WO2020152888A1

WO2020152888A1 - Ordering and order-receiving system for pellet-shaped woody biomass fuel

Info

Publication number: WO2020152888A1
Application number: PCT/JP2019/028941
Authority: WO
Inventors: 裕太田原; 秀幸菅谷
Original assignee: 太平洋セメント株式会社
Priority date: 2019-01-23
Filing date: 2019-07-24
Publication date: 2020-07-30
Also published as: JP6539421B1; CN111630537B; CN111630537A; JP2020119248A

Abstract

According to the present invention, provided is a system which enables a pellet-shaped woody biomass fuel that satisfies the level of quality required by a consumer to be stably supplied without imposing a heavy burden to the consumer side. This ordering and order-receiving system is provided with: a management server which monitors a stock state of a fuel management base; and a consumer terminal which is configured to be able to communicate with the management server and receives an input of first order information including information about the required quality and the required amount of a product fuel on the consumer side. The management server is provided with: a storage unit which stores information about a stock amount for quality of each of the product fuel and a received product fuel that are stored in the fuel management base; a stock determination unit which determines, by means of a calculation, whether the product fuel, which satisfies the required quality and required amount among the stock amount in the fuel management base at the current time point, can be shipped; and a shipping process indication constructing unit which transmits, to the fuel management base, shipping process instruction information including information about the amount for the quality of the required product fuel and/or the required received product fuel that are/is required when the shipping is possible.

Description

Ordering system for pelletized woody biomass fuel

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

Due to the enforcement of the Act on Special Measures for Renewable Energy, renewable energy such as tree trunks and branches, cutting chips, sawdust, bark, and construction waste wood is used as an alternative fuel for boilers for power generation and cement clinker burning equipment. Is being developed.

For example, when using felled lumber as fuel for a boiler for power generation, the amount of felled lumber required will be tens of thousands of tons or more per year. However, there are many problems in stable and efficient supply of woody biomass as fuel, such as seasonal fluctuations in the supply amount derived from the growth of trees and the problem of large-scale transportation between supply and demand areas. ing.

In addition, where the fuel is required to have stable quality such as calorific value, in order to secure the necessary supply amount throughout the year, considering the seasonal fluctuations in the supply amount of the individual wood biomass fuels described above, It will be necessary to combine multiple sources and multiple types of woody biomass. In such combined use or mixed use of a plurality of woody biomass fuels, a technique for stabilizing the quality of the woody biomass fuel as a final product is required so as not to change.

For example, in Patent Document 1 below, when using a coal/wood biomass mixed fuel in which wood biomass (felled wood, sugar cane, oil palm, chaff, etc.) and coal are mixed, a fuel collection/sales company Selling coal/wood biomass mixed fuel blended according to the conditions required by fuel users for biomass and coal (type of wood biomass, mixing ratio of coal and wood biomass, calories burned, etc.), coal/wood biomass A blended fuel collection and sale 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 not limited to the technology related to information processing for matching the purchase desire information on the consumer side with the inventory information on the supplier side. However, this is not a drastic countermeasure technology for stabilizing supply and stabilizing quality.

Demanders who use woody biomass fuels have traditionally placed orders directly with suppliers of woody biomass fuels, including the quality and quantity of woody biomass fuels that the customers themselves need. At this time, if a certain supplier A does not have a sufficient inventory of woody biomass fuel that satisfies the quality required by the customer, the customer makes a similar order to another supplier B. Need to do. As described above, depending on the inventory status on the supplier side, the consumer needs to place an order with respect to a plurality of suppliers, and the work amount of the purchaser increases.

In addition, if the customer desires a higher quality woody biomass fuel than before, it may be necessary to find a new supplier different from the supplier that had been trading and place an order. .. However, since it is generally difficult for a consumer to trust the information on the quality of woody biomass fuel supplied by a supplier who has no transaction record, it is actually necessary to perform a quality inspection process on the consumer side. There is. For this reason, even if a new supplier can be found, the delivered fuel cannot be used immediately, and the convenience of the fuel for the consumer becomes poor. In addition, finding a new supplier who can provide high-quality fuel may impose a lot of work burden on the purchaser.

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

The ordering system for pelletized woody biomass fuel according to the present invention,
A product storage area for storing product fuels that are pellet-like woody biomass fuels that can be shipped by quality, and an acceptance product storage area for storing received fuels by quality for processing to produce the product fuels, and A management server that monitors the inventory status of a fuel management base, including a processing facility that performs the processing on the received fuel to generate the product fuel,
A customer terminal that is configured to be communicable with the management server and that accepts input of first order information including information regarding the required quality and the required amount of the product fuel on the side of the customer,
An in-base terminal configured to communicate with the management server, for instructing a work related to a shipping process and/or the processing process in the fuel management base;
The management server is
First inventory amount information regarding the inventory amount of the product fuel by quality stored in the product storage area, and second inventory information regarding the inventory amount of the received fuel fuel by quality stored in the received product storage area. A storage unit for storing quantity information,
When the first order information is transmitted from the consumer terminal, the first stock quantity information and the second stock quantity information are read from the storage unit, and the product fuel currently stored in the product storage area. And the product fuel generated by subjecting the received fuel stored in the received goods storage to the processing treatment in the processing equipment, the request described in the first order information. An inventory determination unit that determines by calculation whether or not the product fuel that satisfies the quality and the required amount can be shipped,
If the shipment is possible, first consumption information that is the quantity of the product fuel by quality required for the shipment, and/or the received fuel required for the processing for the shipment. A shipping and processing instruction creating unit that sends shipping and processing instruction information including the second consumption amount information, which is the amount of each quality, to the fuel management base,
An inventory update unit that updates 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 being provided.

An ordering/ordering system for pelletized woody biomass fuel according to the present invention (hereinafter sometimes simply referred to as “ordering/ordering system”) includes a management server, a customer terminal, and a terminal in a base station. 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) regarding the quality and quantity of fuel to be demanded 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 which a worker of the fuel management base can appropriately confirm.

The management server is composed of, for example, a general-purpose computer having an arithmetic processing function and a storage function. The consumer terminal and the terminal in the base are configured by, for example, a general-purpose computer or a mobile terminal such as a smartphone. The management server may be located within the site of the fuel management base or may be located away from the site of the fuel management base.

The fuel management base has the function of storing the fuel supplied (conveyed) from one or more suppliers (fuel manufacturing locations). The fuel supplied (conveyed) from the supplier may or may not be pelletized fuel with a quality (hereinafter referred to as “shippable quality”) that allows it to be shipped to the consumer as it is. It is assumed that the fuel cannot be shipped as it is because it does not meet the shipping quality, such as no fuel, and that it is a fuel that requires processing. This difference is 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 “accepted fuel”.

The fuel management base has a product storage area for storing product fuels by quality and an acceptance storage area for storing incoming fuels by quality. The management server has a storage unit, and in the storage unit, information on the inventory quantity by product quality of the product fuel stored in the product storage area (first inventory amount information) and the receipts stored in the received product storage area. Information on the quantity of stock of each product fuel by quality (second stock quantity information) is stored. That is, the management server is configured to be able to recognize the inventory quantity of fuel that is currently stored in the fuel management base and that satisfies the deliverable quality and the inventory quantity of fuel that does not satisfy the deliverable quality for each quality. ..

The fuel management base is equipped with processing equipment that processes the received fuel to generate product fuel. That is, as described above, even if the fuel conveyed from the supplier is of a quality that cannot be shipped as it is, for example, it is not pelletized, the quality that can be shipped in the fuel management base is It is possible to convert the fuel into a fully-filled fuel (product fuel).

The management server has an inventory determination unit. The inventory determination unit is a calculation processing unit that performs a predetermined calculation process 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 determination unit determines the quality (required quality) and quantity (requested quality) and quantity (required quality) described in the first order information based on the inventory quantity 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 addition to the information on the inventory quantity of the product fuel by quality (first inventory quantity information), the storage section of the management server stores information on the inventory quantity of the received fuel by quality (first inventory quantity information). (2) Inventory quantity information) is also stored. Therefore, even if the stock quantity of the product fuel currently stored in the fuel management base that satisfies the demand quality of the customer is insufficient for the demand quantity of the customer, There is a case where the demanded amount of the customer can be satisfied by performing the processing on the received fuel in the processing facility provided in to produce the product fuel satisfying the required quality.

The inventory determination unit reads the first inventory amount information and the second inventory amount information from the storage unit in consideration of such a viewpoint, and at the present time, a product that satisfies the demand quality and demand amount of the customer from the fuel management base. Whether or not fuel can be shipped is determined by calculation.

The management server has a shipping and 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. At the present time, the shipping and processing instruction creating unit sends a message to the terminal in the base when the stock determination unit determines that the product fuel that satisfies the demand quality and demand amount of the customer can be shipped from the fuel management base. , Has the function of transmitting the required amount of fuel together with quality information.

As an example, it is conceivable that the demand of consumers can be covered by the product fuel currently stored in the fuel management base. In such a case, the shipping and processing instruction creating unit transmits only the information (first consumption amount information) regarding the quality and amount of the required product fuel to the terminal in the base station. At this time, when the fuel management base receives the first consumption information at the terminal in the base, it performs the work necessary to ship the product fuel satisfying the quality and quantity based on this information to the consumer. be able to.

