Charging compatibility test system for electric vehicle and direct current charging pile

Through the electric vehicle and DC charging pile charging compatibility testing system integrating a bidirectional DC power supply, a DC guide circuit simulator and a CAN communication simulator, the separation problem of electric vehicle and charging pile testing is solved, and the unified test and convenient data analysis is achieved, reducing costs and improving the applicability of the equipment.

CN223284308UActive Publication Date: 2025-08-29BEIJING RONGHUA HENGXIN SWITCH TECH
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Application Number
CN202422204645.9
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-09-09
Publication Date
2025-08-29
Estimated Expiration
2034-09-09

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Technical Problem

In the prior art, charging compatibility testing of electric vehicles and charging piles needs to be carried out separately, resulting in inconvenient portability, complex testing process and uncommon data, and cannot effectively solve the compatibility problems of electric vehicles and charging piles.

Method used

A charging compatibility testing system for electric vehicles and DC charging piles is designed, including a two-way DC power supply, DC guidance circuit simulator, CAN communication simulator and measurement control system, integrating the testing functions of DC charging piles and electric vehicles to achieve electrical performance, interoperability and protocol consistency testing.

Benefits of technology

Integrate the testing of electric vehicles and DC charging piles into a system, simplify operations, realize unified analysis of test data, reduce construction costs, and improve equipment reuse, which is suitable for widespread promotion.

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Abstract

The utility model relates to a charging compatibility test system for an electric automobile and a direct current charging pile, which comprises a bidirectional direct current power supply, a direct current guide circuit simulator, a CAN (Controller Area Network) communication simulator and a measurement and control system. The system has the advantages that electric vehicle testing and direct-current charging pile testing are integrated into one system, and functions are highly integrated; the electric vehicle test data and the charging pile test data are from the same source, so that unified comparative analysis is facilitated; the construction cost of the test system is effectively reduced, and the equipment reusability is high; the circuit structure of the test system is simple, convenient and practical to operate, and has wide popularization and use values.
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Technical Field

[0001] The utility model belongs to the technical field of electric vehicles, and in particular relates to a charging compatibility testing system for electric vehicles and direct current charging piles. Background Art

[0002] Currently, the transportation industry is the third largest source of greenhouse gas emissions globally. The total charging and discharging power of onboard battery energy storage applications for 100 million electric cars will reach approximately 2.5 billion to 5 billion kilowatts. The number of electric vehicles and charging stations is growing exponentially.

[0003] Electric vehicles and charging stations interact with each other millions of times every day. During these charging activities, a large number of charging failures and even charging accidents occur. Therefore, conducting charging compatibility testing for charging stations and electric vehicles has become a very important task. The current existing technology tests charging stations and electric vehicles separately, but in actual applications, there are often compatibility issues between electric vehicles and charging stations. According to traditional practices, two different devices need to be carried out for testing, which is inconvenient to carry, the testing process is complicated, and the data cannot be universally used. In this case, a device that can test both electric vehicles and DC charging stations is needed to facilitate the compatibility testing of electric vehicles and charging stations.

[0004] In the existing published patent applications, invention patent application number CN202210903410.1 discloses a ChaoJi electric vehicle simulator, a ChaoJi charging pile compatibility test method and system, wherein the ChaoJi charging pile compatibility test system includes: a ChaoJi charging interface simulation unit, a battery simulation unit, a DC load unit and a battery management system simulation unit; wherein, the ChaoJi charging interface simulation unit is used to simulate the ChaoJi control guidance circuit of the electric vehicle, perform interoperability testing on the ChaoJi charging pile under test, and when testing the ChaoJi charging pile under test, connect the ChaoJi charging pile under test; the battery simulation unit includes a rectifier The DC output end of the rectifier is used to simulate the battery voltage characteristics of the electric vehicle, and cooperate with the DC load unit to perform a load test on the electrical performance of the ChaoJi charging pile under test; the DC load unit is connected to the ChaoJi charging interface simulation unit, and is used to simulate the battery load characteristics of the electric vehicle, absorb the DC power output by the ChaoJi charging pile under test, and perform a load test on the electrical performance of the ChaoJi charging pile under test; the battery management system simulation unit is used to simulate the battery management system of the electric vehicle, communicate with the ChaoJi charging pile under test through the ChaoJi charging interface simulation unit, and perform a protocol consistency test on the ChaoJi charging pile under test.

