CN115579994A

CN115579994A - Charging cabinet and charging method

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Publication number: CN115579994A
Application number: CN202211359820.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吴宏亮; 区致达; 温春虎
Original assignee: Shenzhen Zhixun Information Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Zhixun Information Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-11-02
Filing date: 2022-11-02
Publication date: 2023-01-06

Abstract

The application provides a charging cabinet and a charging method, and the charging cabinet comprises: the charging device comprises a first number of charging modules and a second number of charging bins for accommodating rechargeable batteries; every module that charges all includes: the energy storage device is used for charging the rechargeable batteries in the connected charging bins; and the charging switching module is connected between the energy storage device and the charging bin and used for switching the connection relation between the energy storage device and the charging bin, wherein the same energy storage device can be connected with at most one charging bin at the same time. This application can switch energy memory and connect different storehouse of charging through the switching circuit that charges and charge the switching module, charges for the storehouse of charging of difference, has realized energy memory and the storehouse of charging relation one to many for energy memory is more nimble, various with the configuration in storehouse of charging, effectively guarantees the cabinet of charging function's that charges normal operating.

Description

Charging cabinet and charging method

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of charging cabinets, in particular to a charging cabinet and a charging method.

Background

At present, electric bicycle wide application in people's life, the cabinet that charges or trade the battery cabinet as corollary equipment also is in market outbreak initial stage, and the drawback that the cabinet that charges exists also shows tentatively, mainly has following two points: the charging cabinet configuration method is that the cabin bodies (box bodies) and the chargers are configured in a one-to-one correspondence mode, namely, one charger is specially used for charging batteries in a specific cabin body, the configuration of the matching mode is not flexible enough, and if the charger is damaged, the charging service cannot be provided for the batteries of the corresponding cabin body; in another aspect, the batteries of electric bicycles in the market have various capacities and charging parameters, so that the existing charging cabinet charger and the batteries are charged in an accurate matching manner, that is, the power supply power of the charger is fixed and unchanged, so that the charging speed is unchanged, and different charging requirements cannot be met.

Disclosure of Invention

The charging cabin comprises a charging cabin body, a charger, a charging cabin body, a charging control circuit and a power supply circuit. The application provides a charging cabinet and a charging method, and mainly aims to realize that a charger can charge batteries of a plurality of different charging cabins and meet different charging requirements.

In order to achieve the above object, the present application provides a charging cabinet, including: the charging device comprises a first number of charging modules and a second number of charging bins for accommodating rechargeable batteries;

every module that charges all includes:

the energy storage device is used for charging the rechargeable batteries in the connected charging bins;

and the charging switching module is connected between the energy storage device and the charging bin and used for switching the connection relation between the energy storage device and the charging bin, wherein the same energy storage device can be connected with at most one charging bin at the same time.

In order to achieve the above object, the present application provides a charging method for a charging cabinet, where the charging cabinet includes a control module, a first number of charging modules, and a second number of charging bins for accommodating rechargeable batteries;

every module that charges all includes:

The method comprises the following steps:

acquiring a charging use state and configuration information of the energy storage device, wherein the charging use state is one of in-use, idle and abnormal;

controlling a charging switching module to switch the connection relation between the energy storage device and the target charging bin according to the charging use state and the configuration information so as to allocate an idle energy storage device for the target charging bin;

and controlling an energy storage device connected with the target charging bin to charge the battery to be charged.

According to the charging cabinet and the charging method, the energy storage device can be switched to connect different charging bins through the charging switching module, charging is carried out on different charging bins, the one-to-one single relation between the energy storage device and the charging bins in the prior art is broken, the one-to-many relation between the energy storage device and the charging bins is realized, the problem that the energy storage device is damaged in the one-to-one configuration relation and cannot charge batteries in the charging bins is solved, the configuration of the energy storage device and the charging bins is more flexible and various, after a certain energy storage device is damaged, other energy storage devices can be flexibly called to charge the batteries, a plurality of backup switchable energy storage devices are configured for each charging bin, normal operation of charging function of the charging cabinet is effectively guaranteed, and the energy storage device can be saved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a charging cabinet according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram of a charging cabinet according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is an electrical schematic of a charging cabinet according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a charging method of a charging cabinet according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Wherein the reference numbers are as follows:

the charging system comprises a charging module 100, an energy storage device 110, a charging switching module 120 and a charging bin 200. Part of the

common contacts

11, 21, 31, part of the normally closed

contacts

12, 22, 32, and part of the normally

open contacts

13, 23, 33.

The implementation, functional features and advantages of the object of the present application will be further explained with reference to the embodiments, and with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of and not restrictive on the broad application.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a charging cabinet according to an embodiment of the present application. Referring to fig. 1, the charging cabinet includes: a first number of charging modules 100 and a second number of charging bays 200 for receiving rechargeable batteries;

each charging module 100 includes:

an energy storage device 110 for charging the charging battery in the connected charging bin 200;

and a charging switching module 120 connected between the energy storage device 110 and the charging bin 200, for switching the connection relationship between the energy storage device 110 and the charging bin 200, wherein the same energy storage device 110 can be connected with at most one charging bin 200 at the same time.

