Setting device of distributed energy supply system
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Heretofore, in a dispersed energy supplying system, the unit cost of energy generated in houses and the unit rate of energy bought from an electric power company, etc. have been compared, but consideration has never been made of environmental burden.
There are provided a controlling portion 11 of controlling the operation of a fuel cell, a switch 30 of selectively supplying the electric power of the fuel cell or an external electric power into an electric power load, an electric power generation unit cost calculating portion 13 of calculating the electric power generation cost of the fuel cell, an electric rate system storing portion 14 of calculating the cost of a power plant 50 and a dispersed electric power generating apparatus 51, an LCA data storing portion 16 of storing LCA data of the fuel cell, the power plant 50 and the dispersed electric power generating apparatus 51, and a user interface portion 20 of presenting electric power generation cost, external electric power cost and LCA data and allowing the user to determine the controlling operation of the aforementioned controlling portion 11 and/or the selecting operation of the switch 11.
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22. An apparatus of setting a dispersed energy supplying system of supplying a generated energy generated from a predetermined energy source by an energy generating means and an externally supplied external energy into a load, comprising:
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an energy generation cost calculating means of calculating energy generation cost required to generate the generated energy by the energy generating means suitable for the load;
an external energy supply cost calculating means of calculating supply cost of the external energy suitable for the load;
an LCA data storage means of storing an environmental burden generated at whole or part of the steps of producing, operating and discarding the energy generating means as a first life cycle assessment (LCA) data and an environmental burden generated at whole or part of the steps of producing, operating and discarding facilities of supplying the external energy as a second LCA data; and
an interface means of presenting the energy generation cost, the external energy supply cost, and the first and the second LCA data and allowing the user to perform setting the energy generating means and/or the supply of the external energy. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 49, 52)
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23. An apparatus of setting a distributed energy supplying system of supplying a generated energy generated from a predetermined energy source by an energy generating means and an externally supplied external energy into a load, comprising:
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an energy generation cost calculating means of calculating energy generation cost required to generate the generated energy by the energy generating means suitable for the load;
an external energy supply cost calculating means of calculating supply cost of the external energy suitable for the load;
an LCA data storage means of storing an environmental burden generated at whole or part of the steps of producing, operating and discarding the energy generating means as a first life cycle assessment (LCA) data and an environmental burden generated at whole or part of the steps of producing, operating and discarding facilities of supplying the external energy as a second LCA data;
a comparing means of performing at least one of the comparison of the energy generation cost and/or the external energy supply cost and the comparison of the first LCA data and/or the second LCA data; and
an interface means of presenting the results of comparison by said comparing means and remaining data which have not been compared by said comparing means and allowing the user to perform setting the energy generating means and/or the supply of the external energy. - View Dependent Claims (50)
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24. An apparatus of setting a distributed energy supplying system of supplying a generated energy generated from a predetermined energy source by an energy generating means and an externally supplied external energy into a load, comprising:
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an energy generation cost calculating means of calculating energy generation cost required to generate the generated energy by the energy generating means suitable for the load;
an external energy supply cost calculating means of calculating supply cost of the external energy suitable for the load;
an LCA data storage means of storing an environmental burden generated at whole or part of the steps of producing, operating and discarding the energy generating means as a first life cycle assessment (LCA) data and an environmental burden generated at whole or part of the steps of producing, operating and discarding facilities of supplying the external energy as a second LCA data; and
a setting means of setting the energy generating means and/or the supply of the external energy on the basis of at least one of the energy generation cost and first LCA data and the external energy supply cost and second LCA data. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 51)
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46. A method of setting a distributed energy supplying system of supplying a generated energy generated from a predetermined energy source by an energy generating means and an externally supplied external energy into a load, comprising:
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an energy generation cost calculating step of calculating energy generation cost required to generate the generated energy by the energy generating means suitable for the load;
an external energy supply cost calculating step of calculating supply cost of the external energy suitable for the load;
an LCA data storing step of storing an environmental burden generated at whole or part of the steps of producing, operating and discarding the energy generating means as a first life cycle assessment (LCA) data and an environmental burden generated at whole or part of the steps of producing, operating and discarding facilities of supplying the external energy as a second LCA data; and
an interfacing step of presenting the energy generation cost, the external energy supply cost and the first and second LCA data and allowing the user to perform setting the energy generating means and/or the supply of the external energy.
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47. A method of setting a distributed energy supplying system of supplying a generated energy generated from a predetermined energy source by an energy generating means and an externally supplied external energy into a load, comprising:
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an energy generation cost calculating step of calculating energy generation cost required to generate the generated energy by the energy generating means suitable for the load;
an external energy supply cost calculating step of calculating supply cost of the external energy suitable for the load;
an LCA data storing step of storing an environmental burden generated at whole or part of the steps of producing, operating and discarding the energy generating means as a first life cycle assessment (LCA) data and an environmental burden generated at whole or part of the steps of producing, operating and discarding facilities of supplying the external energy as a second LCA data;
a comparing step of performing at least one of the comparison of the energy generation cost and/or the external energy supply cost and the comparison of the first LCA data and/or the second LCA data; and
an interfacing step of presenting the results of comparison by the comparing means and remaining data which have not been compared by the comparing means and allowing the user to perform setting the energy generating means and/or the supply of the external energy.
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48. A method of setting a distributed energy supplying system of supplying a generated energy generated from a predetermined energy source by an energy generating means and an externally supplied external energy into a load, comprising:
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an energy generation cost calculating step of calculating energy generation cost required to generate the generated energy by the energy generating means suitable for the load;
an external energy supply cost calculating step of calculating supply cost of the external energy suitable for the load;
an LCA data storing step of storing an environmental burden generated at whole or part of the steps of producing, operating and discarding the energy generating means as a first life cycle assessment (LCA) data and an environmental burden generated at whole or part of the steps of producing, operating and discarding facilities of supplying the external energy as a second LCA data; and
a setting step of setting the energy generating means and/or the supply of the external energy on the basis of at least one of the energy generation cost and first LCA data and the external energy supply cost and second LCA data.
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