Patents by Inventor Akihiro Nakaniwa

Akihiro Nakaniwa has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11927199
    Abstract: A compressor includes a rotation shaft which rotates around an axis, an impeller which press-feeds a fluid from one side in an axial direction toward an outward side in a radial direction by rotating together with the rotation shaft, a casing which surrounds the rotation shaft and the impeller and in which an exit flow channel for introducing a fluid press-fed from the impeller is formed, and an acoustic liner which is provided so as to face the inside of the exit flow channel in the casing. The acoustic liner has a plurality of open hole portions which are arranged with intervals therebetween, and acoustic spaces which communicate with the open hole portions and are independently provided for the respective open hole portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Nakaniwa, Koji Maeta, Takashi Oda
  • Patent number: 11873822
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes a rotary shaft having a plurality of impellers and a casing having an intermediate discharge port. The casing has a plurality of diaphragms, an external casing, a return flow path that guides a flow direction of a working fluid to an inner side in a radial direction, and an intermediate scroll that guides part of the working fluid discharged from the impeller in an intermediate stage to the intermediate discharge port. The intermediate scroll has a scroll flow path formed on a second side in the axial direction with respect to the return flow path, and an introduction portion connecting the return flow path and the scroll flow path, and an outer flow path forming surface of the scroll flow path is formed by a casing inner peripheral surface facing an inner side of the external casing in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Nakaniwa, Jo Masutani, Shinichiro Tokuyama, Yoshiaki Shoji
  • Publication number: 20230258190
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes a rotary shaft having a plurality of impellers and a casing having an intermediate discharge port. The casing has a plurality of diaphragms, an external casing, a return flow path that guides a flow direction of a working fluid to an inner side in a radial direction, and an intermediate scroll that guides part of the working fluid discharged from the impeller in an intermediate stage to the intermediate discharge port. The intermediate scroll has a scroll flow path formed on a second side in the axial direction with respect to the return flow path, and an introduction portion connecting the return flow path and the scroll flow path, and an outer flow path forming surface of the scroll flow path is formed by a casing inner peripheral surface facing an inner side of the external casing in the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Nakaniwa, Jo Masutani, Shinichiro Tokuyama, Yoshiaki Shoji
  • Publication number: 20230146834
    Abstract: A control device includes: a variation command unit that changes a command value, which is a command value sent to a system including a compressor, affecting an operating state of the compressor; a proportional coefficient calculation unit that calculates a proportional coefficient of a variation in a parameter, which indicates a state of the compressor or an electric motor that drives the compressor when the system is operated based on the command value, with respect to the command value; and a control unit that performs control for avoiding or suppressing surging in the compressor, based on a value of the proportional coefficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takaharu Hiroe, Minoru Matsuo, Tatsuo Ishiguro, Akihiro Nakaniwa, Yasunori Tokimasa
  • Patent number: 11572888
    Abstract: The impeller of a rotating machine according to at least one embodiment of the present discloser is provided with: a disc; a cover disposed on an opposite side of a radial passage from the disc in an axial direction; and a blade disposed between the disc and the cover. In a dimensionless position along a camber line of the blade when the position of a leading edge of the blade is defined as 0 and the position of a trailing edge of the blade is defined as 1, a position where an angle difference between a first blade angle at a disc-side end portion of the blade and a second blade angle at a cover-side end portion of the blade is maximum is in a range of 0.5 or more and 1 or less. The first blade angle is ?10 degrees or more and 0 degrees or less at the position where the angle difference is maximum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyori Yagi, Noriyuki Okada, Chihiro Myoren, Akihiro Nakaniwa, Shuichi Yamashita, Jo Masutani, Hirofumi Higuchi, Takashi Oda
  • Publication number: 20220403853
    Abstract: An impeller includes: a disk which is supported so as to be rotatable around an axis and which includes an outer peripheral surface expanding toward an outside in a radial direction of the disk as it goes to a downstream side in an axial direction of the axis; blades which are arranged on the outer peripheral surface of the disk at intervals in a circumferential direction of the disk; and a cover which is disposed at a position facing the outer peripheral surface of the disk so as to cover the blades. A leading edge of each of the blades includes: a straight portion which extends toward the downstream side in the axial direction of the axis as it goes to the disk from the cover; and a protrusion portion close to the disk and which is protruded from an extension of the straight portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyori Yagi, Akihiro Nakaniwa, Hiroaki Oka
  • Publication number: 20220389931
