WO2012128626A2 - System for charging the battery of at least one electric vehicle, charger and method - Google Patents

System for charging the battery of at least one electric vehicle, charger and method Download PDF

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WO2012128626A2
WO2012128626A2 PCT/NL2012/050172 NL2012050172W WO2012128626A2 WO 2012128626 A2 WO2012128626 A2 WO 2012128626A2 NL 2012050172 W NL2012050172 W NL 2012050172W WO 2012128626 A2 WO2012128626 A2 WO 2012128626A2
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Wouter Smit
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  • the present invention relates to a system for charging at least one electric vehicle, a charger for use in such a system, and a method for operating such a system.
  • the invention relates to such a system that can be coupled to an existing power supply, such as a transformer in an (urban) power substation.
  • Electric vehicles are gaining more and more terrain on today's market. But they still have to go a long way to achieve the same status as the conventional vehicles.
  • Chargers have to be placed at various locations inside and outside the urban area to enable more people using electric vehicles.
  • a charger in urban area is usually connected to a substation transformer, which also delivers power to other loads in the urban area, for example street lighting and buildings.
  • a substation receives its power from the transmission network, the power is then stepped down in voltage with a transformer and sent to a wiring bus from where the wiring fans out to the charger and to other local loads. There are different factors that limit the power delivered to the loads by the substation.
  • a charger can have a peak power demand which in combination with (peak levels of) other loads connected to the substation can result in exceeding of the power rating of the substation transformer or of the electricity cable between the substation and the loads. It is also possible that the power is limited by circuit breakers, in case of exceeding the power limit the circuit breakers will disconnect the electricity.
  • the patent US 6018203 describes a system for evenly distributing an electrical load across an n-phase power distribution network.
  • the system switches loads off when a current in a phase exceeds a threshold, and thus does not optimise the power delivery to each of the loads.
  • AC AC for slow charging
  • DC DC for fast charging
  • the AC charging system makes use of the onboard charger of the vehicle for charging the battery, in case of the DC charging system an offboard charger of the charging station is used.
  • the industry is currently developing DC fast chargers and is trying to solve practical problems that occur during installation and exploitation of such systems.
  • the AC charge posts are powered by the same connection as a DC charge station, in order to ease the installation of it. In this way, only one utility connection has to be made for a plurality of charge points.
  • the DC charge station is then powered by a plurality of outputs of the multi-phase power supply and the DC charge station from now on called multi-phase DC charge station, and the AC charge post is powered by one output of the multi-phase power supply.
  • a multi-phase power supply can offer on its outputs a plurality of alternating currents which are equally shifted in phase.
  • a common example is a three-phase supply, which can deliver three-phase alternating currents.
  • the invention thereto proposes a system for charging a battery of at least one electric vehicle, comprising at least one sensor, arranged for measuring at least one parameter representing a power supplied by the phase output of the power supply or an asymmetry between the phase outputs of the power supply, and providing at least one sensor signal representing the value of the at least one parameter, a controller coupled to the at least one sensor at the power output of the power supply for receiving all sensor output signals, and coupled to the charging configuration for controlling the power of the power converter thereof, wherein the controller is configured for controlling the power exchanged for at least one phase of the power supply and the charging configuration according to a control model, the control model taking into account at least the calculated power and a setting, a charging configuration comprising at least one multiphase charger for a battery of at least one electric vehicle, the charger comprising at least one first multi -phase power exchange port, for exchanging electric power with a multi- phase power supply, at least one second power exchange port, for exchanging
  • the system according to the invention offers several advantages.
  • the available power per phase can be calculated hence called the calculated power, once the power limit per phase is known.
  • this power limit is given, as the power rating of the power supply, which may be a random point in a distribution grid, but more specifically, it may be a transformer in a power substation or any other utility connection.
  • Calculating the available power per phase enables the controller to adjust the power consumption by each phase of a multi-phase charger or by the single-phase charger coupled to each phase of the power supply.
  • An advantage with respect to the state of the art is that each of the phase outputs of the multi-phase power supply can be used to its maximum power capacity. By using the present invention the maximum available power can be drawn from the multi-phase power supply, even when it's loaded with chargers which can introduce unbalance between the phases. For example a single-phase charger connected to a multi-phase power supply.
  • Another advantage is that the power drawn from all phases can be controlled. That means that the system according to the invention can be used to correct the total power factor, or correct any unbalance between the phases caused by other loads.
  • the charger needs to be configured such that it can be controlled for each phase
  • the controller independently by the controller, the total power drawn from the utility connection can be maximized and symmetrised even when one or more single phase AC loads, causing an unbalance, are connected to the same utility connection. In this way, all phases of the utility connection are used at their maximum capacity.
  • the controller controls the charger, and in particularly the power converter of it by adjusting the duty cycle of the pulse-width modulation signal applied to the power converter, or control signals issued by controller over the ethernet connection or other communication means.
  • the controller can also switch the power converter on or off.
  • a power converter of this type may be referred to as an asymmetric power-converter, and it may further include a capacitor for filtering the ripple on the current.
  • This can also be an internal or external buffer battery.
  • An asymmetric power converter may comprise AC -DC converters for each phase, and an internal DC bus or rail, to which its second power exchange ports may be coupled. This can be directly, or by means of a output power converter.
