CN217374215U

CN217374215U - Battery changing station

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Publication number: CN217374215U
Application number: CN202220814358.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 帅令; 康晓鹤; 陈德威; 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: 2022-04-08
Filing date: 2022-04-08
Publication date: 2022-09-06
Anticipated expiration: 2032-04-08
Also published as: WO2023193807A1

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 vehicle battery replacement channel is used for the vehicle to enter and exit so as to replace the battery; a control room; the first partition plate is used for separating the control room from the vehicle battery replacement channel and is provided with a window. Because the first partition plate is provided with the window, a worker can operate in the control room and observe the situation in the vehicle battery replacement channel through the window while communicating with a driver of the vehicle smoothly, and the safety performance is better.

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.

Most of the power changing stations in the market operate in an unmanned mode, and automatic power changing is carried out on new energy automobiles. However, for some special cases, manual handling is required by workers, and the power exchange station operating in the unmanned mode usually does not consider the manual handling condition, and safety accidents can be caused in the manual handling mode.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Therefore, the power exchanging station can run in a manual processing mode and has good safety performance.

Some embodiments of the present application provide a power swapping station, including: the vehicle battery replacement channel is used for the vehicle to enter and exit so as to replace the battery; a control room; the first partition plate is used for separating the control room from the vehicle battery replacement channel and is provided with a window.

In the above scheme, because the first partition plate is provided with the window, a worker can operate and observe the situation in the vehicle battery replacement channel through the window while communicating with a driver of the vehicle smoothly while being located in the control room, and the safety performance is better.

According to some embodiments of the application, along the extending direction of the vehicle battery replacement channel, two ends of the vehicle battery replacement channel are respectively configured as an inlet and an outlet, and the control room is arranged on the same side as the inlet.

In the scheme, the control room is arranged on one side of an inlet of the vehicle battery replacing channel, the window is also positioned on one side of the inlet of the vehicle battery replacing channel, and when a vehicle enters the vehicle battery replacing channel from the inlet, a worker positioned in the control room can communicate with a driver of the vehicle before the vehicle reaches a battery replacing position, so that the working convenience and safety of the battery replacing station are further improved.

According to some embodiments of the present application, the power swapping station further comprises: the charging chamber comprises a plurality of charging bins for storing batteries and charging the batteries; the charging chamber and the vehicle battery replacement channel are separated by the first partition plate, and the charging chamber and the control chamber are arranged at intervals along the extending direction of the vehicle battery replacement channel.

In the scheme, the charging room and the control room are separated from the vehicle battery replacement channel through the first partition plate, namely, the charging room and the control room are positioned on the same side of the vehicle battery replacement channel, so that the layout of the battery replacement station can be simplified; and along the extending direction of the vehicle battery replacing channel, the charging chamber and the control chamber are arranged at intervals, so that the space can be reasonably utilized, and the battery replacing station is compactly arranged.

According to some embodiments of the present application, the swapping station further comprises: and the fire-fighting chamber is used for storing and cooling the battery with thermal runaway, and is positioned on one side of the charging chamber, which is far away from the vehicle battery replacement channel.

In above-mentioned scheme, when having the battery to take place thermal runaway in the charging chamber, put into the fire control room through the battery with thermal runaway, not only can avoid thermal runaway's battery to arouse the conflagration in the charging chamber, can also carry out cooling treatment to thermal runaway's battery, avoid thermal runaway's battery to produce detonation phenomenon. The fire-fighting chamber is far away from the vehicle battery replacement channel, so that the vehicle which is used for replacing the battery at the battery replacement position can be far away, and the safety of the battery replacement vehicle is guaranteed.

According to some embodiments of the present application, the swapping station further comprises: and the first transfer mechanism is used for taking out the thermal runaway battery from the charging chamber and conveying the thermal runaway battery into the fire-fighting chamber.

In the scheme, the battery with thermal runaway can be taken out of the charging chamber through the first transfer mechanism and sent into the fire-fighting chamber, the battery with thermal runaway is transferred without people, transfer efficiency of the battery with thermal runaway is improved, and the battery with thermal runaway has good safety performance.

According to some embodiments of the present application, the swapping station further comprises: the power distribution room is used for supplying power to the vehicle power exchanging channel, the control room and the charging room, and the power distribution room and the vehicle power exchanging channel are separated through the first partition plate.

In the above scheme, the distribution room, the charging room and the control room are all separated from the vehicle battery replacing channel through the first partition plate, namely, the distribution room, the charging room and the control room are located on the same side of the vehicle battery replacing channel, so that the distribution room can supply power to the charging room and the control room conveniently, the layout and the arrangement of the battery replacing station are simplified, and the battery replacing station is compact in arrangement.

According to some embodiments of the application, two ends of the vehicle battery replacement channel are respectively configured as an inlet and an outlet, and the power distribution room is arranged on the same side as the outlet.

