A method charges a traction battery (42) with a stationary charging column (20). The method includes registering a charging process by the vehicle charging controller (50) to the charging column charging controller (22) with a low voltage value (U1) as a requested charging voltage (UR). The method then controls an insulation test carried out by the charging-column-side insulation tester (26). The method reports the maximum charging column voltage (UL) to the vehicle charging controller (50), and if the reported maximum charging column voltage (UL) corresponds to a high voltage value (U2) higher than the low voltage value (U1): registering a charging process by the vehicle charging controller (50) to the charging column charging controller (22) with the high voltage value (U2) as a requested charging voltage (UR) and setting the charging voltage adapter (44) to a charging voltage (UL) corresponding to the high voltage value (U2).

A power converter includes: a plurality of semiconductor devices; a heat receiving plate; and a first partition member. The semiconductor devices constitute a power conversion unit. The heat receiving plate includes a first surface supporting the semiconductor devices. The first partition member is fixed to the heat receiving plate and partitions the semiconductor devices.

Embodiments of this application provide an energy conversion apparatus, a power system, and a vehicle. The energy conversion apparatus includes a first switch group, a second switch group, a third switch group, a three-phase converter, a motor coil, a bridge arm circuit, and a three-port converter. The energy conversion apparatus is integrated with functions of alternating-current charging, motor driving, and direct-current charging, and can be installed on an electric vehicle to improve vehicle integration, thereby simplifying a structural layout of the electric vehicle, and reducing costs and a volume of the electric vehicle.

A method for wirelessly or conductively (non-wireless) providing AC or DC power in AC or DC load applications and bidirectional applications.

The present disclosure relates to systems and configurations for phase-shift autotransformers and multi-pulse rectifiers. A phase-shift autotransformer includes a wiring configuration for first, second and third magnetic cores, the wiring configuration including primary input and phase-shift windings. The primary input windings are configured to provide a first and second primary input inductances, and phase-shift windings of the wiring configuration are configured to provide multiple inductances for each phase-shift winding. A multi-pulse rectifier is provided including a phase-shifting autotransformer, a diode bridge rectifier configuration coupled to output of the autotransformer and a filtering capacitor coupled to the diode bridge rectifier. Other embodiments are directed to use of the multi-use rectifier system with vehicle charging station, such as an Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE).

A system includes a behind-the-meter vehicle charging station. The vehicle charging station includes a vehicle-charging interface configured to supply the vehicle-charging power to a vehicle. The vehicle charging station further includes a communication unit configured to trigger a notification in response to a change in power availability. Additionally, the system includes a control system configured to modulate power delivery to the behind-the-meter charging station based on one or more monitored power system conditions or an operational directive.

A battery-to-vehicle charging system includes: a vehicle including an on-board charger including a power factor correction circuit having a boost converter circuit, a first battery that is charged with a charge voltage output from the on-board charger, and a first controller controlling a charge process based on a type of a charge power source provided from the outside; and a mobile energy storage device including a second battery storing a direct current (DC) charge power to be provided to the first battery, and a second controller providing a determination signal for the type of the charge power source to the first controller, in which when the first controller receives the determination signal from the second controller and the charge power source is determined as a mobile energy storage device, the first controller controls the power factor correction circuit to operate as a boost converter.

In a method for controlling a line converter on board a track-bound vehicle semiconductor devices of current valves of the line converter are controlled to be turned on and off so as to prevent the current (I) through a secondary winding of a transformer to which midpoints of phase-legs of the converter are connected to pass zero and shift direction other when the voltage across the secondary winding shifts direction by a start of a new half period of an AC line voltage across the windings of the transformer.

According to an aspect of the invention, a motor drive circuit includes a first energy storage device configured to supply electrical energy, a bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter coupled to the first energy storage device, a voltage inverter coupled to the bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter, and an input device configured to receive electrical energy from an external energy source. The motor drive circuit further includes a coupling system coupled to the input device, to the first energy storage device, and to the bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter. The coupling system has a first configuration configured to transfer electrical energy to the first energy storage device via the bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter, and has a second configuration configured to transfer electrical energy from the first energy storage device to the voltage inverter via the bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter.

There is provided an information processing apparatus including a travelable information display unit that displays before a discharge, regarding motor-driven movable bodies of a discharge source and a discharge destination driven by using electric power of batteries, information about places to which the motor-driven movable body of the discharge source can move using electric power of the battery left after the discharge by assuming, when information about a discharge amount discharged from the battery of the motor-driven movable body of the discharge source toward the motor-driven movable body of the discharge destination that receives power supply is input, a case in which the discharge amount is discharged from the battery.