[0005] The above invention patent application still does not provide a charging compatibility testing system for electric vehicles and AC charging piles. Summary of the Invention

[0006] The purpose of this utility model is to provide an electric vehicle and DC charging pile charging compatibility testing system that can overcome the above-mentioned technical problems, so as to complete the electrical performance, interoperability and protocol consistency compatibility testing of the electric vehicle DC charging interface and the DC charging pile.

[0007] The electric vehicle and DC charging pile charging compatibility test system of the utility model includes a bidirectional DC power supply, a DC pilot circuit simulator, a CAN communication simulator, and a measurement and control system, wherein:

[0008] Bidirectional DC power supply: The bidirectional DC power supply allows for bidirectional flow of electrical energy and, in conjunction with a DC pilot circuit simulator, forms a DC charging station to test the interoperability of electric vehicle DC charging interfaces.

[0009] DC pilot circuit simulator: Integrates the DC charging pile control pilot circuit and the electric vehicle DC charging control pilot circuit. The DC pilot circuit simulator can perform both DC charging pile interoperability performance testing and electric vehicle DC interoperability testing. The DC pilot circuit simulator is equipped with electric vehicle charging interfaces and charging pile charging interfaces to directly connect electric vehicles to DC charging piles.

[0010] CAN communication simulator: It can simulate the BMS simulation software of electric vehicles, communicate with the DC charging pile under test through the CAN interface, simulate the battery pack demand status and communication failures through the CAN communication simulator, and simulate the communication between the DC charging pile and the BMS of the electric vehicle under test, as well as test the protocol consistency function;

[0011] Measurement and control system: used to collect voltage, current, CC1, CC2, and CAN communication signals during the test of the electric vehicle and DC charging pile charging compatibility test system, providing 8 recording channels, and the sampling rate of all recording channels is ≥10kSa / s.

[0012] Furthermore, the bidirectional DC power supply is a four-quadrant DC power supply.

[0013] Furthermore, the bidirectional DC power supply can simulate a DC load and cooperate with a DC steering circuit simulator to test the interoperability performance of a DC charging pile.

[0014] Furthermore, the bidirectional DC power supply parameters are: input AC three-phase 380V, output DC voltage range 0-1000V, power range 0-250kW.

[0015] Furthermore, the DC steering circuit simulator uses an electronic potentiometer to adjust the resistance of the control steering resistors R3 and R4, with a variation range of 500-2000Ω and an adjustment step of 0.1Ω.

[0016] Furthermore, the DC pilot circuit simulator is provided with an insulation simulation circuit, which uses an electronic potentiometer to simulate insulation faults of 10k-600kΩ with an adjustment step of 0.1kΩ, and simulates DC+, DC-, S+, S-, CC1, CC2, A+ and A- ground faults respectively by switching switches.

[0017] Furthermore, when the DC steering circuit simulator is testing an electric vehicle, the circuit of the DC steering circuit simulator is switched to a circuit simulating a DC charging pile; when the DC charging pile is testing, the circuit of the DC steering circuit simulator is switched to a circuit simulating an electric vehicle;

[0018] Furthermore, the DC pilot circuit simulator is matched with charging compatibility host computer test software to realize the test of electric vehicles or DC charging piles, and can be connected to electric vehicles or charging piles to perform different test contents in different time periods.

[0019] Furthermore, the measurement and control system can control the DC power supply, the DC pilot circuit simulator, and the CAN communication simulator through TCP, Modbus, and other communications.