In the scheme, the distribution room is arranged on one side of the outlet of the vehicle battery replacing channel, so that the space, close to the outlet, of the vehicle battery replacing channel can be reasonably utilized, the arrangement of the battery replacing station is compact, the connection of the distribution room and an external power supply device is easy to realize, and the assembly and maintenance of the battery replacing station can be simplified.

According to some embodiments of the present application, the door of the electrical distribution room is disposed at the first partition.

In the above scheme, because the electricity distribution room does not need the staff to get into under the normal operating condition, set up the door of electricity distribution room in first baffle, the staff can trade the electric passageway from the vehicle and get into the electricity distribution room, not only simplifies the outside baffle that trades the power station, improves the security that trades the power station.

According to some embodiments of the application, the power conversion station further comprises a second partition board for separating the power distribution room from the charging room, the charging room is provided with a first safety door, and the first safety door is arranged on the second partition board.

In the scheme, the power distribution room is communicated with the charging room, when the charging room needs manual maintenance, a worker can enter the power distribution room from the vehicle power switching channel and then enter the charging room from the power distribution room, and when a safety accident happens to the charging room, the worker can enter the power distribution room from the charging room and then enter the vehicle power switching channel from the power distribution room, and leave the power switching station from the vehicle power switching channel to realize safe escape.

According to some embodiments of the present application, the swapping station further comprises: and the third partition plate is used for partitioning the control room and the charging room, the charging room is provided with a second safety door, and the second safety door is arranged on the third partition plate.

In the scheme, the control room is communicated with the charging room, when the charging room needs manual maintenance, a worker enters the charging room from the control room, and when a safety accident happens to the charging room, the worker can enter the control room from the charging room and then leave the battery replacement station from the control room, so that safe escape is realized.

According to some embodiments of the application, the control room comprises an outer side wall, the outer side wall is located on one side of the control room far away from the charging room along the extending direction of the vehicle battery replacement channel, and the door of the control room is arranged on the outer side wall.

In the above scheme, the door of the control room is arranged on the outer side wall, and a worker can directly enter the control room from the outer side of the battery replacing station without entering the vehicle battery replacing channel, so that the safety and convenience of the worker entering and exiting the control room are improved.

According to some embodiments of the application, the charging chamber has a neutral position, the swapping station further comprising: a second transfer mechanism for transferring the battery between the charging bin and the middle indexing position; and the third transfer mechanism is used for transferring the battery between the middle indexing position and the vehicle battery changing channel.

In the scheme, the second transfer mechanism can transfer the insufficient-power battery to a charging bin from the middle transfer position, and take the full-power battery out of the charging bin and transfer the full-power battery to the middle transfer position; the full-charge battery placed at the middle position can be transferred to the vehicle battery transfer channel through the third transfer mechanism, so that the full-charge battery can be mounted on the vehicle, the insufficient-charge battery can be detached from the vehicle, and the full-charge battery can be transferred to the middle position. The second transfer mechanism and the third transfer mechanism can automatically replace the battery for the vehicle.

According to some embodiments of the present application, the swapping station further comprises: and the protection piece is used for sealing the window and is made of a transparent material.

In the scheme, the window is sealed by the protective plate made of transparent materials, so that a worker can observe the vehicle battery changing channel from the control room easily, the control room and the vehicle battery changing channel are isolated physically, and the safety of the battery changing station is improved.

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 a schematic layout of a top view of a swapping station of some embodiments of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an internal structure of a swapping channel of a swapping station according to some embodiments of the present application;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a first partition of a swapping station of some embodiments of the present application;

fig. 4 is a layout diagram illustrating a top view of a charging room-related arrangement of charging stations according to some embodiments of the present application;

fig. 5 illustrates a top view layout of a transfer mechanism embodying a swap station in accordance with some embodiments of the present application;

fig. 6 illustrates a schematic layout of a top view of a secure tunnel embodying a swapping station of some embodiments of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a top view of a swapping station according to some embodiments of the present application;

the figures are not provided to scale.

Icon: 100-power exchanging station; 10-vehicle battery replacement channel; 11-an inlet; 111-a first ramp; 12-an outlet; 121-a second ramp; 13-battery replacement position; 14-a wheel adjustment mechanism; 20-a control room; 21-an operation panel; 22-a control module; 23-person work station; 30-a charging chamber; 31-a charging bin; 32-a first region; 33-a second region; 40-a fire-fighting chamber; 41-a goods-taking door; 50-a distribution room; 51-a power distribution module; 61-a first separator; 611-a window; 62-a second separator; 63-a third separator; 64-an outer sidewall; 65-a fourth separator; 66-a top plate; 67-a base plate; 68-a fifth separator; 71-a first access door; 72-a second access door; 73-a primary security door; 74-a secondary security door; 81-a first transfer mechanism; 82-a second transfer mechanism; 83-a third transfer mechanism; 84-neutral indexing; 85-fetch bit.

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, 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.

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 figures above, 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 the case may be.