Specifically, the charging cabinet is a power change cabinet or a power rental cabinet and is used for charging rechargeable batteries of electric bicycles and other equipment. The first number of the charging modules 100 and the second number of the charging bins 200 may be equal or different.

The energy storage device 110 is a chargeable and dischargeable energy storage and supply device. The energy storage device 110 is used for storing electric energy during charging and charging the battery to be charged during discharging. The energy storage device 110 may be specifically a charger.

The charging bin 200 is a cabin or a box of the charging cabinet, and is used for accommodating the rechargeable battery and receiving the electric energy provided by the energy storage device 110 connected with the rechargeable battery to charge the rechargeable battery.

Each charging module 100 includes an energy storage device 110 and a charging switching module 120 corresponding to each other. The energy storage device 110 can be connected to different charging bays 200 through the charging switching module 120. The charging switching module 120 is used for controlling the connection relationship between the energy storage device 110 and the charging bin 200 in the same charging module 100. Through the switching function of the charging switching module 120, one energy storage device 110 can be connected with different charging bins 200, but one energy storage device 110 can be connected with only one charging bin 200 at the same time and charges the rechargeable batteries accommodated in the connected charging bins 200.

The charging bays 200 to which different energy storage devices 110 may be connected may be partially identical, for example, a first energy storage device 110 may be connected to the 1 st and 2 nd charging bays 200, a second energy storage device 110 may be connected to the 2 nd and 3 rd charging bays 200, a third energy storage device 110 may be connected to the 1 st and 3 rd charging bays 200, and so on, without being limited thereto. Charging bays 200 to which different energy storage devices 110 can be connected may also be identical, i.e., each energy storage device 110 may be connected to any one of charging bays 200. For example, first energy storage device 110, second energy storage device 110, and third energy storage device 110 may each be coupled to the 1 st, 2 nd, and 3 rd charging bays 200.

In this embodiment, the energy storage device 110 can be switched to connect different charging bins 200 through the charging switching module 120, so as to charge different charging bins 200, thereby breaking the one-to-one single relationship between the energy storage device 110 and the charging bins 200 in the prior art, realizing the one-to-many relationship between the energy storage device 110 and the charging bins 200, and solving the problem that the energy storage device 110 is damaged in the one-to-one configuration relationship and cannot charge the battery in the charging bin 200, so that the configuration between the energy storage device 110 and the charging bin 200 is more flexible and various, after a certain energy storage device 110 is damaged, other energy storage devices 110 can be flexibly called to charge the battery, a plurality of backup switchable energy storage devices 110 are configured for each charging bin 200, thereby effectively ensuring the normal operation of the charging function of the charging cabinet, and saving the energy storage device 110.

In one embodiment, the same charging bin 200 may be connected to at least one energy storage device 110 at a time.

Specifically, under the condition that the circuit has no abnormality, the same energy storage device 110 can only be connected with one charging bin 200 at the same time, but at least one energy storage device 110 can be connected with the same charging bin 200 at the same time to charge the rechargeable batteries in the same charging bin 200. At this time, the charging current of the rechargeable battery is the sum of the charging currents of the energy storage devices 110 connected in parallel. For example, at the same time, the first energy storage device 110, the second energy storage device 110, and the third energy storage device 110 are all connected to the 1 st charging bin 200 to charge the rechargeable battery in the 1 st charging bin 200, and at this time, the charging current of the rechargeable battery in the 1 st charging bin 200 is the sum of the charging currents provided by the first energy storage device 110, the second energy storage device 110, and the third energy storage device 110.

Of course, the first energy storage device 110, the second energy storage device 110, and the third energy storage device 110 may also be separately connected to the 1 st charging bin 200, respectively, to separately charge the rechargeable batteries in the 1 st charging bin 200. Any 2 of the first energy storage device 110, the second energy storage device 110 and the third energy storage device 110 can also be selected to be connected with the 1 st charging bin 200, so as to charge the rechargeable batteries in the 1 st charging bin 200 at the same time. The more energy storage devices 110 that are charged simultaneously, the faster the rechargeable battery charges.

The charging compartments 200 to which each energy storage device 110 can be connected, and the energy storage devices 110 to which each charging compartment 200 can be connected at most at the same time can be configured according to practical application scenarios, which is not limited in this application.

Preferably, the charging switching module 120 can switch the energy storage device 110 of the same charging module 100 to be connected with any one charging bin 200 of the second number of charging bins 200. Thus, each energy storage device 110 can be used as a backup power supply device for different charging bins 200, so that charging is spare and free, and more options are available.

In the embodiment, the same charging bin 200 is configured to be connected with at least one energy storage device 110, so that various different choices of high-power quick charging and low-power slow charging of the battery are realized, charging modes with different charging speeds can be flexibly realized, and various different requirements are met.

