Battery replacing equipment of middle-conversion battery replacing ship and battery replacing ship
By designing a battery swapping device for electric ships, the system enables battery swapping on water for electric vessels, solving the problem that existing technologies cannot perform battery swapping on water and improving the flexibility and efficiency of battery swapping.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202520339333.0
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-02-28
- Publication Date
- 2026-02-06
- Estimated Expiration
- 2035-02-28
AI Technical Summary
Existing technologies cannot provide battery swapping services for electric vessels on water, which limits the flexibility and efficiency of electric vessels.
A battery swapping device for a mid-range electric power ship was designed, including a hull, a telescopic conveyor line, a buffer conveyor line, a battery storage unit, a stacker crane, a palletizing robot, and a conveying mechanism, which realizes unmanned transportation and battery swapping operations between the hull and the power receiving ship.
It enables electric vessels to perform battery swapping on water, filling a gap in the industry and improving the flexibility and efficiency of battery swapping, making it suitable for scenarios where it is impossible to dock.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model belongs to the technical field of ship battery swap, specifically, the utility model relates to a battery swap equipment of middle transfer battery swap ship and battery swap ship. BACKGROUND
[0002] With the increasing demand for clean energy and sustainable transportation worldwide, the ship industry is facing unprecedented challenges and opportunities. Traditional ships mainly rely on fossil fuels, which not only leads to serious environmental pollution problems, but also raises questions about their economic viability as resources become increasingly depleted. Therefore, the development of new clean energy ships, especially electric ships, has become an inevitable trend in the industry. However, the prevalence of battery swap services for electric ships will have a middle transfer battery swap ship to provide on-water battery swap services for electric ships. The existing ship battery swap needs to be docked or carried out at the battery swap station, and cannot be carried out on water, so a middle transfer battery swap ship and a battery swap equipment on the middle transfer battery swap ship are needed to meet the above-mentioned battery swap needs of electric ships.
[0003] The invention patent with publication number CN115243943A discloses a battery swap station on October 25, 2022, including a floating platform, a battery swap platform and a lifting platform. The floating platform is used to suspend on the water area, and the floating platform is provided with a ship docking position for docking the ship, and can receive the depleted battery from the docked ship or deliver the full battery to the ship. The battery swap platform is erected on the shore and always above the water area, and the battery swap platform is provided with a battery charging area for placing and charging the depleted battery received by the ship docking position, or delivering the fully charged battery to the ship docking position. The lifting platform operates between the battery swap platform and the floating platform, and is used to deliver the battery between the battery swap platform and the floating platform. The battery swap station cannot solve the above-mentioned technical problems. UTILITY MODEL CONTENTS
[0004] The utility model aims at the shortage of prior art, and provides a battery swap equipment of middle transfer battery swap ship compatible with battery swap of electric ship wharf shore and on-water battery swap.
[0005] In order to realize the above-mentioned purpose, the technical scheme adopted by the utility model is:
[0006] The battery swap equipment of the middle transfer battery swap ship includes a ship body, the ship body is provided with an extension conveying line at the end, one side of the extension conveying line is provided with a buffer conveying line, and the extension conveying line is provided with a conveying mechanism.
[0007] The ship body is provided with battery vertical warehouses, the buffer conveying line is located between the end of the battery vertical warehouse and the telescopic conveying line, the battery vertical warehouse is provided with two, a stacking machine is arranged between the two battery vertical warehouses, and the buffer conveying line is provided with two buffer conveying lines.
[0008] The conveying mechanism comprises an inner frame, the telescopic conveying line comprises an outer frame, the inner frame is located in the outer frame, one end of the outer frame is fixedly connected with a telescopic oil cylinder, and the output end of the telescopic oil cylinder is connected with the bottom of the inner frame.
[0009] The ship body is provided with a guide rail, the bottom of the stacking machine is provided with a pulley, the pulley is arranged on the guide rail, one side of the pulley is provided with a guide wheel, and the guide wheel is in contact with the side of the guide rail.
[0010] The buffer conveying line is provided with limiting frames on both sides, the limiting frames are in the form of channel steel, the buffer conveying line is provided with a foot base at the bottom, the foot base is provided with a connecting groove at the side, and the connecting groove is vertically arranged.
[0011] The bottom of the outer frame is provided with a base, and the base is provided with a moving wheel at the bottom.
[0012] The telescopic oil cylinder is perpendicular to the center line of the ship body.
[0013] One side of the ship body is provided with a power receiving ship, the power receiving ship is arranged side by side with the ship body, the end of the inner frame extends out of the outer frame, the end of the power receiving ship is provided with a battery replacement warehouse, and one side of the battery replacement warehouse is provided with a buffer support.
[0014] The battery replacement ship comprises the battery replacement equipment of the intermediate transfer ship.