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

Along with the development of new energy technology, the number of devices using batteries is increased, and when the electric energy of electric equipment is exhausted, the electric energy is supplemented in a mode of connecting charging equipment, for example, an electric vehicle can be connected with a charging pile for charging. Compare the mode that charging equipment such as electric pile was filled in the connection comes the supplementary electric energy, change the battery and can realize supplementing the electric energy sooner. At present, a battery replacement station special for replacing batteries also exists, the battery replacement station comprises a vehicle battery replacement channel, a charging chamber, a control chamber, a power distribution chamber and a plurality of transfer mechanisms, a battery replacement position is arranged in the vehicle battery replacement channel, after an electric vehicle enters the battery replacement position, the transfer mechanisms are used for rapidly replacing the batteries of the electric vehicle, and the detached batteries are transferred to the charging chamber for charging and standby.

In the related technology, most of the battery replacement stations run in an unmanned mode, automatic battery replacement is carried out on new energy automobiles, channels relevant to workers are not equipped, and the battery replacement stations are always in an unattended state after being assembled and put into use. For some special situations, for example, the battery replacement action of the vehicle cannot be completed in an unmanned mode, and a worker needs to enter the battery replacement station to assist in completing the battery replacement action of the vehicle; or when the power exchanging station fails, a worker needs to enter the power exchanging station to check the failure reason to complete maintenance. However, the existing arrangement design of the power conversion station does not consider the personal safety of workers in a manual processing mode, and certain potential safety hazards exist.

The inventor finds that after entering the interior of the battery replacement station, no matter whether the battery replacement action of the vehicle is completed or the maintenance operation is performed in an auxiliary manner, communication is performed by means of the communication equipment, and the communication with a driver of the vehicle and other workers is in a non-direct-view communication state. If the overall layout of the battery replacement station can be reasonably adjusted, the sight between the control room and the vehicle battery replacement channel is smooth, the defects can be overcome, the workers can also communicate with drivers or other workers in the vehicle battery replacement channel smoothly in the control room, and the personal safety of the workers in a manual processing mode is improved.

Based on above-mentioned thinking, this application provides a scheme, uses first baffle to separate control room and vehicle trade electric passage, and first baffle has the window, and the staff is located and can operates simultaneously and see through the window and observe the condition in the vehicle trades electric passage and in time communicate with the driver of vehicle in the control room, has better security performance.

It will be appreciated that the electric vehicle may be a family car, a public vehicle, a heavy duty truck or other form of electric vehicle that employs a power battery to provide electrical power.

Fig. 1 illustrates a schematic layout of a top view of a swapping station of some embodiments of the present application; fig. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an internal structure of a swapping channel of a swapping station according to some embodiments of the present application.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the battery replacement station 100 includes a vehicle battery replacement passageway 10, a control room 20, a charging room 30, a fire-fighting room 40, a power distribution room 50, a first partition 61, a fourth partition 65, a top plate 66 and a bottom plate 67, the vehicle battery replacement passageway 10 is used for vehicle access for battery replacement, and the first partition 61 is used for separating the control room 20 and the vehicle battery replacement passageway 10.

Specifically, two ends of the vehicle battery replacement channel 10 are respectively configured as an inlet 11 and an outlet 12, a vehicle enters the vehicle battery replacement channel 10 from the inlet 11, the battery replacement is completed at the battery replacement position 13, and then the vehicle leaves the vehicle battery replacement channel 10 from the outlet 12.

In some embodiments of the present application, the vehicle battery replacing channel 10 extends along the first direction X, and along the first direction X, the inlet 11 and the outlet 12 are disposed opposite to each other, and the vehicle travels along a straight line, that is, the vehicle battery replacing channel 10 is accessed.

In other embodiments, the vehicle power exchanging channel 10 may also extend along a curved line, and after entering the vehicle power exchanging channel 10 from the inlet 11, the vehicle turns and then exits the vehicle power exchanging channel 10 from the outlet 12.

The vehicle battery replacement channel 10 is provided with four wheel adjusting mechanisms 14 corresponding to the left front wheel, the left rear wheel, the right front wheel and the right rear wheel of the vehicle respectively in an area corresponding to the battery replacement position 13, after the vehicle stops at the battery replacement position 13, the left front wheel, the left rear wheel, the right front wheel and the right rear wheel of the vehicle are respectively located at the corresponding wheel adjusting mechanisms 14, and the wheel adjusting mechanisms 14 finely adjust the position of the vehicle so that the battery of the vehicle can accurately reach the position in butt joint with the transfer mechanism.

The thickness direction of fourth baffle 65 and first baffle 61 all extends along second direction Y, fourth baffle 65 sets up along second direction Y interval with first baffle 61, the top of first baffle 61 and fourth baffle 65 is connected along the direction of gravity (being third direction Z) roof 66, the bottom of first baffle 61 and fourth baffle 65 is connected to bottom plate 67, roof 66, bottom plate 67, first baffle 61 and fourth baffle 65 splice jointly and form vehicle and trade electric passage 10, first direction X, two liang of perpendicular settings in second direction Y and third direction Z.

