Renewable Energy Verification Management for Mixed Manufacturing Inputs

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems struggle to manage and verify that manufactured items, parts, and raw materials are produced using renewable energy, especially in environments where the association relationship between manufacturing apparatuses and items is not strictly managed.

Innovation Solution

A management system and method that calculates and verifies the proportion of renewable energy-derived components in manufactured items by tracking input quantities and energy ratios, ensuring that only the allowable amount of renewable energy-derived parts and materials are used in the manufacturing process.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If strict management of association relationship between manufacturing apparatus and manufactured item is implemented, then verification accuracy of renewable energy usage is improved, but system complexity and management difficulty increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveverification accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a management system as an intermediary that handles the complex tracking and verification of renewable energy usage. This system acts as a mediator between manufacturing apparatuses and manufactured items, managing the association relationships centrally rather than requiring direct complex linkages at the apparatus level. The management system consolidates the complexity of tracking energy consumption and verifying renewable energy usage, thereby improving verification accuracy while containing system complexity within a dedicated management platform.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If strict management of association relationship between manufacturing apparatus and manufactured item is implemented, then verification accuracy of renewable energy usage is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveverification accuracyVSAvoidmanagement ease
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The management system serves as an intermediary that simplifies operations for users while maintaining high verification accuracy. It centralizes the complex tasks of tracking energy consumption, managing apparatus-item associations, and verifying renewable energy usage in a unified platform. This intermediary approach allows operators to verify renewable energy usage accurately without directly managing complex association relationships, thereby improving ease of operation while maintaining verification precision.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Reliability

If renewable energy verification management system is implemented, then renewable energy usage verification is enabled, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveverification capabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The management system is designed with multi-functionality to handle various verification tasks, energy consumption tracking, and apparatus management within a single unified platform. By consolidating multiple functions (tracking, verification, reporting, and management) into one system, the patent reduces the need for multiple separate systems, thereby enabling comprehensive renewable energy verification while limiting the increase in overall system complexity through functional integration.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

4Reliability

If renewable energy verification management system is implemented, then renewable energy usage verification is enabled, but ease of operation deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveverification capabilityVSAvoidmanagement ease
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The management system acts as an intermediary that handles the complexity of verification processes internally while providing simplified interfaces for users. It automatically manages apparatus-item associations, tracks energy consumption data, and performs verification calculations, shielding operators from the underlying complexity. This intermediary approach enables reliable renewable energy verification while maintaining ease of operation through automated processes and user-friendly interfaces.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentEP4080433B1Management system and management method
Publication Date: 2026.05.06 HITACHI LTD
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AI summary

It is provided a management system for managing renewable energy verification comprising: an arithmetic device configured to execute predetermined processing; a storage device coupled to the arithmetic device, an input unit configured to receive a supply ratio of renewable energy in a manufacturing process, and input quantities of a renewable energy-derived raw material and a renewable energy-derived part out of raw materials and parts input to the manufacturing process; and an RE verification granting module configured to calculate, with use of the received input about the supply ratio of renewable energy and about the input quantities of the renewable energy-derived raw material and the renewable energy-derived , part, at least one of the number of pieces to be granted renewable energy verification out of pieces of a manufactured item A, B, C, X, Y manufactured by the manufacturing process, or a ratio of pieces of the manufactured item A, B, C, X, Y that are to be granted renewable energy verification.