# US 2020/0264148 A1 · Productivity evaluation method, productivity evaluation device, program, and recording medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0264148 A1 - Document ID: US20200264148A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/865,895 - Filed: 2020-05-04 - Published: 2020-08-20 - Earliest claimed: 2012-09-20 - Assignees: Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yoji FUJIMORI; Akio SHOKAKU - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200264148A1 ## CPC - G01N 33/0036: {specially adapted to detect a particular component (physical analysis of gaseous biological material G01N33/497)} - C07C 29/151: with hydrogen or hydrogen-containing gases - G01N 31/10: using catalysis - G06Q 50/04: Manufacturing - Y02E 50/30: Fuel from waste, e.g. synthetic alcohol or diesel - Y02P 90/30: Computing systems specially adapted for manufacturing - Y10T 436/204165: Ethanol - G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q) - C07C: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION - Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract This productivity evaluation method is for evaluating productivity of a chemical substance in a process comprising a first step of obtaining gas from a waste material and a second step of synthesizing a chemical substance from the gas obtained in the first step in the presence of a catalyst, said method including: a first carbon mass calculation stage of calculating mass of carbon contained in the waste material, a second carbon mass calculation stage of calculating mass of carbon contained in the chemical substance produced in said process, and a productivity evaluation stage of evaluating the productivity of the chemical substance based on values of the mass of carbon which are calculated in the first carbon mass calculation stage and the second carbon mass calculation stage. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-5. (canceled) ### Claim 6 A charging system which determines a charge for collecting a waste material used in a process comprising a first step of obtaining gas from a waste material and a second step of synthesizing a chemical substance from, as a raw material, the gas obtained in the first step in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the charging system is configured to implement: a first carbon mass calculation stage of calculating mass of carbon contained in the waste material, a second carbon mass calculation stage of calculating mass of carbon contained in the chemical substance produced in said process, a productivity evaluation stage of evaluating the productivity of the chemical substance based on values of the mass of carbon which are calculated in the first carbon mass calculation stage and the second carbon mass calculation stage, and a charging stage of charging for depending on the evaluated productivity of the chemical substance. ### Claim at position 3 7-9. (canceled) ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The charging system according to claim 6, which is configured to further implement: a third carbon mass calculation stage of calculating mass of carbon contained in the gas obtained in the first step of said process, and a fourth carbon mass calculation stage of calculating mass of carbon contained in a residue of the waste material resulting from the first step of said process, wherein, in the first carbon mass calculation stage, the mass of carbon contained in the waste material is calculated based on values of the mass of carbon which are calculated in the third carbon mass calculation stage and the fourth carbon mass calculation stage. ### Claim 11 (depends on 6) The charging system according to claim 6, which is configured to further implement, when a combustion improver is used in the first step of said process, a fifth carbon mass calculation stage of calculating mass of carbon contained in the combustion improver used in the first step of said process, wherein in the first carbon mass calculation stage, mass of carbon contained in the waste material is calculated based on values of the carbon mass which are calculated in the third carbon mass calculation stage, the fourth carbon mass calculation stage, and the fifth carbon mass calculation stage. ### Claim 12 (depends on 6) The charging system according to claim 6, which is configured to implement: a carbon dioxide emission calculation stage of calculating an amount of carbon dioxide emission caused due to use of energy in the first step of said process, wherein in the productivity evaluation stage, the productivity of the chemical substance is evaluated based on values of the carbon mass which are calculated in the first carbon mass calculation stage and the second carbon mass calculation stage and a value of the amount of carbon dioxide emission calculated in the carbon dioxide emission calculation stage. ### Claim 13 (depends on 6) The charging system according to claim 6, wherein the chemical substance is a compound represented by the formula CxHyOz, so that mass of carbon contained in the compound CxHyOz is calculated in the second carbon mass calculation stage and that the productivity of the compound CxHyOz is evaluated in the productivity evaluation stage. ### Claim 14 (depends on 6) The charging system according to claim 6, wherein the chemical substance is ethanol. ### Claim 15 (depends on 6) The charging system according to claim 6, wherein a total weight of the waste material is calculated by (i) subtracting a weight of a garbage truck not loaded with the waste material from the weight of a garbage truck loaded with the waste material, or by (ii) multiplying a volume of the waste material by a densities of components of the waste material. ### Claim 16 (depends on 6) The charging system according to claim 6, wherein the waste material is selected from the group consisting of a plastic, domestic flammable trash, paper waste, wood waste, sewage sludge, waste textile, pruned branch, animal and plant residues, animal and vegetable oils, meat and bone meal, waste solid fuel, excreta, wood chip, and organic sludge.