In one embodiment, the charge switching module 120 includes at least one relay, each relay including a common contact, a normally closed contact, and a normally open contact;

if the charging switching module 120 includes a relay, a common contact of the relay is connected to the energy storage device 110 of the same charging module 100, a normally closed contact is connected to one charging bin 200, and a normally open contact is connected to another charging bin 200, and the common contact can be controlled to be connected to the normally closed contact or the normally open contact, so as to switch the connection relationship between the corresponding energy storage device 110 and the charging bin 200;

if the charging switching module 120 includes at least two relays, the common contact of the first relay is connected to the energy storage device 110 of the same charging module 100, the previous relay is connected to the common contact of the next relay through the normally closed contact of the previous relay, the normally closed contact of the last relay is connected to a charging bin 200, the normally open contact of each relay is connected to a charging bin 200, the common contact of the same relay can be controlled to be connected to the normally closed contact or to the normally open contact, so as to switch the connection relationship between the corresponding energy storage device 110 and the charging bin 200, wherein the charging bins 200 connected to the normally closed contact and the normally open contact are different.

Specifically, the number of relays determines how many different charging bays 200 one energy storage device 110 can be switched to connect. The number of relays included in each charge switching module 120 may or may not be equal. For example, if the first charging switching module 120 includes 1 relay, its corresponding energy storage device 110 may be connected to 2 different charging bays 200; the second charging switching module 120 includes 2 relays, and its corresponding energy storage device 110 can be connected to 3 different charging bays 200; the third charging switching module 120 includes 3 relays, and the corresponding energy storage device 110 can be connected to 4 different charging bays 200, and so on.

Also, the first charging switching module 120, the second charging switching module 120, and the third charging switching module 120 may include 3 relays, and the corresponding energy storage devices 110 may be connected to 4 different charging bays 200.

FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram of a charging cabinet according to an embodiment of the present application; referring to fig. 2, the charging cabinet includes 4 charging compartments 200, i.e., charging compartment 1-charging compartment 4; the system further comprises 3 charging modules 100, that is, the system comprises 3 energy storage devices 110 and 3 charging switching modules 120, wherein the energy storage devices 110 include energy storage device 1-energy storage device 3.

The charging switching module 120 included in the first charging module 100 includes three relays RL1 to RL3; the charging switching module 120 included in the second charging module 100 includes three relays RL4-RL6; the charging switching module 120 included in the third charging module 100 includes three relays RL7-RL9.

The common contact 11 of the relay RL1 is connected with the energy storage device 1, the normally closed contact 12 is connected with the common contact 21 of the relay RL2, and the normally open contact 13 is connected with the charging bin 2. The common contact 11 is also controlled to connect with the normally closed contact 12 or with the normally open contact 13.

The common contact 21 of the relay RL2 is connected with the normally closed contact 12 of the relay RL1, the normally closed contact 22 is connected with the common contact 31 of the relay RL3, and the normally open contact 23 is connected with the charging bin 3. The common contact 21 is also controlled to be connected to the normally closed contact 22 or to the normally open contact 23.

The common contact 31 of the relay RL3 is connected with the normally closed contact 22 of the relay RL2, the normally closed contact 32 is connected with the charging bin 1, and the normally open contact 33 is connected with the charging bin 4. The common contact 31 is also controlled to connect with the normally closed contact 32 or with the normally open contact 33.

And so on:

the common contact of the relay RL4 is connected with the energy storage device 2, the normally closed contact is connected with the common contact of the relay RL5, and the normally open contact is connected with the charging bin 1. The common contact of relay RL4 is also controlled to connect with its normally closed contact or with its normally open contact.

The common contact of the relay RL5 is connected with the normally closed contact of the relay RL4, the normally closed contact is connected with the common contact of the relay RL6, and the normally open contact is connected with the charging bin 3. The common contact of relay RL5 is also controlled to connect with its normally closed contact or with its normally open contact.

The common contact of the relay RL6 is connected with the normally closed contact of the relay RL5, the normally closed contact is connected with the charging bin 2, and the normally open contact is connected with the charging bin 4. The common contact of the relay RL6 is also controlled to be connected with its normally closed contact or with its normally open contact.

The common contact of the relay RL7 is connected with the energy storage device 3, the normally closed contact is connected with the common contact of the relay RL8, and the normally open contact is connected with the charging bin 1. The common contact of the relay RL7 is also controlled to be connected with its normally closed contact or with its normally open contact.

The common contact of the relay RL8 is connected with the normally closed contact of the relay RL7, the normally closed contact is connected with the common contact of the relay RL9, and the normally open contact is connected with the charging bin 2. The common contact of relay RL8 is also controlled to connect with its normally closed contact or with its normally open contact.

