Charging device of circulating water utilization system and circulating-water utilization system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10997673-B2
Application number	US-201415100865-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2014
Priority date	Dec 5, 2013
Publication date	May 4, 2021
Grant date	May 4, 2021

Abstract

A charging device 10 of a circulating-water utilization system 1 to be constructed in a specific area includes: a wastewater amount measuring unit 18 a configured to individually measure an amount of wastewater discharged from each of water consuming members; a water-quality measuring unit 18 b configured to individually measure a water-quality index related to a water quality of the wastewater discharged from each of the water consuming members; and a circulating-water fee calculating part 10 A configured to calculate a circulating-water fee of each of the water consuming members on the basis of the amount and the water quality of the wastewater discharged from each of the water consuming members.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A charging device of a circulating-water utilization system which comprises: a circulation channel through which circulating water flows;
a discharge channel through which wastewater discharged from a water consumer is discharged to the circulation channel, the water consumer being composed of a plurality of water consuming members including at least one of a residence, a tenant shop, or an office which uses the circulating water flowing through the circulation channel;
a purifying unit comprising at least one of treatment vessels configured to purify the circulating water containing the wastewater flowing through the circulation channel;
a supply channel configured to supply the circulating water purified by the purifying unit to the water consumer; and
a charging device configured to calculate a circulating-water fee for each of the water consuming members, the circulating-water fee being a consideration for the circulating-water supplied from the supply channel,
wherein the discharge channel includes a plurality of sub-discharged channels through which the wastewater discharged from each of the water consuming members flows, and one main-discharged channel where the plurality of sub-discharged channels merge,
the charging device comprising:
a wastewater amount measuring unit comprising at least one of flow meters configured to individually measure an amount of wastewater discharged from each of the water consuming members, the at least one of flow meters being disposed on each of the plurality of sub-discharged channels;
a water-quality measuring unit comprising at least one of water-quality sensors configured to individually measure a water-quality index related to a water quality of the wastewater discharged from each of the water consuming members, the at least one of water-quality sensors being disposed on each of the plurality of sub-discharged channels; and
a circulating-water fee calculating part comprising a central processor configured to execute a process of calculating the circulating-water fee of each of the water consuming members on a basis of the amount and the water quality of the wastewater discharged from each of the water consuming members,
wherein the circulating-water fee calculating part is configured to calculate the circulating-water fee by multiplying the amount of the wastewater discharged from each of the water consuming members measured by the wastewater amount measuring unit by a wastewater-processing unit price which is set on the basis of the water-quality index related to the water quality of the wastewater discharged from each of the water consuming members measured by the water-quality measuring unit.

2. The charging device of a circulating-water utilization system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the wastewater-processing unit price is set on the basis of a plurality of the water-quality indexes.

3. The charging device of a circulating-water utilization system according to claim 2 , wherein the wastewater-processing unit price is set taking account of a weighting factor which is determined in advance for each of the plurality of water-quality indexes.

4. The charging device of a circulating-water utilization system according to claim 3 , wherein the wastewater-processing unit price is set in accordance with a water-quality unit-price correction factor which is calculated by multiplying a pollution factor by the weighting factor, the pollution factor being a ratio of an actual measurement of the water quality index to a predetermined standard value.

5. The charging device of a circulating-water utilization system according to claim 1 , wherein the circulating-water utilization system further comprises a drinking-water producing unit comprising at least one of treatment vessels configured to produce drinking water for the water consumer by purifying water taken from outside of the system, and
wherein the charging device further comprises:
a drinking-water amount measuring unit comprising at least one of flow meters configured to individually measure an amount of drinking water to be supplied to each of the water consuming members;
a drinking-water-quality measuring unit comprising at least one of water-quality sensors configured to individually measure a drinking-water-quality index related to a drinking-water quality of the drinking water to be supplied to each of the water consuming members; and
a drinking-water fee calculating part comprising a central processor configured to execute a process of calculating a drinking-water fee for each of the water consuming members on the basis of the amount and the drinking-water quality of the drinking water to be supplied to each of the water consuming members.

6. A circulating-water utilization system, comprising:
a circulation channel through which circulating water flows;
a discharge channel through which wastewater discharged from a water consumer is discharged to the circulation channel, the water consumer being composed of a plurality of water consuming members including at least one of a residence, a tenant shop, or an office which uses the circulating water flowing through the circulation channel, the discharge channel including a plurality of sub-discharged channels through which the wastewater discharged from each of the water consuming members flows, and one main-discharged channel where the plurality of sub-discharged channels merge;
a purifying unit comprising at least one of treatment vessels configured to purify the circulating water containing the wastewater flowing through the circulation channel;
a supply channel configured to supply the circulating water purified by the purifying unit to the water consumer; and
a charging device configured to calculate a circulating-water fee for each of the water consuming members,
the charging device comprising:
a wastewater amount measuring unit comprising at least one of flow meters configured to individually measure an amount of wastewater discharged from each of the water consuming members;
a water-quality measuring unit comprising at least one of water-quality sensors configured to individually measure a water-quality index related to a water quality of the wastewater discharged from each of the water consuming members; and
a circulating-water fee calculating part comprising a central processor configured to execute a process of calculating the circulating-water fee of each of the water consuming members on a basis of the amount and the water quality of the wastewater discharged from each of the water consuming members.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Sys
• Wota Group Llc

Inventors

• Yagita Hiroyuki
• Minamiura Junichi
• Hyodo Jun
• Yokota Yukinobu
• Shin Hayato
• Kitagawa Riki

Classifications

• C02F11/127

  by centrifugation · CPC title

• C02F1/42

  by ion-exchange (ion-exchange in general B01J) · CPC title

• C02F1/38

  by centrifugal separation · CPC title

• C02F1/444

  by ultrafiltration or microfiltration · CPC title

• C02F2209/008

  comprising telecommunication features, e.g. modems or antennas · CPC title