Patents Assigned to The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc.
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Publication number: 20130218494Abstract: A system for accurately determining real-time Available Transfer Capability and the required ancillary service of large-scale interconnected power systems in an open-access transmission environment, subject to static and dynamic security constraints of a list of credible contingencies, including line thermal limits, bus voltage limits, voltage stability (steady-state stability) constraints, and transient stability constraints.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2012Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicants: Bigwood Technology, Inc., School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Tianjin University, Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc.Inventors: Bigwood Technology, Inc., Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc., School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Tianjin University
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Patent number: 8172959Abstract: There are provided an austenitic stainless steel having high stress corrosion crack resistance, characterized by containing, in percent by weight, 0.030% or less C, 0.1% or less Si, 2.0% or less Mn, 0.03% or less P, 0.002% or less S, 11 to 26% Ni, 17 to 30% Cr, 3% or less Mo, and 0.01% or less N, the balance substantially being Fe and unavoidable impurities; a manufacturing method for an austenitic stainless steel, characterized in that a billet consisting of the said austenitic stainless steel is subjected to solution heat treatment at a temperature of 1000 to 1150° C.; and a pipe and a in-furnace structure for a nuclear reactor to which the said austenitic stainless steel is applied.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2005Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignees: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc.Inventors: Yasuhiro Sakaguchi, Toshihiko Iwamura, Hiroshi Kanasaki, Hidehito Mimaki, Masaki Taneike, Shunichi Suzuki, Kenrou Takamori, Suguru Ooki, Naoki Anahara, Naoki Hiranuma, Toshio Yonezawa
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Patent number: 7871586Abstract: The present invention provides a mercury removal system and method for effectively removing a mercury component, which is present in a gas stream in an extremely small amount in wet gas cleaning. The mercury removal system in wet gas cleaning includes a water washing tower for introducing therein a target gas containing a mercury component and transferring the mercury component into an absorbing solution, a flash drum (10) for flashing the absorbing solution discharged from the water washing tower to separate the absorbing solution into a gas component and waste water, an oxidation treatment means (1) for adding an oxidizing agent to the absorbing solution at the preceding stage of the flash drum, and a waste water treatment means for subjecting to coagulation sedimentation treatment the separated waste water containing the mercury component at the following stage of the flash drum to dispose of the mercury component as sludge.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2006Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignees: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Clean Coal Power R&D Co., Ltd., Hokkaido Electric Power Company, Inc., Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc., The Tokyo Electric Power Company Inc., Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc., Hokuriku Electric Power Company, The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc., The Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc., Shikoku Electric Power Co., Inc., Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc., Central Research Institute of Electric Power IndustryInventors: Masahiro Harada, Makoto Susaki, Shintaro Honjo, Shuji Kameyama, Masaki Nakahara, Akira Kisei
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Publication number: 20100326974Abstract: An object is to provide a method and an apparatus for improving a residual stress in a tubular body, which are enabled to improve the residual stress reliably by clearly defining controlling rage for treatment conditions without depending on an installation state and configuration of the tubular body. When a cylindrical tubular body (2) is improved in its residual stress by locally irradiating an outer-circumferential surface of a welded portion (C) of the tubular body (2) with laser beams (5a) and by moving an irradiation area (s) in an circumferential direction, a plurality thermocouples (9) are installed on the tubular body (2) to be improved, a temperature history of the outer surface of the tubular body (2) by the irradiation of the laser beam (5a) is managed by measuring the temperature history itself.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2008Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., THE JAPAN ATOMIC POWER COMPANY, HOKKAIDO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INCORPORATED, TOHOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., THE TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC., CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., HOKURIKU ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, THE KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., THE CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., SHIKOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., KYUSHU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., ELECTRIC POWER DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Ota, Kazuhiko Kamo, Itaru Muroya, Seiji Asada, Kazuhiro Wakabayashi, Koji Okimura, Hironori Onitsuka
