Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Energy management system
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Application No.: US17073280Application Date: 2020-10-16
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Publication No.: US11387472B2Publication Date: 2022-07-12
- Inventor: Kei Nakamuta , Hideshi Mizutani , Keisuke Kikuchi , Nobuyuki Orihashi , Tomio Yamanaka , Atsushi Nakajima , Shinichi Yatsuzuka , Masayuki Suzuki , Hiroshi Toge
- Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA , AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota; JP Kariya
- Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA,AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA,AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota; JP Kariya
- Agency: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
- Priority: JPJP2019-191413 20191018
- Main IPC: H01M8/04
- IPC: H01M8/04 ; H01M8/04089 ; H01M8/04746

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides an energy management system capable of improving energy efficiency. The energy management system includes: a fuel cell configured to supply energy used in a facility; a first hydrogen supply unit configured to supply hydrogen to the fuel cell by causing a power generation apparatus that uses renewable energy to perform water electrolysis; a second hydrogen supply unit configured to supply hydrogen to the fuel cell by reforming natural gas supplied via a pipeline; and a control unit configured to determine a ratio between hydrogen supplied from the first hydrogen supply unit to the fuel cell and hydrogen supplied from the second hydrogen supply unit to the fuel cell. The control unit determines the ratio in accordance with a percentage of heat energy and energy other than the heat energy with respect to the energy used in the facility.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210119231A1 ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2021-04-22
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