[0020] Furthermore, the measurement and control system performs FIR median filtering on the channel waveform data to be analyzed and processed through a built-in complete routine electrical performance test, conduction interoperability test and protocol consistency test program, and optimizes the cursor search algorithm: preset the start and end time of the search cursor position, preset the upper and lower limits of the channel waveform data, preset the search cursor direction, search the upper and lower limits of the waveform data and the actual waveform overlapping area from left to right or from right to left, search for the cursor position that meets the conditions, that is, the nearby points inside / outside the overlapping area, call hardware functions and its own logic functions to complete the timing control of the integrated hardware.

[0021] The superior technical effects of the utility model are:

[0022] 1. The electric vehicle and DC charging pile charging compatibility test system is used to perform compatibility testing of DC charging piles and electric vehicle DC charging interfaces, integrating electric vehicle testing and DC charging pile testing into one system with highly integrated functions.

[0023] 2. The electric vehicle and DC charging pile charging compatibility test system realizes that the electric vehicle test data and the charging pile test data are from the same source, which facilitates unified comparative analysis.

[0024] 3. The electric vehicle and DC charging pile charging compatibility test system effectively reduces the construction cost of the test system and has high equipment reuse.

[0025] 4. The circuit structure diagram of the electric vehicle and DC charging pile charging compatibility test system is shown in actual use. It is easy to operate and practical for testing the charging compatibility of electric vehicles and DC charging piles, and has wide promotion and use value. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0026] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the DC charging pile topology of the electric vehicle and DC charging pile charging compatibility test system of the present invention, with arrows indicating energy flow.

[0027] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the DC electric vehicle topology structure of the electric vehicle and DC charging pile charging compatibility test system of the utility model, and the arrows in the figure indicate the energy flow diagram;

[0028] Figure 3 This is the electrical structure diagram of the DC pilot circuit simulator used in the electric vehicle and DC charging pile charging compatibility test system described in the utility model. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0029] The embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0030] Example

[0031] like Figure 1-2 As shown, the electric vehicle and DC charging pile charging compatibility test system of the utility model includes: a bidirectional DC power supply, a DC pilot circuit simulator, a CAN communication simulator, and a measurement and control system, wherein:

[0032] Bidirectional DC power supply: The bidirectional DC power supply allows for bidirectional flow of electrical energy and, in conjunction with a DC pilot circuit simulator, forms a DC charging station to test the interoperability of electric vehicle DC charging interfaces.

[0033] DC pilot circuit simulator: Integrates the DC charging pile control pilot circuit and the electric vehicle DC charging control pilot circuit. The DC pilot circuit simulator can perform both DC charging pile interoperability performance testing and electric vehicle DC interoperability testing. The DC pilot circuit simulator is equipped with electric vehicle charging interfaces and charging pile charging interfaces to directly connect electric vehicles to DC charging piles.

[0034] CAN Communication Simulator: It can simulate the BMS simulation software of electric vehicles, communicate with the DC charging pile under test through the CAN interface, simulate the battery pack demand status and communication failures through the CAN communication simulator, and simulate the communication between the DC charging pile and the BMS of the electric vehicle under test, as well as test the protocol consistency function.

[0035] Measurement and control system: used to collect voltage, current, CC1, CC2, and CAN communication signals during the test of the electric vehicle and DC charging pile charging compatibility test system, providing 8 recording channels, and the sampling rate of all recording channels is ≥10kSa / s.

[0036] As a specific embodiment of a structure of the present utility model: the bidirectional DC power supply is a four-quadrant DC power supply.

[0037] As a specific embodiment of a structure of the present invention: the bidirectional DC power supply can simulate a DC load and cooperate with a DC steering circuit simulator to test the interoperability performance of a DC charging pile.

[0038] As a specific embodiment of a structure of the present utility model: the parameters of the bidirectional DC power supply are: input AC three-phase 380V, output DC voltage range 0-1000V, power range 0-250kW.

