Method of controlling power supply of caravan and power control device of caravan

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11038368-B2
Application number	US-201916726766-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 24, 2019
Priority date	Jul 11, 2019
Publication date	Jun 15, 2021
Grant date	Jun 15, 2021

Abstract

A method of controlling power supply of a caravan including a photovoltaic plate includes: receiving a first power parameter of an input interface element; determining whether there is a mains supply to be input into the input interface element according to the first power parameter; turning on a first switch to make the input interface element be electrically connected to the output interface element if the mains supply is input into the input interface element; receiving a power parameter of a battery pack if the mains supply is not input into the input interface element; determining whether a remaining power of the battery pack exceeds a power threshold according to the power parameter of the battery pack; and making the battery pack be electrically connected to an output interface element if the remaining power of the battery pack exceeds the power threshold.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of controlling power supply of a caravan, the method being applied to a power control device of a caravan, wherein the caravan comprises a photovoltaic plate; the power control device comprises a battery pack, an input interface element, an output interface element, and a first switch; the photovoltaic plate is electrically connected to the battery pack via the input interface element, and the battery pack is electrically connected to an external electrical equipment via the output interface element; the first switch is electrically connected to the input interface element and the output interface element; and the method comprises:
receiving a first power parameter of the input interface element;
determining whether there is mains supply to be input into the input interface element according to the first power parameter;
turning on the first switch to make the input interface element be electrically connected to the output interface element if the mains supply is input into the input interface element;
receiving a power parameter of the battery pack if the mains supply is not input into the input interface element;
determining whether a remaining power of the battery pack exceeds a power threshold according to the power parameter of the battery pack; and
making the battery pack be electrically connected to the output interface element if the remaining power of the battery pack exceeds the power threshold.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the input interface element comprises a first input interface, and the output interface element comprises an AC output interface; the first input interface is electrically connected to the AC output interface via the first switch; the method further comprises:
after receiving the first power parameter of the input interface element, determining whether there is the mains supply to be input into the first input interface according to the first power parameter;
turning on the first switch to make the first input interface be electrically connected to the AC output interface if the mains supply is input into the first input interface; and
receiving the power parameter of the battery pack if the mains supply is not input into the first input interface.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the battery pack is electrically connected to the AC output interface via an inverter and a second switch; the method further comprises:
after determining whether the remaining power of the battery pack exceeds the power threshold according to the power parameter of the battery pack, turning on the second switch to make the battery pack be electrically connected to the AC output interface via the inverter if the remaining power of the battery pack exceeds the power threshold.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the input interface element further comprises a second input interface electrically connected to the battery pack via a first charger; and the method further comprises:
receiving a second power parameter of the input interface element;
determining whether there is a photovoltaic supply to be input into the second input interface according to the second power parameter; and
turning on a switch of the first charger to make the battery pack be electrically connected to the photovoltaic plate via the first charger if the photovoltaic supply is input into the second input interface.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the power control device further comprises a third switch and a second charger, the first input interface is electrically connected to the battery pack via the third switch and the second charger; and the method further comprises:
turning on the third switch to make the first input interface be electrically connected to the battery pack via the second charger if the photovoltaic supply is not input into the second input interface.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the power control device further comprises a third switch and a second charger, the first input interface is electrically connected to the battery pack via the third switch and the second charger; and the method further comprises:
receiving a photovoltaic power of the second input interface if the photovoltaic supply is input into the second input interface;
determining whether the photovoltaic power exceeds a photovoltaic power threshold;
turning off the third switch if the photovoltaic power exceeds the photovoltaic power threshold; and
turning on the third switch if the photovoltaic power does not exceed the photovoltaic power threshold.

7. The method of claim 4 , wherein the input interface element further comprises a third input interface electrically connected to a power generator of the caravan, and the third input interface is electrically connected to the battery pack via a third charger; and the method further comprises:
determining whether the caravan starts if the mains supply is not input into the first input interface and the photovoltaic supply is not input into the second input interface; and
turning on the third charger to make the third input interface be electrically connected to the battery pack via the third charger if the caravan starts.

8. The method of claim 3 , wherein the method further comprises:
receiving load power information of the AC output interface; and
controlling a power supply type of the AC output interface according to the load power information.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the power supply type comprises a first power supply type and a second power supply type; controlling the power supply type of the AC output interface according to the load power information comprises:
determining whether the load power information exceeds a load power threshold; and
selecting the second power supply type if the load power information exceeds the load power threshold, and the second power supply type supplies power to a preset electrical equipment.

10. The method of claim 3 , wherein the power control device further comprises a converter and a DC output interface; the converter is electrically connected to the battery pack and the DC output interface; and the method further comprises:
turning on the converter to make the battery pack be electrically connected to the DC output interface if the remaining power of the battery pack exceeds the power threshold.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the power control device further comprises a display screen, and the method further comprises displaying the power parameter of the battery pack on the display screen.

12. A power control device of a caravan, the caravan comprising a photovoltaic plate, and the power control device comprising:
an input interface element configured to receive an external current;
an output interface element configured to transmit a current to an external electrical equipment;
a battery pack being electrically connected to the input interface element and the output interface element; and
a first switch;
wherein the photovoltaic plate is electrically connected to the battery pack via the input interface element, and the battery pack is electrically connected to the external electrical equipment via the output interface element; the first switch is electrically connected to the input interface element and the output interface element; and an external mains supply is transmitted to the external electrical equipment via the input interface element, the first switch, and the output interface element; the power control device further comprises an inverter and a second switch; and the battery pack is electrically connected to the AC output interface via the inverter and the second switch.

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Assignees

• Shenzhen Hello Tech Energy Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sun Zhongwei
• Wu Shiji
• Zhong Zhiyuan
• Liu Xuhe

Classifications

• H02J7/80

  including monitoring or indicating arrangements · CPC title

• H02J1/102

  being switching converters (H02J1/108, H02J1/12 take precedence) · CPC title

• H02J7/35 Primary

  with light sensitive cells · CPC title

• H02J2207/40

  adapted for charging from various sources, e.g. AC, DC or multivoltage · CPC title

• H02J7/02

  for charging batteries from AC mains by converters · CPC title