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Publication number: 20090304563Abstract: The present invention provides a mercury removal system and method for effectively removing a mercury component, which is present in a gas stream in an extremely small amount in wet gas cleaning used for coal or heavy oil gasification, petroleum refining and the like. The mercury removal system in wet gas cleaning comprises a water washing tower for introducing therein a target gas containing a mercury component and transferring the mercury component into an absorbing solution, a flush drum (10) for flushing the absorbing solution discharged from the water washing tower to separate the absorbing solution into a gas component and waste water, an oxidation treatment means (1) for adding an oxidizing agent to the absorbing solution at the preceding stage of the flush drum, and a waste water treatment means for subjecting to coagulation sedimentation treatment the separated waste water containing the mercury component at the following stage of the flush drum to dispose of the mercury component as sludge.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2006Publication date: December 10, 2009Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., CLEAN COAL POWER R&D CO., LTD., HOKKAIDO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY INC., TOHOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., THE TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY INC., CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., HOKURIKU ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, THE KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., THE CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., SHIKOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., KYUSHU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., ELECTRIC POWER DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD., CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRYInventors: Masahiro Harada, Makoto Susaki, Shintaro Honjo, Shuji Kameyama, Masaki Nakahara, Akira Kisei
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Publication number: 20090212763Abstract: [Object] A simple constitution together with an easy calibration of output by realizing a fast light intensity detection method is realized without using the carrier signal. [Solution] An optical sensor, including: a sensor to which light from a light source is lead, and by which light intensity of the light is modulated based on a physical value; light receiving elements 61 and 62 receiving two elements of divided light PA and PB having polarized waves which are orthogonally crossing each other; a variable optical attenuator operating light which is received by the light receiving elements 61 and 62; and a variable amplifier operating output signals from the light receiving elements 61 and 62, wherein both a zero point of a sensor output and sensitivity are calibrated based on a light attenuation factor or an amplification factor which is adjusted when a physical value is detected by calculating a ratio between a sum and a difference of outputs of the light receiving elements 61 and 62.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2006Publication date: August 27, 2009Applicant: The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc.,Inventors: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Kazuomi Shirakawa
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Publication number: 20080308198Abstract: There are provided an austenitic stainless steel having high stress corrosion crack resistance, characterized by containing, in percent by weight, 0.030% or less C, 0.1% or less Si, 2.0% or less Mn, 0.03% or less P, 0.002% or less S, 11 to 26% Ni, 17 to 30% Cr, 3% or less Mo, and 0.01% or less N, the balance substantially being Fe and unavoidable impurities; a manufacturing method for an austenitic stainless steel, characterized in that a billet consisting of the said austenitic stainless steel is subjected to solution heat treatment at a temperature of 1000 to 1150° C.; and a pipe and a in-furnace structure for a nuclear reactor to which the said austenitic stainless steel is applied.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2005Publication date: December 18, 2008Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., THE TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Yasuhiro Sakaguchi, Toshihiko Iwamura, Hiroshi Kanasaki, Hidehito Mimaki, Masaki Taneike, Shunichi Suzuki, Kenrou Takamori, Suguru Ooki, Naoki Anahara, Naoki Hiranuma, Toshio Yonezawa