[0039] As a specific embodiment of a structure of the present utility model: the DC steering circuit simulator uses an electronic potentiometer to adjust the resistance of the control steering resistors R3 and R4, with a variation range of 500-2000Ω and an adjustment step of 0.1Ω.

[0040] As a specific embodiment of a structure of the present invention: the DC pilot circuit simulator is provided with an insulation simulation circuit, which uses an electronic potentiometer to simulate an insulation fault of 10k-600kΩ, with an adjustment step of 0.1kΩ, and simulates DC+, DC-, S+, S-, CC1, CC2, A+ and A- ground faults respectively by switching switches.

[0041] As a specific embodiment of a structure of the present utility model: when the DC steering circuit simulator is testing an electric vehicle, the circuit of the DC steering circuit simulator is switched to a circuit simulating a DC charging pile; when the DC charging pile is testing, the circuit of the DC steering circuit simulator is switched to a circuit simulating an electric vehicle;

[0042] As a specific embodiment of a structure of the present invention: the DC steering circuit simulator is matched with the charging compatibility host computer test software to realize the test of electric vehicles or DC charging piles, and can simultaneously connect to electric vehicles and charging piles to perform different test contents in different time periods.

[0043] As a specific embodiment of a structure of the utility model: the measurement and control system can control the DC power supply, the DC pilot circuit simulator, and the CAN communication simulator through TCP, Modbus, etc.;

[0044] As a specific embodiment of a structure of the utility model: the measurement and control system performs FIR median filtering on the channel waveform data to be analyzed and processed through a built-in complete routine electrical performance test, conduction interoperability test and protocol consistency test program, and optimizes the cursor search algorithm:

[0045] That is, by presetting the start and end time of the search cursor position, presetting the upper and lower limits of the channel waveform data, and presetting the search cursor direction from left to right / from right to left, the upper and lower limits of the waveform data and the actual waveform overlapping area are found, and the cursor position that meets the conditions is found, that is, the nearby points inside / outside the overlapping area, and the hardware function and the own logic function are called to complete the timing control of the integrated hardware.

[0046] Below, combined with the instructions Figure 3 The working principle and operation method of the circuit structure diagram of the electric vehicle and DC charging pile charging compatibility test system described in the utility model are briefly introduced.

[0047] like Figure 3 As shown, where:

[0048] F1 is the socket interface for DC charging pile testing:

[0049] R6 and R7 are used to simulate the insulation abnormality and insulation fault resistance values ​​during the DC charging pile insulation self-test process;

[0050] The K-DC+ and K-DC- switches are used to simulate the switching of insulation abnormalities and insulation fault resistance values;

[0051] The K1 / K2 switch is used to simulate the DC contactor action of the DC charging pile K1 / K2;

[0052] The K5 / K6 switch is used to simulate the DC contactor action of K5 / K6 of electric vehicles;

[0053] Diode D1 is used to simulate the output of the DC charging pile charging module electronic device;

[0054] The switch K-PE is used to simulate PE disconnection test in DC charging pile test;

[0055] R4 is used to test the change of the guide voltage limit controlled by R4 in the DC charging pile test;

[0056] Switch K-R4 is used to control the switching action of the R4 resistor in the DC charging pile test;

[0057] Switch K-CC1 is used for CC1 disconnection simulation in DC charging pile testing and electric vehicle testing;

[0058] The 12V power supply, R5, and K-R5 circuit are used to simulate the CC2 signal in the DC charging pile test;

[0059] The 12V power supply, resistors R1 and R2, and switches K-R1 and K-R2 are used to simulate the CC1 signal in electric vehicle testing.

[0060] Resistor R3 and switch K-R3 are used to simulate CC2 signal in electric vehicle testing;

[0061] Switch K-CC2 is used for CC2 disconnection simulation in DC charging pile testing and electric vehicle testing;

[0062] Switches K-S+ and KS- are used to simulate physical disconnection of CAN communication during DC charging pile testing;

[0063] The 12V power supply, switches K3 and K4 are used to simulate the auxiliary power supply inside the DC charging pile during electric vehicle testing.

