Patents by Inventor Shota IGARASHI
Shota IGARASHI 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).
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Patent number: 11719108Abstract: A transition piece includes a first flow passage group formed by arranging a plurality of intra-wall flow passages, a second flow passage group, and a plurality of dilution holes that penetrate a plate, and establish communication between a compressed air main flow passage and a combustion gas flow passage, each intra-wall flow passage of the first flow passage group and the second flow passage group having an inlet facing the compressed air main flow passage at an end portion on a side near the gas turbine, and having an outlet facing the combustion gas flow passage at an end portion on a side near the combustor liner, a dilution hole being located nearer to the inlet of an intra-wall flow passage of the second flow passage group than to the outlet of the intra-wall flow passage of the second flow passage group.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2022Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Naoto Fujiwara, Shohei Numata, Yasuhiro Wada, Shota Igarashi, Yoshitaka Hirata
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Publication number: 20230094510Abstract: Provided is a transition piece including: a first flow passage group formed by arranging a plurality of intra-wall flow passages extending within a plate constituting the transition piece from a side near a gas turbine to a side near a combustor liner; a second flow passage group located on a side near the combustor liner with respect to the first flow passage group; and a plurality of dilution holes that penetrate the plate, and establish communication between a compressed air main flow passage and a combustion gas flow passage, each intra-wall flow passage of the first flow passage group and the second flow passage group having an inlet facing the compressed air main flow passage at an end portion on a side near the gas turbine, and having an outlet facing the combustion gas flow passage at an end portion on a side near the combustor liner, a dilution hole being located nearer to the inlet of an intra-wall flow passage of the second flow passage group than to the outlet of the intra-wall flow passage of theType: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Naoto Fujiwara, Shohei Numata, Yasuhiro Wada, Shota Igarashi, Yoshitaka Hirata
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Patent number: 11377968Abstract: Each wheel-side tab section of a turbine wheel is formed such that a bottom surface of a second groove are continuous with bottom surfaces of first grooves that are adjacent thereto. The outline shape of each wheel-side tab section when seen in an axial direction is a shape in which a portion of a particular shape is replaced with straight portions along predetermined straight lines. The particular shape includes a predetermined range of an outline shape of an attachment section as seen in the axial direction. The portion is at least on the radially inward side of the bottom surface of the second groove and is on an outer side, in the circumferential direction, of the predetermined straight lines. The predetermined straight lines pass through a central axis and points within a range along the particular shape from intersections with the bottom surface of the second groove to peaks of wheel-side hook portions adjacent, on the radially inward side, to the bottom surface of the second groove.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2021Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Shota Igarashi, Yasuyuki Watanabe, Tadashi Murakata, Yoshiki Sakamoto
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Patent number: 11377971Abstract: A gas turbine combustor includes multiple aft frames each having a floating seal that seals a gap between an aft frame and a gas turbine in inner and outer peripheries of the aft frame, and a side seal that seals a gap between the aft frames adjacent to each other in a circumferential direction, and a corner seal that is placed in a gap portion provided between corner portions of the aft frames adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction, seals air leaking from at least the gap portion into the gas turbine side, and is independent of the floating seal and the side seal.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Shota Igarashi, Tomomi Koganezawa, Keisuke Miura, Yoshitaka Hirata, Shohei Yoshida, Yoshitaka Terada, Takehiko Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20220082260Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Hiroaki NAGAHASHI, Yoshitaka TERADA, Shohei NUMATA, Shota IGARASHI, Yasuhiro WADA
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Publication number: 20220025773Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: Yasuhiro WADA, Shota IGARASHI, Shohei NUMATA, Tomomi KOGANEZAWA, Hiroaki NAGAHASHI
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Publication number: 20210246801Abstract: Each wheel-side tab section of a turbine wheel is formed such that a bottom surface of a second groove are continuous with bottom surfaces of first grooves that are adjacent thereto. The outline shape of each wheel-side tab section when seen in an axial direction is a shape in which a portion of a particular shape is replaced with straight portions along predetermined straight lines. The particular shape includes a predetermined range of an outline shape of an attachment section as seen in the axial direction. The portion is at least on the radially inward side of the bottom surface of the second groove and is on an outer side, in the circumferential direction, of the predetermined straight lines. The predetermined straight lines pass through a central axis and points within a range along the particular shape from intersections with the bottom surface of the second groove to peaks of wheel-side hook portions adjacent, on the radially inward side, to the bottom surface of the second groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Shota IGARASHI, Yasuyuki WATANABE, Tadashi MURAKATA, Yoshiki SAKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20210180518Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2020Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Tomomi KOGANEZAWA, Shota IGARASHI, Hiroaki NAGAHASHI, Yoshitaka TERADA
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Publication number: 20200141586Abstract: A gas turbine combustor includes multiple aft frames each having a floating seal that seals a gap between an aft frame and a gas turbine in inner and outer peripheries of the aft frame, and a side seal that seals a gap between the aft frames adjacent to each other in a circumferential direction, and a corner seal that is placed in a gap portion provided between corner portions of the aft frames adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction, seals air leaking from at least the gap portion into the gas turbine side, and is independent of the floating seal and the side seal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Inventors: Shota IGARASHI, Tomomi KOGANEZAWA, Keisuke MIURA, Yoshitaka HIRATA, Shohei YOSHIDA, Yoshitaka TERADA, Takehiko NISHIKAWA
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Patent number: 10094567Abstract: A dual-fuel burning gas turbine combustor having a diffusive combustion burner to burn a liquid fuel and a gaseous fuel placed at the axis of the gas turbine combustor and a plurality of pre-mixing combustion burners to burn a liquid fuel and a gaseous fuel placed on an outer circumferential side of the diffusive combustion burner, each pre-mixing combustion burner having a liquid fuel nozzle, a plurality of gaseous fuel spray holes, a plurality of air holes, and a pre-mixing chamber to mix gaseous fuel and air, wherein each pre-mixing combustion burner has a double pipe sleeve at a connected portion between end cover and the pre-mixing combustion burner, and the double pipe sleeve has an inner sleeve having a gaseous fuel flow path, an outer sleeve positioned on an outer circumferential side of the inner sleeve, and a circular spacing formed between the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2014Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Shota Igarashi, Hirokazu Takahashi
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Publication number: 20150082770Abstract: A dual-fuel burning gas turbine combustor having a diffusive combustion burner to burn a liquid fuel and a gaseous fuel placed at the axis of the gas turbine combustor and a plurality of pre-mixing combustion burners to burn a liquid fuel and a gaseous fuel placed on an outer circumferential side of the diffusive combustion burner, each pre-mixing combustion burner having a liquid fuel nozzle, a plurality of gaseous fuel spray holes, a plurality of air holes, and a pre-mixing chamber to mix gaseous fuel and air, wherein each pre-mixing combustion burner has a double pipe sleeve at a connected portion between end cover and the pre-mixing combustion burner, and the double pipe sleeve has an inner sleeve having a gaseous fuel flow path, an outer sleeve positioned on an outer circumferential side of the inner sleeve, and a circular spacing formed between the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2014Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventors: Shota IGARASHI, Hirokazu TAKAHASHI