Hydrogen management system and hydrogen management method

Abstract

Proper management is required to ensure that hydrogen is supplied to meet demand. [Solution] A hydrogen management system 1 comprises a storage device that stores filling rate constraint information 760, which is information including the pressure of hydrogen and constraints on the filling rate of hydrogen when filling a target object with hydrogen at that pressure; a computing device that performs a demand acquisition process to acquire the amount of hydrogen demanded at a future timing; a pressure acquisition process to acquire the pressure of hydrogen supplied from a predetermined container to a target object; a filling rate calculation process to calculate the filling rate at which hydrogen can be filled from the container to the target object based on the acquired hydrogen pressure and the filling rate constraint information 760; and a determination process that determines whether or not the required amount of hydrogen can be filled from the container to the target object by a future timing based on the calculated filling rate, and outputs information indicating the result of the determination.

Claims

1. A storage device for storing filling rate constraint information, which includes information including the pressure of hydrogen and constraints on the filling rate of hydrogen when filling a target object with hydrogen at the said pressure, and A demand acquisition process to obtain the hydrogen demand at future timings, A pressure acquisition process to acquire the pressure of hydrogen supplied from a predetermined container to the target object, A filling rate calculation process that calculates the filling rate at which hydrogen can be filled from the container into the target object, based on the acquired hydrogen pressure and the filling rate constraint information, The system includes a computing device that performs a determination process to determine whether the required amount of hydrogen can be filled from the container into the target object by the future timing based on the calculated filling rate, and to output information indicating the result of the determination. Hydrogen management system.

2. The aforementioned computing device is Further, an additional hydrogen amount calculation process is performed to calculate the amount of hydrogen to be added to the container in order to make up for the difference in hydrogen demand from the acquired hydrogen. In the filling rate calculation process, the pressure of the hydrogen supplied to the target object when the hydrogen is added is calculated based on the acquired hydrogen pressure and the calculated amount of additional hydrogen, and the filling rate at which the hydrogen can be filled into the target object from the container into which the hydrogen has been added is calculated based on the calculated pressure and the filling rate constraint information. The hydrogen management system according to claim 1.

3. The aforementioned computing device is In the determination process, if it is determined that the required amount of hydrogen cannot be filled from the container to the target object by the future timing, the calculated amount of additional hydrogen is changed, the pressure of the hydrogen supplied to the target object when hydrogen is added is calculated based on the current pressure of the acquired hydrogen and the changed amount of hydrogen, the filling rate at which hydrogen can be filled from the container to the target object is calculated based on the calculated pressure and the filling rate constraint information, the determination is made based on the calculated filling rate to determine whether or not the required amount of hydrogen can be filled from the container to the target object by the future timing, and information indicating the result of the determination is output. The hydrogen management system according to claim 2.

4. The aforementioned computing device is In the determination process, if it is determined that the required amount of hydrogen can be filled from the container into the target object by the future timing, information is generated to cause a predetermined hydrogen production device to produce the calculated additional amount of hydrogen. The hydrogen management system according to claim 2.

5. A hydrogen production device that produces hydrogen, A container for containing the hydrogen produced by the hydrogen production apparatus, A storage device for storing filling rate constraint information, which includes information on the pressure of hydrogen and constraints on the filling rate of hydrogen when filling a target object in the container with hydrogen at the said pressure, and A demand acquisition process to obtain the hydrogen demand at future timings, A pressure acquisition process to acquire the pressure of hydrogen supplied from a predetermined container to the target object, A filling rate calculation process that calculates the filling rate at which hydrogen can be filled from the container into the target object, based on the acquired hydrogen pressure and the filling rate constraint information, The information processing device includes a computing device that performs a determination process which involves determining whether the required amount of hydrogen can be filled from the container to the target object by the future timing based on the calculated filling rate, and if it is determined that the required amount of hydrogen can be filled from the container to the target object by the future timing, generating information to cause the hydrogen production device to produce the required amount of hydrogen, and transmitting the generated information to the hydrogen production device. The hydrogen production apparatus receives the generated information, produces hydrogen based on the received information, and delivers the produced hydrogen to the container. Hydrogen management system.

6. The aforementioned computing device is In the determination process, if it is determined that the required amount of hydrogen cannot be filled from the container to the target object by the future timing, the amount of hydrogen that is insufficient to fill the target object from the container to the required amount of hydrogen by the future timing is calculated, and information necessary to receive the calculated amount of hydrogen from a hydrogen production device other than the hydrogen production device is generated. The hydrogen management system according to claim 5.

7. A hydrogen management method using an information processing device comprising a storage device for storing information including the pressure of hydrogen and constraints on the hydrogen filling rate when filling a target object with hydrogen at the said pressure, and a computing device, The aforementioned computing device A demand acquisition process to obtain the hydrogen demand at future timings, A pressure acquisition process to acquire the pressure of hydrogen supplied from a predetermined container to the target object, A filling rate calculation process that calculates the filling rate at which hydrogen can be filled from the container into the target object, based on the acquired hydrogen pressure and the filling rate constraint information, Based on the calculated filling rate, the system performs a determination process to determine whether or not the required amount of hydrogen can be filled from the container into the target object by the future timing, and to output information indicating the result of the determination. Hydrogen management methods.

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