Disclosure of Invention
Embodiments of the present invention provide an annular charging system, a charging control method, a computer device, and a storage medium, so as to meet the increasing charging power demand in the future.
The invention provides a ring-shaped charging system, which comprises: an annular charging module, and the annular charging module includes: the charging device comprises a plurality of power output units, a plurality of groups of output contactors, a plurality of groups of series contactors, a control unit and a charging gun, wherein each power output unit is at least connected with one group of series contactors, the plurality of groups of series contactors are mutually connected to form an annular structure, and the power output units are sequentially connected with an external power supply through one group of output contactors and the charging gun; the control unit is respectively in communication connection with the control end of each series contactor, the control end of each output contactor and each charging gun;
the control unit is used for controlling the on/off of the series contactor and the output contactor.
Optionally, the annular charging system includes at least 2 annular charging modules, the power output units of the annular charging modules are connected by at least 2 parallel contactors, and the control units of each annular charging module are connected in communication;
the control unit is also used for controlling the closing and opening of the parallel contact.
Optionally, the annular charging system further comprises a plurality of drive units; the control ends of the series contactor, the parallel contactor and the output contactor are connected with a driving unit, and each driving unit is also connected with the control unit;
the control unit is specifically used for outputting a driving signal to the driving unit and controlling the serial contactor to be closed or opened through the driving unit.
Optionally, the annular charging system further comprises a plurality of processing units, each processing unit is in communication connection with one or more charging guns, and each processing unit is further in communication connection with the control unit;
the processing unit is configured to:
and acquiring the power requirement of each annular charging module, and sending the power requirement to the control unit so that the control unit controls the serial contactor and/or the parallel contact to be closed or opened according to the power requirement.
The invention also provides a charging control method for controlling the operation of the annular charging system, wherein a charging gun of any one annular charging module is connected with an external power supply, and a control unit of the main annular charging module is used for:
acquiring the working states of power output units on the other annular charging modules except the main annular charging module, wherein the main annular charging module is as follows: the charging gun is connected with an annular charging module corresponding to an external power supply;
determining a target power output unit according to the working states of the rest of the annular charging modules, wherein the target power output unit is a power output unit which can be used for power output in the rest of the annular charging modules;
and sending power sharing requests to the control units of the rest of the annular charging modules, and controlling the main annular charging module to carry out power output when the control units of the rest of the annular charging modules respond to the power sharing requests, control the parallel contact to be closed and control the appointed target power output unit to carry out power output.
Optionally, the control unit of the main annular charging module is configured to:
judging whether the power surplus of a power output unit of the main annular charging module meets the power requirement of the external power supply;
when the power surplus of the main annular charging module fails to meet the power requirement of the external power supply, outputting a power sharing request to the rest annular charging modules;
when the control units of the other annular charging modules control the parallel contactors to be closed and respond to a power sharing request, outputting power output unit demand to the other annular charging modules so that the other annular charging modules control the specified number of target series contactors on the other annular charging modules to be closed according to the power output unit demand, and accordingly enabling the corresponding target power output units to carry out power output, wherein the target series contactors are series contactors among 2 target power output units;
and controlling a power output unit on the main annular charging module to output power.
Optionally, the control units of the remaining annular charging modules are configured to:
receiving the power sharing request, and judging whether the target power output unit has residual power according to the sharing request;
when the rest of the annular charging systems have residual power, sending power residual amount information to the main annular charging module, and controlling a parallel contactor between the main annular charging module and the rest of the annular charging modules to be closed;
responding to a power sharing request of the main annular charging module, and receiving the demand of a power output unit of the main annular charging module;
and controlling the specified number of target series contactors to be closed according to the demand quantity of the power output units, so that the specified target power output units output power.
The invention also provides a computer device, which comprises a memory and a processor, wherein the memory stores a program of the charging control method, and the processor is used for realizing the steps of the charging control method when executing the program of the charging control method.
The present invention also proposes a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program which, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the above-described charging control method.
Above-mentioned annular charging system will connect a plurality of power output unit through series contactor and establish ties and form the loop configuration, can close through controlling a plurality of series contactors, superpose a plurality of power output unit's output power, further carry out "dilatation" to annular charging system to satisfy the great power demand of outside receipts power. By controlling the opening of the series contactor, the lower charging power requirement can also be met.
Detailed Description
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, not all, embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making an invasive task, are within the scope of the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "first", "second", "third", and the like are used only for distinguishing the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply relative importance.