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

The management server has an inventory update unit. The inventory update unit is a calculation processing unit that performs a predetermined calculation process based on the acquired information, and is configured by dedicated software and/or hardware. When the shipping and processing instruction creation unit transmits the above-described first consumption amount information and/or second consumption amount information to the fuel management base, the inventory update unit has been stored in the storage unit based on this information. It has a function of updating the first inventory amount information and/or the second inventory amount information. As a result, the storage unit included in the management server stores information about the inventory quantity currently stored in the fuel management base.

In other words, according to this system, the customer can order the product fuel that satisfies the required quality and the required amount without individually sending the order information to each supplier, and the product that satisfies the required quality and the required amount can be ordered. The fuel can be stably secured. In particular, by storing product fuel and received fuel in the logistics management base, seasonal fluctuations in the supply amount of woody biomass fuel and fluctuations in the supply amount due to logistics problems, etc. are buffered by the storage capacity of the distribution management base. It is possible to provide stable supply to consumers.

Also, even if the fuel management base has a shortage of product fuel stock that meets the required quality, it is possible to meet the demand of consumers by appropriately performing the necessary processing.

The management server calculates the quality and quantity of the product fuel produced by performing the processing based on the quantity of the received fuel for each quality used for the processing by the processing result calculation. Section,
Whether the inventory determination unit can ship the product fuel satisfying the required quality and the required amount described in the first order information 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 composed of dedicated software and/or hardware. According to the above configuration, when the product fuel currently stored at the fuel management base cannot meet the demand of the consumer, the required quality is satisfied by processing what amount of the received fuel of what quality. The amount of product fuel to be generated can be calculated by calculation on the management server side.

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

The management server calculates by calculation the quality and quantity of the product fuel generated by mixing the product fuels of different qualities based on the quantity of the product fuel of each quality. Equipped with
Based on the calculation result of the product mixing result calculation unit, the inventory determination unit determines whether the product fuel satisfying the required quality and the required amount described in the first order information can be shipped. Alternatively, 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 with dedicated software and/or hardware. For example, the product fuel that shows the quality closest to the demanded quality of the customer is not sufficiently stored in the product storage area, but there are product fuels of higher quality than required quality and product fuels of lower quality than required quality. There may be cases where a sufficient amount is stored in the product storage area. At this time, there is 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 to what extent product fuels of different qualities are mixed to produce product fuels of what quality. The inventory determination unit determines whether or not shipping is possible based on the calculation result of the product mixing result calculation unit, thereby further increasing the possibility of shipping the product fuel satisfying the order content to the customer.

The ordering system includes a supplier terminal configured to communicate with the management server,
The first order information includes information about a requested delivery date,
The management server is
If the inventory determination unit determines that the shipment is not possible, the received fuel or the product fuel is supplied to the fuel management base within the supply delivery time that satisfies the required delivery time described in the first order information. A supplier extraction unit that extracts one or more suppliers that can be supplied to
A first deficiency, which is the quantity of the product fuel for each quality, which is additionally required to satisfy the required quality and the required amount described in the first order information, and/or the first order A second shortage, which is the quantity of the received fuel by quality required for the processing additionally performed to satisfy the required quality and the required amount described in the information, is calculated by calculation. , Shortage calculation department,
To the supplier terminal managed by the supplier extracted by the supplier extraction unit, while creating the second order information including the first shortage amount and/or the second shortage amount and the requested delivery date. It may be provided with a supplier ordering unit for transmitting by sending.

The ordering system with the above configuration is equipped with a supplier terminal. The supplier terminal is a terminal managed by the supplier (fuel manufacturing place), and is configured by, for example, a general-purpose computer or a mobile terminal such as a smartphone. In addition, the supplier extraction unit, the shortage amount calculation unit, and the supplier ordering unit included in the management server are all arithmetic processing units that perform predetermined arithmetic processing based on the acquired information, and use dedicated software and/or dedicated software. Composed of hardware.

The inventory determination unit determines that it is not possible to ship an order that satisfies the required quality and quantity specified by the customer even if the stock quantity of the product fuel and the received fuel that is stored in the fuel management base is available. There are cases where

In such a case, according to the above configuration, first, in the supplier extraction unit, the fuel management base is notified to the fuel management base within a period that satisfies the required delivery date specified by the consumer, that is, within a delivery period that is shorter than the required delivery date. A supplier (fuel manufacturing place) that can supply fuel is extracted. Next, the deficiency calculation section calculates the quantity (deficiency) of product fuel and/or received fuel, which is additionally required to satisfy the required quality and quantity specified by the customer, by quality. To be done. Then, the ordering unit for suppliers requests the fuel management base to supply the fuel management base with an amount corresponding to the deficiency of the product fuel and/or the received fuel according to the quality (second order information). ) Is transmitted to the supplier extracted by the supplier extraction unit.

In other words, according to the above configuration, even when the demand of the customer cannot be covered by the stock amount of the product fuel and the received fuel that are stored in the fuel management base at the time of the order from the customer, Therefore, a supplier who can additionally supply fuel to the fuel management base is selected and the ordering process is performed. This further increases the possibility of shipping the product fuel satisfying the order content to the customer.

The storage unit is
In the processing facility, processing time information regarding a processing time required to perform the processing on the received product fuel to generate the product fuel,
For each of the suppliers, transport time information regarding a transport time necessary for transporting the received product fuel or the product fuel from the supplier's base to the fuel management base is stored,
The supplier extraction unit, based on the information about the requested delivery date described in the first order information, and the processing time information and the transportation time information stored in the storage unit, one or more of the suppliers May be extracted.

According to the above configuration, the supplier extraction unit considers not only the supplier who can supply the product fuel satisfying the required quality within the delivery deadline, but also the processing time in the processing equipment in the fuel management base. Thus, it is possible to extract the supplier that can supply the received product fuel that can generate the product fuel that satisfies the required quality within the supply deadline. As a result, even if it is not possible to meet the demand of the customer with the stock amount of the product fuel and the received fuel that are stored in the fuel management base at the time of the order from the customer, it is possible to order the customer. The possibility of shipping product fuel that satisfies the content is further increased.

The storage unit stores, for each of the suppliers, manufacturing capacity information regarding the quality of the received product fuel or the product fuel that can be manufactured,
The supplier extraction unit,
Based on the manufacturing capacity information, from among the plurality of suppliers, the product fuel additionally satisfying the required quality and the required quantity described in the first order information. And/or it is possible to manufacture the received fuel that satisfies the quality required for the processing additionally performed to satisfy the required quality and the required amount described in the first order information. After extracting various supply candidates by calculation,
From the supply candidates, one or more suppliers that can supply the received product fuel or the product fuel to the fuel management base within the supply delivery date may be extracted by calculation. Absent.

Among the suppliers (fuel manufacturing locations) that supply the product fuel and/or the received fuel to the fuel management base, a product fuel having a quality satisfying the required quality ordered by a certain customer X, or It is assumed that there is a supplier who cannot manufacture the received product fuel having a quality capable of producing the product fuel satisfying the required quality in the first place. According to the above configuration, in the storage unit of the management server, since information (manufacturing capacity information) regarding the quality of the manufacturable received fuel or the product fuel is stored in advance for each supplier, the supplier extraction unit In, in the first place, it is possible to exclude a supplier who cannot manufacture the fuel additionally required 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 trouble in which the supplier cannot deal with the fuel after the fuel is ordered from the supplier.

The processing equipment performs at least one processing treatment selected from the group consisting of a foreign matter removal treatment, a mixing treatment, a pulverization treatment, a drying treatment, a classification treatment, and a molding treatment on the received fuel, It may include equipment for producing the product fuel.

As an example, the processing equipment is
Crushing equipment for crushing the received fuel,
A mixing facility for mixing the received fuels that have been crushed by the crushing facility or before being crushed, or a crushed received fuel and a fuel material other than the received fuel,
A molding facility for molding the received fuel mixed by the mixing facility into a pellet may be provided.

As another example, the processing equipment,
A foreign matter removal facility for removing foreign matter contained in the received fuel,
A classification facility for classifying the received fuel that has been crushed by the crushing facility or before being crushed may be provided.

The product fuels stored in the product storage are stored according to quality, which is divided by at least one index selected from the group consisting of the amount of contained alkali metal, the contained amount of chlorine, the contained amount of water and the calorific value. Cage,
The received fuel, which is stored in the received product storage, is stored by quality, which is 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 customer is shared with the index indicating the quality of the product fuel and the received product fuel stored by quality at the fuel management base. ing. Accordingly, the inventory determination unit can determine whether or not the demand of the customer can be covered by the inventory amount of the fuel (product fuel, received fuel) currently stored in the fuel management base by a simple calculation. ..

The fuel management base may have an analytical facility for analyzing the heat value and/or a predetermined chemical component of the received fuel and/or the product fuel.

According to this configuration, when the fuel is supplied from the supplier to the fuel management base (received fuel/product fuel), the fuel is analyzed in the fuel management base even if the information regarding the quality of the fuel is unknown. Then the quality can be specified. As a result, it is possible to appropriately specify the storage place for the received products or the storage place for the products in which each fuel is stored.

In particular, the fuel management base is equipped with analytical equipment for analyzing product fuels, so that the quality characteristics of the cargo loaded on transportation means such as ships and trucks can be checked, or the quality characteristics of the cargo loaded can be checked. It becomes possible to ship later, and it is possible to prevent shipping of product fuel that does not satisfy the required quality specified by the consumer.