[0015] The technical effect of the utility model is that the battery replacement equipment of the intermediate transfer ship realizes the water battery replacement function of the battery replacement ship, fills the industry blank of the water battery replacement service of the electric ship, and promotes the rapid development of the electric ship industry. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0016] The present specification includes the following drawings, and the shown contents are as follows:
[0017] Figure 1 It is a structure schematic view of the intermediate transfer ship of the utility model;
[0018] Figure 2 It is a schematic view of the battery replacement operation of the intermediate transfer ship and the power receiving ship of the utility model.
[0019] Figure 3 is Figure 2 a local enlarged view of the battery exchange equipment of the present application;
[0020] Figure 4 is a structural schematic view of the telescopic conveying line of the present application;
[0021] Figure 5 is a structural schematic view of the buffer conveying line of the present application;
[0022] Figure 6 is a schematic view of the driving structure of the conveying belt on the telescopic conveying line of the present application;
[0023] Figure 7 is a structural schematic view of the guide rail, pulley and guide wheel of the present application;
[0024] Figure 8 is a structural schematic view of the foot base of the present application.
[0025] In the figure, the marks are: 1, hull; 11, battery vertical warehouse; 12, stacker; 13, palletizing robot; 14, guide rail; 15, pulley; 16, guide wheel; 2, telescopic conveying line; 21, outer frame; 22, inner frame; 23, telescopic oil cylinder; 24, conveying belt; 25, recycling belt; 26, base; 27, moving wheel; 28, driving motor; 281, sprocket; 282, chain; 3, buffer conveying line; 31, limiting frame; 32, foot base; 33, connecting groove; 4, power receiving ship; 41, battery exchange warehouse; 42, buffer support; 43, rigid chain elevator. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0026] The specific embodiments of the present application are further described in detail below with reference to the drawings, by describing the embodiments, in order to help the skilled in the art to have a more complete, accurate and in-depth understanding of the inventive concept and technical solution of the present application, and to help its implementation.
[0027] As Figures 1 to 8 shown, the battery exchange equipment of the transfer ship includes a hull 1, the hull 1 is provided with a telescopic conveying line 2 at the end, the telescopic conveying line 2 is provided with a buffer conveying line 3 at one side, and the telescopic conveying line 2 is provided with a conveying mechanism. The telescopic conveying line 2 is arranged at the tail of the hull 1, and is used for conveying full batteries and feeding batteries. When the battery exchange ship and the power receiving ship 4 are parallelly driven, the conveying belt part of the telescopic conveying line 2 can be extended to the power receiving ship 4, so as to convey full batteries and recycle feeding batteries.
[0028] As Figure 1 and Figure 2As shown, the ship body 1 is provided with a battery vertical warehouse 11, the buffer conveying line 3 is located between the end of the battery vertical warehouse 11 and the telescopic conveying line 2, the battery vertical warehouse 11 is provided with two, a stacking machine 12 is arranged between the two battery vertical warehouses 11, the buffer conveying line 3 is provided with two, and a stacking robot 13 is arranged between the two buffer conveying lines 3. The above-mentioned components are mostly designed in pairs and arranged symmetrically, which is beneficial to improve the space utilization rate of the ship body 1. The battery vertical warehouse 11 is used for storing full and feeding batteries, and is a multi-layer structure, which improves the storage quantity of the batteries. The stacking machine 12 is used to complete the transfer of the full and feeding batteries between the vertical warehouse and the buffer conveying line 3. The buffer conveying line 3 is used to realize the back-and-forth conveying of the full and feeding batteries between the stacking machine 12 and the robot grabbing position on the buffer conveying line 3. The buffer conveying line 3 can place a plurality of batteries, and the buffer conveying line 3 is provided with two, which are respectively used for placing during the transfer process of the full and feeding batteries. The stacking robot 13 realizes the grabbing and transfer of the full and feeding batteries between the buffer conveying line 3 and the telescopic conveying line 2 through a clamp. The stacking machine 12 is a conventional existing stacking machine, and the stacking robot 13 is a conventional stacking mechanical hand structure.
