Integrated Battery Bank Heating Layout for Lower Energy Loss
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing heating apparatuses with integrated battery banks for energy storage suffer from low energy efficiency due to significant energy losses during storage and discharge, and are often bulky and complex to install.
Innovation Solution
The battery bank is integrated intimately with the heating body, with a thermal insulation plate and convection plate to enhance heat exchange and air circulation, allowing the heat produced by the battery bank to augment the heating body's output and actively dissipate warm-up energy, thereby improving energy efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of energy
If the battery bank is located at a distance from the heating body (near the electric meter), then the electricity consumption is spaced over time with preferential pricing period charging, but the energy efficiency is low due to considerable energy loss during storage and discharge
Solution Approach 1:
The battery bank is merged with the heating body to form an integrated unit, eliminating the need for separate locations. The batteries are grouped in a parallelepiped shape that defines anterior and posterior faces, with the heating body forming at least one face located along one of these faces, creating a unified structure that reduces energy loss while maintaining time-spaced consumption capability
Solution Approach 2:
A first thermal insulation plate is introduced as an intermediary element placed between the battery bank and the heating body. This plate mediates the thermal interaction, allowing heat from the batteries to contribute to heating while preventing excessive heat transfer that would reduce charging efficiency during preferential pricing periods
2Ease of operation
If the battery bank is located away from the heating body near the electric meter, then the installation is simpler regarding heating integration, but the apparatus becomes bulky and complex to install
Solution Approach 1:
The battery bank and heating body are merged into a single integrated apparatus, eliminating the need for separate installations. The batteries form a compact parallelepiped shape that integrates with the heating body, reducing overall bulkiness while maintaining all functional capabilities
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated apparatus performs multiple functions simultaneously: the battery bank provides both energy storage for preferential pricing and heat contribution to the heating function. The heating body serves both as the primary heating element and as a thermal management component for the batteries, eliminating the need for separate components
3Loss of energy
If the battery bank is integrated intimately with the heating body, then the energy efficiency is improved by reducing energy loss, but the heat management becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The first thermal insulation plate acts as a mediator between the battery bank and heating body, controlling heat transfer in a predictable manner. This simplifies heat management by providing a known thermal resistance that prevents excessive heat buildup in the batteries while allowing useful heat contribution to the heating function
Solution Approach 2:
The thermal insulation properties are applied locally at the interface between the battery bank and heating body rather than throughout the entire apparatus. The insulation plate is positioned specifically where heat management is critical, providing targeted control without adding complexity to other parts of the system
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This configuration increases overall heat emission and actively dissipates battery warm-up, resulting in significantly improved energy efficiency, exceeding 95% compared to the 75% of traditional designs.
Implementation Method 1
the warm-up of these batteries due to the discharge and the recharge adds to the heat produced by the heating body, consequently increasing the heat globally emitted by the apparatus
Implementation Method 2
the air circulation by convection around the battery bank allows actively dissipating the warm-up undergone by this battery bank
Implementation Method 3
the apparatus comprises a first thermal insulation plate placed between the battery bank and the heating body
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AI summary
An apparatus includes a heating body and batteries. The batteries are grouped so as to form a battery bank having a parallelepiped shape which defines anterior and posterior faces of this bank. The heating body forms at least one face located along one of the anterior or posterior faces of the battery bank, or above the battery bank. The apparatus also includes a first thermal insulation plate placed between the battery bank and the heating body.