Method for charging electric automobile
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of charging, in particular to a method for charging an electric automobile.
Background
The charging of the existing electric vehicle generally has at least a normal charging mode and a fast charging mode. In different charging modes, the device can perform different charging operations, but as the battery is used, the state of the battery changes, and the fixed preset charging mode may not be applicable any more, which often means the end of the service life of the battery, and the replacement of the battery becomes an imminent matter. However, not all electric vehicles allow for battery replacement or not all users would be willing to replace batteries. Meanwhile, the currently provided charging method for the electric vehicle has no user's participation, that is, the user can only select from several provided charging modes, but cannot further set the charging mode, so that the user cannot autonomously select the charging of the battery, that is, the user cannot autonomously select whether the battery life or the charging speed is required, but for many users, the autonomous selection is an enjoyment or a higher-level experience, for example, a high-level user, who can save the charging time and use the electric vehicle as soon as possible when the faster charging speed is required, and abandon the continuation of part of the battery life.
It is therefore a possible need to adjust the charging mode of the battery.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides a charging method capable of self-defining charging mode, which allows a user to manually adjust the charging mode when setting a device, wherein the adjustment is performed under the prompt of equipment or is completely set to be automatically performed.
The method comprises the following steps:
detecting the electric vehicle connected to a charging power supply;
estimating the state of a rechargeable battery of the electric vehicle;
providing at least one normal and fast charge mode for user selection of the electric vehicle based on the estimated state,
and charging the rechargeable battery according to the selected charging mode.
Still further or preferably, the estimating of the state of the rechargeable battery of the electric vehicle is followed by displaying the state to a user of the electric vehicle, where the state includes a current remaining capacity of the rechargeable battery and an estimated probable number of times of remaining recharging or a service life of the rechargeable battery.
Still further or preferably, the fast charge mode is selectable only when the remaining power is above a first predetermined threshold level and below a second predetermined threshold level, and the first predetermined threshold level is below the second predetermined threshold level.
Still further or preferably, the normal charging mode and the fast charging mode each include a plurality of constant current charging phases in which charging current is kept constant and a plurality of constant voltage charging phases in which charging voltage is kept constant, and the charging current used in the constant current charging phase in the fast charging mode is larger than the charging current used in the constant current charging phase in the normal charging mode, and the duration of the constant current charging phase in the fast charging mode is limited below a preset first time threshold, and the interval time between the plurality of constant current charging phases is limited above a preset second time threshold.
Still further or preferably, prior to the user selection of the at least one normal and fast charging modes for the electric vehicle, further comprising performing charging settings for the electric vehicle, the charging settings comprising: setting a first preset threshold level, a second preset threshold level, a first time threshold, a second time threshold, the number of constant current charging stages in a normal charging mode, the number of constant voltage charging stages in a normal charging mode, the number of constant current charging stages in a rapid charging mode and the number of constant voltage charging stages in a rapid charging mode, and the electric vehicle provides setting suggestions of the first preset threshold level, the second preset threshold level, the first time threshold, the second time threshold, the number of constant current charging stages in the normal charging mode, the number of constant voltage charging stages in the normal charging mode, the number of constant current charging stages in the rapid charging mode and the number of constant voltage charging stages in the rapid charging mode according to the state of the charging battery, wherein the suggestions comprise the first preset threshold level, the second preset threshold level, the first time threshold level, the second time threshold level, the number of constant current charging, The method comprises the steps that a first time threshold value, a second time threshold value, the number of times of a constant-current charging stage in a normal charging mode, the number of times of a constant-voltage charging stage in a normal charging mode, the number of times of a constant-current charging stage in a quick charging mode and the number of times of the constant-voltage charging stage in the quick charging mode can be set to be upper and lower limit values, and the electric automobile gives time required by full charging under the current setting condition and influence on the service life of a battery possibly caused by the time according to the setting value of a user.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENT (S) OF INVENTION
Example 1.
The method for charging the electric automobile comprises the following steps:
detecting the electric vehicle connected to a charging power supply;
estimating the state of a rechargeable battery of the electric vehicle;
providing at least one normal and fast charge mode for user selection of the electric vehicle based on the estimated state,
and charging the rechargeable battery according to the selected charging mode.
