Electric vehicle and charging system for electric vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9718374-B2
Application number	US-201214370043-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 31, 2012
Priority date	Dec 31, 2011
Publication date	Aug 1, 2017
Grant date	Aug 1, 2017

Abstract

A charging system for an electric vehicle and an electric vehicle are provided. The charging system comprises: a power battery; a charge-discharge socket; a bidirectional DC/DC module having a first DC terminal connected with a first terminal of the power battery and a second DC terminal connected with a second terminal of the power battery; a bidirectional DC/AC module having a first DC terminal connected with the second terminal of the power battery and a second DC terminal connected with the first terminal of the power battery; a charge-discharge control module having a first terminal connected with the AC terminal of the bidirectional DC/AC module and a second terminal connected with the charge-discharge socket; and a controller module connected with the charge-discharge control module, and configured to control the charge-discharge control module according to a current operation mode of the charging system.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A charging system for an electric vehicle, comprising:
a power battery;
a charge-discharge socket;
a bidirectional DC/DC module having a first DC terminal connected with a first terminal of the power battery and a second DC terminal connected with a second terminal of the power battery, wherein the first DC terminal is a common DC terminal for an input to and an output from the bidirectional DC/DC module;
a bidirectional DC/AC module having a first DC terminal connected with the second terminal of the power battery and a second DC terminal connected with the first terminal of the power battery;
a charge-discharge control module having a first terminal connected with the AC terminal of the bidirectional DC/AC module and a second terminal connected with the charge-discharge socket;
a controller module connected with the charge-discharge control module, and configured to control the charge-discharge control module according to a current operation mode of the charging system;
a driving control switch having a first terminal connected with the second terminal of the power battery and a second terminal connected with a third DC terminal of the bidirectional DC/DC module;
a motor control switch having a first terminal connected with an AC terminal of the bidirectional DC/AC module and a second terminal connected with a motor,
wherein the controller module is further connected with the driving control switch and the motor control switch respectively, and further configured to control the driving control switch and the motor control switch according to the current operation mode of the charging system; and
a leakage current reducing module connected between the first DC terminal and the third DC terminal of the bidirectional DC/DC module,
wherein the leakage current reducing module comprises:
a second capacitor and a third capacitor, in which the second capacitor has a first terminal connected with a first terminal of the third capacitor and a second terminal connected with the third DC terminal of the bidirectional DC/DC module, the third capacitor has a second terminal connected with the first DC terminal of the bidirectional DC/DC module, and a second node is defined between the second capacitor and the third capacitor;
a filtering module connected between the bidirectional DC/AC module and the charge-discharge control module; and
a filtering control module connected between the second node and the filtering module, in which when the current operation mode of the charging system is the driving mode, the controller module controls the filtering control module to turn off.

2. The charging system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller module is further configured to detect a charging induction signal and to determine that a charging connection is successful and the charging system enters a charging mode when the charging induction signal is lower than a predetermined value for a predetermined time period.

3. The charging system according to claim 1 , wherein when the current operation mode of the charging system is a driving mode, the controller module controls the driving control switch to turn on to stop the bidirectional DC/DC module, controls the motor control switch to turn on, and controls the charge-discharge control module to turn off.

4. The charging system according to claim 3 , wherein when the current operation mode of the charging system is a charge-discharge mode, the controller module controls the driving control switch to turn off to start the bidirectional DC/DC module, controls the motor control switch to turn off, and controls the charge-discharge control module to turn on.

5. The charging system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first pre-charging control module having a first terminal connected with the second terminal of the power battery and a second terminal connected with the second DC terminal of the bidirectional DC/DC module, and configured to pre-charge a first capacitor in the bidirectional DC/DC module and a bus capacitor connected between the first DC terminal and the third DC terminal of the bidirectional DC/DC module.

6. The charging system according to claim 5 , wherein the first pre-charging control module comprises:
a first switch having a first terminal connected with the second DC terminal of the bidirectional DC/DC module;
a first resistor having a first terminal connected with a second terminal of the first switch and a second terminal connected with the second terminal of the power battery; and
a second switch, connected in parallel with the first resistor and the first switch which are connected in series,
wherein when the charging system starts, the controller module controls the first switch to turn on to pre-charge the capacitor in the bidirectional DC/DC module and the bus capacitor; and when a voltage across the bus capacitor is a predetermined multiple of a voltage of the power battery, the controller module controls the first switch to turn off and controls the second switch to turn on.

7. The charging system according to claim 5 , wherein the bidirectional DC/DC module comprises:
a first switching transistor and a second switching transistor connected in series, and connected between the first DC terminal and the third DC terminal of the bidirectional DC/DC module, and controlled by the controller module, in which a first node is defined between the first switching transistor and the second switching transistor;
a first diode connected with the first switching transistor in inverse-parallel;
a second diode connected with the second switching transistor in inverse-parallel;
a first inductor having a first terminal connected with the first node and a second terminal connected with the second terminal of the power battery; and
the first capacitor having a first terminal connected with the second terminal of the first inductor and a second terminal connected with the first terminal of the power battery.

8. The charging system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an EMI-filter module connected between the charge-discharge socket and the charge-discharge control module.

9. The charging system according to claim 8 , further comprising:
a second pre-charging control module connected with the charge-discharge control module in parallel and configured to pre-charge a capacitor in the filtering module,
wherein when the charging system enters the charging mode, the controller module controls the filtering control module to turn on and controls the second pre-charging control module to pre-charge the capacitor in the filtering module until a voltage across the capacitor in the filtering module reaches a predetermined threshold, and then the controller module controls the second pre-charging control module to turn off and controls the charge-discharge control module to turn on.

10. The charging system according to claim 1 , wherein the charge-discharge control module comprises:
a three-phase switch and/or a single-phase switch configured to implement a three-phase charge-discharge or a single-phase charge-discharge.

11. An electric vehicle comprising a charging system, wherein the charging system comprises:
a power battery;
a charge-discharge socket;
a bidirectional DC/DC module having a first DC terminal connected with a first terminal of the power battery and a second DC terminal connected with a second terminal of the power battery, wherein the first DC terminal is a common DC terminal for an input to and an output from the bidirectional DC/DC module;
a bidirectional DC/AC module having a first DC terminal connected with the second terminal of the power battery and a second DC termina

Assignees

• Shenzhen Byd Auto R&D Co Ltd
• Byd Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tang Zheqing
• Du Zhiyong
• Tang Fu
• Zhao Jun
• Liang Qiyuan

Classifications

• B60L50/60

  using power supplied by batteries (in combination with fuel cells B60L50/75) · CPC title

• 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

• H02J7/977

  of the battery · CPC title

• H02J7/865

  Battery or charger load switching, e.g. concurrent charging and load supply (H02J7/50 takes precedence) · CPC title