[0064] The 12V, switch K-DSP circuit generates a DSP trigger signal, which is used to mark the time of emergency events set within the software during the DC charging pile or electric vehicle testing process. The oscilloscope waveform is displayed to calculate the time difference between events occurring at different times;

[0065] F2 is the acquisition interface for the internal signal of the DC charging pile during the test process:

[0066] The collected signals are isolated and conditioned to be converted into a signal type that can be received by the oscilloscope. The oscilloscope displays each waveform, which is stored in the waveform graph and finally displayed in the test report for reporting data / waveform traceability.

[0067] F3 is a high voltage DC interface:

[0068] Some functions of the voltage detection device: can collect DC charging voltage for data comparison or calibration with a third-party voltage collection device;

[0069] Function of connecting to DC power supply: During the electric vehicle test, a DC voltage output of a simulated DC charging pile is required. This interface is used for voltage input of the charging module and is a wiring interface.

[0070] Connecting to DC load function: During the DC charging pile test, it is necessary to simulate the charging of electric vehicles and meet the test requirements according to different voltage and current requirements. This test function can be achieved through resistive load simulation. This part is the wiring interface;

[0071] Connect to the battery voltage simulator: During the DC charging pile test, it is necessary to simulate the electric vehicle battery voltage and cooperate with the DC charging pile for pre-charging to finally realize charging. This part is the wiring interface;

[0072] F4 is the panel measurement point for the internal analog resistance of the device:

[0073] Test point for checking the switching value of insulation resistance R6 and R7;

[0074] Test point for checking the switching values ​​of resistors R3 and R4;

[0075] Voltage measurement point for checking 12V power output;

[0076] Used to check CC1 and CC2 control pilot voltage value measurement points;

[0077] F5 is the device power and communication interface:

[0078] The power supply is 220VAC, and the communication interfaces include RS485, TCP, and DB9;

[0079] F6 is the signal output terminal for DC charging pile test or electric vehicle test, which can be displayed by oscilloscope, recorder and other equipment:

[0080] Such as CC1, CC2, DC voltage, and DC current signal waveforms of DC charging pile tests;

[0081] Such as CC1, CC2, DC voltage, and DC current signal waveforms of DC electric vehicles;

[0082] For example, the emergency event time mark set inside the software during the test process is used to calculate the time difference between events occurring at different times.

[0083] The utility model is fully capable of realizing the electrical performance, interoperability and compatibility testing of electric vehicle DC charging and DC charging piles. The system:

[0084] 1. A bidirectional DC power supply is used, which can work in power mode or DC load mode. When testing the interoperability and protocol consistency of the DC charging interface of electric vehicles, the DC power supply works in power mode and cooperates with the DC pilot circuit simulator and CAN communication simulator to simulate the DC charging pile, forming a system for testing electric vehicles. When testing the DC charging pile, the DC power supply works in DC load mode and cooperates with the DC pilot circuit simulator and CAN communication simulator to simulate the electric vehicle, forming a DC charging pile test system.

[0085] 2. DC pilot circuit simulator, which integrates the DC charging pile control pilot circuit and the electric vehicle DC charging control pilot circuit. The simulator can perform interoperability performance testing of DC charging piles and DC interoperability testing of electric vehicles;

[0086] 3. The CAN communication simulator uses an electronic potentiometer to simulate the control of the guide resistors R3 and R4. The adjustment range is 500-2000Ω with a step size of 0.1Ω to achieve compatibility with various charging piles and electric vehicles on the market.

[0087] 4. The system also includes a measurement and control system: it is used to collect voltage, current, CC1, CC2, CAN and other signals during the test, and provides 8 recording channels. In order to avoid the uneven quality of charging piles causing varying degrees of interference in the output waveform during the test, resulting in inaccurate time cursor positioning or misjudgment, FIR filtering is performed through software and the cursor search algorithm (such as the beginning, end, and trigger point) is optimized to solve this problem.

