Charging station and method for charging a plug-in motor vehicle at a charging post

• US 10,131,239 B2
• Filed: 06/22/2016
• Issued: 11/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dr. Ing. H.C.F. Porsche Ag
• Original Assignee: Dr. Ing. H.C.F. Porsche Ag
• Inventors: Herke, Dirk, Oestreicher, Ralf
• Primary Examiner(s): Siek, Vuthe
• Application Number:
  US15/189,024
• Publication Number:
  US 20160375781A1
• Time in Patent Office: 881 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2210/40 DC to AC converters
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/14 Conductive energy transfer
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/20 characterised by converters located in the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/31 Charging columns specially adapted for electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/53 Batteries
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/60 Monitoring or controlling charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/70 Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/7072 Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/72 Electric energy management in electromobility
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/14 Plug-in electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/16 Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles

Abstract

A charging station (10) for charging a plug-in motor vehicle (24) at a charging post (12) has a power transformer (14) and rectifier modules (16). The power transformer (14) has terminal leads (18) that are DC-isolated on the secondary side. The terminal leads (18) are connected at least partially to the rectifier modules (16). The power transformer (14) and the rectifier modules (16) are configured so that the rectifier modules (16) emit a low DC voltage when the power transformer (14) is fed with a medium voltage.

Claims

1. A charging station for charging a plug-in motor vehicle at one of a plurality of charging posts, comprising:

a power transformer including galvanically isolated secondary windings,

rectifier modules, wherein each rectifier module is connected to a separate galvanically isolated secondary winding of the power transformer and each rectifier module is coupled to a separate charging post of the plurality of charging posts, and

wherein the power transformer and the rectifier modules are configured such that the rectifier modules emit a low DC voltage when the power transformer is fed with a medium voltage.

2. The charging station of claim 1, further comprising:

a storage with feedback capability for intercepting peak loads, and

one of the galvanically isolated secondary windings is connected to the storage.

3. The charging station of claim 1, further comprising a mains filter.

4. The charging station of claim 3, wherein the mains filter is a power factor correction filter of the rectifier modules.

5. The charging station of claim 1, further comprising an insulation monitor.

6. The charging station of claim 1, wherein the rectifier modules are combined to form a multi-pole busbar.

7. The charging station of claim 1, wherein the charging station is configured so that the low DC voltage is between 950 V and 2000 V when the medium voltage is 20 kV.

8. A method for charging a plug-in motor vehicle at a charging post using the charging station of claim 1, comprising:

feeding the charging station with a medium voltage,

emitting an unregulated low DC voltage from the charging station, adapting the low DC voltage to the motor vehicle, and

charging the motor vehicle with the adapted low DC voltage.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein:

the low DC voltage is adapted in an infrastructure of the charging station, and the charging post provides the adapted low DC voltage.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein:

the charging post provides the unregulated low DC voltage to the motor vehicle, and the low DC voltage is adapted by the motor vehicle.

11. The charging station of claim 1, wherein each rectifier module is coupled to a separate charging post via a step-down DC/DC converter, each step-down DC/DC converter configured to adapt the low DC voltage emitted by the corresponding rectifier module to a motor vehicle at the corresponding charging post.