Patents by Inventor Hideyuki Uechi

Hideyuki Uechi 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: 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
  • Publication number: 20210355841
    Abstract: A steam turbine includes an outer casing (19) that is provided with a first steam outlet port (54), through which exhaust steam flowing through the entire length of a flow path (21) defined between an inner casing main body (45) and an outer casing main body (51) in a direction along an axis (O1) is discharged to the outside of the outer casing (19), and a second steam outlet port (55), which is provided in the outer casing main body (51) and through which the exhaust steam passing through a portion of the flow path (21) or the exhaust steam not passing through the flow path (21) is discharged to the outside of the outer casing (19); a first valve (28) that adjusts opening of the first steam outlet port (54); and a second valve (32) that adjusts opening of the second steam outlet port (55).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Hideyuki UECHI, Hideaki SUGISHITA, Takumi MATSUMURA, Ryo EGAMI
  • Patent number: 11156168
    Abstract: A gas turbine plant is provided with a gas turbine, a heating device, a decomposition gas line, and a decomposition gas compressor. The heating device heats ammonia and thermally decomposes the ammonia to convert the ammonia into decomposition gas including hydrogen gas and nitrogen gas. The decomposition gas line sends the decomposition gas PG from the heating device to the gas turbine. The decomposition gas compressor increases the pressure of the decomposition gas to a pressure equal to or higher than a feed pressure at which the decomposition gas is allowed to be fed to the gas turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Masakazu Nose, Hideyuki Uechi, Satoshi Tanimura
  • Publication number: 20210324766
    Abstract: Provided is a plant that includes: a boiler; a device connected to the boiler; a water supply source that is configured to pool water; a water supply line that supplies water from the water supply source to the boiler; a cooler that transfers heat from a medium to be cooled to supply-water, which is the water flowing along the water supply line; a thermometer that determines a temperature of the medium to be cooled or the supply-water; and a temperature regulator that is configured to regulate the temperature of the medium to be cooled on the basis of the temperature determined by the thermometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Hideyuki UECHI, Naoki HISADA
  • Publication number: 20210299609
    Abstract: A carbon dioxide recovery system for collecting carbon dioxide from an exhaust gas generated in a facility including a combustion device includes: a first exhaust gas passage through which the exhaust gas containing carbon dioxide flows; a fuel cell including an anode, a cathode disposed on the first exhaust gas passage so that the exhaust gas from the first exhaust gas passage is supplied to the cathode, and an electrolyte transferring, from the cathode to the anode, a carbonate ion derived from carbon dioxide contained in the exhaust gas from the first exhaust gas passage; and a second exhaust gas passage diverging from the first exhaust gas passage upstream of the cathode so as to bypass the cathode. A part of the exhaust gas is introduced to the second exhaust gas passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Norihisa MATAKE, Kouji HORIZOE, Hideyuki UECHI, Shigenori SUEMORI, Takuya HIRATA, Yasutaka AOKI, Tatsuo ISHIGURO
  • Publication number: 20210262383
    Abstract: A gas turbine plant includes a connection line configured to connect an outlet of a compressor high-pressure stage and an inlet of a turbine via a combustor, a bypass line configured to cause some or all of air compressed at a compressor low-pressure stage to bypass the compressor high-pressure stage and to be supplied to the connection line, and an adjustment device configured to adjust a flow rate of the air flowing through the bypass line. A plurality of types of fluid are supplied to the connection line in addition to the air compressed by the compressor, and during operation of the gas turbine plant, supply of at least one type of fluid of the plurality of types of fluid to the connection line is stopped according to an operating state of the gas turbine plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Hideyuki UECHI, Hanjoon SONG
  • Publication number: 20210254633
    Abstract: A non-positive displacement type pressurizing device for pressurizing a fluid includes a rotor including a rotary blade row including a plurality of rotary blades provided at intervals in a circumferential direction; a casing that accommodates the rotor; a stationary blade row supported by the casing and including a plurality of stationary blades provided at intervals in the circumferential direction; and a plurality of heat exchanging units for cooling the fluid, wherein the heat exchanging units are configured to divide a flow path formed between stationary blades, of the plurality of stationary blades, adjacent to one another in the circumferential direction in a height direction of the stationary blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Hideyuki UECHI, Tatsuo ISHIGURO, Norito KATSUKI, Takahiro HIDAKA, Teppei HATA, Takahiro YAMANA, Shigeki SENOO, Yuichiro HIRANO
  • Patent number: 11078808
    Abstract: Provided is a plant that includes: a boiler (30); a device connected to the boiler (30); a water supply source (41) that is configured to pool water; a water supply line (44) that supplies water from the water supply source (41) to the boiler (30); a cooler (50, 60g, 60s, 70g, 70s, 80) that transfers heat from a medium to be cooled to supply-water (W), which is the water flowing along the water supply line (44); a thermometer (59, 69, 79, 89) that determines a temperature of the medium to be cooled or the supply-water; and a temperature regulator (53, 62, 72, 82) that is configured to regulate the temperature of the medium to be cooled on the basis of the temperature determined by the thermometer (59, 69, 79, 89).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Uechi, Naoki Hisada
  • Patent number: 11060414
    Abstract: A steam turbine includes an inner casing which has an inner casing body in which a first main flow path to which steam is to be supplied from an inner introduction port is defined, an outer casing which has an outer casing body which defines a second main flow path between the inner casing body and the outer casing body and an upper discharge port and a lower discharge port which are in the outer casing body and through which exhaust steam is to be discharged, an upper valve and a lower valve configured to adjust a flow rate of the exhaust steam which has been discharged, and a control unit which can independently control the upper valve and the lower valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Uechi, Hideaki Sugishita, Takumi Matsumura, Ryo Egami
