Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation

Toshimitsu Kumazawa

Akihiro Itakura

Hideki Kobayashi

Mikito Iwamasa

Kazuto Kubota

Naohiko Oyasato

Yoshiyuki Hondo

Toru Yano

Hideyuki Aisu

Minoru Yonezawa

Mitsunobu Yoshida

Yuzo Tamada

Koji Kimura

Shuichiro Imahara

Hisashi Hayashi

Gaku Ishii

Takahiko Abe

According to one embodiment an information processing device includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires operation data of an energy system which includes a power generation device configured to generate power based on an environmental condition, a manufacturing device configured to be able to manufacture a demanded amount using power generated by the power generation device, a storage device configured to be able to store the demanded amount manufactured by the manufacturing device and a supply device configured to be able to supply the demanded amount in the storage device to a demand device. The processing circuitry creates an operation plan of the energy system based on the operation data and at least one of data related to the environmental condition or first demand data related to the demanded amount necessary for the demand device.

System and method for planning hydrogen manufacturing to meet energy demand, system and method for energy generation operational planning utilizing photovoltaic production and hydrogen manufacturing

According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes: receiving circuitry and the controlling circuitry. The receiving circuitry receives operation data of an energy system being capable of inputting and outputting power to and from a power line to which a power system and a load are connected, and the energy system including a hydrogen production apparatus producing hydrogen, a first hydrogen accumulation apparatus accumulating the hydrogen, a first power generation apparatus generating power using the hydrogen accumulated in the first hydrogen accumulation apparatus, and a storage battery capable of charging and discharging. The controlling circuitry determines a process to be preferentially executed among at least two of processes of generating power in the first power generation apparatus, producing hydrogen in the hydrogen to be accumulated apparatus, charging the storage battery, discharging the storage battery, transmitting power to the power system, and receiving power from the power system.

Renewal energy hydrogen system

A spatial information delivery system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a partial spatial information generation device, and a plurality of partial spatial information transmission devices existing within a facility. The partial spatial information generation device generates partial spatial information which is part of spatial information relating to the facility and which is specific to each of the partial spatial information transmission devices, for each of the partial spatial information transmission devices based on locations of the partial spatial information transmission devices. Each of the partial spatial information transmission devices transmits the partial spatial information corresponding to the own partial spatial information transmission device.

Spatial information delivery system, spatial information delivery method, and non-transitory computer readable medium

According to one embodiment, an equipment evaluation system includes: an estimator, an acquirer, a hardware storage and an evaluator. The estimator is implemented by the computer, to estimate a probability density distribution of a parameter representing performance of subject equipment based on measurement data of the subject equipment, the measurement data resulting from a measurement performed at each of a plurality of times. The acquirer acquires a use pattern of the subject equipment. The hardware storage stores the use pattern in association with the probability density distribution for the subject equipment. The evaluator identifies a use pattern of the subject equipment, the use pattern being similar to a use pattern of a first equipment that is different from the subject equipment, and evaluates future performance degradation of the first equipment using probability density distributions corresponding to the identified use pattern.

Equipment evaluation device, equipment evaluation method and non-transitory computer readable medium

According to one embodiment, an existent person count estimation apparatus includes motion sensors and following units. The collection unit generates human sensing information. The instance prediction unit predicts second instances from the first instances by using the transition matrix. The likelihood calculation unit calculates likelihoods of the second instances using the time information items. The instance selection unit selects one or more third instances having likelihoods higher than a threshold. The output unit generates output information including estimate values of existent person counts for the first areas included in the third instances.

Existent person count estimation apparatus

A green power demand management device includes: a power meter which receives power from a power distribution system with a plurality of power generating units, and supplies a received power to a first appliance; a receiver which receives energy mixture information showing a power generation proportion among each power generating unit, a measuring unit which measures electric energy consumed by the first appliance, a setting unit which sets a first threshold, and an operating state control manager which uses an intensity conversion table including emission intensities each representing an amount of an environmental load material emitted by each power generating unit, obtains a second threshold by dividing the first threshold by sum total of the emission intensity of each power generating unit weighted by the proportion, and controls the first appliance so that electric energy consumption of the first appliance is equal to or smaller than the second threshold.

Green power demand management device

An appliance cooperation operation device in which a facility database stores an introduction cost of a power storage shared among a plurality of customers, and a rated life of the power storage; a facility deteriorating influence calculator calculates deteriorating influence on the power storage by using at least one parameter selected from a discharge rate of the power storage in a first period, depth of discharge at the end of the first period, and environmental temperature in the first period; a customer electric energy collector collects, from each of the customers, data of electric energy consumption in the first period; and a customer's burden cost calculator calculates a burden cost of each customer in the first period by multiplying: a ratio of energy consumption of each customer to total customer energy consumption; the introduction cost; a ratio of the first period to the rated life; and the deteriorating influence.

Appliance cooperation operation device

An appliance control apparatus acquires, at intervals of predetermined time, a state data including values of operation states of respective appliances, stores the state data as one record in a memory, to store time-series records, classifies the records in the memory into a plurality of living situation groups by clustering the records, and calculates, for each living situation group, a barycenter of each operation state, determines, for a target state data, one of the living situation groups to which the target state data belongs, determines one of the operation states whose value in the target state data is larger than corresponding barycenter in the one of the living situation groups, and determines the barycenter as a recommended value, and controls the one of operation state to the recommended value when obtaining an acceptance instruction for the recommended value.

Appliance control apparatus and method

A design support apparatus includes an evaluation unit that evaluates a recyclability of the product, using evaluation condition and parts/material data, an analysis unit that analyzes a factor obstructing the recyclability based on an evaluation result of the evaluating unit, and a display unit that displays a remedy against an obstruction factor provided as an analysis result of the analysis unit.

Evaluation support apparatus and method for evaluation of recyclability/environmental load

An evaluation apparatus which evaluates environmental load of circulated life cycle in which group of products recovered from one of markets which differ from each other in value lifetime of group is introduced into another of markets, cost thereof and profit thereof generates attribute data of group, attribute data of group including remaining useful lifetime and product age, determinates introduction order and introduction rule which are used for introducing group into markets, based on remaining useful lifetime at point in time when group is recovered from one of markets and remaining value lifetime of group which is obtained by subtracting product age at point in time when group is recovered from one of markets from value lifetime of another of markets, and evaluates environmental load of circulated life cycle in which group is introduced into markets in accordance with introduction order and rule, cost thereof and profit thereof.

Evaluation apparatus, evaluation method and computer program product

An apparatus calculates, based on unimproved behavior amounts, behavior amount variations of living behaviors when each of living behaviors increases by one unit behavior amount, calculates environmental load variation of living behavior when the living behavior increases by one unit behavior amount, by calculating sum of values each obtained by multiplying one of behavior amount variations by corresponding one of basic units, to obtain environmental load variations of living behaviors, assigns messages to living behaviors based on environment load variations of living behaviors, calculates environmental load reduction of living behavior by (a) calculating variation between one of unimproved behavior amounts and one of improved behavior amounts of living behavior, and (b) multiplying variation by environmental load variation of living behavior, to obtain environmental load reductions of living behaviors, and selects one of messages which is assigned to one of living behaviors has the largest environmental load reduction.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Toshimitsu Kumazawa