Application US20190061535

ELECTRIC VEHICLE POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
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US20190061535

1. A method for managing an electric vehicle charging network, the method comprising: (6) (4)

communicating a first charging behavior from a central flow controller to a plurality of electric vehicles;

controlling power flow between each of a plurality of charging stations and their corresponding electric vehicles according to the first charging behavior;

detecting a communications failure between the central flow controller and one or more of the plurality of electric vehicles; and

controlling, in response to detecting the communications failure, power flow between (i) one or more of the plurality of charging stations experiencing the communications failure and (ii) their corresponding electric vehicles according to the second charging behavior during the period of time of the communications failure, wherein the second charging behavior is predictable.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second charging behavior comprises: (0) (2)

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the second charging behavior comprises: (0) (1)

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the second charging behavior comprises: (0) (1)

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the second charging behavior comprises: (0) (3)

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the second charging behavior comprises: (0) (3)

controlling power flow of each of the plurality of electric vehicles detecting the communications failure according to a predefined power curve stored in each of the plurality of electric vehicles and in the central flow controller;

determining, by the flow controller, appropriate charging behaviors for each of the plurality of electric vehicles that are not experiencing the communications failure based on the predefined power curve stored in each of the plurality of electric vehicles that are experiencing the communications failure; and

communicating the appropriate charging behaviors from the central flow controller to the plurality of electric vehicles that are not experiencing the communications failure.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the second charging behavior comprises: (0) (1)

8. A computer program product for managing an electric vehicle charging network, the product comprising: (6) (1)

a computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied in the computer usable medium for causing an application program to execute on a computer system, the computer readable program code means comprising: computer readable program code for communicating a first charging behavior from a central flow controller to a plurality of electric vehicles;

computer readable program code for controlling power flow between each of a plurality of charging stations and their corresponding electric vehicles according to the first charging behavior;

computer readable program code for detecting a communications failure between the central flow controller and the plurality of electric vehicles; and

computer readable program code for controlling, in response to detecting the communications failure, power flow between (i) one or more of a plurality of charging stations experience the communications failure and (ii) their corresponding electric vehicles according to the second charging behavior during the period of time of the communications failure,

wherein the second charging behavior is predictable.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the computer readable program code for controlling power flow according to the second charging behavior comprises: (0) (2)

10. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the computer readable program code for controlling power flow according to the second charging behavior comprises: (0) (1)

11. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the computer readable program code for controlling power flow according to the second charging behavior comprises: (0) (1)

12. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the computer readable program code for controlling power flow according to the second charging behavior comprises: (0) (3)

computer readable program code for executing charging behavior state transitions for each of the plurality of electric vehicles, the charging behavior state transitions occurring at random offset times after the detection of the communications failure,

wherein electric vehicles of the plurality of electric vehicles that are not being charged at the time of the detected communications failure wait a random amount of time before initiating charging, and

wherein electric vehicles of the plurality of electric vehicles that are being charged at the time of the detected communications failure wait a random amount of time before terminating charging.

13. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising: (0) (3)

computer readable program code for controlling power flow of each of the plurality of electric vehicles detecting the communications failure according to a predefined curve stored in each of the plurality of electric vehicles and in the central flow controller;

computer readable program code for determining appropriate charging behaviors for each of the plurality of electric vehicles that are not experiencing the communications failure based on the predefined power curve stored in each of the plurality of electric vehicles that are experiencing the communications failure; and

computer readable program code for communicating the appropriate charging behaviors from the central flow controller to the plurality of electric vehicles that are not experiencing the communications failure.

14. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the computer readable program code for controlling power flow according to the second charging behavior comprises: (0) (1)

15. A system for managing an electric vehicle charging network, the system comprising: (6) (4)

a central power flow controller communicatively coupled to a plurality of electric vehicles, the central power flow controller communicating a first charging behavior to the plurality of electric vehicles,

each of the plurality of electric vehicles including: a memory for storing a plurality of charging behaviors from the central flow controller;

a processor for controlling power flow between its associated electric vehicle and an associated charging station according to the first charging behavior of the plurality of charging behaviors received from the central flow controller; and

a communication interface for detecting a communications failure between the central flow controller and the electric vehicle,

wherein in response to detecting the communications failure, the processor controls power flow between (i) the associated charging station and (ii) the electric vehicle according to the second charging behavior during the period of time of the communications failure, and

wherein the second charging behavior is predictable.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the second charging behavior comprises: (0) (2)

17. The system of claim 15 wherein the second charging behavior comprises: (0) (1)

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the second charging behavior comprises: (0) (1)

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the second charging behavior comprises: (0) (3)

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the second charging behavior includes controlling power flow of each of the plurality of electric vehicles detecting the communications failure according to a predefined power curve stored in each of the plurality of electric vehicles and in the flow controller, and the flow controller determines appropriate charging behaviors for each of the plurality of electric vehicles that are not experiencing the communications failure based on the predefined power curve stored in each of the plurality of electric vehicles that are experiencing the communications failure, and communicates the appropriate charging behaviors to the plurality of electric vehicles that are not experiencing the communications failure. (0)

21. The system of claim 15, wherein the second charging behavior includes predicting the connection and disconnection of other of the plurality of electric vehicles to and from the plurality of charging stations, and controlling power flow based on those predictions. (0)

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Application US20190061535

ELECTRIC VEHICLE POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

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