At an electronic device that is coupled to a main input of an electricity demand center on an electric grid: activating load monitoring for the electricity demand center; determining an electricity consumption cap for a current electricity consumption cycle at the electricity demand center; during the current electricity consumption cycle, detecting activation of a first electric vehicle charging connection; and in response to detecting activation of the first electric vehicle charging connection, enforcing an output power cap for EV-charging circuits at the electricity demand center, including dynamically adjusting a current output power of the first electric vehicle charging connection in accordance with a difference between the electricity consumption cap for the current electricity consumption cycle and a current load on non-EV charging circuits at the electricity demand center.
Adaptive electric vehicle charging based on grid monitoring
17.11.2020
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Adaptive electric vehicle charging based on grid monitoring
Europäisches Patentamt | 2020
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