Method and device for operating charging stations

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10960784-B2
Application number	US-201715427370-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 8, 2017
Priority date	Feb 22, 2016
Publication date	Mar 30, 2021
Grant date	Mar 30, 2021

Abstract

A method for supplying a number of electric charging stations with electricity, wherein AC voltage provided by an electricity source is transformed into a prescribed AC voltage level by at least one transformer via at least one star winding and at least one delta winding and subsequently routed via AC voltage lines to the number of electric charging stations and converted directly to direct current in respective charging stations from the number of electric charging stations locally by at least two rectifiers of the charging stations.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for supplying a plurality of electric charging stations with electricity comprising:
transforming alternating current (AC) voltage provided by an electricity source into a prescribed AC voltage level via at least one star winding and at least one delta winding of at least one transformer;
subsequently routing, from the at least one transformer, the prescribed AC voltage via AC voltage lines to the plurality of electric charging stations; and
converting the prescribed AC voltage directly, without an intermediate power factor correction filter, to direct current (DC) locally by at least two 6 -pulse rectifiers of a respective electric charging station of the plurality of electric charging stations.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
each respective electric charging station of the plurality of electric charging stations further comprises at least one DC isolating DC/DC converter.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein:
the at least one DC isolating DC/DC converter of each of the plurality of charging stations are electrically connected so as to be switchable between parallel and series arrangement, and the at least one DC isolating DC/DC converter of each of the plurality of the charging stations are interconnected in parallel or in series in order to alter a common output voltage or a common output current of the plurality of electric charging stations interconnected by the at least one DC isolating DC/DC converter.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
transforming the AC voltage provided by an electricity source into the prescribed AC voltage level further includes performing load management to limit a total power of the plurality of electric charging stations to a maximum power of the at least one transformer.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
operating a respective secondary winding of the at least one transformer in a grounded or ungrounded fashion.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
gradually building up a total power of the plurality of electric charging stations by a multiplicity of transformers in a parallel circuit that supply the plurality of electric charging stations with the routed prescribed AC voltage .

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least two 6-pulse rectifiers of each respective electric charging station are arranged in parallel, in series, or in a manner switchable between a series and a parallel arrangement.

8. A system comprising:
a transformer including at least one star winding and at least one delta winding to transform alternating current (AC) voltage provided by an electricity source into a prescribed AC voltage level; and
a plurality of electric charging stations, each respective charging station including at least two respective 6-pulse rectifiers to convert the prescribed AC voltage directly, without an intermediate power factor correction filter, to direct current (DC) locally.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein:
each respective electric charging station further comprises at least one DC isolating DC/DC converter.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein:
the at least one DC isolating DC/DC converter of each of the plurality of charging stations are electrically connected so as to be switchable between parallel and series arrangement; and
the at least one DC isolating DC/DC converter of each of the plurality of the charging stations are interconnected in parallel or in series in order to alter a common output voltage or a common output current of the plurality of electric charging stations interconnected by the at least one DC isolating DC/DC converter.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein:
the at least one transformer includes a respective secondary winding and operates the respective second winding in a grounded or ungrounded fashion.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the at least two respective 6-pulse rectifiers of each respective electric charging station are arranged in parallel, in series, or in a manner switchable between a series and a parallel arrangement.

Assignees

• Porsche Ag

Inventors

• Herke Dirk
• Oestreicher Ralf
• Reber Volker
• Heinzelmann Anja

Classifications

• H02J2105/37

  exchanging power with electric vehicles [EV] or with hybrid electric vehicles [HEV] · CPC title

• H02J4/25

  for transfer of electric power between AC and DC networks, e.g. for supplying the DC section within a load from an AC mains system · CPC title

• H02J7/575

  Parallel/serial switching of connection of batteries to charge or load circuit · CPC title

• H02J7/70

  characterised by the mechanical construction · CPC title

• H02J7/50

  acting upon multiple batteries simultaneously or sequentially · CPC title