CN217320109U

CN217320109U - Battery changing station

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Publication number: CN217320109U
Application number: CN202220951162.3U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 阙仕标; 陈灿; 王霞; 其他发明人请求不公开姓名
Original assignee: Contemporary Amperex Energy Service Technology Ltd
Current assignee: Contemporary Amperex Energy Service Technology Ltd
Priority date: 2022-04-22
Filing date: 2022-04-22
Publication date: 2022-08-30
Anticipated expiration: 2032-04-22

Abstract

The application relates to a trade power station belongs to and trades electric equipment technical field. The application provides a trade power station includes: the battery replacement module is used for replacing a battery for the vehicle; the charging modules are used for storing batteries detached from the battery replacing module and providing the batteries after charging for the battery replacing module, and at least one of the charging modules is detachably connected to the battery replacing module, so that the number of the charging modules can be increased or decreased and is connected to the battery replacing module. At least one of the charging modules of the battery replacement station is detachably connected to the battery replacement module, so that the number of the charging modules can be flexibly adjusted, the market requirements can be flexibly matched, and the quick capacity reduction or capacity expansion of the battery replacement station can be realized.

Description

Battery changing station

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of battery replacing equipment, in particular to a battery replacing station.

Background

Along with the rapid prosperity of new energy automobiles, the power battery quick-change matching equipment is also popularized and popularized, the batteries of the new energy automobiles can be replaced, and the replaced insufficient-power batteries can be charged for later use.

However, the number of charging units of the existing swapping station in the market is fixed after the swapping station is put into use, and the swapping station cannot be flexibly adjusted according to the number of passenger flows, so that the swapping station has certain limitations.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Therefore, the charging station can flexibly adjust the number of the charging modules, flexibly match with market requirements, and achieve quick shrinkage or expansion of the charging station.

Some embodiments of the present application provide a power swapping station, including: the battery replacement module is used for replacing a battery for the vehicle; the charging modules are used for storing batteries detached from the battery replacing module and providing the batteries after charging for the battery replacing module, and at least one of the charging modules is detachably connected to the battery replacing module, so that the number of the charging modules can be increased or decreased and is connected to the battery replacing module.

In the power exchanging station of the embodiment of the application, at least one of the charging modules is detachably connected to the power exchanging module, so that the number of the charging modules of the power exchanging station can be changed by detaching the charging modules or adding new charging modules, and the quick shrinkage or expansion of the power exchanging station is further realized.

According to some embodiments of the present application, one of the plurality of charging modules is fixedly connected with the battery swapping module and configured as a first charging module.

In the above scheme, the first charging module is fixedly connected with the battery replacing module, so that the minimum number of charging parts of the battery replacing station can be ensured, and the normal operation of the battery replacing station is ensured.

According to some embodiments of the present application, the swapping station further comprises: and the control room is arranged in the first charging module.

In the above scheme, the control room is used for controlling the operation of the battery replacement station, the control room is arranged on the first charging module, is arranged close to the battery replacement module, and is also arranged close to other charging modules, so that the control room is conveniently connected with the battery replacement module, other devices of the first charging module and signals of the other charging modules.

According to some embodiments of the present application, the control room is disposed at a lower layer of the first charging module.

In the scheme, the control room is positioned at the lower layer, so that workers can conveniently enter and exit the control room from the outside.

According to some embodiments of the present application, the first charging module further comprises a first charging unit comprising: a first charging section for storing a battery; and the first charging unit is used for charging the battery through the first charging part.

In the above scheme, the first charging module includes a first charging portion and a first charging unit, the first charging unit is electrically connected to the first charging portion, and after the battery is placed in the first charging portion, the first charging unit charges the battery through the first charging portion. Because the first charging module is provided with the first charging part and the corresponding first charging unit, the arrangement space of the first charging module is reasonably utilized, the compactness of the battery replacement station is improved, the minimum quantity of the charging part of the battery replacement station can be ensured, and the normal operation of the battery replacement station is ensured.

According to some embodiments of the present application, one of the plurality of charging modules is fixedly connected to the battery swapping module and is configured as a first charging module, and the rest of the charging modules are configured as second charging modules, and the second charging modules are detachably connected to the first charging module or the battery swapping module.

In the above scheme, the second charging module is connected with the first charging module or connected with the battery replacement module, and the number of the second charging and discharging modules can be increased or decreased, so that the number of charging portions of the battery replacement station can be flexibly adjusted, and the capacity reduction or expansion of the battery replacement station is realized.

According to some embodiments of the present application, the second charging module comprises a second charging unit comprising: a second charging section for storing a battery; and the second charging unit is used for supplying power to the battery through the second charging part.