In addition, analysis equipment for analyzing the received fuel, analysis equipment for analyzing the product fuel generated by processing the received fuel, and product fuel immediately before shipping The analytical equipment for performing the analysis may be common equipment or separate equipment.

The received fuel may include palm oil-derived woody biomass.

At the fuel management base, the total amount of product fuel that can be stored in the product storage area and the amount of received fuel that can be stored in the reception storage area is preferably 15,000 tons or more, preferably 30,000 tons. It is more preferably t or more, and particularly preferably 60,000 t or more. Since the fuel management base has such a storage capacity, it is possible to store the required fuel for several weeks in, for example, a 75 MW class biomass power generation boiler.

Also, when the fuel management base has a mixing facility as one of the processing facilities, this mixing facility may have a function of mixing the crushed received fuel and the white clay. As a result, it becomes possible to ship the pelletized woody biomass fuel, which is made of a mixture of woody biomass and waste clay, with excellent mechanical strength from the fuel management base.

According to the ordering/ordering system according to the present invention, it is possible to stably supply the pelletized woody biomass fuel satisfying the quality required by the customer to the customer without imposing an excessive burden on the customer. Becomes

It is a block diagram which shows typically the structure of 1st embodiment of the ordering system of the pellet-shaped woody biomass fuel of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows one structural example of a fuel management base typically. It is a block diagram which shows one structural example of a management server typically. It is a flow chart for explaining an example of the flow of processing in the ordering and ordering system. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing included in step SA shown in FIG. 4. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing included in step SA30 shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows typically an example of a structure of a processing facility. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing included in step SA50 shown in FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing included in step SB shown in FIG. 4. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing included in step SC shown in FIG. 4. It is a block diagram which shows typically the structure of 2nd embodiment of the ordering system. It is a block diagram which shows typically an example of 1 structure of the management server with which 2nd embodiment of an order-ordering system is equipped. It is a flow chart for explaining an example of the flow of processing included in Step SB6 executed in the second embodiment of the order receiving/ordering system. 7 is a flowchart showing another example of the flow of processing included in step SA30 shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows typically an example of a structure of a pre-processing facility.

[First embodiment]
A first embodiment of an ordering system for pelletized woody biomass fuel 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/ordering system. In FIG. 1, the flow of fuel is shown by solid arrows and the flow of information is shown by broken arrows. 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 will be described later, the fuel management base 4 stores the fuel supplied from the supplier 2 (2A, 2B, 2C,...) And the fuel generated by being processed by the fuel management base 4. The consumers 3 (3A, 3B, 3C,...) Are those who need fuel. In the present specification, each customer 3 may be a company unit, a business establishment unit, or a demand place unit.

The management server 5 has a function of monitoring the stock status of the fuel stored in the fuel management base 4. Further, when the management server 5 receives the fuel-related order information 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 installed in the fuel management base 4, or is carried by a worker who works in the fuel management base 4, and is shipped to the in-base terminal 4p. Send information including instructions.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically showing a 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 storing 34, and a shipping facility 35. A detailed description of the configuration of the fuel management base 4 will be given later.

The fuel management base 4 receives the fuel conveyed from the supplier 2 (2A, 2B, 2C,...) In the receiving facility 31 and stores it, and stores the stored fuel from the shipping facility 35 to the consumer 3 (3A, 3B, 3C,...) has a function of shipping. The consumer 3 is assumed to be the place (fuel demand place) where the pelletized wood biomass fuel is scheduled to be used, or the business entity (company, local government, etc.) having this fuel demand place. An example of such a fuel demand place is a biomass power plant. In the following, for simplification, the customer 3 (3A, 3B, 3C,...) Is described as the fuel demand site itself.

The supplier 2 is the place itself (fuel manufacturing place) that manufactures the pelletized wood biomass fuel that the customer 3 demands or the biomass fuel that constitutes the raw material for producing the pelletized wood biomass fuel, or this fuel manufacturing place. Entities (corporations, local governments, etc.) that have Hereinafter, for the sake of simplicity, it is assumed that the supplier 2 (2A, 2B, 2C,...) Is the fuel manufacturing site itself.

As an example of the supplier 2, a fuel processing factory provided in association with the palm oil industry, a processing plant that processes low-quality wood generated from timber removal such as forest land remnants and thinned wood into cutting chips or firewood, a lumber factory A processing plant that manufactures wood pellets or cutting chips from residual materials and sawdust, etc., and a waste treatment plant that manufactures wood pellets or cutting chips from wooden waste materials such as construction waste materials and used pallets generated when the house is demolished. And so on.

In the present specification, "woody biomass" refers to forest land residues such as branches and leaves generated during felling and lumbering of trees, bark and sawdust generated from sawmills, demolished materials and streets of houses. It refers to organic resources derived from wood such as pruned branches of trees. Among these woody biomasses, those having a sufficient calorific value as a fuel, a small content of repellent components such as alkali, and abundant generation amount are used as preferable woody biomass fuels.

Especially, palm empty fruit bunch (EFB), palm tree trunk (OPT), palm foliage (OPF), mesocarp fiber (MF), palm kernel shell (PKS), which is a woody biomass derived from the palm oil industry which is popular in Malaysia and Indonesia. , Palm kernel cake (PKC), palm oil factory waste liquid (POME), etc. produce good calorific value of 4000 kcal/kg or more when dried, and PKS alone produces about 10 million tons worldwide. It is generated and is very preferable as a biomass fuel. The calorific value in this description means the true calorific value (lower calorific value) described in JIS Z7302-2 “Waste solidified fuel-Part 2: Heat value test method”.

When using woody biomass as fuel, it is preferable to process it into pellets. By processing it into pellets, the size of the woody biomass fuel is made uniform and the specific gravity is increased, so the amount of heat generated is improved, and because it is easy to dry, it can be hydrated simply by leaving it in an environment with low humidity. It has favorable properties as a fuel, such as a reduced rate. Generally, the pelletized woody biomass fuel has a cylindrical shape 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" of the Japan Wood Pellet Association, or JIS Z 8841 "Granulated product". -Strength test method", the mechanical strength that the pelletized woody biomass fuel should have in order to have a favorable handling property is 96.5% or more, preferably, in terms of the mechanical durability (DU). The drop strength is 97.5% or more, particularly preferably 98% or more, and the drop strength is 97% or more, preferably 98% or more, and particularly preferably 99% or more.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration example of the management server 5. 4 to 10 are flowcharts for explaining an example of the flow of processing in the ordering/ordering system 1. In the following description, the reference numerals of the steps described in the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 4 to 10 are appropriately referred to. 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 processing flow in the ordering/ordering system 1.

As shown in FIG. 4, in the ordering/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 conveyed from the supplier 2 in the fuel management base 4 and storing it 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 customer 3. Step SC is a process of shipping fuel from the fuel management base 4 to the customer 3 based on the order transmitted from the customer 3.

That is, the storage step SA corresponds to the processing executed in the fuel management base 4 regardless of whether or not the fuel is ordered from the customer 3 through the order receiving/ordering system 1. On the other hand, steps SB and SC are processes performed after the fuel is ordered from the customer 3 through the ordering/ordering system 1. More specifically, step SC is transmitted from the management server 5 after a predetermined calculation process is performed in the management server 5 based on the content of the fuel order placed by the customer 3 through the ordering/ordering system 1. Based on the information, the process of shipping the fuel, which is executed in the fuel management base 4, is included.

<Storage step SA>
FIG. 5 is a flowchart 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 conveyed from the supplier 2 in the receiving facility 31.

It is preferable that the receiving facility 31 includes a receiving facility 31a for sea transport and a receiving facility 31b for land transport. The marine transportation receiving facility 31a is a facility for accepting, on the fuel management base 4 side, the fuel transported from the supplier 2 by marine transportation means such as a ship. The land transportation receiving facility 31b is a facility for receiving the fuel, which is transported from the supplier 2 by a land transportation means represented by a transportation vehicle such as a truck, on the fuel management base 4 side.

The marine transportation receiving facility 31a is composed of, for example, a port cargo handling facility installed on the coast, and it is preferable that a dedicated wharf is provided. The marine transportation receiving facility 31a 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, a continuous mechanical type, or a pneumatic type can be used. In particular, the glove bucket type is preferable from the viewpoint of being able to handle products of various shapes and sizes.

Note that, for example, a woodchip dedicated ship, which is an example of a ship, is generally equipped with a crane. As described above, in order to make it possible to receive the fuel conveyed by the cargo ship equipped with the crane, the shipping facility 31a for shipping may be provided with a receiving hopper provided with a conveyor.

As a result, for example, when the supplier 2 is a palm palm-based fuel manufacturing site such as Malaysia or Indonesia, it is possible to receive a large amount of these woody biomass fuels or the like to the fuel management base 4 through the sea transportation means. become. Further, the shipping facility 35a for shipping described below is also used as the receiving facility 31a for shipping, so that a large amount of product fuel can be shipped to the customer 3 through the ship. As a result, it is possible to reduce the distribution cost of the woody biomass fuel.