The common contact of the relay RL9 is connected with the normally closed contact of the relay RL8, the normally closed contact is connected with the charging bin 3, and the normally open contact is connected with the charging bin 4. The common contact of relay RL9 is also controlled to connect with its normally closed contact or with its normally open contact.

The anode of the energy storage device 110 is connected to the common contact of the first electronic relay, and the cathode of the rechargeable battery in the charging bin 200 is connected to the cathode of the energy storage device 110 connected to the charging bin 200 through the terminal row.

Fig. 2 is only a specific exemplary example of the present application, the number of relays included in each charging switching module 120 in the charging cabinet of the present application may be equal or different, and the charging cabinet to which the normally open contact or the normally closed contact of each relay is connected may be configured in a customized manner according to an actual application scenario, which is not limited in the present application.

Preferably, the number of relays included in each charging switching module 120 is a third number, the third number is smaller than the second number, and the difference is 1. In this way, it is ensured that each energy storage device 110 can be connected to any one charging bin 200 of the second number of charging bins 200. Each charging bin 200 is ensured to be configured with the maximum number of standby energy storage devices 110, so that the charging battery of each charging bin 200 can be normally charged, and the possibility of charging delay is reduced.

In the embodiment, the connection relationship between the energy storage device 110 and the charging bins 200 is flexibly switched by using the characteristics of the normally closed contact and the normally open contact of the electronic relay, so that each charging bin 200 is ensured to have a plurality of standby energy storage devices 110, and the batteries in the charging bins 200 can be normally charged; in addition, the public contact is connected with the normally closed contact or the normally open contact, and the uniqueness of the connection of the relay can not lead to the parallel connection of the two groups of batteries even when the electronic relay is abnormally adhered, so that the safety of the switching circuit and the whole charging cabinet is improved.

In one embodiment, in a default state, the common contact of the same relay is connected with the normally closed contact.

Specifically, in a default state, the common contact of each relay is connected to the normally closed contact thereof, and then the corresponding energy storage device 110 is connected to one charging bin 200 sequentially through the common contact and the normally closed contact of all the relays. Thus, by default, the energy storage device 110 is connected to the charging chamber 200 and charges the battery of the charging chamber 200.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 2, in the default state, the energy storage device 1 is connected to the charging bin 1 sequentially through the common contact 11 of the relay RL1, the normally closed contact 12, the common contact 21 of the relay RL2, the normally closed contact 22, the common contact 31 of the relay RL3, and the normally closed contact 32. Therefore, in the default state, the energy storage device 1 charges the rechargeable battery in the charging bin 1.

Similarly, in a default state, the energy storage device 2 is connected with the charging bin 2 sequentially through the common contact and the normally closed contact of the relay RL4, the common contact and the normally closed contact of the relay RL5 and the common contact and the normally closed contact of the relay RL 6. Thus, in the default state, the energy storage device 2 charges the rechargeable battery in the charging bin 2.

In a default state, the energy storage device 3 is connected with the charging bin 3 sequentially through the common contact and the normally closed contact of the relay RL7, the common contact and the normally closed contact of the relay RL8, and the common contact and the normally closed contact of the relay RL9. Thus, in the default state, the energy storage device 3 charges the rechargeable battery in the charging bin 3.

Certainly, under the default state, same storehouse of charging can be connected with a plurality of different energy memory, and the storehouse of should charging can realize acquiescent quick charge function under the default state like this.

Fig. 2 is an exemplary example, and a fourth charging module 100 (not shown) may be added to fig. 2, where the fourth charging module 100 includes the energy storage device 4, the relays RL10, RL11, and RL12. The connection of energy storage device 4, relays RL10, RL11, and RL12 is as shown above for the first charging module 100 through the third charging module 100. Under a default state, the energy storage device 4 is connected with the charging bin 4 sequentially through the common contact and the normally closed contact of the relay RL10, the common contact and the normally closed contact of the relay RL11 and the common contact and the normally closed contact of the relay RL12. Thus, in the default state, the energy storage device 4 charges the rechargeable battery in the charging bin 4. Therefore, each charging bin 200 can be provided with the connected energy storage device 110 at the same time, and the charging function of the charging cabinet is met.

In addition, a fifth charging module 100 (not shown) may be added to fig. 2, where the fifth charging module 100 includes the energy storage device 5, and relays RL13, RL14, and RL15. The connection of energy storage device 5, relays RL13, RL14, and RL15 is as shown above for the first charging module 100 through the fourth charging module 100. In a default state, the energy storage device 5 is connected with any one of the charging bin 1-the charging bin 4 through a common contact and a normally closed contact of the relay RL13, a common contact and a normally closed contact of the relay RL14, and a common contact and a normally closed contact of the relay RL15 in sequence. Therefore, in the default state, the energy storage device 5 charges the rechargeable battery in any one of the charging bays 200 of the charging bay 1-the charging bay 4.