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Publication number: 20080145174Abstract: A channel fastener, which is capable of preventing or suppressing the plastic deformation of a leaf spring when the other device such as a fuel assembly and a tool is brought into contact therewith from the upper side, is provided. The channel fastener (6) comprises a leaf spring guard (9) having a leg body (13) formed in a roughly L-shape in horizontal cross section and extending vertically and a flat upper plate (12) connected to the leg body (13) at the upper end of the leg body (13) and extending horizontally, and a leaf spring (8) having an upper plate part (15) fixed to the leaf spring guard flat upper plate (12) and extending along the leaf spring guard flat upper plate (12) and at least two legs (17) connected to the upper plate part (15) and extending downward along the leaf spring guard leg body (13). One or a plurality of projected parts (21) projected upward are formed on the leaf spring guard fiat upper plate (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2005Publication date: June 19, 2008Applicant: The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc.Inventors: Shunichi Suzuki, Yoshio Takagi, Yoshiaki Ishii, Akihiro Miyazaki, Tadashi Teramatsu, Akihiko Fujita, Masatake Taguchi, Shingo Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20070068077Abstract: This method of upgrading a biomass comprises: an upgrading step for performing upgrading treatment of a cellulose based biomass with an oxygen/carbon atomic ratio of at least 0.5, in presence of water and under a pressure of at least saturated water vapor pressure, and reducing said oxygen/carbon atomic ratio of said biomass to no more than 0.38, and a separation step for separating an upgraded reactant obtained from said upgrading step into a solid component and a liquid component.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2005Publication date: March 29, 2007Applicants: JGC Corporation, The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc.Inventors: Chiaki Suyama, Shinichi Tokuda, Masao Tsurui, Yoshinori Suto, Koji Tamura, Tsutomu Katagiri, Teruo Nagai, Jin Ogawa, Takeshi Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20060126581Abstract: A base station includes: a data classification function for classifying data to be transmitted to terminals into audio data and terminal-basis ordinary data and generating downstream communication traffic information; a queuing function for generating an ordinary data transmission queue and an audio data transmission queue from the classified data; a communication quality control parameter setting function for setting communication quality control parameters for the respective queues; a transmission and reception portion for transmitting data in the queues according to the communication quality control parameters at a time of transmission; a reception data detection function for acquiring upstream communication traffic information from reception data received from each of the terminals; and a communication quality control parameter control function for dynamically adjusting each of the communication quality control parameters in the communication quality control parameter setting function, based on the downstType: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2004Publication date: June 15, 2006Applicant: The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc.,Inventors: Toshikazu Katsumata, Takahiro Koharagi, Hiroshi Nomura
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Publication number: 20060112638Abstract: This method of upgrading a biomass comprises: an upgrading step for performing upgrading treatment of a cellulose based biomass with an oxygen/carbon atomic ratio of at least 0.5, in presence of water and under a pressure of at least saturated water vapor pressure, and reducing said oxygen/carbon atomic ratio of said biomass to no more than 0.38, and a separation step for separating an upgraded reactant obtained from said upgrading step into a solid component and a liquid component.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2003Publication date: June 1, 2006Applicants: Jgc Corporation, The Tokyo Electric Power Company, IncInventors: Chiaki Suyama, Shinichi Tokuda, Masao Tsurui, Yoshimori Suto, Koji Tamura, Tsutomu Katagiri, Teruo Nagai, Jin Ogawa, Takeshi Yamaguchi
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Publication number: 20040222192Abstract: A vacuum switch comprises a vacuum container, a grounding switch and a load switch disposed in the container, and an external connection conductor disposed in the vacuum container and to be connected electrically inside and outside the vacuum container, and it is characterized in that the grounding switch and the external connection conductor are electrically connected to each other in the vacuum container.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2004Publication date: November 11, 2004Applicants: Hitachi, Ltd., The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc.Inventors: Shuuichi Kikukawa, Yasuaki Suzuki, Tooru Tanimizu, Koichi Murata, Ryotaro Hanabuchi
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Patent number: 6815948Abstract: A method and apparatus for the nondestructive detecting of tension wires in a concrete pole from a single test location without requiring scanning along the length of the pole and without requiring direct contact to the wires. The method and apparatus utilize longitudinal guided waves in tension wires that are generated and detected based on the magnetostrictive sensor principle. The detected signals from broken tension wires and from the ends of concrete pole are analyzed for the number and locations of broken wires.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2003Date of Patent: November 9, 2004Assignee: The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc.Inventors: Hegeon Kwun, Sang-Young Kim, Kyoichi Asano
