Patents by Inventor Manabu Yagi

Manabu Yagi 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: 9976552
    Abstract: A performance prediction device includes: an actual measured data obtaining unit that obtains actual measured data of a compressor; a test gas physical property correction formula database in which test gas physical property correction formulae are stored; a test parameter calculation unit that calculates test parameters of the compressor; and a test parameter correction unit that selects at least one of the test gas physical property correction formulae from the test gas physical property correction formula database based on types and a mix ratio of gases included in a test gas to be used in the prediction and corrects the test parameters by using the selected test gas physical property correction formula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Yagi, Hideo Nishida, Haruo Miura, Kazutoshi Yanagihara
  • Patent number: 9587494
    Abstract: A gas turbine blade includes a hollow-blade-form portion formed by a leading edge on an upstream side of an working fluid of a gas turbine in a flow direction, a trailing edge on a downstream side of the working fluid in the flow direction, and a suction surface and a pressure surface reaching the trailing edge from the leading edge, and a shank portion for supporting the blade form portion. The blade also includes a partition for connecting the suction surface and the pressure surface in a hollow region of the blade-form portion, coolant paths formed by the partition, the suction surface, and the pressure surface, an impingement cooling hole formed in the partition for dividing the first path that is a flow path nearest to the leading edge side among the coolant paths and the second path adjacent to the first path, and first and second converter portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Morisaki, Hisato Tagawa, Manabu Yagi, Yasuhiro Horiuchi, Shinichi Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20160329796
    Abstract: A power generation device equipped with: two disk-shaped rotors that are fixed to a rotary shaft; a field system that has an even number of magnetic poles that are arranged on the same circumference, said magnetic poles comprising permanent. magnets that are fixed to the rotors in such a manner that the magnetization directions of the magnets are parallel to the axis of the rotary shaft with the directions being alternately arranged; and a stator that comprises coil substrates on which conductive patterns are formed so as to cross magnetic fluxes generated by the permanent magnets when the rotors rotate. Multiple conductive patterns corresponding to the number of phases are disposed in the stator, and electric power generated for each phase can be independently output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshiaki HANO, Manabu YAGI, Tuyoshi NISHITAMARI
  • Publication number: 20160312776
    Abstract: A performance prediction device includes: an actual measured data obtaining unit that obtains actual measured data of a compressor; a test gas physical property correction formula database in which test gas physical property correction formulae are stored; a test parameter calculation unit that calculates test parameters of the compressor; and a test parameter correction unit that selects at least one of the test gas physical property correction formulae from the test gas physical property correction formula database based on types and a mix ratio of gases included in a test gas to be used in the prediction and corrects the test parameters by using the selected test gas physical property correction formula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu YAGI, Hideo NISHIDA, Haruo MIURA, Kazutoshi YANAGIHARA
  • Patent number: 8749083
    Abstract: A wind power generator comprises a first power generator including a rotor arranged so as to be coaxial with a rotation shaft and generates electric power by the rotation of the rotor, a flywheel which is coaxial with the rotation shaft and arranged through a one-way clutch so that when the rotation shaft increases its speed, the flywheel is in an integrally rotating state with the rotation shaft, and when the rotation shaft reduces its speed, the flywheel is separated from the rotation shaft to rotate inertially, a second power generator including a rotor arranged so as to be coaxial with the flywheel and rotate integrally with the flywheel generates the electric power by the rotation of the rotor with the rotation of the flywheel, and an output portion which externally outputs any one of the electric powers generated by the first and second power generators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Birumen Kagoshima Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Nomoto, Kazuomi Nomoto, Manabu Yagi
  • Publication number: 20140056719
    Abstract: A gas turbine blade includes a hollow-blade-form portion formed by a leading edge on an upstream side of an working fluid of a gas turbine in a flow direction, a trailing edge on a downstream side of the working fluid in the flow direction, and a suction surface and a pressure surface reaching the trailing edge from the leading edge, and a shank portion for supporting the blade form portion. The blade also includes a partition for connecting the suction surface and the pressure surface in a hollow region of the blade-form portion, coolant paths formed by the partition, the suction surface, and the pressure surface, an impingement cooling hole formed in the partition for dividing the first path that is a flow path nearest to the leading edge side among the coolant paths and the second path adjacent to the first path, and first and second converter portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuro MORISAKI, Hisato TAGAWA, Manabu YAGI, Yasuhiro HORIUCHI, Shinichi HIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 8616843
