Patents Assigned to MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
  • Publication number: 20220080503
    Abstract: A metal powder producing apparatus includes a spray tank, and a plurality of spray nozzles that spray a molten metal into the spray tank. Each of the plurality of spray nozzles includes a molten metal nozzle allowing the molten metal to flow down into the spray tank, and a gas jet nozzle having a plurality of jet holes that are disposed in a periphery of the molten metal nozzle and jet a gas to the molten metal flowing down from the molten metal nozzle. Each of center axes of the plurality of jet holes is deviated to either one of left side and right side relative to a center axis of the molten metal nozzle. Each of the center axes of the plurality of jet holes and the center axis of the molten metal nozzle are located at skew positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi SHIBAYAMA, Shigenobu EGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11274575
    Abstract: A gas turbine plant includes a gas turbine, an exhaust heat recovery boiler, and a water supply system that is configured to supply water to the exhaust heat recovery boiler. The exhaust heat recovery boiler has an evaporator configured to use an exhaust gas to heat water, thereby generating steam, and a reheater that is configured to heat steam with the exhaust gas introduced from the evaporator. The water supply system has a water supply line that is configured to supply water from a water supply source to the exhaust heat recovery boiler, and a supplied water temperature regulator that is configured to regulate a temperature of supplied water, which is the water in the water supply line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Uechi, Tatsuo Ishiguro, Naoki Hisada
  • Patent number: 11274832
    Abstract: The present invention is a downstream plate which is provided on a downstream side of an upstream plate includes an air inlet into which cooling air is introduced from a cooling air introduction pipe and a cooling flow path which extends in a direction along a surface of the downstream plate from the air inlet so as to avoid a premix tube and through which cooling air flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Tada, Keijiro Saito, Satoshi Tanimura, Kenta Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 11274830
    Abstract: A combustor nozzle includes a nozzle main body extending along an axis. The nozzle main body includes a first fuel passage which extends along the axis and through which first fuel is configured to flow, a first fuel ejection passage which extends to an outer circumferential surface of the nozzle main body toward a distal end side thereof from the first fuel passage and is configured to eject the first fuel from the outer circumferential surface, an air flow passage which extends in an axial direction on a radial outer side of the first fuel passage with respect to the axis and through which purge air is configured to flow, and an air ejection passage which extends from the air flow passage toward a center of a distal end of the nozzle main body and is configured eject the purge air from the center of the distal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Miyamoto, Kenta Taniguchi, Kei Inoue, Shohei Domen, Yuichi Ichikawa, Satoshi Tanimura
  • Patent number: 11274574
    Abstract: A carbon-based fuel gasification power generation system is configured to remove ammonia from syngas using washing water, and effectively use the ammonia-containing washing water. The system includes a gasification facility provided with a water scrubber for removing ammonia in the syngas generated as gasified carbon-based fuel, and a power generation facility provided with a combustor for burning gas for combustion generated in the gasification facility and air for combustion humidified in the humidifying tower, and a gas turbine driven by combustion gas. The ammonia-containing water recovered in the water scrubber is supplied to the humidifying tower. Using the water, compressed air to be supplied to the combustor is humidified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Power, Ltd.