Further, the receiving facility 31b for land transportation is not particularly limited as long as it is a facility capable of unloading from various trucks of a dump type (bounce type) or a floor moving type (walking floor or slide deck), and a conveyor is attached. The receiving hopper etc. that have been installed can be effectively used. In this way, the receiving facility 31 includes the land-transporting receiving facility 31b, so that the wood biomass fuel such as the construction waste material generated in a small amount, which is conventionally disposed of in the refuse incineration facility or the final disposal site, It can be accepted by the fuel management base 4, and can contribute to the construction of a resource recycling society. Further, by using the shipping facility for land transportation 35b, which will be described later, also as the receiving facility for land transportation 31b, the product fuel can be shipped to the customer 3 who is located in the inland area or has a small demand amount.

However, the receiving facility 31 included in the fuel management base 4 may be configured to include only one of the ocean transport receiving facility 31a and the land transport receiving facility 31b.

The fuel conveyed from the supplier 2 may be a pelletized fuel (product fuel) in a state of having a quality (shipping quality) that can be shipped to the customer 3 as it is, and a shipping quality. It is assumed that the fuel cannot be shipped as it is because it does not satisfy the above condition, and that it is a fuel that needs to be processed (received fuel). Such a difference is caused by the supplier 2, that is, the manufacturing/processing capability of the fuel manufacturing site.

The above-mentioned "received fuel" refers to wood biomass fuel that has not been processed into pellet-shaped biomass fuel, and specifically, firewood such as large cracks, round firewood, small cracks, shavings, and grass, cutting chips, and screws. Chips such as cutting chips and crushed chips, sawdust such as sawdust and planks, bark, scraps generated during sawing, civil engineering and construction processes, and when demolishing buildings This refers to waste materials such as construction waste materials. Further, the received fuel is premised to be converted into a product fuel by being subjected to processing such as crushing and molding in step SA40 described later, and therefore the shape and size are not particularly limited. Even if the biomass fuel is processed into pellets, it is included in the received fuel if it does not satisfy the shipping quality, such as when the mechanical strength is extremely low.

The fuel management base 4 has a received product storage 32 and a product storage 34. The received product 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 transferred from the supplier 2 to the fuel management base 4, this fuel is stored in the product storage area 34. On the other hand, when a fuel (accepted product fuel) that does not satisfy the quality of shipment is transferred from the supplier 2 to the fuel management base 4, this fuel is stored in the received product storage 32.

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

(Step SA30)
When the fuel management base 4 receives the received fuel 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 fuel is stored in the specified received goods storage 32. Transport and store.

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

First, a part of the received fuel is extracted from the large amount of received fuel delivered from the supplier 2 (step SA32). For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the fuel management base 4 may include an incoming fuel fuel sampler 43 for executing step SA32. The received fuel sampler 43 is a sampling device for analysis/testing, and there is no particular limitation on the sampling method and the like as long as a highly representative sample can be collected. In general, as described in JIS K0060 "Industrial waste collection method" and JIS M8100 "Powder lump mixture? Sampling method general rule", the total flow of target products falling to the outlet of conveyor or feeder A sampler that can be sampled from the width is preferably used.

Next, a predetermined analysis process is performed on the received fuel extracted in step SA32 (step SA33). For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the fuel management base 4 may include the analysis equipment 41 for executing step SA33.

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

The amount of chemical components contained in the received fuel (alkali metal, chlorine, etc.) is not particularly limited as long as it is an analysis method capable of obtaining a desired amount of chemical components, but from the viewpoint of versatility and analysis accuracy, Alternatively, it is preferable to use an absorptiometric analysis method, an emission spectroscopic analysis method, an atomic absorption spectrometric analysis method, or an ICP emission spectroscopic analysis method for a solution obtained by completely dissolving an ashed sample with an acid. For the chlorine content, the test method of JIS Z7302-6 "Waste solidified fuel-Part 6: Total chlorine content test method" can be used. The ashing of the biomass fuel is preferably carried out at a low temperature of 600° C. or lower from the viewpoint of preventing dissipation of volatile components such as alkali.

In addition, the method described in JIS Z7302-3 “Waste solidified fuel-Part 3: Water content test method” may be used to measure the water content (or water content) contained in the received fuel. it can. Specifically, the mass before and after heating when heating at a drying chamber temperature of 107±2° C. for 1 hour may be used. Further, instrumental analysis such as thermobalance analysis (TG) can also be used.

For the measurement of the calorific value of the received fuel, for example, the method described in JIS Z7302-2 “Waste solidified fuel-Part 2: Calorific value test method” can be used.

However, the analysis equipment 41 does not have to have all the analysis functions of the amount of alkali metal, the amount of chlorine, the amount of water (moisture content), and the amount of heat generation contained in the received fuel, and at least of these, It only needs to have one or more analysis functions.

The method of transporting the received fuel extracted by the received fuel sampler 43 to the installation location of the analysis equipment 41 is not particularly limited, but an air pipe system or the like capable of automatically transporting the sample is preferable. Used for.

Next, based on the result of analysis by the analysis equipment 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 fuel, any quality item and any number of levels in each quality item may be used. For example, in the case of sorting by three items of calorific value, water content and alkali content, the calorific value and the water content that can be processed relatively easily are taken into consideration in consideration of the difficulty of the processing performed in step SA40 described later. The two items of quantity were classified into two levels, large and small, according to specific thresholds, and the alkali content, which was more difficult to process, was classified into three levels, large, medium and small. 12 types in total (= 2 x 2 x 3) A method of classifying can be adopted. The chlorine content may be included in the classification item.

Next, based on the quality of the received fuel specified in step SA34, the received goods storage 32, which is the storage location of the received fuel, is in each of the received goods storage 32 (32a, 32b, 32c,... ). Are selectively specified from (step SA35).

As described above, the quality of the received fuel to be stored is different in each received goods storage 32. The information regarding the quality of the received product fuel assigned to each received product storage 32 may be stored in advance in a storage unit of an information processing device (not shown) or on paper. Further, in the former case, the worker of the fuel management base 4 may be able to confirm the information regarding the quality of the received fuel assigned to each received product storage 32 by using the terminal 4p in the base described later. Absent.

Based on this stored information, the received goods storage 32 where the received goods fuel is stored is specified. In addition, when the quality of the received fuel specified in step SA34 satisfies the above-mentioned shipment quality, the fuel may be stored in a predetermined product storage area 34, or one storage area of the received storage area 32 (for example, The received item storage 32a) may also be used as the product storage 34.

Then, the received fuel is transferred to and stored in the received goods storage 32 specified in step SA35 (step SA36). For example, when the received fuel is transferred from the receiving facility 31 to the received storage 32, the fuel (received fuel/product fuel) in the fuel management base 4 is transported by heavy equipment such as a wheel loader or a bulldozer. Although pneumatic feeding can be used, it is preferable to use conveyors such as a belt conveyor and a screw conveyor from the viewpoints of efficiency, work safety, prevention of scattering of woody biomass fuel, equipment cost, and the like. Since chips and the like easily cause a clogging state called bridging, it is preferable to devise a device for preventing clogging of a baffle plate or the like at a portion having a narrowed path.

The received goods storage 32 is not particularly limited as long as it is a facility that can store the received wood fuel, which is the received woody biomass fuel, without causing rain wetting, etc., and does not cause any trouble in receiving and unloading the roof. You can effectively use the buildings and silos with. Further, from the viewpoint of preventing spontaneous ignition during storage as well as preventing water wetting, for example, a drying gas can be ventilated into the storage space or a pile of woody biomass fuel, as described in Japanese Patent No. 63181836. More preferable is a storage facility equipped with the turning device of. When a building with a roof is used as the receiving goods storage 32, if it is possible to manage the receiving goods fuel classified by quality so as not to mix with each other, it is possible to store a plurality of receiving goods fuel in one building. it can.

Note that 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 regarding the quality of the transported fuel. More specifically, the worker in the fuel management base 4 may be able to confirm the information regarding the quality of the fuel conveyed from the supplier 2 by using the base terminal 4p described later.

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

(Step SA40)
Next, the received fuel stored in the received goods storage 32 is processed to perform quality improvement processing and generate fuel (product fuel) that satisfies the shipment quality. It As shown in FIG. 2, the fuel management base 4 includes a processing facility 50 for executing this step SA40.

For example, for a received fuel with a small calorific value, a mixing process with another received fuel with a large calorific value is executed. A drying process is performed on the received fuel having a large water content. The received fuel having a high alkali content is subjected to a mixing process with another received fuel having a low alkali content. The received fuel that has not been processed into pellets is subjected to foreign matter removal, crushing and/or classification, and then pelletized.

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

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

The foreign matter removal facility 51 is a facility for removing foreign matter such as hard wood chips such as wooden knots, debris, metals, etc. contained in the received fuel that is a non-pellet woody biomass fuel. Is a facility for executing. The foreign matter removing equipment 51 is not limited to the apparatus mode and the separation principle as long as the above-mentioned function is exhibited, and a sieve, a gravity type classifier, a centrifugal type classifier, a wind sorter, a magnetic sorter, or the like alone, or One or more devices can be used in combination.

The mixing facility 52 is a facility for dry-mixing the received fuels, and is a facility for executing the above-mentioned mixing process. The mixing equipment 52 is not limited to an apparatus mode as long as it has the above-mentioned function, and is a heavy-duty machine such as a wheel loader, a bladed mixer having a defibration effect, or a rotary sieve having a classification function of a classification equipment 55 described later. Alternatively, a twin-screw kneading extruder having a molding function of the molding equipment 56 described later can be effectively used.

