Patents Assigned to Miura Co., LTD.,
  • Patent number: 10753492
    Abstract: A check valve includes a casing in which a fluid inlet, a valve chamber, a valve seat portion, and a fluid outlet are formed; a valve body disposed in the valve chamber; and an urging unit that urges the valve body to the valve seat portion side. The valve seat portion includes a first valve seat portion disposed on the fluid inlet side of the valve chamber, and a second valve seat portion disposed on an outer periphery side of the first valve seat portion. The valve body includes a first seal portion capable of coming into close contact with the first valve seat portion, a second seal portion capable of coming into close contact with the second valve seat portion, and a first hinge portion and a second hinge portion each of which is a starting point of bending of the second seal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: MIURA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taisuke Yamamoto, Shinichiro Murakami
  • Publication number: 20200230531
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid treatment device capable of suppressing a decrease in cleaning performance. Provided is a liquid treatment device provided with a filter 2 inside a casing 1, comprising a discharge means 4, wherein the discharge means 4 comprises nozzles 41, 42 and a discharge pipe 44, the nozzles 41, 42 are arranged to open toward the filter 2, the discharge pipe 44 is arranged to discharge water introduced from the nozzles 41, 42 to an outside of the casing 1, and a first through hole 41h (42h) is formed on at least one of a side surface of the nozzles 41, 42 and the discharge pipe 44.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: MIURA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki TANGE, Yasutomo ZENMAN, Yasuhiko SAITO
  • Publication number: 20200191382
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to appropriately reduce NOx and CO. A boiler includes: a can body having water pipe; a burner for supplying primary fuel and air into the can body; a secondary fuel supply unit for supplying secondary fuel into the can body downstream of the burner in a flow direction of combustion gas; a cooling line for introducing a cooling fluid for reducing temperature of a predetermined space in the can body downstream of the burner in the flow direction of the combustion gas; a flow rate adjusting unit capable of adjusting a flow rate of the cooling fluid introduced into the can body from the cooling line; and a control unit for controlling the flow rate adjusting unit to control the flow rate of the cooling fluid such that the temperature of the predetermined space is 800° C. or more and 1200° C. or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: MIURA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akiyoshi OKABE
  • Patent number: 10556660
    Abstract: A ballast water treatment device includes a ballast water treatment line, a pump for drawing and pressure feeding treatment target water, a filter, a ballast tank for storing filtered water, and an outboard discharger, and the pump, the filter, the ballast tank, and the outboard discharger are provided on the ballast water treatment line. Treatment target water drawn for a predetermined period from start of drawing treatment target water is not caused to pass through the filter but is discharged outboard by the outboard discharger, and discharging outboard by the outboard discharger is stopped at elapse of the predetermined period and treated water having been filtrated by the filter is poured into the ballast tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: MIURA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Tange, Akinori Kawakami
  • Patent number: 10539323
    Abstract: A venturi nozzle (1), disposed upstream from a blower (20), for mixing combustion air and fuel gas by intake pressure of the blower (20), comprising: a nozzle portion (12) with a shape that is narrowed in diameter downstream and into which combustion air is introduced; a mixing portion (13), disposed downstream from the nozzle portion (12), with a shape that is enlarged in diameter downstream and into which combustion air and fuel gas are mixed; and a fuel gas inlet (15), disposed between the nozzle portion (12) and the mixing portion (13), into which fuel gas is introduced; wherein a plurality of ridges (16) extending in a circumferential direction and arranged at predetermined intervals in a flow direction of combustion air are formed on an inner surface of the nozzle portion (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: MIURA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Shiba, Shigehiro Watanabe, Tatsuya Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 10408092
    Abstract: A heat exchanger is for use in an energy recovery system to be mounted on a vessel including an engine, a supercharger and an economizer, the heat exchanger including: a first heat section for heating a working medium by supercharged air from the supercharger; a second heat section for heating the supercharged air by steam generated by the economizer before the supercharged air flows into the first heat section; and a third heat section for heating the working medium having been heated in the first section by the supercharged air which is to be heated in the second section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignees: Kobe Steel, Ltd., ASAHI SHIPPING CO., LTD., TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING CO., LTD., MIURA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeto Adachi, Kazuo Takahashi, Tetsuro Fujii, Kazuya Arahira, Masakazu Yamamoto, Yutaka Kobayashi, Toshio Sageshima
  • Patent number: 10370263
    Abstract: A ballast water treatment device attached to a vessel provided with: a line (1) through which drawn treatment target water flows; and a ballast tank (5) connected to a downstream side of the line (1). The ballast water treatment device is provided with: a filter (3) which is disposed in the line (1) and which filters the treatment target water; and a controller (7). The controller (7) causes the treatment target water to be discharged outboard from an upstream side of the filter (3) in an early stage of drawing of the treatment target water, until water quality is stabilized, and, when the water quality of treatment target water has stabilized, causes the filter (3) to filter the treatment target water. Thus, ballast water filtering can be efficiently performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: MIURA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Tange, Akinori Kawakami