For example, in the default state, the energy storage device 5 is connected to the charging bin 1, so that the energy storage device 1 and the energy storage device 5 are both connected to the charging bin 1 in the default state, and the charging speed of the charging bin 1 in the default state is faster than that of the other charging bins 200. Therefore, the charging bin 200 with different charging speeds can be configured for the charging cabinet, and different charging requirements are met.

In the embodiment, the normally closed contacts of the electronic relay are fully utilized to connect a group of batteries as a default state to charge the batteries, and when other batteries need to be charged, the normally closed contacts of the other electronic relays can be correspondingly disconnected or closed so as to disconnect the loop of default connection and switch to other loops to charge other charging bins 200.

By ensuring that the energy storage device 110 is connected with one charging bin 200 in a default state, the connection relationship does not need to be switched, and quick charging can be realized. Under the actual charging requirement, the default state can be broken through, the connection relation between the energy storage device 110 and the charging bin 200 is switched, a plurality of energy storage devices 110 are connected with one charging bin 200, the charging bin 200 with higher charging speed is configured, and the quick charging function of the charging cabinet is realized.

In one embodiment, different energy storage devices 110 are connected to different charging bays 200 in a default state.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the energy storage devices 110 connected to each charging bin 200 are different in the default state, so that it can be ensured that each charging bin 200 can have the connected energy storage device 110 at the same time as much as possible, and the charging function of the charging cabinet is satisfied.

In one embodiment, a first isolation circuit is disposed in the energy storage device 110, and the first isolation circuit is used for performing charging protection on the charged rechargeable battery when the energy storage device 110 outputs a short circuit;

and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

a second isolation circuit is arranged in the energy storage devices 110, and the second isolation circuit is used for performing charging protection on other parallel energy storage devices 110 which are used for charging the same rechargeable battery at the same time when any one energy storage device 110 outputs a short circuit.

Specifically, the first isolation circuit is provided with an output isolation diode, and if the output of the energy storage device 110 is short-circuited in the process of charging the battery by the energy storage device 110, due to the isolation effect of the diode, the charging protection effect on the charged battery can be achieved, the charged battery is not affected, and the safety of the battery is ensured.

Similarly, the second isolation circuit has an output isolation diode, after the fast charging is started, when a plurality of energy storage devices 110 are connected in parallel to charge the same battery, and when an output short circuit occurs to a certain energy storage device 110 connected in parallel, due to the isolation effect of the diode, the short-circuited energy storage device 110 does not affect the work of other energy storage devices 110 connected in parallel, and the normal and safe operation of charging is effectively ensured.

In one embodiment, the charging cabinet further comprises:

the control module is respectively connected with the energy storage device 110 and the charging switching module 120, and is used for controlling the connection relation between the energy storage device 110 and the charging bin 200 through the charging switching module 120;

and the control module is further used for controlling the energy storage device 110 to charge the rechargeable battery in the connected charging bin 200.

Specifically, the charging switching module 120 is controlled by a control module (not shown in the figure), and the control module controls the energy storage device 110 and the charging bin 200 to be switched on and off through the charging switching module 120. Each energy storage device 110 is also controlled by the control module, and the energy storage device 110 charges the rechargeable battery in the connected charging bin 200 according to the charging parameters issued by the control module.

In a specific embodiment, the charging switching module 120 includes at least one relay, and the control module controls the connection relationship between the energy storage device 110 and the charging bin 200 by controlling the connection or disconnection between the common contact of the relay and the normally open contact or the normally closed contact.

In an embodiment, the control module is further connected to the charging bin 200, and is specifically configured to obtain battery information of the rechargeable batteries accommodated in the charging bin 200 through the charging bin 200 and obtain a charging use state of the energy storage device 110, where the battery information includes a battery remaining capacity, and allocate, through the charging switching module 120, at least one idle energy storage device 110 to charge the battery to be charged in the charging bin 200 according to the battery information, the charging use state, and the configuration information of the energy storage device 110.

Specifically, the charge usage status of the energy storage devices 110 includes in-use, idle, and abnormal, and the control module may obtain the current charge usage status of each energy storage device 110. When the energy storage device 110 is charging the battery in a certain charging bin 200 in use, the idle state indicates that the energy storage device 110 has sufficient electric quantity and waits for calling, and the abnormal state indicates that the energy storage device 110 cannot work normally and cannot be called. The energy storage device 110 may also be charging, that is, the energy storage device 110 is charged by the commercial power.

If there is a new rechargeable battery to be charged, it is necessary to allocate an empty energy storage device 110 to the charging bin 200 where the rechargeable battery is located. The control module may determine how many energy storage devices 110 are allocated to the battery to be charged according to the remaining battery power, determine how many idle energy storage devices 110 are available according to the charging use state of the energy storage devices 110, determine which charging bins 200 the energy storage devices 110 may be connected to according to the configuration information of the energy storage devices 110, and then determine that at least one idle energy storage device 110 is allocated to charge the battery to be charged through the charging switching module 120.

