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: 11041497
    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: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Nakaniwa, Shinichiro Tokuyama
  • Patent number: 11035471
    Abstract: A sealing device includes a ring part, a first fin group that together with a first outer peripheral surface forms a clearance, and a second fin group of which the front end is positioned farther radially inward than the first outer peripheral surface and which together with a second outer peripheral surface forms a clearance. The ring part has a first gas supply channel capable of supplying a first sealing gas to the first fin group, a second gas supply channel capable of supplying a second sealing gas to the second fin group, and a mixed gas discharge channel capable of discharging a mixed gas of the first sealing gas and the second sealing gas from between the first fin group and the second fin group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Nakaniwa, Daisuke Hirata
  • Patent number: 11022126
    Abstract: A rotary machine includes: a casing; a rotor that includes a rotatable rotary shaft located inside the casing, and a plurality of stages of impellers fixed to an outer periphery of the rotary shaft; a diaphragm group including diaphragms that are respectively provided in the plurality of stages of the impellers; gas flow paths provided respectively corresponding to the impellers and through which process gas to be compressed flows; and a discharge volute connected to the gas flow paths. The discharge volute is provided to expand inward in an axis line direction of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin Yanagisawa, Akihiro Nakaniwa, Eiichi Yanagisawa, Kazutoshi Yoko, Daisuke Hirata, Takanori Matsueda
  • Publication number: 20210131568
    Abstract: A sealing device includes a ring part, a first fin group that together with a first outer peripheral surface forms a clearance, and a second fin group of which the front end is positioned farther radially inward than the first outer peripheral surface and which together with a second outer peripheral surface forms a clearance. The ring part has a first gas supply channel capable of supplying a first sealing gas to the first fin group, a second gas supply channel capable of supplying a second sealing gas to the second fin group, and a mixed gas discharge channel capable of discharging a mixed gas of the first sealing gas and the second sealing gas from between the first fin group and the second fin group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Nakaniwa, Daisuke Hirata
  • Patent number: 10989201
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes: a rotating shaft; a first impeller; a second impeller which is disposed on a downstream side of the first impeller; a return flow path which guides a first fluid flowing to a radially outer side from the first impeller toward a radially inner side; an introduction flow path which introduces the fluid guided to the radially inner side to the second impeller; an intermediate suction flow path which additionally supplies a second fluid to the second impeller; and a curved flow path which is connected to a downstream side of the introduction flow path and the intermediate suction flow path, and guides the first fluid and the second fluid to the second impeller, wherein a side surface on an upstream side of the introduction flow path is disposed on the downstream side from a return position of the return flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Yamashita, Akihiro Nakaniwa, Ryosuke Saito, Shinichiro Tokuyama
  • Publication number: 20210062821
    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 one side in an axial direction of the axis; a plurality of 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 plurality of blades. A leading edge of the blade includes: a straight portion which extends so as to be close to one side in the axial direction from the cover toward the disk; and a scooped portion which is receded in relation to the straight portion and of which at least a portion close to the disk is formed in an arc shape when viewed from the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyori Yagi, Akihiro Nakaniwa, Hiroaki Oka
  • Patent number: 10871164
    Abstract: The present invention provides a centrifugal compressor (1) including: a first casing (19); a second casing (20) which is disposed on a downstream side of the first casing (19) and has an outer diameter larger than an outer diameter of the first casing; a first impeller (3a) which is disposed on a radially inner side of the first casing; a first return flow path (29a) which is disposed on a radially inner side of the first casing; a second impeller (3b) which is disposed on a radially inner side of the second casing and connected to a downstream side of the first return flow path (29a); an intermediate suction flow path (10) which is disposed on the radially inner side of the second casing and additionally supplies the fluid to a flow path between the first return flow path (29a) and the second impeller (3b); and a second return flow path (29b) which is disposed on the radially inner side of the second casing (20), wherein an outer diameter of the intermediate suction flow path (10) and an outer diameter of t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Yamashita, Akihiro Nakaniwa, Hirofumi Higuchi