Still further or preferably, the estimating of the state of the rechargeable battery of the electric vehicle is followed by displaying the state to a user of the electric vehicle, where the state includes a current remaining capacity of the rechargeable battery and an estimated probable number of times of remaining recharging or a service life of the rechargeable battery.
Still further or preferably, the fast charge mode is selectable only when the remaining power is above a first predetermined threshold level and below a second predetermined threshold level, and the first predetermined threshold level is below the second predetermined threshold level.
Still further or preferably, the normal charging mode and the fast charging mode each include a plurality of constant current charging phases in which charging current is kept constant and a plurality of constant voltage charging phases in which charging voltage is kept constant, and the charging current used in the constant current charging phase in the fast charging mode is larger than the charging current used in the constant current charging phase in the normal charging mode, and the duration of the constant current charging phase in the fast charging mode is limited below a preset first time threshold, and the interval time between the plurality of constant current charging phases is limited above a preset second time threshold.
Still further or preferably, prior to the user selection of the at least one normal and fast charging modes for the electric vehicle, further comprising performing charging settings for the electric vehicle, the charging settings comprising: setting a first preset threshold level, a second preset threshold level, a first time threshold, a second time threshold, the number of constant current charging stages in a normal charging mode, the number of constant voltage charging stages in a normal charging mode, the number of constant current charging stages in a rapid charging mode and the number of constant voltage charging stages in a rapid charging mode, and the electric vehicle provides setting suggestions of the first preset threshold level, the second preset threshold level, the first time threshold, the second time threshold, the number of constant current charging stages in the normal charging mode, the number of constant voltage charging stages in the normal charging mode, the number of constant current charging stages in the rapid charging mode and the number of constant voltage charging stages in the rapid charging mode according to the state of the charging battery, wherein the suggestions comprise the first preset threshold level, the second preset threshold level, the first time threshold level, the second time threshold level, the number of constant current charging, The method comprises the steps that a first time threshold value, a second time threshold value, the number of times of a constant-current charging stage in a normal charging mode, the number of times of a constant-voltage charging stage in a normal charging mode, the number of times of a constant-current charging stage in a quick charging mode and the number of times of the constant-voltage charging stage in the quick charging mode can be set to be upper and lower limit values, and the electric automobile gives time required by full charging under the current setting condition and influence on the service life of a battery possibly caused by the time according to the setting value of a user.
Example 2.
The method for charging the electric automobile comprises the following steps:
detecting the electric vehicle connected to a charging power supply;
estimating the state of a rechargeable battery of the electric vehicle;
providing at least one of normal and fast charging modes for user selection of the electric vehicle according to the estimated state, wherein the providing is generally provided to the user through a center control screen of the electric vehicle or a mobile terminal connected with a control module of the electric vehicle in a wired or wireless manner, or provided to the user through a screen provided on a start key of the electric vehicle,
and charging the rechargeable battery according to the selected charging mode. The detection and estimation are all common in the prior art and are not described in detail herein. The invention is in fact based on the idea of providing as many choices as possible to allow the user to have a higher order setting experience.
Still further or preferably, the estimating of the state of the rechargeable battery of the electric vehicle is followed by displaying the state to a user of the electric vehicle, where the state includes a current remaining capacity of the rechargeable battery and an estimated probable number of times of remaining recharging or a service life of the rechargeable battery.
Still further or preferably, the fast charge mode is selectable only when the remaining power is above a first predetermined threshold level and below a second predetermined threshold level, and the first predetermined threshold level is below the second predetermined threshold level.
Still further or preferably, the normal charging mode and the fast charging mode each include a plurality of constant current charging phases in which charging current is kept constant and a plurality of constant voltage charging phases in which charging voltage is kept constant, and the charging current used in the constant current charging phase in the fast charging mode is larger than the charging current used in the constant current charging phase in the normal charging mode, and the duration of the constant current charging phase in the fast charging mode is limited below a preset first time threshold, and the interval time between the plurality of constant current charging phases is limited above a preset second time threshold.
