Panasonic Corporation

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Hiroshi Nagasato

Hiroaki Kaku

Nin Kake

Keiichi Sato

Akihito Ootani

Motomichi Katou

Toru Kushisaka

Yoshikatsu Ito

Shinji Miyauchi

Kazuya Kondoh

Satoru Inakagata

Mitsuhiro Fukuda

Shinji Fujii

Kenji Yoshinaga

Manabu Takahashi

Yasuhisa Ihira

Noboru Okui

Masato Kihara

Masahiro Takiguchi

Kiyoshi Ando

Yuuji Yamamoto

Hidetoshi Amaya

Eiichi Tanaka

The cogeneration system includes: a cogeneration apparatus which generates electric power using supplied fuel gas and supplies the electric power and heat; a heat accumulator which accumulates the heat supplied by the cogeneration apparatus; a controller which controls at least start and stop of the cogeneration apparatus; and a display unit that displays a remaining power generation duration which is a length of time for which the cogeneration apparatus can continue power generation. The controller further calculates the remaining power generation duration based on a remaining heat accumulation capacity which is a difference between (a) a maximum accumulable heat amount which is the amount of heat the heat accumulator is capable of accumulating and (b) a current accumulated heat amount that is the amount of heat currently accumulated in the heat accumulator, and causes the display unit to display the calculated remaining power generation duration.

Cogeneration system and method for controlling same

An autonomous distribution board receives feeding of power via a distribution board for a period during which grid power is supplied from a grid power source, while receiving power via an autonomous terminal of a power conversion apparatus for a period during which supplying of grid power from grid power source is stopped. Autonomous distribution board is connected with a specific load and the like. A measurement point switching apparatus is configured to select one from a current sensor configured to monitor a current that flows through a main breaker, and a current sensor configured to monitor a current that is supplied from power conversion apparatus to autonomous distribution board. A fuel battery is configured to adjust an output thereof based on an output of the selected one so that power by fuel battery is consumed by a general load, specific load and the like.

Power supply system, power conversion apparatus, and measurement point switching apparatus

A distributed power supply system is configured to execute a process for determining whether or not to permit a diagnostic process in such a manner that it is determined whether or not a difference between a set upper limit value and an actual measurement current value is not less than a load current value, the set upper limit value being a predetermined upper limit value set with respect to a detected current of a current sensor, the measurement current value being detected by the current sensor in a state where the diagnostic process is not executed, and the load current value being a value of a current flowing from a commercial power utility to a power load during execution of the diagnostic process; and if it is determined that the difference is not less than the load current value, the controller permits the diagnostic process.

Distributed power supply system and control method thereof

A distributed power supply system of the present invention comprises a distributed power supply apparatus () for supplying electric power to a customer load () interactively with a commercial electric power utility (); an internal load () supplied with electric power from the commercial electric power utility; a current sensor () for detecting a magnitude of a current and a direction of the current, the current being in a location closer to the commercial electric power utility than the internal load and the customer load; and a controller (); wherein in a state where the distributed power supply apparatus) is not generating the electric power, the controller causes the internal load () to actuate, performs determination control as to an installation state of the current sensor () plural times based on a value detected by the current sensor, and performs the determination control in such a manner that at least one of plural intervals at which the determination control is performed is set to an interval other than an integral multiple of another interval of the plural intervals.

Distributed power supply system

A power converter of the present invention is configured to convert DC power generated by a power generator () into AC power. The power converter includes: a boost converter circuit () configured to boost an output voltage of the power generator (); an inverter circuit () configured to convert an output voltage of the boost converter circuit () into AC power and to interconnect the AC power with a power system (); a buck converter circuit () configured to perform power conversion of output power of the boost converter circuit () and to supply resultant power to an internal load (); and a controller (). The controller () is configured to control the output voltage of the boost converter circuit () to be lower than or equal to a second voltage value which is less than the maximum value of AC voltage of the power system (), in a case of supplying output power of the power generator () to the internal load () via the boost converter circuit () and the buck converter circuit ().

Power converter and fuel cell system including the same

Provided are a toilet seat device saving energy and accurately stabilizing the temperature of a seating section at a predetermined level in a short time, and a toilet apparatus having the same. A control section adjusts the temperature of a toilet seat section to 18&#xb0; C. when a heating function is turned on, and during a standby period D, the control section performs low electric power drive of a lamp heater provided at the toilet seat section. The control section starts 600 W drive of the lamp heater at time tafter the control section detects user's entry into a room, and the control section maintains the 600 W drive during an inrush current reduction period D. The control section starts 1200 W drive of the lamp heater at time tand maintains the 1200 W drive during a first temperature rise period D. After the temperature of the seating section reaches limit temperature, the control section starts 600 W drive of the lamp heater at time tand maintains the 600 W drive during a second temperature rise period D. After the temperature of the seating section reaches a temperature higher than a toilet seat set temperature, the control section starts low electric power drive of the lamp heater at time t

Toilet seat device and toilet seat apparatus having the same

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Shiga, Japan

Hiroshi Nagasato