The bottom plate 67 is higher than the ground near the battery replacing station 100, and not only is an installation space arranged at the bottom of the bottom plate 67 for installing a transfer mechanism, a sensing device and the like, but also the vehicle battery replacing channel 10 can be prevented from being immersed by accumulated water, and the safety of the vehicle battery replacing channel 10 is improved. The inlet 11 of the vehicle battery replacing channel 10 further comprises a first ramp 111, the outlet 12 further comprises a second ramp 121, the first ramp 111 inclines upwards along the direction of entering the vehicle battery replacing channel 10 to connect the ground with the bottom surface, the second ramp 121 inclines downwards along the direction of leaving the vehicle battery replacing channel 10 to connect the bottom surface with the ground, and by arranging the first ramp 111 and the second ramp 121, the vehicle can smoothly enter and exit the vehicle battery replacing channel 10, and the chassis of the vehicle is prevented from being scratched. The entrance 11 and the exit 12 of the vehicle battery replacement channel 10 are also respectively provided with a lifting gear lever, the vehicle is permitted to enter the vehicle battery replacement channel 10 after the vehicle is authenticated at the entrance 11 in a visual identification mode, and the vehicle is permitted to leave the vehicle battery replacement channel 10 from the exit 12 after the battery replacement process is judged to be completed.

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a first partition of a swapping station according to some embodiments of the present application.

As shown in fig. 1 and 3, some embodiments of the present application propose a battery replacement station 100, which includes a vehicle battery replacement passageway 10, a control room 20, and a first partition 61, the vehicle battery replacement passageway 10 is used for vehicle access to replace a battery, the first partition 61 is used for separating the control room 20 and the vehicle battery replacement passageway 10, and the first partition 61 has a window 611.

The sight of the control room 20 and the vehicle battery replacing channel 10 can be smooth through the window 611, and a worker can perform manual operation in the control room 20 while observing the condition in the vehicle battery replacing channel 10 and communicating with the worker in the vehicle battery replacing channel 10 when being located in the control room 20.

The window 611 can be an opening to allow the control room 20 and the vehicle battery replacement channel 10 to have a clear view; the window 611 may also be closed by a transparent protection member having a communication portion for communicating the control room 20 with the vehicle battery replacement passage 10, so as to facilitate smooth transmission of objects or sound; the window 611 may also be a window that can be opened or closed, if necessary to clear the control room 20 and the vehicle battery exchange passage 10.

As shown in fig. 1, the control room 20 has an operation panel 21, a control module 22 and a manual position 23 inside, the control module 22 is powered by the power distribution room 50, and the control module 22 is used for controlling the operation of the power exchanging station 100, including but not limited to controlling the operation of the vehicle power exchanging channel 10, the charging room 30 and the fire fighting room 40. The operation panel 21 is in signal connection with the control module 22 and is used for displaying the operation state of the power exchanging station 100 and providing manual control for a worker. The personnel station 23 is arranged close to the operation panel 21, and a worker at the personnel station 23 can observe the vehicle power exchanging channel 10 through the window 611 and assist in the power exchanging process through the operation panel 21.

Along the second direction Y, the control room 20 is located on a side of the first partition 61 away from the fourth partition 65, and a door of the control room 20 may be disposed on the first partition 61, and may also be disposed on an outer side wall 64 of the control room 20, so as to facilitate a worker to enter the control room 20. The control room 20 may be located at the inlet 11 of the vehicle charging channel 10, or may be located at the outlet 12 or the middle of the vehicle charging channel 10. The control room 20 can be in direct or indirect communication with the charging chamber 31 and the power distribution room 50 to form a safe passage.

In the above-mentioned solution, since the first partition 61 has the window 611, the operator can operate the control room 20 while observing the inside of the vehicle battery replacement passageway 10 through the window 611 and communicating with the driver of the vehicle smoothly, and the safety performance is better.

As shown in fig. 1, in some embodiments of the present application, along the extending direction (i.e., the first direction X) of the vehicle power exchanging channel 10, two ends of the vehicle power exchanging channel 10 are respectively configured as an inlet 11 and an outlet 12, and the control room 20 is disposed on the same side as the inlet 11.

Along the first direction X, the battery replacement position 13 is located in the middle of the vehicle battery replacement channel 10, and the control room 20 is located on one side of the battery replacement position 13, which is close to the inlet 11; along the first direction X, the control chamber 20 may also be located on a side of the inlet 11 remote from the charging position 13.

The control room 20 has a first access door 71, and the first access door 71 may be provided in the first partition 61 or in another side wall (for example, an outer side wall 64 described below) that encloses the control room 20.

In the above solution, the control room 20 is disposed at the entrance 11 side of the vehicle battery replacement passageway 10, the window 611 is also located at the entrance 11 side of the vehicle battery replacement passageway 10, and when a vehicle enters the vehicle battery replacement passageway 10 from the entrance 11, a worker located in the control room 20 can communicate with a driver of the vehicle before the vehicle reaches the battery replacement position 13, so as to further improve the working convenience and safety of the battery replacement station 100.

