US 12,224,615 B2
Composite charging system and method
Byung Hwan Jeong, Gwacheon-si (KR); Jeong Min Lee, Seoul (KR); and Byeng Joo Byen, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to HYOSUNG CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 18/011,790
Filed by HYOSUNG CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Nov. 19, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/017117
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 20, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/239920, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 17, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0062940 (KR), filed on May 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0246472 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. B60L 53/30 (2019.01); B60L 53/50 (2019.01); B60L 53/64 (2019.01); G06Q 50/06 (2024.01); H01M 8/04082 (2016.01); H01M 8/04858 (2016.01); H01M 16/00 (2006.01); H02J 3/32 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 7/007188 (2020.01) [B60L 53/30 (2019.02); B60L 53/50 (2019.02); B60L 53/64 (2019.02); G06Q 50/06 (2013.01); H01M 8/04201 (2013.01); H01M 8/04925 (2013.01); H01M 16/006 (2013.01); H02J 3/32 (2013.01); B60L 2210/10 (2013.01); B60L 2210/30 (2013.01); H01M 2250/20 (2013.01); H02J 2207/20 (2020.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A composite charging system, comprising:
a hydrogen charger for charging hydrogen to a vehicle;
a hydrogen-based power supply system for generating and supplying power based on hydrogen;
a power grid-based supply system for supplying power from a power grid;
an electrical charger for charging an electric vehicle; and
a battery power supply system for storing power supplied from the hydrogen-based power supply system and the power grid-based supply system, and supplying the stored power to the electrical charger,
wherein the battery power supply system includes: an energy storage system (ESS) for storing power and discharging the stored power; and a DC-DC converter for storing power supplied from the hydrogen-based power supply system and the power grid-based supply system, and converting a DC voltage outputted from the ESS to a DC voltage required for input to the electrical charger,
wherein time zones comprise an off-peak time, a peak time, and a high-peak time, based on a cost of the power supplied from the power grid,
wherein the off-peak time is a time zone where an electricity rate is the cheapest, and the high-peak time is a time zone where the cost of the power supplied is the highest, and the peak time is a time zone which is located between the off-peak time and the high-peak time,
wherein the ESS is charged through the power grid-based supply system during the off-peak time, and the ESS is charged through the hydrogen-based power supply system during the peak time and the high-peak time,
wherein, in the off-peak time, as a result of comparison between a charging cost through the power grid-based supply system during the off-peak time and the charging cost through the hydrogen-based power supply system, when the charging cost through the power grid-based supply system during the off-peak time is lower than the charging cost through the hydrogen-based power supply system, and when a residual capacity of hydrogen stored in a hydrogen tank is bigger than a predetermined level, power is charged from the power grid-based supply system, and when a second charging cost is lower than a first charging cost, power is charged from the hydrogen-based power supply system,
wherein in the peak time, as a result of comparison between the charging cost through the power grid-based supply system during the peak time and the charging cost through the hydrogen-based power supply system, when the charging cost through the power grid-based supply system during the peak time is lower than the charging cost through the hydrogen-based power supply system, and when the residual capacity of hydrogen stored in the hydrogen tank is bigger than the predetermined level, power is charged from the power grid-based supply system, and when the second charging cost is lower than the first charging cost, power is charged from the hydrogen-based power supply system,
wherein in the high-peak time, as a result of comparison between the charging cost through the power grid-based supply system during the high-peak time and the charging cost through the hydrogen-based power supply system, when the charging cost through the power grid-based supply system during the high-peak time is lower than the charging cost through the hydrogen-based power supply system, and when the residual capacity of hydrogen stored in the hydrogen tank is bigger than the predetermined level, power is charged from the power grid-based supply system, and when the second charging cost is lower than the first charging cost, power is charged from the hydrogen-based power supply system,
wherein, regardless of when the charging cost through the hydrogen-based power supply system is lower than the charging cost through the power grid-based supply system, charging is performed through the power grid-based supply system when the residual capacity of hydrogen stored in the hydrogen tank is less than the predetermined level,
wherein the charging cost through the hydrogen-based power supply system is differently set depending on a unit price of purchasing hydrogen when the hydrogen is charged in the hydrogen tank, or periodically updated.