In the above scheme, the second charging module includes a second charging portion and a second charging unit, the second charging unit is electrically connected to the second charging portion, and after the battery is placed in the second charging portion, the second charging unit charges the battery through the second charging portion. Because every second portion of charging and the second unit of charging that corresponds equipartition are arranged in same second module of charging, when increasing or reducing the quantity of second module of charging, can form a complete set increase or reduce with the second unit of charging that the second portion of charging corresponds the quantity.

According to some embodiments of the present application, the swapping station further comprises: and the heat management pieces correspond to the charging parts of the battery replacing station one by one and are used for cooling or heating the batteries stored in the charging parts through the charging parts.

In the scheme, the heat management piece is used for cooling or heating the battery stored in the charging part so as to keep the temperature of the battery not to exceed a safety range in the charging process and improve the safety of the battery in the charging process.

According to some embodiments of the present application, the swapping station further comprises: an auxiliary module detachably connected to at least one of the plurality of charging modules, the thermal management being disposed at the auxiliary module.

In the above scheme, the heat management part is arranged on the auxiliary module, so that the external volume and weight of the charging module can be reduced, the charging module can be moved conveniently, and the number of the charging modules of the power conversion station can be increased or reduced conveniently.

According to some embodiments of the present application, the plurality of charging modules are disposed side by side along a first direction, the battery replacement module is disposed on one side of the plurality of charging modules along the first direction, and the auxiliary module is disposed on the other side of the plurality of charging modules along the first direction.

In the above scheme, the plurality of charging modules are arranged side by side along the first direction, the connection structure of each charging module can be the same, the structure of the charging module is simplified, the battery replacing module and the auxiliary module are respectively arranged on two sides of the plurality of charging modules along the first direction, and two side surfaces of the charging module along the first direction can be butted with the battery replacing module, another charging module or the auxiliary module, so that the safety of the battery replacing station is improved.

According to some embodiments of the present application, the auxiliary module further comprises a third charging unit comprising: a third charging section for storing a battery; and the third charging unit is used for supplying power to the battery through the third charging part.

In the above scheme, the third charging module includes a third charging portion and a third charging unit, the third charging unit is electrically connected to the third charging portion, and after the battery is placed in the third charging portion, the third charging unit charges the battery through the third charging portion. Because the auxiliary module is also provided with the third charging part and the corresponding third charging unit, the arrangement space of the auxiliary module is reasonably utilized, the compactness of the battery replacement station is improved, the minimum quantity of the charging parts of the battery replacement station can be ensured, and the normal operation of the battery replacement station is ensured.

According to some embodiments of the application, the module of charging includes lower floor's box and upper strata box, lower floor's box with upper strata box detachably connects.

In the above scheme, because lower floor's box and upper box detachably connect, can assemble the module of charging in a flexible way, still be convenient for the transportation and the maintenance of the module of charging change.

Additional aspects and advantages of the present application will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the present application.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings that are required to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, it should be understood that the following drawings only illustrate some embodiments of the present application and therefore should not be considered as limiting the scope, and for those skilled in the art, other related drawings can be obtained from the drawings without inventive effort.

FIG. 1 illustrates an axis view of a swapping station of some embodiments of the present application;

fig. 2 illustrates a schematic structural diagram of a top view of a swapping station of some embodiments of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating that a swapping module and a first charging module in a swapping station according to some embodiments of the present application are fixedly connected;

fig. 4 illustrates a side view internal schematic of a first charging module according to some embodiments of the present application;

fig. 5 illustrates an axis view of a second charging module in a swapping station of some embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 6 illustrates an isometric view of an auxiliary module within which thermal management is disposed in a power swapping station of some embodiments of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating an internal structure of an auxiliary module in a power swapping station according to some embodiments of the present application from a side view;

fig. 8 is a schematic internal structural diagram illustrating a top view of an upper space of a swapping station according to some embodiments of the present application;

FIG. 9 illustrates an internal block diagram of a top view of an underlying space of a swapping station of some embodiments of the present application;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a front view of a power exchanging station with an upper space and a lower space according to some embodiments of the present application (a first charging unit, a second charging unit and a third charging unit are not illustrated);

FIG. 11 is a schematic expansion diagram of a swapping station according to some embodiments of the present application;

the figures are not provided to scale.

Icon: 100-power swapping station; 110-battery replacement module; 111-battery replacement channel; 1111-an inlet; 1112-an outlet; 120-a first charging module; 121-a first lower tank; 122-a first upper tank; 123-a first charging unit; 1231 — a first charging section; 1232 — a first charging set; 130-a second charging module; 131-a second lower box; 132-a second upper tank; 133-a second charging unit; 1331-a second charging section; 1332-a second charging set; 140-an auxiliary module; 141-a third lower tank; 142-a third upper level box; 143-a third charging unit; 1431 — a third charging section; 1432-a third charging set; 150-control room; 160-thermal management.

