Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60L—PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES
  • B60L53/00—Methods of charging batteries, specially adapted for electric vehicles; Charging stations or on-board charging equipment therefor; Exchange of energy storage elements in electric vehicles
  • B60L53/50—Charging stations characterised by energy-storage or power-generation means
  • B60L53/57—Charging stations without connection to power networks
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60L—PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES
  • B60L53/00—Methods of charging batteries, specially adapted for electric vehicles; Charging stations or on-board charging equipment therefor; Exchange of energy storage elements in electric vehicles
  • B60L53/10—Methods of charging batteries, specially adapted for electric vehicles; Charging stations or on-board charging equipment therefor; Exchange of energy storage elements in electric vehicles characterised by the energy transfer between the charging station and the vehicle
  • B60L53/11—DC charging controlled by the charging station, e.g. mode 4
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60L—PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES
  • B60L53/00—Methods of charging batteries, specially adapted for electric vehicles; Charging stations or on-board charging equipment therefor; Exchange of energy storage elements in electric vehicles
  • B60L53/50—Charging stations characterised by energy-storage or power-generation means
  • B60L53/55—Capacitors
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60L—PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES
  • B60L2270/00—Problem solutions or means not otherwise provided for
  • B60L2270/10—Emission reduction
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  • B60L2270/142—Emission reduction of noise acoustic
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
  • Y02T10/00—Road transport of goods or passengers
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  • Y02T10/70—Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
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• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
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  • Y02T90/00—Enabling technologies or technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
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  • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
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  • Y02T90/10—Technologies relating to charging of electric vehicles
  • Y02T90/14—Plug-in electric vehicles

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a vehicle for distributed electric charging of electric car batteries and a related management system.
• Such movable charging means consist of vans equipped with pre charged batteries that can be connected to an electric vehicle to charge it.
• movable charging means consist of vans equipped with pre charged batteries that can be connected to an electric vehicle to charge it.
• the transported batteries must be regularly charged and be subject to stringent transport and movement rules. Therefore, the movable charging means themselves require a fixed charging network, i.e. dedicated fixed charging stations, with all the resulting drawbacks in terms of logistics and organization of vehicle charging.
• the main aim of the present invention is to devise a vehicle for distributed electric charging that can deliver high amounts of energy, in a short time, while maintaining small size and weight.
• Another object of the present invention is to devise a related management system for distributed electric charging effectively throughout the territory.
• FIG. 1 is a general diagram illustrating the vehicle according to the invention. Embodiments of the Invention
• reference numeral 1 globally indicates a possible embodiment of the vehicle for distributed electric charging according to the invention.
• the vehicle 1 may comprise a conventional van provided with a dedicated rear transport housing structure 2.
• the vehicle 1 is characterized by the fact that it comprises the following combination of technical features:
• the vehicle 1 comprises an electronic charging unit 7 operationally connected to the supercapacitor 6 and to the generator 5 and configured to charge the battery of an electric vehicle to be charged.
• the electronic charging unit 7 is provided with electrical connection means 8 connectable to the electric vehicle to be charged.
• the use of the endothermic engine 4 supplied by a natural gas reservoir 3, in combination with the use of the supercapacitor 6 for the storage of the generated electrical charge that can then be used for charging electric vehicles, allows high amounts of energy to be generated and stored in a considerably small volume.
• the vehicle 1 can be effectively used for fast charging of electric vehicles, while maintaining a size which is small enough to allow effective displacement within different urban and suburban contexts and with different traffic conditions.
• the charge of the supercapacitor 6 occurs and is maintained by means of the endothermic engine 4 and the generator 5.
• the vehicle 1 does not require stops for charging and can be used to perform multiple fast charge services consecutively on different electric vehicles.
• the reservoir 3 of natural gas is a reservoir of liquefied natural gas (LNG).
• LNG liquefied natural gas
• liquefied natural gas allows the storage and transport of significant amounts of energy inside a reservoir 3 of considerably smaller size than the solutions of known type.
• the electrical connection means 8 comprise at least one connector of the fast charge type.
• the electrical connection means 8 comprise two fast charge connectors, 800 V and 400 V respectively.
• the electrical connection means may comprise one or more AC charging connectors.
• the electrical connection means that can be used on the vehicle 1 according to the invention are in accordance with current international standards that can already be used on fixed charging stations.
• connections of the J1772 (Type 1), Mennekes (Type 2), GB/T type can be used for AC charging, while connections of the CCS1, CHAdeMO, CCS2, GB/T type can be used for DC charging.
• the vehicle 1 according to the invention is capable of managing both fast-charge and super fast-charge.
• the vehicle 1 is provided with an energy recovery system 9 under braking which is operationally connected to the supercapacitor 6.
• the vehicle 1 comprises a liquid cooling system of the electronic charging unit, typically shared with the cooling system of the thermal motor and of the electric generator.
• the housing structure 2 of the vehicle 1 preferably comprises at least one housing structure of the reservoir 3 of natural gas, the endothermic engine 4, the generator 5, the supercapacitor 6 and the electronic charging unit 7.
• the vehicle 1 may comprise soundproofing means, either passive or active or both, of the housing structure 2.
• soundproofing means may comprise an acoustic generator in counter-phase to the noise generated by the endothermic engine 4, so as to cancel out noise itself.
• the vehicle 1 is provided with at least one propulsion engine 10 selected from: an electric motor, an endothermic engine connected to the natural gas reservoir 3, an endothermic engine connected to an auxiliary fuel reservoir (such as a natural gas reservoir).
• a propulsion engine 10 selected from: an electric motor, an endothermic engine connected to the natural gas reservoir 3, an endothermic engine connected to an auxiliary fuel reservoir (such as a natural gas reservoir).
• the reservoir of the vehicle 1 itself can be connected to the endothermic engine 4 and used as an auxiliary reservoir for charging.
• the vehicle 1 comprises at least one telematic unit 11 for the communication with at least one remote management and control unit 12.
• the vehicle 1 comprises at least one position detection unit 13 which is operationally connected to the telematic unit 11.
• the vehicle 1 comprises at least one charge detection unit of the supercapacitor operationally connected to the telematic unit 11.
• a further aspect of the present invention relates to a management system for the distributed electric charging that can be employed to manage a plurality of vehicles 1.
• the management system comprises a plurality of vehicles 1, at least one central management and control unit 12 operationally connected to the telematic unit 11 of such vehicles 1 , a plurality of movable signaling devices 14 for sending charging requests to the central management and control unit.
• the movable signaling devices 14 may be composed, e.g., of smart-phones provided with a dedicated software application or with devices integrated into the electric vehicles to be charged or installable aftermarket.
• the central management and control unit 12 is configured to carry out the following functions:
• the central management and control unit 12 can be configured to connect to the control unit of the electric vehicle to be charged to manage the charging phases depending on the type of mode used.
• the vehicle 1 further comprises a management and control unit 15 operationally connected to the endothermic engine 4, the generator 5, the supercapacitor 6, the electronic charging unit 7 and the telematic unit 11 for the management of the entire charging system.
• the vehicle according to the invention can be effectively used for the fast charge of electric vehicles, while maintaining small dimensions such that it can be moved effectively within different urban and suburban contexts and with different traffic conditions.
• the charge of the supercapacitor is maintained by means of the endothermic engine and the generator.
• the vehicle according to the invention does not require stops for charging and can be used to perform multiple charging services consecutively on different electric vehicles.

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