JP6539421B1 - Ordering system for pelletized woody biomass fuel - Google Patents

Abstract

[Problem] To provide a system capable of stably supplying pelletized woody biomass fuel satisfying the quality required by a consumer without imposing an excessive burden on the consumer side. An ordering system includes a management server monitoring a stock status of a fuel management base, and first order information configured to be communicable with the management server and including information on a required quality and required amount of product fuel at a consumer side And a consumer terminal for receiving input of The management server stores a storage unit for storing information on stock quantities by quality of product fuel and received product fuel stored in the fuel management base, and the required quality and demand quantity by the stock quantity at the current fuel management base. A shipping process that includes an inventory determination unit that determines by calculation whether shipment of the product fuel that can be satisfied is possible and information on the quantity of product fuel and / or the quality of the received fuel that is required when shipment is possible. A shipping processing instruction creation unit for transmitting instruction information to a fuel management base is provided. [Selected figure] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an ordering system for pelletized woody biomass fuel.

  As a result of enforcing the Renewable Energy Special Measures Act, etc., alternative energy sources such as tree trunks and branches, cutting chips, sawdust, bark, bark, and construction waste wood biomass are used as alternative fuels for power generation boilers and cement clinker baking equipment. Technology development for use as

  For example, when harvested wood is used as a fuel for a power generation boiler, the amount of harvested wood required will be several tens of thousands of tons annually. However, there are many issues to stably and efficiently supply woody biomass as fuel, such as seasonal fluctuations in supply derived from tree growth, and problems of mass transport between supply and demand areas. ing.

  In addition, fuels are required to have stable quality such as calorific value, and in consideration of the above-mentioned seasonal fluctuation etc. of the supply of woody biomass fuel, in order to secure the necessary supply throughout the year, It is necessary to use multiple supply sites and multiple types of woody biomass in combination. In such combined use or mixed use of a plurality of woody biomass fuels, a technique for stabilizing the quality is required so that the quality characteristics of the woody biomass fuel as a final product do not change.

  For example, according to Patent Document 1 below, a fuel collection and sales company uses woody biomass when using a coal / woody biomass mixed fuel in which woody biomass (carved wood, sugar cane, oil palm, rice husk, etc.) and coal are mixed. Coal / woody biomass that sells coal / woody biomass mixed fuel blended with biomass and coal according to the conditions (type of woody biomass, mixing ratio of coal and woody biomass, burning calories, etc.) required by fuel users SUMMARY A mixed fuel collection and sales system and method is disclosed.

JP 2007-58440 A

  However, the system and method for collecting and selling coal-woody biomass mixed fuel disclosed in Patent Document 1 is limited to the technology related to information processing for matching purchase request information on the consumer side and inventory information on the supplier side. It is not a radical countermeasure technology for supply stabilization and quality stabilization.

  Customers using woody biomass fuel have conventionally made orders to woody biomass fuel suppliers directly, including the quality and quantity of woody biomass fuel that the customers themselves need. At this time, if one supplier A does not have enough stock of woody biomass fuel that satisfies the quality required by the customer, the customer orders the same supplier B with another supplier B. Need to do. As described above, depending on the inventory status on the supplier side, the consumer needs to make an order to a plurality of suppliers, and the amount of work of the purchaser increases.

  In addition, when a consumer desires a higher quality woody biomass fuel than before, it may be necessary to find out a new supplier different from the supplier who has been trading before and place an order. . However, it is generally difficult for the consumer to trust the information on the quality of the woody biomass fuel supplied by the supplier who has no trading experience, so it is actually necessary for the consumer to carry out a process to inspect the quality There is. For this reason, even if it is possible to find a new supplier, it is not possible to immediately use the delivered fuel, and the usability of the fuel for the user is deteriorated. In addition, finding new suppliers that can provide high-quality fuel in the first place may impose a large burden on the purchasing staff.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems with the physical distribution of woody biomass fuel, and it is a user of pelletized woody biomass fuel that meets the quality required by the customer without imposing an excessive burden on the customer side. It is an object of the present invention to provide an ordering system that enables stable supply to the

The order system for pelletized woody biomass fuel according to the present invention is
A product storage area for storing product fuels which are pelletized woody biomass fuel according to quality according to their quality; a receiving product storage area for receiving the product fuels for processing to produce the product fuel according to quality; A management server for monitoring the stock status of a fuel management base comprising a processing and processing facility that performs the above processing on the received fuel to generate the product fuel;
A consumer terminal that is configured to be communicable with the management server, and receives input of first order information including information on the required quality and the required amount of the product fuel on the consumer side;
And an in-base terminal configured to be communicable with the management server, and instructing a work related to shipping processing and / or processing processing in the fuel management base,
The management server is
The first stock amount information on the stock amount by quality of the product fuel stored in the product storage and the second stock on the quality by stock amount of the received fuel stored in the receiving item storage A storage unit that stores the amount information;
When the first order information is transmitted from the customer terminal, the first stock amount information and the second stock amount information are read from the storage unit, and the product fuel currently stored in the product storage area is stored. The request described in the first order information by the product fuel generated by performing the processing process at the processing facility with respect to the received item fuel stored in the received item storage area An inventory determination unit that determines whether or not shipment of the product fuel satisfying the quality and the required amount is possible by calculation;
If the shipping is possible, first consumption information, which is an amount according to the quality of the product fuel necessary for the shipping, and / or the received fuel for the processing required for the shipping. A shipping and processing instruction creation unit that transmits to the fuel management base, shipping and processing instruction information including second consumption amount information, which is a quality-specific amount;
An inventory updating unit for updating the first inventory amount information and / or the second inventory amount information stored in the storage unit based on the first consumption amount information and / or the second consumption amount information; It is characterized by having.

  An order receiving and ordering system for pelletized woody biomass fuel according to the present invention (hereinafter sometimes simply referred to as "order receiving order system") includes a management server, a consumer terminal, and an in-base terminal. The management server has a function of monitoring the stock status of the fuel management base. The consumer terminal is a terminal capable of inputting information (first order information) on the quality and amount of fuel required from the consumer side to the management server. The in-base terminal is a terminal to which a shipping instruction and / or a processing instruction in the fuel management base is transmitted from the management server, and is, for example, a terminal that can be appropriately confirmed by a worker at the fuel management base.

  The management server is configured by, for example, a general-purpose computer having an arithmetic processing function and a storage function. The consumer terminal and the in-base terminal are configured by, for example, a portable computer such as a smartphone in addition to a general-purpose computer. The management server may exist in the site of the fuel management base, or may exist in a place away from the site of the fuel management base.

  The fuel management base has a function of storing the fuel supplied (carried) from one or more suppliers (fuel production locations). As the fuel supplied (conveyed) from the supplier, it is pelletized when it is a pelletized fuel with a quality that can be shipped to the consumer as it is (hereinafter referred to as "shippable quality"). It is assumed that the fuel can not be shipped as it is because it does not meet the shippable quality, for example, and it is a fuel that requires processing. Such differences are due to the manufacturing and processing capabilities of the supplier. In the present specification, the former fuel is referred to as "product fuel" and the latter fuel is referred to as "received item fuel".

  The fuel management base has a product storage area for storing product fuel by quality and a receiving product storage area for storing receiving product fuel by quality. The management server has a storage unit, and in the storage unit, information (the first inventory amount information) about the stock amount according to the quality of the product fuel stored in the product storage area, and the receipt stored in the receiving item storage space The information (the second stock amount information) regarding the stock amount according to the quality of the product fuel is stored. In other words, the management server is configured to be able to recognize the stock amount of fuel that meets the shippable quality and the stock amount of fuel that does not meet the shippable quality for each quality, which are currently stored in the fuel management base. .

  The fuel management base is equipped with a processing facility that processes received fuel fuel to produce product fuel. That is, as described above, even if the fuel transported from the supplier is of a quality that can not be shipped as it is, for example, not pelletized, it is possible to use the transportable quality within the fuel management base. It is possible to convert the fuel into a filled state (product fuel).

  The management server includes an inventory determination unit. The stock determination unit is an arithmetic processing unit that performs predetermined arithmetic processing based on the acquired information, and is configured by dedicated software and / or hardware. When the first order information is transmitted from the consumer terminal, the inventory judgment unit determines the quality (required quality) and the amount (the required quality) described in the first order information based on the inventory amount currently stored by the fuel management base. Determine whether it is possible to ship product fuel that meets the required amount). Here, as described above, in the storage unit of the management server, in addition to the information (the first inventory amount information) of the stock amount according to the quality of the product fuel, the information (the first information The two stock amount information is also stored. For this reason, even if the stock amount of product fuel that is currently stored in the fuel management base and meets the customer's required quality is insufficient for the demand of the customer, the fuel management base In some cases, it is possible to satisfy the demand of the customer by processing the received fuel in the processing facility of the system to produce a product fuel that meets the required quality.

  In consideration of this point of view, the inventory judgment unit reads out the first inventory amount information and the second inventory amount information from the storage unit, and at the present time, a product that satisfies the demand quality and demand amount of the consumer from the fuel management base It is determined by calculation whether fuel can be shipped.

  The management server includes a shipping processing instruction creation unit. The shipping processing instruction creation unit is an arithmetic processing unit that performs predetermined arithmetic processing based on the acquired information, and is configured by dedicated software and / or hardware. The shipping and processing instruction preparation unit sends an instruction to the in-base terminal when it is determined in the inventory determination unit that product fuel can be shipped from the fuel management base to meet the customer's requested quality and requested amount at this moment. , Has the ability to transmit the amount of fuel needed with quality information.

  As an example, there may be a case where the product fuel currently stored by the fuel management base can meet the demand of the customer. In such a case, the shipping processing instruction creation unit transmits, to the in-base terminal, only the information (the first consumption information) on the required quality and amount of product fuel. At this time, when the first consumption information is received at the in-base terminal, the fuel management base side performs the work necessary for shipping the product fuel satisfying the quality and quantity based on the information to the consumer. be able to.

  As another example, although the product fuel currently stored by the fuel management base does not meet the demand of the consumer, the consumer is processed by processing the received fuel which is stored by the fuel management base It can be considered that the demand for In such a case, the shipping processing instruction creation unit sends information on the quality and quantity of the received fuel required for processing (second consumption information) to the in-base terminal together with the first consumption information as necessary. To send. At this time, on the side of the fuel management base, when the second consumption information is received at the terminal inside the base, the necessary work is performed to process the received product fuel satisfying the quality and quantity based on the information in the processing facility. can do.

  The management server comprises an inventory update unit. The inventory update unit is an arithmetic processing unit that performs predetermined arithmetic processing based on the acquired information, and is configured by dedicated software and / or hardware. When the stock processing unit transmits the first consumption information and / or the second consumption information described above to the fuel management base, the inventory processing unit is stored in the storage unit based on the information. It has a function of updating the first stock quantity information and / or the second stock quantity information. As a result, the storage unit of the management server stores information on the stock amount stored at the fuel management base at the present time.