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 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 obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments in the present application without making any creative effort belong to the protection scope of the present application.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs; the terminology used in the description of the application in the present application is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application; the terms "including" and "having," and any variations thereof, in the description and claims of this application and the description of the above figures are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. The terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of this application or in the above-described drawings are used for distinguishing between different elements and not for describing a particular sequential or chronological order.

Reference in the specification to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the specification. The appearances of the phrase in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by one skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein can be combined with other embodiments.

Throughout the description of the present application, it is to be noted that unless otherwise expressly specified or limited the terms "mounted," "connected," and "attached" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as appropriate.

The appearances of "a plurality" in this application are intended to mean more than two (including two).

With the development of new energy technology, devices using batteries are increased, and when electric energy of electric devices is exhausted, the electric energy is supplemented by connecting with charging devices, for example, an electric vehicle can be connected with a charging pile for charging. Compared with a mode of connecting charging equipment such as a charging pile and the like to supplement electric energy, the electric energy can be supplemented more quickly by replacing the battery; at present, there is also a battery replacement station specially used for replacing batteries, the battery replacement station is provided with a battery replacement module, a charging module group and a transfer module, the battery replacement module is used for replacing batteries for electric vehicles, the charging module group is used for storing the batteries detached from the battery replacement module and providing full-charge batteries for the battery replacement module, and the transfer module is used for transferring the full-charge batteries to the battery replacement module and transferring the batteries detached from the battery replacement module to the charging module group.

In the related art, when a power conversion station is built, the battery capacity of the power conversion station is fixed, that is, the number of charging portions included in the power conversion station is fixed, and the maximum number of batteries that can be accommodated in the power conversion station is fixed, which is determined according to the passenger flow prediction at the place where the power conversion station is built. However, after the power switching station is put into production for use, the number of the charging portions predicted in advance may be different from the actual situation, for example, if the actual passenger flow exceeds the predicted passenger flow, the full-charge battery may be insufficiently supplied, some electric vehicles may not replace the full-charge battery in the power switching station, if the actual passenger flow is smaller than the predicted passenger flow, the battery recycling rate may be low, and most of the batteries are reserved for the charging portions for a long time, which results in resource waste.

The inventor finds that if the splicing type power changing station is provided, after the power changing station is put into operation for a period of time, part of the charging modules can be flexibly added or detached according to the difference between the actual passenger flow and the predicted passenger flow, so that the number of the charging modules can be flexibly adjusted, and the problems can be overcome.

Based on the above thought, this application provides a scheme, trades the power station and includes to trade electric module and a plurality of module of charging, and at least one detachably in the module of charging connects in trading electric module to make the module quantity of charging connect in trading electric module with increasing and decreasing.

FIG. 1 illustrates an axis view of a swapping station of some embodiments of the present application; fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a top view of a swapping station according to some embodiments of the present application.

As shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, some embodiments of the present application provide a battery swapping station 100, which includes a battery swapping module 110 and charging modules, where the battery swapping module 110 is used to replace a battery for a vehicle, multiple charging modules are used to store a battery detached from the battery swapping module 110 and provide a charged battery for the battery swapping module 110, and at least one of the charging modules is detachably connected to the battery swapping module 110, so that the number of the charging modules can be increased or decreased and connected to the battery swapping module 110.

It can be understood that the vehicle refers to a power vehicle which uses a power battery to provide electric energy, and the vehicle can be a new energy heavy truck, and can also be a new energy car or a bus.

The battery replacing module 110 includes a battery replacing channel 111 and a battery replacing manipulator (not shown in the figure), the battery replacing channel 111 includes an inlet 1111 and an outlet 1112, and the vehicle enters the battery replacing channel 111 from the inlet 1111 and leaves the battery replacing channel 111 from the outlet 1112 after the battery is replaced. The battery replacement robot is configured to detach a deficient battery from a vehicle and attach a full battery to the vehicle.

The battery replacement station 100 also has a plurality of charging sections configured to receive and charge a insufficient battery detached from the vehicle by the battery replacement robot, and to store the insufficient battery as a full battery after the charging of the insufficient battery is completed, to be mounted on the vehicle. It is understood that the battery swapping station 100 further has a transfer system to interface with a swapping robot to transfer the battery between the swapping module 110 and the charging unit, which will not be described herein.

A plurality of charging units may be disposed at different positions of the battery swapping station 100, and a part of the charging units may be fixedly disposed in the battery swapping station 100 to ensure a minimum number of batteries that can be accommodated by the battery swapping station 100; another part of the charging unit may be disposed on the charging module detachably connected to the battery replacing module 110, and the number of the batteries that can be accommodated in the battery replacing station 100 is increased or decreased as the number of the charging modules is increased or decreased.

