Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Jeongsik Ko

Hyukjae Kwon

Dongmin Im

Heungchan Lee

Jaejoon Oh

Minsik Park

Daebong Jung

Jinho Kim

Kihyun Kim

Dongjoon Lee

Ji-Young Jeong

Younghun Sung

Eunha Park

Ji-young Jeong

A battery optimization method and apparatus is provided. The battery optimization method includes selectively adjusting a parameter set related to a corresponding SoC section among a plurality of parameters of an electrochemical thermal (ECT) model based on operating data of each SoC section, and updating the plurality of parameters of the ECT model based on adjusted parameter sets.

Method and apparatus for optimizing battery

A cooling structure includes a plurality of bars arranged separately from each other and configured to press a battery cell, a support configured to support the plurality of bars, flow paths defined by a first surface of the battery cell and one pair of neighboring bars, and configured to guide a flow of a cooling medium, with the cooling medium being in direct contact with the first surface of the battery cell, and a separation wall provided in at least one of the flow paths and being configured to separate each of the at least one flow path into sub-flow paths.

Cooling structure and battery system including the same

A method of controlling a temperature of metal-air battery apparatus includes measuring the temperature of the metal-air battery apparatus to obtain the temperature and a temperature deviation of the metal-air battery apparatus, comparing the measured temperature and the temperature deviation of the metal-air battery apparatus with a preset temperature and a preset temperature deviation, respectively; and adjusting the temperature of an inlet module or a main module when the measured temperature of the metal-air battery apparatus is less than the preset temperature or the temperature deviation of the metal-air battery apparatus is greater than the preset temperature deviation.

Metal-air battery apparatus and method of controlling temperature thereof

A metal-air battery apparatus includes an inlet module and a main module each having a metal-air battery cell structure including a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The inlet module and the main module are electrically controlled and independently controlled from each other, and a channel through which a fluid such as air flows is defined between the inlet module and the main module. A temperature of the inlet module and a temperature of the main module are independently controlled by adjusting a discharge current density or by charging or a temperature adjustor.

A metal air battery includes a multi module air supply unit having air suction units or air purification units in a parallel arrangement. The metal air battery further includes a battery module including a metal air cell and the air supply unit which supplies the air to the battery module. The air supply unit includes an air suction unit which suctions air and an air purification unit that adsorbs impurities such as moisture and nitrogen from the suctioned air. The air suction unit or the air purification unit may be provided in plural to be in a parallel arrangement to define the multi module air supply unit.

Metal air battery including multi module air supply unit

A cooling structure includes a plurality of bars spaced apart from each other and configured to extend along a first surface of a battery cell; a support configured to support the plurality of bars; and a plurality of flow paths defined by the first surface of the battery cell and a pair of adjacent bars of the plurality of bars, the plurality of flow paths being configured to guide flow of a coolant in contact with the first surface of the battery cell.

Structure and system with battery cooling

A metal air battery system includes: a battery cell module configured to generate electricity by oxidation of a metal and reduction of oxygen; a plurality of air purification modules in fluid communication with the battery cell module; a compressed air supply unit configured to supply compressed air to the plurality of air purification modules; and a buffer tank disposed between the compressed air supply unit and the plurality of air purification modules, and configured to receive compressed air from the compressed air supply unit and to supply the compressed air to the plurality of air purification modules, wherein a bottom portion of the buffer tank includes a plurality of holes, and a hole of the plurality of holes corresponds to an inlet of an air purification module in the plurality of air purification modules, and the hole is directly connected to the corresponding inlet of the air purification module.

Metal air battery system

A metal-air battery includes a battery cell module which generates electricity through metal oxidation and oxygen reduction, a buffer tank which fluidly communicates with the battery cell module and has an internal pressure higher than an internal pressure of the battery cell module, and a first fluid intermittent portion which controls a flow of fluid from the battery cell module to an outside of the battery cell module, based on predetermined open and close periods.

Metal-air battery and method of operating the metal-air battery

A metal air battery system includes an oxygen supplying unit configured to discharge oxygen; a metal air battery module configured to receive the oxygen from the oxygen supplying unit and perform a discharge reaction; and an auxiliary power source configured to charge the metal air battery module during an operational stop of the metal air battery module so that at least some of a discharge product is discharged from the metal air battery module.

Metal air battery system and method of operating the same

An electrochemical battery including: a battery module comprising at least one electrochemical cell; an air supplier configured to supply air to the battery module and constantly maintain an oxygen concentration in the air that is supplied to the battery module; and an air recirculator configured to recirculate air exhausted from the battery module, wherein the battery module comprises an air inlet port though which air is introduced from the air supplier, and an air outlet port through which air remaining after a reaction in the at least one electrochemical cell is exhausted, and wherein the air recirculator is configured to recirculate the air exhausted through the air outlet port of the battery module to the air inlet port of the battery module.

Electrochemical battery maintaining oxygen concentration by air recirculation

A metal air battery includes an air purification module which communicates fluid to a battery cell module, purifies air flowing from an outside, and supplies the purified air to the battery cell module. The air purification module includes: a first air purifier which filters a first impurity of a plurality of impurities in the air flowing from the outside; and a second air purifier which filters a second impurity of the plurality of impurities, which is different from the first impurity.

Metal air battery having air purification module, electrochemical cell having air purification module and method of operating metal air battery

A metal-air battery includes a battery module configured to generate electricity by oxidation of a metal and reduction of oxygen; an air supply module configured to remove an impurity from air fed to the air supply module, exhaust a purified air which is purified by removing the impurity in the air, and a purge air including the removed impurity to an outside of the air supply module; a first cooling channel connected to the air supply module, wherein the first cooling channel is configured to supply purified air to the battery module an to cool the battery module; and a second cooling channel connected to the air supply module, wherein the second cooling channel is configured to supply the purge air to an external surface of the battery module and to cool the battery module.

Metal-air battery having air supply module and method of operating the metal-air battery

A metal-air battery includes a battery module configured to provide electricity by oxidation of a metal and reduction of oxygen in air; and a first air purifier in fluid communication with the battery module and including a condenser configured to condense moisture in the air and remove the condensed moisture.

Metal-air battery, vehicle system comprising the metal-air battery, and method of operating the metal-air battery

A metal air battery having an air purification module and a method of operating the metal air battery, the metal air battery including: a battery cell module configured to generate electricity using oxidation of a metal and reduction of oxygen; an air purification module including a first adsorption unit and being configured to supply air purified by the first adsorption unit to the battery cell module, the first adsorption unit being configured to adsorb an impurity; and a detection module configured to detect a concentration of the impurity, wherein the air purification module further includes a recycling unit configured to desorbs the impurity adsorbed into the first adsorption unit; and a controller configured to control an operation of the recycling unit based on the concentration of the impurity detected by the detection module.

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Seongnam-si, South Korea

Jeongsik Ko