Guide system and guide method for charging hydrogen
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorMin Gu Park
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a system and a method for guiding hydrogen charging, which may estimate a remaining hydrogen chargeable amount (remaining hydrogen storage amount), a charging time, and the like of a hydrogen charging station, and provide the estimated information to another vehicle to be charged through an Internet network when a driver charges hydrogen in a hydrogen tank of his/her fuel cell vehicle at the hydrogen charging station, such that the driver of the vehicle to be charged may recognize a maximum chargeable amount and a required charging time for a hydrogen tank of a vehicle to be charged for each hydrogen charging station, thereby allowing the fuel cell vehicles to visit the hydrogen charging station and smoothly charge hydrogen.
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A system for guiding hydrogen charging comprising:
- a first controller configured to transmit information for hydrogen charging of a fuel cell vehicle to a hydrogen charger of a hydrogen charging station, and to transmit to a sever hydrogen charging information, when a hydrogen tank is charged with hydrogen by the hydrogen charger;
- the hydrogen charger configured to determine whether hydrogen charging for the fuel cell vehicle is available, based on the information for the hydrogen charging transmitted by the first controller;
- the server configured to index and record the hydrogen charging information transmitted by the first controller for each hydrogen charging station and each charging pressure, and then to transmit indexed charging availability information to a second controller of another vehicle to be charged;
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- the second controller configured to calculate a maximum chargeable amount and a required charging time for each hydrogen charging station for the hydrogen tank of the another vehicle to be charged based on the indexed charging availability information transmitted by the server.
A method for guiding hydrogen charging, the method comprising:
- transmitting, by a first controller of a fuel cell vehicle, information for hydrogen charging to a hydrogen charger of a hydrogen charging station when the fuel cell vehicle is connected to the hydrogen charger so as to be hydrogen-chargeable and communicable;
- determining, by the hydrogen charger, whether hydrogen charging for the fuel cell vehicle is available, based on the information for the hydrogen charging transmitted by the first controller;
- recording and transmitting to a server, by the first controller, hydrogen charging information when a hydrogen tank is charged with hydrogen by the hydrogen charger;
- indexing and recording, by the server, the hydrogen charging information transmitted by the first controller for each hydrogen charging station and each charging provision pressure, and then transmitting indexed charging availability information to a second controller of another vehicle to be charged;
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- calculating and displaying on a display, by the second controller, a maximum chargeable amount and a required charging time for each hydrogen charging station for the hydrogen tank of the another vehicle to be charged based on the indexed charging availability information transmitted by the server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.