Energy generation system using biomass and method of controlling the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11069204-B2
Application number	US-201916552337-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 27, 2019
Priority date	Sep 7, 2018
Publication date	Jul 20, 2021
Grant date	Jul 20, 2021

Abstract

An energy generation system using biomass includes a first information generation unit that generates the first information indicating that a distributor handling food has disposed of food waste biomass, an energy generation device that generates energy and the like using biomass collected from the distributor, a second information generation unit that generates the second information indicating that energy and the like have been generated using biomass collected from the distributor, a third information generation unit that obtains the first information and the second information and generates the third information indicating generation of at least one of energy and energy sources by collecting biomass disposed by the distributor, and a display unit that displays the third information generated by the third information generation unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An energy generation system using biomass, comprising:
a first information generation unit that generates first information indicating that a distributor handling food has disposed of food waste biomass;
an energy generation device that generates at least one of energy or energy sources using biomass collected from the distributor, wherein the distributor uses at least one of energy or energy sources generated using biomass by the energy generation device;
a second information generation unit that generates second information indicating that at least one of energy or energy sources have been generated using biomass collected from the distributor;
a third information generation unit that obtains the first information from the first information generation unit and the second information from the second information generation unit, and generates third information indicating generation of at least one of energy or energy sources by collecting biomass disposed by the distributor, wherein the third information includes:
information indicating that the distributor uses at least one of energy or energy sources generated using biomass, and
information indicating a proportion (c/b) of a biomass-derived power consumption c relative to a power consumption b for the distributor; and

a display unit that displays the third information generated by the third information generation unit.

2. The energy generation system according to claim 1 , wherein
the first information and the third information include information indicating at least one of an amount of energy or an amount of energy sources generated using biomass collected from the distributor.

3. The energy generation system according to claim 1 , wherein
a plurality of distributors exist as the distributor, and
the display unit collectively displays the third information generated for each of the distributors.

4. The energy generation system according to claim 1 , wherein the energy generation device generates hydrogen as the energy sources.

5. A method of controlling an energy generation system using biomass, the method comprising:
generating first information indicating that a distributor handling food has disposed of food waste biomass, wherein the distributor uses at least one of energy or energy sources generated using biomass;
generating second information indicating that at least one of energy or energy sources have been generated using biomass collected from the distributor;
generating, using the first information and the second information, third information indicating generation of at least one of energy or energy sources by collecting biomass disposed by the distributor, wherein the third information includes:
information indicating that the distributor uses at least one of energy or energy sources generated using biomass, and
information indicating a proportion (c/b) of a biomass-derived power consumption c relative to a power consumption b for the distributor; and

displaying the generated third information on a display unit.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Umayahara Kenji
• Takaiwa Shigeki
• Yamakawa Masahiro
• Mizutani Hideshi
• Ozawa Takao
• Suzuki Shigeyuki

Classifications

• Y02E50/30

  Fuel from waste, e.g. synthetic alcohol or diesel · CPC title

• C12P3/00

  Preparation of elements or inorganic compounds except carbon dioxide {(recovery of carbon dioxides as by-products C12F3/02)} · CPC title

• C12P5/023

  Methane · CPC title

• H01M8/0612 Primary

  from carbon-containing material · CPC title

• Y02P20/133

  Renewable energy sources, e.g. sunlight · CPC title