Patents by Inventor Shinju SUZUKI

Shinju SUZUKI 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: 11906164
    Abstract: A combustor of an embodiment includes: a combustor casing; a combustor liner which is provided in the combustor casing and combusts a fuel and an oxidant to produce a combustion gas; a pipe-shaped member provided to penetrate the combustor casing and the combustor liner; a heat-resistant glass which is provided on the combustor casing side in the pipe-shaped member and closes the pipe-shaped member; a laser light supply mechanism which irradiates an interior of the combustor liner through the heat-resistant glass and an interior of the pipe-shaped member with a laser light; and a contact prevention mechanism which prevents a combustion gas in the combustor liner from coming into contact with the heat-resistant glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunori Iwai, Masao Itoh, Yuichi Morisawa, Yoshihisa Kobayashi, Shinju Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11719155
    Abstract: In a method for operating a combustor of an embodiment, before ignition in the combustor, a mixed gas containing oxygen is circulated through the combustor as a circulating gas. Then, in an operating time from the time of ignition in the combustor to the time of a rated load of a turbine, from the time of ignition until reaching stable combustion conditions allowing stable combustion, a combustion gas in which a controller controls a flow rate of a fuel supplied from a fuel supply part and a flow rate of an oxidant supplied from an oxidant supply part to maintain the same oxygen concentration as an oxygen concentration in the mixed gas is circulated as the circulating gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunori Iwai, Shinju Suzuki, Masao Itoh, Yuichi Morisawa, Yoshihisa Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20230151965
    Abstract: A combustor of an embodiment includes: a combustor casing; a combustor liner which is provided in the combustor casing and combusts a fuel and an oxidant to produce a combustion gas; a pipe-shaped member provided to penetrate the combustor casing and the combustor liner; a heat-resistant glass which is provided on the combustor casing side in the pipe-shaped member and closes the pipe-shaped member; a laser light supply mechanism which irradiates an interior of the combustor liner through the heat-resistant glass and an interior of the pipe-shaped member with a laser light; and a contact prevention mechanism which prevents a combustion gas in the combustor liner from coming into contact with the heat-resistant glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunori IWAI, Masao ITOH, Yuichi MORISAWA, Yoshihisa KOBAYASHI, Shinju SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11578867
    Abstract: A combustor of an embodiment includes: a combustor casing; a combustor liner which is provided in the combustor casing and combusts a fuel and an oxidant to produce a combustion gas; a pipe-shaped member provided to penetrate the combustor casing and the combustor liner; a heat-resistant glass which is provided on the combustor casing side in the pipe-shaped member and closes the pipe-shaped member; a laser light supply mechanism which irradiates an interior of the combustor liner through the heat-resistant glass and an interior of the pipe-shaped member with a laser light; and a contact prevention mechanism which prevents a combustion gas in the combustor liner from coming into contact with the heat-resistant glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunori Iwai, Masao Itoh, Yuichi Morisawa, Yoshihisa Kobayashi, Shinju Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20220403791
    Abstract: In a method for operating a combustor of an embodiment, before ignition in the combustor, a mixed gas containing oxygen is circulated through the combustor as a circulating gas. Then, in an operating time from the time of ignition in the combustor to the time of a rated load of a turbine, from the time of ignition until reaching stable combustion conditions allowing stable combustion, a combustion gas in which a controller controls a flow rate of a fuel supplied from a fuel supply part and a flow rate of an oxidant supplied from an oxidant supply part to maintain the same oxygen concentration as an oxygen concentration in the mixed gas is circulated as the circulating gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunori IWAI, Shinju SUZUKI, Masao ITOH, Yuichi MORISAWA, Yoshihisa KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210247069
    Abstract: A combustor of an embodiment includes: a combustor casing; a combustor liner which is provided in the combustor casing and combusts a fuel and an oxidant to produce a combustion gas; a pipe-shaped member provided to penetrate the combustor casing and the combustor liner; a heat-resistant glass which is provided on the combustor casing side in the pipe-shaped member and closes the pipe-shaped member; a laser light supply mechanism which irradiates an interior of the combustor liner through the heat-resistant glass and an interior of the pipe-shaped member with a laser light; and a contact prevention mechanism which prevents a combustion gas in the combustor liner from coming into contact with the heat-resistant glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunori IWAI, Masao ITOH, Yuichi MORISAWA, Yoshihisa KOBAYASHI, Shinju SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20200284189