The detachable connection of at least one of the charging modules to the battery swapping module 110 means that, in the plurality of charging modules, a part of the charging modules is detachably connected to the battery swapping module 110 to ensure the minimum number of batteries that can be accommodated in the battery swapping station 100, and another part of the charging modules is directly or indirectly detachably connected to the battery swapping module 110 to increase or decrease the number of the charging modules and to implement the capacity reduction or expansion of the battery swapping station 100. For example, the number of the charging modules is two, one of the charging modules is fixedly connected with the battery replacing module 110 and is configured as the first charging module 120, and the other charging module is detachably connected with the first charging module 120 or detachably connected with the battery replacing module 110. For convenience of description, a charging module detachably connected to the power exchanging module 110 directly or indirectly is defined as the second charging module 130. For another example, the number of the charging modules is four, two of the charging modules are the first charging modules 120, and the other two charging modules are the second charging modules 130. It is understood that the configuration of the second charging module 130 is generally the same, while the configuration of the first and

second charging modules

120, 130 may be slightly different.

In the power swapping station 100 according to the embodiment of the application, at least one of the charging modules is detachably connected to the power swapping module 110, and the number of the charging modules of the power swapping station 100 can be changed by detaching the charging module or adding a new charging module, so that the fast capacity reduction or capacity expansion of the power swapping station 100 is realized.

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating that a power swapping module and a first charging module in a power swapping station according to some embodiments of the present application are fixedly connected.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, in some embodiments of the present application, one of the plurality of charging modules is fixedly connected with the swapping module 110 and configured as a first charging module 120.

A charging part may be provided in the first charging module 120 to ensure a minimum number of charging parts of the charging station 100; auxiliary equipment matched with the battery replacement process can be further arranged in the first charging module 120, so that the arrangement space of the first charging module 120 is fully utilized, and the compactness of the battery replacement station 100 is improved. For example, a control room 150, a distribution room, a fire room, and the like, which will be described below, may be provided in the first charging module 120.

In the above scheme, the first charging module 120 is fixedly connected to the battery swapping module 110, so that the minimum number of charging units of the battery swapping station 100 can be ensured, and the normal operation of the battery swapping station 100 can be ensured.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, in some embodiments of the present application, the power exchanging station 100 further includes a control room 150 disposed in the first charging module 120.

The control room 150 has a main control cabinet for controlling the operation of the power exchanging station 100. The power conversion station further comprises a power distribution module for supplying power to the power conversion station 100.

The control room 150 is in signal connection with the battery swapping module 110, each charging unit, the transfer system, and the corresponding equipment of the battery swapping station 100 to control the operation of the battery swapping station 100. The control room 150 may be an unmanned machine room, or may be provided with a console for human operation and a corresponding workstation.

In the above solution, the control room 150 is disposed on the first charging module 120, and is disposed close to both the battery swapping module 110 and other charging modules, so that the control room 150 is conveniently connected to the battery swapping module 110, other devices of the first charging module 120, and signals of the other charging modules.

In some embodiments of the present application, the control room 150 is disposed at a lower layer of the first charging module 120.

As shown in fig. 3, the first charging module 120 includes a first lower case 121 and a first upper case 122 along a vertical direction (i.e., the third direction Z), and the first lower case 121 is detachably connected to the first upper case 122. At least a part of the space of the first lower case 121 is configured as a control room 150, and the first upper case 122 is used to arrange a charging part and auxiliary devices. The space of the first lower case 121 may be configured as the control room 150, or a part of the space may be configured as the control room 150, and the other part of the space is used for arranging the charging part and the auxiliary device.

Based on the aforementioned embodiment in which the control room 150 has a console for human operation and a corresponding workstation, the control room 150 can enter the control room 150 from the power exchanging channel 111, that is, a door is disposed between the control room 150 and the power exchanging channel 111, or the control room 150 can enter the control room 150 from the outside of the power exchanging station 100, that is, the door of the control room 150 is disposed on the side wall of the first lower-layer box 121 on the same side as the inlet 1111 or the outlet 1112.

In the above solution, the control room 150 is located at the lower layer, so that the staff can enter and exit the control room 150 from the outside.

Fig. 4 illustrates a side view internal schematic of a first charging module according to some embodiments of the present application.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, in some embodiments of the present application, the first charging module 120 further includes a first charging unit 123, the first charging unit 123 includes a first charging part 1231 and a first charging set 1232, the first charging part 1231 is used for storing the battery, and the first charging set 1232 is used for charging the battery through the first charging part 1231.

The number of the first charging units 1231 may be one or more, the first charging set 1232 is provided corresponding to the first charging unit 1231, the first charging set 1232 supplies power through the power distribution module, one first charging set 1232 may correspond to a plurality of first charging units 1231, one first charging set 1232 may correspond to one first charging unit 1231, and a plurality of first charging sets 1232 may correspond to one first charging unit 1231.

