US 12,015,132 B2
Cooling system and method for energy storage
Umakanth Sakaray, Dunlap, IL (US); Nirag Sheth, Peoria, IL (US); Neil A. Terry, Edelstein, IL (US); Adam C. Grove, Washington, IL (US); John M. Tanner, Dunlap, IL (US); Jeremy Byrd, West Lafayette, IN (US); and Gregory S. Hasler, Pekin, IL (US)
Assigned to Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US)
Filed by Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US)
Filed on Aug. 6, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/987,146.
Prior Publication US 2022/0045376 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 10/613 (2014.01); F28D 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01M 10/613 (2015.04) [F28D 2021/0043 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An energy storage device cooling system, comprising:
a radiator;
a housing;
at least one energy storage device within the housing;
a coolant circuit including a first flow portion extending through the housing, the coolant circuit configured to supply coolant to the radiator and for heat exchange with the at least one energy storage device;
a chiller system including:
a coolant supply;
a heat exchanger; and
an outlet in fluid communication with the first flow portion; and
a controller programmed, via at least one memory associated with the controller, to deactivate a function of the chiller system when a sensed temperature does not exceed a first temperature threshold and while coolant is supplied to the radiator via the chiller system, the coolant supplied from the chiller system to the radiator bypassing the at least one storage device.