The crushing facility 53 is a facility for crushing, crushing, and refining the received fuel, which has a problem in mechanical strength, size, etc., and crushing it to a diameter of the die small hole of the molding facility 56 or less. It is equipment for executing processing. The crushing equipment 53 is not limited to the apparatus mode and the crushing principle as long as it has the above-mentioned functions, and includes a roller mill, a ball mill, a pusher type crusher (single axis and twin axis), a knife type (chipper type), a hammer type (shredder). Type) or a hammer knife type (chipper shredder type) wood chip making machine (wood chipper), a hammer mill, or the like, or one or more devices can be used continuously.

The drying facility 54 is a facility for drying the received fuel, and is a facility for executing the above-described drying process. The drying equipment 54 is not limited to the apparatus mode and the drying principle as long as it has the above-mentioned functions, and is not limited to a warm air spraying device, a box dryer, a band dryer, a band fluidized bed dryer, a rotary dryer, a wedge style dryer. In addition to the dedicated equipment such as the above, a place where the temperature can be controlled by using exhaust heat or the like, or a place where only natural drying such as sun drying or indoor drying can be performed may be used. Further, a forced crushing drier having an crushing function of the crushing equipment 53, such as an arm type impact crushing drier, a hammer type impact crushing drier or a chain type impact crushing drier, may be used.

The processing temperature in the drying process can be 175°C or lower. As a result, the temperature of the woody biomass fuel becomes sufficiently high during the drying process (for example, 80° C. or higher), so that even if microorganisms are present in the woody biomass fuel, they can be killed. On the other hand, when the temperature of the woody biomass fuel exceeds 175° C., the biomass fuel may accumulate heat and cause thermal runaway, resulting in ignition. Therefore, the drying treatment temperature is preferably 80° C. or higher and 175° C. or lower.

The classification facility 55 is not particularly limited as long as it is a dry facility capable of classifying the received fuel according to size, and a vibration type or rotary type sieve can be preferably used.

The molding facility 56 molds the received fuel itself received by the receiving facility 31 or the small size or crushed product of the received fuel obtained through the crushing facility 53 and/or the classification facility 55 into pellets of a predetermined size. It is a facility for making woody biomass fuel. The molding equipment 56 is generally composed of 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 molded into pellets. .. Depending on the shape of the die, it is classified into a ring die method and a flat die method, but either method can be used.

For example, even if the fuel conveyed from the supplier 2 is pelletized woody biomass fuel, if the water content exceeds 15% by mass, or if the mechanical strength decreases due to water wetting, etc., It may not meet the shipping quality. That is, it is assumed that the pelletized woody biomass fuel conveyed from the supplier 2 is recognized as the received fuel, not the product fuel.

For example, in the case of a pelletized woody biomass fuel, when the water content is higher than 15% by mass, it may be handled as an accepted fuel and a drying process may be executed in this step SA40. If the water content of the pelletized woody biomass fuel is 15% by mass or less, the pelletized woody biomass fuel has sufficient mechanical strength to withstand mechanical impacts such as transportation, and can retain its own shape. There is no problem in handling properties. Therefore, the drying treatment does not necessarily have to be performed on the pelletized woody biomass fuel having a water content of 15% by mass or less.

In addition, the received fuel, which is a pelletized wood biomass fuel whose mechanical strength has decreased due to water wetting, etc., may be pulverized and then re-formed into pellets. For example, in the case of a pelletized woody biomass fuel, if the water content exceeds 40 mass %, a collapse phenomenon due to swelling occurs, and it becomes difficult for the pellets to maintain the shape even if the above drying treatment is performed. Therefore, even if the biomass fuel in such a state is dried to reduce the water content, a biomass fuel decomposed into powder or short fibers is obtained, and it may be difficult to recover the handling property. Therefore, when the water content of the pelletized woody biomass fuel is 40% by mass or more, once the pelletized woody biomass fuel is pulverized, decomposed into short fibers, dried and then molded again into pellets. Good.

(Step SA50)
Next, with respect to the product fuel generated in step SA40 and the product fuel received in step SA20, the product storage area 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 area 34.

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

First, some product fuels are extracted from the large amount of product fuels for which the storage location is to be determined (step SA52).

For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the fuel management base 4 may include a product fuel sampler 44 for executing step SA52. The product fuel sampler 44 may have the same configuration as the received fuel sampler 43 described above. The received fuel sampler 43 may also serve as the product fuel sampler 44.

Next, the extracted product fuel is analyzed (step SA53). In the example shown in FIG. 2, the product fuel extracted by the product fuel sampler 44 is analyzed by the analysis equipment 41 similar to that in step SA33. However, the fuel management base 4 may be provided with the dedicated analysis equipment 41 to be executed in step SA53, in addition to the analysis equipment 41 used in step SA33.

In this step SA53 as well, as in the case of step SA33 described above, the content of alkali metal, the content of chlorine, the content of water, 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 fuels can satisfy the quality level with respect to the moisture content by performing the drying process. There is. In this case, in this step SA53, for example, the analysis of the water content may be omitted and only the two items of the calorific value and the alkali metal content may be analyzed.

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

As a method of identifying the quality of the product fuel, similar to the method of identifying the quality of the received fuel described in step SA34, any quality item and an arbitrary number of levels in each quality item may be used. However, as described above, since it is possible that all product fuels satisfy the standard regarding the water content, it is possible to limit the water content to two items such as the calorific value and the alkali content. Then, for these limited quality items, a quality level according to the quality required by the consumer side may be provided, and in many cases, most quality items can be set to two levels, large and small. Therefore, when the two items of calorific value and alkali content are the quality items to be managed for the product, a method of classifying the product fuel into four types (=2×2) can be adopted as a whole.

Next, based on the quality of the product fuel specified in step SA54, the product storage area 34 that is the storage location of the product fuel is selectively selected from the product storage areas 34 (34a, 34b, 34c,... ). It is specified (step SA55). As described above, the quality of the product fuel to be stored is different in each product storage area 34. The information on the quality of the product fuel assigned to each product storage 34 may be stored in advance in a storage unit of an information processing device (not shown) or on paper. In the former case, the worker of the fuel management base 4 may be able to confirm the information on the quality of the product fuel assigned to each product storage space 34 by using the in-base terminal 4p described later. Based on the stored information, the product storage area 34 where the product fuel is stored is specified.

Then, the product fuel is transported to and stored in the specified product storage area 34 (step SA56). As for the product storage area 34 (34a, 34b, 34c,... ), similarly to the reception product storage area 32 (32a, 32b, 32c,...) There is no particular limitation as long as it is a facility that can be stored without causing any trouble and does not hinder the receipt and unloading of cargo, and a building with a roof or a silo can be effectively used.

<Order receiving step SB>
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing included in step SB shown in FIG. Note that the block diagram showing the configuration of the management server 5 shown in FIG. 3 is appropriately referred to in the description of this step SB.

The management server 5 is composed of 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 a storage unit 11, an inventory determination unit 12, a shipping/processing instruction creation unit 13, an inventory update unit 14, a processing result calculation unit 15, a product mixing result calculation unit 16, and an order reception unit. 17 is provided.

The storage unit 11 is an area in which predetermined information is stored, and is composed of a storage medium such as a flash memory or a hard disk. The inventory determination unit 12, the shipping and processing instruction creation unit 13, the inventory update unit 14, the processing result calculation unit 15, the product mixing result calculation unit 16, and the order reception unit 17 perform predetermined signal processing (calculation) based on the acquired information. It is an arithmetic processing unit that performs the above, and is configured by dedicated software and/or hardware.

As schematically illustrated in FIG. 1, each customer 3 (3A, 3B, 3C,...) Has a customer terminal 3p (3Ap, 3Ap, 3A,... 3Bp, 3Cp,...). The consumer terminal 3p is a terminal capable of communicating with the management server 5, and is composed of, for example, a general-purpose computer or 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 customer 3 (3A, 3B, 3C,...) Sends the order in which the information of the requested fuel is written using the customer terminal 3p (3Ap, 3Bp, 3Cp,... ). Specifically, when the customer 3 wants to place an order for fuel, after logging in to a predetermined system, the customer 3 inputs information about the required fuel (hereinafter referred to as “first order information dO1”). To do. As a result, the first order information dO1 input by the customer 3 is transmitted to the management server 5 via the predetermined communication line.

The first order information dO1 includes information regarding the quality of fuel (product fuel) required by the consumer 3 and information regarding the quantity. Hereinafter, the quality of fuel required by the consumer will be referred to as "required quality", and the amount of fuel required by the consumer will be referred to as "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 location of the product fuel and the received product fuel in the fuel management base 4 as described above. Preferably. That is, the customer 3 determines the required quality with the value of the level (class) classified by the specified threshold for any one or more of the content of the alkali metal, the content of the chlorine, the content of the water, and the calorific value. You can specify it.

For example, when inputting a fuel order using the consumer terminal 3p, it may be required to use an application or web site corresponding to the ordering/ordering system 1. In this case, the application or web site may be a system that requires the customer 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 arithmetic processing unit that analyzes the content of the received first order information dO1 and outputs the content to the inventory determination unit 12. It should be noted that 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 receiving unit 17 may have the above-mentioned authentication processing function. Absent.

