CN216002237U

CN216002237U - Charging cabinet

Info

Publication number: CN216002237U
Application number: CN202122199109.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 钟少武
Original assignee: Mobai Beijing Information Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Mobai Beijing Information Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-09-10
Filing date: 2021-09-10
Publication date: 2022-03-11
Anticipated expiration: 2031-09-10

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a charging cabinet. This cabinet charges includes a plurality of storehouses of charging, wherein, every be provided with in the storehouse of charging: the charging system comprises a first controller, a charging unit and a temperature sensor, wherein the charging unit is used for charging a battery in a corresponding charging bin; the charging unit is provided with a charging switch for controlling whether the charging unit works or not; the signal input end of the first controller is electrically connected with the signal output end of the temperature sensor so as to receive the temperature signal output by the temperature sensor; the signal output end of the first controller is electrically connected with the control end of the charging switch so as to output a switch control signal to the charging switch; wherein the first controller is configured to control a switching state of the charging switch according to the temperature signal.

Description

Charging cabinet

Technical Field

The embodiment of the disclosure relates to the technical field of temperature control, in particular to a charging cabinet.

Background

With the diversification of travel modes, the travel through the electric vehicle becomes a emerging travel mode in a city, and the travel requirements of urban people can be effectively solved.

When the electric vehicle is in use, the charging requirement exists, and the charging cabinet can well solve the problem. But the cabinet that charges when charging the battery, the condition of high temperature can appear in the battery, if can not in time be to the battery cooling, will bring very big potential safety hazard.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the embodiments of the present disclosure is to provide a charging cabinet and a temperature control method thereof, so as to solve the problem of high temperature of a battery in time when the battery is charged at high temperature, improve charging safety, and prolong the service life of the battery.

According to a first aspect of the present description, there is provided a charging cabinet comprising a plurality of charging compartments, wherein each of the charging compartments has disposed therein: the charging system comprises a first controller, a charging unit and a temperature sensor, wherein the charging unit is used for charging a battery in a corresponding charging bin; the charging unit is provided with a charging switch for controlling whether the charging unit works or not;

the signal input end of the first controller is electrically connected with the signal output end of the temperature sensor so as to receive the temperature signal output by the temperature sensor; the signal output end of the first controller is electrically connected with the control end of the charging switch so as to output a switch control signal to the charging switch;

wherein the first controller is configured to control a switching state of the charging switch according to the temperature signal.

Optionally, a first cooling device is further disposed in the charging bin, and the first cooling device is electrically connected to the first controller;

the first cooling device is configured to operate or stop operating according to a first control instruction of the first controller.

Optionally, wherein the charging cabinet further comprises: the second controller and the early warning processing unit;

the second controller is electrically connected with the first controller and the early warning processing unit respectively;

the second controller is configured to receive the temperature signal from the first controller and control the early warning processing unit to perform a battery high temperature early warning processing operation according to the temperature signal.

Optionally, the early warning processing unit includes an early warning device and a second cooling device;

the early warning device is configured to send out early warning information according to a second control instruction of the second controller; and the second cooling device is configured to operate or stop operating according to a second control instruction of the second controller.

Optionally, the early warning device comprises an acousto-optic early warning device and a display device;

the acousto-optic early warning device is configured to send out an acousto-optic early warning signal; the display device is configured to emit warning information.

Optionally, wherein the first cooling device comprises a fan.

Optionally, wherein the second cooling device comprises a fan.

Optionally, the acousto-optic early warning device comprises a light emitting diode and a loudspeaker.

One beneficial effect of this disclosure lies in, the cabinet that charges includes a plurality of storehouses that charge, wherein, every be provided with in the storehouse that charges: the charging system comprises a first controller, a charging unit and a temperature sensor, wherein the charging unit is used for charging a battery in a corresponding charging bin; the charging unit is provided with a charging switch for controlling whether the charging unit works or not; the signal input end of the first controller is electrically connected with the signal output end of the temperature sensor so as to receive the temperature signal output by the temperature sensor; the signal output end of the first controller is electrically connected with the control end of the charging switch so as to output a switch control signal to the charging switch; wherein the first controller is configured to control a switching state of the charging switch according to the temperature signal. Therefore, the on-off state of the charging switch can be controlled according to the temperature signal output by the temperature sensor, the problem that the temperature of the battery continuously rises due to continuous charging of the battery when the temperature of the battery is too high is avoided, the safety risk is reduced, and meanwhile, the service life of the battery can be prolonged due to timely adoption of measures for controlling the temperature of the battery.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

Fig. 1 is a functional block diagram of a hardware configuration of a communication system of an exemplary charging cabinet;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a charging cabinet according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of another charging cabinet according to the embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of another charging cabinet according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

Various exemplary embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that: unless specifically stated otherwise, the relative arrangement of the components and steps, the numerical expressions, and numerical values set forth in these embodiments do not limit the scope of the present invention.

