Abstract: A battery pack includes cells, a pressure contributing component contributing to a change in pressure in the battery pack, at least one pressure sensor configured to detect the pressure in the battery pack, and at least one voltage sensor configured to detect a voltage of the cells. A thermal chain determination method includes detecting the pressure in the battery pack, detecting the voltage of the cells, determining that the pressure in the battery pack is abnormal when an amount or rate of change is larger than a predetermined value, determining that the voltage of the cells is abnormal when an amount or rate of change in the detected voltage is larger than a predetermined value, or when an absolute value of the voltage of the cells is smaller than a predetermined value, and determining that a thermal chain occurs when both the pressure and the voltage are abnormal.

Abstract: Provided is a battery pack for a vehicle including an approximately rectangular pack case, a plurality of flat box-shaped battery modules, a cooling unit, and a junction box for storing a relay, in which: the plurality of battery modules is piled up flat in the pack case so that a terminal provided on a short side of each battery module is directed in a longitudinal direction of the pack case; the cooling unit is disposed at one end of the pack case in the longitudinal direction and configured to send and circulate cooling air in the pack case along an outer periphery of the pack case; and the junction box is disposed in a most downstream side of the circulating cooling air beside the cooling unit in a width direction of the pack case.

Abstract: A battery temperature regulating device a battery module, a temperature detection device, a battery temperature regulating device, and a battery pack case. The battery temperature regulating device includes a cooling heat exchanger configured to cool air that passes therethrough, a condensed water reservoir configured to store condensed water generated in the cooling heat exchanger, and an air blowing device configured to blow the air in the vicinity of the cooling heat exchanger and the condensed water reservoir and circulate the air within the battery pack case. The battery temperature regulating device is configured to cool the air that passes through the cooling heat exchanger, drive the air blowing device to execute the cooling of the battery module when the temperature of the battery module is higher than a predetermined temperature, and drive only the air blowing device regardless of the temperature of the battery module.

Abstract: A battery temperature control device has a battery pack case that houses a temperature control unit and a battery stack as a group of battery modules. The temperature control unit has an evaporator exchanges heat using the air conditioning unit from the upstream side of the direction of airflow, a blower fan that recirculates the interior air inside the pack case, a PTC heater as a fin member, and a unit duct that supplies air to the battery stack.

Abstract: Provided is a battery pack for a vehicle including an approximately rectangular pack case, a plurality of flat box-shaped battery modules, a cooling unit, and a junction box for storing a relay, in which: the plurality of battery modules is piled up flat in the pack case so that a terminal provided on a short side of each battery module is directed in a longitudinal direction of the pack case; the cooling unit is disposed at one end of the pack case in the longitudinal direction and configured to send and circulate cooling air in the pack case along an outer periphery of the pack case; and the junction box is disposed in a most downstream side of the circulating cooling air beside the cooling unit in a width direction of the pack case.

Abstract: A battery temperature regulating device a battery module, a temperature detection device, a battery temperature regulating device, and a battery pack case. The battery temperature regulating device includes a cooling heat exchanger configured to cool air that passes therethrough, a condensed water reservoir configured to store condensed water generated in the cooling heat exchanger, and an air blowing device configured to blow the air in the vicinity of the cooling heat exchanger and the condensed water reservoir and circulate the air within the battery pack case. The battery temperature regulating device is configured to cool the air that passes through the cooling heat exchanger, drive the air blowing device to execute the cooling of the battery module when the temperature of the battery module is higher than a predetermined temperature, and drive only the air blowing device regardless of the temperature of the battery module.

Abstract: A battery temperature control device has a battery pack case that houses a temperature control unit and a battery stack as a group of battery modules. The temperature control unit has an evaporator exchanges heat using the air conditioning unit from the upstream side of the direction of airflow, a blower fan that recirculates the interior air inside the pack case, a PTC heater as a fin member, and a unit duct that supplies air to the battery stack.

Abstract: An absorbent article includes a liquid-pervious sheet, an outer covering sheet, and an absorbent structure sandwiched between the liquid-pervious sheet and the outer covering sheet. The absorbent structure includes a liquid-absorbent mixture composed of super-absorbent polymer particles and fluff pulp and nonwoven fabric sheet formed from long fibers of thermoplastic resin. The nonwoven fabric sheet is put in contact, along at least one surface thereof, with the liquid-absorbent mixture and has cross points at which the long fiber sealed together, and a nap height defined by a difference between a thickness measured before a napping test and a thickness measured after the napping test is at least 0.5 mm.

Abstract: An absorbent article includes a liquid-pervious sheet, an outer covering sheet, and an absorbent structure sandwiched between the liquid-pervious sheet and the outer covering sheet. The absorbent structure includes a liquid-absorbent mixture composed of super-absorbent polymer particles and fluff pulp and nonwoven fabric sheet formed from long fibers of thermoplastic resin. The nonwoven fabric sheet is put in contact, along at least one surface thereof, with the liquid-absorbent mixture and has cross points at which the long fiber sealed together, and a nap height defined by a difference between a thickness measured before a napping test and a thickness measured after the napping test is at least 0.5 mm.

Abstract: This invention provides a novel dry chemical process for removing by carbonylation the metals harmful to the catalyst activity from the catalyst for the residuum and/or heavy oil catalytic cracking, comprising: contacting the catalyst contaminated by the poisonous metals with an activation gas and a reduction gas in a reactor for activation and reduction; and then in a carbonylation reactor, contacting the catalyst treated by activating and reducing with CO gas to make the metals on the catalyst carbonylated to form gaseous metal carbonyls which are then transferred and separated from the solid catalyst, thereby the catalyst activity is restored. The process of this invention is simple in the technology, moderate in the operation conditions, and it will not cause secondary pollution to environment for there is no addition and discharge of any liquid.

Abstract: An arrangement of apparatus and process thereof for cooling hot fluid solid particles, especially hot regenerated catalytic particles are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a substantially vertical, cylindrical and close ended heat removal vessel through the shell sid passage of which is passed the fluid solid particles that flow downwardly in the form of dense phase fluidized bed, and one or more seperate heat exchange tube units through the tube side passage of which the coolant is passed and evaporized, each of said heat exchange tube units comprising a supply coolant inlet tube, a supply coolant collecting chamber, one or more heat exchange tubes, a vapour collecting chamber and a resulting vapour discharge tube, all of which constitute a close type coolant-to-vapour circulation.

Abstract: An arrangement of apparatus and process thereof for cooling hot fluid solid particles, especially hot regenerated catalytic particles are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a substantially vertical, cylindrical and close ended heat removal vessel through the shell side passage of which is passed the fluid solid particles that flow downwardly in the form of dense phase fluidized bed, and one or more separate heat exchange tube units through the tube side passage of which the coolant is passed and vaporized, each of said heat exchange tube units comprising a supply coolant inlet tube, a supply coolant collecting chamber, one or more heat exchange tubes, a vapour collecting chamber and a resulting vapour discharge tube, all of which constitute a close type coolant-to-vapour circulation.