In the description of the present invention, it should also be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "disposed" and "connected" are to be interpreted broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, or may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in a specific case by those of ordinary skill in the art.
Fig. 1 is a circuit topology diagram of a ring charging system proposed by the present invention. Referring to fig. 1, the annular charging device includes an annular charging module, and the annular charging module is composed of a plurality of power output units, a plurality of sets of output contactors, a plurality of sets of series contactors, a control unit (not shown in the figure), and a charging gun, wherein each power output unit is connected to at least one set of series contactors, and the plurality of sets of series contactors are connected to each other to form an annular structure; the power output unit is sequentially connected with an external power supply through a group of output contactors and a charging gun, wherein the external power supply is equipment for receiving power output of the annular charging system, such as an electric automobile and the like; the control unit is respectively in communication connection with the control end of each series contactor, the control end of each output contactor and each charging gun.
Taking fig. 1 as an example, the number of the series contactors may be 6, and the 6 sets of series direct current contactors may be respectively denoted by K1, K2, K3, K4, K5, and K6; the number of the power output units is also 6 groups, and the 6 groups of power output units can be respectively represented by P1, P2, P3, P4, P5 and P6; the number of output contactors is also 6, and 6 groups of output contactors can be respectively represented by K10, K11, K12, K13, K14 and K15; the number of charging guns is also 6, which may be denoted by M1, M2, M3, M4, M5 and M6, respectively.
K1, K2, K3, K4, K5 and K6 are sequentially connected in series to form a ring structure; p1 is respectively connected with K1 and K6, P2 is respectively connected with K2 and K1, P3 is respectively connected with K3 and K2, P4 is respectively connected with K4 and K3, and P5 is respectively connected with K4 and K5; p6 is respectively connected with K5 and K6, P1, P2, P3, P4, P5 and P6 are used as power output units and respectively connected with output contactors K10, K11, K12, K13, K14 and K15.
The power output unit mainly discharges an external power supply through the charging gun, namely, outputs power. Each power output unit can be connected with a charging gun through an output contactor, and one charging gun can be connected with an external power supply. The output contactor is a switch between an external power supply and the annular charging module, and the power output unit can be controlled to discharge the external power supply by controlling the output contactor to be closed. The series contactor can be used for expanding the capacity of the annular charging system, namely improving the charging power of the annular charging system. Specifically, the two power output power sources are connected in series by controlling the series contactor between the two power output units to be closed, so that the output power of the annular charging system to an external power supply is improved. The control unit is mainly used for controlling the on and off of the series contactor and the output contactor and controlling the work of the power output unit.
With the increasing demand of charging power, the single-ring annular charging system may not meet the demand of charging power, and therefore, the embodiment of the invention connects the single-ring annular charging system in parallel to form the multi-ring annular charging system so as to meet the increasing demand of charging. Specifically, the annular charging system comprises at least 2 annular charging modules, power output units of the annular charging modules are connected through at least 2 parallel contactors, and control units of the annular charging modules are connected in a communication mode. The connection relationship between the annular charging modules can be symmetrical connection, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, or asymmetrical connection, as shown in fig. 4; that is, two groups of power output units in any 2 annular charging modules may be connected by one group of parallel contacts, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, or each power output unit between different annular charging modules may be connected by one group of parallel contacts. In addition, the control units on the annular charging modules are in communication connection with each other, and the parallel contactors are controlled to be closed and opened in a coordinated mode among the control units.
Taking fig. 2 as an example, Pn and Pn' are two corresponding sets of power output units, where n represents the nth set of power output units. Taking 6 groups of power output units as an example, the number of the parallel contactors is also 6 groups, and the 6 groups of parallel contactors can be respectively represented by K20, K21, K22, K23, K24 and K25; parallel contactor K20 connects P1 and P1 ', and contact K21 connects P2 and P2', contact K22 connects P3 and P3 ', contact K23 connects P4 and P4', contact K24 connects P5 and P5 ', and parallel contactor K25 connects P6 and P6'.
The number of parallel contactors may be odd or even, and taking fig. 3 as an example, the number of parallel contactors is 3 groups, and the parallel contactor K21 connects P1 and P1 ', the parallel contactor K22 connects P3 and P3 ', and the parallel contactor K23 connects P5 and P5 '.
In one possible embodiment, the connection positions of the parallel contacts between the plurality of annular charging devices are not completely symmetrical. As shown in fig. 4, parallel contact K21 connects P1 and P2 ', parallel contact K22 connects P3 and P4 ', and contact K23 connects P5 and P6 '.