    Inventor: Fumihiko Kiso
  • Patent number: 11274606
    Abstract: A control device for a two-shaft gas turbine power generation facility includes: a basic output calculation unit which obtains a basic output command value in accordance with a required output; a component separation unit which divides the basic output command value into high and low frequency components; an opening degree command output unit which obtains an opening degree of a fuel adjustment valve and outputs an opening degree command to the fuel adjustment valve; a basic power transmission and reception amount calculation unit which obtains a basic power transmission and reception amount of the electric power between an induction motor and a power system on the basis of the high-frequency component; and a power transmission and reception command output unit which outputs a power transmission and reception command indicating a power transmission and reception amount in accordance with the basic power transmission and reception amount to a frequency converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo Takahashi, Naoyuki Nagafuchi
  • Patent number: 11277058
    Abstract: A bar or coil includes a conductor arranged in a rotating electrical machine and an insulating layer having a predetermined insulation thickness disposed on a surface of the conductor. The repair method includes: extracting a part of the bar or coil as a repair target; removing the insulating layer in a part of the bar or coil as the repair target; disposing a first insulating layer in the part where the insulating layer is removed, the first insulating layer having an insulation thickness thinner than the predetermined insulation thickness; and disposing a second insulating layer on a surface of the first insulating layer to form an insulating layer after a repair where the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer are added, the insulating layer after the repair having a thickness of the predetermined insulation thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoichi Tani, Takashi Usui, Seijiro Muramatsu, Mitsuru Onoda
  • Patent number: 11274600
    Abstract: A control device causes a combined cycle plant to perform a first operation section, a second operation section, and a third operation section. In the first operation section, a first gas turbine unit and a steam turbine are driven without driving an auxiliary combustion device. The control device causes the plant to perform the second operation section in which the first gas turbine unit, the auxiliary combustion device, and the steam turbine are driven when a required output equal to or greater than a maximum output in the first operation section is received. The control device causes the plant to perform the third operation section in which the first gas turbine unit, the second gas turbine unit, and the steam turbine are driven without driving an auxiliary combustion device when a required output equal to or greater than a maximum output in the second operation section is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuya Tsukuda, Yasuhiro Shirahama
  • Patent number: 11275358
    Abstract: A remote service system includes a first computer terminal configured to add a first signature to control information representing control content to be applied to a facility and transmit the control information and a second computer terminal configured to cause the control content represented by the control information to be applied to the facility, wherein the first computer terminal and the second computer terminal are connected by a first communication network and wherein the second computer terminal and the facility are connected by a second communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Kono, Kenji Takao, Daisuke Goto, Hiroyasu Ishigaki
  • Publication number: 20220074319
    Abstract: An exhaust chamber is equipped with: a diffuser that forms a diffuser space; an exhaust casing that forms an exhaust space communicating with the diffuser space; and an auxiliary exhaust frame that forms an auxiliary exhaust space having an annular shape centered around an axis, on the inside of the diffuser in the radial direction. The auxiliary exhaust frame has an opening that opens toward the outside in the radial direction from the interior of the auxiliary exhaust space, and that enables the exhaust space and the auxiliary exhaust space to communicate with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Power, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Hideaki Sugishita, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Toyoharu Nishikawa, Shigeo Ookura
  • Publication number: 20220072494
    Abstract: A fluid delivery apparatus to deliver a slurry liquid to be brought into contact with exhaust gas discharged from a combustion device to a plurality of delivery destinations comprises: a first delivery line for delivering the slurry liquid from a delivery source to a first delivery destination; a return line, branching off from the first delivery line at a first bifurcation part, for returning the slurry liquid to the delivery source; a second delivery line, branching off from the return line at a second bifurcation part, for delivering the slurry liquid to a second delivery destination different from the first delivery destination; and a delivery destination switching device configured to able to switch a delivery destination of the slurry liquid flowing on an upstream side of the second bifurcation part in the return line to a downstream side of the second bifurcation part in the return line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Power, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoichi Kanno, Seiji Kagawa, Yoshito Tanaka, Yasuhiro Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 11268409
    Abstract: A power plant system can comprise a first gas turbine having a first efficiency to produce a first exhaust flow, a first electrical generator driven by the first gas turbine, a first heat recovery steam generator to receive the first exhaust flow and generate a first steam flow, a second gas turbine having a second efficiency less than the first efficiency to produce a second exhaust flow, a second electrical generator driven by the second gas turbine, and an exhaust gas conditioning device to reduce temperature of the second exhaust flow, a steam turbine driving a steam electrical generator to receive the first steam flow. The second gas turbine can be selectively operated to generate electricity with the second electrical generator under peak loading conditions when a sum of output from the steam electrical generator and the first electrical generator are less than an electrical demand from a grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Power Americas, Inc., Mitsubishi Power, Ltd.