  That is, according to the present system, the consumer can order the product fuel satisfying the required quality and the required amount without transmitting the order information to each supplier individually, and the product satisfying the required quality and the required amount Fuel can be secured stably. In particular, by storing product fuel and receiving product fuel in the distribution management base, seasonal fluctuations in the supply amount of woody biomass fuel and fluctuations in supply amount due to distribution problems etc. are buffered by the storage capacity of the distribution management base. And stable supply to consumers can be achieved.

  In addition, even when there is a shortage of product fuel stocks that satisfy the required quality at the fuel management base, it is possible to meet the demand of the customer by appropriately performing the necessary processing.

The management server calculates the processing result by calculating the quality and amount of the product fuel generated by performing the processing based on the amount of the received goods fuel classified by quality used for the processing by calculation. Equipped with
The inventory determination unit determines whether the shipment of the product fuel satisfying the required quality and the required amount described in the first order information is possible based on the calculation result of the processing result calculation unit. May be determined by calculation.

  The processing result calculation unit is a calculation processing unit that performs predetermined calculation processing based on the acquired information, and is configured by dedicated software and / or hardware. According to the above configuration, if the product fuel currently stored by the fuel management base can not meet the demand of the customer, the required quality can be satisfied by processing the received fuel of any quality to what extent The management server can calculate by calculation how much product fuel can be produced.

  As an example, the processing result calculation unit can calculate the quality of the product fuel produced by performing the processing based on the ratio of the quantity according to the quality of the received product fuel used for the processing.

A product mixing result calculating unit that calculates the quality and amount of the product fuel generated by mixing the product fuel of different quality based on the quantity of the product fuel by quality, by the management server; Equipped with
The stock determination unit determines whether the shipment of the product fuel satisfying the required quality and the required amount described in the first order information is possible based on the calculation result of the product mixing result calculation unit. It may be determined by calculation.

  The product mixing result calculation unit is a calculation processing unit that performs predetermined calculation processing based on the acquired information, and is configured by dedicated software and / or hardware. For example, although the product fuel showing the quality closest to the demand quality of the customer is not sufficiently stored in the product storage area, the product fuel of higher quality than the demand quality and the product fuel of lower quality than the demand quality It is conceivable that a sufficient amount is stored in the product storage area. At this time, there may be a case where the required quality and the required amount can be satisfied by mixing the high quality product fuel and the low quality product fuel. The product mixing result calculation unit can calculate how much quality product fuel is produced by mixing the product fuels of different qualities. The possibility of shipping the product fuel satisfying the order content to the consumer can be further enhanced by determining whether the stock determination unit can ship based on the calculation result of the product mixing result calculation unit.

The ordering system comprises a supplier terminal configured to be able to communicate with the management server,
The first order information includes information on requested delivery date,
The management server is
When it is determined in the inventory determination unit that the shipping is not possible, the received item fuel or the product fuel is used as the fuel management base within a delivery date satisfying the required delivery date described in the first order information. A supplier extraction unit that extracts one or more suppliers that can be supplied to the
A first shortage amount, which is an amount of the product fuel by quality additionally required to satisfy the required quality and the required amount described in the first order information, and / or the first order The second shortage amount, which is the amount of the received fuel by quality required for the processing additionally performed to satisfy the required quality described in the information and the required amount, is calculated by calculation , Shortage calculation department,
While creating the second order information including the first shortage and / or the second shortage and the required delivery date, and for the supplier terminal managed by the supplier extracted by the supplier extraction unit It does not matter as what is provided with the counter supplier ordering part which transmits.

  The ordering system with the above configuration includes a supplier terminal. The supplier terminal is a terminal managed by a supplier (fuel production location), and is configured of, for example, a general-purpose computer and a portable terminal such as a smartphone. Further, the supplier extraction unit, the shortage calculation unit, and the supplier ordering unit included in the management server are arithmetic processing units that perform predetermined arithmetic processing based on the acquired information, and are dedicated software and / or It consists of hardware.

  It is determined that the inventory judgment unit can not ship in response to the order that satisfies the required quality and the required amount specified by the customer even if the stock amount of product fuel and received item fuel stored by the fuel management base is stored. May be

  In such a case, according to the above configuration, the supplier extraction unit first sends the fuel management base to the fuel management base within a period satisfying the required delivery date specified by the consumer, that is, a period shorter than the required delivery date. A supplier (fuel production site) that can supply fuel is extracted. Next, in the shortage calculation part, the quantity (underage) by quality of product fuel and / or received goods fuel additionally required to satisfy the demand quality and demand specified by the demander is calculated Be done. Then, the supplier ordering unit requests that the fuel management base be supplied with an amount corresponding to the shortage amount by quality of the product fuel and / or the received item fuel (order information (second order information) ) Is sent to the supplier extracted by the supplier extraction unit.

  In other words, according to the above configuration, the stock amount of product fuel and received item fuel stored by the fuel management base at the time of ordering by the customer is automatic even when the demand of the customer can not be met. A supplier who can additionally supply fuel to the fuel management base is selected and order processing is performed. This further increases the possibility of shipping product fuel satisfying the order content to the consumer.

The storage unit is
Processing time information on a processing time required to subject the received fuel to the processing to generate the product fuel in the processing facility;
The transport time information on the transport time required to transport the received product fuel or the product fuel from the site of the supplier to the fuel management base is stored for each of the suppliers,
The said supplier extraction part is one or more of the said suppliers based on the information regarding the said required delivery date described in the said 1st order information, and the said processing time information and the said conveyance time information which were memorize | stored in the said memory part. It does not matter as what is extracted.

  According to the above configuration, the supplier extraction unit takes into consideration not only the supplier who can supply the product fuel satisfying the required quality within the delivery date but also the processing time in the processing facility in the fuel management base. Then, it is also possible to extract a supplier who can supply a received product fuel capable of producing a product fuel satisfying the required quality within the delivery date. As a result, when the customer places an order from the customer, the stock amount of product fuel and received product fuel stored by the fuel management base can be ordered from the customer even if the demand from the customer can not be met. The possibility of shipping product fuels that satisfy the content is further increased.

The storage unit stores, for each of the suppliers, manufacturing capability information regarding the quality of the receivable component fuel or the product fuel that can be manufactured,
The supplier extraction unit
The product fuel that satisfies the required quality described in the first order information and the quality additionally required to satisfy the required amount based on the manufacturing capacity information among a plurality of the suppliers And / or it is possible to manufacture the received fuel which satisfies the required quality described in the first order information and the quality necessary for the processing additionally applied to satisfy the required amount After extracting the proper supply candidate by operation,
Among the supply candidates, one or more of the suppliers who can supply the received item fuel or the product fuel to the fuel management base within the supply delivery date may be extracted by calculation. Absent.

  Among suppliers who supply product fuel and / or receiving product fuel to the fuel management base (fuel production site), a product fuel having a quality satisfying a required quality ordered by a certain customer X, or It is assumed that there is a supplier who can not originally produce a received fuel having a quality capable of producing a product fuel satisfying the required quality. According to the above configuration, since the storage unit of the management server stores in advance information (manufacturability information) on the quality of the received goods fuel that can be manufactured or the product fuel for each supplier, the supplier extraction unit In the above, it is possible to eliminate a supplier who can not produce the fuel additionally necessary to meet the order of the customer X regardless of the delivery date. As a result, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of a problem that the supplier can not cope after ordering the fuel supply to the supplier.

  The processing and processing facility performs at least one of the processing selected from the group consisting of foreign matter removal processing, mixing processing, crushing processing, drying processing, classification processing, and molding processing on the received product fuel, It does not matter as what contains the installation which produces | generates the said product fuel.

As an example, the processing equipment is
A pulverizing facility for pulverizing the received product fuel;
A mixing facility for mixing the received component fuels pulverized or pre-ground by the pulverizing unit, or a mixture of the pulverized received component fuel and a fuel material other than the received component fuel;
It does not matter as what has a shaping | molding installation which shape | molds the said receiving goods fuel mixed by the said mixing installation in pellet shape.

As another example, the processing facility may
A foreign matter removal facility for removing foreign matter contained in the received product fuel;
It is also possible to have a classification facility for classifying the received product fuel pulverized by the pulverizing facility or before being pulverized.

The product fuel stored in the product storage area is stored according to the quality divided by at least one indicator selected from the group consisting of the content of alkali metals, the content of chlorine, the content of moisture and the calorific value Yes,
The received item fuel stored in the received item storage area is stored according to the quality divided by the index;
The required quality described in the first order information may be defined by the index.

  According to the above configuration, the index defining the required quality described in the order from the consumer is shared with the index indicating the quality of the product fuel and the received item fuel stored by quality in the fuel management base. ing. Thus, the inventory determination unit can determine whether the demand of the customer can be satisfied by the inventory amount of fuel (product fuel, received item fuel) currently stored in the fuel management base by a simple calculation. .

  The fuel management base may have an analysis facility that analyzes the calorific value and / or a predetermined chemical component with respect to the received product fuel and / or the product fuel.

  According to this configuration, when the fuel is supplied from the supplier to the fuel management base (received product fuel / product fuel), even if the information on the quality of the fuel is unknown, the fuel is analyzed in the fuel management base. Quality can be identified. In this way, it is possible to appropriately designate the receiving place or product place where each fuel is stored.

  In particular, the fuel management base is equipped with an analysis facility that analyzes the product fuel, thereby confirming the quality characteristics of the loaded goods to the transportation means such as ships and trucks, or confirming the quality characteristics of the loaded goods It becomes possible to ship later, and it is possible to prevent the shipment of product fuel that does not satisfy the required quality specified by the customer.

  The analysis facility that analyzes the received fuel, the analysis facility that analyzes the product fuel generated by processing the received fuel, and the product fuel immediately before shipment The analysis equipment for performing the analysis may be a common equipment or separate equipment.

  The received fuel may be one containing palm oil-derived woody biomass.

  In the fuel management base, the total of the amount of product fuel that can be stored in the product storage area and the amount of received product fuel that can be stored in the reception product storage site is preferably at least 15,000 t, 30,000 It is more preferably t or more, and particularly preferably 60,000 t or more. With such a storage capacity of the fuel management base, for example, several weeks' worth of necessary fuel in a 75 MW-class biomass power generation boiler can be stored.

  When the fuel management base has a mixing facility as one of the processing facilities, the mixing facility may have a function of mixing the pulverized received fuel and waste clay. As a result, it is also possible to ship pelletized woody biomass fuel consisting of a mixture of woody biomass and waste white clay, which has excellent mechanical strength, from the fuel management base.