Note that the first order information dO1 may include identification information for identifying the customer 3 who is the ordering source.

(Step SB2)
Whether the inventory determination unit 12 can handle the order of the customer 3 based on the content of the first order information dO1 transmitted from the customer 3 and the amount of fuel currently stored in the fuel management base 4 That is, it is determined whether shipping is possible.

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 amount storage area 11a. In the fuel stock amount storage area 11a, at present, information on the stock amount of the product fuels stored in the product storage 34 (34a, 34b, 34c,...) Of the fuel management base 4 by quality (first stock amount). The information dS1) and the information (second inventory amount information dS2) regarding the inventory quantity of the received fuel by quality stored in the received goods storage 32 (32a, 32b, 32c,...) Of the fuel management base 4 Remembered

Whether the inventory determination unit 12 first reads the first inventory amount information dS1 from the storage unit 11 and can handle the order described in the first order information dO1 by the inventory of the product fuel stored in the product storage 34. It is determined (step SB2a).

For example, when the first order information dO1 describes that the required quality is QB and the required quantity is M1, the inventory determination unit 12 refers to the first inventory amount information dS1 and refers to the quality QB. It is confirmed whether or not the product fuel is stored in the product storage area 34 in the required amount M1 or more. Then, if the current stock quantity is sufficient (Yes in step SB2a), the shipping and processing instruction creating unit 13 transmits instruction information to that effect to the in-base terminal 4p (step SB3).

In addition, when the required quality described in the first order information dO1 is QB, the inventory determination unit 12 determines that the total inventory amount of the product fuel having the quality QB or higher in the product storage area 34 is the required amount M1 or higher. If it is, it may be determined that the current inventory amount is sufficient. However, it is assumed that the higher the quality of the product fuel, the higher the supply price from the supplier 2 or the higher the accuracy of the processing performed in step SA40, so that the unit price of the fuel is set higher. .. Therefore, the inventory determination unit 12 includes the amount of the product fuel having a quality exceeding the required quality described in the first order information dO1 and determines whether the current inventory amount of the product fuel is sufficient. Whether or not it may be appropriately set in relation to the customer 3.

Further, when the required quality described in the first order information dO1 is QB, a sufficient quantity of product fuel showing quality QB is not stored in the product storage area 34, but a quality QA higher than the quality QB is stored. It is assumed that a sufficient amount of the product fuel showing "1" and the product fuel showing a quality QC lower than the quality QB are stored. 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 fuels of specific qualities (here, quality QA and quality QC) are mixed in predetermined amounts, respectively. The calculation result may also be taken into consideration to determine whether or not the current inventory amount is sufficient.

The product mixing result calculation unit 16 includes, for example, information about the quality of the product fuel to be mixed, information about the stock amount of the product fuel showing the quality, and information about the required quality and the required amount described in the first order information dO1. Based on the above, it has a function to calculate the quality and quantity of the 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 quality-specific amounts of the product fuels to be mixed.

If the inventory determination unit 12 determines that the inventory of the product fuel stored in the product storage area 34 cannot meet the order described in the first order information dO1 (No in step SB2a), then the received product storage area is determined. Based on the stock of the received fuel stored in 32, it is determined whether the shortage can be dealt with (step SB2b).

For example, in the case where the first order information dO1 indicates that the required quality is QB and the required amount is M1, in the product fuel of quality QB currently stored in the product storage area 34, only the amount m1 is required. It is assumed that there is a shortage. In this case, if the product fuel generated by processing the received fuel currently stored in the received goods storage 32 using the processing equipment 50 is included, the shortage amount m1 can be covered. Is assumed. In such a case, the inventory determination unit 12 causes the processing result calculation unit 15 to calculate the quality of the product fuel generated by processing the received product fuel of a specific quality, and also considers the calculation result to determine the current inventory. It may be possible to determine whether or not it is possible to cope with the amount.

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

For example, the processing result calculation unit 15 determines the quality of the received fuel stored in the received goods storage 32 and the quality of the product fuel generated by performing the processing on the received fuel showing the quality. Corresponding relationship (hereinafter, referred to as "processing correspondence relationship information") is stored. As an example, when a product fuel of quality QB is generated when the received fuel of quality Qb stored in the received product storage 32 is processed, the inventory determination unit 12 determines that the product fuel of quality Qb Based on the stock quantity of the received fuel, it is possible to determine whether or not the processing fuel can cover the shortage of the product fuel showing the required quality QB.

▽It is also assumed that the product fuel is generated by performing the processing in the state that the received fuel showing different quality is mixed. In such a case, the processing result calculation unit 15 determines the quality of the product fuel obtained by the processing based on the stored processing correspondence information and the ratio of the quantity of the received fuel used for the processing for each quality. May be calculated.

Based on the calculation result of the processing result calculation unit 15, the inventory determination unit 12 determines that the shortage can be dealt with by the inventory of the received fuel stored in the received product storage 32 based on the calculation result by the processing result calculation unit 15. In that case (Yes in step SB2b), the shipping and processing instruction creating unit 13 transmits the instruction information to that effect to the in-base terminal 4p (step SB5).

(Step SB3, Step SB5)
If the inventory determination unit 12 determines that the demand of the customer 3 can be covered by the stock of the product fuel (Yes in step SB2a), or that the demand of the customer 3 can be covered by using the stock of the received fuel. When determined (Yes in step SB2b), the in-base terminal 4p receives the instruction information (shipping and processing instruction information d4) from the shipping and processing instruction creating unit 13 (steps SB3 and SB5).

The shipping and processing instruction information d4 includes information on the quantity of product fuel by quality required for shipping (first consumption information), and/or the quantity of received fuel by quality required for processing for shipping. Information (second consumption information) is described. The first consumption amount information or the second consumption amount information is created by the shipping and processing instruction creating unit 13 based on the result calculated when step SB2a or step SB2b is executed.

After that, in the fuel management base 4, after the processing is executed as necessary, the shipping processing is executed. 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 addition to the first consumption amount information or the second consumption amount information, the shipping and processing instruction information d4 transmitted from the shipping and processing instruction creating unit 13 to the in-base station terminal 4p includes identification information for identifying the consumer 3. May be included. Furthermore, the information for confirming the content of the first order information dO1 transmitted from the consumer 3 to the management server 5 may be included together. For example, when the first order information dO1 includes information regarding the delivery date requested by the consumer 3, the shipping processing instruction information d4 may include the information regarding the required delivery date.

The shipping and processing instruction information d4 may include the contents of the first order information dO1 itself, and includes the address information to be the link destination in the management server 5 for confirming the contents of the first order information dO1. It does not matter if it is already installed. In the latter case, the worker of 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 inventory update unit 14. When the shipping and processing instruction creating unit 13 transmits the shipping and processing instruction information d4 to the in-base terminal 4p (steps SB3 and SB5), the inventory updating unit 14 stores the information in the storage unit 11 based on the shipping and processing instruction information d4. Update information. Specifically, the inventory updating unit 14 stores information on the inventory amount of the product fuel by quality stored in the storage unit 11 based on the first consumption amount information described in the shipping and processing instruction information d4 (first The contents of one inventory amount information dS1) are updated. Similarly, the inventory update unit 14 stores the information on the inventory amount of the received fuel by quality stored in the storage unit 11 based on the second consumption amount information described in the shipping and processing instruction information d4 (second The content of the inventory amount information dS2) is updated.

Execution of this step SB4 causes the storage unit 11 included in the management server 5 to reflect the reduction in the amount of fuel shipped from the fuel management base 4 to the customer 3 in a state in which the fuel management base 4 has been reflected. Stores information about the amount of fuel inventory that is stored by.

(Step SB6)
In addition, depending on the content of the first order information dO1, it is assumed that the stock of fuel currently stored in the fuel management base 4 cannot meet the demand (No in step SB2b). In such a case, the fuel ordering process is performed on the supplier 2.

The present embodiment includes the case where this step SB6 is not automatically executed by the management server 5. That is, a person in charge of the management server 5 may individually create order information for the supplier 2 and perform order processing. Note that the management server 5 may automatically select the supplier 2 as the order destination before performing the order processing. This configuration will be described later in the second embodiment.

<Shipment step SC>
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of the flow of processing included in step SC shown in FIG. Note that the block diagram showing the configuration of the fuel management base 4 shown in FIG. 2 is appropriately referred to in the description of this step SC.

(Step SC1)
The in-base terminal 4p receives the shipping and processing instruction information d4 transmitted from the shipping and processing instruction creating 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 in which 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 4p is transmitted. The worker within 4 can confirm the contents of the shipping and processing instruction information d4.

(Step SC2, Step SC3)
The worker in the fuel management terminal 4 uses the terminal 4p in the terminal to check whether or not the shipping and processing instruction information d4 includes an instruction to perform processing on the received fuel ( Step SC2). Then, when the processing is not included (No in step SC2), it is further determined whether or not the shipping processing instruction information d4 includes an instruction to perform the mixing processing of the product fuels having different qualities. Confirm (step SC3).

(Step SC4)
When the shipping and processing instruction information d4 does not include the instruction to perform the mixed processing of the product fuels having different qualities (No in step SC3), the product fuel satisfying the quality described in the shipping and processing instruction information d4 is stored. The product storage area 34 that has been stored is specified (step SC4).

