Refrigerant management system and refrigerant management method
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a difficulty in managing refrigerant until it is delivered to a collection worker and ensuring appropriate supply to those who need it.
Innovation Solution
A refrigerant management system that includes computers with an acquisition unit to gather information on device specifications, worker details, and refrigerant quantities, generating data to track and predict refrigerant usage and supply needs, enabling effective management and distribution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If refrigerant management is performed only after delivery to collection worker, then management process is simple, but refrigerant cannot be managed until delivered and appropriate supply to demander is difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by acquiring refrigerant filled quantity information during installation and maintenance work, before the refrigerant is delivered to collection workers. This allows the management server to calculate total used quantity in advance and generate payment information proactively, resolving the contradiction by enabling management reliability improvement without requiring complex post-delivery tracking systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The management system enables self-service by automatically calculating refrigerant used quantity based on acquired filled quantity information and previously stored baseline data. The system generates payment information automatically without requiring manual intervention from collection workers or demanders, thus improving management reliability while keeping the system relatively simple.
2Measurement precision
If refrigerant filled quantity information is acquired during installation and maintenance, then refrigerant used quantity can be calculated accurately, but information acquisition process becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The management server performs multiple functions using the same information acquisition mechanism: it acquires filled quantity information during installation and maintenance, stores baseline data, calculates total used quantity, and generates payment information. This multi-functionality approach enables precise measurement without requiring separate complex systems for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The management server acts as an intermediary that receives filled quantity information from various sources (installation workers, maintenance workers), stores it centrally, and uses it to calculate used quantity and generate payment information. This intermediary approach simplifies the overall process by centralizing data management rather than requiring direct complex interactions between multiple parties.
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AI summary
A refrigerant management system includes at least one computer including an acquisition unit and a generation unit. The acquisition unit, during installation and/or maintenance of a refrigerant use device, acquires first information, refrigerant already filled quantity, and refrigerant used quantity. The first information includes device specifying information, worker information, and refrigerant additionally filled quantity information. The refrigerant already filled quantity is preliminarily filled in the refrigerant use device, in accordance with the device specifying information. The refrigerant used quantity used in the refrigerant use device by totaling the refrigerant already filled quantity acquired and the refrigerant additionally filled quantity included in the refrigerant additionally filled quantity information. The generation unit generates second information associating the refrigerant used quantity and the worker, from the refrigerant used quantity acquired by the acquisition unit and the worker information in the first information acquired by the acquisition unit.