  • Publication number: 20210143645
    Abstract: A power generation plant includes a plant device, an AC motor for starting the plant device, at least one DC power source, and a first inverter disposed between the at least one DC power source and the AC motor and between the at least one DC power source and an electrical power grid. The first inverter is configured to convert DC power from the at least one DC power source to AC power and is capable of selectively supplying the AC power to the AC motor or the electrical power grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Hideyuki UECHI, Rikuma SHIJO, Kouji HORIZOE, Hisanobu SHINODA, Mitsufumi GOTO
  • Publication number: 20210131348
    Abstract: A plant includes a fuel supply line for supplying high-pressure fuel gas; and at least one expander disposed in the fuel supply line and configured to extract power from the high-pressure fuel gas by expanding the high-pressure fuel gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Hideyuki UECHI, Norihisa MATAKE, Kouji HORIZOE, Shigenori SUEMORI, Yasutaka AOKI, Yuya KONNO
  • Patent number: 10927713
    Abstract: An intake air cooling device includes a water supply line and a heat pump device. The water supply line is configured to send water to a waste heat recovery boiler which is configured to generate steam using heat of an exhaust gas from a gas turbine. The heat pump device is configured to transfer heat of air suctioned by the gas turbine to water flowing through the water supply line and thereby cool the air while heating the water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Uechi, Eisaku Ito, Hideaki Sugishita, Naoki Hisada
  • Patent number: 10844753
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Uechi, Hiroyuki Yagita, Kuniaki Aoyama, Hideaki Sugishita, Yukimasa Nakamoto, Yuichi Oka, Naoki Hisada, Tarou Ichihara
  • Publication number: 20200332681
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gas turbine plant that 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 that uses an exhaust gas to heat water, thereby generating steam, and a reheater that is configured to heat steam from outside with the exhaust gas passing through 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 the temperature of the supplied water, which is the water flowing along the water supply line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Hideyuki UECHI, Tatsuo ISHIGURO, Naoki HISADA
  • Publication number: 20200325799
    Abstract: A gas turbine includes: a compressor configured to compress air; a combustor configured to combust fuel in the air compressed by the compressor so as to generate combustion gas; and a turbine configured to be driven using the combustion gas. Air coolers are configured to bleed the air from a plurality of places having different pressures in the compressor and cool the air bled from the respective places so as to generate cooling air. A waste heat recovery device is configured to recover waste heat from at least two of the air coolers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Hideyuki UECHI, Hideaki SUGISHITA, Yukimasa NAKAMOTO, Yuichi OKA
  • Publication number: 20200284169
    Abstract: A gas turbine exhaust heat recovery plant includes a plurality of gas turbine exhaust heat recovery devices that have a gas turbine and an exhaust heat recovery boiler for generating steam by recovering exhaust heat of the gas turbine, a steam-utilizing facility that utilizes the steam generated by the exhaust heat recovery boiler, and an inter-device heat medium supply unit capable of supplying a portion of water heated or a portion of the steam generated by at least one of the gas turbine exhaust heat recovery devices out of the plurality of gas turbine exhaust heat recovery devices, to the other gas turbine exhaust heat recovery device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Hideyuki UECHI, Eisaku ITO
  • Publication number: 20200165971
    Abstract: A steam turbine system (200) includes a steam turbine (60) in which a main flow path (C) through which a main steam flows is formed, and a saturated steam generation portion (210) that is configured to generate a saturated steam. The saturated steam generation portion (210) is configured to feed the saturated steam into a wet region (C1) in which the main steam in the main flow path (C) is in a wet state via a hollow portion formed inside a stator vane (650) of the steam turbine (60). The stator vane (650) has a plurality of supply ports that are formed such that the hollow portion is configured to communicate with the main flow path (C), and a discharge amount of the saturated steam increases from an inner circumferential side toward an outer circumferential side in a blade height direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Hideyuki UECHI, Tatsuo ISHIGURO
  • Publication number: 20200056500
    Abstract: A steam turbine (1) includes an inner casing (3) which has an inner casing body (15) in which a first main flow path (11) to which steam is supplied from an inner introduction port (16) is formed, an outer casing (5) which has an outer casing body (20) which forms a second main flow path (120) between the inner casing body (15) and the outer casing body (20) and an upper discharge port (23) and a lower discharge port (24) which are provided in the outer casing body (20) and through which exhaust steam (S2) is discharged, an upper valve (7) and a lower valve (8) which adjust a flow rate of the discharged exhaust steam (S2), and a control unit (9) which can independently control the upper valve (7) and the lower valve (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Hideyuki UECHI, Hideaki SUGISHITA, Takumi MATSUMURA, Ryo EGAMI
  • Publication number: 20200032676
    Abstract: A gas turbine plant is provided with a gas turbine, a heating device, a decomposition gas line, and a decomposition gas compressor. The heating device heats ammonia and thermally decomposes the ammonia to convert the ammonia into decomposition gas including hydrogen gas and nitrogen gas. The decomposition gas line sends the decomposition gas PG from the heating device to the gas turbine. The decomposition gas compressor increases the pressure of the decomposition gas to a pressure equal to or higher than a feed pressure at which the decomposition gas is allowed to be fed to the gas turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Masakazu NOSE, Hideyuki UECHI, Satoshi TANIMURA
  • Patent number: 10480411
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Uechi, Hideaki Sugishita, Yukimasa Nakamoto, Yuichi Oka