As shown in fig. 1, in some embodiments of the present application, the charging station 100 further includes a charging chamber 30, the charging chamber 30 includes a plurality of charging compartments 31 for storing batteries and charging the batteries, the charging chamber 30 is separated from the vehicle charging channel 10 by a first partition 61, and the charging chamber 30 and the control chamber 20 are spaced along an extending direction (i.e., a first direction X) of the vehicle charging channel 10.

Each charging chamber 31 is used for charging and storing one battery. Each charging bin 31 is provided with a charging interface for supplying power, a sensing device for detecting the pose of the battery, and the like, which will not be further described herein.

The width of the charging chamber 30 along the second direction Y may be greater than the width of the control chamber 20, or may be equal to the width of the control chamber 20.

Fig. 4 illustrates a schematic layout from a top view of a charging room-related arrangement of charging stations embodying some embodiments of the present application.

As shown in fig. 4, in some embodiments of the present application, the width W1 of the charging chamber 30 is greater than the width W2 of the control chamber 20, the charging chamber 30 includes a first region 32 and a second region 33, the first region 32 and the second region 33 are spaced apart along the second direction Y, each of the first region 32 and the second region 33 is provided with a plurality of charging chambers 31, the first region 32 is separated from the vehicle charging passage 10 by a first partition 61, the first region 32 is disposed adjacent to the control chamber 20 in the same width and is separated by the same partition (i.e., a third partition 63 described below), and the second region 33 is located on the side of the control chamber 20 away from the vehicle charging passage 10 along the second direction Y. In other embodiments, the widths of the control chamber 20 and the charging chamber 30 along the second direction Y may be the same, that is, one side of each of the control chamber 20 and the charging chamber 30 is separated from the vehicle battery charging passageway 10 by the first partition 61, and the other side is also closed by the same partition.

In the above solution, the charging room 30 and the control room 20 are separated from the vehicle battery replacement channel 10 by the first partition 61, that is, located on the same side of the vehicle battery replacement channel 10, so that the layout of the battery replacement station 100 can be simplified; and along the extending direction of the vehicle battery replacing channel 10, the charging chamber 30 and the control chamber 20 are arranged at intervals, so that the space can be reasonably utilized, and the battery replacing station 100 is compactly arranged.

In other embodiments, along the second direction Y, the charging chamber 30 and the control chamber 20 may also be arranged on different sides, that is, the charging chamber 30 and the vehicle charging channel 10 are separated by a fourth partition 65.

As shown in fig. 4, in some embodiments of the present application, the charging station 100 further includes a fire-fighting chamber 40 for storing and cooling the battery with thermal runaway, and the fire-fighting chamber 40 is located on a side of the charging chamber 30 away from the vehicle charging channel 10.

Along the second direction Y, one side of the charging chamber 30 is separated from the vehicle charging passage 10 by a first partition 61, the other side is provided with a fifth partition 68, the fire fighting chamber 40 is spliced from the outside of the fifth partition 68 to be connected to the charging chamber 30, and a passage for transporting the battery with thermal runaway is further provided between the fire fighting chamber 40 and the charging chamber 30 so as to transport the battery with thermal runaway into the fire fighting chamber 40. The other side walls of the fire-fighting chamber 40 have an access door 41 that can be opened from the outside in order for the personnel to remove the cooled battery from the outside.

In the above scheme, when thermal runaway occurs in the battery in the charging chamber 30, the battery with thermal runaway is placed into the fire-fighting chamber 40, so that fire caused by the battery with thermal runaway in the charging chamber 30 can be avoided, the battery with thermal runaway can be cooled, and detonation phenomenon of the battery with thermal runaway is avoided. The fire-fighting chamber 40 is far away from the vehicle battery replacement channel 10, so that a vehicle which is used for replacing the battery in the vehicle battery replacement channel 10 can be far away, and the safety of the vehicle which is used for replacing the battery is guaranteed.

In other embodiments, fire compartment 40 may be located elsewhere adjacent to charging compartment 30.

Fig. 5 is a schematic layout diagram illustrating a top view of a transfer mechanism embodying a swap station according to some embodiments of the present application.

As shown in fig. 5, in some embodiments of the present application, the charging station 100 further includes a first transfer mechanism 81 for taking out the thermally runaway battery from the charging room 30 and into the fire room 40.

The first transfer mechanism 81 may take out the thermal runaway battery directly from the charging chamber 30, or may be butted against another transfer mechanism to take out the thermal runaway battery from a fixed position. In some embodiments of the present application, the power exchanging station 100 further includes a second transfer mechanism 82, the second transfer mechanism 82 is disposed at the charging bins 31, and the second transfer mechanism 82 is configured to be movable to each of the charging bins 31 and to the take-out position 85 near the fire-fighting chamber 40. The first transfer mechanism 81 grips the thermal runaway battery at the take-out position 85 and discharges the thermal runaway battery in the fire room 40. An electric roller is further provided at the entrance of the fire-fighting chamber 40 to feed the thermally runaway battery discharged from the first transfer mechanism 81 into the interior of the fire-fighting chamber 40.