    Inventors: Scott Cloyd, Jiro Asakuno, Toshihiko Toyota, Masaru Takamatsu, Michael Ducker, David Hunt
  • Patent number: 11268169
    Abstract: It is an objective of the invention to provide a Ni-based superalloy cast article exhibiting the corrosion resistance compatible or superior to the conventional ordinary precision cast articles and reducing the cost than the conventional ones while maintaining the mechanical properties compatible to the conventional ones. There is provided a Ni-based superalloy cast article including: 12.1 to 16 mass % of Cr; 4 to 16 mass % of Co; 3 to 5 mass % of Al; 2.1 to 3.3 mass % of Ti; 3.5 to 9 mass % of W; 1 to 2.4 mass % of Mo; 1.2 mass % or less of Nb; 0.005 to 0.05 mass % of B; 0.03 to 0.2 mass % of C; more than 0 mass % and 0.005 mass % or less of O; and the balance being Ni and impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD
    Inventors: Akira Yoshinari, Yuting Wang, Shigeru Tanaka, Takeshi Izumi
  • Patent number: 11268445
    Abstract: In a gas turbine, a plurality of blade ring parts each include a plurality of first cooling flow passages, a plurality of second cooling flow passages, and a return flow passage. The first cooling flow passages are disposed on the outer side in a radial direction centering on a rotation axis, extend in an axial direction, and are disposed aligned in an axial rotation direction. The second cooling flow passages are disposed on an inner side in the radial direction with respect to the first cooling flow passages, extend in the axial direction, and are disposed aligned in the axial rotation direction. The return flow passage connects end parts of each of the first cooling flow passages and the second cooling flow passages on the same side in the axial direction with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Hashimoto, Naoya Tatsumi, Hiroyuki Yamazaki, Yuki Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20220062823
    Abstract: A reducing agent supply device for supplying a reducing agent to a portion of a passage for a flue gas upstream of a SCR catalyst includes at least one header pipe extending in the passage and configured to allow the reducing agent to pass through; a plurality of injection nozzles disposed on the header pipe at intervals along an extension direction of the header pipe and configured to inject the reducing agent into the passage; a heat shield plate disposed on an upstream side of the header pipe with respect to a flow direction of the flue gas and having a longitudinal direction along the extension direction of the header pipe; and at least one fixing part contacting each of the heat shield plate and the header pipe and fixing the heat shield plate to the header pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Power, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shimpei Todaka, Hideo Miyanishi, Kazuhiko Sera
  • Patent number: 11261794
    Abstract: An acoustic device includes: a perforated plate that has a plurality of holes penetrating in a plate thickness direction of the perforated plate and in which a main flow is to flow on a first side of the perforated plate in the plate thickness direction; and a housing that is on a second side of the perforated plate in the plate thickness direction and partitions a space between the housing and the perforated plate, wherein a part of each of the plurality of holes on the first side in the thickness direction is inclined to at least one of the first side and a second side of a flow direction of the main flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Matsuyama, Shinji Akamatsu, Taiki Kinoshita, Kenta Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 11261908
    Abstract: A tilting pad bearing including pads disposed around a rotating shaft so as to face an outer peripheral surface of the rotating shaft, liners each supporting an outside of the pad in a radial direction with an axis of the rotating shaft as a center, and pivots each supporting an outside of the liner in the radial direction with the axis as a center at a central position of the liner in an axial direction of the rotating shaft so as to allow the pad to be swingable, wherein a recessed portion recessed in a direction away from the pad is formed on a surface of the liner facing the pad or a surface of the pad facing the liner at least at the central position thereof in the axial direction of the rotating shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Chihiro Yoshimine, Tanehiro Shinohara, Takuzo Shigihara, Shuichi Isayama, Yuichiro Waki
  • Patent number: 11262075
    Abstract: A gas turbine combustor provided with: a plurality of swirler tubes that are disposed inside a combustor basket and impart a swirl to a premixed gas, the premixed gas being obtained by premixing a fuel and air for combustion; and an outer ring that is disposed between the plurality of swirler tubes and the combustor basket with a gap provided between the outer ring and the combustor basket, and generates film-shaped air inside a combustor transition piece connected to the combustor basket via injection through the gap into the combustor transition piece, and at a downstream end of the outer ring, the outer ring includes a tapered surface formed such that the outer ring gradually decreases in thickness from an upstream side toward a downstream side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Miyamoto, Satoshi Takiguchi, Keijiro Saito, Kotaro Miyauchi, Koichi Nishida, Shinji Akamatsu
  • Patent number: 11248489
    Abstract: A monitoring sensor for a state of a blade of a rotating machine includes a sensor for monitoring a state of the blade of the rotating machine, a first section configured to be fixed to a casing of the rotating machine, and a second section holding the sensor and supported by the first section so as to be able to adjust a position of the sensor in an axial direction of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tamura, Takeo Baba
  • Patent number: 11248537
    Abstract: A gas turbine control device includes a first estimation unit configured to estimate a first temperature which is a first turbine inlet temperature estimation value based on a first model which is a physical model using a fuel flow rate to a gas turbine; a second estimation unit configured to estimate a second temperature which is a second turbine inlet temperature estimation value based on a second model which is a physical model using an exhaust gas temperature of the gas turbine; and a correction unit configured to correct the first temperature based on the second temperature to calculate a third turbine inlet temperature estimation value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazushige Takaki, Akihiko Saito, Ryuji Takenaka, Koshiro Fukumoto, Yoshifumi Iwasaki