  • the controller is adapted to control each phase of the power converter independently. According to the present invention, it is therefore enabled to reschedule or adjust its own power demand to prevent overloading the substation or any utility connection, in particular the transformer thereof.
  • the sensor may thereto be positioned such that it measures a parameter that represents the total power supplied by the power supply, or the power drawn by at least some of the other loads. "Other" is used here to indicate in principle all loads except for the charger or chargers. In certain cases, it may not be necessary to measure the power drawn by all loads, for example when a specific load is insignificant, or constant, so that its value can be taken into account in a calculation.
  • the at least one sensor is arranged for measuring at least one parameter representing either a total power delivered by the power supply to its loads or a power delivered to a number of loads except for the at least one charger.
  • a multi-phase power supply may be any defined node in the power net.
  • it may be a multi-phase transformer in a (sub)station of an urban power grid or (an household or industrial) electric utility connection, since this may be a particular node where placement of a charger can be desired.
  • a simple way to determine the power supplied by a certain node is to measure the current at said node by a sensor.
  • the sensor may thus be a current sensor, for example a current clamp.
  • the sensors may be placed after the transformer for each phase, and thus on the common wires of the other loads and chargers. It is also possible that the sensors are placed on each branch of an individual load or charger.
  • the present invention provides the advantage that the charger or chargers can respond to changes on the available power by decreasing the charge power delivered to the electric vehicle when the power demand of the other loads increase, and by increasing the charge power delivered to the electric vehicle when the power demand of the other loads decreases. In this way the power rating of the power supply will not be exceeded and the capacity of the power supply and/or the electricity grid will be fully utilized.
  • the charger may be a part of a charging station, or may be an onboard charger in an electric vehicle.
  • the charging configuration can be an charging station, onboard charger or a combination thereof.
  • the controller may form part of the multi-phase charger, but it may also be a separate unit in a network, and for example be implemented at a central server, or form part of a central server. In case of multiple single phase chargers, a common controller controls the separate power converters.
  • the controller is part of or can interact with a computer network which is configured to receive data from third parties related to the symmetry of loads within a specific part of the electricity grid.
  • the transformer is a part of the electricity grid, and there may be other transformers in the same area of the grid. When there is some asymmetry introduced by a load at some place in the electricity grid, this can be measured by a sensor integrated with a transformer.
  • the sensor signal is provided to the computer network which controls or delivers the sensor signal to the remote chargers. By adapting the power demand of the chargers per phase the asymmetry in the electricity grid can be compensated.
  • the predetermined setting is a power rating such as a peak level and or a maximum continuous power level of the power supply and the control model further comprises the steps of comparing the power delivered by the power supply with a power rating of the power supply, and controlling the power exchange between the power supply and the at least one charger such that the power rating of the power supply is not exceeded.
  • a peak power level or power rating of the power supply is used as a (threshold) setting.
  • the controller decreases the power exchanged with the first power exchange port of the charger.
  • a more complex (for example electric and thermal) model of the power supply - for example a transformer - may be implemented in the controller, and a more precise and effective control may take place, for example making use of a PI, DD or PID control scheme.
  • various parameters can be taken into account, for example electric parameters such as a current, a voltage, a power, a frequency or a duty cycle, or non-electric parameters, such as a temperature, a pressure or a chemical parameter or a time.
  • the power supply is a transformer
  • the controller comprises an advanced electric and thermal model of the transformer
  • the system comprises a number of sensors, for measuring a number of parameters representing a power supplied by the power supply.
  • Power is exchanged between the power supply and the charger via the first power exchange port, and between the charger and the vehicle via the second power exchange port. Controlling the power exchanged via the first power exchange port of a charger may be advantageous for the power supply, but evidently it also has an impact on the power exchanged at the second power exchange port of the charger. Decreasing the power exchange normally leads to a longer charging time of the electric vehicle, which may not always be desirable or even possible.
  • the system according to the present invention may further comprise an electric energy buffer, such as a battery of a capacitor, coupled to the at least one charger, wherein the controller is configured to control the at least one charger such that the buffer is charged when the power required for delivering to the second power exchange port is lower than the power available at the first power exchange port, and wherein the buffer is discharged when the power required for delivering to the second power exchange port is higher than the power available at the second power exchange port.
  • the electric energy buffer may be implemented as a part of the charger and/or power converter, but it may also be a separate unit, which can even be remote from the charger. It is even thinkable that a first phase is used to charge the buffer, while simultaneously, a second phase is discharging the buffer.
  • the power converters may be at least one DC/DC, AC/DC, DC/ AC, AC/ AC converter or a combination thereof.
  • An energy buffer offers the advantage that fluctuations in grid power availability will be flattened for the charging process.
  • An energy buffer may also be a super capacitor or mechanical or thermal storage means, such as a flywheel etc.
  • multi-phase chargers are required at a certain location. When multiple multi-phase chargers are installed it is preferred that they are all controlled by the same controller, or if they have separate controllers, the controllers have to interact. If there is no interaction between the controllers, each controller may be adjust the power consumption of a respective power converter of a multi-phase charger, and an instable and/or oscillating system may result. In an embodiment the controller may even be a so called cloud, or in particularly be implemented on a server, coupled with the charger via the internet or a (wireless) network.
