Charging control system

• US 8,963,493 B2
• Filed: 11/25/2011
• Issued: 02/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation, University of Tokyo
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Yano, Hitoshi, Kudo, Koji, Iguchi, Hiroto, Ogimoto, Kazuhiko, Kataoka, Kazuto, Ikegami, Takashi
• Primary Examiner(s): WILLIAMS, ARUN C
• Application Number:
  US13/393,816
• Publication Number:
  US 20130134934A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,187 Days
• Field of Search: 320/109
• US Class Current: 320/109
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2260/50 by future state prediction
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2260/58 Departure time prediction
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/63 in response to network capacity
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/441 for several batteries or cells simultaneously or sequentially
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2220/20 Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 1/109 Scheduling or re-scheduling the operation of the DC sources in a particular order, e.g. connecting or disconnecting the sources in sequential, alternating or in subsets, to meet a given demand
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00001 characterised by the display of information or by user interaction, e.g. supervisory control and data acquisition systems [SCADA] or graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00022 using wireless data transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0019 using switched or multiplexed charge circuits
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/00 Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries
• 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: 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 charging controller (300) controls charging of a battery by an interface device (400-1 to 400-m) on the basis of distribution system connection time when the interface device (400-1 to 400-m) and a battery mounted on EV (500-1 to 500-n) are connected to each other and on the basis of distribution system disconnection time when they are disconnected in each of the interface devices (400-1 to 400-m).

Claims

1. A charging control system, comprising:

a distribution device that distributes power;

a plurality of interface devices, each connected to a battery mounted on a vehicle for charging the battery with the power distributed from the distribution device; and

a charging controller that controls charging in said interface device,

wherein said charging controller controls charging to said battery by said interface device on a basis of a distribution system connection time when said interface device and said battery are connected to each other and on a basis of a distribution system disconnection time when said interface device and said battery are disconnected in each of said plurality of interface devices,

wherein said charging controller controls the charging in compliance with a priority order of said plurality of interface devices so that a target demand amount set in advance is not exceeded, and

wherein said charging controller;

calculates an amount of excess or insufficient power needed to charge a battery on a basis of electricity energy that is obtained by adding the electricity energy needed to charge a battery by said interface device, which is performing charging at a present time, to the electricity energy needed to charge a battery by said interface device, which is estimated to be carrying out charging of a battery after an elapse of a predetermined time; and

corrects the target demand amount on a basis of the calculated amount of excess or deficient power.

2. The charging control system according to claim 1, wherein

said charging controller gives priority to the charging by the interface device connected to the battery in which a period of time for charging the battery from a current time to the distribution system disconnection time is short.

3. The charging control system according to claim 1, wherein

said charging controller gives priority to the charging by the interface device connected to the battery whose amount of charge is small.

4. The charging control system according to claim 1, wherein

said charging controller corrects the target demand amount on a basis of a number of said interface devices that have been allocated to carry out charging at a predetermined later time.

5. The charging control system according to claim 1, wherein

said charging controller obtains the distribution system connection time and the distribution system disconnection time set in advance for said vehicle from the vehicle through said interface device when said interface device and said battery are connected to each other and controls the charging on the basis of the distribution system connection time and the distribution system disconnection time thus obtained.

6. The charging control system according to claim 1, wherein

said charging controller controls the charging on the basis of the distribution system connection time and the distribution system disconnection time calculated on a basis of past statistics.

7. The charging control system according to claim 1, wherein said charging controller gives priority to the charging by the interface device connected to the battery with a least amount of charge.

8. The charging control system according to claim 1, wherein said charging controller gives priority to the charging by the interface device connected to the battery with a least amount of time for charging the battery from a current time to the distribution system disconnection time.

9. The charging control system according to claim 1, wherein said distribution system connection time and said distribution system disconnection time are unique for each interface device.

10. A charging controller that controls charging in a plurality of interface devices, each connected to a battery mounted on a vehicle for charging the battery by using distributed power, said charging controller comprising:

a control portion that controls charging of said battery by said interface device on a basis of a distribution system connection time when the interface device and said battery are connected to each other and on a basis of a distribution system disconnection time when said interface device and said battery are disconnected in each of said plurality of interface devices,

wherein said charging controller controls the charging in compliance with a priority order of said plurality of interface devices so that a target demand amount set in advance is not exceeded, and

wherein said charging controller;

calculates an amount of excess or insufficient power needed to charge a battery on a basis of electricity energy that is obtained by adding the electricity energy needed to charge a battery by said interface device, which is performing charging at a present time, to the electricity energy needed to charge a battery by said interface device, which is estimated to be carrying out charging of a battery after an elapse of a predetermined time; and

corrects the target demand amount on a basis of the calculated amount of excess or deficient power.

11. A charging control method that controls charging in a plurality of interface devices, each connected to a battery mounted on a vehicle for charging the battery by using distributed power, said method comprising:

charging said battery by using said plurality of interface devices; and

controlling the charging of said battery by said interface devices on a basis of a distribution system connection time when the interface device and said battery are connected to each other and on a basis of a distribution system disconnection time when said interface device and said battery are disconnected in each of said plurality of interface devices;

controlling the charging in compliance with a priority order of said plurality of interface devices so that a target demand amount set in advance is not exceeded;

calculating an amount of excess or insufficient power needed to charge a battery on a basis of electricity energy that is obtained by adding the electricity energy needed to charge a battery by said interface device, which is performing charging at a present time, to the electricity energy needed to charge a battery by said interface device, which is estimated to be carrying out charging of a battery after an elapse of a predetermined time; and

correcting the target demand amount on a basis of the calculated amount of excess or deficient power.