Fast charging system for electric vehicles
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1. An electric vehicle charging facility comprising:
- a power generation component for generating a DC electric power, the power generation component comprising a plurality of fuel cells;
a fuel component supplying a fuel to the power generation component;
a charging component electrically connected to the power generation component for charging an electric vehicle using the DC electric power, the charging component comprising a first customer charging station.; and
a control system component, wherein the control system component comprises a processor, a data storage, and instructions stored in the data storage and executable by the processor to activate the plurality of fuel cells sequentially and randomly to meet an energy demand of the charging component.
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Abstract
The embodiments described and claimed herein are apparatus, systems, and methods for charging an electric vehicle at a stationary service station. In one embodiment, the service station includes a power generation component including at least one fuel cell, a fuel supply component for supplying fuel to the power generation component, a charging component including at least one customer charging station, and a control component for controlling and monitoring the other components and for providing accounting and billing functions.
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24 Claims
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1. An electric vehicle charging facility comprising:
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a power generation component for generating a DC electric power, the power generation component comprising a plurality of fuel cells; a fuel component supplying a fuel to the power generation component; a charging component electrically connected to the power generation component for charging an electric vehicle using the DC electric power, the charging component comprising a first customer charging station.; and a control system component, wherein the control system component comprises a processor, a data storage, and instructions stored in the data storage and executable by the processor to activate the plurality of fuel cells sequentially and randomly to meet an energy demand of the charging component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20)
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19. An electric vehicle charging facility comprising:
a power generation component for generating a DC electric power, the power generation component comprising a plurality of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells each having a capacity of 100 kW or less; a fuel component supplying a natural gas to the power generation component; a charging component electrically connected to the power generation component for simultaneously charging a plurality of electric vehicles using the DC electric power, the charging component comprising a plurality of customer charging stations; and a control system component, wherein the control system component comprises a processor, a data storage, and instructions stored in the data storage and executable by the processor to activate the plurality of fuel cells sequentially and randomly to meet an energy demand of the charging component.
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21. An electric vehicle charging facility comprising:
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a power generation component for generating DC electric power, the power generation component comprising a plurality of fuel cells; a fuel component supplying natural gas to the power generation component; and
,a charging component electrically connected to the power generation component for charging a plurality of electric vehicles using the DC electric power, the charging component comprising a first customer charging station; and a control system component, wherein the control system component comprises a processor, a data storage, and instructions stored in the data storage and executable by the processor to activate the plurality of fuel cells sequentially and randomly to control a magnitude of the DC electric power according to the requirements of the plurality of electric vehicles and receive information from the charging component that is indicative of a charge in an electric vehicle and to reduce a magnitude of the DC electric power when the charge in the electric vehicle reaches a threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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