US 12,261,312 B2
Battery rack and energy storage system comprising the same
Ji-Won Jeong, Daejeon (KR); Seung-Hyun Kim, Daejeon (KR); Young-Seok Lee, Daejeon (KR); Kyung-Hyun Bae, Daejeon (KR); and Jin-Kyu Shin, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/790,669
Filed by LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Mar. 4, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/002712
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 1, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/177762, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0027372 (KR), filed on Mar. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0040296 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 10/613 (2014.01); A62C 3/16 (2006.01); H01M 10/627 (2014.01); H01M 10/6567 (2014.01); H01M 50/211 (2021.01); H01M 50/24 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/24 (2021.01) [A62C 3/16 (2013.01); H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/627 (2015.04); H01M 10/6567 (2015.04); H01M 50/211 (2021.01); H01M 2220/10 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
 
1. A battery rack, comprising:
a plurality of battery packs vertically arranged, each battery pack of the plurality of battery packs including a plurality of secondary batteries stacked in a direction, and a pack housing having an internal space to receive the plurality of secondary batteries and a feed port for supplying a fire extinguishing liquid from a fire extinguishing liquid tank to each battery pack when an internal temperature in a battery pack of the plurality of battery packs equals or rises above a predetermined temperature; and
a rack case having a receiving space to receive the plurality of battery packs, and including a plurality of rack plates, each rack plate of the plurality of rack plates having a mounting surface on which a battery pack of the plurality of battery packs is mounted, the mounting surface sloping at a predetermined angle with a declining height as the rack plate goes in a first direction, and an extension portion having an end extending further outward in the first direction than the battery pack,
wherein the end of the extension portion of a lower rack plate among the plurality of rack plates is disposed at a more inward position than the end of the extension portion of an upper rack plate among the plurality of rack plates.