  • one of the chargers is switched off and the power consumption will be measured again.
  • the chargers can be adjusted one by one, and the sensor monitor the power consumption on each phase.
  • the adjusted charger can be an off board charger or an onboard in a vehicle.
  • the power rating of the charger can be determined by sending control signals which will operate the charger at maximum power.
  • Figure 2 shows an alternative embodiment of a system according to the present invention
  • Figure 3 shows yet another embodiment of a system according to the present invention
  • Figure 4 shows again an alternative embodiment of a system according to the present invention
  • Figure 5 shows a simple example of a multi-phase power converter
  • Figure 8 shows an alternative embodiment of a system according to the present invention
  • Figure 11 shows an embodiment of the invention wherein a plurality of three phase AC chargers are connected to the same grid connection
  • Figure 4 describes a system wherein the charging loads are evenly distributed between different phases by the component 12.
  • the component 12 may comprise a matrix of switches for distributing the loads between the phases of the power supply.
  • Component 12 may be implemented by an array of IGBT's or relays.
  • the charging loads may also be adjustable like load 11 when there is a data communication channel available.
  • Figure 5 shows a simple example of a multi-phase power converter which can be part of a multi-phase charger.
  • the controller 8 receives measurement signals from each sensor and generates based on this an control signal which can be an PWM signal, ethernet signal or the like.
  • the control signal is applied to the dedicated controller 22 of the power converter which will control the AC/DC converters for each phase independently.
  • a capacitor is a part of the converter for filtering out the ripple on the DC power.
  • the sensor signal are delivered directly through the computer network 31 to the charging systems (37, 39). Based on the sensor signals from the power sensor 6 and the sensor or command signals received through the computer network 31, the charger 2 will adapt his power consumption per phase in order to correct unbalance introduced by other loads (38, 40, 41).
  • Controller 8 provides the control signals to the dedicated controller 65 of the DC charge station, which
  • Figure 9a shows a practical implementation of the sensor, which comprises three current clamps 80 measuring the current flowing through each phase output of the power supply 4.
  • the measurement signals are further processed in the controller 8 and based on the measurement signals determined if there is an asymmetry (unbalance).
  • Figure 9b shows another practical implementation of the sensor, which comprises one current clamp 81 measuring the total instantaneous current flowing through the area encompassed by the current clamp.
  • the total instantaneous current which is delivered by the three phase outputs of the power supply is zero when there is no amplitude or phase imbalance or distortion. If in some way imbalance or distortion is introduced a total instantaneous current unequal to zero will be measured by the current clamp.
  • the current measurements in 9a and 9b can be done in combination with a voltage measurement.
  • FIG. 10 shows an embodiment of the invention wherein a plurality of single-phase AC chargers (95, 98,102, 105) is controlled by a master controller 91 implemented in the DC charger 92. A plurality of chargers is connected to the same three-phase grid connection 98.
  • the DC charger 92 coupled to an electric vehicle 93 and AC chargers (95,
  • the power delivery of the AC chargers are controlled by the master controller in the DC charger.
  • the master controller measure and controls through an RS485 or Ethernet data line the current delivered by the nearby AC chargers (95, 98).
  • the power demand of the EV's (96, 99) is throttled by a PWM signal going from the slave controller (94, 97) of the AC charger to the EV's (96, 99).
  • AC chargers (103, 104) which are remotely located from the DC charger are communicated through a cloud 100. The same control mechanism also applies for the remote AC chargers.
  • FIG 11 shows an embodiment of the invention wherein a plurality of three phase AC chargers (110,113, 116) are connected to the same grid connection 108.
  • the AC chargers are controlled by a master controller 107.
  • the master controller 107 issues commands to the slave controllers (109, 112, 115) of the AC chargers to prevent overloading of the phases of the grid connection.
  • the received commands are converted by slave controllers into a PWM signal which determines how much current the onboard power converter of the electric vehicles (111,114,117) can ask.
  • Figure 12 shows a flow diagram of the control method implemented in the master controller of the previous embodiments.

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Abstract

System for charging a battery of at least one electric vehicle, comprising at least one sensor, arranged for measuring at least one parameter representing a power supplied by the phase output of the power supply or an asymmetry between the phase outputs of the power supply, and providing at least one sensor signal representing the value of the at least one parameter, a controller coupled to the at least one sensor at the power output ofthe power supply for receiving all sensor output signals, and coupled to the charging configuration for controlling the power of the power converter thereof, wherein the controller is configured for controlling the power exchanged for at least one phase of the power supply and the charging configuration according to a control model.

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System for charging the battery of at least one electric vehicle, charger and method
The present invention relates to a system for charging at least one electric vehicle, a charger for use in such a system, and a method for operating such a system. In particular the invention relates to such a system that can be coupled to an existing power supply, such as a transformer in an (urban) power substation.