    Abstract: A gas turbine facility 10 of an embodiment has a combustor 20 combusting fuel and oxidant, a turbine 21 rotated by combustion gas exhausted from the combustor 20, and a pipe 41 guiding a part of the combustion gas exhausted from the turbine 21 to a pipe 42 supplying the oxidant. Further, the gas turbine facility 10 has a pipe 43 guiding mixed gas constituted of the oxidant and the combustion gas to the combustor 20, a pipe 45 guiding another part of the combustion gas to the combustor 20 as working fluid of the turbine, and a pipe 40 exhausting a remaining part of the combustion gas to an outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Yasunori IWAI, Masao ITOH, Shinju SUZUKI, Yuichi MORISAWA, Jeremy Eron Fetvedt, Rodney John Allam
  • Publication number: 20200284194
    Abstract: A gas turbine facility 10 of an embodiment has a combustor 20 combusting fuel and oxidant, a turbine 28 rotated by combustion gas exhausted from the combustor 20, a heat exchanger 25 cooling the combustion gas from the turbine 28, a pipe 46 guiding a part of the combustion gas to the combustor 20 via the heat exchanger 25, and a pipe 45 exhausting a remaining part of the combustion gas to an outside. Further, the facility has a pipe 40 supplying fuel to the combustor 20, a pipe 41 supplying oxidant to the combustor 20 via the heat exchanger 25, and a pipe 42 branched from the pipe 41, bypassing the heat exchanger 25, and coupled to the pipe 41, so as to introduce the oxidant into the pipe 41.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Yasunori IWAI, Masao ITOH, Shinju SUZUKI, Jeremy Eron FETVEDT, Rodney John ALLAM
  • Patent number: 10526968
    Abstract: A gas turbine facility 10 of an embodiment includes: a combustor 20; a cylinder 80 dividing a space between a combustor casing 70 and the combustor 20; and a turbine 25 rotated by a combustion gas exhausted from the combustor 20. The gas turbine facility 10 includes: a heat exchanger 24 which cools the combustion gas; a pipe 42 through which a part of the combustion gas cooled in the heat exchanger 24 passes in the heat exchanger 24 to be heated and is guided to a space between the combustor 20 and the cylinder 80; a pipe 44 which guides another part of the combustion gas cooled in the heat exchanger 24 to a space between the combustor casing 70 and the cylinder 80; and a pipe 45 which exhausts a remaining part of the combustion gas cooled in the heat exchanger 24 to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunori Iwai, Masao Itoh, Yuichi Morisawa, Shinju Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20170175624
    Abstract: A gas turbine facility 10 of an embodiment includes: a combustor 20; a cylinder 80 dividing a space between a combustor casing 70 and the combustor 20; and a turbine 25 rotated by a combustion gas exhausted from the combustor 20. The gas turbine facility 10 includes: a heat exchanger 24 which cools the combustion gas; a pipe 42 through which a part of the combustion gas cooled in the heat exchanger 24 passes in the heat exchanger 24 to be heated and is guided to a space between the combustor 20 and the cylinder 80; a pipe 44 which guides another part of the combustion gas cooled in the heat exchanger 24 to a space between the combustor casing 70 and the cylinder 80; and a pipe 45 which exhausts a remaining part of the combustion gas cooled in the heat exchanger 24 to the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yasunori Iwai, Masao Itoh, Yuichi Morisawa, Shinju Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20150027099
    Abstract: A gas turbine facility 10 of an embodiment has a combustor 20 combusting fuel and oxidant, a turbine 28 rotated by combustion gas exhausted from the combustor 20, a heat exchanger 25 cooling the combustion gas from the turbine 28, a pipe 46 guiding a part of the combustion gas to the combustor 20 via the heat exchanger 25, and a pipe 45 exhausting a remaining part of the combustion gas to an outside. Further, the facility has a pipe 40 supplying fuel to the combustor 20, a pipe 41 supplying oxidant to the combustor 20 via the heat exchanger 25, and a pipe 42 branched from the pipe 41, bypassing the heat exchanger 25, and coupled to the pipe 41, so as to introduce the oxidant into the pipe 41.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yasunori IWAI, Masao ITOH, Shinju SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20150020497
    Abstract: A gas turbine facility 10 of an embodiment has a combustor 20 combusting fuel and oxidant, a turbine 21 rotated by combustion gas exhausted from the combustor 20, and a pipe 41 guiding a part of the combustion gas exhausted from the turbine 21 to a pipe 42 supplying the oxidant. Further, the gas turbine facility 10 has a pipe 43 guiding mixed gas constituted of the oxidant and the combustion gas to the combustor 20, a pipe 45 guiding another part of the combustion gas to the combustor 20 as working fluid of the turbine, and a pipe 40 exhausting a remaining part of the combustion gas to an outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yasunori IWAI, Masao ITOH, Shinju SUZUKI, Yuichi MORISAWA