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes: an impeller which is allowed to rotate around an axis; a casing which is provided with a return flow path allowing a fluid pressure-fed from the impeller to flow therein; and a return vane which is disposed inside the return flow path, wherein the return vane is provided with an injection port through which a liquid supplied from the outside is injected to the return flow path. Accordingly, power is further reduced while suppressing pressure loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motomu Asahara, Shuichi Yamashita, Akihiro Nakaniwa
  • Publication number: 20220349423
    Abstract: A compressor includes a rotation shaft which rotates around an axis, an impeller which press-feeds a fluid from one side in an axial direction toward an outward side in a radial direction by rotating together with the rotation shaft, a casing which surrounds the rotation shaft and the impeller and in which an exit flow channel for introducing a fluid press-fed from the impeller is formed, and an acoustic liner which is provided so as to face the inside of the exit flow channel in the casing. The acoustic liner has a plurality of open hole portions which are arranged with intervals therebetween, and acoustic spaces which communicate with the open hole portions and are independently provided for the respective open hole portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Nakaniwa, Koji Maeta, Takashi Oda
  • Patent number: 11448237
    Abstract: A compressor 1 includes a casing 2 that covers a rotating shaft 4 and an impeller 6 and is provided with a diffuser 66 for guiding the working fluid discharged from the impeller 6 to an outside in a radial direction, a heat exchanger 71 that is cools at least a portion of the working fluid compressed by the impeller 6, a cooling fluid supplying unit 7 that supplies the working fluid cooled by the heat exchanger 71 into the casing 2 as a cooling fluid for cooling a motor 5 disposed in the casing 2, and a cooling fluid circulating unit 8 that discharges the cooling fluid that has passed through the motor 5 to an outside of the casing 2, and supplies the discharged cooling fluid downstream of an outlet 6o of a first impeller 6A and upstream of the diffuser 66.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyata, Masahiro Kobayashi, Akihiro Nakaniwa
  • Publication number: 20220145898
    Abstract: The impeller of a rotating machine according to at least one embodiment of the present discloser is provided with: a disc; a cover disposed on an opposite side of a radial passage from the disc in an axial direction; and a blade disposed between the disc and the cover. In a dimensionless position along a camber line of the blade when the position of a leading edge of the blade is defined as 0 and the position of a trailing edge of the blade is defined as 1, a position where an angle difference between a first blade angle at a disc-side end portion of the blade and a second blade angle at a cover-side end portion of the blade is maximum is in a range of 0.5 or more and 1 or less. The first blade angle is ?10 degrees or more and 0 degrees or less at the position where the angle difference is maximum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyori Yagi, Noriyuki Okada, Chihiro Myoren, Akihiro Nakaniwa, Shuichi Yamashita, Jo Masutani, Hirofumi Higuchi, Takashi Oda
  • Publication number: 20220128067
    Abstract: A rotary machine according to at least one embodiment is configured such that, in a region on an opposite side to a thrust collar across a key in an axial direction, a defective portion is provided on one of an outer circumferential surface of a shaft, or a surface of the shaft along a radial direction or a surface of a holding member along the radial direction, or at least a part of a section having the surface along the radial direction is formed by a material having a Young's modulus lower than a Young's modulus in another section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyori Yagi, Akihiro Nakaniwa, Takashi Oda, Minoru Shimatani, Jumpei Karasuda
  • Patent number: 11236758
    Abstract: An impeller includes a disk that has a disk shape centered on an axis, a cover that is disposed to be separated from the disk in an axial direction in which the axis extends, a plurality of blades that connect the disk and the cover to each other and are disposed at intervals in a circumferential direction around the axis, and a connection member that is disposed to be separated from the plurality of blades in the axial direction and connects the disk and the cover to each other. A plurality of the connection members are disposed at intervals in the circumferential direction at positions near an inlet of an impeller flow path with respect to front edges of the blades positioned at positions near the inlet, the impeller flow path being formed between the disk and the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Nagao, Akihiro Nakaniwa
  • Patent number: 11215195
    Abstract: A suction-and-discharge flow path includes a circumferential flow path that extends in an arc shape about an axis and an external communication path that is connected to both ends of the circumferential flow path. The circumferential flow path has a uniform flow path cross-sectional area in a circumferential direction, and a convex curved surface having a convex curved surface shape is provided between an outer peripheral wall surface of the circumferential flow path and a second inner wall surface of the external communication path. In a case where, when viewed in the axis direction, a curvature radius of the convex curved surface is defined as R and a radial dimension of the circumferential flow path is defined as W, a relationship of W?R?3W is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Nakaniwa, Hirofumi Higuchi
  • Patent number: 11209021
