Battery Enclosure Beam Layout for Compact Seismic Anchoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing battery enclosures face challenges in optimizing internal space, achieving a compact structure, simplifying installation, and ensuring earthquake resistance, while also dealing with complex installation processes and inefficient power distribution.
Innovation Solution
A battery enclosure design featuring a base with horizontal and vertical beams, fixtures, and a battery rack configuration that minimizes dead space, simplifies installation, and enhances earthquake resistance, with a control panel and air conditioner for efficient management and heat dissipation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If traditional battery enclosure designs are used, then structural stability is maintained, but internal space utilization is poor and the structure is not compact
Solution Approach 1:
The battery enclosure is divided into modular components: a base structure with horizontal and vertical beams, a separate battery rack with columns, and distinct fixture systems. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently for space utilization while maintaining overall structural stability through their interconnected design.
Solution Approach 2:
The design transitions from conventional two-dimensional space utilization to three-dimensional optimization by implementing vertical columns in the battery rack that extend upward, and by positioning fixtures at multiple levels on the horizontal beams. This dimensional approach maximizes internal volume while preserving structural integrity.
2Reliability
If complex installation processes are used, then anchoring security is improved, but installation simplicity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The fixtures are pre-integrated into the horizontal beams during manufacturing, with mounting positions and attachment mechanisms prepared in advance. This preliminary action eliminates the need for complex on-site anchoring operations while ensuring secure installation, as the fixation structure is already optimized and ready for direct mounting.
Solution Approach 2:
The design incorporates self-aligning and self-securing features where the battery rack and columns are configured to automatically position themselves correctly during installation, and the fixtures provide inherent stabilization without requiring complex external anchoring systems. The structure serves its own installation needs through its geometric and mechanical design.
3Device complexity
If traditional power distribution structures are used, then structural integrity is maintained, but installation complexity and anchoring requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The power distribution structure is merged with the mechanical support framework by integrating beam elements that serve both structural and electrical functions. The horizontal and vertical beams are configured to provide both structural integrity and serve as mounting surfaces for electrical components, thereby reducing overall device complexity and eliminating separate anchoring requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The beam structure performs multiple functions simultaneously: providing structural support, serving as a mounting framework for fixtures and battery racks, and facilitating power distribution. This multi-functionality reduces the number of separate components needed, simplifying installation while maintaining structural strength.
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AI summary
A battery enclosure according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an enclosure including a base fixed to an installation surface, and a battery rack that accommodates at least one battery and is fixed to the base. The battery rack includes at least one vertically extending column, the base includes at least one horizontal beam and at least one vertical beam. The horizontal beam includes a fixture that fixes the battery enclosure to the installation surface, and the fixture is provided at a position corresponding to a position of the column included in the battery rack.