Electric vehicles are gaining more and more terrain on today's market. But they still have to go a long way to achieve the same status as the conventional vehicles. Chargers have to be placed at various locations inside and outside the urban area to enable more people using electric vehicles. A charger in urban area is usually connected to a substation transformer, which also delivers power to other loads in the urban area, for example street lighting and buildings. A substation receives its power from the transmission network, the power is then stepped down in voltage with a transformer and sent to a wiring bus from where the wiring fans out to the charger and to other local loads. There are different factors that limit the power delivered to the loads by the substation. For example a charger can have a peak power demand which in combination with (peak levels of) other loads connected to the substation can result in exceeding of the power rating of the substation transformer or of the electricity cable between the substation and the loads. It is also possible that the power is limited by circuit breakers, in case of exceeding the power limit the circuit breakers will disconnect the electricity.
The international patent application PCT/NL2011/050020 by the same applicant, proposes a solution for this problem. But this solution doesn't solve the problem of asymmetry between the phases.
The patent US 6018203 describes a system for evenly distributing an electrical load across an n-phase power distribution network. The system switches loads off when a current in a phase exceeds a threshold, and thus does not optimise the power delivery to each of the loads.
The international patent application WO 2005/008808 discloses that vehicles
charged from a utility grid by means of chargers. In the emerging markets of electric vehicles, two types of charging systems are becoming standard: AC for slow charging and DC for fast charging. The AC charging system makes use of the onboard charger of the vehicle for charging the battery, in case of the DC charging system an offboard charger of the charging station is used. The industry is currently developing DC fast chargers and is trying to solve practical problems that occur during installation and exploitation of such systems.
One of the problems that is encountered during installation of charging points (both AC and DC) is to get the electricity connection. Arranging the connections can be a time consuming task and it occurs frequently that unexpected costs pop up for the placement of circuit breakers and/or metering compartments.
In a specific situation the AC charge posts are powered by the same connection as a DC charge station, in order to ease the installation of it. In this way, only one utility connection has to be made for a plurality of charge points. The DC charge station is then powered by a plurality of outputs of the multi-phase power supply and the DC charge station from now on called multi-phase DC charge station, and the AC charge post is powered by one output of the multi-phase power supply. A multi-phase power supply can offer on its outputs a plurality of alternating currents which are equally shifted in phase. A common example is a three-phase supply, which can deliver three-phase alternating currents.
Powering the single-phase AC charge post and the multi-phase DC charge station from the same multi-phase supply will result in asymmetric loading of it, because in this way more power is drawn from one phase than the other remaining phases. When the power consumption from one phase output reaches a maximum, no additional power can be drawn by the DC charge station from the multi-phase power supply, irrespective of the power drawn from the remaining phase outputs. This may result in a situation wherein not all the available power capacity is utilized on the remaining phase outputs.
It is a goal of the present invention to provide a solution for the above mentioned disadvantages. The invention thereto proposes a system for charging a battery of at least one electric vehicle, comprising at least one sensor, arranged for measuring at least one parameter representing a power supplied by the phase output of the power supply or an asymmetry between the phase outputs of the power supply, and providing at least one sensor signal representing the value of the at least one parameter, a controller coupled to the at least one sensor at the power output of the power supply for receiving all sensor output signals, and coupled to the charging configuration for controlling the power of the power converter thereof, wherein the controller is configured for controlling the power exchanged for at least one phase of the power supply and the charging configuration according to a control model, the control model taking into account at least the calculated power and a setting, a charging configuration comprising at least one multiphase charger for a battery of at least one electric vehicle, the charger comprising at least one first multi -phase power exchange port, for exchanging electric power with a multi- phase power supply, at least one second power exchange port, for exchanging electric power with a battery of a vehicle to be charged, a controllable power converter for converting power between the first multi-phase power exchange port and the second power exchange port, and/or a number of single phase chargers, each charger comprising at least one first power exchange port, for exchanging electric power with a phase output of a multi-phase power supply, at least one second power exchange port, for exchanging electric power with a battery of a vehicle to be charged, a controllable power converter for converting power between the first and the second power exchange port.
The system according to the invention offers several advantages. By measuring the output power of each phase with at least one sensor, the available power per phase can be calculated hence called the calculated power, once the power limit per phase is known. Usually, this power limit is given, as the power rating of the power supply, which may be a random point in a distribution grid, but more specifically, it may be a transformer in a power substation or any other utility connection. Calculating the available power per phase enables the controller to adjust the power consumption by each phase of a multi-phase charger or by the single-phase charger coupled to each phase of the power supply. An advantage with respect to the state of the art is that each of the phase outputs of the multi-phase power supply can be used to its maximum power capacity. By using the present invention the maximum available power can be drawn from the multi-phase power supply, even when it's loaded with chargers which can introduce unbalance between the phases. For example a single-phase charger connected to a multi-phase power supply.
Another advantage is that the power drawn from all phases can be controlled. That means that the system according to the invention can be used to correct the total power factor, or correct any unbalance between the phases caused by other loads.
In one embodiment where one multi-phase charger is used as part of the invention, the charger needs to be configured such that it can be controlled for each phase
independently by the controller, the total power drawn from the utility connection can be maximized and symmetrised even when one or more single phase AC loads, causing an unbalance, are connected to the same utility connection. In this way, all phases of the utility connection are used at their maximum capacity. The controller controls the charger, and in particularly the power converter of it by adjusting the duty cycle of the pulse-width modulation signal applied to the power converter, or control signals issued by controller over the ethernet connection or other communication means. The controller can also switch the power converter on or off.