  According to the ordering system relating to the present invention, it is possible to stably supply to the consumer pelletized woody biomass fuel satisfying the quality required by the consumer without imposing an excessive burden on the consumer side. It becomes.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a block diagram which shows typically the structure of 1st embodiment of the ordering system of the pellet-like woody biomass fuel of this invention. It is a block diagram showing typically an example of 1 composition of a fuel management base. FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration example of a management server. It is a flowchart for demonstrating an example of the flow of the process in an ordering / ordering system. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the process contained in step SA shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the process contained in step SA30 shown in FIG. It is a block diagram showing typically an example of composition of processing equipment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the process contained in step SA50 shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the process contained in step SB shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the process contained in step SC shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows typically the structure of 2nd embodiment of the ordering / ordering system. It is a block diagram showing typically an example of 1 composition of a management server with which a second embodiment of an ordering / ordering system is provided. It is a flowchart for demonstrating an example of the flow of the process contained in step SB6 performed in 2nd embodiment of the ordering / ordering system. It is a flowchart which shows another example of the flow of the process contained in step SA30 shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows typically an example of a structure of a pre-processing treatment installation.

First Embodiment
A first embodiment of a pellet-like woody biomass fuel ordering system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As described above, the "ordering system for pelletized woody biomass fuel" may be abbreviated as "ordering system" as appropriate.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of the first embodiment of the ordering system. In FIG. 1, the flow of fuel is shown by a solid arrow and the flow of information is shown by a broken arrow. The same applies to FIG. 11 described later.

  The ordering system 1 includes a fuel management base 4 and a management server 5, as shown in FIG. As described later, the fuel management base 4 stores the fuel supplied from the suppliers 2 (2A, 2B, 2C,...) And the fuel generated by being processed in the fuel management base 4. The consumer 3 (3A, 3B, 3C,...) Is a person who needs fuel. In the present specification, each customer 3 may be a company unit, a business unit unit, or a demand place unit.

  The management server 5 has a function of monitoring the stock status of fuel stored in the fuel management base 4. Further, when the management server 5 receives the order information on the fuel transmitted from the consumer 3, the management server 5 creates information including an instruction such as shipping as described later and transmits the information to the fuel management base 4. More specifically, the management server 5 is shipped to the in-base terminal 4 p installed in the fuel management base 4 or carried by a worker who performs work in the fuel management base 4. Send information including instructions of

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically showing one configuration example of the fuel management base 4. The fuel management base 4 has a receiving facility 31, a receiving item storage 32, a processing facility 50, a product storage 34, and a shipping facility 35. A detailed description of the configuration of the fuel management base 4 will be described later.

  The fuel management base 4 receives and stores the fuel transported from the supplier 2 (2A, 2B, 2C,...) At the receiving facility 31 and stores the fuel from the shipping facility 35 to the consumer 3 (3A, 3A, It has a function of shipping to 3B, 3C,. The consumer 3 is assumed to be a place where the use of pelletized woody biomass fuel is planned (fuel demand place) itself or a business entity having this fuel demand place (company, local government, etc.). As such a fuel demand place, a biomass power plant is mentioned as an example. In the following, for the sake of simplicity, it is assumed that the consumer 3 (3A, 3B, 3C,...) Is the fuel demand place itself.

  The supplier 2 is a pellet-like woody biomass fuel required by the customer 3 or a place itself for producing a biomass fuel constituting a raw material for producing the pellet-like woody biomass fuel (fuel production place) or this fuel production place Entities that have a (company, municipality, etc.) are assumed. In the following, for the sake of simplicity, it is assumed that the supplier 2 (2A, 2B, 2C,...) Is the fuel production site itself.

  As an example of the supplier 2, a fuel processing plant provided following the palm oil industry, a processing plant for processing low quality materials generated in mountain readjustment such as forest residues and thinnings into cutting chips or skewers, lumber plants Waste treatment plant that produces wood pellets or cutting chips from residual materials and sawdust etc. Waste treatment plant that produces wood pellets or cutting chips from waste wood such as construction waste materials and used pallets that are generated at the time of demolition of houses Etc.

  In the present specification, "woody biomass" refers to branches, leaves of trees and other leftovers when trees are cut or produced, bark and sawdust generated from lumber factories, etc., demolition materials of houses and streets It refers to organic resources derived from wood, such as pruned branches of trees. Among these woody biomass, those having a calorific value sufficient as fuel, having a low content of repellent components such as alkali, and abundant in generation amount are used as preferable woody biomass fuel.

  In particular, palm empty fruit bunch (EFB), palm stem (OPT), palm stem and leaf (OPF), mesocarp fiber (MF), palm kernel shell (PKS), which are woody biomass derived from palm oil industry popular in Malaysia and Indonesia , Palm kernel cake (PKC), palm oil factory waste liquid (POME), etc. generate a good calorific value of 4,000 kcal / kg or more by drying, and PKS alone is around 10 million tons worldwide. There is a generation amount and it is very preferable as a biomass fuel. In addition, the calorific value in this description means the true calorific value (low calorific value) described in JIS Z 7302-2 "Waste solidified fuel-Part 2: calorific value test method".

  When using woody biomass as fuel, it is preferable to process it into a pellet form. By processing into pellets, the size of the woody biomass fuel is made uniform, and the specific gravity is increased, so that the calorific value is improved, and it is easy to dry and it is only moistened by standing in a low humidity environment. Thus, the fuel has desirable properties as a fuel, such as a reduction in fuel Generally, pelletized woody biomass fuel is cylindrical with a diameter of about 10 mm and a length of about 50 mm, and has a calorific value of 3000 kcal / kg to 5000 kcal / kg.

  The "mechanical strength" of the pelletized woody biomass fuel in the present specification means the mechanical durability (DU) described in the "Wood pellet quality standard" described in the Japan Wood Pellet Association Standard, or JIS Z 8841 "granulated product". -Refers to the drop strength described in “Strength test method”, and the mechanical strength that pelletized woody biomass fuel should have in order to have favorable handling properties is 96.5% or more, preferably in the above-mentioned mechanical durability (DU). It is 97.5% or more, particularly preferably 98% or more, and the drop strength is 97% or more, preferably 98% or more, particularly preferably 99% or more.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram schematically showing one configuration example of the management server 5. 4 to 10 are flowcharts for explaining an example of the flow of processing in the ordering system 1. In the following description, reference numerals of each step described in each flowchart shown in FIGS. The detailed configuration of the fuel management base 4 shown in FIG. 2 and the detailed configuration of the management server 5 shown in FIG. 3 will be described together with the description of the process flow in the ordering / ordering system 1.

  As shown in FIG. 4, in the order receiving and ordering system 1, a storage step SA, an order receiving step SB and a shipping step SC are executed. Step SA is a step of receiving the fuel transported from the supplier 2 into the fuel management base 4 and storing the fuel in the fuel management base 4. Step SB is a step of performing arithmetic processing in the management server 5 based on the order transmitted from the demander 3. Step SC is a step of shipping fuel from the fuel management base 4 to the consumer 3 based on the order sent from the consumer 3.

  That is, the storage step SA corresponds to the process executed in the fuel management base 4 regardless of whether the fuel supplier 3 orders fuel through the ordering system 1 or not. On the other hand, step SB and step SC are processes performed after the order of fuel is placed from the customer 3 through the ordering system 1. More specifically, the step SC is transmitted from the management server 5 after predetermined arithmetic processing is performed in the management server 5 based on the contents of the order of fuel made from the customer 3 through the ordering system 1. Based on the information, the shipping process of the fuel performed in the fuel management base 4 is included.

<< storage step SA >>
FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing an example of the flow of processing included in step SA shown in FIG.

(Step SA10, Step SA20)
As described above, the fuel management base 4 receives the fuel transported from the supplier 2 at the receiving facility 31.

  The receiving facility 31 preferably includes a receiving facility for marine transportation 31a and a receiving facility for land transportation 31b. The marine transport receiving facility 31 a is a facility for receiving the fuel transported from the supplier 2 by the marine transport means such as a ship at the fuel management base 4 side. The land transportation receiving facility 31 b is a facility for receiving the fuel transported by the land transportation means typified by a transport vehicle such as a truck from the supplier 2 at the fuel management base 4 side.

  The marine receiving facility 31a is composed of, for example, a port handling facility installed on the coast, and it is preferable that a dedicated wharf be provided. The receiving facility 31a for shipping is not particularly limited as long as it is a facility capable of receiving bulk goods, and a general unloader such as a grab bucket type, continuous mechanical type or pneumatic can be used. In particular, the grab bucket type is preferable from the viewpoint of being able to correspond to articles of various shapes and sizes.

  In addition, the wood chip special ship etc. which are an example of a ship are generally equipped with the crane. As described above, in order to enable the reception of the fuel transported by the cargo ship equipped with the crane, the shipping reception facility 31a may be provided with a receiving hopper to which a conveyor is attached.

  Thereby, for example, when the supplier 2 is a palm palm-derived fuel production site such as Malaysia or Indonesia, it is possible to receive a large amount of these woody biomass fuels and the like to the fuel management base 4 through the ocean transportation means become. In addition, a large amount of product fuel can be shipped to the customer 3 through the ship by using the shipping equipment for shipping 35a described later as the receiving facility for shipping 31a. Thereby, the physical distribution cost regarding woody biomass fuel can be reduced.

  The land transportation receiving facility 31b is not particularly limited as long as it can cope with unloading from various trucks of dump type (bounce type) and floor moving type (walking floor or slide deck), and a conveyor is attached. Can be used effectively. As described above, by providing the receiving facility 31 with the receiving facility 31b for land transport, it is possible to use a woody biomass fuel such as a construction waste, which has been generated in a small amount, as was conventionally disposed at a waste incineration facility or a final disposal site. It can be accepted by the fuel management base 4 and can contribute to the construction of a resource recycling society. In addition, by making the land transportation delivery facility 35b to be described later also serve as the land transportation receiving facility 31b, it is possible to ship the product fuel to the customer 3 who is located in the inland area or whose demand is small.

  However, the receiving facility 31 provided in the fuel management base 4 may be configured by only one of the sea receiving facility 31 a and the land receiving facility 31 b.

  The fuel transported from the supplier 2 may be a fuel (product fuel) pelletized in a state of having a quality (shippable quality) that can be shipped to the customer 3 as it is, and the transportable quality It is assumed that the fuel can not be shipped as it is because it does not meet the above requirements, and it is a fuel that requires processing (reception fuel). Such a difference is attributable to the manufacturing / processing ability of the supplier 2, ie, the fuel production site.

