IP Library Patent Application 17715166
Patent Application
App. No. 17/715,166

CHARGING AND DISCHARGING APPARATUS AND BATTERY CHARGING METHOD

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17/715,166
Abstract

Embodiments of the present application provide a charging and discharging apparatus and a battery charging method, which are capable of ensuring security performance of a battery. The apparatus comprises a bi-directional DC/DC converter and a control unit, wherein the control unit is configured to: receive a first charging current transmitted by a battery management system (BMS) of a battery, control the bi-directional DC/DC converter based on the first charging current to charge the battery through an energy storage battery; receive a first discharging current transmitted by the BMS and control the bi-directional DC/DC converter based on the first discharging current to discharge a battery capacity of the battery to the energy storage battery; and receive a second charging current transmitted by the BMS and control the bi-directional DC/DC converter based on the second charging current to charge the battery through the energy storage battery.

Claims (71)

1 . A charging and discharging apparatus, characterized by comprising a bi-directional DC/DC converter and a control unit;

wherein the control unit is configured to:

receive a first charging current transmitted by a battery management system (BMS) of a battery and control the bi-directional DC/DC converter based on the first charging current to charge the battery through an energy storage battery;

receive a first discharging current transmitted by the BMS and control the bi-directional DC/DC converter based on the first discharging current to discharge a battery capacity of the battery to the energy storage battery, wherein the first discharging current is a discharging current transmitted by the BMS when a first accumulative charging amount of the battery is greater than or equal to a first accumulative charging amount threshold and a voltage of a battery cell of the battery does not exceed a full-charging voltage of the battery cell; and

receive a second charging current transmitted by the BMS and control the bi-directional DC/DC converter based on the second charging current to charge the battery through the energy storage battery, wherein the second charging current is a charging current transmitted by the BMS when a first accumulative discharging amount of the battery is greater than or equal to a first accumulative discharging amount threshold.

2 . The charging and discharging apparatus according to claim 1 , characterized in that the control unit is further configured to:

receive a second discharging current transmitted by the BMS and control the bi-directional DC/DC converter based on the second discharging current to discharge the battery capacity of the battery to the energy storage battery, wherein the second discharging current is a discharging current transmitted by the BMS when a second accumulative charging amount of the battery is greater than or equal to a second accumulative charging amount threshold and a voltage of a battery cell of the battery does not exceed a full-charging voltage of the battery cell.

3 . The charging and discharging apparatus according to claim 1 , characterized in that the control unit is further configured to:

determine according to the first discharging current that a discharging demand power of the battery is smaller than a discharging power threshold; and

control the bi-directional DC/DC converter to discharge the battery capacity of the battery to the energy storage battery.

4 . The charging and discharging apparatus according to claim 1 , characterized in that the control unit is further configured to:

determine according to the first discharging current that a discharging demand power of the battery is greater than or equal to a discharging power threshold; and

control the bi-directional DC/DC converter to discharge a battery capacity of a first discharging demand power to the energy storage battery and control the bi-directional DC/DC converter to discharge a battery capacity of a second discharging demand power to a power grid through a second charging and discharging apparatus, wherein the sum of the first discharging demand power and the second discharging demand power is equal to the discharging demand power.

5 . The charging and discharging apparatus according to claim 1 , characterized in that the control unit is further configured to:

obtain a state of charge (SOC) of the energy storage battery; and

determine that the SOC is greater than or equal to a SOC threshold and control the bi-directional DC/DC converter based on the first charging current to charge the battery through the energy storage battery.

6 . The charging and discharging apparatus according to claim 4 , characterized in that the control unit is further configured to:

obtain a state of charge (SOC) of the energy storage battery; and

wherein the control unit is specifically configured to:

determine that the SOC is smaller than a SOC threshold;

transmit a charging request message to the second charging and discharging apparatus to enable the second charging and discharging apparatus to charge the energy storage battery through the power grid; and

determine that the SOC is greater than or equal to the SOC threshold and control the bi-directional DC/DC converter based on the first charging current to charge the battery through the energy storage battery.