The following description of at least one exemplary embodiment is merely illustrative in nature and is in no way intended to limit the invention, its application, or uses.

Techniques, methods, and apparatus known to those of ordinary skill in the relevant art may not be discussed in detail but are intended to be part of the specification where appropriate.

In all examples shown and discussed herein, any particular value should be construed as merely illustrative, and not limiting. Thus, other examples of the exemplary embodiments may have different values.

It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, further discussion thereof is not required in subsequent figures.

< hardware configuration >

As shown in fig. 1, the communication system 100 of the charging cabinet includes a server 1000, a terminal device 2000, and a vehicle 3000.

The server 1000 may be a unitary server or a distributed server across multiple computers or computer data centers. The server may be of various types, such as, but not limited to, a web server, a news server, a mail server, a message server, an advertisement server, a file server, an application server, an interaction server, a database server, or a proxy server. In some embodiments, each server may include hardware, software, or embedded logic components or a combination of two or more such components for performing the appropriate functions supported or implemented by the server. For example, a server, such as a blade server, a cloud server, etc., or may be a server group consisting of a plurality of servers, which may include one or more of the above types of servers, etc.

In one embodiment, the server 1000 may be as shown in fig. 1, including a processor 1100, a memory 1200, an interface device 1300, a communication device 1400, a display device 1500, an input device 1600.

In other embodiments, the server 1000 may further include a speaker, a microphone, and the like, which are not limited herein.

The processor 1100 is used to execute computer programs. The computer program may be written in an instruction set of an architecture such as x86, Arm, RISC, MIPS, SSE, etc. The memory 1200 includes, for example, a ROM (read only memory), a RAM (random access memory), a nonvolatile memory such as a hard disk, and the like. The interface device 1300 includes, for example, various bus interfaces such as a serial bus interface (including a USB interface), a parallel bus interface, and the like. Communication device 1400 is capable of wired or wireless communication, for example. The display device 1500 is, for example, a liquid crystal display, an LED display touch panel, or the like. The input device 1600 may include, for example, a touch screen, a keyboard, and the like.

Although a number of devices of the server 1000 are shown in fig. 1, the present disclosure may refer to only some of the devices, for example, the server 1000 refers to only the memory 1200 and the processor 1100.

The terminal device 2000 may be, for example, a charging cabinet, which may be a single cabinet or a multi-cabinet.

As shown in fig. 1, the terminal device 2000 may include a processor 2100, a memory 2200, an interface device 2300, a communication device 2400, a display device 2500, an input device 2600, a speaker 2700, a microphone 2800, and the like.

The processor 2100 may be a mobile version processor. The memory 2200 includes, for example, a ROM (read only memory), a RAM (random access memory), a nonvolatile memory such as a hard disk, and the like. The interface device 2300 includes, for example, a USB interface, a headphone interface, and the like. The communication device 2400 can perform wired or wireless communication, for example, the communication device 2400 may include a short-range communication device, such as any device that performs short-range wireless communication based on a short-range wireless communication protocol, such as a Hilink protocol, WiFi (IEEE 802.11 protocol), Mesh, bluetooth, ZigBee, Thread, Z-Wave, NFC, UWB, LiFi, and the like, and the communication device 2400 may also include a remote communication device, such as any device that performs WLAN, GPRS, 2G/3G/4G/5G remote communication. The display device 2500 is, for example, a liquid crystal display panel, a touch panel, or the like. The input device 2600 may include, for example, a touch screen, a keyboard, and the like. The mobile terminal 2000 may output audio information through the speaker 2700 and may collect audio information through the microphone 2800.

In this embodiment, the memory 2200 of the terminal device 2000 is configured to store instructions for controlling the processor 2100 to operate for communication of the charging cabinet. The skilled person can design the instructions according to the disclosed solution of the present disclosure. How the instructions control the operation of the processor is well known in the art and will not be described in detail herein.

Although a plurality of devices of the terminal apparatus 2000 are illustrated in fig. 1, the present disclosure may refer to only some of the devices, for example, the terminal apparatus 2000 refers to only the memory 2200 and the processor 2100, the communication device 2400, and the display device 2500.

The vehicle 3000 is a power-assisted vehicle, an electric vehicle, or the like that may be shared.