First portion 1231 that charges can be opening place the platform up, place the bottom of platform have with first unit 1232 that charges the interface, the battery is placed behind place the platform, the charge-discharge interface of battery and the interface butt joint that charges of first unit 1232 that charges to charge. The first portion 1231 that charges can further be the cabinet body that the opening up, and the bottom of the cabinet body has the interface battery that charges with first set 1232 that charges and puts into the cabinet body after, the interface that charges of charge and discharge of battery and first set 1232 that charges dock with the interface that charges to charge.

Based on the aforementioned embodiment that the first charging module 120 includes the first lower housing 121 and the first upper housing 122, and a part of the space of the first lower housing 121 is configured as the control room 150, the first charging set 1232 is disposed on the first lower housing 121 so as to be connected with the power distribution module. The first charging part 1231 is disposed in one of the first lower case 121 or the first upper case 122, and the first charging part 1231 may be disposed in both the first lower case 121 and the first upper case 122. It is to be understood that, in order to facilitate the docking of the transfer system with each of the first charging portions 1231, the first charging portions 1231 disposed at the first lower case 121 and the openings of the first charging portions 1231 disposed at the first upper case 122 are arranged to be staggered at the same side.

It is understood that the upper side of the first upper case 122 has an opening (not shown) exposing all the first charging parts 1231, and the upper side of the first lower case 121 has an opening (not shown) exposing the first charging parts 1231 positioned inside the first lower case 121, so that the transfer system can take and place the battery from the upper side of the first charging module 120.

In the above scheme, the first charging module 120 includes a first charging unit 1231 and a first charging unit 1232, the first charging unit 1232 is electrically connected to the first charging unit 1231, and after the battery is placed in the first charging unit 1231, the first charging unit 1232 charges the battery through the first charging unit 1231. Because the first charging module 120 is provided with the first charging unit 1231 and the corresponding first charging unit 1232, the arrangement space of the first charging module 120 is reasonably utilized, the compactness of the battery replacement station 100 is improved, the minimum number of charging units of the battery replacement station 100 can be ensured, and the normal operation of the battery replacement station 100 is ensured.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, in some embodiments of the present application, one of the plurality of charging modules is fixedly connected to the battery swapping module 110 and configured as a first charging module 120, the rest of the charging modules are configured as a second charging module 130, and the second charging module 130 is detachably connected to the first charging module 120 or the battery swapping module 110.

The number of the second charging modules 130 may be one or more; the second charging module 130 may be detachably connected to the battery swapping module 110, and may also be detachably connected to the first charging module 120. Based on the multiple embodiments of the second charging module 130, in some embodiments of the present application, the multiple second charging modules 130 may be arranged along a first direction, two adjacent second charging modules 130 are detachably connected, and along the first direction, the second charging module 130 at one end is detachably connected to the battery replacing module 110; in other embodiments of the present application, a portion of the plurality of second charging modules 130 may be detachably connected to the power conversion module 110, and another portion of the plurality of second charging modules may be disposed around the first charging module 120 and may be detachably connected to the first charging module 120.

In the above solution, the second charging module 130 is connected to the first charging module 120 or connected to the battery swapping module 110, and the number of the second charging/discharging modules can be increased or decreased, so as to flexibly adjust the number of charging portions of the battery swapping station 100, thereby implementing capacity reduction or capacity expansion of the battery swapping station 100.

Fig. 5 is an axis view of a second charging module in a swapping station of some embodiments of the present application.

As shown in fig. 5, in some embodiments of the present application, the second charging module 130 includes a second charging unit 133, the second charging unit 133 includes a second charging part 1331 and a second charging set 1332, the second charging part 1331 is used for storing a battery, and the second charging set 1332 is used for supplying power to the battery through the second charging part 1331.

The configuration of the second charging part 1331 and the second charging set 1332 is the same as that of the first charging part 1231 and the first charging set 1232, and further description thereof is omitted.

In the above scheme, the second charging unit 133 includes a second charging part 1331 and a second charging unit 1332, the second charging unit 1332 is electrically connected to the second charging part 1331, and after the battery is placed in the second charging part 1331, the second charging unit 1332 charges the battery through the second charging part 1331. Since each second charging part 1331 and the corresponding second charging set 1332 are disposed on the same second charging module 130, when the number of the second charging modules 130 is increased or decreased, the number of the second charging sets 1332 corresponding to the second charging part 1331 can be increased or decreased.

Fig. 6 illustrates an axis view diagram of an auxiliary module with a thermal management disposed therein in a power swapping station according to some embodiments of the present application.

As shown in fig. 6, in some embodiments of the present application, the battery charging station 100 further includes a thermal management member 160, and the thermal management member 160 corresponds to the charging unit of the battery charging station 100 in a one-to-one manner, and is used for cooling or heating the battery stored in the charging unit through the charging unit.