    Abstract: This centrifugal rotary machine includes an impeller having a disk, blades, and a cover. The centrifugal rotary machine further includes a casing which accommodates the impeller radially inward and forms a gap between an outer circumferential surface of the cover and the casing. The centrifugal rotary machine further includes a sealing device which seals the gap. The casing includes an end wall surface which is disposed to face one axial side of a cover end surface facing one axial side of the cover, extends in the radial direction and forms a radial flow path between the end wall surface and the cover end surface. The casing further includes a foreign matter introduction path which is formed inside the casing and communicates with a radially outer side of the radial flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Nakaniwa, Shinichiro Tokuyama
  • Patent number: 11131319
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor is provided with a plurality of diaphragms including a first diaphragm and a second diaphragm which are adjacent to each other in an axial direction, a casing disposed on a radially outer side of the plurality of diaphragms and accommodating an internal component including the plurality of diaphragms, at least one axial spacer disposed between the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm, and a scroll flow passage formed by a scroll inner peripheral wall and a scroll outer peripheral wall. The scroll inner peripheral wall is formed by a surface of the first diaphragm positioned on a radially inner side of an outer peripheral surface of the first diaphragm. At least a part of the scroll outer peripheral wall is formed by an inner peripheral surface of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Nakaniwa, Akinori Tasaki, Daisuke Hirata
  • Patent number: 11053952
    Abstract: An impeller includes: a disk that has a disk shape and is configured to rotate around an axis; and a plurality of blades that are provided at intervals in a circumferential direction on a side of a surface of the disk toward a direction of the axis and extend to a rear side in a rotation direction as the plurality of the blades go toward an outer side in a radial direction. Each of the plurality of the blades has: a primary blade which extends to the rear side in the rotation direction as the primary blade goes from an inner side toward the outer side in the radial direction, and a secondary blade which is provided at intervals on a side in front of the primary blade in the rotation direction to correspond to the primary blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Nakaniwa, Akinori Tasaki
  • Patent number: 11047393
    Abstract: A multi-stage centrifugal compressor includes: a rotary shaft that is configured to rotate around an axis; a plurality of stages of impellers that are fixed to the rotary shaft and are configured to integrally rotate to compress and deliver a fluid, which flows into the impellers from an upstream side in an axial direction, to a radial outer side; a casing including a return flow path that is configured to guide the fluid, which is compressed and delivered from an impeller on a preceding stage side, toward a radial inner side, and an introduction flow path that is connected to a downstream side of the return flow path and is configured to divert the fluid and introduce the fluid to an impeller on a succeeding stage side; and return vanes that are arranged in the return flow path while being spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Yamashita, Akihiro Nakaniwa, Yoshiaki Shoji
  • Publication number: 20210190088
    Abstract: An impeller includes a disk that has a disk shape centered on an axis, a cover that is disposed to be separated from the disk in an axial direction in which the axis extends, a plurality of blades that connect the disk and the cover to each other and are disposed at intervals in a circumferential direction around the axis, and a connection member that is disposed to be separated from the plurality of blades in the axial direction and connects the disk and the cover to each other. A plurality of the connection members are disposed at intervals in the circumferential direction at positions near an inlet of an impeller flow path with respect to front edges of the blades positioned at positions near the inlet, the impeller flow path being formed between the disk and the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideki Nagao, Akihiro Nakaniwa
  • Publication number: 20210190078
    Abstract: A multi-stage centrifugal compressor includes: a rotary shaft that is configured to rotate around an axis; a plurality of stages of impellers that are fixed to the rotary shaft and are configured to integrally rotate to compress and deliver a fluid, which flows into the impellers from an upstream side in an axial direction, to a radial outer side; a casing including a return flow path that is configured to guide the fluid, which is compressed and delivered from an impeller on a preceding stage side, toward a radial inner side, and an introduction flow path that is connected to a downstream side of the return flow path and is configured to divert the fluid and introduce the fluid to an impeller on a succeeding stage side; and return vanes that are arranged in the return flow path while being spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Yamashita, Akihiro Nakaniwa, Yoshiaki Shoji
  • Publication number: 20210190077
    Abstract: A centrifugal rotary machine includes: an impeller which includes a disk, blades, and a cover; and a sealing device which seals the gap, in which the casing includes an end wall surface which defines a radial flow path between the end wall surface and a cover end surface, an inlet-side inner peripheral surface which is connected to a radially inner side of the end wall surface and extends to the one side in the axial direction so as to define an introduction flow path of a fluid to the impeller, and a circulation flow path which is formed in the casing and is open to an end portion on a radially outer side of the end wall surface and the inlet-side inner peripheral surface to cause the radial flow path and the introduction flow path to communicate with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro NAKANIWA, Shinichiro TOKUYAMA