Measuring transducer

• US 10,322,638 B2
• Filed: 08/29/2018
• Issued: 06/18/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Compleo Charging Solutions AG
• Original Assignee: innogy SE (E.ON SE)
• Inventors: Riemenschneider, Holger, Cater, Stephan, Waffner, Jurgen
• Primary Examiner(s): Hollington, Jermele M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nasir, Taqi R
• Application Number:
  US16/115,776
• Publication Number:
  US 20180370380A1
• Time in Patent Office: 293 Days
• Field of Search: 324426, 324430, 324432, 324433, 324434, 324450, 32476001, 324305, 324137, 324136, 324138, 324139, 324164, 324222, 320128, 320107, 320104, 320131, 320 21, 320 36, 320 40, 320 43, 320 39, 307 64, 307 65, 307108, 307116, 307 87, 307 84, 307127, 307 85
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 3/0046 relating to electric energy storage systems, e.g. batteries or capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/665 Methods related to measuring, billing or payment
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 11/38 for single-phase operation
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 22/10 using digital techniques
• 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 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
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/167 Systems integrating technologies related to power network operation and communication or information technologies for supporting the interoperability of electric or hybrid vehicles, i.e. smartgrids as interface for battery charging of electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV]
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 30/14 Details associated with the interoperability, e.g. vehicle recognition, authentication, identification or billing

Abstract

The invention relates to a measuring transducer for charging stations of electric vehicles. In the measuring transducer, a measuring device is connected to a direct current charging circuit for detecting at least one direct current measurement variable. A transducer for converting the direct current measurement variable into an alternating current actuating variable is provided, and the measuring transducer also includes an actuating means for adjusting at least one alternating current variable in an alternating current measuring circuit as a function of the alternating current actuating variable.

Claims

1. A measuring transducer for charging stations of electric vehicles comprising:

a measuring device that can be connected to a direct current charging circuit for detecting at least one direct current measurement variable;

a transducer for converting the direct current measurement variable into an alternating current measurement variable;

an actuating means for adjusting at least one alternating current variable in an alternating current circuit as a function of the alternating current actuating variable;

wherein the alternating current circuit is an alternating current measuring circuit with alternating current measuring technology and wherein the active power in the alternating current measuring circuit is less by a constant factor than the power in the direct current charging circuit.

2. The measuring transducer according to claim 1, wherein the transducer adjusts the alternating current measurement variable at least as a function of the direct current measurement variable.

3. The measuring transducer according to claim 2, wherein the transducer is configured such that an absolute value of the alternating current actuating variable is less by at least a factor of ten than an absolute value of the direct current measurement variable.

4. The measuring transducer according to claim 1, wherein the at least one direct current measurement variable comprises at least one direct voltage and/or one direct current.

5. The measuring transducer according to claim 1, wherein the direct current measurement variable is an electrical power and in that the alternating current actuating variable is an electrical power, in particular an electrical active power.

6. The measuring transducer according to claim 1, wherein an alternating current measuring device, in particular an alternating current energy meter, in particular a Ferraris meter or a smart meter, is arranged in the alternating current measuring circuit.

7. The measuring transducer according to claim 1, wherein a temperature sensor is arranged on the direct current charging circuit and wherein the transducer determines the alternating current actuating variable as a function of a temperature detected by the temperature sensor.

8. The measuring transducer according to claim 1, wherein an alternating current variable is fed back to the transducer as an actuating variable.

9. The measuring transducer according to claim 1, wherein a scaling circuit scales the direct current measurement variable.

10. The measuring transducer according to claim 1, wherein the alternating current measuring circuit has a constant current source and wherein the constant current source feeds a constant alternating current into the alternating current measuring circuit as a function of the alternating current actuating variable.

11. The measuring transducer according to claim 10, wherein the constant current source has at least one resistor adjustable as a function of the alternating current actuating variable.

12. The measuring transducer according to claim 1, wherein a measuring device for detecting at least one alternating current measurement variable is arranged in the alternating current measuring circuit and wherein the alternating current measurement variable is fed back to the transducer as an actuating variable.

13. The measuring transducer according to claim 1, wherein the alternating current measuring circuit is a single-phase alternating current measuring circuit.

14. A method for operating a measuring transducer, in particular according to one of the above claims, comprising the steps of:

measuring, in a direct current charging circuit, at least one direct current measurement variable;

determining from the direct current measurement variable an alternating current actuating variable; and

operating an alternating current circuit with an alternating current variable as a function of the alternating current actuating variable;

wherein the alternating current circuit is an alternating current measuring circuit with alternating current measuring technology and wherein the active power in the alternating current measuring circuit is less by a constant factor than the power in the direct current charging circuit.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the alternating current measuring circuit has a mains connection and is operated with mains voltage, in particular with 110V AC or 230V AC.

16. The method according to claim 14, wherein the direct current measurement variable is detected at intervals, in particular at intervals of less than 1 second, preferably of less than 100 ms, in particular 10 ms.