FIG. 3 is an electrical schematic of a charging cabinet according to an embodiment of the present application; referring to fig. 3, CHG1 to CHG3 are chargers, which are one of the energy storage devices 110, RL1 to RL9 are electronic relays, and BAT1 to BAT4 are rechargeable batteries accommodated in the 4 charging bays 200.

The charger CHG1 can be connected with a normally open contact of the relay RL1 or a normally closed contact of the relay RL1 through a common contact of the relay RL1, wherein the normally open contact of the relay RL1 is connected with the rechargeable battery BAT2, and the normally closed contact is connected with the common contact of the relay RL 2.

The common contact of the relay RL2 is connected with the normally closed contact of the relay RL1, the common contact of the relay RL2 can be connected with the normally open contact of the relay RL2 or the normally closed contact of the relay RL2, wherein the normally open contact of the relay RL2 is connected with the rechargeable battery BAT3, and the normally closed contact is connected with the common contact of the relay RL 3.

The common contact of the relay RL3 is connected with the normally closed contact of the relay RL2, the common contact of the relay RL3 can be connected with the normally open contact of the relay RL3 or the normally closed contact of the relay RL3, wherein the normally open contact of the relay RL3 is connected with the rechargeable battery BAT4, and the normally closed contact is connected with the rechargeable battery BAT 1.

The charger CHG2 can be connected with a normally open contact of the relay RL4 or a normally closed contact of the relay RL4 through a common contact of the relay RL4, wherein the normally open contact of the RL4 is connected with the rechargeable battery BAT1, and the normally closed contact is connected with a common contact of the relay RL 5.

The common contact of the relay RL5 is connected with the normally closed contact of the relay RL4, the common contact of the relay RL5 can be connected with the normally open contact of the relay RL5 or the normally closed contact of the relay RL5, wherein the normally open contact of the relay RL5 is connected with the rechargeable battery BAT3, and the normally closed contact is connected with the common contact of the relay RL 6.

The common contact of the relay RL6 is connected with the normally closed contact of the relay RL5, the common contact of the relay RL6 can be connected with the normally open contact of the relay RL6 or the normally closed contact of the relay RL6, wherein the normally open contact of the relay RL6 is connected with the rechargeable battery BAT4, and the normally closed contact is connected with the rechargeable battery BAT 2.

The charger CHG3 can be connected with a normally open contact of the relay RL7 or a normally closed contact of the relay RL7 through a common contact of the relay RL7, wherein the normally open contact of the relay RL7 is connected with the rechargeable battery BAT1, and the normally closed contact is connected with a common contact of the relay RL 8.

The common contact of the relay RL8 is connected with the normally closed contact of the relay RL7, the common contact of the relay RL8 can be connected with the normally open contact of the relay RL8 or the normally closed contact of the relay RL8, wherein the normally open contact of the relay RL8 is connected with the rechargeable battery BAT2, and the normally closed contact is connected with the common contact of the relay RL9.

The common contact of the relay RL9 is connected with the normally closed contact of the relay RL8, the common contact of the relay RL9 can be connected with the normally open contact of the relay RL9 or the normally closed contact of the relay RL9, wherein the normally open contact of the relay RL9 is connected with the rechargeable battery BAT4, and the normally closed contact is connected with the rechargeable battery BAT 3.

Fig. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a charging method for a charging cabinet according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the charging method is applied to a control module of the charging cabinet, the charging cabinet includes the control module, a first number of charging modules 100, and a second number of charging bins 200 for receiving rechargeable batteries;

each charging module 100 includes:

the charging switching module 120 is connected between the energy storage device 110 and the charging bin 200 and is used for switching the connection relationship between the energy storage device 110 and the charging bin 200, wherein the same energy storage device 110 can be connected with at most one charging bin 200 at the same time;

the charging method of the charging cabinet comprises the following steps:

s100: the charge use state and the configuration information of the energy storage device 110 are acquired, wherein the charge use state is one of in-use, idle, and abnormal.

Specifically, the configuration information includes the number of charging bays 200 to which the energy storage device 110 is connectable and the charging bays 200. The configuration information is prestored in the control module. The charge usage state of the energy storage device 110 is dynamically changing. When the control module detects that there is a newly-placed battery to be charged in the charging bin 200, the current charging use state of the energy storage device 110 is obtained. The energy storage device 110 is in an idle state and can be called to charge the battery to be charged.

S200: and controlling the charging switching module 120 to switch the connection relationship between the energy storage device 110 and the target charging bin 200 according to the charging use state and the configuration information, so as to allocate an idle energy storage device 110 to the target charging bin 200.

Specifically, the control module may determine how many idle energy storage devices 110 are available according to the charging usage states of the energy storage devices 110, determine which charging bins 200 the energy storage devices 110 may be connected to according to the configuration information of the energy storage devices 110, and further determine to connect the idle energy storage devices 110 with the target charging bin 200 through the charging switching module 120 to charge the battery to be charged.

S300: and controlling the energy storage device 110 connected with the target charging bin 200 to charge the battery to be charged in the target charging bin.

