Power generation plan revision method, power generation plan revision device, and power generation system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025286370-A1
Application number	US-202519214084-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 21, 2025
Priority date	Dec 8, 2022
Publication date	Sep 11, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A power generation plan revision method according to the present disclosure includes: receiving a power generation plan for a fuel cell device provided with a plurality of fuel cell power generation units; and revising the received power generation plan for the fuel cell device so as to advance a timing of changing the power-generating number of the fuel cell power generation units relative to a timing of changing from a previous unit period to a next unit period in the power generation plan, according to the magnitude of a change in the output of the fuel cell device when changing from the previous unit period to the next unit period.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A power generation plan revision method comprising:
receiving a power generation plan for a fuel cell device provided with a plurality of fuel cell power generation units; and revising the received power generation plan for the fuel cell device so as to advance a timing of changing the power-generating number of the fuel cell power generation units relative to a timing of changing from a previous unit period to a next unit period in the power generation plan, according to the magnitude of a change in the output of the fuel cell device when changing from the previous unit period to the next unit period.

2 . The power generation plan revision method according to claim 1 , wherein the revising involves revising the power generation plan for the fuel cell device so as to further advance the timing of changing the power-generating number of the fuel cell power generation units relative to the timing of changing from the previous unit period to the next unit period in the power generation plan, proportionally with the magnitude of the change in the output of the fuel cell device when changing from the previous unit period to the next unit period in the power generation plan for the fuel cell device.

3 . The power generation plan revision method according to claim 1 , wherein the revising involves determining a magnitude of time by which to advance the timing of changing the power-generating number of the fuel cell power generation units relative to the timing of changing from the previous unit period to the next unit period such that the difference or ratio of the following falls within a prescribed range: a total power generation amount of the power generation plan for the fuel cell device in the previous unit period and the next unit period and a total power generation amount of the fuel cell device in the previous unit period and the next unit period predicted for the case of controlling the fuel cell device on the basis of a revised power generation plan for the fuel cell device.

4 . A power generation plan revision device comprising:
a communicator that receives a power generation plan for a fuel cell device provided with a plurality of fuel cell power generation units; and a controller that revises the received power generation plan for the fuel cell device so as to advance a timing of changing the power-generating number of the fuel cell power generation units relative to a timing of changing from a previous unit period to a next unit period in the power generation plan, according to the magnitude of a change in the output of the fuel cell device when changing from the previous unit period to the next unit period.

5 . A power generation system comprising:
a fuel cell device provided with a plurality of fuel cell power generation units; and the power generation plan revision device according to claim 4 .

6 . The power generation plan revision method according to claim 1 , wherein the revising involves:
revising the received power generation plan for the fuel cell device to advance the timing of changing the power-generating number of the fuel cell power generation units relative to the timing of changing from the previous unit period to the next unit period in the power generation plan when the magnitude of the change in the output of the fuel cell device when changing from the previous unit period to the next unit period is equal to or greater than a prescribed value in the received power generation plan for the fuel cell device, and not revising the received power generation plan for the fuel cell device to advance the timing of changing the power-generating number of the fuel cell power generation units relative to the timing of changing from the previous unit period to the next unit period in the power generation plan when the magnitude of the change in the output of the fuel cell device when changing from the previous unit period to the next unit period is less than the prescribed value in the received power generation plan for the fuel cell device.

7 . The power generation plan revision device according to claim 4 , wherein the controller:
revises the received power generation plan for the fuel cell device to advance the timing of changing the power-generating number of the fuel cell power generation units relative to the timing of changing from the previous unit period to the next unit period in the power generation plan when the magnitude of the change in the output of the fuel cell device when changing from the previous unit period to the next unit period is equal to or greater than a prescribed value in the received power generation plan for the fuel cell device, and does not revise the received power generation plan for the fuel cell device to advance the timing of changing the power-generating number of the fuel cell power generation units relative to the timing of changing from the previous unit period to the next unit period in the power generation plan when the magnitude of the change in the output of the fuel cell device when changing from the previous unit period to the next unit period is less than the prescribed value in the received power generation plan for the fuel cell device.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tanaka Yoshikazu
• Ise Takehiko
• Yoshihara Yasumichi
• Kaneko Yasushi
• Taguchi Yoshifumi

Classifications

• G06Q50/06

  Energy or water supply · CPC title

• G06Q10/04

  Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem" (market predictions or forecasting for commercial activities G06Q30/0202) · CPC title

• H01M8/04619

  of fuel cell stacks · CPC title

• H01M8/04992

  characterised by the implementation of mathematical or computational algorithms, e.g. feedback control loops, fuzzy logic, neural networks or artificial intelligence · CPC title

• H01M8/0494

  of fuel cell stacks · CPC title