Hydrogen-containing gas supply system and hydrogen house

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11602472-B2
Application number	US-202016789843-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 13, 2020
Priority date	Sep 29, 2017
Publication date	Mar 14, 2023
Grant date	Mar 14, 2023

Abstract

A hydrogen-containing gas supply system includes one or more hydrogen-containing gas suppliers, one or more acquirers, and a controller. The one or more hydrogen-containing gas suppliers supply a hydrogen-containing gas to one or more areas in a building. The one or more acquirers acquire information indicating that a person is present in the one or more areas. When it is determined that a person is present in a certain area of the one or more areas in accordance with the information acquired by the acquirers, the controller causes at least one of the one or more hydrogen-containing gas suppliers to supply the hydrogen-containing gas to the certain area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A hydrogen-containing gas supply system comprising:
one or more hydrogen-containing gas suppliers that supply a hydrogen-containing gas to one or more areas in a building;
one or more acquirers that acquire information indicating that a person is present in the one or more areas;
a controller that causes, when it is determined that a person is present in a certain area of the one or more areas in accordance with the information acquired by the one or more acquirers,
at least one of the one or more hydrogen-containing gas suppliers to supply the hydrogen containing gas to the certain area; and
a hydrogen-containing gas generator that generates the hydrogen-containing gas, wherein
the one or more acquirers further acquire body temperature information that is biological information of the person who is present in the certain area, and
the controller controls a hydrogen concentration of the hydrogen-containing gas generated by the hydrogen-containing gas generator in accordance with the body temperature information that is the biological information of the person acquired by the one or more acquirers,
wherein the controller causes the one or more hydrogen-containing gas suppliers to increase the hydrogen concentration of the hydrogen-containing gas supplied to the area, as body temperature serving as the biological information acquired by the one or more acquirers increases, or
wherein the controller causes the one or more hydrogen-containing gas suppliers to decrease at least one of the hydrogen-concentration of the hydrogen-containing gas supplied to the area when body temperature serving as the biological information acquired by the one or more acquirers decreases.

2. The hydrogen-containing gas supply system according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more acquirers are disposed in the one or more areas.

3. The hydrogen-containing gas supply system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller causes at least one of the one or more hydrogen-containing gas suppliers to supply the hydrogen-containing gas to the certain area when it is determined that a person is present in the certain area in accordance with the information acquired by the one or more acquirers from an information terminal.

4. The hydrogen-containing gas supply system according to claim 1 , wherein
the one or more hydrogen-containing gas suppliers are a plurality of hydrogen-containing gas suppliers each of which supplies the hydrogen-containing gas to a corresponding one of a plurality of areas,
the one or more acquirers are a plurality of acquirers each disposed in a corresponding one of the plurality of areas, and
the controller causes, when a certain acquirer among the plurality of acquirers acquires information indicating that a person is present in the certain area and when it is determined that the person is present in the certain area in accordance with the information acquired by the certain acquirer, at least one of the one or more hydrogen-containing gas suppliers to supply the hydrogen-containing gas to the certain area.

5. The hydrogen-containing gas supply system according to claim 1 , wherein
each of the one or more acquirers is a first detector that detects that a person is present in the certain area, and
upon the first detector detecting that a person is present in the certain area,
the controller causes the one or more hydrogen-containing gas suppliers to operate.

6. The hydrogen-containing gas supply system according to claim 1 , wherein
each of the one or more acquirers is a second detector that detects information indicating a position where a person is present in the certain area, and
upon the second detector detecting the information indicating the position where the person is present, the controller causes at least one of the one or more hydrogen-containing gas suppliers to supply the hydrogen-containing gas toward the position.

7. The hydrogen-containing gas supply system according to claim 1 , wherein
each of the one or more acquirers is a second detector that detects a position where a person is present in the certain area, and
the controller causes at least one of the one or more hydrogen-containing gas suppliers to control at least one of a supply flow rate or a supply flow velocity of the hydrogen-containing gas in accordance with the position where the person is present and that is detected by the second detector.

8. The hydrogen-containing gas supply system according to claim 1 , wherein
the one or more acquirers further acquire biological information of the person who is present in the certain area, and
the controller causes at least one of the one or more hydrogen-containing gas suppliers to control at least one of a supply flow rate or a supply flow velocity of the hydrogen-containing gas in accordance with the biological information of the person acquired by the one or more acquirers.

9. The hydrogen-containing gas supply system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a filter that removes impurities in air; and
a hydrogen-containing gas generator that generates the hydrogen-containing gas by mixing hydrogen with the air having passed through the filter.

10. The hydrogen-containing gas supply system according to claim 1 , further comprising
an odorizer that adds an odor to the hydrogen-containing gas, wherein
the one or more hydrogen-containing gas suppliers supplies to the certain area the hydrogen-containing gas having passed through the odorizer.

11. A hydrogen house comprising the hydrogen-containing gas supply system according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ukai Kunihiro
• Hato Kazuhito

Classifications

• A61M2230/50

  Temperature · CPC title

• A61H2033/148

  with hydrogen · CPC title

• A61H1/00 Primary

  Apparatus for passive exercising (A61H5/00 takes precedence); Vibrating apparatus; Chiropractic devices, e.g. body impacting devices, external devices for briefly extending or aligning unbroken bones · CPC title

• A61H33/14

  Devices for gas baths with ozone, hydrogen, or the like (production of ozone or hydrogen C01B, C25B1/02) · CPC title

• A61M2205/588

  by olfactory feedback, i.e. smell · CPC title