  The above-mentioned "accepted goods fuel" means woody biomass fuel which is not processed into pellet-like biomass fuel, and more specifically, large splits, round splits, small splits, coarse splits, coarse splits, straws, cutting chips, screws It occurs at the time of dismantling of chip such as cutting chips, chips such as crushed chips, sawdust such as sawdust, sawdust and bark, bark (bark), sawdust generated in lumber and civil engineering / construction process, building It refers to waste materials such as construction waste materials. The shape and size of the received fuel are not particularly limited because it is premised that the received fuel is subjected to processing such as crushing or molding in step SA40 described later and converted into product fuel. In addition, even if it is biomass fuel processed into a pellet form, when mechanical strength is extremely low, when it does not satisfy the quality which can be shipped, it is contained in a receiving goods fuel.

  The fuel management base 4 has a receiving item storage 32 and a product storage 34. The receiving item storage 32 is a place for storing the received product fuel, and the product storage 34 is a place for storing the product fuel. That is, when the fuel (product fuel) satisfying the deliverable quality is transported from the supplier 2 to the fuel management base 4, the fuel is stored in the product storage 34. On the other hand, when the fuel which does not satisfy the deliverable quality (the received item fuel) is transported from the supplier 2 to the fuel management base 4, the fuel is stored in the received item storage 32.

  The fuel management base 4 has a plurality of receiving item storage areas 32 (32a, 32b, 32c,...). The receiving item storage 32 has different qualities of receiving item fuel to be stored. That is, one received goods storage place 32a corresponds to a storage place of received goods fuel whose quality level is Qa, and another received goods storage place 32b corresponds to a storage place of received goods fuel whose quality level is Qb.

(Step SA30)
When the fuel management base 4 receives the fuel for the received goods from the supplier 2, the fuel management base 4 specifies the received goods storage 32 to be stored according to the quality of the received fuel, and the received goods fuel is received in the specified received goods storage 32. Transport and storage.

  FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing an example of the flow of processing included in step SA30. In the example shown in FIG. 6, step SA30 includes the processes of step SA32, step SA33, step SA34, step SA35, and step SA36.

  First, part of the received fuel is extracted from the large amount of received fuel transported from the supplier 2 (step SA32). For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the fuel management base 4 may be provided with a received product fuel sampler 43 for executing step SA32. The received product fuel sampler 43 is a sampling device for analysis and testing, and there is no particular limitation on the sampling method and the like as long as a sample having high representativeness can be collected. Generally, as described in JIS K 0060 “Industrial waste collection method” and JIS M 8100 “Powder mixture / sampling method general rule”, the entire flow of the object that falls into the falling edge of the conveyor or feeder. A sampler that can be taken from the width is preferably employed.

  Next, predetermined analysis processing is performed on the received fuel fuel extracted in step SA32 (step SA33). For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the fuel management base 4 may be provided with an analysis facility 41 for executing step SA33.

  The analysis equipment 41 is not particularly limited as long as it is an apparatus that can handle required test and analysis items, and a general-purpose test apparatus or analyzer can be used. Further, the analysis facility 41 may be configured as an unmanned system using a robot handling automation system or the like. As an example, the analysis facility 41 has a function of testing and analyzing the content of alkali metals, the content of chlorine, the content of water, and the calorific value of the fuel of the receiving item.

  There are no particular limitations on the measurement of the amount of chemical components (alkali metals, chlorine, etc.) contained in the fuel for the receiving item, as long as it is an analysis method that can obtain the desired amount of chemical components, but from the viewpoint of versatility and analysis accuracy Alternatively, it is preferred to use spectrophotometric analysis, emission spectroscopy, atomic absorption spectroscopy or ICP emission spectroscopy on a solution obtained by completely dissolving an incinerated sample with an acid. Moreover, the chlorine content can use the test method of JISZ7302-6 "waste solidification fuel-part 6: all chlorine content test method". In addition, it is preferable to carry out incineration of biomass fuel at a low temperature of 600 ° C. or less from the viewpoint of preventing dissipation of the volatilization component such as alkali.

  In addition, for the measurement of the water content (or moisture content) contained in the fuel of the receiving item, for example, using the method described in JIS Z 7302-3 “Waste solidified fuel-Part 3: Water test method” it can. Specifically, the mass before and after heating when heated at a drying chamber temperature of 107 ± 2 ° C. for 1 hour may be used. Furthermore, instrumental analysis such as thermobalance analysis (TG) can also be used.

  Moreover, for example, the method described in JIS Z 7302-2 "Waste solidified fuel-Part 2: Heat generation test method" can be used to measure the calorific value of the received product fuel.

  However, the analysis facility 41 does not necessarily have to have all the analysis functions of the amount of alkali metal, the amount of chlorine, the amount of water (water content), and the calorific value contained in the fuel of the receiving item. It is sufficient to have one or more analysis functions.

  The method for transporting the received fuel fuel extracted by the received product fuel sampler 43 to the installation site of the analysis facility 41 is not particularly limited, but a pneumatic pipe system or the like capable of automatically transporting the sample is preferable. Used for

  Next, based on the result analyzed by the analysis facility 41 in step SA33, the quality of the target received fuel is specified (step SA34).

  As a method of specifying the quality of the received product fuel, any quality item and any number of levels in each quality item may be used. For example, when sorting by three items of calorific value, moisture content and alkali content, the calorific value and moisture that can be processed relatively easily in consideration of the degree of difficulty at the time of the processing performed in step SA40 described later The 2 items of the amount were classified into 2 levels of large and small according to the specific threshold value, and the alkali content more difficult to process was classified into 3 levels of large, medium and small, 12 types in total (= 2 × 2 × 3) A classification method can be adopted. You may include chlorine content in the item of classification.

  Next, based on the quality of the received item fuel identified in step SA34, the received item storage site 32, which is the storage destination of the received item fuel, is among the received item storage areas 32 (32a, 32b, 32c,...) Are selectively identified (step SA35).

  As described above, the quality of the received item fuel to be stored is different in each received item storage 32. The information on the quality of the received item fuel allocated to each received item storage site 32 may be stored in advance in the storage unit of the information processing apparatus (not shown) or on the sheet. In the case of the former, it is also possible that the worker at the fuel management base 4 can confirm the information on the quality of the received product fuel allocated to each received product storage site 32 using the in-base terminal 4p described later. Absent.

  Based on the stored information, the received product storage 32 of the received product fuel storage destination is identified. If the quality of the received item fuel specified in step SA34 meets the above-described deliverable quality, it may be stored in a predetermined product storage area 34, or one storage area of the received item storage area 32 (for example, The receiving item storage 32a may be used as the product storage 34.

  Then, the received fuel is transported to the received product storage 32 identified in step SA35 and stored (step SA36). In addition, when transporting the receiving goods fuel from the receiving facility 31 to the receiving goods storage space 32, for transporting the fuel (receiving goods fuel / product fuel) in the fuel management base 4, heavy equipment such as a wheel loader or bulldozer or the like Although pneumatic feeding can be used, it is preferable to use a conveyor such as a belt conveyor or a screw conveyor from the viewpoint of efficiency, work safety, scattering prevention of woody biomass fuel, equipment cost and the like. In addition, since a chip or the like tends to cause a clogged state called bridging, it is preferable to apply a device for preventing clogging of a baffle plate or the like at a portion having a throttle of a path.

  The receiving item storage 32 is not particularly limited as long as it is a facility that can store received fuel, which is wood biomass fuel, without causing rain and the like, and does not cause any problems in receiving and unloading goods. Buildings and silos can be used effectively. Also, from the viewpoint of preventing spontaneous ignition during storage as well as preventing water wetting, drying gas can be ventilated in the storage space as described in, for example, Japanese Patent No. 6381836, or a pile of woody biomass fuel More preferred is a storage facility provided with a switch device. In the case where a roofed building is used as the receiving item storage space 32, it is possible to store a plurality of receiving item fuels in one building if the receiving item fuel classified according to the quality can be managed so as not to be mixed. it can.

  Some suppliers 2 may have a function of analyzing the quality of the fuel (received product fuel or product fuel) transported to the fuel management base 4. In this case, the supplier 2 may notify the fuel management base 4 of information related to the quality of the transported fuel. More specifically, a worker in the fuel management base 4 may check information on the quality of the fuel transported from the supplier 2 using the in-base terminal 4p described later.

  In the above case, based on the information on the quality of the received item fuel notified from the supplier 2, the received item storage 32 as the storage destination of the received item fuel is specified, and the specified received item storage item 32 receives the received item The fuel may be stored (steps SA35 and SA36). In such a case, the analysis process (step SA33) for the received fuel in the fuel management base 4 and the process for specifying the quality based on the analysis result (step SA34) may not necessarily be performed.

(Step SA40)
Next, by performing processing processing on the received product fuel stored in the received product storage site 32, quality improvement processing is performed, and fuel (product fuel) satisfying the deliverable quality is generated. Ru. As shown in FIG. 2, the fuel management base 4 is equipped with a processing facility 50 for executing this step SA40.

  For example, with respect to the received fuel having a small calorific value, the mixing process with other received fuel having a large calorific value is performed. A drying process is performed on the received fuel with a large amount of water. With respect to the received fuel having a high alkali content, a mixing process with another received fuel having a low alkali content is performed. For receiving fuel that has not been processed into pellets, after each treatment of foreign matter removal, crushing and / or classification is performed, molding is performed into pellets.

  That is, the processing includes foreign matter removal processing, mixing processing, crushing processing, drying processing, classification processing, molding processing and the like. In step SA40, all these processes may be performed, or only some of these processes may be performed.

  FIG. 7 is a block diagram schematically showing an example of the configuration of the processing equipment 50. As shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 7, the processing facility 50 is configured to include a foreign matter removal facility 51, a mixing facility 52, a crushing facility 53, a drying facility 54, a classification facility 55, and a molding facility 56.

  The foreign matter removal facility 51 is a facility for removing foreign matter such as hard wood chips such as tree nodes included in the received fuel as non-pelletized woody biomass fuel, soils, metals, etc. It is a facility to carry out. The foreign substance removal equipment 51 is not limited to the apparatus aspect or separation principle as long as the above function is exhibited, and a sieve, a gravity type classifier, a centrifugal type classifier, a wind type classifier, a magnetic force type classifier or the like may be used alone or One or more devices can be used in combination.

  The mixing facility 52 is a facility for dry-mixing the fuels of receiving items, and is a facility for performing the mixing process described above. The mixing facility 52 is not limited to the device mode as long as the above function is exhibited, and is a rotary machine having a heavy machine such as a wheel loader, a bladed mixer having a disintegrating effect, and a classification function of a classification device 55 described later. Alternatively, a twin-screw kneading extruder or the like having the molding function of the molding equipment 56 described later can be effectively used.

