Analysis system, analysis method, and computer readable medium

Abstract

Provided is an analysis system including a terminal device having an element acquisition unit which acquires an amount of an element contained in an object in an electrolyzer, and a server having a reception unit which receives the amount of the element which is acquired by the element acquisition unit, and a state analysis unit which analyzes a state of the object based on the amount of the element which is received by the reception unit.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An analysis system comprising:
 a terminal device having an element acquisition unit which acquires an amount of an element contained in an object in an electrolyzer; and   a server having a reception unit which receives the amount of the element which is acquired by the element acquisition unit, and a state analysis unit which analyzes a state of the object based on the amount of the element which is received by the reception unit.   
     
     
         2 . The analysis system according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the electrolyzer has an ion exchange membrane, and an anode chamber and a cathode chamber which are separated by the ion exchange membrane,   an aqueous solution of an alkali metal chloride or an aqueous solution of an alkali metal hydroxide is inputted into the anode chamber, and an aqueous solution of an alkali metal hydroxide is outputted from the cathode chamber, and   the state analysis unit analyzes the state of the object based on a predetermined first relationship between a current efficiency of the electrolyzer and the amount of the element, analyzes the state of the object based on a predetermined second relationship between a voltage of the electrolyzer and the amount of the element, or analyzes the state of the object based on a predetermined third relationship between a chloride ion concentration in the aqueous solution of the alkali metal hydroxide and the amount of the element.   
     
     
         3 . The analysis system according to  claim 2 , wherein
 the electrolyzer includes a plurality of electrolyzers, and the plurality of electrolyzers are arranged in mutually different locations,   the terminal device includes a plurality of terminal devices, the object includes a plurality of objects, and the element acquisition unit in each of the plurality of terminal devices respectively acquires the amount of the element contained in each of the plurality of objects,   the reception unit receives the amount of the element which is acquired by the element acquisition unit in each of the plurality of terminal devices, and   the state analysis unit analyzes a state of one of the objects based on the amount of the element which is acquired by the element acquisition unit in each of the plurality of terminal devices and received by the reception unit.   
     
     
         4 . The analysis system according to  claim 3 , wherein the server further has a state prediction unit which predicts a time when the object is put into a predetermined first state based on a change over time of the amount of the element and the first relationship, predicts a time when the object is put into a predetermined second state based on a change over time of the amount of the element and the second relationship, or predicts a time when the object is put into a predetermined third state based on a change over time of the amount of the element and the third relationship. 
     
     
         5 . The analysis system according to  claim 4 , wherein the state prediction unit predicts, based on a change over time of the amount of the element in one of the electrolyzers and the first relationship, a time when the object in one of the electrolyzers or another of the electrolyzers is put into the first state, predicts, based on a change over time of the amount of the element in one of the electrolyzers and the second relationship, a time when the object in one of the electrolyzers or another of the electrolyzers is put into the second state, or predicts, based on a change over time of the amount of the element in one of the electrolyzers and the third relationship, a time when the object in one of the electrolyzers or another of the electrolyzers is put into the third state. 
     
     
         6 . The analysis system according to  claim 4 , wherein
 the element acquisition unit further acquires a type of the element,   the reception unit further receives the type of the element, and   the type of the element includes types of elements, and the state prediction unit predicts a time when the object is put into the first state for each of the types of the elements, predicts a time when the object is put into the second state for each of the types of the elements, or predicts a time when the object is put into the third state for each of the types of the elements.   
     
     
         7 . The analysis system according to  claim 5 , wherein
 the element acquisition unit further acquires a type of the element,   the reception unit further receives the type of the element, and   the type of the element includes types of elements, and the state prediction unit predicts a time when the object is put into the first state for each of the types of the elements, predicts a time when the object is put into the second state for each of the types of the elements, or predicts a time when the object is put into the third state for each of the types of the elements.   
     
     
         8 . The analysis system according to  claim 4 , wherein
 the server further has an operating condition acquisition unit which acquires respective operating conditions in the plurality of electrolyzers, and   the state prediction unit predicts a time when the object is put into the first state for each of the operating conditions, predicts a time when the object is put into the second state for each of the operating conditions, or predicts a time when the object is put into the third state for each of the operating conditions.   
     