Specifically, after controlling the idle energy storage device 110 to be connected to the target charging bin 200, the control module issues the charging parameters to the energy storage device 110 to control the energy storage device 110 to charge the battery to be charged according to the charging parameters.

In one embodiment, the method comprises:

acquiring battery information of a battery to be charged in the target charging bin 200, wherein the battery information comprises the residual electric quantity of the battery;

the step S200 includes:

if the remaining battery capacity is less than the first preset value, the charging switching module 120 is controlled to switch the connection relationship between the energy storage device 110 and the target charging bin 200 according to the charging use state, so as to allocate at least one idle energy storage device 110 to the target charging bin 200.

Specifically, the control module may further determine how many energy storage devices 110 are allocated to the battery to be charged according to the remaining battery capacity, specifically, if the remaining battery capacity of the battery to be charged is smaller than the first preset value, it indicates that the battery to be charged is seriously insufficient in capacity, and at this time, the quick charge needs to be started. In combination with the number of available energy storage devices 110 and whether the available energy storage devices 110 can be connected to the target charging bay 200, it is determined how many free energy storage devices 110 are allocated to the target charging bay 200.

Of course, the maximum energy storage device 110 assignable to each target charging bin 200 may be preconfigured.

In addition, whether the quick charging is started or not can be determined according to a demand instruction of a user, or which gear is started for charging is determined according to the demand instruction of the user, wherein the charging speed corresponding to each gear is different, and the number of the energy storage devices 110 connected in parallel at different charging speeds is different.

And if the residual electric quantity of the battery to be charged is not less than the first preset value, allocating an energy storage device for charging the battery to be charged.

According to the charging cabinet, the number of the charging bins 200 and the energy storage devices 110 contained in the charging cabinet can be configured in a user-defined mode according to actual application requirements, and the charging bins 200 connected with the energy storage devices 110 can be configured in a user-defined mode, so that different application requirements can be met.

The energy storage device 110 is connected with one charging bin 200 through a normally closed contact of an electronic relay to charge a rechargeable battery of the energy storage device as a default state, and the battery charging of the charging bin 200 connected with the energy storage device as the default state can be automatically and quickly ensured.

Besides the default connection state, the connection relation between the charging bin 200 and the energy storage device 110 can be switched according to needs by each group of switching circuits, the charging is flexible, when a certain charger is damaged, other chargers can be used for charging the battery, the charging of the rechargeable battery in the charging bin 200 is flexibly ensured by fully utilizing each energy storage device 110, and the normal charging is ensured.

One charging bin 200 can be connected with a plurality of energy storage devices 110, so that the flexible high-power quick charging function of the charging cabinet is realized, different charging speeds can be realized by connecting different numbers of energy storage devices 110, and different charging requirements are met.

This application make full use of electronic relay's normally closed contact has connected a set of battery and has charged for it as acquiescence state, when needs are other battery charging, needs closed corresponding electronic relay, has also broken off the return circuit of acquiescence connection simultaneously. Because the public contact is connected with either the normally closed contact or the normally open contact, the uniqueness of the connection improves the safety of the switching circuit, and particularly, even if the electronic relay is abnormally adhered, the condition that two groups of batteries are connected in parallel can not be caused.

The energy storage device 110 is internally provided with an output isolation diode, the output of the energy storage device 110 is short-circuited in the process of charging the battery, and the battery cannot be influenced due to the isolation effect of the diode. Similarly, after the quick charge is started, when a plurality of energy storage devices 110 are connected in parallel to charge the same battery, when an output short circuit occurs to a certain energy storage device 110 connected in parallel, the work of other energy storage devices 110 is not influenced due to the isolation effect of the diode, and the charging safety and reliability are ensured.

The method and the device have the advantages of charger saving, flexible charging, quick charging and the like.

It should be understood that, the sequence numbers of the steps in the foregoing embodiments do not imply an execution sequence, and the execution sequence of each process should be determined by its function and inherent logic, and should not constitute any limitation to the implementation process of the embodiments of the present application.

Wherein the meaning of "first" and "second" in the above modules/units is only to distinguish different modules/units, and is not used to define which module/unit has higher priority or other defining meaning. Furthermore, the terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or modules is not necessarily limited to those steps or modules explicitly listed, but may include other steps or modules not explicitly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus, and such that a division of modules presented in this application is merely a logical division and may be implemented in a practical application in a further manner.

It will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that all or part of the processes of the methods of the embodiments described above may be implemented by instructing associated hardware to implement computer readable instructions, which may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, and when executed, may include processes of the embodiments of the methods described above. Any reference to memory, storage, database or other medium used in the embodiments provided herein can 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. Volatile memory can 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-rate SDRAM (DDRSDRAM), enhanced SDRAM (ESDRAM), synchronous Link (Synchlink) DRAM (SLDRAM), rambus (Rambus) direct RAM (RDRAM), direct bused dynamic RAM (DRDRAM), and bused dynamic RAM (RDRAM).

