Horizontal Battery Module Layout for Low-Height Energy Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional energy storage power supplies have a high overall height due to stacked battery modules, making them prone to tipping over and difficult to maintain, as they require significant space between modules for safe operation and pose challenges in replacing damaged modules.
Innovation Solution
The energy storage power supply arranges battery modules in a horizontal direction, connecting them in series or parallel, with the energy storage inverter positioned above, allowing for reduced height and easier disassembly and maintenance, utilizing a connection terminal with rotatable plugs and waterproof capabilities, and a protective housing with a base and footrests for stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If battery modules are stacked in an up-and-down direction to improve capacity, then the energy storage capacity increases, but the overall height increases causing stability issues and maintenance difficulties
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from vertical stacking (up-and-down direction) to horizontal arrangement of battery modules. This dimensional change allows the system to maintain increased capacity while reducing overall height, thereby improving stability and facilitating maintenance operations.
2Reliability
If battery modules are stacked in an up-and-down direction with large spacing, then each module can operate properly, but the overall height increases making disassembly and maintenance difficult
Solution Approach 1:
By arranging battery modules horizontally rather than vertically, the patent maintains adequate operational spacing while reducing the height dimension. This makes disassembly and maintenance accessible without requiring complex high-altitude operations.
3Stability of the object's composition
If battery modules are arranged horizontally to reduce height, then stability and maintainability improve, but connection complexity may increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs universal connection terminals that can accommodate both horizontal and vertical module arrangements. These multi-functional connection structures simplify the overall connection system despite the horizontal arrangement, allowing the same connection mechanism to work across different configurations.
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AI summary
An energy storage power supply includes an energy storage inverter and multiple battery modules, and the multiple battery modules are arranged in any horizontal direction and are connected in series and/or in parallel with each other, the energy storage inverter is arranged above any one of the multiple battery modules, and the energy storage inverter is connected in series and/or in parallel with the battery module arranged below the energy storage inverter. The energy storage power supply realizes a conversion between direct current and alternating current by connecting the energy storage inverter and the multiple battery modules in series and/or in parallel with each other, and reduces an overall height of the energy storage power supply by arranging the battery modules and a base in any horizontal direction, which facilitates subsequent overhaul and maintenance.