A power converter of this type may be referred to as an asymmetric power-converter, and it may further include a capacitor for filtering the ripple on the current. This can also be an internal or external buffer battery. An asymmetric power converter may comprise AC -DC converters for each phase, and an internal DC bus or rail, to which its second power exchange ports may be coupled. This can be directly, or by means of a output power converter. The controller is adapted to control each phase of the power converter independently. According to the present invention, it is therefore enabled to reschedule or adjust its own power demand to prevent overloading the substation or any utility connection, in particular the transformer thereof. To do this efficiently one should know how much power is demanded by the other loads connected to the substation, hence how much power is available for the charger or chargers. The sensor may thereto be positioned such that it measures a parameter that represents the total power supplied by the power supply, or the power drawn by at least some of the other loads. "Other" is used here to indicate in principle all loads except for the charger or chargers. In certain cases, it may not be necessary to measure the power drawn by all loads, for example when a specific load is insignificant, or constant, so that its value can be taken into account in a calculation. In general, the at least one sensor is arranged for measuring at least one parameter representing either a total power delivered by the power supply to its loads or a power delivered to a number of loads except for the at least one charger.
A multi-phase power supply may be any defined node in the power net. In particular it may be a multi-phase transformer in a (sub)station of an urban power grid or (an household or industrial) electric utility connection, since this may be a particular node where placement of a charger can be desired. If the peak voltage level of the node is constant or may be assumed constant, a simple way to determine the power supplied by a certain node is to measure the current at said node by a sensor. The sensor may thus be a current sensor, for example a current clamp. The sensors may be placed after the transformer for each phase, and thus on the common wires of the other loads and chargers. It is also possible that the sensors are placed on each branch of an individual load or charger.
The present invention provides the advantage that the charger or chargers can respond to changes on the available power by decreasing the charge power delivered to the electric vehicle when the power demand of the other loads increase, and by increasing the charge power delivered to the electric vehicle when the power demand of the other loads decreases. In this way the power rating of the power supply will not be exceeded and the capacity of the power supply and/or the electricity grid will be fully utilized.
The charger may be a part of a charging station, or may be an onboard charger in an electric vehicle. The charging configuration can be an charging station, onboard charger or a combination thereof. The controller may form part of the multi-phase charger, but it may also be a separate unit in a network, and for example be implemented at a central server, or form part of a central server. In case of multiple single phase chargers, a common controller controls the separate power converters.
In one specific embodiment the controller is part of or can interact with a computer network which is configured to receive data from third parties related to the symmetry of loads within a specific part of the electricity grid. The transformer is a part of the electricity grid, and there may be other transformers in the same area of the grid. When there is some asymmetry introduced by a load at some place in the electricity grid, this can be measured by a sensor integrated with a transformer. The sensor signal is provided to the computer network which controls or delivers the sensor signal to the remote chargers. By adapting the power demand of the chargers per phase the asymmetry in the electricity grid can be compensated.
In an embodiment, the predetermined setting is a power rating such as a peak level and or a maximum continuous power level of the power supply and the control model further comprises the steps of comparing the power delivered by the power supply with a power rating of the power supply, and controlling the power exchange between the power supply and the at least one charger such that the power rating of the power supply is not exceeded.
There are several ways to configure the controller. In the most simple way, a peak power level or power rating of the power supply is used as a (threshold) setting. As soon as the total power supplied by the power supply to all of its loads crosses the setting, the controller decreases the power exchanged with the first power exchange port of the charger. There could be more than one charger connected to a phase of the power supply and this phase may be monitored by one sensor on the common wire of the chargers. To determine in this situation the share of one of the chargers in the total power
consumption one of the chargers is switched off and the power consumption will be measured again. To determine which charger is connected to which phase. In a more sophisticated embodiment, a more complex (for example electric and thermal) model of the power supply - for example a transformer - may be implemented in the controller, and a more precise and effective control may take place, for example making use of a PI, DD or PID control scheme. In the control scheme, various parameters can be taken into account, for example electric parameters such as a current, a voltage, a power, a frequency or a duty cycle, or non-electric parameters, such as a temperature, a pressure or a chemical parameter or a time.
In a preferred embodiment, the power supply is a transformer, the controller comprises an advanced electric and thermal model of the transformer, wherein the system comprises a number of sensors, for measuring a number of parameters representing a power supplied by the power supply.
Power is exchanged between the power supply and the charger via the first power exchange port, and between the charger and the vehicle via the second power exchange port. Controlling the power exchanged via the first power exchange port of a charger may be advantageous for the power supply, but evidently it also has an impact on the power exchanged at the second power exchange port of the charger. Decreasing the power exchange normally leads to a longer charging time of the electric vehicle, which may not always be desirable or even possible. In order to take away this disadvantage, the system according to the present invention may further comprise an electric energy buffer, such as a battery of a capacitor, coupled to the at least one charger, wherein the controller is configured to control the at least one charger such that the buffer is charged when the power required for delivering to the second power exchange port is lower than the power available at the first power exchange port, and wherein the buffer is discharged when the power required for delivering to the second power exchange port is higher than the power available at the second power exchange port. The electric energy buffer may be implemented as a part of the charger and/or power converter, but it may also be a separate unit, which can even be remote from the charger. It is even thinkable that a first phase is used to charge the buffer, while simultaneously, a second phase is discharging the buffer.
