IP Library Granted Patent US 9,096,140
Granted Patent B2
US 9,096,140 · App. 13/504,375 · Granted Aug 4, 2015

Management of the recharging of a set of batteries

Inventors: Duy Long Ha (Chambery-le-Vieux, FR); Sylvie Genies (Saint Egreve, FR)
Assignee: Commissariat a L'energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
B60L11/1816G01R31/36H02J7/0027H02J2003/146H02J2007/005H02J2007/0049Y02T10/7005Y02T10/7055Y02T10/7094Y02T90/14Y02T90/168Y04S30/12
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Patent No.
US 9,096,140
App. No.
13/504,375
Granted
Aug 4, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Method for managing the recharging of at least one battery, characterized in that it comprises a transmission of a desired charge level (C i ) for a battery (i) at a given instant (T i ) such that the recharging enables the battery (i) to reach a charge level (C(i)) greater than or equal to the desired charge level (C i ) at the given instant.

Claims (23)

1. Method for managing the recharging of a plurality of batteries, which comprises:

transmitting information of a desired charge level (C i ) for each battery (i) to a device for recharging batteries;

transmitting a given instant (T i ) where the desired charge level must be reached or exceeded to the device for recharging batteries;

calculating, by a computer of the device for recharging batteries, the necessary recharging energy (e) to supply to each battery to reach at least the desired charge level; and

calculating, by the computer of the device for recharging batteries, a time of recharging the different batteries, such that the total energy used for the recharging of all batteries is less or equal to the total available energy of a number of electrical energy production sources used for supplying electricity to the device for recharging batteries;

initiating by the device for recharging batteries an automatic recharging of each battery at the calculated time,

wherein the recharging enables the battery (i) to reach a charge level (C(i)) greater than or equal to the desired charge level (C i ) at the given instant.

2. Method for managing the recharging of the plurality of batteries according to claim 1 , wherein the method comprises implementing a recharging of each battery (i) to a charge (C(i)) substantially equal to the desired charge (C i ), observing the following condition: C i ≦C(i)≦1.1 C i .

3. Method for managing the recharging of the plurality of batteries according to claim 1 , wherein the method comprises measuring the initial charge level (C 0 i ) of a battery (i) then a step for measuring its charge level during recharging.

4. Method for managing the recharging of the plurality of batteries according to claim 1 , wherein the method comprises accepting energy from a number of electrical energy production sources (j) for the recharging of a battery, and minimizing the total cost for the recharging of the battery by minimizing the sum Σ j=1 J ∫ 0 Ti Cost(j, t) S(j, t) dt, in which Cost(j, t) represents the cost of a unit of energy produced by a source j at an instant t and S(j, t) represents the quantity of energy produced by a source j for the recharging of the battery at an instant t, J being the number of energy sources.

5. Method for managing the recharging of the plurality of batteries according to claim 4 , wherein the method comprises a minimization of the environmental impact of the recharging of at least one battery, by minimizing the sum Σ j=1 J ∫ 0 Ti Env(j, t) S(j, t) dt, in which Env(j, t) represents the environmental impact of a unit of energy produced by a source j at an instant t.

6. Method for managing the recharging of the plurality of batteries according to claim 4 , wherein the method comprises a minimization of the total energy Σ j=1 J ∫ 0 Ti S(j, t) dt used for the recharging of at least one battery, and the taking into account of the maximum (S max j ) energy available for each production source by the condition S(j t)≦S max j .

7. Method for managing the recharging of the plurality of batteries according to claim 1 , wherein the method comprises accounting for the recharging efficiency (r i (t)) of each battery at the instant t, defined by C(i)=C 0 i +∫ 0 Ti ri(t) e(i, t) dt, in which C 0 i represents the initial charge level of the battery and e(i, t) represents the recharging energy supplied to each battery i at the instant t.

8. Device for recharging at least one battery according to claim 1 wherein the desired charge level is a partial charge.

9. Device for recharging the plurality of batteries, comprising an electrical link means with at least one battery, wherein it comprises a computer configured to manage the recharging of battery plurality of batteries, the computer being programmed to execute instructions in program memory, which when executed by a processor at least:

accept a transmission of information of a desired charge level (C i ) for each battery (i) to a device for recharging batteries;

accept a transmission of a given instant (T i ) where the desired charge level must be reached or exceeded to the device for recharging batteries;

calculate the necessary recharging energy (e) to supply to each battery to reach at least the desired charge level; and

calculate a time of recharging the different batteries, such that the total energy used for the recharging of all batteries is less or equal to the total available energy of a number of electrical energy production sources used for supplying electricity to the device for recharging batteries;

initiate by the device for recharging batteries an automatic recharging of each battery at the calculated time,

wherein the recharging enables the battery (i) to reach a charge level (C(i)) greater than or equal to the desired charge level (C i ) at the given instant.

10. Device for recharging the plurality of batteries according to claim 9 , wherein the device comprises a solar and/or wind turbine electrical energy production means.

11. Device for recharging the plurality of batteries according to claim 9 , wherein the device comprises a communication means for the transmission of a desired charge level (C i ) for a battery (i) at a given instant (T i ).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2012
From: HA, DUY LONG; GENIES, SYLVIE
To: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
Reel/Frame 028115/0899 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 09 57622 · Oct 29, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120212173A1 · Aug 23, 2012