Power supply device, charging system and charge scheduling method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11444546-B2
Application number	US-202016851095-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 17, 2020
Priority date	Apr 18, 2019
Publication date	Sep 13, 2022
Grant date	Sep 13, 2022

Abstract

The power supply device includes a first winding, a second winding, a third winding, a fourth winding, a first AC-DC conversion unit, a second AC-DC conversion unit, a first power supply terminal and a second power supply terminal. The first and second windings are disposed on a secondary side of a multi-pulse transformer, and coupled to an input of the first AC-DC conversion unit. The first power supply terminal is coupled to an output of the first AC-DC conversion unit. The third and fourth windings are disposed on the secondary side of the multi-pulse transformer, and coupled to an input of the second AC-DC conversion unit. The second power supply terminal is coupled to an output of the second AC-DC conversion unit. Phases of output voltages of the first winding, the third winding, the second winding and the fourth winding are successively shifted left or successively shifted right for 15°.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power supply device, comprising: a first winding, a second winding, a third winding, a fourth winding, a first alternating current-direct current (AC-DC) conversion unit, a second AC-DC conversion unit, a first power supply terminal and a second power supply terminal;
the first winding and the second winding disposed on a secondary side of a multi-pulse transformer, and coupled to an input of the first AC-DC conversion unit;
the first power supply terminal coupled to an output of the first AC-DC conversion unit;
the third winding and the fourth winding disposed on the secondary side of the multi-pulse transformer, and coupled to an input of the second AC-DC conversion unit; and
the second power supply terminal coupled to an output of the second AC-DC conversion unit;
wherein phases of output voltages of the first winding, the third winding, the second winding and the fourth winding are successively increased or decreased by 15°;
wherein the first winding and the second winding forms a first winding pair, the third winding and the fourth winding forms a second winding pair, the first winding pair corresponds to the first AC-DC conversion unit, the second winding pair corresponds to the second AC-DC conversion unit, and each of the first winding pair and the second winding pair is in a one-to-one correspondence with a corresponding one of the first AC-DC conversion unit and the second AC-DC conversion unit.

2. The power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein the first winding is a star winding; the second winding is a delta winding; the third winding is an epitaxy delta winding decreased by 15° relative to the second winding and the fourth winding is an epitaxy delta winding increased by 15° relative to the second winding.

3. The power supply device according to claim 1 , wherein the first AC-DC conversion unit comprises a first rectifier and a second rectifier;
an input of the first rectifier is coupled to the first winding;
an input of the second rectifier is coupled to the second winding; and
an output of the first rectifier and an output of the second rectifier are coupled in series or parallel to form a first port;
wherein the first port is coupled to the first power supply terminal, or the first port is coupled to the first power supply terminal through a first direct current-direct current (DC-DC) converter.

4. The power source device according to claim 1 , wherein the second AC-DC conversion unit comprises a third rectifier and a fourth rectifier;
an input of the third rectifier is coupled to the third winding;
an input of the fourth rectifier is coupled to the fourth winding; and
an output of the third rectifier and an output of the fourth rectifier are coupled in series or parallel to form a second port;
wherein the second port is coupled to the second power supply terminal, or the second port is coupled to the second power supply terminal through a second DC-DC converter.

5. The power supply device according to claim 1 , further comprising: a power supply switching unit;
wherein the power supply switching unit comprises a first switch component, a second switch component and a third switch component;
the first switch component is coupled between a negative pole of the first power supply terminal and a positive pole of the second power supply terminal;
the second switch component is coupled between a positive pole of the first power supply terminal and the positive pole of the second power supply terminal;
the third switch component is coupled between the negative pole of the first power supply terminal and a negative pole of the second power supply terminal;
wherein the second switch component is linked with the third switch component.

6. A charge scheduling method of a charging system, wherein the charging system includes a multi-pulse transformer and a plurality of the power source devices according to claim 1 , a primary-side winding of the multi-pulse transformer is coupled to a power grid, and secondary-side windings of the multi-pulse transformer comprise the first winding, the second winding, the third winding and the fourth winding; the method comprising:
S 1 , obtaining the number of the first power supply terminals and the number of the second power supply terminals in working state when receiving a charge request of an equipment to be charged;
S 2 , scheduling a power supply terminal with a less number to charge the equipment to be charged, when the number of the first power supply terminals in working state is not equal to the number of the second power supply terminals in working state; and
S 3 , scheduling one of the first power supply terminal and the second power supply terminal to charge the equipment to be charged, when the number of the first power supply terminals in working state is equal to the number of the second power supply terminals in working state.

7. The charge scheduling method according to claim 6 , wherein the step of S 3 comprises:
obtaining an estimated remaining charge time of each of the first power supply terminals in working state and an estimated remaining charge time of each of the second power supply terminals in working state;
scheduling a power supply terminal with less estimated remaining charge time to charge the equipment to be charged.

8. The charge scheduling method according to claim 6 , wherein the charging system further comprises a charge scheduling device to execute the charge scheduling method, and the charge scheduling device comprises:
a request obtaining module, configured to obtain the number of the first power supply terminals in working state and the number of the second power supply terminals in working state, when receiving a charge request of an equipment to be charged;
a first processing module, configured to schedule a power supply terminal with a less number to charge the equipment to be charged, when the number of the first power supply terminals in working state is not equal to the number of the second power supply terminals in working state; and
a second processing module, configured to schedule one of the first power supply terminal and the second power supply terminal to charge the equipment to be charged, when the number of the first power supply terminals in working state is equal to the number of the second power supply terminals in working state.

9. The charge scheduling method according to claim 8 , wherein the second processing module is configured to obtain an estimated remaining charge time of each of the first power supply terminals in working state and an estimated remaining charge time of each of the second power supply terminals in working state; and schedule a power supply terminal with less estimated remaining charge time to charge the equipment to be charged.

10. A power supply device, comprising:
P winding pairs, each of the winding pairs consisting of a first winding and a second winding;
P AC-DC conversion units, each of the AC-DC conversion units comprising a first input, a second input and an output, wherein the first input is coupled to the first winding of a corresponding winding pair, and the second input is coupled to the second winding of the corresponding winding pair;
P power supply terminals, each of the power supply terminals coupled to the output of a corresponding AC-DC conversion unit;
wherein a phase shifting angle between the first winding and the second winding in each winding pair is 30°, a phase shifting angle between the first windings in adjacent winding pairs is 360°/12P, a phase shifting angle between the second windings in adjacent winding pairs is 360°/12P, and P is a positive integer larger than or equal to two;
wherein each of

Assignees

• Delta Electronics Shanghai Co

Inventors

• Yan Chao
• Wu Hongyang
• Sun Liping
• Ni Jianjun

Classifications

• H02M5/14

  for conversion between circuits of different phase number · CPC title

• H02M1/12 Primary

  Arrangements for reducing harmonics from AC input or output · CPC title

• H02M7/10

  arranged for operation in series, e.g. for multiplication of voltage · CPC title

• H02M1/4258

  using a single converter stage both for correction of AC input power factor and generation of a regulated and galvanically isolated DC output voltage (H02M1/4241 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02M1/007

  Plural converter units in cascade (push-pull DC/DC converters with pre-regulator H02M3/3374; DC-AC converters following a DC-DC stage including a high frequency transformer H02M7/4807; DC-AC converters following a DC-DC conversion stage generating periodically varying voltages H02M7/4826) · CPC title