    Abstract: Turbo machinery comprising an impeller and a diffuser positioned on a downstream side of the impeller that a channel wall surface of the diffuser is composed of a pair of a shroud side diffuser plate and a hub side diffuser plate which surface each other and a channel width is formed so as to be increased downstream, characterized in that guide vanes in a circular arc shape lower in height than the channel width are installed in a line of a plurality of vanes on both channel walls of the shroud side diffuser plate and hub side diffuser plate of the diffuser, and a total of vane heights of the two guide vanes at an outlet of the diffuser is set so as to be within a range from 30 to 70% of the channel width at the outlet of the diffuser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanori Shibata, Manabu Yagi, Hideo Nishida, Hiromi Kobayashi, Masanori Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20130259644
    Abstract: A multi-stage impeller is configured in a multi-stage centrifugal compressor by fixing and attaching a plurality of centrifugal impellers to one rotating shaft. Diffusers and return channels are provided in order downstream from each impeller. The centrifugal impellers, the diffusers and the return channel are housed within a compressor casing. The return channels have a plurality of vanes positioned at intervals from one another in a circumferential direction, and at least two stages are provided. The vane exit angles monotonically increase toward the downstream stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Hiromi Kobayashi, Hideo Nishida, Kazuyuki Sugimura, Manabu Yagi
  • Patent number: 8475131
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor provided with an impeller which is configured to have a plurality of blades arranged at a predetermined interval in a circumferential direction of a hub rotating together with a rotation shaft, in which a blade angle on a shroud side of the blade distributes to have a minimum value at a position between a leading edge of the blade and a midpoint of a camber line on the shroud side, and a maximum value at a position between the midpoint of the camber line on the shroud side and a trailing edge of the blade, and a blade angle of the blade on a hub side distributes so as to have a maximum value at a position between a leading edge and a midpoint of a camber line on the hub side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanori Shibata, Manabu Yagi, Hideo Nishida, Hiromi Kobayashi, Masanori Tanaka, Tetsuya Kuwano
  • Patent number: 8308420
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor is equipped with an impeller having a blade angle distribution that makes it possible to achieve a relatively wide operating range. The blade angle of a shroud side facing a circular plate of a blade is termed a first angle and a blade angle of a hub side disposed at the circular plate is a second. The shroud side is formed in a curved shape having an angle distribution from a front area in a shaft direction toward a centrifugal direction in which the first angle is the local maximum point before a substantially middle portion and the local minimum point after the substantially middle point. The hub side is formed in a curved shape having an angle distribution from the front area in the shaft direction toward the centrifugal direction in which the second angle is the maximum local point before the substantially middle portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Manabu Yagi, Tadaharu Kishibe, Takanori Shibata, Hideo Nishida, Hiromi Kobayashi, Tetsuya Kuwano
  • Patent number: 8287236
    Abstract: A multistage centrifugal compressor includes a rotary shaft, and multistage impellers attached to the rotary shaft. Each of the impellers includes a hub, a shroud and blades therebetween in a radial cascade arrangement. An annular suction passage for guiding the fluid flow from the inward radial direction to a blade inlet is disposed upstream of the centrifugal impeller. A diffuser is disposed downstream of the centrifugal impeller. A bend portion is disposed downstream of the diffuser, and a return channel with a guide blade portion is disposed downstream of the bend portion. The annular suction passage at a hub side includes an axial parallel portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Nishida, Hiromi Kobayashi, Masanori Tanaka, Tadaharu Kishibe, Manabu Yagi, Tetsuya Kuwano
  • Patent number: 8267644
    Abstract: In a multistage centrifugal compressor, a plurality of impellers is attached to the same rotary shaft. Vaned Diffusers and vaneless diffusers are used, as diffusers, for respective compressor stages configuring the compressor. The vaned diffusers are continuously used from the first compressor stage to the middle compressor stage, and the vaneless diffusers are used for the last compressor stage and the previous stage. While high efficiency is maintained at the compressor stages having the vaned diffusers, an operating flow range is secured at the compressor stages having the vaneless diffusers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Nishida, Hiromi Kobayashi, Masanori Tanaka, Tetsuya Kuwano, Toshio Itou, Takanori Shibata, Manabu Yagi
  • Patent number: 8258648
    Abstract: Biasing unit, a spindle member, and a link mechanism of a windmill for a wind power generator vary an angle of a blade in a first stage where the angle is made nearly parallel to the wind so that the blade easily rotates in light winds, a second stage where the angle is made nearly perpendicular to the wind so that the blade easily rotates at high speed when the wind speed increases, and a third stage where the blade is pushed back from the state of being nearly perpendicular to the wind to the state of being nearly parallel to the wind so as to prevent the excessive rotation in strong winds, without electrical control being not required. Accordingly this wind power generator has an excellent starting performance and can control the excessive rotation at low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Birumen Kagoshima Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Nomoto, Kazuomi Nomoto, Manabu Yagi
