Stacking Platform for Energy Conversion Containers
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Solution Overview
Problem
High container density in energy conversion systems limits accessibility for maintenance and heat dissipation, as stacking containers increases the challenge of reaching upper containers and dissipating heat effectively.
Innovation Solution
A modular platform with frame structures and alignment elements allows for the stacking of containers with sufficient accessibility and heat dissipation, featuring standardized container corners, air-permeable base plates for unobstructed airflow, and a walkable standing area with railings for safety.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If containers are stacked one above the other to increase container density, then space utilization is improved, but accessibility for maintenance purposes deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from horizontal container arrangement to vertical stacking, utilizing the third dimension (height) to increase container density. Platforms are introduced at intermediate levels to provide accessibility, effectively solving the contradiction by adding a dimensional element that enables both high density and maintenance access.
Solution Approach 2:
Platforms serve as intermediary structures between stacked containers. These platforms provide walkable surfaces and support structures that enable maintenance personnel to access upper containers safely, thus mediating between the need for vertical stacking (density) and the need for accessibility.
2Quantity of substance
If containers are stacked one above the other to increase container density, then space utilization is improved, but heat dissipation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The platform incorporates a grid-like or porous structure with gaps and openings that allow air circulation between stacked containers. This porous design enables heat dissipation while maintaining the vertical stacking arrangement for high container density.
Solution Approach 2:
The platform extracts and removes heat from between stacked containers by providing air gaps and circulation paths. This separation of containers through the platform structure prevents heat accumulation while maintaining vertical density.
3Ease of operation
If containers are arranged next to one another on the ground, then accessibility for maintenance is improved, but space utilization deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from horizontal container arrangement to vertical stacking, utilizing the third dimension (height) to increase container density. Platforms are introduced at intermediate levels to provide accessibility, effectively solving the contradiction by adding a dimensional element that enables both high density and maintenance access.
4Temperature
If containers are arranged next to one another on the ground, then accessibility for heat dissipation is improved, but space utilization deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The platform incorporates a grid-like or porous structure with gaps and openings that allow air circulation between stacked containers. This porous design enables heat dissipation while maintaining the vertical stacking arrangement for high container density.
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
Enables efficient maintenance and heat dissipation in high-density energy conversion systems by allowing easy access to upper containers and ensuring effective airflow, while maintaining structural stability and safety.
Implementation Method 1
second alignment elements for placing a second container on a placement area of the frame structure. The first alignment elements are configured, in one embodiment, as standardized container corners, for example, corner castings, used for cargo containers. Analogously, the second alignment elements are configured, in one embodiment, in a shape that enables the standardized container corners to be arranged in an aligned and fixed manner, for example, as so-called twistlocks.
Implementation Method 2
A height of the platform between 30 cm and 1 m can generally ensure sufficient heat dissipation. A further improvement in heat dissipation from the energy conversion system can be achieved in that the standing area is formed by inserting base plates in the form of load gratings into the frame structure. Since load gratings are air-permeable, air exchange is also ensured in the vertical direction.
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AI summary
The disclosure relates to a platform for the space-saving formation of an energy conversion system. In this, containers are stacked one above the other as housings of components of the energy conversion system with the platform arranged between the containers, wherein the platform has a frame structure which has, on a first side, first alignment elements for placing the platform on a first container and, on a second side, opposite the first side, of the frame structure, second alignment elements for placing a second container on a placement area of the frame structure. The first and second alignment elements are arranged in such a way that they result in an arrangement, which is laterally centered and vertically spaced apart by a height (H) of the platform, of the second container above the first container, wherein the frame structure forms a standing area, which circumferentially surrounds the placement area and is walkable by persons, as access to the second container. An energy conversion system can be designed as a stack of at least two containers as housings of components of the energy conversion system, between each of which containers such a platform is arranged.