US 12,337,709 B2
Supply station and method capable of charging electricity and filling with hydrogen gas simultaneously or separately
Jeff Pickles, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Anthony Ku, Fremont, CA (US); Xianming Jimmy Li, Orefield, PA (US); Surinder Singh, Fremont, CA (US); and Jeff Allen, San Ramon, CA (US)
Assigned to China Energy Investment Corporation Limited, Beijing (CN); and National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy, Beijing (CN)
Appl. No. 17/254,582
Filed by China Energy Investment Corporation Limited, Beijing (CN); and National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy, Beijing (CN)
PCT Filed Jun. 20, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/092010
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 21, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/062956, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201811115081.4 (CN), filed on Sep. 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0261010 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
Int. Cl. B60L 53/30 (2019.01); B60L 50/75 (2019.01); B60L 53/53 (2019.01); B60L 53/54 (2019.01); F17D 1/04 (2006.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); F17C 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60L 53/30 (2019.02) [B60L 50/75 (2019.02); B60L 53/53 (2019.02); B60L 53/54 (2019.02); F17D 1/04 (2013.01); H02J 7/02 (2013.01); F17C 5/06 (2013.01); F17C 2265/04 (2013.01); F17C 2265/065 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0139 (2013.01); Y02E 60/32 (2013.01); Y02E 60/36 (2013.01); Y02E 70/30 (2013.01); Y02T 90/12 (2013.01); Y02T 90/40 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.