A method for creating a solid model for a flooded battery

Abstract

The invention relates to a method to be performed by a processor unit (20) for automatically preparing a solid model for a flooded battery to be produced by means of a computer-aided user interface (10). Accordingly, its novelty is characterized in that it comprises the steps of receiving a circuit information from the user interface (10) comprising the information of a number of rows, a number of pipes, and a number of circuits, creating a first model (40) with the number of rows and number of pipes determined according to said circuit information, obtaining a number of lines information by applying said circuit information to a first mathematical model, marking a starting point on said first model (40), determining the pipe locations on the first model (40) where the battery fluid will travel from said starting point to an end point, according to address assignment information defined in a memory unit (30), marking on the first model (40) the pipe locations to be followed by the battery fluid from the starting point to the end point, displaying the first model (40) in the user interface (10).

Description

[0001] DESCRIPTION

[0002] A METHOD FOR CREATING A SOLID MODEL FOR A FLOODED BATTERY

[0003] TECHNICAL FIELD

[0004] The invention relates to a method for automatically preparing a solid model for a flooded battery to be produced by means of a computer-aided user interface.

[0005] PRIOR ART

[0006] A flooded battery is a type of device that is integrated into a plumbing system and in which battery fluids (usually water or a specific heat transfer fluid) generally circulate. These batteries can be used to regulate the ambient temperature in a building. Flooded batteries are mostly used in central heating systems, heating / cooling systems, and air conditioning systems.

[0007] In flooded batteries, it is ensured that the battery fluid passes through a series of pipes in the flooded battery and comes into contact with the surrounding air as it passes through the pipes. In today's flooded battery design, the pipe layout and the path of the battery fluid are planned and determined by engineers to optimize the uniform flow and heat transfer of the battery fluid inside the pipes based on specific application requirements, performance expectations, and engineering calculations. However, this can cause a long time to be spent on complex flooded battery designs and it can be difficult to adapt each different flooded battery design to the changes. Furthermore, human-related design errors can occur. This situation causes a decrease in the design and production efficiency of the flooded battery and an increase in cost.

[0008] As a result, all the above-mentioned problems have made it imperative to make an innovation in the relevant technical field.

[0009] SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0010] The present invention relates to a method for eliminating the above-mentioned disadvantages and bringing new advantages to the relevant technical field. An object of the invention is to introduce a method for automatically preparing a solid model for the flooded battery.

[0011] Another object of the invention is to introduce a method that accelerates the design process of the flooded battery and enables users to design more effectively.

[0012] In order to achieve all the purposes mentioned above and that will emerge from the detailed description below, the present invention is a method to be performed by a processor unit for automatically preparing a solid model for a flooded battery to be produced by means of a computer-aided user interface. Accordingly, it comprises the steps of receiving a circuit information from the user interface comprising the information of a number of rows, a number of pipes, and a number of circuits, creating a first model with the number of rows and number of pipes determined according to said circuit information, obtaining a number of lines information by applying said circuit information to a first mathematical model, marking a starting point on said first model, determining the pipe locations on the first model where the battery fluid will travel from said starting point to an end point, according to address assignment information defined in a memory unit, marking on the first model the pipe locations to be followed by the battery fluid from the starting point to the end point, displaying the first model in the user interface.

[0013] A possible embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the steps between obtaining the number of lines information by applying said circuit information to a first mathematical model and marking the pipe locations to be followed by the battery fluid from the starting point to the end point on the first model are repeated as many times as the number of lines.

[0014] Another possible embodiment of the invention is characterized in that said address assignment information is the route information defined to create the path to be followed by the fluid between the starting point and the end point.

[0015] Another possible embodiment of the invention is characterized in that it comprises the step of connecting the pipes where the end points are located with a collector between the step of marking the pipe locations to be followed by the fluid from the starting point to the end point on the first model and the step of displaying the first model in the user interface. Another possible embodiment of the invention is characterized in that it comprises the step of saving the first model created in a memory unit for later use after the step of displaying the first model in the user interface.