Based on the aforementioned embodiment in which the fire-fighting chamber 40 is located on the side of the charging cabin 31 away from the vehicle charging aisle 10, the charging cabin 31 has therein a transfer mechanism installation space for arranging the first transfer mechanism 81 and the second transfer mechanism 82. The second transfer mechanism 82 is a stacker crane, a moving rail of the stacker crane extends in the first direction X and separates the first region 32 and the second region 33, an opening of the charging bin 31 of the first region 32 and an opening of the charging bin 31 of the second region 33 are both provided toward the second transfer mechanism 82, and a manipulator of the stacker crane can move to each battery bin in the first region 32 and in the second region 33. The first transfer mechanism 81 is a linear transfer mechanism, such as a conveyor belt, an electric roller, a linear lift platform, or the like.

In the above-mentioned scheme, the thermal runaway battery can be taken out from the charging chamber 30 by the first transfer mechanism 81 and sent into the fire-fighting chamber 40, so that the thermal runaway battery can be transferred without human, the transfer efficiency of the thermal runaway battery is improved, and the thermal runaway battery has good safety performance.

As shown in fig. 5, in some embodiments of the present application, the charging station 100 further includes a power distribution room 50 for supplying power to the vehicle charging channel 10, the control room 20 and the charging room 30, and the power distribution room 50 and the vehicle charging channel 10 are separated by a first partition 61.

The power distribution room 50 includes a power distribution module 51, and the power distribution module 51 is connected to an external power supply device, and supplies power to the vehicle battery replacement channel 10, the control room 20, and the charging room 30 after voltage conversion. The top of the distribution compartment 50 may have a wiring harness passage in communication with the charging compartment 30 to introduce electrical energy into the charging compartment 30.

Along the first direction X, the power distribution room 50 may be located between the control room 20 and the charging room 30, or may be located on a side of the charging room 30 away from the control room 20.

In the above scheme, the power distribution room 50, the charging room 30 and the control room 20 are all separated from the vehicle battery replacement channel 10 by the first partition board 61, that is, located on the same side of the vehicle battery replacement channel 10, so that the power distribution room 50 supplies power to the charging room 30 and the control room 20, the layout of the battery replacement station 100 is simplified, and the battery replacement station 100 is arranged compactly.

As shown in fig. 5, in some embodiments of the present application, two ends of the vehicle power exchanging channel 10 are respectively configured as an inlet 11 and an outlet 12, and the power distribution room 50 is disposed on the same side as the outlet 12.

The distribution room 50 does not usually need the staff to get into under manual handling mode, and the distribution room 50 has the characteristics that the radiation is big, the noise is big usually, based on the implementation mode that control

room

20 and 11 homonymies of entry set up, with

distribution room

50 and 12 homonymies of export setting, can realize that distribution room 50 keeps away from control room 20 setting as far as possible, improves the inside comfort level and the security of control room 20.

Along the first direction X, the power distribution chamber 50 may be located in a region between the outlet 12 and the charging chamber 30, and may also be located in a region of the outlet 12 away from the charging chamber 30.

The distribution room 50 has a second access door 72, and the second access door 72 may be disposed on the first partition 61 or on another side wall enclosing the control room 20.

In the above scheme, the distribution room 50 is arranged on one side of the outlet 12 of the vehicle power exchanging channel 10, so that the space of the vehicle power exchanging channel 10 close to the outlet 12 can be reasonably utilized, the power exchanging station 100 is compactly arranged, the connection between the distribution room 50 and an external power supply device is easy to realize, and the assembly and maintenance of the power exchanging station 100 are simplified.

In some embodiments of the present application, the door of the electrical distribution room 50 is provided to the first partition 61.

Specifically, the electric distribution room 50 has a second access door 72, and the second access door 72 is provided to the first partition 61.

In the above scheme, because the power distribution room 50 does not need a worker to enter under the normal operation condition, the door of the power distribution room 50 is arranged on the first partition plate 61, and the worker can enter the power distribution room 50 from the vehicle power switching channel 10, so that not only is the external partition plate of the power switching station 100 simplified, but also the safety of the power switching station 100 can be improved.

Fig. 6 illustrates a top view layout of a secure tunnel embodying a swapping station according to some embodiments of the present application.

As shown in fig. 6, in some embodiments of the present application, the power exchanging station 100 further includes a second partition 62 for partitioning the power distribution room 50 and the charging room 30, the charging room 30 has a first safety door 73, and the first safety door 73 is disposed on the second partition 62.

The charging station 100 further includes a first safety passage, one end of which extends to the charging chamber 30, and the other end of which extends to the vehicle charging passage 10 through the first safety door 73 and the second access door 72.