  The crushing equipment 53 is equipment that crushes, crushes, and refines the received fuel having problems with mechanical strength, size, etc., and crushes it to the diameter of the die small hole of the molding equipment 56 or less. It is a facility for performing processing. The crushing equipment 53 is not limited to the apparatus aspect or crushing principle as long as the above-mentioned function is exhibited, and is not limited to a roller mill, a ball mill, a pusher crusher (uniaxial or biaxial), a knife (chipper), a hammer (shredder) A wood chip making machine (wood chipper) or hammer mill or the like of the formula) or hammer knife type (chipper shredder type) can be used singly or continuously with one or more devices.

  The drying facility 54 is a facility for drying the received fuel, and is a facility for performing the above-described drying process. The drying equipment 54 is not limited to the apparatus aspect or drying principle as long as the above-mentioned function is exhibited, and a hot air spray apparatus, a box drier, a band drier, a band fluidized bed drier, a rotary drier, a wedge style drier In addition to dedicated equipment such as, etc., it may be a place where temperature control can be performed by utilizing exhaust heat or the like, or a place where natural drying such as sun drying or indoor drying can simply be performed. In addition, a forced crushing dryer such as an arm-type impact crushing dryer, a hammer-type impact crushing dryer, or a chain-type impact crushing dryer which has a crushing function of the crushing equipment 53 may be used.

  The treatment temperature in the drying treatment can be 175 ° C. or less. Since the temperature of wood biomass fuel becomes high enough (for example, 80 degreeC or more) at the time of drying processing by this, the effect that even if microorganisms exist in wood biomass fuel, they can be killed is also show | played. On the other hand, when the temperature of the woody biomass fuel exceeds 175 ° C., the biomass fuel may store heat, cause thermal runaway, and ignite. Therefore, the drying temperature is preferably 80 ° C. or more and 175 ° C. or less.

  The classification equipment 55 is not particularly limited as long as it is a dry equipment capable of classifying received fuel by size, and a vibrating or rotary sieve can be suitably used.

  The molding facility 56 is a pellet of a predetermined size by molding the received product fuel itself received by the receiving facility 31, and a small or crushed received fuel product obtained through the crushing facility 53 and / or the classification facility 55. Facilities to make a woody biomass fuel. The forming equipment 56 generally comprises a die having a large number of cylindrical small holes and a compression roller, and crushed chips and the like are pressed into the small holes by the compression roller and formed into pellets. . It is classified into a ring die type and a flat die type according to the shape of the die, but either type can be used.

  For example, even if the fuel transported from the supplier 2 is pelletized woody biomass fuel, if the water content exceeds 15% by mass, or if the mechanical strength is reduced due to water wetting, etc. May not meet shippable quality. That is, it is assumed that the pelletized woody biomass fuel transported from the supplier 2 is not a product fuel but recognized as a receiving product fuel.

  For example, with regard to pelletized woody biomass fuel, when the moisture content is larger than 15% by mass, it may be treated as a receiving product fuel and the drying process may be executed in this step SA40. If the moisture content of the pelletized woody biomass fuel is 15% by mass or less, the pellet has sufficient mechanical strength to withstand mechanical impact received during transportation and the like, and can maintain its own shape, There is no problem in handling properties. For this reason, the drying process may not necessarily be performed on pelletized woody biomass fuel having a water content of 15% by mass or less.

  In addition, the received fuel, which is a pelletized woody biomass fuel whose mechanical strength is reduced due to water wetting or the like, may be re-shaped into pellets after being pulverized or the like. For example, in the case of pelletized woody biomass fuel, when the water content exceeds 40% by mass, a disintegration phenomenon occurs due to swelling, and it becomes difficult to maintain the shape of the pellets even if the above-mentioned drying process is performed. For this reason, even if the biomass fuel in such a state is dried to reduce the water content, it may be difficult to recover the handling property because the biomass fuel decomposed into powder or short fiber is obtained. Therefore, if the moisture content of the pelletized woody biomass fuel is 40% by mass or more, it is once crushed and decomposed into short fibers and then dried, and then formed into pellets again. Good.

(Step SA50)
Next, for the product fuel generated in step SA40 and the product fuel received in step SA20, the product storage 34 (34a, 34b, 34c,...) Which is the storage destination is specified according to the quality. The product fuel is transported and stored in the specified product storage 34.

  FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing an example of the flow of processing included in step SA50. In the example shown in FIG. 8, step SA50 includes the processes of step SA52, step SA53, step SA54, step SA55, and step SA56.

  First, part of the product fuel is extracted from a large amount of product fuel for which the storage destination is to be determined (step SA52).

  For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the fuel management base 4 may be provided with a product fuel sampler 44 for executing step SA52. The product fuel sampler 44 can be configured in the same manner as the above-described received product fuel sampler 43. The received product fuel sampler 43 may double as the product fuel sampler 44.

  Next, an analysis is performed on the extracted product fuel (step SA53). In the example shown in FIG. 2, the case where the product fuel extracted by the product fuel sampler 44 is analyzed by the analysis facility 41 similar to step SA33 is illustrated. However, the fuel management base 4 may be provided with a dedicated analysis facility 41 to be executed in step SA53 separately from the analysis facility 41 used in step SA33.

  Also in step SA53, as in step SA33 described above, the contained alkali metal amount, the contained chlorine amount, the contained water amount, and the calorific value of the product fuel may be tested and analyzed. However, in the case of the product fuel generated through the processing according to step SA40, for example, when all the product fuel can satisfy the quality level with regard to the contained water content by performing the drying processing There is. In such a case, in this step SA53, for example, the analysis of the contained water content may be omitted, and only the two items of the calorific value and the contained alkali metal amount may be analyzed.

  Next, based on the result analyzed by the analysis facility 41, the quality of the target product fuel is specified (step SA54).

  As a method of specifying the quality of the product fuel, similar to the method of specifying the quality of the received fuel mentioned above in step SA34, any quality item and any number of levels in each quality item may be used. However, as described above, all the product fuels may satisfy the criteria for the contained water content, and therefore, it can be limited to, for example, two items such as the calorific value and the alkali content. Then, for these limited quality items, it is sufficient to set a quality level according to the demand quality on the consumer side, and in most cases, it is possible to set most quality items to two levels of large and small. Therefore, when two items of the calorific value and the alkali content are the quality items to be managed of the product, a method of classifying the product fuel into four types (= 2 × 2) in total can be adopted.

  Next, based on the quality of the product fuel identified in step SA54, the product storage 34 which is the storage destination of the product fuel is selectively selected from the respective product storages 34 (34a, 34b, 34c,...) It specifies (step SA55). As described above, each product storage place 34 varies the quality of the product fuel to be stored. Information on the quality of the product fuel allocated to each product storage 34 may be stored in advance in the storage unit of the information processing apparatus (not shown) or on the sheet. In the former case, the worker at the fuel management base 4 may check the information on the quality of the product fuel allocated to each product storage place 34 using the in-base terminal 4p described later. Based on the stored information, the product storage 34 for storing the product fuel is identified.

  Then, the product fuel is transported to the identified product storage 34 and stored (step SA56). As for the product storage area 34 (34a, 34b, 34c,...), As in the receiving product storage area 32 (32a, 32b, 32c,. There is no particular limitation as long as the equipment can be stored without causing any problems, and there is no hindrance to receiving and unloading, and a roofed building or silo can be used effectively.

<Order acceptance step SB>
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing included in step SB shown in FIG. In the description of the present step SB, a block diagram showing the configuration of the management server 5 shown in FIG. 3 is referred to as appropriate.

  The management server 5 is configured by a general-purpose computer having an arithmetic processing function and a storage function. In the example illustrated in FIG. 3, the management server 5 includes the storage unit 11, the stock determination unit 12, the shipping and processing instruction creation unit 13, the inventory updating unit 14, the processing result calculation unit 15, the product mixing result calculation unit 16, and the order receiving unit 17 is provided.

  The storage unit 11 is an area in which predetermined information is stored, and is configured of a storage medium such as a flash memory or a hard disk. The stock judging unit 12, the shipping and processing instruction creating unit 13, the inventory updating unit 14, the processing result calculating unit 15, the product mixing result calculating unit 16, and the order receiving unit 17 perform predetermined signal processing (calculation) based on the acquired information. Is an arithmetic processing unit that performs dedicated processing and / or hardware.

  As schematically illustrated in FIG. 1, each consumer 3 (3A, 3B, 3C,...) Receives a demander terminal 3p (3Ap, 3Bp, 3Cp, ...). The consumer terminal 3p is a terminal that can communicate with the management server 5, and is configured of, for example, a general-purpose computer and a portable terminal such as a smartphone. Further, the type of communication format between the consumer terminal 3p and the management server 5 is not limited, and any communication format such as the Internet or Wi-Fi (registered trademark) can be used.

(Step SB1)
The consumer 3 (3A, 3B, 3C,...) Transmits an order describing information of the requested fuel using the consumer terminal 3p (3Ap, 3Bp, 3Cp,...). Specifically, when the customer 3 wishes to order fuel, after logging in to a predetermined system, he inputs information on the necessary fuel (hereinafter referred to as "first order information dO1"). Do. Thereby, the first order information dO1 input by the consumer 3 is transmitted to the management server 5 via a predetermined communication line.

  The first order information dO1 includes information on the quality of fuel (product fuel) required by the consumer 3 and information on the amount. Hereinafter, the quality of the fuel required by the consumer is referred to as the "required quality", and the amount of fuel required by the consumer is referred to as the "required amount".

  The required quality described in the first order information dO1 is specified using the same index as the quality index for determining the storage destination of the product fuel and the received item fuel in the fuel management base 4 as described above. Is preferred. That is, the consumer 3 requests the required quality with the value of the level (class) classified by the prescribed threshold value for any one or more items of the content of alkali metals, the content of chlorine, the content of moisture, and the calorific value. It does not matter as what is specified.

  For example, when inputting the order of fuel using the consumer terminal 3p, it may not be required to use an application or a web site corresponding to the ordering system 1. In this case, the application or the web site may be a system which requires the consumer 3 to specify a level corresponding to the required quality from among a plurality of levels classified in advance by the above method.

  The management server 5 includes an order receiving unit 17 for receiving the first order information dO1 transmitted from the consumer 3. The order receiving unit 17 includes an interface unit for correctly receiving the first order information dO1 and an operation processing unit that analyzes the content of the received first order information dO1 and outputs the analyzed content to the stock determining unit 12. A predetermined authentication procedure may be required before transmitting the first order information dO1 from the consumer terminal 3p, and in such a case, the order reception unit 17 may have the above-mentioned authentication processing function. Absent.

  The first order information dO1 may include identification information for identifying the demander 3 who is the order source.

