IEC TS 62840-1:2016

IEC TS 62840-1 ®
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TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATION
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IEC TS 62840-1 ®
Edition 1.0 2016-07
TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATION
colour
inside
Electric vehicle battery swap system –

Part 1: General and guidance
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
ICS 43.120 ISBN 978-2-8322-3489-1

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4
INTRODUCTION . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references. 7
3 Terms and definitions . 7
4 System overview . 9
4.1 Battery swap system . 9
4.2 Battery swap station . 10
4.2.1 General description . 10
4.2.2 Lane system . 10
4.2.3 Battery handling system . 11
4.2.4 Storage system . 11
4.2.5 Charging system . 11
4.2.6 Supervisory and control system . 11
4.3 Supporting systems (optional) . 12
4.3.1 General supporting systems . 12
4.3.2 SBS logistic system . 12
4.3.3 Battery maintenance system . 12
4.4 Swappable battery system . 12
4.5 Power supply system . 12
4.6 Interfaces . 12
4.7 Zones . 13
4.7.1 General . 13
4.7.2 Vehicle lane zone . 13
4.7.3 Battery swap zone . 13
4.7.4 Battery storage zone . 14
4.7.5 Battery charging zone . 14
5 Classification . 15
5.1 General . 15
5.2 Automation level . 15
5.2.1 General . 15
5.2.2 Full automatic . 15
5.2.3 Semi-automatic . 15
5.2.4 Manual mode . 16
5.3 SBS swapping direction . 16
5.4 EV categories . 16
5.5 Environmental conditions . 16
Annex A (informative) Use case . 17
A.1 Use case for positioning vehicle . 17
A.2 Use case for swapping battery pack . 17
A.3 Use case for charging SBS . 18
A.4 Use case for maintaining SBS . 18
A.5 Use case for emergency charging vehicle . 18
Annex B (informative) Battery swap station solutions . 20
B.1 General . 20

B.2 Commercial vehicles battery swap station . 22
B.2.1 Automatic side-swapping station . 22
B.2.2 Automatic top-swapping station . 22
B.3 Passenger cars battery swap station . 23
B.3.1 Semi-automatic rear-swapping station . 23
B.3.2 Automatic bottom-swapping station . 24
B.3.3 Automatic side-swapping station . 25
Bibliography . 27

Figure 1 – EV battery swap system . 10
Figure B.1 – Automatic side-swapping station layout . 22
Figure B.2 – Automatic top-swapping station layout . 23
Figure B.3 – Semi-automatic rear-swapping station layout . 24
Figure B.4 – Automatic bottom-swapping station layout . 25
Figure B.5 – Automatic side-swapping station layout . 26

Table 1 – Accessibility of vehicle lane zone . 13
Table 2 – Accessibility of battery swap zone . 14
Table 3 – Accessibility of battery storage zone . 14
Table 4 – Accessibility of battery charging zone . 15
Table A.1 – Use case for positioning vehicle . 17
Table A.2 – Use case for swapping battery pack . 17
Table A.3 – Use case for charging SBS . 18
Table A.4 – Use case for maintaining SBS . 18
Table A.5 – Use case for emergency charging vehicle . 19
Table B.1 – Key index of the systems in different types of battery swap stations . 21

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