The battery in this application embodiment can be new forms of energy heavily blocks power battery, and the battery can generate heat in the charge-discharge process, has the potential safety hazard, therefore this type of battery is from taking cooling system, and cooling system has the cooling interface. When the battery is assembled to a vehicle, a cooling interface of the battery needs to be in butt joint with cooling equipment of the vehicle so as to ensure that the temperature of the battery is not overhigh in the discharging process; when the charging unit is charging, the cooling system interface of the battery needs to be connected to the interface of the thermal management member 160, so as to ensure that the temperature of the battery is not too high during the charging process. It is understood that the thermal management member 160 may also be used to heat the battery of the charging part in case the external ambient temperature is too low, so that the battery is normally charged and discharged.

The charging portion of the charging station 100 refers to a general term of charging devices for charging a battery and storing a fully charged battery, which are disposed at different positions of the charging station 100. In some embodiments of the present application, the charging part of the charging station 100 includes a first charging part 1231, a second charging part 1331, and a third charging part 1431 described below. In other embodiments, in the case where the first charging part 1231 is not disposed at the first charging module 120 of the charging station 100 and the third charging part 1431 is not disposed at the auxiliary module 140 described below, the charging part of the charging station 100 includes only the second charging part 1331.

The thermal management member 160 corresponds to the charging part one by one, an interface of the thermal management member 160 is communicated to the charging part through a pipeline, and when the battery is located at the charging part, the interface of the thermal management member 160 is connected with a cooling system interface of the battery. For convenience of description, the thermal management 160 corresponding to the first charging part 1231 is configured as a first thermal management, the thermal management 160 corresponding to the second charging part 1331 is configured as a second thermal management, and the thermal management 160 corresponding to the third charging part 1431 described below is a third thermal management. The first thermal management member, the second thermal management member, and the third thermal management member may be respectively disposed in the same module as the corresponding charging portion, or may be integrally disposed in another module.

In some embodiments of the present application, the thermal management member 160 is a water chiller that cools the battery by circulating cooling water; in other embodiments, thermal management member 160 may be other devices depending on the cooling medium used in the particular battery cooling system.

In the above-mentioned solution, the thermal management member 160 is used to cool or heat the battery stored in the charging portion, so as to maintain the temperature of the battery during the charging process not to exceed a safe range, thereby improving the safety of the battery during the charging process.

As shown in fig. 1 and 6, in some embodiments of the present application, the power conversion station 100 further includes an auxiliary module 140, the auxiliary module 140 is detachably connected to at least one of the plurality of charging modules, and the thermal management member 160 is disposed at the auxiliary module 140.

Auxiliary modules 140 are arranged on the first heat management piece, the second heat management piece and the third heat management piece, and other auxiliary devices in the charging portion and the battery replacement process can be arranged in the auxiliary modules 140.

The auxiliary module 140 may be detachably connected to the first charging module 120, may be detachably connected to the second charging module 130, may be detachably connected to both the first charging module 120 and the second charging module 130, or may be detachably connected to both the first charging module 120 and the second charging port.

It can be understood that the detachable connection between the two second charging modules 130, between the first charging module 120 and the second charging module 130, and between the auxiliary module 140 and the first charging module 120 and/or the second charging module 130 may be through a pull pin connection, and may be through a conventional connection manner easy to disassemble and assemble, such as a snap connection, and the present embodiment is intended to illustrate the arrangement form of the battery replacement station 100, and the detachable connection manner between the two modules is not described in detail.

In the above solution, the thermal management component 160 is disposed on the auxiliary module 140, so as to reduce the external volume and weight of the charging module, facilitate movement of the charging module, and facilitate increasing or decreasing the number of the charging modules of the charging station 100.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, in some embodiments of the present application, a plurality of charging modules are disposed side by side along a first direction, the battery swapping module 110 is disposed at one side of the plurality of charging modules along the first direction, and the auxiliary module 140 is disposed at the other side of the plurality of charging modules along the first direction.

As shown in fig. 2, the current switching channel 111 extends along a second direction, and along the second direction, one side of the current switching channel 111 is an inlet 1111, and the other side is an outlet 1112, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction. Along the first direction, one side of the first charging module 120 is fixedly connected with the battery replacing channel 111, the other side of the first charging module is sequentially connected with the plurality of second charging modules 130, the plurality of second charging modules 130 are arranged side by side along the first direction, two adjacent second charging modules 130 are detachably connected, and the second charging module 130 at the tail end is detachably connected with the auxiliary module 140.

In the above scheme, the plurality of charging modules are arranged side by side along the first direction, the connection structure of each charging module may be the same, the structure of the charging modules is simplified, the battery swapping module 110 and the auxiliary module 140 are respectively arranged on two sides of the plurality of charging modules along the first direction, and two side surfaces of the charging module along the first direction may be in butt joint with the battery swapping module 110, another charging module or the auxiliary module 140, so as to improve the safety of the battery swapping station 100.