(Step SB2)
Based on the content of the first order information dO1 transmitted from the customer 3, the inventory judging unit 12 can respond to the customer 3's order by the amount of fuel currently stored in the fuel management base 4 That is, it is determined whether it can be shipped.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the management server 5 includes a storage unit 11. In the present embodiment, the storage unit 11 has a fuel inventory storage area 11a. Information on stock quantities by quality of product fuel stored in the product storage 34 (34a, 34b, 34c,...) Of the fuel management base 4 in the fuel stock quantity storage area 11a at present (first stock quantity Information dS1) and information (second inventory amount information dS2) on the stock amount by quality of the received item fuel stored in the received item storage 32 (32a, 32b, 32c, ...) of the fuel management base 4 It is memorized.

  First, the inventory judgment unit 12 reads out the first inventory amount information dS1 from the storage unit 11 and can respond to the order described in the first order information dO1 by the stock of the product fuel stored in the product storage 34 It is determined whether or not (step SB2a).

  For example, when it is described in the first order information dO1 that the required quality is QB and the required amount is M1, the inventory judgment unit 12 refers to the first inventory amount information dS1, and the quality QB is obtained. It is checked whether the product fuel is stored in the product storage place 34 at least the required amount M1. Then, if it is possible to cope with the current inventory amount (Yes in step SB2a), the shipping processing instruction creation unit 13 transmits instruction information to that effect to the in-base terminal 4p (step SB3).

  In the case where the required quality described in the first order information dO1 is QB, the stock judging unit 12 sums the stock amount in the product storage 34 of the product fuel showing the quality QB or more to the required amount M1 or more. In this case, it may be determined that the current stock quantity can cope with the situation. However, it is assumed that the unit price of fuel is set higher because the higher the quality of product fuel, the higher the supply price from supplier 2, or the higher the accuracy of the processing performed in step SA40. . For this reason, the stock judging unit 12 judges whether it is possible to cope with the stock quantity of the product fuel at present after including the quantity of the product fuel having the quality exceeding the required quality described in the first order information dO1. It may be set appropriately in relation to the consumer 3 as to whether or not it is.

  Also, when the required quality described in the first order information dO1 is QB, a sufficient amount of product fuel indicating quality QB is not stored in the product storage space 34, but quality QA higher than quality QB It is assumed that a sufficient amount of product fuel is stored for the product fuel indicating the Q and the product fuel indicating the quality QC lower than the quality QB. In such a case, the inventory determination unit 12 causes the product mixing result calculation unit 16 to calculate the quality obtained when the product fuel of a specific quality (here, quality QA and quality QC) is mixed by a predetermined amount. It may be determined whether it is possible to cope with the stock amount at the current time taking into consideration the calculation result.

  The product mixing result calculation unit 16 may, for example, information on the quality of the product fuel to be mixed, information on the stock amount of the product fuel indicating the quality, and information on the required quality and the required amount described in the first order information dO1. Based on the quality and quantity of product fuel to be mixed. As an example, the quality of the product fuel obtained by the mixing is specified according to the ratio of the quantity according to the quality of the product fuel to be mixed.

  If it is determined that the stock determination unit 12 can not respond to the order described in the first order information dO1 according to the stock of product fuel stored in the product storage place 34 (No in step SB2a), the received goods storage place is next Based on the stock of the received product fuel stored in 32, it is determined whether the shortage can be dealt with (step SB2b).

  For example, when it is described in the first order information dO1 that the required quality is QB and the required amount is M1, the product fuel of quality QB currently stored in the product storage place 34 is only the amount m1 It is assumed that there is a shortage. In this case, including the product fuel generated by processing the received product fuel currently stored in the received product storage site 32 using the processing facility 50, the shortage amount m1 may be exceeded Is assumed. In such a case, the stock determination unit 12 causes the processing result calculation unit 15 to calculate the quality of the product fuel generated by processing the received fuel of a specific quality, and taking this calculation result into consideration, the stock at the present time It may be determined whether it is possible to cope with the amount.

  As described above, the storage unit 11 stores the second stock amount information dS2 regarding the stock amount by quality of the received fuel at the present time. The processing result calculation unit 15 has a function of calculating the quality and the amount of the received fuel to be processed to cover the shortage based on the information on the required quality, the information on the shortage, and the second stock amount information dS2. Have.

  For example, the processing result calculation unit 15 determines the quality of the received item fuel stored in the received item storage site 32, and the quality of the product fuel generated by performing processing on the received item fuel indicating the quality. A correspondence relationship of (hereinafter, referred to as “processing correspondence relationship information”) is stored. As an example, when the quality Qb product fuel is generated when the quality Qb received product fuel stored in the received product storage site 32 is processed, the inventory determination unit 12 determines that the quality Qb is stored. Based on the stock quantity of the received product fuel, it can be determined whether a shortage of product fuel indicating the required quality QB can be covered by processing.

  It is also assumed that product fuel is produced by performing processing in a state in which received product fuels having different qualities are mixed. In such a case, the processing result calculation unit 15 determines the quality of the product fuel obtained by processing based on the stored ratio of the processing correspondence relationship information and the quantity by quality of the received item fuel used for processing. It does not matter as what is calculated.

  Based on the calculation result in the processing result calculation unit 15, the stock judgment unit 12 determines that the shortage of the received goods fuel inventory stored in the reception item storage 32 is possible, based on the calculation result in the processing result calculation unit 15 In the case (Yes in step SB2b), the shipping processing instruction creation unit 13 transmits instruction information to that effect to the in-base terminal 4p (step SB5).

(Step SB3, Step SB5)
If stock determination unit 12 determines that the demand for customer 3 can be satisfied by the stock of product fuel (Yes in step SB2a), or if the demand for customer 3 can be satisfied by using the stock of the received fuel If it is determined (Yes in step SB2b), the in-base terminal 4p receives the instruction information (shipment processing instruction information d4) from the shipping processing instruction creation unit 13 (step SB3, step SB5).

  The shipping and processing instruction information d4 includes information on the quality-specific quantity of product fuel necessary for shipping (first consumption information) and / or the quality-specific quantity of receiving product fuel necessary for processing for shipping. Information (second consumption information) is described. The first consumption information or the second consumption information is created by the shipping processing instruction creation unit 13 based on the result calculated when step SB2a or step SB2b is executed.

  Thereafter, in the fuel management base 4, the shipping process is performed after processing is performed as needed. This process corresponds to step SC described above in FIG. The specific content of step SC will be described later with reference to FIG.

  In the shipping processing instruction information d4 transmitted from the shipping processing instruction creation unit 13 to the in-base terminal 4p, identification information for specifying the consumer 3 in addition to the first consumption amount information or the second consumption amount information May be included. Furthermore, the information for confirming the content of the first order information dO1 transmitted from the demander 3 to the management server 5 may be included together. For example, when the first order information dO1 includes the information on the due date requested by the consumer 3, the information on the required delivery date may be included in the shipping processing instruction information d4.

  The shipping processing instruction information d4 may include the contents of the first order information dO1 itself, and includes address information as a link destination in the management server 5 for confirming the contents of the first order information dO1. It does not matter if it is In the latter case, the worker at the fuel management base 4 can confirm the first order information dO1 transmitted from the consumer 3 by operating the in-base terminal 4p to access the link destination.

(Step SB4)
As described above, the management server 5 includes the stock update unit 14. When shipping processing instruction creation unit 13 transmits shipping processing instruction information d4 to in-base terminal 4p (steps SB3 and SB5), inventory updating unit 14 stores in storage unit 11 based on this shipping processing instruction information d4. Update information Specifically, the inventory update unit 14 stores the information related to the stock amount by product fuel quality stored in the storage unit 11 based on the first consumption amount information described in the shipping processing instruction information d4. Update the contents of one stock amount information dS1). Similarly, the inventory update unit 14 stores the information on the stock amount by quality of the received fuel which is stored in the storage unit 11 based on the second consumption amount information described in the shipping processing instruction information d4 (the second Update the contents of stock amount information dS2).

  The fuel management base 4 is executed in a state where the decrease in fuel shipped from the fuel management base 4 to the consumer 3 is reflected in the storage unit 11 of the management server 5 by executing this step SB4. Information is stored about the stock amount of fuel stored by

(Step SB6)
Depending on the contents of the first order information dO1, it may be assumed that the stock of fuel currently stored by the fuel management base 4 can not meet the demand (No in step SB2b). In such a case, the order processing of fuel is performed on the supplier 2.

  In the present embodiment, the case where the step SB6 is not automatically executed by the management server 5 is included. That is, a person in charge who has jurisdiction over the management server 5 may individually create order information for the supplier 2 and perform order processing. The management server 5 may automatically select the supplier 2 to be ordered and then perform the ordering process. This configuration will be described later in the second embodiment.

Shipping Step SC
FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing an example of the flow of processing included in step SC shown in FIG. In the description of the present step SC, the block diagram showing the configuration of the fuel management base 4 shown in FIG. 2 is referred to as appropriate.

(Step SC1)
The in-base terminal 4p receives the shipping processing instruction information d4 transmitted from the shipping processing instruction creation unit 13 in step SB3 or step SB5 (step SC1). For example, as described above, the in-base terminal 4p is installed or carried in a state where it can be confirmed by a worker in the fuel management base 4, and when the shipping processing instruction information d4 is transmitted from the management server 5, the fuel management base The worker in 4 can confirm the contents of the shipping and processing instruction information d4.

(Step SC2, Step SC3)
The worker in the fuel management base 4 uses the in-base terminal 4p to confirm whether or not the shipping processing instruction information d4 includes an instruction to perform processing on the fuel of the received item ((4) Step SC2). Then, if no processing is included (No in step SC2), whether or not the shipping processing instruction information d4 further includes an instruction to perform mixing processing of product fuels having different qualities. It confirms (step SC3).

(Step SC4)
If shipping processing instruction information d4 does not include an instruction to perform mixing processing of product fuels having different qualities (No in step SC3), product fuel satisfying the quality described in shipping processing instruction information d4 is stored The product storage 34 being identified is identified (step SC4).

(Step SC5)
Thereafter, if necessary, it is confirmed that the product fuel stored in the specified product storage area 34 shows the required quality. This step SC5 may be omitted.

  First, a part of product fuel is extracted from a large amount of product fuel stored in the specified product storage 6 (step SC5a). For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the fuel management base 4 may be provided with a shipped product sampler 45 for executing step SC5a. The shipped product sampler 45 can have the same configuration as the received product fuel sampler 43 and the product fuel sampler 44 described above. The received product fuel sampler 43 and / or the product fuel sampler 44 may double as the shipped product sampler 45.

  Next, an analysis is performed on the extracted product fuel (step SC5b). In the example shown in FIG. 2, the case where the product fuel extracted by the shipping product sampler 45 is analyzed by the analysis facility 41 similar to step SA33 is illustrated. However, the fuel management base 4 may be provided with a dedicated analysis facility 41 to be executed in this step SC5b, separately from the analysis facility 41 used in step SA33 and / or step SA53.