[0029] As shown in Figure 4 The conveying mechanism includes an inner frame 22, the telescopic conveying line 2 includes an outer frame 21, the inner frame 22 is located in the outer frame 21, one end of the outer frame 21 is fixedly connected with a telescopic oil cylinder 23, and the output end of the telescopic oil cylinder 23 is connected with the bottom of the inner frame 22. The inner frame 22 is provided with a conveying conveyor belt 24 and a recycling conveyor belt 25, and the conveying conveyor belt 24 and the recycling conveyor belt 25 are arranged side by side. One end of the outer shell is fixed with the telescopic oil cylinder 23, which is used to drive the inner frame 22 to move, and the other end of the outer shell is provided with an opening to give way to the movement space of the inner frame 22; the telescopic oil cylinder 23 drives the inner frame 22 to move linearly to the tail of the power receiving ship 4, and the full and feeding batteries are respectively conveyed back and forth on the conveying conveyor belt 24 and the recycling conveyor belt 25 during battery replacement. The side of the conveying conveyor belt 24 and the recycling conveyor belt 25 is respectively provided with a driving motor 28, the driving motors 28 connected with the two are opposite in running direction, the output end of the driving motor 28 is fixedly connected with a chain wheel 281, the inner sides of the two conveyor belts are fixedly connected with chains 282, and the driving motor 28 drives the chain wheel 281 chain 282 transmission mechanism to make the conveying conveyor belt 24 and the recycling conveyor belt 25 run in opposite directions respectively, so as to realize the independent back-and-forth conveying of the full and feeding batteries. Among them, the full batteries pass through the stacking machine 12, the buffer line and the conveying conveyor belt 24 in turn and are conveyed to the battery replacement bin 41, and the feeding batteries pass through the recycling conveyor belt 25, the buffer line and the stacking machine 12 in turn and are conveyed into the battery vertical warehouse 11.
[0030] As shown in Figure 7As shown, the hull 1 is provided with guide rails 14, the stacker 12 is provided with pulleys 15, the pulleys 15 are arranged on the guide rails 14, one side of the pulleys 15 is provided with guide wheels 16, and the guide wheels 16 are in contact with the side of the guide rails 14. The guide rails 14 and the pulleys 15 facilitate the movement of the stacker on the hull 1 and facilitate the transfer of the full and feeding batteries between the vertical warehouse and the buffer conveying line 3. The guide rails 14 are provided with two groups to improve the accuracy of the direction of the stacker, and the guide wheels 16 further guide the movement of the stacker.
[0031] As shown in the figure, Figure 5 The buffer conveying line 3 is provided with limiting frames 31 on both sides, the limiting frames 31 are channel steel structures, the buffer conveying line 3 is provided with foot supports 32 at the bottom, the foot supports 32 are provided with connecting grooves 33 on the sides, and the connecting grooves 33 are vertically arranged. The limiting frames 31 are used to prevent the batteries from falling out of the buffer conveying line 3, and the limiting frames 31 are channel steel welded on both sides of the buffer conveying line 3, which has reliable structural strength; the connecting grooves 33 are arranged in pairs and are used to install bolts, so as to adjust the height of the buffer conveying line 3, so that the top plane height of the buffer conveying line 3 matches the release and grabbing height of the stacking robot 13.
[0032] As shown in the figure, Figure 4 The bottom of the outer frame 21 is provided with a base 26, and the bottom of the base 26 is provided with moving wheels 27. The moving wheels 27 realize the overall movement of the telescopic conveying line 2, which facilitates the layout of the telescopic conveying line 2 on the hull 1.
[0033] As shown in the figure, Figures 1 to 3 The telescopic oil cylinder 23 is perpendicular to the centerline of the hull 1. The telescopic conveying line 2 adopts the above arrangement, which facilitates its arrangement at the tail of the hull 1, reduces the space occupation on the hull 1, and enables the battery replacement ship and the power receiving ship 4 to operate in a parallel driving or parking manner during battery replacement, thereby increasing the operation space, reducing the risk of ship collision, and improving the safety of battery replacement.
[0034] As shown in the figure, Figure 2 One side of the hull 1 is provided with a power receiving ship 4, and the power receiving ship 4 is arranged in parallel with the hull 1. The end of the inner frame 22 extends from the outer frame 21, the power receiving ship 4 is provided with a battery replacement warehouse 41 at the end, and the battery replacement warehouse 41 is provided with a buffer support 42 on one side. When the end of the inner frame 22 extends from the outer frame 21 under the drive of the telescopic oil cylinder 23, one end of the conveying conveyor belt 24 and the recycling conveyor belt 25 moves to the top of the rigid chain elevator 43 on the power receiving ship 4, and the full and feeding battery packs can be transported. The buffer support is used for temporarily placing the batteries, thereby improving the transfer efficiency.
[0035] The battery replacement ship includes the battery replacement equipment of the above-mentioned transfer battery replacement ship. The telescopic conveying line 2 is arranged at the tail of the hull 1 of the battery replacement ship and is arranged transversely relative to the hull 1. During battery replacement operation, the battery replacement ship can drive or park for battery replacement in a parallel posture with the power receiving ship 4. Therefore, the battery replacement ship will not need to dock or use a battery replacement station during battery replacement, thereby meeting the water-based battery replacement needs of the ship.
