Fire Extinguishing Pipe Guide Rail for Battery Rack Positioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing energy storage systems face challenges in maintaining the correct position and orientation of fire extinguishing pipes, leading to inefficient fire suppression and potential damage due to interference with battery modules.
Innovation Solution
The energy storage system incorporates a guide rail with a concave surface to hold the fire extinguishing pipe in place, featuring a heat detection member that opens or closes the spray holes based on temperature and anti-detachment members to prevent rotation and detachment of the pipe.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the fire extinguishing pipe is made rotatable or detachable for flexibility, then the ease of operation is improved, but the reliability deteriorates due to potential mispositioning and spray direction deviation
Solution Approach 1:
The fire extinguishing pipe is designed with dynamic characteristics allowing rotation and detachment for ease of operation and maintenance, while the guide rail structure provides static constraints to ensure reliable positioning during fire suppression operations
Solution Approach 2:
The guide rail acts as an intermediary element between the fire extinguishing pipe and the mounting structure, providing both guidance for movement and constraints for stable positioning, thus resolving the conflict between flexibility and reliability
2Reliability
If the fire extinguishing pipe is constrained to a fixed position, then the reliability is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to reduced flexibility
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from a purely static fixed position design to a dynamic design where the pipe can rotate and detach when needed, while the guide rail ensures reliable positioning during normal operation
Solution Approach 2:
The fire extinguishing pipe serves multiple functions: it maintains a reliable fixed position for fire suppression while also being capable of rotation and detachment for installation, maintenance, and adjustment operations
3Ease of operation
If the spray direction is not precisely controlled, then the ease of operation is improved, but the productivity deteriorates due to slower fire extinguishment
Solution Approach 1:
The guide rail structure provides positional feedback to the fire extinguishing pipe, ensuring that the spray direction is precisely controlled and aligned with the target, thereby improving fire extinguishment efficiency without compromising ease of operation
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 ensures reliable fire suppression by maintaining the correct spray direction and preventing pipe damage, even when the anti-detachment mechanism is compromised.
Implementation Method 1
a heat detection member disposed to surround the fire extinguishing pipe and opening or closing the spray hole in conjunction with temperature variation
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AI summary
Disclosed is an energy storage system, and a problem to be solved is to provide an energy storage system capable of holding a fire extinguishing pipe in position. To this end, disclosed in an example embodiment includes: a rack frame accommodating battery modules; a sub-frame secured to the rack frame and facing the battery module; a guide rail concavely formed on one surface of the sub-frame; a fire extinguishing pipe disposed within the guide rail and having a spray hole through which a fire extinguishing liquid is sprayed; a heat detection member disposed to surround the fire extinguishing pipe and opening or closing the spray hole in conjunction with temperature variation; and a first anti-detachment member disposed between the guide rail and the heat detection member and preventing the fire extinguishing pipe from being detached from the guide rail.