  • Patent number: 10233092
    Abstract: A ballast water treatment device capable of suppressing damage to a filter is provided. The ballast water treatment device is provided with: a filtering device including a filter for filtering ballast water; a plurality of lines for a flow of the ballast water; a ballast pump for pumping the ballast water to flow into the plurality of lines; and a control unit for controlling the ballast pump to cause the ballast water to flow into a desired line. The plurality of lines includes an object line connected to the filtering device, and a discharge line diverging from the object line and connected to an outside of a system. The control unit controls the ballast pump to discharge the ballast water remaining in the object line to the outside of the system via the discharge line, by causing a ballast water flow through the object line and the discharge line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: MIURA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Tange, Yasutomo Zenman
  • Patent number: 10184359
    Abstract: A waste heat recovery device including: a heater which evaporates an working medium by exchanging heat between supercharging air supplied to an engine and the working medium; a heat exchanger which heats the working medium by exchanging heat between the working medium which has flowed out from the heater and a heating medium; and an expander into which the working medium which has flowed out from the heat exchanger flows; a motive power recovery device; a condenser which condenses the working medium; and a pump which sends the working medium to a heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignees: Kobe Steel, Ltd., MIURA Co., Ltd., ASAHI SHIPPING CO., LTD., TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryo Fujisawa, Kazuo Takahashi, Yuji Tanaka, Shigeto Adachi, Yutaka Narukawa
  • Publication number: 20190017700
    Abstract: A venturi nozzle (1), disposed upstream from a blower (20), for mixing combustion air and fuel gas by intake pressure of the blower (20), comprising: a nozzle portion (12) with a shape that is narrowed in diameter downstream and into which combustion air is introduced; a mixing portion (13), disposed downstream from the nozzle portion (12), with a shape that is enlarged in diameter downstream and into which combustion air and fuel gas are mixed; and a fuel gas inlet (15), disposed between the nozzle portion (12) and the mixing portion (13), into which fuel gas is introduced; wherein a plurality of ridges (16) extending in a circumferential direction and arranged at predetermined intervals in a flow direction of combustion air are formed on an inner surface of the nozzle portion (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: MIURA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto SHIBA, Shigehiro WATANABE, Tatsuya FUJIWARA
  • Patent number: 10058806
    Abstract: A ballast water treatment device including a cylindrical filter (2) that is disposed in a casing (1) and filters and externally discharges ballast water having flowed inside, comprising: a filter rotating unit (3) that rotates the filter (2) around a shaft center of the filter (2); a suction nozzle (4) that is disposed on the primary side of the filter (2) and opens toward the inner circumferential surface of the filter (2); a waste rinsing water discharging unit (5) that externally discharges waste rinsing water sucked by the suction nozzle (4) from the casing (1); a high-pressure fluid jet nozzle (40) that is disposed on the secondary side of the filter (2), opens toward the outer circumferential surface of the filter (2), and jets high-pressure fluid toward the filter (2); and a high-pressure fluid supplying unit (41) that supplies high-pressure fluid to the high-pressure fluid jet nozzle (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: MIURA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Tange, Akinori Kawakami, Hitoshi Shiraishi, Yasutomo Zenman, Yasuhiko Saito, Takamichi Ide
  • Patent number: 10047638
    Abstract: Disclosed is a heat energy recovery system including: a heat energy recovery circuit that causes a working medium to circulate by means of a circulation pump to exchange heat with supercharged air from a supercharger via a first heater and exchange heat with steam from an exhaust-gas economizer via a second heater, in order to integrally drive a turbine and a generator; and a controller that performs stop control to stop the circulation pump based on the flow state of the steam in a first steam flow path that causes the steam to flow from the exhaust-gas economizer to a soot blower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignees: Kobe Steel, Ltd., ASAHI SHIPPING CO., LTD., TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd., MIURA Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeto Adachi, Yutaka Narukawa, Tetsuro Fujii, Kazuya Arahira, Masakazu Yamamoto, Yutaka Kobayashi, Toshio Sageshima
  • Patent number: 10030866
    Abstract: A boiler system equipped with a boiler group mixedly provided with a step value control boiler and a proportional control boiler. A boiler number control device is configured to control the number of boilers in the boiler group, and includes an output controller configured to control a combustion state of the boiler group so as to cause the proportional control boiler to output steam equivalent to a required steam flow according to a required load, and an output switcher configured to switch, under a condition that a steam flow outputted from the proportional control boiler reaches a predetermined steam flow exceeding a steam flow at a possible combustion point of the step value control boiler, output of the steam flow at the combustion point from the proportional control boiler to the step value control boiler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: MIURA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Hyodo
  • Patent number: 9995244
