EP3909650A1 - Véhicule équipé d'un système de lutte contre l'incendie - Google Patents

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EP3909650A1
EP3909650A1 EP21173919.8A EP21173919A EP3909650A1 EP 3909650 A1 EP3909650 A1 EP 3909650A1 EP 21173919 A EP21173919 A EP 21173919A EP 3909650 A1 EP3909650 A1 EP 3909650A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A62—LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62C—FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62C3/00—Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places
    • A62C3/07—Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places in vehicles, e.g. in road vehicles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A62—LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62C—FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62C3/00—Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places
    • A62C3/06—Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places of highly inflammable material, e.g. light metals, petroleum products
    • A62C3/065—Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places of highly inflammable material, e.g. light metals, petroleum products for containers filled with inflammable liquids
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A62—LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62C—FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62C3/00—Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places
    • A62C3/16—Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places in electrical installations, e.g. cableways
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A62—LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62C—FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62C31/00—Delivery of fire-extinguishing material
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A62—LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62C—FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62C31/00—Delivery of fire-extinguishing material
    • A62C31/02—Nozzles specially adapted for fire-extinguishing
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A62—LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62C—FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62C31/00—Delivery of fire-extinguishing material
    • A62C31/02—Nozzles specially adapted for fire-extinguishing
    • A62C31/03—Nozzles specially adapted for fire-extinguishing adjustable, e.g. from spray to jet or vice versa

