of the battery modules, extending therein, wherein the section is configured to receive coolant flowing out of the coolant outlet openings along the battery modules that are strung together and to conduct the coolant to the at least one BMS coolant inflow connection of the battery management system located on the end side.

8. The high-voltage battery as claimed in claim 7, wherein the battery management system is connected to the battery modules via busbars running inside the hollow section, as a result of which coolant flows around the busbars.

9. The high-voltage battery as claimed in claim 7, wherein all of the coolant inflow connections of the battery modules are connected to a coolant distributor having a single coolant inlet, and in which the at least one BMS coolant outflow connection is formed as a coolant outlet, as a result of which a closed cooling system is formed.

10. The high-voltage battery as claimed in claim 7, wherein the BMS housing, all of the module housings and the hollow section are formed by an overall housing.

11. A method for arranging a cooling of a battery management system (BMS), said method comprising: arranging a plurality of electronic components of the BMS inside of a BMS housing, wherein at least one BMS coolant inflow connection for a coolant inflow and at least one BMS coolant outflow connection for a coolant outflow are formed on the BMS housing, and wherein a dielectric coolant passageway is formed on the BMS housing through which dielectric coolant flows around at least part of at least one electronic component of the plurality of electronic components inside of the BMS housing.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising arranging the battery management system in a high-voltage battery, wherein the high-voltage battery comprises a plurality of battery modules that are strung together, wherein each battery module comprises a module housing, two pole connections, at least one energy storage cell arranged in the module housing, and a direct cell flow system having a dielectric coolant, wherein each battery module comprises, on at least one module housing side, at least one coolant inflow connection for a coolant inflow and, on a module housing cover, on which the two pole connections are also located, a coolant outflow opening for a coolant outflow, in which a sequence of the coolant inflows with a first coolant inflow and a last coolant inflow is stipulated by the stringing together of the battery modules, wherein the battery module with the last coolant inflow forms an end side as one end of the string, wherein the battery management system is arranged on said end side, and wherein the battery management system is connected to a cooling system that is connected to the high-voltage battery.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the high-voltage battery additionally comprises a hollow section connected to the battery management system and to the string of battery modules in a media-tight manner, wherein the at least one BMS coolant inflow connection and all of the coolant outflow openings and pole connections, of the battery modules, extending therein are surrounded by the section, wherein the section is used to receive coolant flowing out of the coolant outlet openings along the battery modules that are strung together and to conduct the coolant to the at least one BMS coolant inflow connection of the battery management system located on the end side.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0030] Further advantages and configurations of the invention emerge from the description and from the appended drawing.

[0031] It is understood that the features mentioned above and the features yet to be discussed below may be used not only in the respectively specified combination but also in other combinations or individually without departing from the scope of the present invention.

[0032] The figures are described cohesively and comprehensively and identical components are assigned the same reference symbols.

[0033] FIG. 1 schematically shows a flow profile in a top view of one configuration of the high-voltage battery according to aspects of the invention.

[0034] FIG. 2 schematically shows a lateral sectional illustration of the configuration of the high-voltage battery according to aspects of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0035] FIG. 1 schematically shows a flow profile in a top view 100 of one configuration of the high-voltage battery according to aspects of the invention. The high-voltage battery has a plurality of battery modules 110 that are strung together in the positive direction of an x axis 101, said battery modules each individually having a right-hand coolant inflow connection 111 (on the positive side of a y axis 102) and a left-hand coolant inflow connection 112 (on the negative side of the y axis 102). A battery management system (BMS) 120 is arranged on a battery module 110, which forms one end of the string and comprises the topmost or last coolant inflows 111, 112 in the direction of the x axis 101. The battery management system 120 has a right-hand BMS coolant outflow connection 121 and a left-hand BMS coolant outflow connection 122 in relation to the positive side and the negative side of the y axis 102. Above the string of battery modules 110 and the battery management system 120, there is a section 130, which surrounds both upper coolant outflow openings of the battery modules 110 and a BMS coolant inflow connection of the battery management system 120 in a media-tight manner. Coolant flows through the coolant inflow connections 111, 112 in a coolant flow direction 140 through the respective battery modules, which each surround at least one energy storage cell, into the section 130 and from there through the battery management system 120 to the BMS coolant outflow connections 121, 122.

[0036] FIG. 2 schematically shows a lateral sectional illustration 200 of the configuration of the high-voltage battery according to aspects of the invention. In the positive direction of a z axis 203, a lower part of the section 232 is arranged on the battery modules 110 and the battery management system 120, above the battery modules 110 and the battery management system 120, using intermediate seals 234. An upper part of the section 231 is then connected to the lower part of the section 232 in a media-tight manner, again using seals 233 as a continuation. The upper part of the section 231 and the lower part of the section 232 form the section 130 from FIG. 1. In a cavity formed by the upper part of the section 231 and the lower part of the section 232, coolant flows around pole connections 251 to the battery modules 110 and to the battery management system 120 and around busbars 250 that electrically connect these to one another.

LIST OF REFERENCE DESIGNATIONS

[0037] 100 Top view of flow profile [0038] 101 x axis [0039] 102 y axis [0040] 110 Battery module [0041] 111 Right-hand coolant inflow connection [0042] 112 Left-hand coolant inflow connection [0043] 120 Battery management system [0044] 121 Right-hand BMS coolant outflow connection [0045] 122 Left-hand BMS coolant outflow connection [0046] 130 Section [0047] 140 Direction of flow of the coolant [0048] 200 Lateral sectional illustration of the cooling arrangement [0049] 203 z axis [0050] 231 Upper part of the section [0051] 232 Lower part of the section [0052] 233 Seal between the upper part of the section and the lower part of the section [0053] 234 Seal between the lower part of the section and positioned parts [0054] 250 Busbar [0055] 251 Pole connections