Patents by Inventor Tohru Kamibayashi

Tohru Kamibayashi 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).

  • Plant utility optimizing method and an optimizing system
    Patent number: 5886895
    Abstract: For calculating optimum operation parameters of a BTG plant including a plurality of boilers having a linear input/output characteristic between an incoming fuel and steam output and a plurality of turbines having a non-convex input/output characteristic between the incoming steam which is an output of the boiler and power output, a dynamic programming process is performed twice and a linear programming process is performed once with respect to the steam and power to find, as an optimum solution, the power output of the turbines. Finally, an optimum solution is found in which a total fuel cost is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yoichi Kita, Tohru Kamibayashi