Contactless power charging system and energy storage system including the same

• US 8,604,746 B2
• Filed: 02/02/2011
• Issued: 12/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung SDI Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Samsung SDI Company Limited
• Inventors: Lee, Woog-Young
• Primary Examiner(s): TSO, EDWARD H
• Application Number:
  US12/929,580
• Publication Number:
  US 20110291606A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,042 Days
• Field of Search: 320/101, 320/107, 320/108, 320/109, 320/114, 320/115
• US Class Current: 320/101
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/122 Circuits or methods for driving the primary coil, e.g. supplying electric power to the coil
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2300/20 The dispersed energy generation being of renewable origin
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2300/24 of photovoltaic origin
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2300/28 The renewable source being wind energy wind motors F03D
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/32 using batteries with converting means
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/381 Dispersed generators
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/44 with means for ensuring correct phase sequence
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/50 Controlling the sharing of the out-of-phase component
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/70 involving the reduction of electric, magnetic or electromagnetic leakage fields
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/80 involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/35 with light sensitive cells
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 9/061 for DC powered loads
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 10/10 Photovoltaic [PV]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/56 Power conversion systems, e.g. maximum power point trackers
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/76 Power conversion electric or electronic aspects
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/00 Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 70/30 Systems combining energy storage with energy generation of non-fossil origin
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/50 Energy storage in industry with an added climate change mitigation effect
• 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: Y04S 10/126 : the energy generation units being or involving electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV], i.e. power aggregation of EV or HEV, vehicle to grid arrangements [V2G]

Abstract

A contactless power charging system and an energy storage system including the same, the contactless power charging system including a contactless transformer configured to transmit power stored in a battery to a load, wherein the contactless transformer includes a primary core unit, the primary core unit including a first base portion, a projecting portion projecting from the first base portion, and a primary coil wound around the projecting portion; and a secondary core unit, the secondary core unit including a second base portion, a concave portion in the second base portion to receive the projecting portion, and a secondary coil on an inner surface of the concave portion, the secondary coil being configured to couple to the primary coil.

Claims

1. A contactless power charging system, comprising:

a contactless transformer configured to transmit power stored in a battery to a load, wherein the contactless transformer includes;

a primary core unit, the primary core unit including a first base portion, a projecting portion projecting from the first base portion, and a primary coil wound at an end of the projecting portion; and

a secondary core unit, the secondary core unit including a second base portion, a concave portion in the second base portion to receive the projecting portion, and a secondary coil on an inner surface of the concave portion, the secondary coil being configured to couple to the primary coil, and

wherein;

the projecting portion is between the primary coil and the base portion, and

the secondary coil projects inwardly from the inner surface of the concave portion and surrounds the primary coil.

2. The contactless power charging system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a gap between the first coil and the secondary coil.

3. The contactless power charging system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

an inverter configured to convert power of the battery into alternating current (AC) power and transmit the AC power to the primary core unit; and

a first capacitor connected to the inverter and connected in series to the primary core unit.

4. The contactless power charging system as claimed in claim 3, further comprising a second capacitor connected in parallel to the secondary core unit.

5. The contactless power charging system as claimed in claim 4, further comprising a rectifying unit, the rectifying unit being configured to rectify power transmitted from the secondary core unit and to transmit the rectified power to the load.

6. The contactless power charging system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the secondary core unit has a box shape.

7. The contactless power charging system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the load is a battery of an electrical moving object.

8. The contactless power charging system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the secondary core unit is on the electrical moving object.

9. An energy storage system for converting power generated by a photovoltaic power generation system and supplying the converted power to a grid or a load or storing the converted power in a battery, supplying power supplied from the grid to the load or converting the supplied power and storing the converted power in the battery, and converting power stored in the battery and supplying the converted power to the grid or the load, the energy storage system comprising:

a contactless power charging system configured to charge a battery of an electrical moving object with the power stored in the battery by using a contactless transformer, wherein the contactless transformer includes;

a primary core unit, the primary core unit including a first base portion, a projecting portion projecting from the first base portion, and a primary coil wound at an end of the projecting portion; and

a secondary core unit, the secondary core unit including a second base portion, a concave portion in the second base portion to receive the projecting portion, and a secondary coil on an inner surface of the concave portion, the secondary coil being configured to couple to the primary coil, and

wherein;

the projecting portion is between the primary coil and the base portion, and

the secondary coil projects inwardly from the inner surface of the concave portion and surrounds the primary coil.

10. The energy storage system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the contactless power charging system includes:

an inverter, the inverter being configured to convert power of the battery into alternating current (AC) power and to transmit the AC power to the primary core unit; and

a first capacitor connected to the inverter and connected in series to the primary core unit.

11. The energy storage system as claimed in claim 10, further comprising an integrated controller configured to control power conversion of the energy storage system, wherein the integrated controller is configured to control a switching frequency of the inverter based on a resonance frequency of the first capacitor connected in series to the primary core unit.

12. The energy storage system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the contactless power charging system further includes a second capacitor connected in parallel to the secondary core unit.

13. The energy storage system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the contactless power charging system further includes a rectifying unit, the rectifying unit being configured to rectify power transmitted from the secondary core unit and to transmit the rectified power to the load.

14. The energy storage system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the secondary core unit is on the electrical moving object.

15. The energy storage system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the inverter has a full-bridge structure including at least 4 switching elements.

16. An energy storage system, comprising:

a maximum power point tracking (MPPT) converter configured to convert power generated by a photovoltaic power generation system and to output the converted power to a first node;

a bidirectional inverter connected between the first node and a second node to which a grid and a load are connected, the bidirectional inverter being configured to;

convert a first power input through the first node into a second power and output the second power to the second node, and

convert power supplied from the grid into the first power and output the first power to the first node;

a battery configured to store a third power;

a bidirectional converter connected between the battery and the first node, the bidirectional converter being configured to;

convert the third power output from the battery into the first power and output the first power to the bidirectional inverter through the first node, and

convert the first power output through the first node from the bidirectional inverter into the third power and store the third power in the battery;

an inverter configured to convert the third power stored in the battery into a fourth power;

a primary core unit configured to transmit the fourth power to a battery of an electrical moving object in a contactless manner, the electrical moving object including a secondary core unit; and

an integrated controller configured to control power conversion of the MPPT converter, the bidirectional inverter, the bidirectional converter, and the inverter.

17. The energy storage system as claimed in claim 16, wherein:

the primary core unit includes a first base portion, a projecting portion projecting from the first base portion, and a primary coil wound around the projecting portion, and

the secondary core unit includes a second base portion, a concave portion in the second base portion to receive the projecting portion, and a secondary coil on an inner surface of the concave portion, the secondary coil being configured to couple to the primary coil.

18. The energy storage system as claimed in claim 17, further comprising a first capacitor connected between the inverter and the primary core unit and connected in series to the primary core unit, wherein the electrical moving object further includes a second capacitor connected in parallel to the secondary core unit.

19. The energy storage system as claimed in claim 18, wherein the electrical moving object further includes a rectifying unit, the rectifying unit being configured to rectify power transmitted from the secondary core unit and to transmit the rectified power to the battery.