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GB/T 29781-2013General requirements for electric vehicle charging station (English PDF)

电动汽车充电站通用要求

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Issued by

SAMR; SAC

Level / Type

National · Recommended

Issue date

October 10, 2013

Implementation date

February 1, 2014

Scope

GB/T 29781-2013 is the English-translated version of 电动汽车充电站通用要求.

GB/T 29781-2013 is the Chinese standard "General requirements for electric vehicle charging station".

Its scope clause reads: This Standard specifies the site-selection principles, power-supply system, charging system, monitoring-control system, electric energy metering, driving-lane, parking lot, safety requirements, signs and marks for electric vehicle charging station (hereinafter referred to as the charging station).

This Standard applies to the charging station which adopts the whole-vehicle charging mode to perform the conductive charging mode to the power storage battery of electric vehicle.

Its clauses include terms and definitions; general; environmental requirements; power-supply systems; charging system; monitoring-control system; electric energy metering; driving-lanes and parking lots; safety requirements; signs and marks.

It was issued by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine on OCTOBER 10, 2013 and took effect on FEBRUARY 01, 2014.

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National Standard of the People's Republic of China

ICS: 43.020
Classification: T 47

Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of the PRC

Foreword3
1 Scope4
2 Normative references4
3 Terms and definitions5
4 General6
5 Environmental requirements6
6 Power-supply systems7
7 Charging system8
8 Monitoring-control system9
9 Electric energy metering11
10 Driving-lanes and parking lots11
11 Safety requirements12
12 Signs and marks15

Foreword

This Standard is drafted according to the rules specified in GB/T 1.1-2009.

1 Scope

This Standard specifies the site-selection principles, power-supply system, charging system, monitoring-control system, electric energy metering, driving-lane, parking lot, safety requirements, signs and marks for electric vehicle charging station (hereinafter referred to as the charging station).

This Standard applies to the charging station which adopts the whole-vehicle charging mode to perform the conductive charging mode to the power storage battery of electric vehicle.

2 Normative references

The articles contained in the following documents have become part of this Standard when they are quoted herein. For the dated documents so quoted, all the modifications (including all corrections) or revisions made thereafter shall be applicable to this Standard.

GB/T 14549-1993 Quality of electric energy supply - Harmonics in public supply network

GB/T 18487.1 Electric vehicle conductive charging system - Part 1: General requirements

GB 50016-2006 Code of design on building fire protection and prevention

GB 50052 Code for design electric power supply systems

GB 50053 Code for design of 20kV and below substation

GB 50054 Code for design of low voltage electrical installations

GB 50057 Design code for protection of structures against lightning

GB 50058 Electrical installations design code for explosive atmospheres and fire hazard

3 Terms and definitions

The terms and definitions defined in GB/T 18487.1 AND the followings apply to this document.

3.1 AC charging spot

AC power supply unit The special device which provides AC electric energy for the electric vehicle with vehicle-mounted charger by using conductive mode.

3.2 Off-board charger

The special device which is fixedly mounted on the ground, converts the grid AC to DC, and charges the power storage battery for electric vehicle by using conductive mode.

3.3 Charging equipment

The special equipment providing electric energy for the storage battery of electric vehicle, including AC charging spot, off-board charger and so on.

3.4 EV charging station

The place where three or more EV chargers (with at least one off-board charger) are available and can carry out condition monitoring of the chargers during charging the electric vehicle.

4 General

4.1 The charging station shall provide a safe place for charging the power storage battery for electric vehicle, and monitor the charging equipment and the power storage batteries charged during the charging process, so as to ensure that the electric energy can be securely transmitted to the power storage battery.

5 Environmental requirements

5.1 The master planning of the charging station shall be coordinated with the local master planning and urban-rural planning, and shall comply with the requirements of environmental protection and fire safety.

5.3 The charging station within the urban area shall be close to the urban roads, but shall not be in the vicinity of the intersection of urban arterial roads and heavy traffic roads.

5.4 A reasonably safe distance between the charging station and important or personnel-intensive public buildings such as party and government office buildings, primary and secondary schools, kindergartens, outpatient building and inpatient buildings of hospitals, large libraries, cultural relics and historic sites, museums, large stadiums, movie theaters and so on.

