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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2005
Shigeaki Matsubayashi, Nara, JP;
Masataka Ozeki, Osaka, JP;
Yoshikazu Tanaka, Kyoto, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A control unit operates a fuel-cell power generation apparatus efficiently according to power consumption and supplied hot-water heat consumption which are different in each home. A generated-power command-pattern creation section creates a plurality of generated-power command patterns which are obtained from a combination of a start time and a stop time of the fuel-cell power generation apparatus, based on a power-consumption prediction value. A hot-water storage-tank heat-quantity calculation section calculates a stored hot-water heat quantity for a predetermined period in a hot-water storage tank, based on a supplied hot-water heat-consumption prediction. A fuel-cell system-energy calculation section calculates fuel-cell system energy which indicates the energy of a fuel required in hot-water supply equipment and electricity required in electric equipment when the fuel-cell power generation apparatus is operated in each generated-power command pattern. Additionally, an optimum command-pattern selection section operates the fuel-cell power generation apparatus in a generated-power command pattern which minimizes the fuel-cell system energy.