Patents by Inventor Hideaki Sugishita

Hideaki Sugishita 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: 10316680
    Abstract: A turbine is provided with a seal device. The seal device includes: at least one step surface disposed in a region of an outer peripheral surface of a rotor facing a shroud of a stationary vane in the radial direction of the rotor, the at least one step surface facing upstream in a flow direction of the fluid and dividing the region of the outer peripheral surface into at least two sections in an axial direction of the rotor: at least two seal fins protruding toward the at least two sections from the stationary vane and facing the at least two sections via a seal gap; and a swirling-component application portion disposed on an end side of the shroud of the stationary vane with respect to the axial direction of the rotor and configured to be capable of applying a swirling component to the fluid flowing toward the seal gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Hiroharu Oyama, Yoshinori Tanaka, Hideaki Sugishita
  • Patent number: 10316675
    Abstract: A seal device of a turbine includes: at least one step surface disposed on a radially outer surface of a rotor blade facing a first radial-directional gap or on an outer peripheral surface of a rotor facing a second radial-directional gap, the at least one step surface facing upstream in a flow direction of a fluid and dividing the radially outer surface of the rotor blade or the outer peripheral surface of the rotor into at least two sections in an axial direction of the rotor; at least two seal fins protruding toward the at least two sections, respectively, from a surrounding member or the stationary vane, and facing the at least two sections via a seal gap, respectively, the at least two seal fins forming a cavity which extends over the at least one step surface in the axial direction of the rotor between each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Hiroharu Oyama, Yoshinori Tanaka, Hideaki Sugishita
  • Patent number: 10287922
    Abstract: A boiler includes one or more evaporators configured to heat water which has flowed therein to a specific heat maximum temperature at constant pressure or more in which a specific heat at constant pressure is maximized using a heated fluid and one or more reheaters configured to heat the steam which has come from the boiler using the heated fluid. All the reheaters configured to supply steam to a low-pressure steam turbine are disposed only at a downstream side of the high-pressure evaporator. All the reheaters heat reheating steam (FRHS) containing steam which has passed through a high-pressure steam turbine configured to receive steam supplied from the high-pressure evaporator and having a temperature lower than a specific heat maximum temperature at constant pressure in the high-pressure evaporator to less than the specific heat maximum temperature at constant pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Uechi, Hideaki Sugishita, Yuichi Oka
  • Publication number: 20180372158
    Abstract: There are provided a seal fin, a seal structure, and a turbo machine that can achieve a high leak-suppressing effect and can reduce leak loss of the turbo machine. The disclosure suppresses leak of a fluid from a gap between a first structure being in a static state and a second structure rotating around an axis line and is formed on the first structure so as to extend toward the second structure while keeping a clearance between a tip face thereof on an extending direction and the second structure. The first structure and the second structure face each other in a radius direction with the gap inbetween. A plurality of hollows opening at a tip on the extending direction are arranged along a circumference direction in parallel with each other on a front face facing an upstream side of a flow direction of the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Toyoharu Nishikawa, Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Hiroharu Oyama, Katsuhisa Hamada, Hideaki Sugishita
  • Publication number: 20180355979
    Abstract: There are provided a step seal, a seal structure, a turbo machine, and a method for manufacturing a step seal. The step seal suppresses leak of a fluid from a gap between a first structure and a second structure and is formed on the first structure so as to have a clearance between the step seal and a seal fin formed on the second structure. The first structure and the second structure face each other in a radius direction with the gap inbetween and rotate around an axis line relative to each other. The step seal includes: a step seal body having a step face facing an upstream side of a flow direction of the fluid and an opposed face facing the second structure; and a protrusion formed between the step face and the opposed face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Toyoharu Nishikawa, Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Hiroharu Oyama, Katsuhisa Hamada, Hideaki Sugishita
  • Publication number: 20180355743
    Abstract: There are provided a seal fin, a seal structure, a turbo machine, and a method for manufacturing a seal fin. The seal fin suppresses leak of a fluid from a gap between a first and a second structures facing each other in a radius direction, and is formed on the first structure while keeping a clearance with respect to the second structure. The seal fin includes: a fin main body extending in the radius direction; and a protrusion being formed between a front face of the fin main body and a tip face and protruding toward an upstream side. A length of the protrusion is 1.5 times a length of the fin main body or less; an angle of the protrusion is 75 degrees or less; and a tilt angle of the fin main body is set in a range of ?60 degrees or more and 60 degrees or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Toyoharu Nishikawa, Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Hiroharu Oyama, Katsuhisa Hamada, Hideaki Sugishita
  • Publication number: 20180163557