7 . The charging and discharging apparatus according to claim 1 , characterized in that the control unit is further configured to:

receive a charging stop command transmitted by the BMS and stop charging the battery, wherein the charging stop command is a command transmitted by the BMS when a voltage of a battery cell of the battery exceeds a full-charging voltage of the battery cell.

8 . The charging and discharging apparatus according to claim 1 , characterized in that at least one of the first charging current, the first discharging current and the second charging current is determined and obtained by the BMS according to a state parameter of the battery;

wherein the state parameter of the battery comprises at least one of a battery temperature, a battery voltage, a battery current, a state of charge of the battery and a battery health state.

9 . The charging and discharging apparatus according to claim 1 , characterized in that the control unit is specifically configured to:

regularly receive the first charging current transmitted by the BMS; and/or

regularly receive the first discharging current transmitted by the BMS; and/or

regularly receive the second charging current transmitted by the BMS.

10 . The charging and discharging apparatus according to claim 1 , characterized in that the control unit is further configured to:

receive a first charging voltage transmitted by the BMS, wherein the first charging voltage and the first charging current are carried in a first battery charging demand message; and/or

receive a first discharging voltage transmitted by the BMS, wherein the first discharging voltage and the first discharging current are carried in a second battery charging demand message; and/or

receive a second charging voltage transmitted by the BMS, wherein the second charging voltage and the second charging current are carried in a third battery charging demand message.

11 . A battery charging method, characterized by being applied to a charging and discharging apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving, by the charging and discharging apparatus, a first charging current transmitted by a battery management system (BMS) of a battery and controlling the bi-directional DC/DC converter of the charging and discharging apparatus based on the first charging current to charge the battery through an energy storage battery;

receiving, by the charging and discharging apparatus, a first discharging current transmitted by the BMS and controlling the bi-directional DC/DC converter based on the first discharging current to discharge a battery capacity of the battery to the energy storage battery, wherein the first discharging current is a discharging current transmitted by the BMS when a first accumulative charging amount of the battery is greater than or equal to a first accumulative charging amount threshold and a voltage of a battery cell of the battery does not exceed a full-charging voltage of the battery cell; and

receiving, by the charging and discharging apparatus, a second charging current transmitted by the BMS and controlling the bi-directional DC/DC converter based on the second charging current to charge the battery through the energy storage battery, wherein the second charging current is a charging current transmitted by the BMS when a first accumulative discharging amount of the battery is greater than or equal to a first accumulative discharging amount threshold.

12 . The method according to claim 11 , characterized in that the method further comprises:

receiving, by the charging and discharging apparatus, a second discharging current transmitted by the BMS and controlling the bi-directional DC/DC converter based on the second discharging current to discharge the battery capacity of the battery to the energy storage battery, wherein the second discharging current is a discharging current transmitted by the BMS when a second accumulative charging amount of the battery is greater than or equal to a second accumulative charging amount threshold and a voltage of a battery cell of the battery does not exceed a full-charging voltage of the battery cell.

13 . The method according to claim 11 , characterized in that the receiving, by the charging and discharging apparatus, a first discharging current transmitted by the BMS and controlling the bi-directional DC/DC converter based on the first discharging current to discharge a battery capacity of the battery to the energy storage battery comprises:

determining, by the charging and discharging apparatus and according to the first discharging current that a discharging demand power of the battery is smaller than a discharging power threshold; and

controlling, by the charging and discharging apparatus, the bi-directional DC/DC converter to discharge the battery capacity of the battery to the energy storage battery.

14 . The method according to claim 11 , characterized in that the receiving, by the charging and discharging apparatus, a first discharging current transmitted by the BMS and controlling the bi-directional DC/DC converter based on the first discharging current to discharge a battery capacity of the battery to the energy storage battery comprises:

determining, by the charging and discharging apparatus and according to the first discharging current that a discharging demand power of the battery is greater than or equal to a discharging power threshold; and

controlling, by the charging and discharging apparatus, the bi-directional DC/DC converter to discharge a battery capacity of a first discharging demand power to the energy storage battery and to discharge a battery capacity of a second discharging demand power to a power grid through a second charging and discharging apparatus, wherein the sum of the first discharging demand power and the second discharging demand power is equal to the discharging demand power.