The power converters may be at least one DC/DC, AC/DC, DC/ AC, AC/ AC converter or a combination thereof. The use of an energy buffer offers the advantage that fluctuations in grid power availability will be flattened for the charging process. An energy buffer may also be a super capacitor or mechanical or thermal storage means, such as a flywheel etc.
It is possible that multiple multi-phase chargers are required at a certain location. When multiple multi-phase chargers are installed it is preferred that they are all controlled by the same controller, or if they have separate controllers, the controllers have to interact. If there is no interaction between the controllers, each controller may be adjust the power consumption of a respective power converter of a multi-phase charger, and an instable and/or oscillating system may result. In an embodiment the controller may even be a so called cloud, or in particularly be implemented on a server, coupled with the charger via the internet or a (wireless) network.
There could be more than one charger connected to a phase of the power supply and this phase may be monitored by one sensor on the common wire of the chargers. To determine in this situation the share of one of the chargers in the total power
consumption, one of the chargers is switched off and the power consumption will be measured again. To determine which charger is connected to which phase connection the chargers can be adjusted one by one, and the sensor monitor the power consumption on each phase. The adjusted charger can be an off board charger or an onboard in a vehicle. The power rating of the charger can be determined by sending control signals which will operate the charger at maximum power.
The invention will now be explained into more detail with reference of the following non limiting figures. Herein:
• Figures la- Id show embodiments of a system according to the present
invention;
• Figure 2 shows an alternative embodiment of a system according to the present invention;
• Figure 3 shows yet another embodiment of a system according to the present invention; Figure 4 shows again an alternative embodiment of a system according to the present invention;
Figure 5 shows a simple example of a multi-phase power converter;
Figure 6 shows again an alternative embodiment of a system according to the present invention;
Figure 7 shows an embodiment of a practical charging site of a system according to the present invention;
Figure 8 shows an alternative embodiment of a system according to the present invention;
Figure 9a-b show practical implementations of the sensor;
Figure 10 shows an embodiment of the invention wherein a plurality of single- phase AC chargers is controlled by a master controller;
Figure 11 shows an embodiment of the invention wherein a plurality of three phase AC chargers are connected to the same grid connection;
Figure 12 shows a flow diagram of the control method implemented in the master controller of the previous embodiments.
Figure la shows a first embodiment 1 of a system according to the present invention, with a three phase power supply 4, to which a multi-phase (in this case: three) charger 2 is coupled. Besides the charger 2, an unknown amount of power is consumed by an external load 13. The total power delivered by each phase of power supply 4 is measured by sensors 6, which deliver a sensor signal to a controller 8, which controls the multiphase charger 2 such that the total power delivered by each phase output of the power supply 4 is maximised.
Figure lb shows a second embodiment of a system according to the present invention, wherein besides the first multi phase charger 2, a second multi phase charger 3 is present. Both chargers are controlled by the same controller 8, and their common power consumption is controlled such that each phase output of the power supply 4 delivers maximum power. Figure lc shows yet another embodiment 1", wherein compared with the second embodiment from figure lc, instead of the multi phase charger 3, a single phase charger 5, directly operating on one of the AC outputs of the power supply 4 is present. Both the single phase charger 5, as the multi-phase charger 5 are controlled by controller 8. The multi-phase charger 2 may be operated asymmetrically, in order to balance the load between the phases of the power supply 4.
Figure Id shows an embodiment " wherein instead of a multi phase charger, a number of single phase chargers 5, 7, 9 is provided. The chargers are controlled by a common controller 8, in order to maximise the power delivered by each phase of the power supply 4.
The load 13 in the preceding figures lb- Id is optional. Figure 2 describes a symmetric charger 16 which cannot charge with maximum power because line one of the three phase power supply 4 is loaded by a single phase charger 15. The load 15 can be decoupled by a switch 14 whereupon the symmetric charger 16 can charge with maximum power. Switch 14 is controlled by the controller 8. It is also possible to decrease the power consumption of the load 15 to zero when there is the possibility for data or powerline communication, for example via controller 8.
Figure 3 describes a situation wherein non-linear currents are drawn from the power supply 4 by the other loads 13. Active power factor correction is applied by converter 2 in order to make the total current drawn from the power supply purely sinusoidal. Active power factor means that the input current with a particular waveform is drawn by the charger such that the total current drawn from the power supply is purely sinusoidal.
Figure 4 describes a system wherein the charging loads are evenly distributed between different phases by the component 12. The component 12 may comprise a matrix of switches for distributing the loads between the phases of the power supply. Component 12 may be implemented by an array of IGBT's or relays. The charging loads may also be adjustable like load 11 when there is a data communication channel available. Figure 5 shows a simple example of a multi-phase power converter which can be part of a multi-phase charger. The controller 8 receives measurement signals from each sensor and generates based on this an control signal which can be an PWM signal, ethernet signal or the like. The control signal is applied to the dedicated controller 22 of the power converter which will control the AC/DC converters for each phase independently. A capacitor is a part of the converter for filtering out the ripple on the DC power.