     
         9 . The analysis system according to  claim 4 , wherein
 the state prediction unit predicts the state of the object when a first countermeasure according to the state of the object that is a first countermeasure to recover the current efficiency of the electrolyzer is implemented, predicts the state of the object when a second countermeasure according to the state of the object that is a second countermeasure to recover the voltage of the electrolyzer is implemented, or predicts the state of the object when a third countermeasure according to the state of the object that is a third countermeasure to recover the chloride ion concentration in the aqueous solution of the alkali metal hydroxide is implemented.   
     
     
         10 . The analysis system according to  claim 4 , wherein
 when the state analysis unit analyzes that the state of one of the objects in one of the electrolyzers is at least one of the first state or the second state, the element acquisition unit acquires the amount of the element contained in another of the objects in one of the electrolyzers.   
     
     
         11 . The analysis system according to  claim 3 , further comprising:
 an information terminal which is arranged in each of the locations and has a first transmission unit which transmits the amount of the element which is acquired by the element acquisition unit.   
     
     
         12 . The analysis system according to  claim 11 , wherein
 the server further has a second transmission unit which transmits an analysis result obtained through analyzing by the state analysis unit to the information terminal, and   the element acquisition unit acquires the amount of the element based on the analysis result transmitted by the second transmission unit.   
     
     
         13 . The analysis system according to  claim 12 , wherein
 an input tube through which liquid to be inputted into the electrolyzer passes is connected to the electrolyzer, and   when the state analysis unit analyzes that the object is in a fourth state in which the object contains a predetermined amount or more of an element contained in the input tube, the second transmission unit transmits an instruction to the element acquisition unit to acquire the element contained in the input tube.   
     
     
         14 . The analysis system according to  claim 2 , wherein
 the server further has at least one of a first state learning unit which generates a first state inference model which outputs a first inferred state of the object based on the current efficiency and the amount of the element through machine learning on a relationship between the current efficiency and the amount of the element, or a second state learning unit which generates a second state inference model which outputs a second inferred state of the object based on the voltage and the amount of the element through machine learning on a relationship between the voltage and the amount of the element.   
     
     
         15 . The analysis system according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the element acquisition unit acquires the amount of the element for each of positions of the element in the object,   the reception unit receives the amount of the element for each of the positions of the element, and   the state analysis unit analyzes the state of the object based on the amount of the element for each of the positions of the element.   
     
     
         16 . The analysis system according to  claim 15 , wherein
 an opening through which liquid to be inputted into the electrolyzer passes is provided to the electrolyzer, and   the state analysis unit analyzes the state of the object based on a position of the opening and a position of the element in the object.   
     
     
         17 . An analysis method comprising:
 acquiring, by an element acquisition unit, an element by acquiring an amount of an element contained in an object in an electrolyzer;   receiving, by a reception unit, the amount of the element acquired in the acquiring the element; and   analyzing, by a state analysis unit, a state of the object based on the amount of the element which is received in the receiving.   
     
     
         18 . The analysis method according to  claim 17 , wherein
 the electrolyzer has an ion exchange membrane, and an anode chamber and a cathode chamber which are separated by the ion exchange membrane,   an aqueous solution of an alkali metal chloride or an aqueous solution of an alkali metal hydroxide is inputted into the anode chamber, and an aqueous solution of an alkali metal hydroxide is outputted from the cathode chamber, and   the analyzing, by the state analysis unit, is analyzing the state of the object based on a predetermined first relationship between a current efficiency of the electrolyzer and the amount of the element, analyzing the state of the object based on a predetermined second relationship between a voltage of the electrolyzer and the amount of the element, or analyzing the state of the object based on a predetermined third relationship between a chloride ion concentration in the aqueous solution of the alkali metal hydroxide and the amount of the element.   
     
     
         19 . The analysis method according to  claim 18 , further comprising:
 predicting, by a state prediction unit, a state by predicting a time when the object is put into a predetermined first state based on a change over time of the amount of the element and the first relationship, predicting a time when the object is put into a predetermined second state based on a change over time of the amount of the element and the second relationship, or predicting a time when the object is put into a predetermined third state based on a change over time of the amount of the element and the third relationship.   
     
     
         20 . A computer readable medium having recorded thereon an analysis program that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to execute:
 acquiring an element by acquiring an amount of an element contained in an object in an electrolyzer;   receiving the amount of the element acquired in the acquiring the element; and   analyzing a state of the object based on the amount of the element which is received in the receiving.