Abstract: The uniformity of the temperatures in a module battery for a high-temperature operating secondary battery is ensured. A battery cell that is a high-temperature operating secondary battery includes: a cylindrical main body including a positive part and a negative part; a sheath annularly sheathing the main body, the sheath including at least a cylindrical metal part and an insulating part annularly sheathing an external side surface of the metal part; and a coil of a conductive wire rod wound around an external side surface of the insulating part.

Abstract: Provided is a storage battery set and a storage battery system that are highly redundant against failures in battery cells. A module battery including at least one string in which multiple battery cells are connected in series, the multiple battery cells being high-temperature operating secondary batteries, the multiple battery cells included in the at least one string being divided into a plurality of cell groups, the module battery includes: a main path through which the plurality of cell groups are connected in series; and a bypass path allowing each of the plurality of cell groups to be individually bypassed in the at least one string, wherein when at least one of the multiple battery cells fails, an energizing path is diverted from the main path to the bypass path at a corresponding one of the plurality of cell groups to which the failed battery cell belongs.

Abstract: A storage battery container is provided with an air supply part having an air supply port provided to the bottom surface, a variable heat dissipation device that balances accumulated heat inside the storage battery, and an air discharge part of a rear surface having an air discharge port correspondingly provided to a heat release part of the variable heat dissipation device. The air supply part puts the air supply port in an open state when power is being supplied, and puts the air supply port in a closed state when the power supply stops. The air discharge part puts the air discharge port in an open state when the variable heat dissipation device is actuated, and puts the air discharge port in a closed state when the actuation of the variable heat dissipation device stops.

Abstract: Provided is a scheme of providing a plurality of users other than a main user such as an owner with a discharge capacity which a secondary battery system potentially has. A user interface providing device includes an acquisition part, a receiving part, a determination part, and a generation part. The acquisition part acquires a discharge capacity capable of providing to a whole plurality of users other than a main user in a discharge capacity of a secondary battery system. The receiving part receives a logon of a user included in the plurality of users. The determination part determines a usable discharge capacity for a logged-on user from the discharge capacity capable of providing to the whole plurality of users. The generation part generates information indicating contents of a user interface screen including a screen element indicating the usable discharge capacity for the logged-on user.

Abstract: A storage battery container is provided with an air supply part having an air supply port provided to the bottom surface, a variable heat dissipation device that balances accumulated heat inside the storage battery, and an air discharge part of a rear surface having an air discharge port correspondingly provided to a heat release part of the variable heat dissipation device. The air supply part puts the air supply port in an open state when power is being supplied, and puts the air supply port in a closed state when the power supply stops. The air discharge part puts the air discharge port in an open state when the variable heat dissipation device is actuated, and puts the air discharge port in a closed state when the actuation of the variable heat dissipation device stops.

Abstract: A voltage measurement unit for detecting voltage of secondary battery cells on a block by block basis, and outputting the detected voltage as block voltage, an information acquisition unit for acquiring information about a module among a plurality of modules that accommodates a block where a difference between the block voltage and a corresponding block voltage with a first order lag has been changed to exceed a predetermined voltage value, a notification reception unit for receiving a notification of an abnormality having occurred in the secondary battery cells, and a module identification unit for identifying a module corresponding to the information about the module, as a module having the abnormality at the time of receiving the notification by the notification reception unit, are provided.

Abstract: An exhaust treatment apparatus includes a casing having an inlet port for allowing an exhaust gas to flow into the casing and an outlet port for allowing a purified exhaust gas to be discharged from the casing, an exhaust fan provided in the casing for sending the exhaust gas from the inlet port to the outlet port, and chemical filters provided in two or more stages between the exhaust fan in the casing and the outlet port.

Abstract: An apparatus for identifying a position of an abnormality occurred in a secondary battery system includes an information acquisition unit for acquiring information about a module (module information) from among a plurality of modules included in a module series that accommodates a block for which the difference between a block voltage value and a block voltage value after a primary delay has changed so as to exceed a voltage threshold within a preset time before and after the point in time at which the block voltage value and series current value stopped being correlated, a notification reception unit for receiving a notification about the occurrence of an abnormality in a secondary battery, and a module specification unit for specifying at least the module corresponding to the latest module information as the module in which an abnormality occurred when the notification reception unit receives a notification.

Abstract: An apparatus for specifying an abnormality-occurrence area of a secondary battery system includes an information transmission unit for outputting block voltage values and an average block voltage value, an information acquisition unit for acquiring information about a module accommodating a block that has output a block voltage value when the difference between a reference block voltage value obtained from the correlation between the block voltage value and the average block voltage value and the block voltage value is equal to or greater than a preset voltage threshold, a notification reception unit for receiving a notification about the occurrence of an abnormality in a secondary battery, and a module specification unit for specifying at least the module corresponding to the latest module information as the module in which an abnormality occurred when the notification reception unit receives a notification.

Abstract: A battery assembly heat insulating container includes a box body and a lid body. The box body has an opening on its upper surface, and contains a battery module formed by connecting a plurality of battery cells in series or in parallel. The lid body is placed on the upper surface of the box body. The battery assembly heat insulating container is adapted to provide heat insulation between an external space and an internal space formed by the box body and the lid body and configured to contain the battery module. A circuit member configured to detect leakage of active material from the battery module is provided at the bottom of the box body.

