Battery Exchanger Slot Control for Safe High-Power Swapping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing battery management systems face challenges in efficiently managing and optimizing the swapping of mobile batteries between electric motorcycles and battery exchangers, particularly in ensuring safe and efficient charging/discharging operations, especially in high-power outage frequency areas.
Innovation Solution
A battery management system that includes a battery exchanger with stocking units and a communication unit, capable of wirelessly charging/discharging batteries, and a management server that determines optimal slot utilization based on physical and usage history data to prevent overheating and extend battery life.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If batteries are charged/discharged at high power to improve efficiency, then productivity increases, but temperature rises causing overheating and safety issues
Solution Approach 1:
The management server continuously monitors battery temperature, charge/discharge power levels, and cycle history. Based on this feedback, the server dynamically adjusts charging/discharging parameters to prevent overheating while maximizing efficiency. The system uses real-time data from temperature sensors and usage history to make adaptive control decisions.
Solution Approach 2:
The management server performs preliminary analysis of battery usage history and predicts future temperature trends before critical overheating occurs. By proactively adjusting power levels based on predicted temperature rise, the system prevents overheating while maintaining high productivity during normal operation.
2Duration of action of stationary object
If slot utilization is optimized to extend battery life, then durability improves, but system complexity increases due to monitoring and management requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The battery management system automatically monitors its own usage patterns, temperature, and charge cycles without external intervention. The management server autonomously analyzes usage history, determines optimal slot assignments, and adjusts charging parameters to extend battery life, reducing the need for manual management while handling the complexity internally.
Solution Approach 2:
The management server performs multiple functions including monitoring temperature, tracking usage history, optimizing slot utilization, controlling charging/discharging parameters, and predicting battery lifespan. By consolidating these diverse functions into a single multi-functional system, the patent manages complexity through integration rather than proliferation of separate components.
3Temperature
If physical distance between batteries is increased to prevent overheating, then temperature control improves, but device area increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces physical spacing (mechanical arrangement) with intelligent control (software-based thermal management). Instead of increasing physical distance between batteries to manage heat, the system uses the management server to monitor temperature, analyze usage patterns, and dynamically adjust charging/discharging parameters, substituting mechanical separation with electronic/control-based thermal management.
4Productivity
If battery swapping operations are optimized for speed, then productivity increases, but reliability decreases due to safety risks in high-power outage areas
Solution Approach 1:
The management server dynamically adjusts charging/discharging parameters based on real-time conditions including power outage risks, temperature, and battery state. The system transitions between different operational modes - aggressive charging during stable periods for high productivity, and conservative parameter adjustment during high-risk periods for enhanced safety, making the system adaptive to changing environmental conditions.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Ensures safe and efficient battery swapping, reduces battery deterioration, and maintains system stability even during power outages by optimizing battery usage and charging processes.
Implementation Method 1
a battery exchanger with stocking units and a communication unit, capable of wirelessly charging/discharging batteries
Data Source
AI summary
In a control method of a stocking apparatus, the stocking apparatus includes a plurality of housings formed separately and independently. Each of the plurality of housings includes a plurality of stockers, each of which stocks an item. The control method comprises: acquiring a demand number which is a number of at least one item being the item to be received by the stocking apparatus from a utilizer of the stocking apparatus or a number of at least one item being the item to be provided by the stocking apparatus to the utilizer of the stocking apparatus; and determining a receiving-and-providing stocker which is at least at least one of the plurality of stockers of the plurality of housings and receives the item from the utilizer or provides the item to the utilizer, based on the demand number.