Hydrogen fueling control device and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12085233-B2
Application number	US-201917278060-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 14, 2019
Priority date	Sep 21, 2018
Publication date	Sep 10, 2024
Grant date	Sep 10, 2024

Abstract

A hydrogen fueling control device and method comprising step S100, obtaining initial parameters of a vehicle-mounted hydrogen reservoir, wherein the initial parameters comprise volume, initial hydrogen pressure, and initial ambient temperature of the vehicle-mounted hydrogen reservoir; step S200, computing a fueling rate and a target pressure for hydrogen fueling according to the initial parameters, wherein the computed fueling rate and target pressure cause the temperature of hydrogen during a hydrogen fueling process to be within a preset safe range; and step S300, controlling a hydrogen fueling station to fuel hydrogen to the vehicle-mounted hydrogen reservoir at the computed fueling rate to the computed target pressure. The control method controls a fueling process by obtaining a fueling rate and a target pressure by means of initial parameters of a vehicle-mounted hydrogen reservoir measured by a hydrogen fueling station, without requiring the real-time communication between the hydrogen fueling station and a vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A hydrogen filling control method, comprising:
acquiring initial parameters of an on-board hydrogen storage device, the initial parameters comprising a volume, an initial hydrogen pressure of the on-board hydrogen storage device, and an initial ambient temperature;
calculating a filling rate and a target pressure of hydrogen filling according to the initial parameters, wherein the calculated filling rate and target pressure enable a hydrogen temperature of a hydrogen filling process to be within a preset safe range; and
controlling a hydrogen filling station to fill the on-board hydrogen storage device with hydrogen to the calculated target pressure at the calculated filling rate,
wherein the target pressure is the pressure of the hydrogen storage device when the hydrogen filling process is finished, and
wherein the calculating a filling rate and a target pressure of hydrogen filling comprises:
calculating the filling rate and the target pressure by using a formula calculation method, comprising: analyzing the initial parameters and the historical hydrogen filling data to fit control parameter calculation formulae for calculating optimal hydrogen filling control parameters based on the initial parameters, wherein the optimal hydrogen filling control parameters comprise the filling rate and the target pressure; and calculating, regarding the initial parameters of a current hydrogen filling process, the corresponding optimal hydrogen filling control parameters based on the control parameter calculation formulae.

2. The hydrogen filling control method according to claim 1 , wherein the acquiring initial parameters of an on-board hydrogen storage device comprises:
scanning a tag on the on-board hydrogen storage device to read volume information, stored in the tag, of the on-board hydrogen storage device; and/or
acquiring the initial hydrogen pressure and the initial ambient temperature respectively detected by a pressure sensor and a temperature sensor.

3. The hydrogen filling control method according to claim 1 , wherein the initial parameters further comprise a hydrogen temperature of the on-board hydrogen storage device.

4. The hydrogen filling control method according to claim 3 , wherein the initial parameters further comprise a material, a wall thickness and size information of the on-board hydrogen storage device.

5. A machine-readable storage medium, wherein the machine-readable storage medium stores an instruction for making a machine execute a hydrogen filling control method
wherein, the hydrogen filling control method comprises:
acquiring initial parameters of an on-board hydrogen storage device, the initial parameters comprising a volume, an initial hydrogen pressure of the on-board hydrogen storage device, and an initial ambient temperature;
calculating a filling rate and a target pressure of hydrogen filling according to the initial parameters, wherein the calculated filling rate and target pressure enable a hydrogen temperature of a hydrogen filling process to be within a preset safe range; and
controlling a hydrogen filling station to fill the on-board hydrogen storage device with hydrogen to the calculated target pressure at the calculated filling rate,
wherein the target pressure is the pressure of the hydrogen storage device when the hydrogen filling process is finished, and
wherein the calculating a filling rate and a target pressure of hydrogen filling comprises:
calculating the filling rate and the target pressure by using a formula calculation method, comprising: analyzing the initial parameters and the historical hydrogen filling data to fit control parameter calculation formulae for calculating optimal hydrogen filling control parameters based on the initial parameters, wherein the optimal hydrogen filling control parameters comprise the filling rate and the target pressure; and calculating, regarding the initial parameters of a current hydrogen filling process, the corresponding optimal hydrogen filling control parameters based on the control parameter calculation formulae.

6. The machine-readable storage medium according to claim 5 , wherein the acquiring initial parameters of hydrogen filling of an on-board hydrogen storage device comprises:
scanning a tag on the on-board hydrogen storage device to read volume information, stored in the tag, of the on-board hydrogen storage device; and/or
acquiring the initial hydrogen pressure and the initial ambient temperature respectively detected by a pressure sensor and a temperature sensor.

7. The machine-readable storage medium according to claim 5 , wherein the initial parameters further comprise a hydrogen temperature of the on-board hydrogen storage device.

8. The machine-readable storage medium according to claim 7 , wherein the initial parameters further comprise a material, a wall thickness and size information of the onboard hydrogen storage device.

9. A processor, being used for running a program, wherein the program is used for executing a hydrogen filling control method when being run;
wherein, the hydrogen filling control method comprises:
acquiring initial parameters of an on-board hydrogen storage device, the initial parameters comprising a volume, an initial hydrogen pressure of the on-board hydrogen storage device, and an initial ambient temperature;
calculating a filling rate and a target pressure of hydrogen filling according to the initial parameters, wherein the calculated filling rate and target pressure enable a hydrogen temperature of a hydrogen filling process to be within a preset safe range; and
controlling a hydrogen filling station to fill the on-board hydrogen storage device with hydrogen to the calculated target pressure at the calculated filling rate,
wherein the target pressure is the pressure of the hydrogen storage device when the hydrogen filling process is finished, and
wherein the calculating a filling rate and a target pressure of hydrogen filling comprises:
calculating the filling rate and the target pressure by using a formula calculation method:
comprising: analyzing the initial parameters and the historical hydrogen filling data to fit control parameter calculation formulae for calculating optimal hydrogen filling control parameters based on the initial parameters, wherein the optimal hydrogen filling control parameters comprise the filling rate and the target pressure; and calculating, regarding the initial parameters of a current hydrogen filling process, the corresponding optimal hydrogen filling control parameters based on the control parameter calculation formulae.

10. The processor according to claim 9 , wherein the acquiring initial parameters of hydrogen filling of an on-board hydrogen storage device comprises:
scanning a tag on the on-board hydrogen storage device to read volume information, stored in the tag, of the on-board hydrogen storage device; and/or
acquiring the initial hydrogen pressure and the initial ambient temperature respectively detected by a pressure sensor and a temperature sensor.

11. The processor according to claim 9 , wherein the initial parameters further comprise a hydrogen temperature of the on-board hydrogen storage device.

12. The processor according to claim 11 , wherein the initial parameters further comprise a material, a wall thickness and size information of the on-board hydrogen storage device.

Assignees

• Nat Inst Clean & Low Carbon Energy

Inventors

• He Guangli
• Yang Kang
• Guo Qiang
• Fan Yujian
• Xu Zhuang

Classifications

• Y02E60/32

  Hydrogen storage · CPC title

• G05B13/042

  in which a parameter or coefficient is automatically adjusted to optimise the performance · CPC title

• F17C2270/0139

  Fuel stations · CPC title

• F17C2265/065

  for refuelling vehicle fuel tanks · CPC title

• F17C2250/0694

  with calculations · CPC title