[0016] BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

[0017] Figure 1 shows a representative view of the working scenario of the method performed by the processor unit.

[0018] DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0019] In this detailed description, the subject of the invention is explained by way of example only for a better understanding of the subject, which shall not create any limiting effect.

[0020] The invention relates to a method for preparing a solid model for a flooded battery.

[0021] With reference to Figure 1 , the invention performs the automatic preparation of said solid model for said flooded battery to be produced by means of a computer-aided user interface (10) through a processor unit (20). In a possible embodiment of the invention, the solid model refers to a digital representation of the entire flooded battery and its internal structure, i.e., the entire volume of the flooded battery. In a possible embodiment of the invention, said processor unit (20) can be a processor such as a microprocessor, CPU, GPU. In another possible embodiment of the invention, said user interface (10) can be a mobile application, a website, etc., which is accessed via a mobile device such as a computer, tablet, mobile phone, etc.

[0022] The processor unit (20) enables a circuit information to be received from the user interface (10) comprising the information of a number of rows, a number of pipes, and a number of circuits. In a possible embodiment of the invention, said number of rows can be the number of pipes lined up side by side in the flooded battery. In a possible embodiment of the invention, said number of pipes mentioned can be the total number of pipes stacked on top of each other in the flooded battery. In another possible embodiment of the invention, said number of circuits can be the path followed by the battery fluid passing through the flooded battery between a starting point and an end point of the flooded battery. The processor (20) unit creates a first model (40) with the number of rows and number of pipes determined according to said circuit information.

[0023] The processor unit (20) provides a number of lines information by applying the circuit information to a first mathematical model. In a possible embodiment of the invention, said first mathematical model refers to a proportional connection in which the value obtained by dividing the product of multiplying the number of rows and the number of pipes by the number of circuits is equal to the number of lines information.

[0024] The processor unit (20) enables the marking of said starting point on the first model (40) and the determination of the pipe locations on the first model (40) where the battery fluid will travel from the starting point to an end point, according to address assignment information defined in a memory unit (30). In a possible embodiment of the invention, said address assignment information is the route information defined to create the path to be followed by the fluid between the starting point and the end point. In a possible embodiment of the invention, the memory unit (30) can comprise a combination of memories that store data permanently and, if necessary, also temporarily.

[0025] In a possible embodiment of the invention, the route information comprises various rules. These rules create the path to be followed by the battery fluid between the starting point and the end point. According to said rules, after marking the starting point on the first model (40), the next point to be reached by the battery fluid can be a pipe located in the left, upper left, right, upper right, and right locations. In a possible embodiment of the invention, if the pipe location where the battery fluid is located is greater than the number of remaining pipe locations to which the battery fluid travel, then a point in the left location is selected as the next pipe location to which the battery fluid will travel. On the contrary, if the pipe location where the battery fluid is located is smaller than the number of remaining pipe locations to which the battery fluid will travel, the next pipe location to which the battery fluid will travel is a point located on the right location.

[0026] The processor unit (20) marks on the first model (40) the pipe locations to be followed by the battery fluid from the starting point to the end point. In a possible embodiment of the invention, the steps between obtaining a number of lines information by applying said circuit information to a first mathematical model and marking the pipe locations to be followed by the battery fluid from the starting point to the end point on the first model (40) are repeated as many times as the number of lines. Thus, it is ensured that the solid model of the flooded battery is created.

[0027] The processor unit (20) enables the first model (40) to be displayed on the user interface (10). Thus, users can see the solid model of the created flooded battery.

[0028] In a possible embodiment of the invention, the processor unit (20) ensures the connection of the pipes where the end points are located with a collector between marking the pipe locations to be followed by the fluid from the starting point to the end point on the first model (40) and displaying the first model (40) in the user interface (10). In a possible embodiment of the invention, said collector is configured such that it is used in flooded batteries to allow the intake or delivery of battery fluid.

[0029] In another possible embodiment of the invention, pipes as many as the number of circuits are configured to be connected to the collector. Therefore, in a possible embodiment of the invention, there are as many connection holes as there are number of circuits on the collector to connect the collector with the end points.