The thickness direction of the second separator 62 extends in the first direction X, and one side of the second separator 62 is connected to the first separator 61 and the other side extends to the fifth separator 68 in the second direction Y. The first safety door 73 corresponds to the first area 32, so that the staff can conveniently enter the first area 32 of the charging room 30 from the power distribution room 50 and then pass through the moving rail to enter the second area 33 to maintain the charging bin 31 in the charging room 30.

In the scheme, the power distribution room 50 is communicated with the charging room 30, when the charging room 30 needs manual maintenance, a worker can enter the power distribution room 50 from the vehicle battery replacement channel 10 and then enter the charging room 30 from the power distribution room 50, and when a safety accident occurs in the charging room 30, the worker can enter the power distribution room 50 from the charging room 30 and then enter the vehicle battery replacement channel 10 from the power distribution room 50 and leave the battery replacement station 100 from the vehicle battery replacement channel 10, so that safe escape is realized.

As shown in fig. 6, in some embodiments of the present application, the charging station 100 further includes a third partition 63 for partitioning the control room 20 and the charging room 30, the charging room 30 has a second safety door 74, and the second safety door 74 is disposed on the third partition 63.

The charging station 100 further includes a second safety passage, one end of which extends to the charging chamber 30 and the other end of which extends to the outside of the charging station 100 through the second safety door 74 and the first access door 71. Through first escape way and second escape way, when taking place the incident in charging chamber 30, the staff can flee from first escape way and second escape way, has ensured staff's personal safety.

The third separator 63 has a thickness extending in the first direction X, and one side of the third separator 63 is connected to the first separator 61 and the other side extends to the charging chamber 30 in the second direction Y. The secondary safety door 74 corresponds to a first safety area to facilitate the staff to enter the first area 32 of the charging chamber 30 from the control room 20 and then to pass over the moving rail to enter the second area 33 to perform maintenance on the charging chamber 31 in the charging chamber 30.

In the scheme, the control room 20 is communicated with the charging room 30, when the charging room 30 needs manual maintenance, a worker enters the charging room 30 from the control room 20, and when a safety accident occurs in the charging room 30, the worker can enter the control room 20 from the charging room 30 and then leave the battery replacement station 100 from the control room 20, so that safe escape is realized.

As shown in fig. 6, in some embodiments of the present application, the control room 20 includes an outer sidewall 64, and along the extending direction (i.e., the first direction X) of the vehicle battery exchange passage 10, the outer sidewall 64 is located on a side of the control room 20 away from the charging room 30, and the door of the control room 20 is disposed on the outer sidewall 64.

The thickness direction of the outer side wall 64 extends along the first direction X, and along the first direction X, the outer side wall 64 and the third partition 63 are arranged at an interval, and the outer side wall 64 is located on the side of the third partition 63 away from the charging chamber 30. The control room 20 has a first access door 71, and the first access door 71 is provided to the outer side wall 64.

In the above solution, the door of the control room 20 is disposed on the outer side wall 64, and a worker can directly enter the control room 20 from the outside of the battery replacement station 100 without entering the vehicle battery replacement passageway 10, so that the safety and convenience of the worker entering and exiting the control room 20 are improved.

As shown in fig. 5, in some embodiments of the present application, the charging chamber 30 has a neutral position 84, and the battery changing station 100 further includes a second transfer mechanism 82 and a third transfer mechanism 83, the second transfer mechanism 82 is used for transferring the battery between the charging bin 31 and the neutral position 84, and the third transfer mechanism 83 is used for transferring the battery between the neutral position 84 and the vehicle battery changing lane 10.

The neutral position 84 is located at the first area 32, and the second transfer mechanism 82 can move to the neutral position 84 and each charging bin 31. The second transfer mechanism 82 may be a stacker or a conventional robot. The second transfer mechanism 82 is provided in the transfer mechanism mounting space.

The first area 32 of the first partition 61 partitioning the charging chamber 30 has a battery path with the vehicle battery change path 10, and the third transfer mechanism 83 switches between the neutral position 84 and the battery change position 13. Specifically, the third transfer mechanism 83 transfers the battery in the second direction Y, and the intermediate transfer position 84 and the battery replacement position 13 are disposed on both sides of the battery passage at an interval in the second direction Y.

In the above scheme, the second transfer mechanism 82 can transfer the insufficient-capacity battery from the intermediate transfer position 84 to one charging bin 31, and take out the full-capacity battery from the charging bin 31 and transfer the full-capacity battery to the intermediate transfer position 84; the full-charge battery placed at the middle transfer position 84 can be transferred to the vehicle electricity change lane 10 by the third transfer mechanism 83 to be fully charged for the vehicle, so that the insufficient-charge battery is removed from the vehicle and transferred to the middle transfer position 84. The second transfer mechanism 82 and the third transfer mechanism 83 can automatically replace the battery for the vehicle.

In some embodiments of the present application, the power exchanging station 100 further includes a protection member for closing the window 611, and the protection member is made of a transparent material.