[0036] The battery replacement process is as follows: the stacker 12 on the battery replacement ship transfers the full battery in the vertical warehouse to the buffer line, and the battery handling robot 13 carries the battery to the telescopic conveying line 2. When replacing the battery, the telescopic conveying line 2 cooperates with the rigid chain elevator 43 to ensure that the conveying line extends above the deck of the electric ship, meeting the conveying and transfer of full and feeding battery packs between the battery replacement ship and the electric ship. Finally, the AGV car on the electric ship forks the conveying to the battery replacement cabin 41. The entire battery replacement process is fully unmanned design. The receiving ship 4 also has a detection system for detecting the height and angle of the electric ship to be replaced to control the height and angle of the telescopic conveying line 2 in real time, ensuring accurate docking with the electric ship.
[0037] The battery replacement equipment of the transfer battery replacement ship realizes the water battery replacement function of the battery replacement ship, fills the industry gap of water battery replacement service for electric ships, and promotes the rapid development of the electric ship industry. Compared with the battery replacement scheme from land to ship on the shore of the electric ship, the battery replacement of the transfer battery replacement ship can not only be compatible with the battery replacement on the shore of the wharf, but also can be replaced on the water, especially suitable for scenes where the electric ship cannot dock, etc. Application, improves the flexibility and efficiency of the battery replacement of the electric ship.
[0038] The above has been described by way of example in conjunction with the drawings. Obviously, the specific implementation of the present application is not limited by the above method. As long as various non-essential improvements are made by adopting the method concept and technical scheme of the present application; or without improvement, the above concept and technical scheme of the present application are directly applied to other occasions, which are within the protection scope of the present application.
Claims
1. A battery swapping device of a medium conversion electric ship, characterized by: Including hull (1), the hull (1) end is equipped with telescopic conveying line (2), one side of telescopic conveying line (2) is equipped with buffer conveying line (3), and conveying mechanism is arranged on telescopic conveying line (2).
2. The power exchange device for a medium-sized electric ship according to claim 1, characterized by: The battery vertical warehouse (11) is arranged on the hull (1), the buffer conveying line (3) is located between the end of battery vertical warehouse (11) and telescopic conveying line (2), the battery vertical warehouse (11) is equipped with two, the stacker crane (12) is arranged between the two battery vertical warehouses (11), and the buffer conveying line (3) is equipped with two, and the palletizing robot (13) is arranged between the two buffer conveying lines (3).
3. The power exchange apparatus for a medium-sized conversion electric ship according to claim 2, characterized by: The conveying mechanism includes an inner frame (22), the telescopic conveying line (2) includes an outer frame (21), the inner frame (22) is located in the outer frame (21), one end of the outer frame (21) is fixedly connected with the telescopic oil cylinder (23), and the output end of the telescopic oil cylinder (23) is connected with the bottom of the inner frame (22); the inner frame (22) is provided with a conveying conveyor belt (24) and a recycling conveyor belt (25), and the conveying conveyor belt (24) and the recycling conveyor belt (25) are arranged side by side.
4. The power exchange device for a medium-sized electric ship according to claim 3, characterized by: The hull (1) is provided with a guide rail (14), the bottom of the stacker crane (12) is provided with a pulley (15), the pulley (15) is arranged on the guide rail (14), one side of the pulley (15) is provided with a guide wheel (16), and the guide wheel (16) is in contact with the side of the guide rail (14).
5. The power exchange apparatus for a medium-sized conversion electric ship according to claim 4, characterized by: Both sides of the buffer conveying line (3) are provided with a limiting frame (31), the limiting frame (31) is a channel steel structure, the bottom of the buffer conveying line (3) is provided with a foot seat (32), the side of the foot seat (32) is provided with a connecting groove (33), and the connecting groove (33) is vertically arranged.
6. The power exchange apparatus for a medium-sized electric ship according to claim 3, characterized by: The bottom of the outer frame (21) is provided with a base (26), and the bottom of the base (26) is provided with a moving wheel (27).
7. The battery swap device for a medium-sized conversion electric ship according to any one of claims 3 to 6, characterized by: The telescopic oil cylinder (23) is perpendicular to the center line of the hull (1).
8. The power exchange apparatus for a medium-sized electric ship according to claim 7, characterized by: One side of the hull (1) is provided with a power receiving ship (4), the power receiving ship (4) is arranged side by side with the hull (1), the end of the inner frame (22) is arranged outside the outer frame (21), the end of the power receiving ship (4) is provided with a battery replacement warehouse (41), and one side of the battery replacement warehouse (41) is provided with a buffer support (42).
9. A battery swap vessel, characterized by: The battery replacement equipment of the transfer ship is included in any one of claims 1-8.
Citation Information
Patent Citations
Battery replacement work station and ship battery replacement method
CN115243943A