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  • the present invention relates to a fire extinguishing system for a vehicle, in particular an emergency cooling system for an alternative drive vehicle, such as an electric vehicle or a gas/hydrogen powered vehicle.
  • electric vehicles comprise battery packs configured to provide a sufficient source of electrical energy to allow traction of the vehicle as well as the operation of other auxiliary comfort devices such as the air conditioning system or functional devices, such as screens for displaying information useful to passengers.
  • the electric batteries used in said vehicles are electrochemical storage devices which, during use in charging and discharging, tend to heat up.
  • thermo runaway a phenomenon in which the temperature triggers exothermic reactions that further raise the temperature and therefore consequently leading to disastrous consequences such as explosions or fires that can involve the entire vehicle and its occupants.
  • the fuel is normally housed in pressurized tanks carried by the vehicle itself and made of steel or composite material to allow the same to be sealed at high pressure, for example at a pressure greater than 100 bar.
  • said battery packs/pressurized tanks are normally housed on the roof of the vehicle in order not to limit the space suitable for passenger transport.
  • the object of the present invention is to satisfy the above requirements in an optimized and inexpensive way.
  • Figure 1 illustrates a vehicle 1, such as a vehicle for the public transport of people, provided with a plurality of walls 2 defining an internal volume suitable for the transport of passengers.
  • said walls comprise a floor, not shown, a plurality of side walls 2a, a front/rear wall 2b and a roof 2c.
  • the vehicle 1 comprises a plurality of energy storage means 4 carried by the vehicle 1 itself and configured to define an energy source usable by driving means (not illustrated) of the vehicle 1 allowing the operation thereof.
  • Said energy storage means 4 can be packs of electric batteries or compressed gas tanks such as hydrogen or liquid natural gas, LNG (Liquid Natural Gas) or compressed natural gas, CNG (Compressed Natural Gas).
  • the vehicle 1 is an electric bus and the energy storage means 4 comprise battery packs 5, however, as is clear from the following, the present invention can be validly used if the energy storage means 4 were pressurized tanks and the vehicle was of a different type.
  • the battery packs 5 are housed inside respective casing 6 fixed on the roof 2c of the vehicle 1.
  • each casing 6 can be enclosed within a space 7 delimited by a lid 8 enclosing the various casings 6 so as to separate them from the external environment.
  • each casing 6 can house inside the same, as is known, in addition to the battery packs 5, relative cables and electronic elements necessary for the transfer of electrical energy between the batteries and the driving means of the vehicle 1, not illustrated.
  • the vehicle 1 comprises a fire extinguishing system 10 comprising at least one hydraulic interface 11 configured to couple with a pipe configured to inject a fire extinguishing fluid into the system 10, diffuser means 12 configured to spray towards the energy storage means 4 the fluid injected by means of the hydraulic interface 11 and a hydraulic distribution circuit 13 configured to fluidically connect the hydraulic interface 11 with the diffuser means 12.
  • a fire extinguishing system 10 comprising at least one hydraulic interface 11 configured to couple with a pipe configured to inject a fire extinguishing fluid into the system 10, diffuser means 12 configured to spray towards the energy storage means 4 the fluid injected by means of the hydraulic interface 11 and a hydraulic distribution circuit 13 configured to fluidically connect the hydraulic interface 11 with the diffuser means 12.
  • the fire extinguishing system 10 comprises a plurality of hydraulic interfaces 11 advantageously obtained in the side walls 2a of the vehicle 1, preferably, as in the case described, in the front and rear portion of the vehicle 1.
  • these hydraulic interfaces 11 are made at a height close to the wheels of the vehicle 1, advantageously between the wheels of the vehicle 1 and windows of the vehicle in order to be at human height so as to allow rescuers to easily connect a pipe with the hydraulic interface 11.
  • each hydraulic interface 11 comprises an opening configured to allow the insertion of a fire extinguishing type pipe or any pipe suitable for inserting pressurized liquid.
  • the fluid inserted can be water or any mixture of water and fire extinguishing agents of a known type.
  • the hydraulic distribution circuit 13 advantageously comprises a network of pipes 14, made with a heat and combustion resistant material and configured to fluidically connect the hydraulic interfaces 11 with the diffuser means 12.
  • vertical pipes 14 are provided, carried by the side walls 2a and connected directly to a respective hydraulic interface 11 and horizontal pipes 14 carried by the roof 2c connected to the vertical pipes 14 and to each diffuser means 12.
  • the diffuser means 12 advantageously comprise at least one nozzle 16, 17, as described in the following and selectively connectable to an end portion of a pipe 14 and facing a respective casing 6 of a battery pack 5.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a first embodiment of the diffuser means 12.
  • the diffuser means 12 comprise a nozzle 16 configured to define a direct jet of refrigerant fluid focusing on a limited area of the casing 6 of the battery packs 5.
  • the casing 6 advantageously defines an opening 6a provided with a meltable element 15 configured to close the opening 6a when the temperature of the battery pack 5 is lower than a predetermined threshold temperature. If the temperature of the battery pack 5 is higher than the predetermined threshold temperature, said meltable element 15 is configured to melt and leave the opening 6a free so as to allow the latter to communicate with the space 7. In this way, the jet of refrigerant fluid coming from the nozzle 16 can penetrate inside the battery pack 5 by passing through the opening 6a.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a second embodiment of the diffuser means 12.
  • the diffuser means 12 comprise a nozzle 17 configured to define a jet of diffused fluid (also called mist or fog) configured to spray a large area of the outer surface of the casing 6.
  • Said configuration provides a screen of fluid for thermal protection capable of confining the energy storage means 4 involved from the rest of the vehicle 1.
  • the diffuser means 12 can comprise a variable jet nozzle configured to vary the shape of the jet from closed, to full to a fog jet.
  • said nozzle is a motorized nozzle that can comprise a lever mechanism, operated by a specialized actuator, configured to vary the opening of the nozzle in order to vary according to the types described above.
  • the vehicle 1 comprises temperature sensor means, not illustrated, configured to detect the temperature of each of the energy storage means 4.
  • said sensors can be of any type and be placed in the immediate vicinity, for example on the casing 6 or inside the battery packs 5.
  • the vehicle 1 comprises, furthermore, an electronic unit electrically connected to the temperature sensor means and comprising processing means configured to process the signal detected by the temperature sensor means and compare it with a threshold temperature stored in the electronic unit.
  • said electronic unit can be the ECU of the vehicle 1.
  • the driver of the vehicle 1 is warned of the danger of fire due to overheating of the energy storage means 4, by visual or acoustic signalling means such as, for example, a warning light and/or an acoustic signal. In this way, the driver can alert the emergency vehicles and ask for assistance.
  • the vehicle 1 can further comprise telecommunication means, not illustrated, electronically connected to the electronic unit and configured to communicate with one or more known emergency stations, for example the fire department, the need for fire rescue and essential vehicle data stored in the electronic unit of the vehicle, such as the position (for example GPS) of the same, the type of vehicle, the licence plate number, the presence of the fire extinguishing system 10 according to the present invention, etc. In this way, if there is an overheating condition of the energy storage means 4, emergency assistance is automatically requested.
  • emergency stations for example the fire department
  • control of the actuator means can be carried out by the aforementioned electronic unit or remotely by short-range remote control means, for example WiFi.
  • Said remote control means can comprise a remote control, provided on the vehicle and usable by the driver or integrated by way of an app that can be downloaded on any smartphone.
  • the electronic unit If the electronic unit detects that the temperature of the energy storage means 4 exceeds the predetermined threshold, it will generate an overheating warning signal to the driver of the vehicle 1 and, if foreseen, it will send an intervention request signal to the nearest emergency station.
  • the rescuers will be able to connect their pipes directly into the openings of the hydraulic interfaces 11 so as to insert the fluid into the circuit 13. Inside the latter, the fluid will rise to the roof 2c and will be conveyed to each diffuser means 12.
  • the jet provided by the nozzle 16 will be direct and therefore will be sent directly to the battery pack 5, flooding the same.
  • the electronic unit or remotely the driver of the vehicle 1 or a rescuer can adjust the shape of the jet of the diffuser means 12 according to the type of overheating/fire present in the energy storage means 4.
  • the fire extinguishing system 10 it is possible to cool/extinguish a possible ignition of fire relating to the energy storage means 4, thus avoiding an explosion or the spreading of phenomena such as thermal runaway.
  • the driver and/or the rescuers can be promptly notified in order to act as soon as possible.
  • rescuers are greatly facilitated because they can act at human height to insert the fire extinguishing fluid that will reach the energy storage means 4, even if placed at heights that are difficult to reach or inside panels of the vehicle 1.
  • nozzles 16, 17 of different types makes it possible to obtain a versatile fire extinguishing system 10 which can be used on energy storage means 4 provided with closed casings or provided with a fire extinguishing access, such as that by way of the described meltable element.
  • heat and flame resistant pipes 14 allows the fire extinguishing fluid to reach, even if it has already spread, various parts of the vehicle 1.
  • variable flow nozzle allows to implement an overheating/fire containment strategy optimized according to the specific situation of the energy storage vehicles 4 in total safety.
  • the energy storage means 4 can be of various types (electric or explosive fluid) and can be enclosed in casings of different shape and position in the vehicle 1.
  • the number of hydraulic interfaces, of energy storage means 4 and the type of the hydraulic circuit 13 can vary as a result of the type of vehicle 1.
  • nozzles 16, 17 can be used alternately or in combination with one another.

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