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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2013
Hitachi, Ltd., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhide Kitagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyasu Asakura, Tokyo, JP;
Tohru Akatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroto Takeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To further optimize an operation of a power plant. The system has a storage cell which charges utilizing surplus electric power generated by a power plantand a databasewhich accumulates at least information on power consumption for each power plant apparatus(hereinafter, described as an in-plant apparatus). An integrated controllercompares power consumption of the power plant apparatusin operation in the case of executing each function among a plurality of functions and an electric discharge capacity of the storage cell, and selects an executable function within a range of the electric discharge capacity of the storage cell. Then, it controls to execute the selected function utilizing electric power supplied from the storage cell.