In addition, the annular charging system can further comprise a plurality of driving units, the control ends of the series contactor, the parallel contactor and the output contactor are connected with one driving unit, and each driving unit is further connected with the control unit; the control unit is specifically used for outputting a driving signal to the driving unit and controlling the serial contactor to be closed or opened through the driving unit.
The annular charging system can further comprise a plurality of processing units, each processing unit is in communication connection with one or more charging guns, each processing unit is also in communication connection with the control unit, and the communication mode between the control unit and the processing units can be wireless communication or wired communication based on a preset communication protocol. The processing unit may be configured to perform charging control, for example, to obtain power requirements of each annular charging module, and send the power requirements to the control unit, so that the control unit controls the series contactors and/or the parallel contacts to be closed or opened according to the power requirements, that is, the control unit controls the series contactors and/or the parallel contacts to be closed or opened to perform power unit distribution.
Or, the controller is configured to obtain the working state of the annular charging module sent by the control unit, and control the annular charging module according to the working state, that is, monitor the working state of each annular charging module, and control each annular charging module to operate and stop.
This embodiment will connect a plurality of power output unit series connection through series contactor and form the loop configuration, can close through controlling a plurality of series contactors, superpose the output of a plurality of power output unit, further carry out "dilatation" to annular charging system. By controlling the disconnection of the series contactor, the lower charging power requirement can also be met.
In addition, the parallel contactor is adopted to connect the power output units on the plurality of annular charging modules in parallel, and the control unit controls the parallel output of the power output units by coordinately controlling the on and off of the parallel contactor, so that the power output of an external power supply is increased to adapt to the increasing charging power requirement. The embodiment can achieve the effect of increasing the output power without additionally arranging a charging system.
Based on the annular charging system provided in the above embodiment, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a charging control method, which can be applied to the annular charging system shown in fig. 2, fig. 3, or fig. 4. The method is used for controlling power sharing among different annular charging modules when a charging gun of any one annular charging module of the annular charging system is connected with an external power supply, and further charging control is performed.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 5, when the external power receiving source is connected to the charging gun of any one of the annular charging modules, the annular charging module is a main annular charging module, and the control unit of the main annular charging module is configured to implement the following method steps:
s101: and acquiring the working states of the power output units on the other annular charging modules except the main annular charging module.
In order to realize power sharing among different annular charging modules, the working states of the power output units of the different annular charging modules need to be known. When the power output unit is outputting power, namely when the power output unit is occupied by the charging gun, the power output unit is in a working state, and when the power output unit is not outputting power, namely when the power output unit is not occupied by the charging gun, the power output unit is in a standby state.
S102: and determining a target power output unit according to the working states of the rest annular charging modules.
The target power output unit is a power output unit which can be used for power output in the rest annular charging modules. The target power output unit is a power output unit in a standby state; the target output unit can be one or a plurality of target output units, and needs to be determined according to actual conditions, such as the power requirement of an external power supply and/or the requirement of the main annular charging module. The main purpose of this step is to find a power output unit that can be used for power sharing.
S103: and sending power sharing requests to the control units of the other annular charging modules, and controlling the main annular charging module to carry out power output when the control units of the other annular charging modules respond to the power sharing requests, control the parallel contact to be closed and control the specified target power output unit to carry out power output.
After the power output unit capable of providing power is found in S102, the main annular charging module is required to provide a power sharing request to the annular charging module capable of providing power, and when a response power sharing request of the annular charging module capable of providing power is obtained, the corresponding parallel contact is controlled to be closed, and the main annular charging module receives the power output of the target power output unit, so as to implement power sharing between different sub annular charging modules. It should be noted that the closing and opening of the parallel contactor are controlled by coordination between the control units of the different ring charging modules, but in the embodiment of the present invention, it is preferable to control the control unit of the ring charging module receiving the power sharing request. In addition, after the target power output unit outputs power, the power output unit on the main annular charging module also outputs power, so that power output superposition is realized, and the power requirement of an external power supply is met.
In the embodiment, the working states of the power output units on the other annular charging modules are determined, and the target power output unit which can be used for power sharing is determined from the working states, so that the corresponding parallel contact is controlled to be closed, the target power output unit outputs power, and the power output units on the main annular charging module output power simultaneously, so that the output power superposition of the annular charging system is realized, and the requirement of an external power receiver on the charging power is met without improving the interior of the power output unit.
Specifically, referring to the interaction process of fig. 5, before the other ring charging modules respectively share the request, the control unit of the main ring charging module is further configured to:
s201: and judging whether the power surplus of the power output unit of the main annular charging module meets the power requirement of an external power supply.