Still further or preferably, prior to the user selection of the at least one normal and fast charging modes for the electric vehicle, further comprising performing charging settings for the electric vehicle, the charging settings comprising: setting a first preset threshold level, a second preset threshold level, a first time threshold, a second time threshold, the number of constant current charging stages in a normal charging mode and the maximum charging current in the constant current stage, the number of constant voltage charging stages in the normal charging mode and the maximum charging voltage in the constant voltage charging stage, the number of constant current charging stages in a rapid charging mode and the maximum charging current in the constant current charging stage, the number of constant voltage charging stages in the rapid charging mode and the maximum charging voltage in the constant voltage charging stage, and providing the first preset threshold level, the second preset threshold level, the first time threshold, the second time threshold, the number of constant current charging stages in the normal charging mode and the maximum charging current in the constant current stage, the number of constant voltage charging stages in the normal charging mode and the maximum charging voltage in the constant voltage charging stage by the electric vehicle according to the state of the charging battery, The suggestions include a first preset threshold level, a second preset threshold level, a first time threshold, a second time threshold, the number of the constant-current charging stages in the normal charging mode, the maximum charging current in the constant-current stage, the number of the constant-voltage charging stages in the normal charging mode, the maximum charging voltage in the constant-voltage charging stage, the number of the constant-current charging stages in the rapid charging mode, the maximum charging current in the constant-current charging stage, the number of the constant-voltage charging stages in the rapid charging mode, and upper and lower limits which can be set for the maximum charging voltage in the constant-voltage charging stage, and the electric vehicle gives the time required for full charge at the current setting value and the possible time according to the setting value of a user The impact on battery life.
It should be noted here that although some items of settings are given above, it is also possible to provide the user with the option of making the selection as autonomous as possible according to the items of settings affecting the battery charging life and the charging speed, and such provision has an interactive process of guiding the user to make the settings by comprehensively analyzing different results obtained by giving different settings through a graphical interface.
Example 3.
A method of charging a rechargeable battery of an electric vehicle, comprising the steps of:
detecting the electric vehicle connected to a charging power supply and estimating the state of charge of the rechargeable battery, wherein the detection of the connection and the estimation of the state of charge are conventional technical means in the field of charging, and supplementary description is omitted, and the method can be operated by arbitrarily selecting an applicable means; at least one of normal and fast charging modes is selected based on the estimated state of charge, and the rechargeable battery is charged according to said charging mode. The state of charge here refers primarily to the current charge level and/or the state of integration of the charging current.
Further, the selection of the charging mode depends on a plurality of predefined criteria stored in the electric vehicle or in a remote control of the electric vehicle, and related to the charging state of the rechargeable battery.
Further, the criteria is allowed to be selected by a user for storage in the electric vehicle when setting up the electric vehicle.
Further, the fast charge mode may be selected only when the estimated state of charge of the rechargeable battery is above a first predetermined threshold level and below a second predetermined threshold level, and the first predetermined threshold level is below the second predetermined threshold level.
Furthermore, the normal charging mode and the fast charging mode both include a plurality of constant current charging phases in which charging current is kept constant and a plurality of constant voltage charging phases in which charging voltage is kept constant, and the charging current used in the constant current charging phase in the fast charging mode is larger than the charging current used in the constant current charging phase in the normal charging mode, and the duration of the constant current charging phase in the fast charging mode is limited below a preset first time threshold, and the interval time between the plurality of constant current charging phases is limited above a preset second time threshold.
Further, when the electric vehicle is set, the electric vehicle further comprises a function of providing information of the state of the rechargeable battery for a user, and presenting one or more possible selections to the user according to the information for the user to select and set, wherein the selections comprise a first preset threshold level, a second preset threshold level, a first time threshold, a second time threshold, the number of constant current charging stages in a normal charging mode, the number of constant voltage charging stages in the normal charging mode, the number of constant current charging stages in a rapid charging mode, and the number of constant voltage charging stages in the rapid charging mode. Or the electric automobile automatically sets a first preset threshold level, a second preset threshold level, a first time threshold, a second time threshold, the number of times of a constant current charging stage in a normal charging mode, the number of times of a constant voltage charging stage in the normal charging mode, the number of times of the constant current charging stage in a rapid charging mode and the number of times of the constant voltage charging stage in the rapid charging mode according to the information of the state of the rechargeable battery.
In summary, the present embodiment provides a charging method that is self-defined or self-adjustable, so that the battery can be adjusted according to its own state in different usage stages or under different aging degrees, and thus the battery of the electric vehicle does not need to be continuously replaced. The use cost is saved.