5.5 The charging station shall be kept away from the place with potential hazards, and shall comply with relevant provisions of GB 50058 in the case of adjoining buildings with explosion or fire hazards.

5.9 The charging area shall be well ventilated.

5.10 For some areas where severe wet weather may occur, equipment and tools for monitoring and treatment of air humidity shall be available.

6 Power-supply systems

6.1 Layout requirements

Following factors shall be considered for layout of transformer room, power distribution room and power distribution box within the charging station.

6.2 Technical requirements

6.2.1 Different power supply modes can be selected depending on the size, capacity and importance of charging stations.

6.2.3 The power-supply system of charging station shall comply with the requirements of GB 50052; transformer room and power distribution room shall comply with the requirements of GB 50053; and low-voltage distribution section shall comply with the requirements of GB 50054.

6.2.4 The distribution transformer for charging station should adopt Dynll coupling mode.

6.2.5 The quality of electric energy for the charging station at the access point of utility grid shall comply with the following requirements. […]

7 Charging system

7.1 Requirements for charging equipment

7.1.1 The functional requirements and technical specifications of off-board charger and AC charging spot shall comply with relevant national standards.

7.1.2 The charging interface and connecting cables shall comply with relevant national standards.

7.2 Requirements for installation and layout

7.2.4 When the charging equipment is installed indoor, ventilation facilities shall be installed to prevent overheating.

7.2.5 The charging equipment shall be installed with a certain height from the ground to meet the requirements for rain and accumulated water-proof.

7.2.6 The layout of charging equipment shall make the length of charging cable as short as possible in order to save material and energy consumption.

8 Monitoring-control system

8.1 Composition

The monitoring-control system of charging station consists of charging monitoring-control system, power supply monitoring-control system, and safety-protection monitoring-control system.

8.2 Charging monitoring-control system

8.2.1 Basic functions

8.2.2 Technical requirements

8.2.2.1 The timeliness and reliability of charging monitoring-control system shall be on the basis of meeting the safety requirements for site charging equipment and power storage battery.

8.2.3 Layout of monitoring-control room

8.2.3.1 The monitoring-control room shall be set separately. The monitoring-control room shall be located in one plane, and shall be a relatively independent unit in the case of forming a part of integrated building.

8.2.3.2 The monitoring-control room shall be arranged adjacent to charging place.

8.2.3.3 The monitoring-control room shall not be arranged adjacent to the high-voltage power distribution room, and electromagnetic shielding measures shall be taken, in the case of being adjacent to the high-voltage power distribution room.

8.3 Power-supply monitoring-control system

Power-supply monitoring-control system shall conduct real-time collection and recording of operation information on power-supply system, and conduct monitoring and control of power-supply status, quality of electric energy, switch status, and equipment operating parameters, etc.

8.4 Safety-protection monitoring-control system

Safety-protection monitoring-control system consists of charging station environmental monitoring-control, equipment safety monitoring-control, and monitoring-control of fire protection, prevention of burglary and video, etc.

9 Electric energy metering

9.3 Metering between charging equipment and electric vehicle

9.1 Composition

The electric energy metering of the charging station consists of two parts. metering between charging station and power grid; and metering between charging equipment and electric vehicle.

9.2 Metering between charging station and power grid

The metering between charging station and power grid shall be conducted by power supply unit in accordance with national standard.

10 Driving-lanes and parking lots

10.1 The driving-lanes can be unidirectional or bidirectional layout, based on the size of charging station and arrangement of charging equipment.

10.2 The width of single driving-lane within the charging station shall not be less than 3.5 m, and dual-driving-lane width shall not be less than 6 m.

10.3 The turning radius of road within the charging station shall be determined in accordance with models of travelling vehicles, and shall not be less than 9 m. The road gradient shall not exceed 6%, and shall be sloped-down to the outside of charging station.

10.4 Layout principles of parking lots. the electric vehicles shall not impede the passage of other vehicles, in the case of charging at the parking lot.

10.5 Appropriate number of temporary parking lots shall be considered to set up. […]

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