[0030] In a possible embodiment of the invention, the processor unit (20) ensures that the first model (40) created is saved in a memory unit (30) for later use after the step of displaying the first model (40) in the user interface (10).

[0031] An example operation scenario of the invention is as follows;

[0032] In a possible embodiment of the invention, a user can enter a circuit information containing values of 20 as the number of pipes, 5 as the number of rows and 5 as the number of circuits in order to create the solid model of the flooded battery by means of a computer, and accordingly, the first model (40) is created according to the number of 5 rows and the number of 20 pipes.

[0033] In a possible embodiment of the invention, the number of lines is determined by the number of pipes multiplied by the number of rows divided by the number of circuits. According to the entered circuit information values, 20 number values are obtained from the number of lines (5*20) / 5. In a possible embodiment of the invention, the starting point is marked on the first model (40) and the pipe locations to be followed by the battery fluid from the starting point to the end point are determined according to the address assignment information defined in the memory unit (30) and the pipe locations are marked on the first model (40). Accordingly, the steps between obtaining a number of lines information by applying said circuit information to a first mathematical model and marking the pipe locations to be followed by the battery fluid from the starting point to the end point on the first model (40) are repeated as many times as the obtained 20 number value, i.e. the line value.

[0034] In a possible embodiment of the invention, according to the route information defined, there are 15 more pipes to complete the number of lines when at the location of the 5th pipe. In this case, since the location of the 5th pipe is smaller than the number of 15 pipe locations, the next pipe location for the battery fluid to travel is a point on the left location. When the battery fluid reaches the 15th pipe location, this value requires 5 more pipes to complete the number of lines. In this case, since the 15th pipe position is greater than the number of 5 pipes, the next pipe location for the battery fluid to travel is a pipe on the right location. The circuit is completed according to the rules given as an example above. It is ensured that the completed circuits are associated with the collector. The first model (40) created is displayed on a computer interface used by the user. In addition, the first model (40) created is recorded in the memory unit (30).

[0035] The scope of protection of the invention is specified in the appended claims and cannot be limited to what is described for illustrative purposes in this detailed description. It is clear that a person skilled in the art can produce similar embodiments in the light of what is explained above, without deviating from the main theme of the invention.

[0036] REFERENCE NUMERALS GIVEN IN THE DRAWING

[0037] 10 User interface

[0038] 20 Processor unit 30 Memory unit

[0039] 40 First Model

Claims

CLAIMS1 . A method to be performed by a processor unit (20) for automatically preparing a solid model for a flooded battery to be produced by means of a computer-aided user interface (10), characterized in that it comprises the steps of; receiving a circuit information from the user interface (20) comprising the information of a number of rows, a number of pipes, and a number of circuits, creating a first model (40) with the number of rows and number of pipes determined according to said circuit information,- obtaining a number of lines information by applying said circuit information to a first mathematical model,- marking a starting point on said first model (40),- determining the pipe locations on the first model (40) where the battery fluid will travel from said starting point to an end point, according to address assignment information defined in a memory unit (30),- marking on the first model (40) the pipe locations to be followed by the battery fluid from the starting point to the end point,- displaying the first model (40) in the user interface (10).

2. A method according to claim 1 , characterized in that the steps between obtaining a number of lines information by applying said circuit information to a first mathematical model and marking the pipe locations to be followed by the battery fluid from the starting point to the end point on the first model (40) are repeated as many times as the number of lines.

3. A method according to claim 1 , characterized in that said address assignment information is the route information defined to create the path to be followed by the fluid between the starting point and the end point.

4. A method according to claim 1 , characterized in that it comprises the step of connecting the pipes where the end points are located with a collector between the step of marking the pipe locations to be followed by the fluid from the starting point to the end point on the first model (40) and the step of displaying the first model (40) in the user interface (10).

5. A method according to claim 1 , characterized in that it comprises the step of saving the first model (40) created in a memory unit for later use after the step of displaying the first model (40) in the user interface (10).

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