Figure 6 shows an embodiment wherein the charging systems (37, 39) can interact with a computer network 31. The substations (32-36) in a local smart grid are all equiped with power sensors which can measure the current through its transformer in each phase. The transformers are part of the substations (32-36). There are other loads (38, 40, 41) connected to the transformers, which can be asymmetric and cause unbalance over the phase outputs of the transformer. If one of the phases of the transformer is overloaded this will be evident from the measurements of the power sensors. The sensor signals are delivered to the computer network 31, which will send commands based on the received sensor signals to the charging systems (37, 39) and in particularly to the controllers 8 of it. It is also possible that the sensor signal are delivered directly through the computer network 31 to the charging systems (37, 39). Based on the sensor signals from the power sensor 6 and the sensor or command signals received through the computer network 31, the charger 2 will adapt his power consumption per phase in order to correct unbalance introduced by other loads (38, 40, 41).
Figure 7 shows an embodiment of a practical charging site with two AC charge posts (57, 58) and a DC charge station 60. Battery 51 in vehicle 61 is charged by the onboard charger 54. Controller 8 provides the control signals to the dedicated controller 64 of the charge post 57, which communicates with the BMS of the battery 51 and the onboard charger 54. The battery management system (BMS) is part of the vehicle battery. The onboard charger 54 is controlled in this way indirectly by the controller 8. The AC grid connection is carried out through the charge post 57. The onboard charger 54 in the vehicle is used for converting the AC voltage to DC voltage.
Battery 52 in vehicle 62 is also charged by an onboard charger 55 in the vehicle, the only difference with the previous mentioned charge post is that the charge post has no communication means available for communication with the vehicle, and could therefore only switched on or off by the switch 59. The charge post 58 is an electric power outlet which can be switched on or off by control signals applied by the controller 8 on the switch 59.
Battery 53 in vehicle 63 is charged by a DC charge station 60. Controller 8 provides the control signals to the dedicated controller 65 of the DC charge station, which
communicates with the BMS of the battery 53 and the offboard charger 54 in the DC charge station.The DC charge station includes a off board charger 56 which is therefore indirectly controlled by the controller 8. Figure 8 shows an embodiment of the invention wherein for each branch of the power supply a sensor is provided. The sensors (75, 76, 77, 78) are placed before the chargers (71, 72, 73, 74), in this way the power flowing through each branch is measured. The sensor signals are provided to the controller 8. The controller 8 adjusts based on these sensor signals the power consumption of the chargers (75, 76, 77, 78). The controller 8 may comprise a detection method to check if a particular sensor line is connected to a correct phase which is controlled by the controller.
Figure 9a shows a practical implementation of the sensor, which comprises three current clamps 80 measuring the current flowing through each phase output of the power supply 4. The measurement signals are further processed in the controller 8 and based on the measurement signals determined if there is an asymmetry (unbalance).
Figure 9b shows another practical implementation of the sensor, which comprises one current clamp 81 measuring the total instantaneous current flowing through the area encompassed by the current clamp. The total instantaneous current which is delivered by the three phase outputs of the power supply is zero when there is no amplitude or phase imbalance or distortion. If in some way imbalance or distortion is introduced a total instantaneous current unequal to zero will be measured by the current clamp. The current measurements in 9a and 9b can be done in combination with a voltage measurement.
Figure 10 shows an embodiment of the invention wherein a plurality of single-phase AC chargers (95, 98,102, 105) is controlled by a master controller 91 implemented in the DC charger 92. A plurality of chargers is connected to the same three-phase grid connection 98. The DC charger 92 coupled to an electric vehicle 93 and AC chargers (95,
98, 102, 105) to the other electric vehicles (96, 99, 103, 106). To prevent the exceeding of the power rating of the grid connection the power delivery of the AC chargers are controlled by the master controller in the DC charger. The master controller measure and controls through an RS485 or Ethernet data line the current delivered by the nearby AC chargers (95, 98). The power demand of the EV's (96, 99) is throttled by a PWM signal going from the slave controller (94, 97) of the AC charger to the EV's (96, 99). AC chargers (103, 104) which are remotely located from the DC charger are communicated through a cloud 100. The same control mechanism also applies for the remote AC chargers.
Figure 11 shows an embodiment of the invention wherein a plurality of three phase AC chargers (110,113, 116) are connected to the same grid connection 108. The AC chargers are controlled by a master controller 107. The master controller 107 issues commands to the slave controllers (109, 112, 115) of the AC chargers to prevent overloading of the phases of the grid connection. The received commands are converted by slave controllers into a PWM signal which determines how much current the onboard power converter of the electric vehicles (111,114,117) can ask. Figure 12 shows a flow diagram of the control method implemented in the master controller of the previous embodiments.