  • Patent number: 10865799
    Abstract: A centrifugal compression test device includes a flow path forming section and an inlet space forming section. The flow path forming section forms an introduction flow path, an inlet flow path, and an interstage inflow path. The introduction flow path guides a fluid from the outside toward the inside in the radial direction. The inlet flow path is connected to the introduction flow path. The interstage inflow path extends from the outside toward the inside in the radial direction and is connected to the inlet flow path. The inlet space forming section is formed an annular shape having an introduction opening section through which a fluid is introduced from a part in the circumferential direction and the outside in the radial direction at the first side of the introduction flow path. Further, a front end of the introduction flow path is connected to the inlet space forming section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Yamashita, Akihiro Nakaniwa, Masahiro Ishikawa, Yoshiaki Shoji
  • Patent number: 10801505
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor according to the present invention includes, as gas flow paths, diffuser flow paths into which process gas flowing from impellers to outside in a radial direction flows, curved flow paths that respectively communicate with the diffuser flow paths and change a flowing direction of the process gas from a direction toward the outside in the radial direction to a direction toward inside in the radial direction, and return flow paths that respectively communicate with the curved flow paths and cause the process gas flowing through the curved flow paths to flow into the impellers. In the present invention, the curved flow path configuring at least one of the gas flow paths is provided between a diaphragm and a flow path forming body that is provided between the diaphragm and the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Yoko, Shin Yanagisawa, Eiichi Yanagisawa, Akihiro Nakaniwa, Daisuke Hirata, Takanori Matsueda
  • Publication number: 20200300253
    Abstract: A rotary machine includes: a casing; a rotor that includes a rotatable rotary shaft located inside the casing, and a plurality of stages of impellers fixed to an outer periphery of the rotary shaft; a diaphragm group including diaphragms that are respectively provided in the plurality of stages of the impellers; gas flow paths provided respectively corresponding to the impellers and through which process gas to be compressed flows; and a discharge volute connected to the gas flow paths. The discharge volute is provided to expand inward in an axis line direction of the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin Yanagisawa, Akihiro Nakaniwa, Eiichi Yanagisawa, Kazutoshi Yoko, Daisuke Hirata, Takanori Matsueda
  • Publication number: 20200300251
    Abstract: The present invention provides a centrifugal compressor (1) including: a rotating shaft (2) which extends in an axial direction (D); a first impeller (3a); a second impeller (3b) which is disposed on a downstream side (D2) of the first impeller (3a); a return flow path (30) which guides a first fluid (G1) flowing to a radially outer side from the first impeller (3a) toward a radially inner side; an introduction flow path (26) which introduces the fluid guided to the radially inner side to the second impeller (3b); an intermediate suction flow path (10) which additionally supplies a second fluid (G2) to the second impeller (3b); and a curved flow path (27) which is connected to a downstream side of the introduction flow path (26) and the intermediate suction flow path (10), extends to be bent toward the downstream side (D2), and guides the first fluid and the second fluid to the second impeller (3b), wherein a side surface (26a) on an upstream side of the introduction flow path (26) is disposed on the downstre
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Yamashita, Akihiro Nakaniwa, Ryosuke Saito, Shinichiro Tokuyama
  • Publication number: 20200300252
    Abstract: The present invention provides a centrifugal compressor (1) including: a first casing (19); a second casing (20) which is disposed on a downstream side of the first casing (19) and has an outer diameter larger than an outer diameter of the first casing; a first impeller (3a) which is disposed on a radially inner side of the first casing; a first return flow path (29a) which is disposed on a radially inner side of the first casing; a second impeller (3b) which is disposed on a radially inner side of the second casing and connected to a downstream side of the first return flow path (29a); an intermediate suction flow path (10) which is disposed on the radially inner side of the second casing and additionally supplies the fluid to a flow path between the first return flow path (29a) and the second impeller (3b); and a second return flow path (29b) which is disposed on the radially inner side of the second casing (20), wherein an outer diameter of the intermediate suction flow path (10) and an outer diameter of t
