Control device, electrochemical system and method

Abstract

The invention is based on a control device (10) for an electrochemical system (12), which comprises at least one electrochemical unit (14) and a plurality of peripheral devices (16, 18, 20, 22, 24) for operating the at least one electrochemical unit (14). It is proposed that the control device (10) comprises a central control or regulating unit (26) which has data interfaces (28, 30, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50) for a data connection of the central control or regulating unit (26) to at least the majority, in particular all, of the peripheral devices (16, 18, 20, 22, 24).

Claims

[1] Control device (10) for an electrochemical system (12) comprising at least one electrochemical unit (14) and a plurality of peripheral devices (16, 18, 20, 22, 24) for operating the at least one electrochemical unit (14), characterized by a central control or regulating unit (26) which has data interfaces (28, 30, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50) for a data connection of the central control or regulating unit (26) with at least the majority, in particular all, of the peripheral devices (16, 18, 20, 22, 24). [2] Control device (10) according to claim 1, characterized by that the central control or regulating unit (26) comprises at least one sensor interface for directly reading a sensor element (52) of one of the peripheral devices (16, 18, 20, 22, 24) and / or the at least one electrochemical unit (14). [3] Control device (10) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized bythat the central control or regulating unit (26) comprises at least one actuator interface for directly controlling an actuator (54) of one of the peripheral devices (16, 18, 20, 22, 24) and / or the at least one electrochemical unit (14). [4] Control device (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that the central control or regulating unit (26) comprises at least one control data interface for controlling a local control or regulating unit (56, 58) of one of the peripheral devices (16, 18, 20, 22, 24) and / or the at least one electrochemical unit (14). [5] Control device (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that the central control or regulating unit (26) comprises at least one external data interface (62) for data exchange with an external computing unit (60). [6] Control device (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized bythat the central control or regulating unit (26) is designed as an edge controller. [7] Control device (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that the central control or regulating unit (26) comprises at least one safety data interface that is physically separate from the data interfaces (28, 30, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48) provided for controlling the peripheral devices (16, 18, 20, 22, 24) and / or the at least one electrochemical unit (14). [8] Electrochemical system (12) with at least one electrochemical unit (14) for electrochemically converting at least one reactant, with a plurality of peripheral devices (16, 18, 20, 22, 24) for operating the at least one electrochemical unit (14) and with a control device (10) according to one of the preceding claims for controlling and / or monitoring the peripheral devices (16, 18, 20, 22, 24) and / or the at least one electrochemical unit (14). [9] Method (64) for operating a control device (10) according to one of claims 1 to 7, wherein in at least one method step a control signal and / or a data query is sent from the central control or regulating unit (26) to at least a majority, in particular to all, of the peripheral devices (16, 18, 20, 22, 24) of the electrochemical system (12). [10] Method (64) according to claim 9, characterized bythat in at least one method step after a hazard detection, at least a majority, in particular all, of the peripheral devices (16, 18, 20, 22, 24) are switched off by the central control or regulating unit (26).

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