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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2019
Applicant:
Lg Chem, Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Inventor:
Yun-Ki Choi, Daejeon, KR;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/6568 (2014.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/625 (2014.01); H01M 10/63 (2014.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/6568 (2015.04); H01M 10/44 (2013.01); H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/625 (2015.04); H01M 10/63 (2015.04); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A battery pack cooling system for an electric vehicle, which may be utilized during quick charging, includes a battery pack; a water-cooling device; a thermoelectric module installed at an coolant conduit of the water-cooling device; a current sensor configured to detect a magnitude of a charging current supplied to the battery pack; and a control unit configured to determine a charging C-rate based on the magnitude of the charging current and configured to operate the thermoelectric module when the charging C-rate is at a preset threshold or above. A method of cooling such a battery pack system for an electric vehicle is also provided.