The protector may be resin glass or tempered glass, and the protector is used to close the window 611, and the opening area of the window 611 may extend from the top to the bottom of the first partition 61 along the third direction Z, and may also extend from the top to the middle of the first partition 61 along the third direction Z.

In the above scheme, the window 611 is sealed by the protective plate made of a transparent material, so that the worker can observe the vehicle battery replacement channel 10 from the control room 20 easily, and the control room 20 and the vehicle battery replacement channel 10 are physically isolated, thereby improving the safety of the battery replacement station 100.

Fig. 7 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 to 7, some embodiments of the present application propose a charging station 100, which includes a vehicle charging passageway 10, a control room 20, a charging room 30, a fire fighting room 40, a power distribution room 50, and a first partition 61, where the vehicle charging passageway 10 extends along a first direction X, and along a second direction Y, the control room 20, the charging room 30, and the power distribution room 50 are all separated from the vehicle charging passageway 10 by the first partition 61, and along the first direction X, the control room 20 and the power distribution room 50 are respectively located on two sides of the charging room 30, the control room 20 is located near an inlet 11, and the power distribution room 50 is located near an outlet 12. Along the second direction Y, the fire-fighting chamber 40 is located on a side of the charging chamber 30 away from the vehicle charging passageway 10. The first partition board 61 is provided with a window 611 to keep the control room 20 and the vehicle battery replacement channel 10 clear of sight, and a worker can operate the vehicle battery replacement channel through the window 611 while working in the control room, and can communicate with a driver of the vehicle in time, so that the safety performance is good.

The control room 20 includes a first access door 71 and a second safety door 74, the distribution room 50 includes a second access door 72 and a first safety door 73, the control room 20 and the charging room 30 communicate through the second safety door 74, and the distribution room 50 and the charging room 30 communicate through the first safety door 73. The charging station 100 further has a first safety passage and a second safety passage, one end of the first safety passage extends to the charging chamber 30, and the other end extends to the vehicle charging passage 10 through the first safety door 73 and the second access door 72. One end of the second safety passage extends to the charging room 30, and the other end extends to the outside of the charging station 100 through the second safety door 74 and the first access door 71. Because the first safety door 73 and the second safety door 74 are respectively arranged at two opposite sides of the charging room 30, the worker can escape in time when a safety accident occurs in the charging room 30, and the personal safety of the worker in the power exchanging station 100 is guaranteed.

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 vehicle battery replacement channel is used for the vehicle to enter and exit so as to replace the battery;

a control room;

the first partition plate is used for separating the control room from the vehicle battery replacement channel and is provided with a window;

an outer sidewall for separating the control room from an external space of the power exchanging station, wherein a door of the control room is disposed on the outer sidewall.

2. The charging station as claimed in claim 1, wherein two ends of the vehicle charging channel are respectively configured as an inlet and an outlet along an extending direction of the vehicle charging channel, and the control room is disposed on the same side as the inlet.

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

the charging chamber comprises a plurality of charging bins for storing batteries and charging the batteries;

the charging chamber and the vehicle battery replacement channel are separated by the first partition plate, and the charging chamber and the control chamber are arranged at intervals along the extending direction of the vehicle battery replacement channel.

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

and the fire-fighting chamber is used for storing and cooling the battery with thermal runaway, and is positioned on one side of the charging chamber, which is far away from the vehicle battery replacement channel.

5. The swapping station of claim 4, further comprising:

and the first transfer mechanism is used for taking out the thermal runaway battery from the charging chamber and conveying the thermal runaway battery into the fire-fighting chamber.

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

the power distribution room is used for supplying power to the vehicle power exchanging channel, the control room and the charging room, and the power distribution room and the vehicle power exchanging channel are separated through the first partition plate.

7. The swapping station of claim 6, wherein two ends of the vehicle swapping channel are respectively configured as an inlet and an outlet, and the power distribution room is arranged on the same side as the outlet.

8. The swapping station of claim 6, wherein the power distribution room door is disposed at the first partition.

9. The swapping station of claim 6, further comprising:

the second baffle is used for separating the power distribution room from the charging room, the charging room is provided with a first safety door, and the first safety door is arranged on the second baffle.

10. The swapping station of claim 6, further comprising:

and the third partition plate is used for partitioning the control room and the charging room, the charging room is provided with a second safety door, and the second safety door is arranged on the third partition plate.

11. The charging station as defined in claim 3, wherein the control chamber comprises an outer side wall located on a side of the control chamber away from the charging chamber along an extension direction of the vehicle charging channel.

12. The swapping station of claim 3, wherein the charging chamber has a neutral index, the swapping station further comprising:

a second transfer mechanism for transferring the battery between the charging bin and the middle indexing position;

and the third transfer mechanism is used for transferring the battery between the middle indexing position and the vehicle battery changing channel.

13. The swapping station of any of claims 1-12, further comprising:

and the protection piece is used for sealing the window and is made of a transparent material.