Patents Assigned to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corporation
  • Publication number: 20220403750
    Abstract: A design method of a center guide pin includes a step of setting a virtual center axis of a casing, a step of acquiring a center position of the center guide pin in a horizontal direction, a step of acquiring, as a first offset amount, an offset amount of the center position of the center guide pin from the virtual center axis of the casing in the horizontal direction, a step of setting a virtual center axis of a diaphragm, a step of acquiring a center position of a groove portion in the horizontal direction, a step of acquiring, as a second offset amount, an offset amount of the center position of the groove portion from the virtual center axis of the diaphragm in the horizontal direction, and a step of designing the center guide pin based on the first offset amount and the second offset amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Sasaki, Yasuhiko Kawamura, Hirotoshi Abo, Kenichi Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20220403853
    Abstract: An impeller includes: a disk which is supported so as to be rotatable around an axis and which includes an outer peripheral surface expanding toward an outside in a radial direction of the disk as it goes to a downstream side in an axial direction of the axis; blades which are arranged on the outer peripheral surface of the disk at intervals in a circumferential direction of the disk; and a cover which is disposed at a position facing the outer peripheral surface of the disk so as to cover the blades. A leading edge of each of the blades includes: a straight portion which extends toward the downstream side in the axial direction of the axis as it goes to the disk from the cover; and a protrusion portion close to the disk and which is protruded from an extension of the straight portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyori Yagi, Akihiro Nakaniwa, Hiroaki Oka
  • Publication number: 20220389931
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes: an impeller which is allowed to rotate around an axis; a casing which is provided with a return flow path allowing a fluid pressure-fed from the impeller to flow therein; and a return vane which is disposed inside the return flow path, wherein the return vane is provided with an injection port through which a liquid supplied from the outside is injected to the return flow path. Accordingly, power is further reduced while suppressing pressure loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motomu Asahara, Shuichi Yamashita, Akihiro Nakaniwa
  • Patent number: 11519420
    Abstract: A rotary machine system includes a rotary electric machine, a rotary machine, a first supply line and a second supply line through which the lubricating oil is supplied to the rotary machine bearing, a first discharge line and a second discharge line through which the lubricating oil is discharged downward from the rotary machine bearing, and a lower discharge line through which the lubricating oil discharged from the first discharge line and the second discharge line flows toward a discharge destination. The lower discharge line has a first connecting portion connected to a lower end of the first discharge line and a second connecting portion connected to a lower end of the second discharge line, and extends such that the lubricating oil heads for the discharge destination through the first connecting portion from the second connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayoshi Kikuchi, Takuya Watanabe, Norikazu Kasaoka
  • Patent number: 11519644
    Abstract: A cooling device includes a cooler disposed inside a shell main body formed in a cylindrical shape, and having a first surface facing an inlet nozzle and an outlet nozzle, and a partition member fixed to the first surface, and partitioning a portion between the cooler and an inner peripheral surface of the shell main body into a first space communicating with the inlet nozzle and a second space communicating with the outlet nozzle. The partition member includes a main partition plate disposed between the inlet nozzle and the outlet nozzle in an axial direction, a first guide portion extending from an end portion of the main partition plate toward a first end surface of the shell main body, and a second guide portion extending from an end portion of the main partition plate toward a second end surface of the shell main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Yokoo, Hiroko Kitamoto
  • Patent number: 11519416
    Abstract: A compressor system includes a driving unit having a drive shaft, a plurality of compressors which compress a gas, and a transmission mechanism which increases a speed of a rotation of the drive shaft and transmits the rotation to the plurality of compressors. The transmission mechanism includes a main shaft which rotates together with the drive shaft and a plurality of gear mechanisms which transmit a rotation of the main shaft to the corresponding one compressor. The gear mechanism includes an auxiliary shaft which rotates together with an auxiliary gear meshing with the main gear, a plurality of first gears which rotate together with the auxiliary shaft, an output shaft to which an output gear meshing with the first gear is fixed and which is connected to the compressor, and a first bearing which rotatably supports the auxiliary shaft, and a second bearing which rotatably supports the output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyata, Hideki Nagao, Masahiro Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20220381249
    Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes: an impeller which is allowed to rotate around an axis; a casing in which the impeller is accommodated and a guide flow path guiding fluid to the impeller is formed; and a guide vane which is disposed in the guide flow path and is extended from a hub side wall surface of the guide flow path, which is continued to a hub side of the impeller, to a shroud side wall surface of the guide flow path to a shroud side of the impeller, wherein the guide vane is twisted forward the impeller in a rotating direction thereof as close to the shroud side wall surface from the hub side wall surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Miku Kuroda
  • Patent number: 11512706
    Abstract: A geared compressor includes a plurality of compression units and a compression-unit-driving mechanism which drives the plurality of compression units. The compression-unit-driving mechanism includes a plurality of driven gears which are provided in respective rotation shafts of the plurality of compression units and a plurality of large-diameter gears which are directly or indirectly driven by a drive source and have outer diameters larger than those of the plurality of driven gears. The plurality of large-diameter gears is arranged side by side in a horizontal direction and each of the plurality of large-diameter gears meshes with two or more of the plurality of driven gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyata, Masahiro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11512951
    Abstract: The measuring jig for the rotary machine is a measuring jig for a rotary machine including a casing that extending about an axis, a rotor that is disposed in the casing and extends in an axial direction about the axis, and a plurality of bearings that are disposed at intervals in the axial direction and supports the rotor in the casing. The measuring jig includes a plurality of casing fixing portions that are respectively attachable to and detachable from bearing holding portions to which the bearings are attached in the casing; a main member that extends in the axial direction so as to connect the plurality of casing fixing portions to each other; an arm that extends from the main member in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the axial direction; and a reference surface that is disposed at a distance from a measurement target part of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Kawamura, Kyoichi Ikeno, Yuzo Tsurusaki, Yuichi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11506209
    Abstract: A charge gas compressor train for an ethylene plant includes: a steam turbine; and a compression unit that is configured to be driven by the steam turbine to compress a charge gas. The compression unit includes a closed impeller at each impeller of a plurality of compression stages. An outer diameter of blades of the closed impeller at least at an initial stage of the plurality of compression stages is 1,400 to 1,800 mm. A maximum operating peripheral speed of the blades of the closed impeller at the initial stage at an outermost diameter position is 350 to 400 m/s. An output of the charge gas compressor train is 100 to 140 MW.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Oda, Yusuke Oishi
  • Patent number: 11493054
    Abstract: An impeller of a rotating machine according to at least one embodiment includes: a disc; a cover disposed on an opposite side of a radial passage from the disc in an axial direction; and a blade disposed between the disc and the cover. A back surface of the disc has a recess extending in a circumferential direction in a radial range where the blade is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyori Yagi, Noriyuki Okada, Takashi Oda
  • Publication number: 20220349423
    Abstract: A compressor includes a rotation shaft which rotates around an axis, an impeller which press-feeds a fluid from one side in an axial direction toward an outward side in a radial direction by rotating together with the rotation shaft, a casing which surrounds the rotation shaft and the impeller and in which an exit flow channel for introducing a fluid press-fed from the impeller is formed, and an acoustic liner which is provided so as to face the inside of the exit flow channel in the casing. The acoustic liner has a plurality of open hole portions which are arranged with intervals therebetween, and acoustic spaces which communicate with the open hole portions and are independently provided for the respective open hole portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Nakaniwa, Koji Maeta, Takashi Oda
  • Patent number: 11484934
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a casing, the manufacturing method includes a step of manufacturing a plurality of metal members which are components constituting the casing including a casing body having a tubular shape that extends with an axis as a center; a step of arranging the plurality of metal members according to the casing to be formed; and a step of forming the casing by welding the plurality of metal members to each other, in which in the step of manufacturing the metal members, the plurality of metal members are manufactured by at least two kinds of manufacturing methods among forging, steel plate processing, casting, and a fused metal deposition method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunori Sakai, Toshiyuki Yamamori, Makio Morimoto
  • Patent number: 11460019