    Abstract: A sealing device for suppressing a leakage flow of a fluid via an annular gap between a stationary member and a rotary member of a rotary machine includes: a fixed fin having an annular shape and disposed in the annular gap; and a movable fin having an annular shape and being disposed adjacent to the fixed fin in an axial direction inside the annular gap. The movable fin has a greater thermal expansion coefficient than the fixed fin and is fixed to the fixed fin in a fixing region on a root-end side of the movable fin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshihiro KUWAMURA, Hiroharu OYAMA, Yoshinori TANAKA, Hideaki SUGISHITA
  • Publication number: 20180058267
    Abstract: A boiler including one or more evaporators, an economizer, and a low-temperature heat exchanger. The economizer is located on a downstream side of the most downstream evaporator which is an evaporator at the most downstream side among the one or more evaporators. The low-temperature heat exchanger is located on the downstream side of the economizer, has an inlet for receiving water from the outside, and is configured to heat the water introduced from the inlet and sent to the economizer with the combustion gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Hideyuki UECHI, Hiroyuki YAGITA, Kuniaki AOYAMA, Hideaki SUGISHITA, Yukimasa NAKAMOTO, Yuichi OKA, Naoki HISADA, Tarou ICHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20180045065
    Abstract: A seal device for a turbine includes: a plurality of thin plates arranged along an outer peripheral surface of the rotor, each of the thin plates including a root portion disposed on an outer side in a radial direction of the rotor and supported on a stationary part of the turbine and a tip portion disposed on an inner side in the radial direction of the rotor and having a tip surface facing the outer peripheral surface of the rotor. Each of the thin plates is configured such that a width direction of the thin plate is parallel to an axial direction of the rotor at a side of the root portion, and the tip portion of each of the thin plates is configured such that an end on a side of the high-pressure space is positioned downstream of another end on a side of the low-pressure side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Azumi YOSHIDA, Hidekazu UEHARA, Hiroharu OYAMA, Kohei OZAKI, Katsuhisa HAMADA, Hideaki SUGISHITA, Toyoharu NISHIKAWA, Yoshihiro KUWAMURA, Kohei HATANO, Keisuke MATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180045080
    Abstract: An intake air cooling device includes a water supply line and a heat pump device. The water supply line sends water to a waste heat recovery boiler which generates steam using heat of an exhaust gas from a gas turbine. The heat pump device transfers heat of air suctioned by the gas turbine to water flowing through the water supply line and thereby cools the air while heating the water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyuki UECHI, Eisaku ITO, Hideaki SUGISHITA, Naoki HISADA
  • Patent number: 9890810
    Abstract: A squeeze film damper includes a bearing housing as an inner ring disposed around a radially outer side of a bearing which rotatably supports a rotary shaft, an outer ring disposed around a radially outer side of the bearing housing, a squeeze film formed by circulating a viscous fluid through a clearance in a radial direction between the bearing housing and the outer ring, and a coupling pin which couples the bearing housing and the outer ring to each other and is deformable in response to relative displacement in the radial direction between the outer ring and the bearing housing. The coupling pin has stiffness that is higher in a vertical direction than in a horizontal direction in a cross section perpendicular to an axial direction of the rotary shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Rimpei Kawashita, Kenichi Fujikawa, Hideaki Sugishita, Naoya Okamoto, Nobuhiro Nagata
  • Publication number: 20180030845
    Abstract: A seal device for a turbine is disposed around a rotor so as to separate a high-pressure space and a low-pressure space and includes: a plurality of thin plates arranged along an outer peripheral surface of the rotor. Each of the thin plates has a thin-plate tip surface facing the outer peripheral surface of the rotor; a first side plate disposed so as to face the high-pressure space and covering outer peripheral regions of first side surfaces; and a second side plate disposed so as to face the low-pressure space and covering outer peripheral regions of second side surfaces. The first side surface of each of the thin plates is covered with the first side plate in a region extending further to an inner side, in a radial direction of the rotor, than a region of the second side surface covered with the second side plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Azumi YOSHIDA, Hidekazu UEHARA, Hiroharu OYAMA, Kohei OZAKI, Katsuhisa HAMADA, Hideaki SUGISHITA, Toyoharu NISHIKAWA, Yoshihiro KUWAMURA, Kohei HATANO, Keisuke MATSUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180016928
    Abstract: A turbine is provided with a seal device. The seal device includes: at least one step surface disposed in a region of an outer peripheral surface of a rotor facing a shroud of a stationary vane in the radial direction of the rotor, the at least one step surface facing upstream in a flow direction of the fluid and dividing the region of the outer peripheral surface into at least two sections in an axial direction of the rotor: at least two seal fins protruding toward the at least two sections from the stationary vane and facing the at least two sections via a seal gap; and a swirling-component application portion disposed on an end side of the shroud of the stationary vane with respect to the axial direction of the rotor and configured to be capable of applying a swirling component to the fluid flowing toward the seal gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Hiroharu Oyama, Yoshinori Tanaka, Hideaki Sugishita
  • Publication number: 20180003085
