Facility heating device and method using electric vehicle charger heat source
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsJeawan Kim, Jungmo YU
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Abstract
A facility heating method uses an electric vehicle charger as a heat source. The facility heating method includes: determining whether a facility uses/requires heating; determining whether a charger is available as a heat source; determining whether a phase change material (PCM) is available as a heat source; and when the facility uses heating, using at least one of the heat sources of the charger and the heat source of the PCM for the heating of the facility.
Claims20
A method performed by an apparatus for providing heat to a facility associated with a charger for an electric vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving, by at least one processor of the apparatus, a signal indicating a heating load of the facility;
- determining, by the at least one processor, whether the charger is available as a heat source;
- determining, by the at least one processor, whether a phase change material (PCM) is available as a heat source;
- based on the indicated heating load and at least one of the charger or the PCM being available as at least one heat source, selecting, by the at least one processor, at least one of the charger or the PCM as a heat source for the heating load;
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- transferring heat energy from the selected at least one of the charger or the PCM to the facility.
A facility heating device configured to control use of heat energy from charger of an electric vehicle for heating a facility, the facility heating device comprising:
- one or more processors;
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- one or more memory devices storing a program code, wherein the program code, when executed by the one or more processors, is configured to cause the facility heating device to:
- receive a signal indicating a heating load of the facility;
- determine whether a charger is available as a heat source,
- determine whether a phase change material (PCM) is available as a heat source,
- based on the indicated heating load and at least one of the charger or the PCM being available as at least one heat source, select at least one of the charger or the PCM as a heat source for the heating load;
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- transfer heat energy from the at least one of the charger or the PCM to the facility.
A system comprising:
- a charger for charging electric vehicles;
- a phase change material (PCM) configured to receive heat from the charger;
- one or more heat exchangers configured to exchange heat with the charger or the phase change material and provide the exchanged heat to a facility;
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- a facility heating device comprising:
- one or more processors;
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- one or more memory devices storing a program code, wherein the program code, when executed by the one or more processors, is configured to cause the facility heating device to:
- receive, from a sensor associated with the facility, a signal indicating a heating load of the facility;
- determine whether at least one of the charger or the PCM is available as a heat source;
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- based on the indicated heating load and the at least one of the charger or the PCM being available as the heat source:
- setting the at least one of the charger or the PCM as the heat source;
- coupling the at least one of the charger or the PCM to the heating load for heat transfer;
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- controlling the one or more heat exchangers to exchange heat with the at least one of the charger or the PCM and provide the exchanged heat to the facility to satisfy the heating load.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.