(Step SC5)
Thereafter, if necessary, a confirmation work is performed to confirm that the product fuel stored in the specified product storage area 34 shows the required quality. This step SC5 may be omitted.

First, some product fuels are extracted from the large amount of product fuels stored in the specified product storage area 6 (step SC5a). For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the fuel management base 4 may include a shipping product sampler 45 for executing step SC5a. The shipping product sampler 45 may 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 also serve as the shipped product sampler 45.

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

Next, based on the result analyzed by the analysis equipment 41, the quality to which the product fuel extracted by the shipping sampler 45 belongs is specified, and whether the specified quality satisfies 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 satisfies 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, and 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 comprises a shipping facility 35a for shipping by sea and a shipping facility 35b for shipping by land. The shipping facility 35a for shipping by sea is not particularly limited as long as it is a facility such as a ship loader for bulk loading, a crane for a container or a flexible container, a hoist, or the like, which is capable of shipping by package type. Further, the shipping facility for land transportation 35b is not particularly limited as long as it is a facility such as a hopper for loading in bulk trucks, a forklift handling a flexible container, and the like and capable of shipping by package type.

However, the shipping facility 35 included in the fuel management base 4 may be configured to include only one of the shipping facility 35a for ocean shipping and the shipping facility 35b for land transportation.

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

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

After that, after the confirmation step of step SC5 is executed as necessary, steps SC6 and SC7 are executed.

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

After that, if necessary, the confirmation process of step SC5 is performed on this product fuel, and then steps SC6 and SC7 are performed. Since the product fuel generated by this processing is a fuel that is scheduled to be shipped immediately, unlike the step SA50, it is not always necessary to store it in the product storage area 34. However, if it takes a long time to ship due to some circumstances, the fuel may be stored in the product storage 34 according to the quality of the generated product fuel, and the fuel immediately before shipping may be temporarily stored. It may be stored in the dedicated product storage 34.

[Second embodiment]
The second embodiment of the pellet woody biomass fuel ordering/ordering system according to the present invention will be described focusing on the points different from the first embodiment.

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

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

Further, in the present embodiment, the storage unit 11 has a processing information storage area 11b and a supplier information storage area 11c in addition to the fuel inventory amount storage area 11a. The processing information storage area 11b stores information (processing time information dP) on the processing time required to process the received fuel in the processing facility 50 to generate the product fuel. In the supplier information storage area 11c, information on the transfer time required to transfer the fuel from the base of each supplier 2 to the fuel management base 4 (transfer time information dD), and each supplier can manufacture. Information on the quality of fuel (manufacturing capacity information dM) is stored.

Compared to the first embodiment, in the ordering/ordering system 1 in the present embodiment, in step SB6 described with reference to FIG. 9, the management server 5 automatically extracts the supplier 2 as the ordering destination, It is different from the supplier 2 in that it has a function of performing ordering processing, and is otherwise the same as the first embodiment. The contents of step SB6 will be described below.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart for explaining an example of the flow of processing included in step SB6 executed in the ordering/ordering system 1 according to this embodiment.

(Step SB6a)
When the inventory determination unit 12 determines that the current inventory amount of fuel at the fuel management base 4 cannot meet the demand described in the first order information dO1 (No in step SB2b: see FIG. 9), the shortage amount The calculation unit 18 calculates the amount of fuel (insufficient amount) additionally required.

For example, the shortage amount calculation unit 18 is additionally provided to cover the demand described in the first order information dO1 only with the product fuel based on the content determined by the inventory determination unit 12 in step SB2 (see FIG. 9). Calculate the required product fuel deficiency (first deficiency) for each quality by calculation. Further, for example, the shortage amount calculation unit 18 covers the demand described in the first order information dO1 with the product fuel generated by performing the processing process based on the content determined by the stock determination unit 12 in step SB2. In order to calculate the required additional fuel quantity deficiency (second deficiency) for each type, an additional calculation is performed.

For example, when the product fuel indicating the quality QB is insufficient by the amount m2, it is possible to simply set the information that the shortage amount of the product fuel of the quality QB is m2 as the first insufficient amount. Further, as another example, in the case where the product fuel showing the quality QB is insufficient by the amount m2, it is additionally necessary for the mixing in view of coping with the shortage by mixing the product fuels showing different qualities. The first deficiency may be the deficiency of the product fuel by quality.

As still another example, when the product fuel showing the quality QB is insufficient by the amount m2, the processing fuel is processed in the processing facility 50 so that the product fuel having the quality QB can be generated in the amount m2 or more. The deficiency for each quality of the product fuel can be the second deficiency.

That is, the shortage amount calculation unit 18 calculates a plurality of types of fuel (product fuel/received product fuel) additionally required 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, when the first order information dO1 transmitted from the consumer terminal 3p includes information regarding the delivery date (request delivery date) desired by the consumer 3, the supplier extracting unit 19 The supplier 2 that can supply the fuel to the fuel management base 4 is extracted within the supply deadline that is within the requested deadline. Further, when the information regarding the requested delivery date is not described in the first order information dO1, the requested delivery date is automatically determined on the management server 5 side in consideration of the past transaction record with the customer 3. It may be set.

The “delivery deadline” is a deadline set by moving ahead of the requested deadline designated by the customer 3 in consideration of a predetermined number of buffer days such as the number of days required for processing in the fuel management base 4. Can be

For example, the storage unit 11 stores a list of a plurality of suppliers 2 (2A, 2B, 2C,...) Which can be ordered from the management server 5. More specifically, in the supplier information storage area 11c of the storage unit 11, information (conveyance time information dD) related to the conveyance time required to convey the fuel from the base of each supplier 2 to the fuel management base 4 is stored. Remembered The supplier extraction unit 19 can extract a supplier 2 that can supply fuel to the fuel management base 4 within the delivery deadline based on the transport time information dD for each supplier 2.

Further, when the shortage of fuel is covered by the received fuel delivered from the supplier 2, the supplier extraction unit 19 reads out the processing time information dP from the processing information storage area 11b of the storage unit 11 and transfers the transportation 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 deadline may be extracted.

When executing this step SB6b, the supplier extraction unit 19 reads information (manufacturing capacity information dM) regarding the quality of the fuel that can be manufactured by each supplier 2 from the supplier information storage area 11c of the storage unit 11, and the step SB6a The supplier 2 having difficulty in manufacturing the fuel corresponding to the first shortage amount and/or the second shortage amount calculated by the shortage amount calculation unit 18 may be excluded in advance. That is, the supplier extraction unit 19 can manufacture the fuel corresponding to the first shortage amount and/or the second shortage amount calculated by the shortage amount calculation unit 18 in step SB6a from the plurality of suppliers 2. After extracting the supply candidates, the supplier 2 that can supply the fuel to the fuel management base 4 within the delivery deadline may be extracted from the extracted supply candidates.

(Step SB6c, Step SB6d)
In step SB6b, when the supplier extraction unit 19 extracts the supplier 2 as the order destination, the supplier ordering unit 20 creates order information (second order information dO2) for the extracted supplier 2 ( In 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 amount and/or the second shortage amount calculated by the shortage amount calculation unit 18, and information on the supply due date.

By checking the supplier terminal 2p, the supplier 2 recognizes that the management server 5 has ordered the fuel, and determines whether or not it is possible. Then, if necessary, the supplier 2 replies to the management server 5 that the order can be accepted.

When the management server 5 receives the reply indicating that the supplier 2 has received the order, the management server 5 plans to newly carry the order from the supplier 2 to the in-base terminal 4p, if necessary. It is also possible to transmit the caution information indicating that the fuel is the fuel for responding to the shortage of the order from the customer 3. As an example, the caution information includes the second order information dO2 in which the details of the order made with respect to the supplier 2 and the first order information dO1 in which the details of the order from the target customer 3 are described. It does not matter if and are described in the state of being associated with each other. By transmitting the caution information to the terminal 4p in the base station, the fuel (product fuel/received product fuel) newly conveyed from the supplier 2 in order to meet the specific demand of the consumer 3 is mistakenly replaced by another. It is possible to avoid the risk of being shipped to the customer 3.

When the management server 5 receives the reply indicating that the supplier 2 to which the supplier ordering unit 20 has transmitted the second order information dO2 rejects the order, the management server 5 returns to step SB6b and returns to the supplier extracting 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 who rejected the order is excluded in advance.

[Other embodiment]
Another embodiment will be described below.

<1> The management server 5 may monitor the fuel management bases 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 and processing instruction creating unit 13 may create and send shipping and processing instruction information d4 for each fuel management base 4.

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

<3> In step SB6b (see FIG. 13), the supplier extraction unit 19 uses the fuel supplied from the plurality of suppliers 2 to calculate the first shortage amount and/or the second shortage amount. A plurality of suppliers 2 may be selected in consideration of supplying fuel corresponding to the amount.