As shown in fig. 1, vehicle 3000 may include a processor 3100, a memory 3200, interface devices 3300, communication devices 3400, output devices 3500, input devices 3600, and so forth. The processor 3100 may be a microprocessor MCU or the like. The memory 3200 includes, for example, a ROM (read only memory), a RAM (random access memory), a nonvolatile memory such as a hard disk, and the like. The interface 3300 includes, for example, a USB interface, a headphone interface, and the like. The communication device 3400 may include a short-range communication device such as any device that performs short-range wireless communication based on a short-range wireless communication protocol such as a Hilink protocol, WiFi (IEEE 802.11 protocol), Mesh, bluetooth, ZigBee, Thread, Z-Wave, NFC, UWB, LiFi, or the like, and the communication device 3400 may include a long-range communication device such as any device that performs WLAN, GPRS, 2G/3G/4G/5G long-range communication. The output device 3500 may be, for example, a device that outputs a signal, may be a display device such as a liquid crystal display screen or a touch panel, or may be a speaker or the like that outputs voice information or the like. The input device 3600 may include, for example, a touch panel, a keyboard, or the like, and may input voice information through a microphone.

Although a plurality of devices of the vehicle 3000 are shown in fig. 1, the present disclosure may refer to only some of the devices, for example, the vehicle 3000 refers only to the communication device 3400, the memory 3200, and the processor 3100.

The network 4000 may be a wireless communication network or a wired communication network, and may be a local area network or a wide area network. In the communication system 100 of the charging and discharging cabinet shown in fig. 1, the vehicle 3000 and the server 1000, and the terminal device 2000 and the server 1000 can communicate with each other through the network 4000. The vehicle 3000 may be the same as the server 1000, and the network 4000 through which the terminal device 2000 communicates with the server 1000 may be different from each other.

It should be understood that although fig. 1 shows only one server 1000, terminal device 2000, and vehicle 3000, it is not meant to limit the number of each, and a plurality of servers 1000, a plurality of terminal devices 2000, and a plurality of vehicles 3000 may be included in the communication system 100 of the charging cabinet.

< charging Cabinet >

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a charging cabinet according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 2, the charging cabinet 10 of the present embodiment may include a plurality of charging compartments 20, wherein each of the charging compartments 20 has: a first controller 21 for a charging unit 24 for charging the battery in the corresponding charging bin 20, and a temperature sensor 22 for detecting the temperature of the battery; the charging unit 24 is provided with a charging switch for controlling whether the charging unit 24 operates.

Wherein, the signal input end of the first controller 21 is electrically connected with the signal output end of the temperature sensor 22 to receive the temperature signal output by the temperature sensor 22; a signal output end of the first controller 21 is electrically connected with a control end of the charging switch to output a switch control signal to the charging switch; wherein the first controller 21 is configured to control a switching state of the charging switch according to the temperature signal.

In this embodiment, when the temperature included in the temperature signal is greater than or equal to the first temperature threshold, the first controller 21 controls the charging switch to be in the off state, that is, stops charging the battery in the charging bin 20, so as to prevent the temperature of the battery from further increasing. When the temperature contained in the temperature signal is less than the second temperature threshold, the first controller 21 controls the charging switch to be in the conducting state, that is, after the temperature of the battery is reduced to be within the safe charging temperature range, the battery is continuously charged.

It can be understood that, in this embodiment, a number threshold that the battery temperature is greater than or equal to the first temperature threshold may also be set, and when the number of times that the battery temperature is greater than or equal to the first temperature threshold exceeds the number threshold, it may be considered that the battery has a fault, at this time, the first controller 21 controls the charging switch to be in the off state, and even if the battery temperature is reduced to be less than the second temperature threshold, the charging switch is not controlled to be changed to the on state, so as to wait for a maintenance person to check.

For example, when the first controller 21 obtains that the battery temperature of the battery 1 in the charging bin 20A is greater than or equal to the first temperature threshold value for 3 consecutive times, it controls the charging switch to be in the off state, stops charging the battery 1, and sends fault information to the maintenance staff to prompt the maintenance staff to check the states of the charging bin 20A and the battery 1, so as to remove or repair the fault.

Further, as shown in fig. 3, in order to increase the heat dissipation speed of the battery in the charging bin 20, a first cooling device 23 is further disposed in the charging bin 20, and the first cooling device 23 is electrically connected to the first controller 21; the first temperature reducing device 23 is configured to operate or stop operating according to a first control instruction of the first controller 21.

Specifically, when the battery temperature obtained by the first controller 21 is greater than or equal to the first temperature threshold, a first control instruction including an operation command is sent to the first temperature reduction device 23, and the first temperature reduction device 23 starts to operate according to the operation command in the first control instruction to reduce the battery temperature. When the first controller 21 obtains that the battery temperature is less than the second temperature threshold, a first control instruction containing a stop operation command is sent to the first cooling device 23, and the first cooling device 23 stops operating according to the stop operation command in the first control instruction, so as to save electric energy.

In one example, the first cooling device 23 may include a fan disposed within the charging bin 20. In some other possible implementations, the first cooling device 23 may also be other devices capable of helping the battery to dissipate heat quickly, and is not limited in particular.