  • Publication number: 20120153631
    Abstract: Biasing unit, a spindle member, and a link mechanism of a windmill for a wind power generator vary an angle of a blade in a first stage where the angle is made nearly parallel to the wind so that the blade easily rotates in light winds, a second stage where the angle is made nearly perpendicular to the wind so that the blade easily rotates at high speed when the wind speed increases, and a third stage where the blade is pushed back from the state of being nearly perpendicular to the wind to the state of being nearly parallel to the wind so as to prevent the excessive rotation in strong winds, without electrical control being not required. Accordingly this wind power generator has an excellent starting performance and can control the excessive rotation at low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: Birumen Kagoshima Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Nomoto, Kazuomi Nomoto, Manabu Yagi
  • Publication number: 20110097203
    Abstract: Turbo machinery comprising an impeller and a diffuser positioned on a downstream side of the impeller that a channel wall surface of the diffuser is composed of a pair of a shroud side diffuser plate and a hub side diffuser plate which surface each other and a channel width is formed so as to be increased downstream, characterized in that guide vanes in a circular arc shape lower in height than the channel width are installed in a line of a plurality of vanes on both channel walls of the shroud side diffuser plate and hub side diffuser plate of the diffuser, and a total of vane heights of the two guide vanes at an outlet of the diffuser is set so as to be within a range from 30 to 70% of the channel width at the outlet of the diffuser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: Takanori SHIBATA, Manabu YAGI, Hideo NISHIDA, Hiromi KOBAYASHI, Masanori TANAKA
  • Patent number: 7730713
    Abstract: Provided is a gas turbine power plant in which a rotor of a generator is journalled by water lubrication bearings into which a part of cooling water for cooling the generator is fed. Since the lubrication water has a viscosity lower than that of lubrication oil, it is possible to provide a gas turbine power plant with less energy loss resulting in lower power consumption for accessories, and in high power generation efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Nakano, Satoshi Dodo, Kuniyoshi Tsubouchi, Manabu Yagi, Itsurou Sawada, Tomoaki Inoue, Makoto Hemmi
  • Publication number: 20100129224
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor provided with an impeller which is configured to have a plurality of blades arranged at a predetermined interval in a circumferential direction of a hub rotating together with a rotation shaft, in which a blade angle on a shroud side of the blade distributes to have a minimum value at a position between a leading edge of the blade and a midpoint of a camber line on the shroud side, and a maximum value at a position between the midpoint of the camber line on the shroud side and a trailing edge of the blade, and a blade angle of the blade on a hub side distributes so as to have a maximum value at a position between a leading edge and a midpoint of a camber line on the hub side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Takanori SHIBATA, Manabu Yagi, Hideo Nishida, Hiromi Kobayashi, Masanori Tanaka, Tetsuya Kuwano
  • Publication number: 20100028141
    Abstract: In a multistage centrifugal compressor, a plurality of impellers is attached to the same rotary shaft. Vaned Diffusers and vaneless diffusers are used, as diffusers, for respective compressor stages configuring the compressor. The vaned diffusers are continuously used from the first compressor stage to the middle compressor stage, and the vaneless diffusers are used for the last compressor stage and the previous stage. While high efficiency is maintained at the compressor stages having the vaned diffusers, an operating flow range is secured at the compressor stages having the vaneless diffusers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo NISHIDA, Hiromi Kobayashi, Masanori Tanaka, Tetsuya Kuwano, Toshio Itou, Takanori Shibata, Manabu Yagi
  • Patent number: 7654094
    Abstract: A turbine nozzle (2) that, among components constructing a turbine, reaches particularly high temperature is efficiently cooled with a relatively simple structure. A double casing structure in which a turbine casing (7) is provided outside a turbine shell (5) is formed. The turbine casing (7) functions as a flow path (24) for compressed air (20?21) before combustion. The turbine shell (5) covers a turbine nozzle (2) and a radial turbine impeller (3) and forms flow paths (15, 16) for combustion gas (10?11?12?13). The compressed air (21) before combustion flowing in the flow path (24), for compressed air, having air-tightness between itself and the outside air is blown to the turbine nozzle (2) through a through-hole (51) penetrating both wall surfaces of the turbine shell (5) so that the turbine nozzle (2) is evenly cooled and the compressed air used to cool the turbine nozzle is made to flow toward the turbine impeller (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Manabu Yagi, Kuniyoshi Tsubouchi, Tadaharu Kishibe, Susumu Nakano, Satoshi Dodo
  • Publication number: 20090077943
    Abstract: Provided is a gas turbine power plant in which a rotor of a generator is journalled by water lubrication bearings into which a part of cooling water for cooling the generator is fed. Since the lubrication water has a viscosity lower than that of lubrication oil, it is possible to provide a gas turbine power plant with less energy loss resulting in lower power consumption for accessories, and in high power generation efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Susumu Nakano, Satoshi Dodo, Kuniyoshi Tsubouchi, Manabu Yagi, Itsurou Sawada, Tomoaki Inoue, Makoto Hemmi