  Next, based on the result analyzed by the analysis facility 41, the quality to which the product fuel extracted by the shipping product sampler 45 belongs is specified, and whether the specified quality meets the demand quality is confirmed (Step SC5c). If the target product fuel does not meet the demand quality, the in-base terminal 4p may transmit alert information to that effect to the management server 5.

(Step SC6)
When it is confirmed in step SC5 that the target product fuel meets the demand quality, a large amount of product fuel stored in the product storage 34 is transported to the shipping facility 35. As described above, step SC5 may be omitted. In this case, a large amount of product fuel stored in the product storage area 34 specified in step SC4 is transported to the shipping facility 35.

  The shipping facility 35 preferably includes a shipping facility for sea transportation 35a and a shipping facility for land transportation 35b. The shipping equipment for shipping 35a is not particularly limited as long as it is a ship loader for bulk loading, a crane for cranes or hoists for containers or flexible containers, etc. as long as the equipment can be shipped according to the type of load. The land transport shipping facility 35b is not particularly limited as long as it can be shipped separately according to the type of load, such as a hopper for loading on a bulk truck or a forklift handling a flexible container or the like.

  However, the shipping facility 35 provided in the fuel management base 4 may be configured by only one of the sea-based shipping facility 35a and the land-based shipping facility 35b.

(Step SC7)
Then, the product fuel is shipped from the shipping facility 35a for shipping to the customer 3 by the shipping means such as a ship, and from the shipping facility 35b for land transportation by the land transportation means represented by a transport vehicle such as a truck. Shipped to

(Step SC8)
When the shipping processing instruction information d4 includes an instruction to perform mixing processing of product fuels having different qualities (Yes in step SC3), product fuels of the designated qualities are stored. A specified amount of product fuel is extracted and mixed from the product storage place 34 (34a, 34b, 34c, ...).

  Then, after the confirmation process of step SC5 is performed as needed, step SC6 and step SC7 are performed.

(Step SC9)
If shipping processing instruction information d4 includes an instruction to perform processing on the received product fuel (Yes in step SC2), the received product in which the received product fuel of the specified quality is stored A designated amount of received product fuel is taken out from the storage 32 (32a, 32b, 32c,...), And processing is performed in the processing facility 50 in the same manner as step SA40. This produces a product fuel.

  Thereafter, the confirmation process of step SC5 is performed on the product fuel as necessary, and then step SC6 and step SC7 are performed. The product fuel produced by this processing is a fuel to be shipped immediately, and therefore, unlike step SA50, it is not necessary to store it in the product storage space 34. However, if it takes time to ship for some reason, it may be stored in the product storage 34 according to the quality of the produced product fuel, or the fuel just before shipment is temporarily stored. It does not matter as what is stored in the exclusive product storage place 34.

Second Embodiment
A second embodiment of the pellet-like woody biomass fuel ordering system according to the present invention will be described focusing on differences from the first embodiment.

  FIG. 11 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a second embodiment of the ordering system. As shown in FIG. 11, unlike the first embodiment, the ordering system 1 in the present embodiment can communicate with the management server 5 with the suppliers 2 (2A, 2B, 2C,...). A supplier terminal 2p (2Ap, 2Bp, 2Cp, ...) is provided.

  FIG. 12 is a block diagram schematically showing one configuration example of the management server 5 included in the ordering system 1 of the present embodiment. Unlike the first embodiment, the management server 5 includes a shortage calculation unit 18, a supplier extraction unit 19, and a supplier ordering unit 20. The shortage calculation unit 18, the supplier extraction unit 19, and the supplier ordering unit 20 are all arithmetic processing units that perform predetermined signal processing (calculation) based on the acquired information, and use dedicated software and / or It consists of hardware.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the storage unit 11 has a processing information storage area 11 b and a provider information storage area 11 c in addition to the fuel inventory storage area 11 a. In the processing information storage area 11b, information (processing time information dP) related to processing time required for processing the receiving fuel in the processing and processing facility 50 to generate a product fuel is stored. In the supplier information storage area 11c, information (conveyance time information dD) relating to the conveyance time required to convey the fuel from the base of each supplier 2 to the fuel management base 4 and each supplier can produce Information on the quality of the fuel (manufacturability information dM) is stored.

  As compared with the first embodiment, in step SB6 described with reference to FIG. 9, the ordering system 1 in the present embodiment automatically extracts the supplier 2 of the ordering party in the management server 5 automatically, The second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that it has a function of performing an order process to the supplier 2, and the other is common. The contents of step SB6 will be described below.

  FIG. 13 is a flow chart for explaining an example of the flow of processing included in step SB6 executed in the ordering system 1 in the present embodiment.

(Step SB6a)
In the case where it is determined that the demand described in the first order information dO1 can not be satisfied by the stock amount of fuel at the current time of the fuel management base 4 in the stock determination unit 12 (No in Step SB2b: See FIG. 9) The calculating unit 18 calculates the amount of fuel required additionally (insufficient amount).

  For example, based on the content determined by the stock determination unit 12 by the calculation in step SB2 (see FIG. 9), the deficit amount calculation unit 18 additionally performs additional processing to meet the demand described in the first order information dO1 only with product fuel. Calculate the shortage amount (the first deficiency amount) of product fuel according to the quality required for the Further, for example, the shortage amount calculation unit 18 covers the demand described in the first order information dO1 by the product fuel generated by performing the processing based on the content determined by the stock determination unit 12 by the calculation in step SB2. In order to additionally calculate the required quantity of the quality of the received fuel shortage (the second shortage) separately by calculation.

  For example, when the product fuel indicating the quality QB is insufficient by the amount m2, the information that the shortage amount of the product fuel of the quality QB is m2 can be simply set as the first shortage. Also, as another example, when there is a shortage of product fuel indicating quality QB by an amount m 2, it is additionally necessary in mixing in consideration of coping with the shortage by mixing product fuels indicating different qualities. The shortage according to the quality of the product fuel can be taken as the first shortage.

  Further, as another example, when there is a shortage of product fuel indicating quality QB by the amount m2, the processing treatment is performed in the processing facility 50, and the product fuel of the quality QB can be generated in an amount m2 or more. The shortage according to the quality of the product fuel can be taken as the second shortage.

  That is, the shortage amount calculation unit 18 calculates a plurality of types of fuel (product fuel / received item fuel) additionally necessary to cover the demand described in the first order information dO1 as necessary.

(Step SB6b)
Next, the supplier extraction unit 19 extracts the supplier 2 as the ordering party.

  Specifically, for example, in the case where the first order information dO1 transmitted from the consumer terminal 3p describes information on a due date (required delivery date) desired by the consumer 3, the supplier extraction unit 19 Then, the supplier 2 who can supply the fuel to the fuel management base 4 is extracted within the supply delivery date which is a deadline within the required delivery date. In addition, when the information regarding the required delivery date is not described in the first order information dO1, the required delivery date is automatically taken into consideration on the management server 5 side in consideration of the past transaction results with the consumer 3 and the like. It does not matter if it is set.

  Note that the “supply due date” is a date set by advancing in consideration of a predetermined number of buffer days, such as the number of days required for processing in the fuel management base 4 with respect to the requested delivery date specified by the consumer 3 It can be done.

  For example, the storage unit 11 stores a list of a plurality of suppliers 2 (2A, 2B, 2C,...) That can be ordered from the management server 5. More specifically, the provider information storage area 11c of the storage unit 11 contains information (transport time information dD) on the transport time required to transport fuel from the site of each supplier 2 to the fuel management base 4 It is memorized. The supplier extraction unit 19 can extract the supplier 2 who can supply the fuel to the fuel management base 4 within the delivery date based on the transportation time information dD for each supplier 2.

  Furthermore, when the insufficient amount of fuel is supplied by the received fuel from the supplier 2, the supplier extraction unit 19 reads the processing time information dP from the processing information storage area 11 b of the storage unit 11 and transfers the transport time In addition to the information dD, the processing time information dP may be taken into consideration, and the supplier 2 who can supply the fuel to the fuel management base 4 within the delivery date may be extracted.

  When executing step SB6b, the provider extraction unit 19 reads out information (manufacturability information dM) on the quality of fuel that can be manufactured by each supplier 2 from the supplier information storage area 11c of the storage unit 11, and performs step SB6a It is also possible to exclude in advance the supplier 2 whose production of the fuel corresponding to the first deficit and / or the second deficit calculated by the deficit calculation unit 18 is difficult. That is, the supplier extraction unit 19 can manufacture the fuel corresponding to the first shortage and / or the second shortage calculated by the shortage calculation unit 18 in step SB6a from among the plurality of suppliers 2. After the supply candidate is extracted, the supply candidate 2 who can supply the fuel to the fuel management base 4 within the delivery date may be extracted from the extracted supply candidates.

(Step SB6c, Step SB6d)
When the supplier extraction unit 19 extracts the supplier 2 as the ordering party in step SB6 b, the paired supplier ordering unit 20 creates order information (second order information dO2) for the extracted supplier 2 (second order information dO 2) Step SB6c) The second order information dO2 is transmitted to the supplier terminal 2p managed by the target supplier 2 (Step SB6d).

  The second order information dO2 includes information on the first shortage and / or the second shortage calculated by the shortage calculation unit 18, and information on the delivery date.

  The supplier 2 recognizes that the fuel has been ordered from the management server 5 by confirming the supplier terminal 2p, and determines whether or not it can be handled. Then, the supplier 2 replies to the management server 5 that an order can be received, as necessary.

  When the management server 5 receives a response indicating that the supplier 2 has received an order, the management server 5 will be newly transported from the supplier 2 to the in-base terminal 4 p by the order for the current supplier 2 as needed. Warning information may be sent to indicate that the fuel is a fuel for responding to the shortage for the order from the customer 3. As an example, in this caution information, second order information dO2 in which the contents of the order made to supplier 2 are described, and first order information dO1 in which the contents of order from the target customer 3 are described And may be described as being associated with each other. Such caution information is transmitted to the in-base terminal 4p, so that the fuel (product fuel / received item fuel) newly transported from the supplier 2 to correspond to the specific demand of the customer 3 is erroneously The risk of being shipped to the customer 3 of

  When management server 5 receives a response indicating that supplier 2 to which supplier ordering unit 20 has transmitted second order information dO 2 rejects an order, control server 5 returns to step SB 6 b to process supplier extraction unit 19. May perform the extraction process of the supplier 2 again. In this case, the supplier extraction unit 19 may execute step SB6b in a state where the supplier 2 that has rejected the order is excluded in advance.

[Another embodiment]
Hereinafter, another embodiment will be described.

  <1> The management server 5 may monitor the fuel management base 4 installed at a plurality of locations. In such a case, the stock amount for each fuel management base 4 is stored in the storage unit 11, and the shipping processing instruction preparing unit 13 may generate and transmit the shipping processing instruction information d 4 for each fuel management base 4.

