Patents by Inventor Sachio Shibuya

Sachio Shibuya 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: 6604354
    Abstract: A combined cycle power plant generally comprises a gas turbine power facility, a heat recovery steam generator, a steam turbine power facility, and an existing boiler. The power generation plant further comprises a system for introducing steam, which is generated in the heat recovery steam generator and the existing boiler, to the steam turbine of the steam turbine power facility through steam lines, which extend from the existing boiler and heat recovery steam generator and are then joined together, and a system for causing a line, which is arranged on a downstream side of a condenser provided in the steam turbine power facility, to branch off into feedwater lines, and supplying condensed water condensed by the condenser into the heat recovery steam generator and the existing boiler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Chikako Oto, Ryou Oda, Sachio Shibuya, Takehiro Isu, Yoichi Sugimori
  • Publication number: 20020059792
    Abstract: A combined cycle power plant generally comprises a gas turbine power facility, a heat recovery steam generator, a steam turbine power facility, and an existing boiler. The power generation plant further comprises a system for introducing steam, which is generated in the heat recovery steam generator and the existing boiler, to the steam turbine of the steam turbine power facility through steam lines, which extend from the existing boiler and heat recovery steam generator and are then joined together, and a system for causing a line, which is arranged on a downstream side of a condenser provided in the steam turbine power facility, to branch off into feedwater lines, and supplying condensed water condensed by the condenser into the heat recovery steam generator and the existing boiler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Chikako Oto, Ryou Oda, Sachio Shibuya, Takehiro Isu, Yoichi Sugimori
  • Patent number: 6338241
    Abstract: A combined cycle power generation plant generally comprises a gas turbine plant, a steam turbine plant and an exhaust heat recovery boiler, which further includes a low temperature reheat steam system for supplying a turbine exhaust steam from a high pressure turbine of the steam turbine plant to a reheater of the exhaust heat recovery boiler, a cooling steam supply system which branches from the low temperature reheat steam system and supplies the turbine exhaust steam to the high temperature section as a cooling steam, an intermediate pressure superheater steam system which is connected to the cooling steam supply system and adapted to join a steam supplied from an intermediate pressure superheater of the exhaust heat recovery boiler together with the turbine exhaust steam, a reheat steam system connecting the reheater of the exhaust heat recovery boiler and the intermediate pressure turbine, a cooling steam recovery system which recovers a steam after cooling the gas turbine high temperature section to the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Sachio Shibuya, Yoichi Sugimori
  • Patent number: 6178734
    Abstract: A combined cycle power generation plant generally comprises a gas turbine plant, a steam turbine plant and an exhaust heat recovery boiler, which further includes a low temperature reheat steam system for supplying a turbine exhaust steam from a high pressure turbine of the steam turbine plant to a reheater of the exhaust heat recovery boiler, a cooling steam supply system which branches from the low temperature reheat steam system and supplies the turbine exhaust steam to the high temperature section as a cooling steam, an intermediate pressure superheater steam system which is connected to the cooling steam supply system and adapted to join a steam supplied from an intermediate pressure superheater of the exhaust heat recovery boiler together with the turbine exhaust steam, a reheat steam system connecting the reheater of the exhaust heat recovery boiler and the intermediate pressure turbine, a cooling steam recovery system which recovers a steam after cooling the gas turbine high temperature section to the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Sachio Shibuya, Yoichi Sugimori
  • Patent number: 6105362
    Abstract: A combined cycle power plant comprises a gas turbine system and a steam cycle system having a steam turbine to be driven by the steam generated by the waste heat of the exhaust gas of the gas turbine system, wherein the steam from the steam cycle system flows through a gas turbine cooling system of the gas turbine to cool the gas turbine blades and other elements of the gas turbine system to be cooled and the waste heat of the gas turbine system is effectively collected. The gas turbine cooling system is supplied selectively with bleed air from the compressor of the gas turbine or the steam provided from another steam cycle system in order to ensure a sufficient coolant supply at the time of starting and stopping the plant and during the operation with a partial load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Fumio Ohtomo, Yuji Nakata, Yoshitaka Fukuyama, Asako Inomata, Sachio Shibuya, Akinori Koga, Junji Ishii, Shoko Ito, Hironobu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6038850
    Abstract: A combined cycle power plant comprises a gas turbine system and a steam cycle system having a steam turbine to be driven by the steam generated by the waste heat of the exhaust gas of the gas turbine system, wherein the steam from the steam cycle system flows through a gas turbine cooling system of the gas turbine to cool the gas turbine blades and other elements of the gas turbine system to be cooled and the waste heat of the gas turbine system is effectively collected. The gas turbine cooling system has two or more than two cooling ducts formed in two or more than two elements of the gas turbine system to be cooled such as the gas turbine blades and the combustor of the gas turbine system so that steam is made to flow through the cooling ducts of these two or more than two elements to be cooled to effectively and maximally exploit the cooling potential and the waste heat collecting potential of the steam and hence improve the overall thermal efficiency of the plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Fumio Ohtomo, Yuji Nakata, Yoshitaka Fukuyama, Asako Inomata, Sachio Shibuya, Akinori Koga, Junji Ishii, Shoko Ito, Hironobu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6000213
    Abstract: A combined cycle power plant comprises a gas turbine system and a steam cycle system having a steam turbine to be driven by the steam generated by the waste heat of the exhaust gas of the gas turbine system, wherein the steam from the steam cycle system flows through a gas turbine cooling system of the gas turbine to cool the gas turbine blades and other elements of the gas turbine system to be cooled and the waste heat of the gas turbine system is effectively collected. The gas turbine cooling system has two or more than two coolooling ducts formed in two or more than two elements of the gas turbine system to be cooled such as the gas turbine blades and the combustor of the gas turbine system so that steam is made to flow through the cooling ducts of these two or more than two elements to be cooled to effectively and maximally exploit the cooling potential and the waste heat collecting potential of the steam and hence improve the overall thermal efficiency of the plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Fumio Ohtomo, Yuji Nakata, Yoshitaka Fukuyama, Asako Inomata, Sachio Shibuya, Akinori Koga, Junji Ishii, Shoko Ito, Hironobu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 5778657
    Abstract: A combined cycle power plant comprises a gas turbine system and a steam cycle system having a steam turbine to be driven by the steam generated by the waste heat of the exhaust gas of the gas turbine system, wherein the steam from the steam cycle system flows through a gas turbine cooling system of the gas turbine to cool the gas turbine blades and other elements of the gas turbine system to be cooled and the waste heat of the gas turbine system is effectively collected. The gas turbine cooling system has two or more than two cooling ducts formed in two or more than two elements of the gas turbine system to be cooled such as the gas turbine blades and the combustor of the gas turbine system so that steam is made to flow through the cooling ducts of these two or more than two elements to be cooled to effectively and maximally exploit the cooling potential and the waste heat collecting potential of the steam and hence improve the overall thermal efficiency of the plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Fumio Ohtomo, Yuji Nakata, Yoshitaka Fukuyama, Asako Inomata, Sachio Shibuya, Akinori Koga, Junji Ishii, Shoko Ito, Hironobu Yamamoto