    Abstract: A boiler includes one or more evaporators configured to heat water which has flowed therein to a specific heat maximum temperature at constant pressure or more in which a specific heat at constant pressure is maximized using a heated fluid and one or more reheaters configured to heat the steam which has come from the boiler using the heated fluid. All the reheaters configured to supply steam to a low-pressure steam turbine are disposed only at a downstream side of the high-pressure evaporator. All the reheaters heat reheating steam (FRHS) containing steam which has passed through a high-pressure steam turbine configured to receive steam supplied from the high-pressure evaporator and having a temperature lower than a specific heat maximum temperature at constant pressure in the high-pressure evaporator to less than the specific heat maximum temperature at constant pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Hideyuki UECHI, Hideaki SUGISHITA, Yuichi OKA
  • Publication number: 20170370237
    Abstract: A seal device of a turbine includes: at least one step surface disposed on a radially outer surface of a rotor blade facing a first radial-directional gap or on an outer peripheral surface of a rotor facing a second radial-directional gap, the at least one step surface facing upstream in a flow direction of a fluid and dividing the radially outer surface of the rotor blade or the outer peripheral surface of the rotor into at least two sections in an axial direction of the rotor; at least two seal fins protruding toward the at least two sections, respectively, from a surrounding member or the stationary vane, and facing the at least two sections via a seal gap, respectively, the at least two seal fins forming a cavity which extends over the at least one step surface in the axial direction of the rotor between each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Hiroharu Oyama, Yoshinori Tanaka, Hideaki Sugishita
  • Publication number: 20170152765
    Abstract: A gas turbine including: a compressor that compresses air; a combustor that combusts fuel in the compressed air so as to generate combustion gas; and a turbine that is driven using the combustion gas. A plurality of cooling air coolers bleed the air from a plurality of places having different pressures in the compressor and cool the air bled from the respective places, thereby generating cooling air is provided. A waste heat recovery device that recovers waste heat from the at least two cooling air coolers among the plurality of cooling air coolers is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Hideyuki UECHI, Hideaki SUGISHITA, Yukimasa NAKAMOTO, Yuichi OKA
  • Publication number: 20170074164
    Abstract: A waste heat recovery device includes: a low-boiling-point medium Rankine cycle in which a low-boiling-point medium circulates while the low-boiling-point medium is repeatedly condensed and evaporated; a heated water line that guides liquid water, which is heated here, to the low-boiling-point medium Rankine cycle from a waste heat recovery boiler; and a water recovery line that returns the water, which has passed through the low-boiling-point medium Rankine cycle, to the waste heat recovery boiler. The low-boiling-point medium Rankine cycle includes a heater that heats the low-boiling-point medium by exchanging heat between the low-boiling-point medium, which is a liquid, and liquid water, which has passed through the heated water line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideyuki UECHI, Hideaki SUGISHITA, Yukimasa NAKAMOTO, Yuichi OKA
  • Publication number: 20170002863
    Abstract: A squeeze film damper includes a bearing housing as an inner ring disposed around a radially outer side of a bearing which rotatably supports a rotary shaft, an outer ring disposed around a radially outer side of the bearing housing, a squeeze film formed by circulating a viscous fluid through a clearance in a radial direction between the bearing housing and the outer ring, and a coupling pin which couples the bearing housing and the outer ring to each other and is deformable in response to relative displacement in the radial direction between the outer ring and the bearing housing. The coupling pin has stiffness that is higher in a vertical direction than in a horizontal direction in a cross section perpendicular to an axial direction of the rotary shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Rimpei KAWASHITA, Kenichi FUJIKAWA, Hideaki SUGISHITA, Naoya OKAMOTO, Nobuhiro NAGATA
  • Patent number: 8556583
    Abstract: A blade cooling structure of a gas turbine, which can reduce the pressure loss of a cooling medium without decreasing the heat transfer coefficient, is provided. The blade cooling structure comprises a cooling passage (15) for flowing cooling air (A) from a proximal end portion (12) toward a blade portion (14) of a moving blade (11), a plurality of turbulators (21) arranged, on both wall surfaces of the cooling passage (15) opposing each other, in such a manner as to be inclined with respect to the flowing direction of the cooling air (A), and a plurality of dimples (22) formed in a downstream region (N) downstream of a center position (O) in the flowing direction of the cooling air (A) on the wall surface of the cooling passage (15) between the adjacent turbulators (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daigo Fujimura, Hideaki Sugishita, Masaaki Matsuura, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Shunsuke Torii, Satoshi Hada, Kiyoshi Suenaga, Yuko Suenaga
  • Publication number: 20120171030
    Abstract: Provided is an exhaust scroll capable of reducing mixing loss caused by fluid swirling inside the exhaust scroll and fluid flowing thereinto, while collecting and discharging the fluid which has flowed. The exhaust scroll is provided with a scroll body (11) in which a space having a substantially annular cross section is formed and a connecting portion (12) which connects an exhaust passage (8) with the scroll body (11) to forcibly decelerate fluid (A) discharged from the exhaust passage (8), thereby allowing the fluid (A) to flow into the scroll body (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masamichi Iino, Hideaki Sugishita, Naoto Tochitani