Description / Abstract:
SAE J2293 establishes requirements for Electric Vehicles (EV)
and the off-board Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) used to
transfer electrical energy to an EV from an Electric Utility Power
System (Utility) in North America. This document defines, either
directly or by reference, all characteristics of the total EV
Energy Transfer System (EV-ETS) necessary to insure the functional
interoperability of an EV and EVSE of the same physical system
architecture. The ETS, regardless of architecture, is responsible
for the conversion of AC electrical energy into DC electrical
energy that can be used to charge the Storage Battery of an EV, as
shown in Figure 1.
The different physical ETS system architectures are identified
by the form of the energy that is transferred between the EV and
the EVSE, as shown in Figure 2. It is possible for an EV and EVSE
to support more than one architecture.
This document does not contain all requirements related to EV
energy transfer, as there are many aspects of an EV and EVSE that
do not affect their interoperability. Specifically, this document
does not deal with the characteristics of the interface between the
EVSE and the Utility, except to acknowledge the Utility as the
source of energy to be transferred to the EV.
The functional requirements for the ETS are described using a
functional decomposition method. This is where requirements are
successively broken down into simpler requirements and the
relationships between requirements are captured in a graphic form.
The requirements are written as the transformation of inputs into
outputs, resulting in a model of the total system.
Each lowest level requirement is then allocated to one of four
functional groups (FG) shown in Figure 2. These groups illustrate
the variations of the three different system architectures, as the
functions they represent will be accomplished either on an EV or
within the EVSE, depending on the architecture. Physical
requirements for the channels used to transfer the power and
communicate information between the EV and the EVSE are then
defined as a function of architecture. System architecture
variations are referred to as follows:
a. Type A—Conductive AC System Architecture—J2293-1—6.2.1
b. Type B—Inductive System Architecture —J2293-1—6.2.2
c. Type C—Conductive DC System Architecture—J2293—6.2.3
The requirements model in Section 6 is not intended to dictate a
specific design or physical implementation, but rather to provide a
functional description of the system's expected operational
results. These results can be compared against the operation of any
specific design. Validation against this document is only
appropriate at the physical boundary between the EVSE and EV. See
Section 8.