    Abstract: A heat energy recovery system includes an evaporator, a superheater, an expander, a power recovery device, a condenser, a pump, and a controller. The controller includes: an engine load calculation section; a maximum rotation speed determination section for determining a maximum rotation speed of the pump which is obtained when a pinch temperature reaches a target pinch temperature, based on a relational expression representing a relationship between the engine load and the maximum rotation speed, and an engine load; and a rotation speed regulation section for regulating the rotation speed of the pump in such a way as to allow the degree of superheat of the working medium flowing into the expander to be equal to or greater than a reference value, and to allow the rotation speed to be equal to or less than a maximum rotation speed determined by the maximum rotation speed determination section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.), ASAHI SHIPPING CO., LTD., TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING Co., Ltd., MIURA Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Tanaka, Kazuo Takahashi, Shigeto Adachi, Yutaka Narukawa
  • Publication number: 20180111069
    Abstract: Provided is a ballast water treatment device that can discharge ballast water stored in a casing quickly and in a preferable manner. The ballast water treatment device 1 is provided with: a casing 10; a filter 20 which is disposed in the casing 10 and which filters ballast water; an introduction portion 14 which introduces ballast water to a primary side of the filter 20; a first discharge portion in the casing 10 for discharging the ballast water from the primary side of the filter 20; and a second discharge portion 131 which is disposed at a lower portion of the casing 10 at a secondary side of the filter 20, and which discharges the ballast water from the secondary side of the filter 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: MIURA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: YASUHIKO SAITO
  • Publication number: 20180023422
    Abstract: A heat exchanger is for use in an energy recovery system to be mounted on a vessel including an engine, a supercharger and an economizer, the heat exchanger including: a first heat section for heating a working medium by supercharged air from the supercharger; a second heat section for heating the supercharged air by steam generated by the economizer before the supercharged air flows into the first heat section; and a third heat section for heating the working medium having been heated in the first section by the supercharged air which is to be heated in the second section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (Kobe Steel, Ltd.), ASAHI SHIPPING CO., LTD., TSUNEISHI SHIPBUILDING CO., LTD., MIURA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeto ADACHI, Kazuo TAKAHASHI, Tetsuro FUJII, Kazuya ARAHIRA, Masakazu YAMAMOTO, Yutaka KOBAYASHI, Toshio SAGESHIMA
  • Publication number: 20170349450
    Abstract: A ballast water treatment device capable of suppressing damage to a filter is provided. The ballast water treatment device is provided with: a filtering device including a filter for filtering ballast water; a plurality of lines for a flow of the ballast water; a ballast pump for pumping the ballast water to flow into the plurality of lines; and a control unit for controlling the ballast pump to cause the ballast water to flow into a desired line. The plurality of lines includes an object line connected to the filtering device, and a discharge line diverging from the object line and connected to an outside of a system. The control unit controls the ballast pump to discharge the ballast water remaining in the object line to the outside of the system via the discharge line, by causing a ballast water flow through the object line and the discharge line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: MIURA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki TANGE, Yasutomo ZENMAN
  • Patent number: 9816845
    Abstract: The invention provides a boiler load analysis apparatus that has a simple configuration and achieves highly accurate analysis of a boiler load. A boiler load analysis apparatus (10) includes an opening sensor (15) provided to at least one of a fuel supply line (45) and a combustion air supply line (50) of a boiler (40) and configured to measure an opening degree of at least one of a fuel flow regulating mechanism (47) configured to regulate, with the opening degree, a fuel flow in the fuel supply line (45) and a supplied air flow regulating mechanism (54) configured to regulate, with the opening degree, a supplied air flow in the combustion air supply line (50), and a load analyzer (20) configured to calculate a steam load of the boiler (40) from a measurement value of the opening sensor (15), to analyze the steam load of the boiler (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Miura Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Kinzuka, Hideo Furukawa, Osamu Higuchi
  • Patent number: 9759449
    Abstract: Feedwater to be supplied to a feedwater tank via a feedwater path is passed through a waste heat recovery heat exchanger, a supercooler, and a condenser in sequence. A heat source fluid such as heat source water is passed through an evaporator and the waste heat recovery heat exchanger in sequence. The waste heat recovery heat exchanger is an indirect heat exchanger between the feedwater supplied to the feedwater tank via the feedwater path and the heat source fluid having passed through the evaporator. The supercooler is an indirect heat exchanger between the feedwater supplied to the feedwater tank via the feedwater path and a refrigerant supplied from the condenser to an expansion valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: MIURA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Ootani, Yasukuni Tanaka, Masanori Takemoto, Rikki Sugiura, Tomoya Oozawa
  • Patent number: 9739477
    Abstract: There is provided a drain recovery system with which power for driving a feedwater pump can be reduced and the feedwater pump can be driven at low costs. The drain recovery system includes: a buffer tank; an assist tank disposed below the buffer tank; a first drain supply line that connects a load device and the buffer tank; a second drain supply line that connects the buffer tank and the assist tank; a drain supply valve; a communication line that establishes communication between the assist tank and the buffer tank; a communication valve; a steam supply line that supplies steam from a boiler to the assist tank; a steam supply valve; a feedwater line that supplies drain from the assist tank to the boiler; and a feedwater pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: MIURA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sohei Akinaga, Hiroyuki Hatanaka, Koji Nagai, Tomohiro Ookubo, Tetsuji Namato