    Abstract: A compressor module includes: a rotational driving machine having an output shaft which is rotationally driven around an axis; a compressor which is disposed so as to be adjacent to the rotational driving machine in an axial direction in which the axis extends; a base plate which supports the rotational driving machine and the compressor from below in a vertical direction; and a storage tank which is configured to store a lubricating oil used in the rotational driving machine and the compressor. The storage tank has a tubular tank main body that is provided on an outer side of the base plate in a width direction and extends in a direction including the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuya Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20220307512
    Abstract: A compressor system includes a driving unit having a drive shaft, a plurality of compressors which compress a gas, and a transmission mechanism which increases a speed of a rotation of the drive shaft and transmits the rotation to the plurality of compressors. The transmission mechanism includes a main shaft which rotates together with the drive shaft and a plurality of gear mechanisms which transmit a rotation of the main shaft to the corresponding one compressor. The gear mechanism includes an auxiliary shaft which rotates together with an auxiliary gear meshing with the main gear, a plurality of first gears which rotate together with the auxiliary shaft, an output shaft to which an output gear meshing with the first gear is fixed and which is connected to the compressor, and a first bearing which rotatably supports the auxiliary shaft, and a second bearing which rotatably supports the output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyata, Hideki Nagao, Masahiro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11448237
    Abstract: A compressor 1 includes a casing 2 that covers a rotating shaft 4 and an impeller 6 and is provided with a diffuser 66 for guiding the working fluid discharged from the impeller 6 to an outside in a radial direction, a heat exchanger 71 that is cools at least a portion of the working fluid compressed by the impeller 6, a cooling fluid supplying unit 7 that supplies the working fluid cooled by the heat exchanger 71 into the casing 2 as a cooling fluid for cooling a motor 5 disposed in the casing 2, and a cooling fluid circulating unit 8 that discharges the cooling fluid that has passed through the motor 5 to an outside of the casing 2, and supplies the discharged cooling fluid downstream of an outlet 6o of a first impeller 6A and upstream of the diffuser 66.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyata, Masahiro Kobayashi, Akihiro Nakaniwa
  • Patent number: 11435264
    Abstract: A probe device includes a probe that detects a state of a rotary shaft, a probe holding member having a first end fixed to a bearing portion, in which the probe is fixed to the first end, a cylindrical guide sleeve inserted into a communication hole of a casing, a second end of the probe holding member being inserted into the cylindrical guide sleeve, and a plurality of elastic support members disposed at an interval in an extending direction of the probe holding member between the second end of the probe holding member and an inner peripheral surface of the guide sleeve, and formed of an elastic material to form an annular shape extending along an outer peripheral surface of the probe holding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Sasaki, Yasuhiko Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20220268526
    Abstract: A compressor module includes: a compressor; and a high-pressure gas cooler which cools gas discharged from the compressor, wherein the high-pressure gas cooler includes a plurality of gas cooler partial bodies, wherein each gas cooler partial body includes a high-pressure casing which is formed in a cylindrical container shape extending in a horizontal direction and to which the gas is introduced and a high-pressure heat exchange unit which is installed in the high-pressure casing and cools a gas passing in one direction orthogonal to a center axis of the high-pressure casing, and wherein the gas cooler partial bodies are arranged in parallel so that the center axes of the high-pressure casings are parallel to each other, the gas sequentially flows through the gas cooler partial bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyata, Masahiro Kobayashi, Kazutoshi Yokoo
  • Publication number: 20220268291
    Abstract: A rotary machine includes a cylindrical rotary shaft extending in a direction of an axis, a fastening bolt having a bolt body that extends in a direction of an axis 0 in the rotary shaft to form fastening portions at both ends, a pair of rotary bodies each having an end portion in the direction of the axis that is fixed to each of the pair of fastening portions to be in contact with an end surface of the rotary shaft in the direction of the axis, and a bolt extension mechanism that temporarily extends the bolt body in the direction of the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyata, Hideki Nagao
  • Publication number: 20220268500
    Abstract: A compressor system includes a first pipe including a first pipe main body that forms a flow path therein and a first flange that projects from the first pipe main body to an outer peripheral side, and a second pipe including a second pipe main body that forms a flow path therein and a second flange that projects from the second pipe main body to an outer peripheral side and faces the first flange, a bellows provided so as to surround an entire circumference between the first flange and the second flange, and an excitation force reducing portion provided to separate the flow path and the bellows in a space between the first flange and the second flange and formed of a stretchable porous material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyata, Masahiro Kobayashi, Masayuki Fujii