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Yamashita, Akihiro Nakaniwa, Hirofumi Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20200271130
    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: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyata, Masahiro Kobayashi, Akihiro Nakaniwa
  • Patent number: 10724538
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes an impeller that rotates about an axis; an inlet guide vane including a plurality of vanes disposed on an upstream side of the impeller and provided at intervals in a circumferential direction of the axis, the inlet guide vane being directed inward in the radial direction between adjacent vanes, and forming a guide flow path having an exit angle in the radial direction and guiding the fluid; and a suction flow path that introduces the fluid from a part in a circumferential direction into the inlet guide vane. The exit angle of the vane of the first region on the one side when viewed from the suction flow path in the inlet guide vane is displaced to the suction flow path side as compared to the exit angle of the vane of a second region on the opposite side of the one side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Nakaniwa, Satoru Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20200232474
    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: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Nakaniwa, Akinori Tasaki
  • Publication number: 20200096384
    Abstract: A blade abnormality detecting device has a vibration acquisition unit that acquires vibration of a steam turbine when a rotation speed of a rotor changes, along with the rotation speed, a frequency analysis unit that performs frequency analysis according to an acquisition result of the vibration acquisition unit, and acquires natural frequency in each rotation speed of a rotor blade row, a contact rotation speed acquisition unit that acquires a contact rotation speed, which serves as a boundary between a state where shrouds of neighboring rotor blades are in contact with each other and a state where the shrouds are spaced apart from each other, according to an analysis result of the frequency analysis unit, and a determination unit that determines whether or not the rotor blade row is abnormal according to the contact rotation speed acquired by the contact rotation speed acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Saburi, Akihiro Nakaniwa, Takashi Sato
  • Publication number: 20200063562
    Abstract: An impeller includes: a disc portion fixed to a rotary shaft rotating around an axis line; a cover portion disposed to face the disc portion; and a plurality of blade portions provided between the disc portion and the cover portion. A compressive residual stress layer is provided on a surface layer of a boundary with the disc portion and on a surface layer of a boundary with the cover portion, at a front end of each of the blade portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya Konno, Akihiro Nakaniwa
  • Publication number: 20200032811
    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: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Nakaniwa, Hirofumi Higuchi
  • Patent number: 10458438
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes: a rotational shaft; a main casing surrounding at least a part of the rotational shaft, the main casing having an inlet and an outlet separated from each other in an axial direction of the rotational shaft and an annular space surrounding a section of the rotational shaft at a side of the inlet and communicating with the inlet; at least one impeller disposed in a fixed state to the rotational shaft inside the main casing; a flow guide member disposed inside the annular space and extending along the axial direction of the rotational shaft; a plurality of injection holes disposed along the flow guide member and separated from one another along the axial direction of the rotational shaft; and a flow path which extends inside the annular space and through which a cleaning fluid to be supplied to the plurality of injection holes is capable of flowing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Nakaniwa, Shinichiro Tokuyama
  • Patent number: 10458430
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes a casing body (11) configured to rotatably support a rotation shaft (2) and an impeller (3) fixed to the rotation shaft around an axis (O), the casing body in which an intake volute (B1) which has a ring shape centered on the axis and through which a processing gas (G) is caused to flow in a direction of the axis and is introduced into a flow channel of the impeller, and a discharge volute which has a ring shape centered on the axis and through which the processing gas is discharged from the flow channel are formed; and a plurality of intake nozzles (16) which communicate with the intake volute and are able to cause the processing gas to flow into the intake volute from the outside and are provided at intervals in a circumferential direction around the rotation shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Nakaniwa, Satoru Yoshida