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating an internal structure of an auxiliary module in a power swapping station according to some embodiments of the present application from a side view.

As shown in fig. 7, in some embodiments of the present application, the auxiliary module 140 further includes a third charging unit 143, the third charging unit 143 includes a third charging part 1431 and a third charging set 1432, the third charging part 1431 is used for storing a battery, and the third charging set 1432 is used for supplying power to the battery through the third charging part 1431.

The third charging part 1431 and the third charging set 1432 have the same configuration as the first charging part 1231 and the first charging set 1232, and are not further described herein.

In the vertical direction (i.e., the third direction Z), the auxiliary module 140 includes a third lower case 141 and a third upper case 142, the third lower case 141 is detachably connected to the third upper case 142, the thermal management member 160 is disposed at the third lower case 141, a third charging part 1431 is provided at the third upper case 142, and a third charging unit 1432 is disposed at the third lower case 141.

In the above scheme, the auxiliary module 140 includes a third charging unit 1431 and a third charging unit 1432, the third charging unit 1432 is electrically connected to the third charging unit 1431, and after the battery is placed in the third charging unit 1431, the third charging unit 1432 charges the battery through the third charging unit 1431. Because the auxiliary module 140 is also provided with the third charging unit 1431 and the corresponding third charging unit 1432, the arrangement space of the auxiliary module 140 is reasonably utilized, the compactness of the battery replacement station 100 is improved, the minimum number of charging units of the battery replacement station 100 can be ensured, and the normal operation of the battery replacement station 100 is ensured.

Fig. 8 is a schematic internal structural diagram illustrating a top view of an upper space of a swapping station according to some embodiments of the present application; FIG. 9 illustrates an internal block diagram of a top view of an underlying space of a swapping station of some embodiments of the present application; fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a front view of a charging station with upper and lower two-layer spaces according to some embodiments of the present application (a first charging unit, a second charging unit, and a third charging unit are not illustrated).

In some embodiments of the present application, the charging module includes a lower case and an upper case, which are detachably connected.

As shown in fig. 8, 9 and 10, specifically, along the vertical direction (i.e., the third direction Z), the first charging module 120 includes a first lower case 121 and a first upper case 122, and the first lower case 121 is detachably connected to the first upper case 122; the second charging module 130 includes a second lower case 131 and a second upper case 132, and the second lower case 131 is detachably connected to the second upper case 132.

It is understood that the upper side of the second upper case 132 has an opening (not shown) exposing all of the second charging parts 1331 so that the transfer system can take and put the battery from the upper side of the second charging module 130. The upper side of the third upper case 142 has an opening (not shown) exposing all the third charging parts 1431 so that the transfer system can take and place the battery from the upper side of the auxiliary module 140.

It can be understood that, when two adjacent charging modules are connected, two lower-layer boxes or two upper-layer boxes are connected, or two upper-layer boxes are connected while two lower-layer boxes are connected.

For the process of adding a plurality of second charging modules 130 to the power conversion station 100, the second lower-layer box 131 and the second upper-layer box 132 may be separately provided, and the second lower-layer boxes 131 of the plurality of second charging modules 130 are assembled first, and then the corresponding second upper-layer box 132 is assembled for each second lower-layer box 131.

In the above scheme, the lower box body and the upper box body are detachably connected, so that the charging module can be flexibly assembled, and the charging module can be transported, maintained and replaced conveniently.

Fig. 11 is a schematic expansion diagram of a swapping station according to some embodiments of the present application.

As shown in fig. 1 to 11, some embodiments of the present application provide a battery swapping station 100, which includes a battery swapping module 110, a first charging module 120, a second charging module 130, and an auxiliary module 140, wherein along a first direction, a first side of the first charging module 120 is fixedly connected to the battery swapping module 110, a second side of the first charging module 120 is detachably connected to the second charging module 130, and a side of the second charging module 130 away from the first charging module 120 is detachably connected to the auxiliary module 140. The battery replacement module 110 is used for replacing a battery for a vehicle, the first charging module 120 and the second charging module 130 are used for charging the battery and storing the battery, and the auxiliary module 140 is used for arranging auxiliary equipment related to a battery replacement process on one hand and integrating functions of charging the battery and storing the battery on the other hand.

The lower layer of the first charging module 120 has a control room 150, and the first charging module 120 further has a first charging unit 123; the second charging module 130 has a second charging unit 133; the auxiliary module 140 includes a thermal management member 160 and a third charging unit 143 provided corresponding to the charging part. The first charging unit 123 includes a first charging part 1231 and a first charging set 1232, the second charging unit 133 includes a second charging part 1331 and a second charging set 1332, and the third charging unit 143 includes a third charging part 1431 and a third charging set 1432. The spaces where the first, second, and

third charging parts

1231, 1331, and 1431 are provided are communicated with each other, so that the transfer system can conveniently take and place the battery.

