Patents by Inventor Hiroaki NAGAHASHI

Hiroaki NAGAHASHI 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: 11879359
    Abstract: Provided is a transition piece including a first flow path group formed by arraying a plurality of in-wall flow paths that extend inside a plate material forming the transition piece and a second flow path group that is positioned on a side closer to a combustor liner than the first flow path group is. Each in-wall flow path in the first flow path group and the second flow path group has an inlet that is located at one end section in a flow direction of a combustion gas and that faces a compressed air main flow path, and an outlet that is located at the other end section in the flow direction of the combustion gas and that faces a combustion gas flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nagahashi, Yoshitaka Terada, Shohei Numata
  • Publication number: 20230167747
    Abstract: Provided is a transition piece including a first flow path group formed by arraying a plurality of in-wall flow paths that extend inside a plate material forming the transition piece and a second flow path group that is positioned on a side closer to a combustor liner than the first flow path group is. Each in-wall flow path in the first flow path group and the second flow path group has an inlet that is located at one end section in a flow direction of a combustion gas and that faces a compressed air main flow path, and an outlet that is located at the other end section in the flow direction of the combustion gas and that faces a combustion gas flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nagahashi, Yoshitaka Terada, Shohei Numata
  • Publication number: 20220082260
    Abstract: A fuel nozzle including a plurality of fuel lines is provided, which has low thermal stress caused by a temperature difference between fuel and combustion air which are passed through the fuel nozzle, and also a gas turbine combustor using the fuel nozzle is provided. The fuel nozzle includes a plurality of channels including a first channel through which either fuel or combustion air is passed, and a second channel through which either fuel or combustion air is passed and which is distinct from the first channel. Of components of the fuel nozzle, a single-piece component makes up at least a region where the first channel and the second channel are placed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroaki NAGAHASHI, Yoshitaka TERADA, Shohei NUMATA, Shota IGARASHI, Yasuhiro WADA
  • Publication number: 20220025773
    Abstract: There are provided transition piece cooling holes which make NOx reduction and combustion performance improvement possible while effectively cooling the transition piece end frame and the first-stage stator vane end wall. The transition piece cooling holes include a transition piece which guides combustion gas from a combustor to a turbine, a transition piece end frame which is installed on a turbine-side outlet of the transition piece and is disposed so as to face a first-stage stator vane end wall of the turbine with a predetermined gap being interposed, and a seal member which is fitted on the transition piece end frame and is fitted into the first-stage stator vane end wall so as to seal cooling air which is supplied into the gap. The cooling holes are made in the transition piece end frame so as to directly supply the cooling air to the first-stage stator vane end wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Yasuhiro WADA, Shota IGARASHI, Shohei NUMATA, Tomomi KOGANEZAWA, Hiroaki NAGAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20210180518
    Abstract: A deviation of fuel injection amounts among a plurality of fuel nozzles connected to one fuel header is suppressed while suppressing increases in a manufacturing man-hour count and a pressure loss of a fuel. A gas turbine combustor includes: a liner forming a combustion chamber; a plurality of fuel nozzles; a fuel header to which the plurality of fuel nozzles are connected; and a fuel supply flow passage connected to the fuel header, the fuel header including a first chamber to which the fuel supply flow passage is connected and a second chamber to which the plurality of fuel nozzles are connected. An outlet of the fuel supply flow passage is opened in the first chamber, and at least one communication opening communicating with the first chamber is opened in the second chamber. The outlet of the fuel supply flow passage faces an inner wall surface of the first chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Tomomi KOGANEZAWA, Shota IGARASHI, Hiroaki NAGAHASHI, Yoshitaka TERADA