[0088] The above is only a specific implementation method of the present invention, but the protection scope of the present invention is not limited to this. Any changes or replacements that can be easily thought of by any technician familiar with this technical field within the scope disclosed by the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. A charging compatibility test system for electric vehicles and DC charging piles, characterized in that: It includes a bidirectional DC power supply, a DC pilot circuit simulator, a CAN communication simulator, and a measurement and control system, including: Bidirectional DC power supply: The bidirectional DC power supply allows for bidirectional flow of electrical energy and, in conjunction with a DC pilot circuit simulator, forms a DC charging station to test the interoperability of electric vehicle DC charging interfaces. DC pilot circuit simulator: Integrates the DC charging pile control pilot circuit and the electric vehicle DC charging control pilot circuit. The DC pilot circuit simulator can perform both DC charging pile interoperability performance testing and electric vehicle DC interoperability testing. The DC pilot circuit simulator is equipped with electric vehicle charging interfaces and charging pile charging interfaces to directly connect electric vehicles to DC charging piles. CAN communication simulator: It can simulate the BMS simulation software of electric vehicles, communicate with the DC charging pile under test through the CAN interface, simulate the battery pack demand status and communication failures through the CAN communication simulator, and simulate the communication between the DC charging pile and the BMS of the electric vehicle under test, as well as test protocol consistency; Measurement and control system: used to collect voltage, current, CC1, CC2, and CAN communication signals during the test of the electric vehicle and DC charging pile charging compatibility test system, providing 8 recording channels, and the sampling rate of all recording channels is ≥10kSa / s.

2. The electric vehicle and DC charging pile charging compatibility testing system according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The bidirectional DC power supply is a four-quadrant DC power supply.

3. The electric vehicle and DC charging pile charging compatibility testing system according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The bidirectional DC power supply can simulate a DC load and cooperate with a DC steering circuit simulator to test the interoperability performance of a DC charging pile.

4. The electric vehicle and DC charging pile charging compatibility testing system according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The bidirectional DC power supply parameters are: input AC three-phase 380V, output DC voltage range 0-1000V, power range 0-250kW.

5. The electric vehicle and DC charging pile charging compatibility testing system according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The DC steering circuit simulator uses an electronic potentiometer to adjust the resistance of the control steering resistors R3 and R4, with a variation range of 500-2000Ω and an adjustment step of 0.1Ω.

6. The electric vehicle and DC charging pile charging compatibility testing system according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The DC pilot circuit simulator is provided with an insulation simulation loop, which uses an electronic potentiometer to simulate insulation faults of 10k-600kΩ with an adjustment step of 0.1kΩ. The DC+, DC-, S+, S-, CC1, CC2, A+ and A- ground faults are simulated respectively by switching switches.

7. The electric vehicle and DC charging pile charging compatibility testing system according to claim 1 is characterized in that: When the DC steering circuit simulator is testing an electric vehicle, the circuit of the DC steering circuit simulator is switched to a circuit simulating a DC charging pile; when the DC charging pile is testing, the circuit of the DC steering circuit simulator is switched to a circuit simulating an electric vehicle.

8. The electric vehicle and DC charging pile charging compatibility testing system according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The DC pilot circuit simulator is matched with charging compatibility host computer test software to realize the test of electric vehicles or DC charging piles, and can be connected to electric vehicles or charging piles to perform different test contents in different time periods.

9. The electric vehicle and DC charging pile charging compatibility testing system according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The measurement and control system can control the DC power supply, the DC pilot circuit simulator, and the CAN communication simulator through TCP and Modbus communications.

10. The electric vehicle and DC charging pile charging compatibility testing system according to claim 1 is characterized in that: The measurement and control system performs FIR median filtering on the channel waveform data to be analyzed and processed through a built-in complete routine electrical performance test, conduction interoperability test and protocol consistency test program, and optimizes the cursor search algorithm.

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