Patents by Inventor Teru Asaka

Teru Asaka 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).

  • Publication number: 20220213774
    Abstract: Provided is an operation analysis method for a production plant (1), including: acquiring, with use of a Doppler LIDAR (5), a distribution of three-dimensional wind condition data at positions of an upper space of the production plant (1) and a surrounding space thereof including an arrangement region for an air-cooled heat exchanger (2); acquiring environment data indicating a state of a natural environment that affects operation of the air-cooled heat exchanger (2); and learning, through a numerical analysis with use of a computer, based on a distribution of the three-dimensional wind condition data and on the environment data, a correspondence between a distribution pattern of the three-dimensional wind condition data and the environment data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: JGC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuzuru KAKUTANI, Teru ASAKA
  • Patent number: 10823500
    Abstract: An air-cooled heat exchanger (6) arranged in a gas processing facility for performing a liquefaction process of natural gas is configured to supply cooling air to a tube (63) through which a fluid to be cooled is caused to flow, to thereby cool the fluid to be cooled, and a mist supply section (7) is configured to supply mist obtained by spraying demineralized water, to thereby cool the cooling air. Further, the mist supply section (7) is configured to spray the demineralized water from a lateral position on an upstream side of an intake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignees: JGC CORPORATION, ELBRONS B.V.
    Inventors: Teru Asaka, Marc Ellmer
  • Publication number: 20190128599
    Abstract: Provided is a gas processing facility capable of enhancing the performance of an air-cooled heat exchanger while suppressing the influence on apparatus from spraying of demineralized water to the air-cooled heat exchanger to be used in a processing of natural gas. An air-cooled heat exchanger arranged in the gas processing facility for performing a liquefaction process of natural gas and the like is configured to supply cooling air to a tube through which a fluid to be cooled is caused to flow, to thereby cool the fluid to be cooled, and a mist supply section is configured to supply mist obtained by spraying demineralized water, to thereby cool the cooling air. Further, the mist supply section is configured to spray the demineralized water from a lateral position on an upstream side of an intake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicants: JGC CORPORATION, ELBRONS B.V.
    Inventors: Teru ASAKA, Marc ELLMER
  • Patent number: 9753184
    Abstract: A weather predicting method includes: selecting, from weather information related to areas and times and including temperature data, weather information sets related to multiple times over a fixed period concerning a first area containing a location where the air utilizing apparatus is placed; by solving, with selected weather information sets as input data, differential equations expressing the weather information based on analysis models for conducting weather simulations, generating a first narrow area weather information sets related to smaller second areas disposed within the first area; selecting a second narrow-area weather information set concerning a second area containing the location of the air utilizing apparatus from among generated first narrow-area weather information sets; and generating a temperature cumulative frequency distribution or a temperature exceedance probability distribution during the fixed period by using temperature data contained in the second narrow-area weather information se
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: JGC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sakurai, Shinsuke Satake, Kenichiro Kado, Kei Kubota, Xidong Hu, Keita Yamamuro, Yuzuru Kakutani, Teru Asaka
  • Publication number: 20160238312
    Abstract: A liquefied gas producing facility is provided and includes: a first heat exchanger, a first refrigerant compressor, a second heat exchanger, a second refrigerant compressor, air-cooling heat exchangers for a first refrigerant, air-cooling condensers for a first refrigerant, air-cooling heat exchangers for a second refrigerant, air-cooling condensers for a second refrigerant and a mist spraying device. The liquefied gas producing facility can produce liquefied gas by liquefying feed gas which contains methane as a main component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicants: JGC CORPORATION, ELBRONS B.V.
    Inventors: YUZURU KAKUTANI, TERU ASAKA, MARC ELLMER
  • Publication number: 20150120193
    Abstract: A weather predicting method is provided and includes: selecting, from weather information including temperature data and related to times and areas, a weather information related to an area containing a location where an air utilizing apparatus is placed and related to multiple times over a certain period; by solving, with weather information as input data, differential equations expressing weather information based on weather analysis models used for conducting weather simulations, generating first narrow-area weather information related to areas smaller than the area corresponding to the weather information; selecting a second narrow-area weather information concerning an area containing the location of the air utilizing apparatus from among the first narrow-area weather information; and generating a temperature cumulative distribution or a temperature exceedance probability distribution over a certain period by using temperature data contained in the second narrow-area weather information for calculating a
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sakurai, Shinsuke Satake, Kenichiro Kado, Kei Kubota, Xidong Hu, Keita Yamamuro, Yuzuru Kakutani, Teru Asaka
  • Publication number: 20150066370
    Abstract: A weather predicting method includes: selecting, from weather information related to areas and times and including temperature data, a weather information sets related to multiple times over a fixed period concerning a first area containing a location where the air utilizing apparatus is placed; by solving, with selected weather information sets as input data, differential equations expressing the weather information based on analysis models for conducting weather simulations, generating a first narrow-area weather information sets related to smaller second areas disposed within the first area; selecting a second narrow-area weather information set concerning a second area containing the location of the air utilizing apparatus from among generated first narrow-area weather information sets; and generating a temperature cumulative frequency distribution or a temperature exceedance probability distribution during the fixed period by using temperature data contained in the second narrow-area weather information
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Tatsuya Sakurai, Shinsuke Satake, Kenichiro Kado, Kei Kubota, Xidong Hu, Keita Yamamuro, Yuzuru Kakutani, Teru Asaka