Abstract: A secondary battery abnormality notification system includes a module string formed by stacking two or more modules in a vertical direction, the modules each being formed by containing a large number of secondary battery cells, a conduit pipe extending from an upper position to a lower position of the module string, a detection unit provided at a lower position of the module string and configured to draw in a measurement target gas from the conduit pipe to detect concentration of active material contained in the measurement target gas, and a notification section configured to detect occurrence of an abnormality at least based on an output of the detection unit and notify that the abnormality has occurred.

Abstract: A secondary battery system and a secondary battery failure detection system includes a monitoring unit, a main gas pipe, a plurality of auxiliary gas pipes, and a plurality of solenoid valves provided in correspondence with the respective auxiliary gas pipes. The monitoring unit includes a pump for sucking a gas supplied into the main gas pipe, an active material detection sensor for detecting active material contained in the gas, a failure module identification unit for identifying a module having a failure based on an output from the active material detection sensor, and a sequence controller for performing opening/closing operation of the solenoid valves in accordance with a predetermined sequence.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fire extinguishing apparatus being inexpensive in manufacturing cost, easy to handle, and it enables a storage tank to be refilled with fire extinguishing sand during a fire extinguishing. A fire extinguishing apparatus of the present invention includes a sand container having fire extinguishing sand a nitrogen gas cylinder, and an ejector provided nitrogen gas taken out via a decompression valve from the nitrogen gas cylinder. The ejector is connected to a suction tube sucking the fire extinguishing sand from the sand container using negative pressure generated by a nitrogen gas stream and a delivery tube delivering the sucked fire extinguishing sand and the nitrogen gas. The sand container has a lid plate provided with a sand inlet enabling opening and closing, which enables the sand container to be refilled with the fire extinguishing sand during a fire extinguishing.

Abstract: An apparatus for identifying a position of an abnormality occurred in a secondary battery system includes an information acquisition unit for acquiring information about a module (module information) from among a plurality of modules included in a module series that accommodates a block for which the difference between a block voltage value and a block voltage value after a primary delay has changed so as to exceed a voltage threshold within a preset time before and after the point in time at which the block voltage value and series current value stopped being correlated, a notification reception unit for receiving a notification about the occurrence of an abnormality in a secondary battery, and a module specification unit for specifying at least the module corresponding to the latest module information as the module in which an abnormality occurred when the notification reception unit receives a notification.

Abstract: An apparatus for specifying an abnormality-occurrence area of a secondary battery system includes an information transmission unit for outputting block voltage values and an average block voltage value, an information acquisition unit for acquiring information about a module accommodating a block that has output a block voltage value when the difference between a reference block voltage value obtained from the correlation between the block voltage value and the average block voltage value and the block voltage value is equal to or greater than a preset voltage threshold, a notification reception unit for receiving a notification about the occurrence of an abnormality in a secondary battery, and a module specification unit for specifying at least the module corresponding to the latest module information as the module in which an abnormality occurred when the notification reception unit receives a notification.

Abstract: An exhaust treatment apparatus includes a casing having an inlet port for allowing an exhaust gas to flow into the casing and an outlet port for allowing a purified exhaust gas to be discharged from the casing, an exhaust fan provided in the casing for sending the exhaust gas from the inlet port to the outlet port, and chemical filters provided in two or more stages between the exhaust fan in the casing and the outlet port.

Abstract: A secondary battery abnormality notification system includes a module string formed by stacking two or more modules in a vertical direction, the modules each being formed by containing a large number of secondary battery cells, a conduit pipe extending from an upper position to a lower position of the module string, a detection unit provided at a lower position of the module string and configured to draw in a measurement target gas from the conduit pipe to detect concentration of active material contained in the measurement target gas, and a notification section configured to detect occurrence of an abnormality at least based on an output of the detection unit and notify that the abnormality has occurred.

Abstract: A voltage measurement unit for detecting voltage of secondary battery cells on a block by block basis, and outputting the detected voltage as block voltage, an information acquisition unit for acquiring information about a module among a plurality of modules that accommodates a block where a difference between the block voltage and a corresponding block voltage with a first order lag has been changed to exceed a predetermined voltage value, a notification reception unit for receiving a notification of an abnormality having occurred in the secondary battery cells, and a module identification unit for identifying a module corresponding to the information about the module, as a module having the abnormality at the time of receiving the notification by the notification reception unit, are provided.

Abstract: A battery assembly heat insulating container includes a box body and a lid body. The box body has an opening on its upper surface, and contains a battery module formed by connecting a plurality of battery cells in series or in parallel. The lid body is placed on the upper surface of the box body. The battery assembly heat insulating container is adapted to provide heat insulation between an external space and an internal space formed by the box body and the lid body and configured to contain the battery module. A circuit member configured to detect leakage of active material from the battery module is provided at the bottom of the box body.

Abstract: It is determined that a drop in the capacity of a sodium-sulfur battery has proceeded to an abnormal level when both the following expression (1) and expression (2) hold. Qe?Qn?K1 . . . (1) where Qe: abnormal block depth of discharge; Qn: normal block depth of discharge; and K1: block abnormality determination set point (setting value) and Qe?K2 . . . (2) where K2: depth of discharge abnormality determination set point (setting value).