<4> In step SA30 described above, step SA31 for performing processing on the received fuel in advance may be included (see FIG. 14). In this case, as shown in FIG. 2, the fuel management base 4 may be provided with the pre-processing equipment 60 for executing this step SA30.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram schematically showing an example of the configuration of the preprocessing facility 60. In the example shown in FIG. 15, the pre-processing equipment 60 includes a foreign matter removing equipment 61, a crushing equipment 63, a drying equipment 64, and a classification equipment 65. For example, when the received fuel conveyed from the supplier 2 is a non-pellet-shaped woody biomass fuel and a large amount of foreign substances are mixed, or when the sizes are dissimilar, the storage destination in step SA30 is as it is. When it is difficult to specify the received goods storage 32, the preprocessing equipment 60 performs necessary processing on the received fuel. The preprocessing facility 60 does not have to include all of the foreign matter removing facility 61, the crushing facility 63, the drying facility 64, and the classifying facility 65, and may include at least one type of facility. I do not care.

The foreign matter removing equipment 61 is configured by the same equipment as the foreign matter removing equipment 51 included in the processing equipment 50. The foreign matter removing equipment 51 may also serve as the foreign matter removing equipment 61.

The crushing equipment 63 is composed of the same equipment as the crushing equipment 53 included in the processing equipment 50. The crushing equipment 53 may also serve as the crushing equipment 63.

The drying equipment 64 is composed of the same equipment as the drying equipment 54 included in the processing equipment 50. The drying equipment 54 may also serve as the drying equipment 64.

The classification equipment 65 is configured with the same equipment as the classification equipment 55 included in the processing equipment 50. The classification facility 55 may also serve as the classification facility 65.

<5> When the fuel management base 4 has a waste white clay yard for receiving the waste white clay conveyed from the waste white clay generation place and storing the received white clay, when performing the processing in step SA40 Alternatively, the woody biomass fuel and the waste clay may be mixed. Examples of the place where waste white clay is generated include a manufacturing factory for fats and oils such as palm oil and a manufacturing factory for lubricating oil and petroleum products.

Waste clay that can be mixed with woody biomass fuel is mineral oil or vegetable oil, which is produced by deodorizing or decolorizing acid clay or activated clay, and is a used clay containing fat and oil, It has a calorific value of 3000 kcal/kg or more. When mixing the woody biomass fuel and the waste clay, the mixing ratio of the woody biomass fuel (A) and the waste clay (B) is preferably A:B (mass ratio) of 98:2 to 84:16. When the mixing ratio of the waste white clay (B) is less than 2% by mass or more than 16% by mass, the pelletized woody biomass fuel may not have sufficient mechanical strength.

As the equipment for mixing the woody biomass fuel and the waste clay, the mixing equipment 52 may have a configuration in which only a stirring blade is provided, but a stirring blade is additionally provided and the mixing container itself is also provided. It is more preferable to use a rotating structure. By rotating the mixing container itself, a viscous material such as waste clay and a material having a low bulk density such as woody biomass fuel can be mixed well. An example of a mixer having a structure in which the container itself is also rotated is an intensive mixer manufactured by Eirich.

1: Ordering system for pelletized wood 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: In-base terminal 5: Management server 11: Storage unit 11a: Fuel inventory storage area 11b: Processing information storage area 11c: Supplier information storage area 12: Inventory judgment section 13: Shipping processing instruction preparation section 14: Inventory update section 15: Processing result calculation section 16: Product mixture result calculation section 17: Order reception section 18: Shortage calculation section 19: Supplier extraction unit 20: Supplier ordering unit 31: Receiving facility 31a: Ocean receiving facility 31b: Land transport receiving facility 32 (32a, 32b, 32c,...) Received goods storage 34 (34a, 34b, 34c,... ).・・・) Product storage area 35: Shipping equipment 35a: Shipping equipment for ocean 35b: Shipping equipment for land transport 41: Analysis equipment 43: Sampler for incoming fuel 44: Product fuel sampler 50: Processing equipment 51: Foreign matter removal equipment 52: Mixing Equipment 53: Grinding equipment 54: Drying equipment 55: Classification equipment 56: Molding equipment 60: Pre-processing equipment 61: Foreign matter removal equipment 63: Grinding equipment 64: Drying equipment 65: Classification equipment d4: Shipping processing instruction information dD: Transfer time Information dO1: First order information dP: Processing time information dS1: First inventory quantity information dS2: Second inventory quantity information

Claims

An ordering system for pelletized woody biomass fuel,
A product storage area for storing product fuels that are pellet-like woody biomass fuels that can be shipped by quality, and an acceptance product storage area for storing received fuels by quality for processing to produce the product fuels, and A management server that monitors the inventory status of a fuel management base, including a processing facility that performs the processing on the received fuel to generate the product fuel,
A customer terminal that is configured to be communicable with the management server and that accepts input of first order information including information regarding the required quality and the required amount of the product fuel on the side of the customer,
An in-base terminal configured to communicate with the management server, for instructing a work related to a shipping process and/or the processing process in the fuel management base;
The management server is
First inventory amount information regarding the inventory amount of the product fuel by quality stored in the product storage area, and second inventory information regarding the inventory amount of the received fuel fuel by quality stored in the reception product storage area. A storage unit for storing quantity information,
When the first order information is transmitted from the consumer terminal, the first stock quantity information and the second stock quantity information are read from the storage unit, and the product fuel currently stored in the product storage area. And the product fuel generated by subjecting the received fuel stored in the received goods storage to the processing treatment in the processing equipment, the request described in the first order information. An inventory determination unit that determines by calculation whether or not the product fuel that satisfies the quality and the required amount can be shipped,
If the shipment is possible, first consumption information that is the quantity of the product fuel by quality required for the shipment, and/or the received fuel required for the processing for the shipment. A second processing amount information, which is the quantity-based amount, and a shipping and processing instruction creation unit that sends shipping and processing instruction information including the processing and processing instruction information to the in-base terminal,
An inventory update unit that updates 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, characterized by being equipped.
The management server calculates the quality and quantity of the product fuel produced by performing the processing based on the quantity of the received fuel for each quality used for the processing by the processing result calculation. Section,
Whether the inventory determination unit can ship the product fuel satisfying the required quality and the required amount described in the first order information based on the calculation result of the processing result calculation unit. The ordering system for pelletized woody biomass fuel according to claim 1, characterized in that
The management server calculates by calculation the quality and quantity of the product fuel generated by mixing the product fuels of different qualities based on the quantity of the product fuel of each quality. Equipped with
Based on the calculation result of the product mixing result calculation unit, the inventory determination unit determines whether the product fuel satisfying the required quality and the required amount described in the first order information can be shipped. The ordering system for pelletized woody biomass fuel according to claim 1 or 2, wherein whether or not is determined by calculation.
A supplier terminal configured to communicate with the management server,
The first order information includes information about a requested delivery date,
The management server is
If the inventory determination unit determines that the shipment is not possible, the received fuel or the product fuel is supplied to the fuel management base within the supply delivery time that satisfies the required delivery time described in the first order information. A supplier extraction unit that extracts one or more suppliers that can be supplied to
A first deficiency, which is the quantity of the product fuel for each quality, which is additionally required to satisfy the required quality and the required amount described in the first order information, and/or the first order A second shortage, which is the quantity of the received fuel by quality required for the processing additionally performed to satisfy the required quality and the required amount described in the information, is calculated by calculation. , Shortage calculation department,
The second order information including the first shortage amount and/or the second shortage amount and the supply delivery date is created, and to the supplier terminal managed by the supplier extracted by the supplier extraction unit. The order receiving/ordering system for pelletized woody biomass fuel according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising:
The storage unit is
In the processing facility, processing time information regarding a processing time required to perform the processing on the received product fuel to generate the product fuel,
For each of the suppliers, transport time information regarding a transport time necessary for transporting the received product fuel or the product fuel from the supplier's base to the fuel management base is stored,
The supplier extraction unit, based on the information about the requested delivery date described in the first order information, and the processing time information and the transportation time information stored in the storage unit, one or more of the suppliers The pellet order wood biomass fuel ordering/ordering system according to claim 4, wherein
The storage unit stores, for each of the suppliers, manufacturing capacity information regarding the quality of the received product fuel or the product fuel that can be manufactured,
The supplier extraction unit,
Based on the manufacturing capacity information, from among the plurality of suppliers, the product fuel additionally satisfying the required quality and the required quantity described in the first order information. And/or it is possible to manufacture the received fuel that satisfies the quality required for the processing additionally performed to satisfy the required quality and the required amount described in the first order information. After extracting various supply candidates by calculation,
From the supply candidates, one or more suppliers capable of supplying the received product fuel or the product fuel to the fuel management base within the supply deadline are subjected to a process of extracting by calculation. The ordering system for pelletized woody biomass fuel according to claim 4 or 5.
The processing equipment performs at least one processing treatment selected from the group consisting of a foreign matter removal treatment, a mixing treatment, a pulverization treatment, a drying treatment, a classification treatment, and a molding treatment on the received fuel, The ordering system for pelletized woody biomass fuel according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a facility for generating the product fuel.
The product fuels stored in the product storage are stored according to quality, which is divided by at least one index selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal content, a chlorine content, a water content and a calorific value. Cage,
The received fuel, which is stored in the received product storage, is stored by quality, which is divided by the index.
The ordering system for pelletized woody biomass fuel according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the required quality described in the first order information is defined by the index.
9. The pellet according to claim 8, wherein the fuel management base has an analytical facility that analyzes the heat value and/or a predetermined chemical component of the received product fuel and/or the product fuel. Ordering system for woody biomass fuel.
10. The pellet woody biomass fuel ordering/ordering system according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the received fuel includes woody biomass derived from palm oil.