Further, in order to ensure efficient cooling of the charging cabinet 10, in this embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the charging cabinet 10 may further include: a second controller 30 and an early warning processing unit 40; the second controller 30 is electrically connected with the first controller 21 and the early warning processing unit 40 respectively; the second controller 30 is configured to receive the temperature signal from the first controller 21 and control the warning processing unit 40 to perform a high-temperature warning processing operation of the battery according to the temperature signal.

Specifically, the second controller 30 may be a main controller, and may receive the temperature signals transmitted from the first controllers 21 of the respective charging bays 20, and monitor whether the temperature contained in the temperature signals reaches a high temperature threshold, i.e., a third temperature threshold, of the entire charging cabinet 10. And if the temperature contained in the temperature signal is greater than or equal to the third temperature threshold, controlling the early warning processing unit 40 to execute the operation of the high-temperature early warning processing of the battery.

In one example, the warning processing unit 40 may include a warning device and a second cooling device; the early warning device is configured to send out early warning information according to a second control instruction of the second controller 30; and the second cooling device is configured to operate or stop operating according to a second control instruction of the second controller 30. The early warning device comprises an acousto-optic early warning device and a display device; the acousto-optic early warning device is configured to send out an acousto-optic early warning signal; the display device is configured to emit warning information.

In a specific implementation manner, the acousto-optic early warning device can comprise a light emitting diode and a loudspeaker; the second cooling device comprises a fan. The light emitting diode can emit an early warning light signal, and the loudspeaker can emit an early warning sound signal. The fan can help the battery to dissipate heat and cool more quickly by generating wind power.

It is understood that the fan in the second cooling device may have a power greater than that of the fan in the first cooling device 23, so as to dissipate heat of the entire charging cabinet 10.

In the actual application process, the first temperature reducing device 23 is controlled to operate or stop operating by the first controller 21 in the charging bin 20 according to the temperature contained in the temperature signal. And controlling the first cooling device 23 to operate and simultaneously controlling the charging switch to be in an off state so as to stop charging the battery, continuously monitoring the battery temperature of the battery in the charging bin 20, and sending a battery signal to the second controller 30. If the temperature contained in the temperature signal continuously rises and reaches the third temperature threshold, the second controller 30 controls the acousto-optic early warning device in the early warning processing unit 40 to send out an acousto-optic early warning signal, and controls the second cooling device in the early warning processing unit 40 to operate, so as to reduce the temperature of the whole charging cabinet 10. Thus, by means of the double measures, the service life of the battery can be prolonged under the condition that the safety risk is effectively reduced.

The charging cabinet of the present embodiment has been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, in the present embodiment, the charging cabinet includes a plurality of charging compartments, wherein each of the charging compartments has: the charging system comprises a first controller, a charging unit and a temperature sensor, wherein the charging unit is used for charging a battery in a corresponding charging bin; the charging unit is provided with a charging switch for controlling whether the charging unit works or not; the signal input end of the first controller is electrically connected with the signal output end of the temperature sensor so as to receive the temperature signal output by the temperature sensor; the signal output end of the first controller is electrically connected with the control end of the charging switch so as to output a switch control signal to the charging switch; wherein the first controller is configured to control a switching state of the charging switch according to the temperature signal. Therefore, the on-off state of the charging switch can be controlled according to the temperature signal output by the temperature sensor, the problem that the temperature of the battery continuously rises due to continuous charging of the battery when the temperature of the battery is too high is avoided, the safety risk is reduced, and meanwhile, the service life of the battery can be prolonged due to timely adoption of measures for controlling the temperature of the battery.

While various embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the above description is intended to be illustrative, not exhaustive, and not limited to the disclosed embodiments. Many modifications and variations will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the described embodiments. The terminology used herein is chosen in order to best explain the principles of the embodiments, the practical application, or improvements made to the technology in the marketplace, or to enable others of ordinary skill in the art to understand the embodiments disclosed herein. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A charging cabinet, characterized in that, charging cabinet includes a plurality of storehouse of charging, is provided with in every the storehouse of charging: the charging system comprises a first controller, a charging unit and a temperature sensor, wherein the charging unit is used for charging a battery in a corresponding charging bin; the charging unit is provided with a charging switch for controlling whether the charging unit works or not;

2. The charging cabinet according to claim 1, wherein a first cooling device is further disposed in the charging bin, and the first cooling device is electrically connected to the first controller;

3. The charging cabinet of claim 1, further comprising: the second controller and the early warning processing unit;

4. The charging cabinet according to claim 3, wherein the pre-warning processing unit comprises a pre-warning device and a second cooling device;

5. The charging cabinet according to claim 4, wherein the warning device comprises an acousto-optic warning device and a display device;

6. The charging cabinet of claim 2, wherein the first cooling device comprises a fan.

7. The charging cabinet of claim 4, wherein the second cooling device comprises a fan.

8. The charging cabinet according to claim 5, wherein the audible and visual warning device comprises a light emitting diode and a speaker.