Mains Supply Method and Apparatus

• US 20160107533A1
• Filed: 12/28/2015
• Published: 04/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Cai, Bing, Wang, Fuchao
• Application Number:
  US14/980,430
• Publication Number:
  US 20160107533A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/665 Methods related to measuring, billing or payment
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 55/00 Arrangements for supplying energy stored within a vehicle to a power network, i.e. vehicle-to-grid [V2G] arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/342 The other DC source being a battery actively interacting with the first one, i.e. battery to battery charging with circuits for polarity protection H02J7/0034
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 9/002 in which a reserve is maintained in an energy source by disconnecting non-critical loads, e.g. maintaining a reserve of charge in a vehicle battery for starting an engine
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 9/04 in which the distribution system is disconnected from the normal source and connected to a standby source
• 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 10/92 Energy efficient charging or discharging systems for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors specially adapted for vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 Electric charging stations

Abstract

A mains supply method, including, upon a mains failure, detecting whether a quantity of remaining electricity of the backup mains supply system is not enough for supporting a critical load of the mains supply system to work properly for a time T; if yes, detecting whether a quantity of feedable electricity of an electric vehicle of the mains supply system is greater than zero; and if yes, controlling one or more electric vehicles that can provide feedable electricity and the backup mains supply system to jointly supply electricity to the critical load. Technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can keep, upon the mains failure, the critical load working as long as possible to wait for the mains to restore, that is, can improve working stability of the critical load.

Claims

1. A mains supply method, comprising:

detecting whether a quantity of remaining electricity of a backup mains supply system is less than a preset value upon a mains failure, wherein the preset value is preset according to a quantity of electricity required for a critical load of a mains supply system to work properly for a time, and the preset value is less than a maximum quantity of backup electricity of the backup mains supply system;

controlling the backup mains supply system to supply electricity to the critical load, and detecting whether a quantity of feedable electricity of an electric vehicle of the mains supply system is greater than zero when the quantity of remaining electricity of the backup mains supply system is less than the preset value, wherein the quantity of feedable electricity of the electric vehicle of the mains supply system refers to a maximum quantity of electricity that can be provided for the critical load by all electric vehicles that use mains as a charging source and are being charged; and

controlling one or more electric vehicles that can provide feedable electricity to supply electricity to the critical load in a case that the quantity of feedable electricity of the electric vehicle of the mains supply system is greater than zero.

2. The mains supply method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises controlling the backup mains supply system to supply electricity to the critical load when the quantity of remaining electricity of the backup mains supply system is greater than or equal to the preset value.

3. The mains supply method according to claim 1, wherein controlling the one or more electric vehicles that can provide the quantity of feedable electricity to supply electricity to the critical load comprises:

controlling the one or more electric vehicles that can provide a quantity of feedable electricity to supply electricity to the backup mains supply system; and

controlling the backup mains supply system to supply electricity to the critical load.

4. The mains supply method according to claim 1, wherein controlling the one or more electric vehicles that can provide the quantity of feedable electricity to supply electricity to the critical load comprises:

controlling the one or more electric vehicles that can provide a quantity of feedable electricity to directly supply electricity to the critical load.

5. The mains supply method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

detecting whether the quantity of remaining electricity of the backup mains supply system is greater than the preset value when the mains works properly, when threshold power of the mains is greater than or equal to electricity supply power required by loads of the mains supply system, and when the threshold power of the mains is less than a sum of the electricity supply power required by the loads of the mains supply system and charging power required by the electric vehicle of the mains supply system, wherein the loads of the mains supply system comprise the critical load and another device that needs the mains to provide electricity supply power, excluding the electric vehicle; and

controlling the backup mains supply system to supply electricity to the one or more electric vehicles when the quantity of remaining electricity of the backup mains supply system is greater than the preset value, wherein a quantity of electricity provided by the backup mains supply system to the one or more electric vehicles does not exceed a difference between the quantity of remaining electricity of the backup mains supply system and the preset value.

6. The mains supply method according to claim 5, wherein the method further comprises reducing a quantity of charging electricity required by the electric vehicle when the quantity of remaining electricity of the backup mains supply system is less than or equal to the preset value such that a quantity of supplied electricity of the mains can afford a quantity of supplied electricity required by the load of the mains supply system and the quantity of charging electricity required by the electric vehicle of the mains supply system.

7. A mains supply apparatus, comprising:

a backup supply system detecting module configured to detect, upon a mains failure, whether a quantity of remaining electricity of a backup mains supply system is less than a preset value, wherein the preset value is preset according to a quantity of electricity required for a critical load of a mains supply system to work properly for a time, and the preset value is less than a maximum quantity of backup electricity of the backup mains supply system;

a control module configured to control, when the quantity of remaining electricity of the backup mains supply system is less than the preset value, the backup mains supply system to supply electricity to the critical load; and

an electric vehicle detecting module configured to detect, when the quantity of remaining electricity of the backup mains supply system is less than the preset value, whether a quantity of feedable electricity of an electric vehicle of the mains supply system is greater than zero, wherein the quantity of feedable electricity of the electric vehicle of the mains supply system refers to a maximum quantity of electricity that can be provided for the critical load by all electric vehicles that use mains as a charging source and are being charged,

wherein the control module is further configured to control, in a case that the quantity of feedable electricity of the electric vehicle of the mains supply system is greater than zero, one or more electric vehicles that can provide a quantity of feedable electricity to supply electricity to the critical load.

8. The mains supply apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the control module is further configured to control, when the quantity of remaining electricity of the backup mains supply system is greater than the preset value, the backup mains supply system to supply electricity to the critical load.

9. The mains supply apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the control module is configured to:

control the one or more electric vehicles that can provide a quantity of feedable electricity to supply electricity to the backup mains supply system; and

control the backup mains supply system to supply electricity to the critical load.

10. The mains supply apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the control module is configured to:

control the one or more electric vehicles that can provide a quantity of feedable electricity to directly supply electricity to the critical load.

11. The mains supply apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the backup supply system detecting module is further configured to detect whether the quantity of remaining electricity of the backup mains supply system is greater than the preset value when the mains works properly, when threshold power of the mains is greater than or equal to electricity supply power required by loads of the mains supply system, and when the threshold power of the mains is less than a sum of the electricity supply power required by the loads of the mains supply system and charging power required by the electric vehicle of the mains supply system, wherein the loads of the mains supply system comprise the critical load and another device that needs the mains to provide electricity supply power, excluding the electric vehicle, and wherein the control module is further configured to control, when the quantity of remaining electricity of the backup mains supply system is greater than the preset value, the backup mains supply system to supply electricity to the one or more electric vehicles, wherein a quantity of electricity provided by the backup mains supply system to the one or more electric vehicles does not exceed a difference between the quantity of remaining electricity of the backup mains supply system and the preset value.

12. The mains supply apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the control module is further configured to, when the quantity of remaining electricity of the backup mains supply system is less than or equal to the preset value, reduce a quantity of charging electricity required by the electric vehicle such that a quantity of supplied electricity of the mains can afford a quantity of supplied electricity required by the load of the mains supply system and the quantity of charging electricity required by the electric vehicle of the mains supply system.