Battery charging control methods, electric vehicle charging methods, battery charging apparatuses and rechargeable battery systems
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1. A battery charging control method comprising:
- accessing information regarding a presence of at least one of a surplus and a deficiency of electrical energy upon an electrical power distribution system at a plurality of different moments in time;
monitoring a rate of charging of a rechargeable battery;
using the information and the rate of charging of the rechargeable battery, controlling an adjustment of an amount of the electrical energy provided from the electrical power distribution system to the rechargeable battery to charge the rechargeable battery.
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Abstract
Battery charging control methods, electric vehicle charging methods, battery charging apparatuses and rechargeable battery systems. According to one aspect, a battery charging control method includes accessing information regarding a presence of at least one of a surplus and a deficiency of electrical energy upon an electrical power distribution system at a plurality of different moments in time, and using the information, controlling an adjustment of an amount of the electrical energy provided from the electrical power distribution system to a rechargeable battery to charge the rechargeable battery.
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1. A battery charging control method comprising:
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accessing information regarding a presence of at least one of a surplus and a deficiency of electrical energy upon an electrical power distribution system at a plurality of different moments in time; monitoring a rate of charging of a rechargeable battery; using the information and the rate of charging of the rechargeable battery, controlling an adjustment of an amount of the electrical energy provided from the electrical power distribution system to the rechargeable battery to charge the rechargeable battery. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An electric vehicle charging method comprising:
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coupling an electrical vehicle having a depleted state of charge with an electrical power distribution system; charging the electrical vehicle using electrical energy from the electrical power distribution system; monitoring an electrical characteristic of the electrical energy from the electrical power distribution system; monitoring a remaining amount of time until a desired point in time in the future for the electric vehicle to have a desired amount of stored energy; adjusting an amount of the electrical energy provided from the electrical power distribution system to charge the electrical vehicle as a result of the monitoring of the electrical characteristic and the monitoring of the remaining amount of time. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A battery charging apparatus comprising:
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processing circuitry configured to access information indicating at least one of a surplus and a deficiency of electrical energy upon the electrical power distribution system and to control an adjustment of an amount of electrical energy provided from the electrical power distribution system to a rechargeable battery to charge the rechargeable battery using the information; and wherein the processing circuitry is configured to monitor a rate of charging of the rechargeable battery and to control the adjustment of the amount of the electrical energy provided from the electrical power distribution system to the rechargeable battery as a result of the monitoring of the rate of charging of the rechargeable battery. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A rechargeable battery system comprising:
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a charger coupled with an electrical power distribution system and configured to provide electrical energy from the electrical power distribution system to a rechargeable battery to charge the rechargeable battery; and processing circuitry configured to monitor for a presence of at least one of a surplus and a deficit of electrical energy upon the electrical power distribution system and to control the charger to adjust an amount of the electrical energy provided from the electrical power distribution system to the rechargeable battery as a result of the monitoring detecting the presence of the at least one of the surplus and the deficit of the electrical energy upon the electrical power distribution system; and wherein the processing circuitry is configured to monitor a remaining amount of time until a desired point in time in the future for the rechargeable battery to have a desired amount of stored energy, and to control the charger to adjust the amount of the electrical energy provided from the electrical power distribution system to the rechargeable battery as a result of the monitoring of the remaining amount of time. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. An energy storage apparatus comprising:
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circuitry configured to receive electrical energy from an electrical grid which is external of the energy storage apparatus and to use the received electrical energy to provide energy to an energy storage device which is configured to store the energy; and wherein the circuitry is further configured to access information regarding a state of balance of consumption and generation of electrical energy upon the electrical grid and to control an adjustment of an amount of the energy which is provided to the energy storage device for storage using the information regarding the state of balance of the consumption and generation of electrical energy upon the electrical grid; and wherein the circuitry is configured to monitor a remaining amount of time until a desired point in time in the future for the energy storage device to have a desired amount of stored energy, and to control the adjustment of the amount of the energy which is provided to the energy storage device for storage as a result of the monitoring of the remaining amount of time. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. An energy storage method comprising:
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using electrical energy received from an electrical grid, providing energy to an energy storage device which is configured to store the energy to charge the energy storage device; accessing information regarding a state of balance of consumption and generation of electrical energy upon the electrical grid; monitoring a rate of charging of the energy storage device; and controlling an adjustment of an amount of the energy provided to the energy storage device using the information regarding the state of balance of the consumption and generation of electrical energy upon the electrical grid and the rate of charging of the energy storage device. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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