| 摘要 |
Methods and systems for reconciling a charging event are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method establishes an identity tag at a grid connection point that uniquely identifies the point and receives tag information to uniquely identify the point at a mobile charging device. The method monitors charge event information indicating attributes of the charging event, associates event information with the identity tag information, and sends the information for reconciliation of billing accounts associated with the point and the mobile device. In another embodiment, a method receives an energy storage device for powering a mobile asset, couples the storage device to an electric grid during a connection event, realizes energy services from the connected storage device to the grid, determines a quantity of energy services realized by the storage device during the connection event, and reports the quantity of energy services realized and a unique identifier of the energy storage device. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method of identifying a grid connection point for bill processing of a charging event, comprising:
reading an identity tag at the grid connection point that uniquely identifies the grid connection point; receiving, at an adapter associated with a vehicle that includes a charging device, identity tag information to uniquely identify the grid connection point, wherein the adapter is housed in a housing, the housing being external to and separate from the vehicle, and the housing is moveable together with the vehicle; receiving, at the adapter associated with the vehicle, operating constraints for realizing the charging event, wherein the operating constraints for realizing the charging event include one or more of: a state-of-charge constraint, a charging current constraint, a voltage constraint, and a temperature constraint; selecting, by the adapter associated with the vehicle, a type of energy service based on the received operating constraints to be realized during the charging event; managing the charging event based on the received operating constraints and the selected type of energy service to be realized during the charging event; monitoring, by the adapter associated with the vehicle, charge event information indicating attributes of the charging event, wherein the charge event information includes the type of energy service realized by the charging event; associating, by the adapter associated with the vehicle, the charge event information with the identity tag information, as associated information; and sending, by the adapter associated with the vehicle, the associated information for reconciliation of utility billing accounts associated with the grid connection point and the vehicle. |
