Supply station and method capable of charging electricity and filling with hydrogen gas simultaneously or separately

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12337709-B2
Application number	US-201917254582-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 20, 2019
Priority date	Sep 25, 2018
Publication date	Jun 24, 2025
Grant date	Jun 24, 2025

Abstract

A supply station and method are provided for charging an electric vehicle and filling a hydrogen-powered vehicle with hydrogen gas simultaneously or separately. The supply station includes a power supply unit, a storage battery system, an electricity-hydrogen conversion device, a hydrogen gas storage system, a hydrogen-electricity conversion device, a charger, and a hydrogen dispenser. The power supply unit and the hydrogen-electricity conversion device supply power to the storage battery system. The power supply unit and the storage battery system power the electricity-hydrogen conversion device. The electricity-hydrogen conversion device stores hydrogen gas in the hydrogen gas storage system. The hydrogen gas storage system provides hydrogen gas to the hydrogen-electricity conversion device. The charger charges an electric vehicle with electric power from the storage battery system. The hydrogen dispenser fills hydrogen gas into a hydrogen-powered vehicle.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A supply station capable of charging electricity and filling with hydrogen gas simultaneously or separately, the supply station comprising:
a power supply unit for supplying electric power, a storage battery system, an electricity-hydrogen conversion device capable of converting electric power into hydrogen gas, a hydrogen gas storage system, a hydrogen-electricity conversion device capable of converting hydrogen gas into electric power, a charger, and a hydrogen dispenser, wherein the power supply unit is a power grid that supplies electric power to the storage battery system and to the charger;
the storage battery system is configured to store the electric power supplied respectively by the power supply unit and the hydrogen-electricity conversion device;
the electricity-hydrogen conversion device is configured to convert the electric power supplied by the power supply unit into hydrogen gas;
the hydrogen gas storage system is configured to store the hydrogen gas generated by the electricity-hydrogen conversion device;
the hydrogen-electricity conversion device is configured to convert the hydrogen gas provided by the hydrogen gas storage system into electric power;
the charger is configured to:
charge an electric vehicle with the electric power supplied by the storage battery system and the power supply unit, and

the hydrogen dispenser is configured to fill hydrogen gas supplied by the hydrogen gas storage system into a hydrogen-powered vehicle; and
wherein the storage battery system is charged with electric power supplied by the power supply unit when it is not necessary to charge the electric vehicle with electric power supplied by the power supply unit.

2. The supply station according to claim 1 , wherein the storage battery system is configured to supply electric power to the electricity-hydrogen conversion device.

3. The supply station according to claim 1 , wherein the electricity-hydrogen conversion device is an electrolyzer and/or a reversible fuel cell.

4. The supply station according to claim 3 , wherein the electrolyzer is at least one selected from the group consisting of an alkaline electrolyzer, a proton exchange membrane electrolyzer, a solid oxide electrolyzer and a reversible electrolyzer.

5. The supply station according to claim 1 , wherein the hydrogen-electricity conversion device is a fuel cell and/or a reversible electrolysis cell.

6. The supply station according to claim 5 , wherein the fuel cell is at least one selected from the group consisting of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell, a solid oxide fuel cell and a reversible type fuel cell.

7. A method of charging electricity and filling with hydrogen gas simultaneously or separately by use of the supply station according to claim 1 , the method comprising:
charging an electric vehicle with electricity by using a storage battery system, and filling hydrogen gas into a hydrogen-powered vehicle by using a hydrogen gas storage system; and
adopting an electricity-hydrogen conversion device capable of converting electric power into hydrogen gas and a hydrogen-electricity conversion device capable of converting hydrogen gas into electric power to perform the conversion between hydrogen gas and electric power, so as to adjust distribution of charging electricity and filling with hydrogen gas.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the method further comprises: charging the storage battery system and/or the electric vehicle by using a power grid.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the hydrogen gas in the hydrogen gas storage system is converted into electric power by the hydrogen-electricity conversion device for delivery to the storage battery system and/or the electric vehicle when an output power of the power grid and the storage battery system cannot meet a demand of the electric vehicle for electric power.

10. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the electric power provided by the storage battery system and/or the power grid is converted into hydrogen gas by the electricity-hydrogen conversion device for being filled into the hydrogen-powered vehicle, when hydrogen gas from the hydrogen gas storage system cannot meet a demand of the hydrogen-powered vehicle for hydrogen gas.

11. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the storage battery system is charged with electric power by using the power grid when it is not necessary to use the power grid for charging the electric vehicle; and
when the hydrogen gas storage system is capable of meeting a hydrogen gas demand of the hydrogen-powered vehicle, the electricity-hydrogen conversion device is used to convert electric power provided by the power grid into hydrogen gas for storage in the hydrogen gas storage system.

12. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the electricity-hydrogen conversion device is an electrolyzer and/or a reversible fuel cell.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the electrolyzer is at least one selected from the group consisting of an alkaline electrolyzer, a proton exchange membrane electrolyzer, a solid oxide electrolyzer and a reversible electrolyzer.

14. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the hydrogen-electricity conversion device is a fuel cell and/or a reversible electrolysis cell.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the fuel cell is at least one selected from the group consisting of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell, a solid oxide fuel cell and a reversible type fuel cell.

16. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the method further comprises:
converting electric power to an applicable specification of the electric vehicle prior to delivery of the electric power to the electric vehicle; and

converting hydrogen gas into the applicable specification of the hydrogen-powered vehicle prior to delivery of hydrogen gas to the hydrogen-powered vehicle.

17. The supply station according to claim 1 , wherein the storage battery system is charged with electric power supplied by the power supply unit when it is not required to charge the electric vehicle with electric power supplied by either the power grid or the storage battery system.

Assignees

• China Energy Investment Corp Ltd
• Nat Inst Clean & Low Carbon Energy

Inventors

• Pickles Jeff
• Ku Anthony
• Li Xianming Jimmy
• Singh Surinder
• Allen Jeff

Classifications

• H02J15/50 Primary

  using stored hydrogen · CPC title

• F17C5/06

  for filling with compressed gases · CPC title

• Y02T90/12

  Electric charging stations · CPC title

• Y02E60/36

  Hydrogen production from non-carbon containing sources, e.g. by water electrolysis · CPC title

• Y02E60/32

  Hydrogen storage · CPC title