The power demand refers to a charging power demand. In this step, the remaining power of the power output unit of the main ring charging module is determined to determine whether power sharing is required. Only when the power requirement of an external power supply cannot be met, the annular charging system can send out a power sharing request, and if not, the power output unit of the main annular charging module is directly adopted for power output.
S202: when the power surplus of the power output unit of the main annular charging module cannot meet the power requirement of an external power supply, outputting a power sharing request to the rest annular charging modules;
after the control units of the remaining ring-shaped charging modules control and connect the contacts to close and respond to the power sharing request, the control unit of the main ring-shaped charging module is further configured to:
s203: and outputting the demand of the power output units to the rest of the annular charging modules, so that the rest of the annular charging modules control the closing of a specified number of target series contactors on the rest of the annular charging modules according to the demand of the power output units, so that the specified target power output units output power, and the target series contactors are series contactors among 2 target power output units.
In this step, the specified number is the number corresponding to the power output unit demand minus 1. For example, if the demand of the power output unit is 2, only 1 series contactor needs to be controlled to be closed to enable 2 power output units to output power. The specified target power output unit may be a specified number of target power output units or may be one of the specified target power output units.
The required amount of the power output unit is calculated according to the power requirement of the external power receiving source, and specifically, the required amount of the power sharing is obtained by subtracting the power requirement of the external power receiving source from the power surplus amount of the power output unit of the main annular charging module, and then the required amount of the power sharing is calculated according to the power surplus amount of the power output units output by the rest annular charging modules. For example, if the power surplus of the power output unit of the main annular charging module is 100KW, and the power demand of the external power supply is 300KW, the power sharing demand is 200KW, and the power surplus of the power output units of the remaining annular charging modules is 100KW, the power output unit demand is 2, that is, the power output units of the two remaining annular charging modules are required to share, so that the power demand of the external power supply can be met.
S205: and controlling a power output unit on the main annular charging module to output power.
In this embodiment, the control units of the remaining annular charging modules are configured to:
s301: and receiving a power sharing request, and judging whether the target power output unit has residual power or not according to the sharing request. Specifically, after receiving the power sharing request, it is determined whether the target power output unit has a remaining power.
S302: and when the target power output unit has residual power, sending power residual amount information to the main annular charging module, and controlling the parallel contactor to be closed.
It should be noted that the parallel contact referred to herein refers to a parallel contact between the main ring charging module and another ring power output unit.
S303: responding to a power sharing request of the main annular charging module, and receiving the demand of a power output unit of the main annular charging module;
s304: and controlling the specified number of target series contactors to be closed according to the demand quantity of the power output units, so that the specified target power output units output power.
In the embodiment, the power is shared through information interaction between the control unit of the main annular charging module and the control units of the other annular charging modules, so that the output power superposition between the main annular charging module and the other annular charging modules is realized, and the external power can meet the large power requirement of the power supply.
In one embodiment, an apparatus is provided, which includes a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, and when the computer program is executed by the processor, the steps of the charging control method are implemented.
In one embodiment, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, on which a computer program is stored, which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the above-mentioned charging control method.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the processes of the methods of the above embodiments may be implemented by a computer program, which is stored in a non-volatile computer readable storage medium and can include the processes of the embodiments of the methods when executed. Any reference to memory, storage, databases, or other media used in embodiments provided herein may include non-volatile and/or volatile memory. Non-volatile memory can include read-only memory (ROM), Programmable ROM (PROM), Electrically Programmable ROM (EPROM), Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM (EEPROM), or flash memory. The volatile memory may include Random Access Memory (RAM) or external cache memory. By way of illustration and not limitation, RAM is available in a variety of forms such as Static RAM (SRAM), Dynamic RAM (DRAM), Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), Double Data Rate SDRAM (DDRSDRAM), Enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), Synchronous Link DRAM (SLDRAM), Rambus Direct RAM (RDRAM), direct bus dynamic RAM (DRDRAM), and memory bus dynamic RAM (RDRAM).
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and simplicity of description, the foregoing functional units and modules are merely illustrated in terms of division, and in practical applications, the foregoing functional allocation may be performed by different functional units and modules as needed, that is, the internal structure of the apparatus is divided into different functional units or modules to perform all or part of the above described functions.
The above examples are only intended to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, but not to limit it; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; such modifications and substitutions do not substantially depart from the spirit and scope of the embodiments of the present invention, and are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.