[SI]
Determining a priority for each port where an electric vehicle is connected
[S2]
Assigning the maximum available current budget per phase to the port with the first priority
[S3]
Applying a charge session at the port with the first priority
[S4]
Monitoring the actual current per phase delivered to the vehicles from any of the ports (the priority port)
[S5] Adjusting the current budget per phase of any of the ports (the priority port) depending on the actual current phase delivered to the vehicles
[S6]
Assigning the remaining current budget per phase to a next priority port

Claims

System for charging a battery of at least one electric vehicle, comprising:
at least one sensor, arranged for:
o measuring at least one parameter representing a power supplied by the phase output of the power supply or an asymmetry between the phase outputs of the power supply; and
o providing at least one sensor signal representing the value of the at least one parameter; a controller:
o coupled to the at least one sensor at the power output of the power supply for receiving all sensor output signals, and
o coupled to the charging configuration for controlling the power of the power converter thereof;
o wherein the controller is configured for controlling the power exchanged for at least one phase of the power supply and the charging configuration according to a control model, the control model taking into account at least the calculated power and a setting. a charging configuration comprising:
o at least one multi-phase charger for a battery of at least one electric vehicle, the charger comprising:
■ at least one first multi -phase power exchange port, for
exchanging electric power with a multi-phase power supply;
■ at least one second power exchange port, for exchanging electric power with a battery of a vehicle to be charged;
■ a controllable power converter for converting power between the first multi-phase power exchange port and the second power exchange port;
and/or
o a number of single phase chargers, each charger comprising: ■ at least one first power exchange port, for exchanging electric power with a phase output of a multi-phase power supply;
■ at least one second power exchange port, for exchanging electric power with a battery of a vehicle to be charged;
" a controllable power converter for converting power between the first and the second power exchange port;
2. System according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured for setting the phase outputs of the multi-phase charger or each single phase charger to the maximum power capacity of a corresponding phase of the power supply.
3. System according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the controller is configured for controlling the charger, and in particularly the power converter of it by adjusting a duty cycle of a pulse-width modulation signal applied to the power converter.
4. System according to claim 3, wherein the controller is configured for sending control signals to the power converter(s), such as over the ethernet connection or by other communication means.
5. System according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the charging configuration may be a charging station, onboard charger in an electric vehicle or any combination thereof.
6. System according to any of the preceding claims, wherein one or more of the at least one sensor is integrated with an electricity grid substation or energy meter.
7. System according to any of the preceding claims, comprising a plurality of switches for distributing the loads between different phases:
• positioned between the sensors and the charging configuration
· coupled to the controller for receiving the on/off signals.
8. System according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the charging configuration apply active power factor correction for each phase.
9. System according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the controller is connected with a computer network, for receiving sensor signals from substations which are part of an electricity grid.
10. System according to any of the preceding claims, which comprises at least one data communication port for communication with an electric vehicle.
11. System according to claim 1, wherein:
the setting is a power rating such as a peak level and or a maximum continuous power level of the power supply;
and wherein:
the control model further comprises:
• comparing the power delivered by the power supply with a power rating of the power supply, and
• controlling the power exchange between the power supply and the at least one charger such that the power rating of the power supply is not exceeded.
12. System according to any of the preceding claims, wherein:
the at least one parameter is:
• an electric parameter such as a current, a voltage, a power, a frequency, phase, distortion, power factor or a duty cycle,
• or a non-electric parameter, such as a temperature, a pressure or a chemical parameter or a time.
13. System according to any of the preceding claims, wherein
the power supply is a transformer or any other utility connection, and the controller comprises an electric and/or thermal model of the transformer, electricity cables and fuses;
14. System according to any of the preceding claims, comprising: an electric energy buffer, such as a battery of a capacitor, coupled to the at least one charger, wherein:
the controller is configured to control the charger such that:
• the buffer is charged when the power required for delivering to the second power exchange port is lower than the power available at the first power exchange port, and wherein;
• the buffer is discharged when the power required for delivering to the second power exchange port is higher than the power available at the second power exchange port.
15. System according to any of the preceding claims, comprising:
a plurality of chargers, coupled with their first power exchange ports to the power supply,
wherein:
- the controller is configured for controlling power exchanged by multiple chargers.
16. System according to claim 14 or 15, wherein the at least one charger comprises the at least one controller.
17. System according to any of the preceding claims, wherein at least one of the plurality of ports is configured for bidirectional power exchange.
18. System according to claim 14 and 17, wherein the electric energy buffer is an external component, coupled to the at least one port configured for bidirectional power exchange.
19. System according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the charger is a multiphase charger, configured such that it is controllable for each phase independently by the controller, such that the total power drawn from the power supply can be maximized and symmetrised.
20. System according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one multiphase charger or the number of single phase chargers comprise an energy buffer such as a capacitor for filtering a the ripple on the current.
21. Multi-phase charger for use in a system according to any of the preceding claims, comprising:
a first multi phase power exchange port, for exchanging electric power with a power supply;
a second power exchange port, for exchanging electric power with a battery of a vehicle to be charged;
a controllable power converter for converting power between the first and the second power exchange port ;
a controller for controlling the power converter, configured for: • receiving at least one sensor output signal, and for
· controlling the power exchanged on each phase between the power supply and the charger according to a control model.
22. Charger according to claim 19, comprising an electric energy buffer, such as a battery of a capacitor, wherein the controller is configured to control the charger such that:
the buffer is charged when the power required for delivering to the second power exchange port is lower than the power available at the first power exchange port, and wherein:
the buffer is discharged when the power required for delivering to the second power exchange port is higher than the power available at the second power exchange port.
23. Method for operating at least one charger for charging a battery of an electric vehicle;
- measuring at least one parameter representing a power supplied by a multiphase power supply; and
comparing the power delivered by each phase of the multi-phase power supply with a power rating of the multi-phase power supply, and controlling the power exchange between the power supply and the at least one charger such that the power rating of the power supply is not exceeded.
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