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, apparatus, article, or method that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, apparatus, article, or method. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one of 8230, and" comprising 8230does not exclude the presence of additional like elements in a process, apparatus, article, or method comprising the element.

The above-mentioned serial numbers of the embodiments of the present application are merely for description, and do not represent the advantages and disadvantages of the embodiments. Through the description of the foregoing embodiments, it is clear to those skilled in the art that the method of the foregoing embodiments may be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly may also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases, the former is a better implementation. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present application or portions thereof contributing to the prior art may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) as described above and includes several instructions for enabling a terminal device (which may be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, or a network device) to execute the method described in the embodiments of the present application.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present application, and not intended to limit the scope of the present application, and all the equivalent structures or equivalent processes that can be directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields by using the contents of the specification and the drawings of the present application are also included in the scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A charging cabinet, characterized in that the charging cabinet comprises: the charging device comprises a first number of charging modules and a second number of charging bins for accommodating rechargeable batteries;

each the module that charges all includes:

and the charging switching module is connected between the energy storage device and the charging bin and is used for switching the connection relation between the energy storage device and the charging bin, wherein the same energy storage device can be connected with at most one charging bin at the same time.

2. The charging cabinet according to claim 1,

the same charging bin can be connected with at least one energy storage device at the same time.

3. Charging cabinet according to claim 1,

the charging switching module comprises at least one relay, and each relay comprises a common contact, a normally closed contact and a normally open contact;

if the charging switching module comprises a relay, a common contact of the relay is connected with an energy storage device of the same charging module, a normally closed contact is connected with one charging bin, a normally open contact is connected with the other charging bin, and the common contact can be controlled to be connected with the normally closed contact or the normally open contact so as to be used for switching the connection relation between the corresponding energy storage device and the charging bin;

if the switching module that charges includes two at least relays, then the common contact of first relay is connected with the same energy memory who charges the module, and preceding relay is connected with the common contact of next relay through its normally closed contact, and the normally closed contact of last relay is connected with a storehouse of charging, and the normally open contact of every relay all is connected with a storehouse of charging, and the common contact of same relay can be controlled to be connected with normally closed contact or be connected with normally open contact for switch the energy memory that corresponds with the relation of connection in storehouse of charging, wherein, the storehouse of charging that is connected with normally closed contact and normally open contact is all different.

4. A charging cabinet according to claim 3, wherein in a default state, the common contact of the same relay is connected to the normally closed contact.

5. A charging cabinet according to claim 4, wherein different energy storage devices are connected to different charging bays in the default state.

6. The charging cabinet according to claim 2, wherein a first isolation circuit is provided in the energy storage device, and the first isolation circuit is used for protecting the charged rechargeable battery when the output of the energy storage device is short-circuited;

and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

and a second isolating circuit is arranged in the energy storage devices and is used for carrying out charging protection on other parallel energy storage devices which simultaneously charge the same rechargeable battery when any one energy storage device is in short circuit output.

7. The charging cabinet of claim 2, further comprising:

the control module is respectively connected with the energy storage device and the charging switching module and is used for controlling the connection relation between the energy storage device and the charging bin through the charging switching module;

the control module is also used for controlling the energy storage device to charge the rechargeable batteries in the connected charging bins.

8. The charging cabinet of claim 7,

the control module is further connected with the charging bin and specifically used for acquiring battery information of the rechargeable battery accommodated in the charging bin and acquiring a charging use state of the energy storage device through the charging bin, wherein the battery information comprises battery residual capacity, and at least one idle energy storage device is allocated to charge the rechargeable battery in the charging bin through the charging switching module according to the battery information, the charging use state and the configuration information of the energy storage device.

9. The charging method of the charging cabinet is characterized in that the charging cabinet comprises a control module, a first number of charging modules and a second number of charging bins for accommodating rechargeable batteries;

each the module that charges all includes:

the charging switching module is connected between the energy storage device and the charging bin and used for switching the connection relation between the energy storage device and the charging bin, wherein the same energy storage device can be connected with at most one charging bin at the same time;

the method comprises the following steps:

controlling the charging switching module to switch the connection relation between the energy storage device and a target charging bin according to the charging use state and the configuration information so as to allocate an idle energy storage device to the target charging bin;

and controlling an energy storage device connected with the target charging bin to charge a battery to be charged in the target charging bin.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the method comprises:

acquiring battery information of a battery to be charged in the target charging bin, wherein the battery information comprises the residual electric quantity of the battery;

the controlling the charging switching module to switch the connection relationship between the energy storage device and a target charging bin according to the charging use state and the configuration information to allocate an idle energy storage device to the target charging bin includes:

and if the residual battery capacity is smaller than a first preset value, controlling the charging switching module to switch the connection relation between the energy storage device and a target charging bin according to the charging use state and the configuration information so as to allocate at least one idle energy storage device to the target charging bin.