The first charging module 120 includes a first lower case 121 and a first upper case 122, the first lower case 121 is detachably connected to the first upper case 122, the control room 150 and the first charging unit 1232 are disposed on the first lower case 121, and first charging portions 1231 are disposed in the first lower case 121 and the first upper case 122. The second charging module 130 includes a second lower case 131 and a second upper case 132, the second lower case 131 is detachably connected to the second upper case 132, a second charging part 1331 is disposed at the second lower case 131, and a second charging unit 1332 is disposed at the second upper case 132. The supplementary module 140 includes a third lower case 141 and a third upper case 142, the third lower case 141 and the third upper case 142 are detachably coupled, the thermal management member 160 and the third charging set 1432 are disposed at the third lower case 141, and the third charging portion 1431 is provided at the third upper case 142.

The process of adding a second charging module 130 to the power swapping station 100 according to the embodiment of the present application is as follows:

inserting the second charging module 130 between the first charging module 120 and another second charging module 130, between two adjacent second charging modules 130, or between the second charging module 130 and the auxiliary module 140, and then connecting both sides of the second charging module 130 in the first direction with the corresponding modules respectively;

connecting the charging interface of the second charging unit 1332 of the second charging module 130 with the corresponding interface of the power distribution module;

connecting the signal interface of the second charging module 130 with the corresponding interface of the main control cabinet of the control room 150;

the cooling interface of the second charging section 1331 of the second charging module 130 and the interface of the corresponding thermal management member 160 are connected by a pipe.

The process of removing one second charging module 130 of the swapping station 100 in the embodiment of the present application is similar to the above process, and the description is not repeated here.

In the power exchanging station 100 according to the embodiment of the application, since the number of the second charging modules 130 can be increased or decreased, and the second thermal management pieces 160 corresponding to the second charging modules 130 are uniformly distributed on the auxiliary module 140, the second charging modules 130 have smaller volume and weight, and are easy to carry and assemble. Further, since the second lower-layer box 131 and the second upper-layer box 132 of the second charging module 130 are configured in a detachable manner, the second lower-layer box 131 and the second upper-layer box 132 can be separately provided, so that convenience in capacity reduction or capacity expansion of the power station 100 is further improved.

It should be noted that the features of the embodiments in the present application may be combined with each other without conflict.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present application and is not intended to limit the present application, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present application shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A power swapping station, comprising:

the battery replacement module is used for replacing a battery for the vehicle;

the charging modules are used for storing batteries detached from the battery replacing module and providing the batteries after charging for the battery replacing module, and at least one of the charging modules is detachably connected to the battery replacing module, so that the number of the charging modules can be increased or decreased and is connected to the battery replacing module.

2. The swapping station of claim 1, wherein one of the plurality of charging modules is fixedly connected with the swapping module and configured as a first charging module.

3. The swapping station of claim 2, further comprising:

and the control room is arranged in the first charging module.

4. The swapping station of claim 3, wherein the control room is disposed at a lower layer of the first charging module.

5. The swapping station of claim 2, wherein the first charging module further comprises a first charging unit comprising:

a first charging section for storing a battery;

and the first charging unit is used for charging the battery through the first charging part.

6. The charging station as recited in claim 1 wherein one of the plurality of charging modules is fixedly connected to the charging module and is configured as a first charging module, and the remaining charging modules are configured as second charging modules, the second charging modules being detachably connected to the first charging module or the charging module.

7. The swapping station of claim 6, wherein the second charging module comprises a second charging unit comprising:

a second charging section for storing a battery;

and the second charging unit is used for supplying power to the battery through the second charging part.

8. The swapping station of claim 1, further comprising:

and the heat management pieces correspond to the charging parts of the battery replacing station one by one and are used for cooling or heating the batteries stored in the charging parts through the charging parts.

9. The swapping station of claim 8, further comprising:

an auxiliary module detachably connected to at least one of the plurality of charging modules, the thermal management being disposed at the auxiliary module.

10. The battery swapping station of claim 9, wherein the plurality of charging modules are arranged side by side along a first direction, the battery swapping module is arranged on one side of the plurality of charging modules along the first direction, and the auxiliary module is arranged on the other side of the plurality of charging modules along the first direction.

11. The swapping station of claim 9, wherein the auxiliary module further comprises a third charging unit comprising:

a third charging section for storing a battery;

and the third charging unit is used for supplying power to the battery through the third charging part.

12. The swapping station of any of claims 1-11, wherein the charging module comprises a lower housing and an upper housing, the lower housing and the upper housing being removably connected.