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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Said Al Hallaj, Chicago, IL (US);
Jan Robert Selman, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 1/050 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 1/050 ;
Abstract
The invention is to a method of operating a power supply system comprising the steps of discharging at least one cell element of a battery module to produce a quantity of power and a quantity of heat; absorbing at least a portion of the heat in a phase change material in thermal contact with the discharging cell element; following discharge, releasing at least a portion of the heat from the phase change material to heat the at least one cell element; and discharging the at least one cell element at elevated temperature.