15 . The method according to claim 11 , characterized in that the method further comprises:

obtaining, by the charging and discharging apparatus, a state of charge (SOC) of the energy storage battery; and

the controlling the bi-directional DC/DC converter of the charging and discharging apparatus based on the first charging current to charge the battery through an energy storage battery comprises:

determining, by the charging and discharging apparatus, that the SOC is greater than or equal to the SOC threshold and controlling the bi-directional DC/DC converter based on the first charging current to charge the battery through the energy storage battery.

16 . The method according to claim 14 , characterized in that the method further comprises:

obtaining, by the charging and discharging apparatus, a state of charge (SOC) of the energy storage battery; and

the controlling the bi-directional DC/DC converter of the charging and discharging apparatus based on the first charging current to charge the battery through an energy storage battery comprises:

determining, by the charging and discharging apparatus, that the SOC is smaller than the SOC threshold;

transmitting, by the charging and discharging apparatus, a charging request message to the second charging and discharging apparatus to enable the second charging and discharging apparatus to charge the energy storage battery through the power grid;

determining, by the charging and discharging apparatus, that the SOC is greater than or equal to the SOC threshold and controlling the bi-directional DC/DC converter based on the first charging current to charge the battery through the energy storage battery.

17 . The method according to claim 11 , characterized in that the method further comprises:

receiving, by the charging and discharging apparatus, a charging stop command transmitted by the BMS and stopping charging the battery, wherein the charging stop command is a command transmitted by the BMS when a voltage of a battery cell of the battery exceeds a full-charging voltage of the battery cell.

18 . The method according to claim 11 , characterized in that the receiving, by the charging and discharging apparatus, a first charging current transmitted by a BMS comprises:

regularly receiving, by the charging and discharging apparatus, the first charging current transmitted by the BMS; and/or

the receiving, by the charging and discharging apparatus, a first discharging current transmitted by the BMS comprises:

regularly receiving, by the charging and discharging apparatus, the first discharging current transmitted by the BMS; and/or

the receiving, by the charging and discharging apparatus, a second charging current transmitted by the BMS comprises:

regularly receiving, by the charging and discharging apparatus, a second charging current transmitted by the BMS.

19 . The method according to claim 11 , characterized in that the method further comprises: receiving, by the charging and discharging apparatus, a first charging voltage transmitted by the BMS, wherein the first charging voltage and the first charging current are carried in a first battery charging demand message; and/or

the method further comprises: receiving, by the charging and discharging apparatus, a first discharging voltage transmitted by the BMS, wherein the first discharging voltage and the first discharging current are carried in a second battery charging demand message; and/or

the method further comprises: receiving, by the charging and discharging apparatus, a second charging voltage transmitted by the BMS, wherein the second charging voltage and the second charging current are carried in a third battery charging demand message.

20 . A charging and discharging apparatus, characterized by comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory is configured to store a computer program, and the processor is configured to call the computer program to perform a battery charging method, wherein the method comprising:

receiving, by the charging and discharging apparatus, a first charging current transmitted by a battery management system (BMS) of a battery and controlling the bi-directional DC/DC converter of the charging and discharging apparatus based on the first charging current to charge the battery through an energy storage battery;

receiving, by the charging and discharging apparatus, a first discharging current transmitted by the BMS and controlling the bi-directional DC/DC converter based on the first discharging current to discharge a battery capacity of the battery to the energy storage battery, wherein the first discharging current is a discharging current transmitted by the BMS when a first accumulative charging amount of the battery is greater than or equal to a first accumulative charging amount threshold and a voltage of a battery cell of the battery does not exceed a full-charging voltage of the battery cell; and

receiving, by the charging and discharging apparatus, a second charging current transmitted by the BMS and controlling the bi-directional DC/DC converter based on the second charging current to charge the battery through the energy storage battery, wherein the second charging current is a charging current transmitted by the BMS when a first accumulative discharging amount of the battery is greater than or equal to a first accumulative discharging amount threshold.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2024
From: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 068338/0402 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 7, 2022
From: ZUO, XIYANG; YAN, YU; GAO, JINFENG; LIU, DIPING; LI, ZHANLIANG; HOU, YIZHEN
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 059528/0684 →