  <2> The management server 5 may be present in the fuel management base 4 or may be installed outside the fuel management base 4.

  <3> The supplier extraction unit 19 uses the fuel supplied from the plurality of suppliers 2 in step SB6 b (see FIG. 13) to calculate the first shortage and / or the second shortage calculated by the shortage calculation unit 18. The plurality of suppliers 2 may be extracted in consideration of supplying fuel corresponding to the amount.

  <4> In step SA30 mentioned above, it does not matter as what has step SA31 which processes with respect to receiving goods fuel beforehand (refer FIG. 14). In this case, as shown in FIG. 2, the fuel management base 4 may be provided with the pre-processing facility 60 for executing this step SA30.

  FIG. 15 is a block diagram schematically showing an example of the configuration of the pre-processing facility 60. As shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 15, the pre-processing equipment 60 is configured to include a foreign matter removal equipment 61, a crushing equipment 63, a drying equipment 64, and a classification equipment 65. For example, in the case where the received goods fuel transported from the supplier 2 is a non-pelletized woody biomass fuel and many foreign matters are mixed, or when the sizes are different, the storage destination in step SA30 as it is When it is difficult to specify the receiving item storage 32 of the above, the pre-processing facility 60 performs the necessary processing on the receiving item fuel. The pre-processing equipment 60 does not have to include all of the foreign matter removing equipment 61, the crushing equipment 63, the drying equipment 64, and the classification equipment 65, and may have at least one kind of equipment. I do not care.

  The foreign matter removal equipment 61 is configured by the same equipment as the foreign matter removal equipment 51 provided in the processing treatment equipment 50. The foreign matter removal facility 51 may double as the foreign matter removal facility 61.

  The crushing equipment 63 is configured by the same equipment as the crushing equipment 53 provided in the processing equipment 50. The crushing equipment 53 may double as the crushing equipment 63.

  The drying equipment 64 is comprised of the same equipment as the drying equipment 54 provided in the processing equipment 50. The drying equipment 54 may double as the drying equipment 64.

  The classification equipment 65 is comprised of the same equipment as the classification equipment 55 provided in the processing equipment 50. The classification facility 55 may double as the classification facility 65.

  <5> When the fuel management base 4 receives waste clay transported from the waste clay generation location and has a waste clay storage for storing the received waste clay, the processing of step SA40 is performed. It may be a mixture of woody biomass fuel and waste white earth. The waste white soil generation site may be, for example, a manufacturing plant of fats and oils such as palm oil and a manufacturing plant of a lubricating oil and a petroleum product.

  Waste white earth which can be used in combination with woody biomass fuel is used white earth containing oil and fat, which is produced by deodorizing or decoloring mineral oil or vegetable oil with acid white earth or activated white earth, usually It has a calorific value of 3000 kcal / kg or more. When mixing wood biomass fuel and waste white earth, the mixing ratio of wood biomass fuel (A) and waste white earth (B) has a preferable A: B (mass ratio) of 98: 2 to 84:16. When the mixing ratio of waste white earth (B) is smaller than 2 mass% and larger than 16 mass%, sufficient mechanical strength may not be obtained for pelletized woody biomass fuel.

  The mixing facility 52 may be provided with only a stirring blade as a facility for mixing the woody biomass fuel and the waste white earth, but the stirring blade is attached, and the mixing container itself is also provided. It is more preferable to use a rotating structure. By rotating the mixing container itself, it is possible to well mix the viscous material such as waste white clay and the material having low bulk density such as woody biomass fuel. As a mixer of a structure which also rotates such a container itself, for example, an intensive mixer made by Eirich Co., Ltd. may be mentioned.

1: Order system for pelletized woody biomass fuel 2 (2A, 2B, 2C, ...): Supplier 2p (2Ap, 2Bp, 2Cp, ...): Supplier terminal 3 (3A, 3B, 3C, ...) ): Consumer 3p (3Ap, 3Bp, 3Cp, ...): Consumer terminal 4: Fuel management base 4p: Terminal in base 5: Management server 11: Storage unit 11a: Fuel inventory storage area 11b: Processing information storage area 11c: Supplier information storage area 12: Inventory judging unit 13: Shipping processing instruction preparing unit 14: Inventory updating unit 15: Processing result calculating unit 16: Product mixed result calculating unit 17: Order receiving unit 18: Insufficient amount calculating unit 19: Supplier extraction unit 20: Supplier ordering unit 31: Receiving facility 31a: Marine receiving facility 31b: Land transportation receiving facility 32 (32a, 32b, 32c,...) Goods storage place 34 (34a, 34b, 34c, ....) Product storage place 35: Shipping equipment 35a: Shipping equipment for marine use 35b: Shipping equipment for land transportation 41: Analysis equipment 43: Sampler for incoming fuel 44: Sampler for product fuel 50 : Processing and processing equipment 51: Foreign matter removal equipment 52: Mixing equipment 53: Grinding equipment 54: Drying equipment 55: Classification equipment 56: Molding equipment 60: Pretreatment equipment 61: Foreign material removal equipment 63: Grinding equipment 64: Drying equipment 65: Drying equipment 65: Classification equipment d4: Shipping and processing instruction information dD: Transportation time information dO1: First order information dP: Processing time information dS1: First stock amount information dS2: Second stock amount information

Claims (10)

An ordering system for pelletized woody biomass fuel, comprising
A product storage area for storing product fuels which are pelletized woody biomass fuel according to quality according to their quality; a receiving product storage area for receiving the product fuels for processing to produce the product fuel according to quality; A management server for monitoring the stock status of a fuel management base comprising a processing and processing facility that performs the above processing on the received fuel to generate the product fuel;
A consumer terminal that is configured to be communicable with the management server, and receives input of first order information including information on the required quality and the required amount of the product fuel on the consumer side;
And an in-base terminal configured to be communicable with the management server, and instructing a work related to shipping processing and / or processing processing in the fuel management base,
The management server is
The first stock amount information on the stock amount by quality of the product fuel stored in the product storage and the second stock on the quality by stock amount of the received fuel stored in the receiving item storage A storage unit that stores the amount information;
When the first order information is transmitted from the customer terminal, the first stock amount information and the second stock amount information are read from the storage unit, and the product fuel currently stored in the product storage area is stored. The request described in the first order information by the product fuel generated by performing the processing process at the processing facility with respect to the received item fuel stored in the received item storage area An inventory determination unit that determines whether or not shipment of the product fuel satisfying the quality and the required amount is possible by calculation;
If the shipping is possible, first consumption information, which is an amount according to the quality of the product fuel necessary for the shipping, and / or the received fuel for the processing required for the shipping. A shipping processing instruction creation unit for transmitting to the in-base terminal the shipping processing instruction information including second consumption amount information which is an amount according to quality of
An inventory updating unit for updating the first inventory amount information and / or the second inventory amount information stored in the storage unit based on the first consumption amount information and / or the second consumption amount information; An ordering system for pelletized woody biomass fuel, comprising: The management server calculates the processing result by calculating the quality and amount of the product fuel generated by performing the processing based on the amount of the received goods fuel classified by quality used for the processing by calculation. Equipped with
The inventory determination unit determines whether the shipment of the product fuel satisfying the required quality and the required amount described in the first order information is possible based on the calculation result of the processing result calculation unit. The ordering system for pelletized woody biomass fuel according to claim 1, wherein the order is determined by calculation. A product mixing result calculating unit that calculates the quality and amount of the product fuel generated by mixing the product fuel of different quality based on the quantity of the product fuel by quality, by the management server; Equipped with
The stock determination unit determines whether the shipment of the product fuel satisfying the required quality and the required amount described in the first order information is possible based on the calculation result of the product mixing result calculation unit. The order system for pelletized woody biomass fuel according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it is determined by calculation. A supplier terminal configured to be able to communicate with the management server;
The first order information includes information on requested delivery date,
The management server is
When it is determined in the inventory determination unit that the shipping is not possible, the received item fuel or the product fuel is used as the fuel management base within a delivery date satisfying the required delivery date described in the first order information. A supplier extraction unit that extracts one or more suppliers that can be supplied to the
A first shortage amount, which is an amount of the product fuel by quality additionally required to satisfy the required quality and the required amount described in the first order information, and / or the first order The second shortage amount, which is the amount of the received fuel by quality required for the processing additionally performed to satisfy the required quality described in the information and the required amount, is calculated by calculation , Shortage calculation department,
While creating the second order information including the first shortage amount and / or the second shortage amount and the delivery date, and for the supplier terminal managed by the supplier extracted by the supplier extraction unit The ordering system for pelletized woody biomass fuel according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising: a supplier supplier ordering unit for transmitting data. The storage unit is
Processing time information on a processing time required to subject the received fuel to the processing to generate the product fuel in the processing facility;
The transport time information on the transport time required to transport the received product fuel or the product fuel from the site of the supplier to the fuel management base is stored for each of the suppliers,
The said supplier extraction part is one or more of the said suppliers based on the information regarding the said required delivery date described in the said 1st order information, and the said processing time information and the said conveyance time information which were memorize | stored in the said memory part. The pelletized woody biomass fuel ordering system according to claim 4, wherein The storage unit stores, for each of the suppliers, manufacturing capability information regarding the quality of the receivable component fuel or the product fuel that can be manufactured,
The supplier extraction unit
The product fuel that satisfies the required quality described in the first order information and the quality additionally required to satisfy the required amount based on the manufacturing capacity information among a plurality of the suppliers And / or it is possible to manufacture the received fuel which satisfies the required quality described in the first order information and the quality necessary for the processing additionally applied to satisfy the required amount After extracting the proper supply candidate by operation,
From the supply candidates, one or more of the suppliers who can supply the received product fuel or the product fuel to the fuel management base within the supply delivery date are extracted by calculation. The ordering system for pelletized woody biomass fuel according to claim 4 or 5.   The processing and processing facility performs at least one of the processing selected from the group consisting of foreign matter removal processing, mixing processing, crushing processing, drying processing, classification processing, and molding processing on the received product fuel, The pelletized woody biomass fuel ordering system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a facility for producing the product fuel. The product fuel stored in the product storage area is stored according to the quality divided by at least one indicator selected from the group consisting of the content of alkali metals, the content of chlorine, the content of moisture and the calorific value Yes,
The received item fuel stored in the received item storage area is stored according to the quality divided by the index;
The pelletized woody biomass fuel ordering system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the required quality described in the first order information is defined by the index.   The pellet according to claim 8, characterized in that the fuel management base has an analysis facility that analyzes the calorific value and / or a predetermined chemical component for the received product fuel and / or the product fuel. -Like biomass fuel ordering system. The order receiving system for pelletized woody biomass fuel according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the received goods fuel contains woody biomass derived from palm oil.

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