Pile-Station Energy Replenishment Dispatch for Battery Swap Overload
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Solution Overview
Problem
Battery swap stations face reduced service capacity due to sudden influxes of vehicles, necessitating an intelligent and convenient energy replenishment solution that balances battery swapping and charging to maintain peak performance.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for coordinated energy replenishment through pile-station integration, which includes a battery swap summoning unit, energy replenishment confirmation unit, and charging summoning unit, allowing vehicles to autonomously attempt battery swaps or charge at adjacent piles, optimizing resource utilization and service capacity by determining vehicle compatibility and station availability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If battery swap station serves sudden influx of vehicles, then service capacity is reduced, but if intelligent management is implemented, then service capacity can be maintained
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts the energy replenishment mode (battery swap vs. charging) based on real-time station status and vehicle queue conditions. The dispatching strategy changes from static to dynamic, allowing the station to adapt its service capacity to the varying number of vehicles in the influx, thereby maintaining optimal productivity under different load conditions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the operational parameters of the battery swap station by introducing an intelligent dispatching mechanism that monitors station availability, battery availability, and vehicle queue length. Based on these parameter changes, the system optimizes the allocation of battery swap slots versus charging slots, enabling the station to maintain service capacity even during sudden vehicle influxes.
2Speed
If battery swap is prioritized, then energy replenishment speed is improved, but if charging is integrated, then service capacity and continuity are enhanced
Solution Approach 1:
The battery swap station is designed with multi-functionality, serving both battery swap operations and charging operations. This universal design allows the station to maintain high service capacity by offering multiple energy replenishment modes, preventing service interruptions when battery swap resources are depleted, while still prioritizing fast battery swap when available.
Solution Approach 2:
The intelligent dispatching system acts as an intermediary that coordinates between battery swap operations and charging operations. It monitors the status of both services and dynamically directs vehicles to the appropriate service type, ensuring that the fast energy replenishment benefit of battery swap is maintained while the service capacity benefit of charging integration is also realized.
3Productivity
If battery swap resources are reserved, then vehicle service efficiency is improved, but if resources are locked too early, then resource utilization decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by reserving battery swap slots and batteries in advance for scheduled vehicles, improving service efficiency for these vehicles. However, the reservation is not absolute - the system maintains flexibility to release and reallocate reserved resources if they are not needed, thus preventing excessive resource locking that would reduce overall utilization efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The intelligent dispatching system implements feedback mechanisms that continuously monitor the actual usage of reserved battery swap resources. Based on this feedback, the system adjusts future reservation strategies - releasing reservations that are not needed and maintaining reservations for high-priority vehicles. This feedback loop optimizes the balance between service efficiency for individual vehicles and overall resource utilization efficiency.
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AI summary
The disclosure provides a system and method for coordinated energy replenishment summoning through pile-station integration. The system is applied to a battery swap station, and a charging pile is arranged outside the battery swap station. The system includes: a battery swap summoning unit, an energy replenishment confirmation unit, and a charging summoning unit. The battery swap summoning unit is configured to: arrange a battery swap station for a vehicle to have a battery swapped, and if the arranged battery swap station is capable of meeting battery swap requirements of the vehicle, dispatch a battery swap task to the battery swap station such that the vehicle enters the battery swap station to attempt a battery swap. The energy replenishment confirmation unit is configured to: after the vehicle has attempted a battery swap, determine whether the battery swap for the vehicle is successful; if the battery swap is not successful, further determine whether there is a possibility that the vehicle attempts a battery swap again; if there is a possibility that the vehicle attempts a battery swap again, summon the vehicle to attempt a battery swap again; and if there is no possibility that the vehicle attempts a battery swap again, further determine whether the vehicle meets charging conditions. The charging summoning unit is configured to: if the energy replenishment confirmation unit confirms that the vehicle meets the charging conditions, notify the vehicle to complete energy replenishment by charging at the charging pile.