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Patent number: 6745533Abstract: The present invention is provided for considerably shortening the construction time of a building that is applied to nuclear power plants. When constructing the building, megablocks having a height that extends to a plurality of floors are produced, and together with combining those megablocks, concrete is poured inside them to form a wall member composed of a megawall structure of steel plate reinforced concrete construction. Alternatively, in addition to the wall megablocks, floor megablocks for forming the floor member of the building are used, and together with combining those megablocks, concrete is poured inside or above them to form a structural member (wall member and floor member) composed of a megawall structure of steel plate reinforced concrete construction.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2002Date of Patent: June 8, 2004Assignees: Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc., Shimizu Construction Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshio Yamashita, Yoshimasa Tsuchiya, Kazuyuki Nakamura, Kiyoshi Nakamura, Kenji Sekiguchi, Hiroshi Murakami, Nobuaki Miura, Isao Kojima, Sadao Suzuki, Yasuyoshi Shimazaki, Yoichiro Takeuchi, Fumio Fujita
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Patent number: 6743533Abstract: An oxide superconductor of the present invention characterized in that it comprises: a substrate 1 made of metals having a high melting temperature; at least one oxide intermediate layer 2 and 3 which is formed on at least one surface of the substrate 1; and a thick film oxide superconductor layer 5 which is formed on the oxide intermediate layer 2 and 3 the liquid phase epitaxial method in which the substrate 1 provided with the oxide intermediate layer 2 and 3 is put into a solution 7 containing the elements comprising an oxide superconductor layer, and is then pulled out from the solution 7.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2001Date of Patent: June 1, 2004Assignees: Fujikura Ltd., Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc., Railway Technical Research Institute, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., International Superconductivity Technology CenterInventors: Kazuomi Kakimoto, Natsuro Hobara, Teruo Izumi, Yuh Shiohara, Yuichi Nakamura, Kazuya Ohmatsu, Koso Fujino
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Publication number: 20030186111Abstract: A control system for a sodium-sulfur battery, which is composed of a plurality of battery modules connected in series, includes a control device having at least a temperature measuring unit for measuring a temperature of each battery module, a voltage measuring unit for measuring a voltage thereof, and a current measuring unit for measuring a current thereof assembled as a single control device. Preferably, the system includes a unit for detecting the end of discharge and the end of charge. Thus, the time lag in the detection of the end of discharge and the end of charge may be prevented. The reliability of a NaS battery during long-term operation is improved. A fluctuation in the power consumption of heaters during the driving of the NaS battery is reduced. The space required for installing power equipment such as a transformer may be omitted.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2003Publication date: October 2, 2003Applicants: NGK Insulators, Ltd., The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc.Inventor: Tomio Tamakoshi
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Publication number: 20030187580Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a lightning strike position locating method, apparatus, system and program that are free of topography-dependent error.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2002Publication date: October 2, 2003Applicant: The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc.Inventors: Shigemitsu Okabe, Tomomi Narita, Sakae Taniguchi
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Patent number: 6577103Abstract: The present invention provides a space-saving and low-cost emergency power system, which can be installed on a narrow place having limited space and employs a battery that is long in service life and low in frequency of replacement. This emergency power system comprises a circuit having a DC load, a rectifier, and a battery, which are electrically connected to one another. This circuit is adapted so that normally, DC power is supplied from the rectifier to the DC load, and the battery is charged, and that in an emergency, such as a power failure, in which an outage of the rectifier occurs, electric power is automatically supplied from the battery to the DC load. In this system, a sodium sulfur battery is employed as the battery.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2001Date of Patent: June 10, 2003Assignees: The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc., NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Kouji Tanaka, Koichi Nakahata, Akiyasu Okuno, Keiichi Mori, Akihiro Bito
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Patent number: 6522099Abstract: An elevator control apparatus includes a converter, an inverter, a controller for controlling a motor based on AC power having a variable voltage and a variable frequency supplied from the inverter and operating an elevator; a power storage unit for storing DC power; a charge/discharge control circuit that issues a drive signal such that discharge from the power storage unit increases within a range of power that can be discharged when an elevator is driven immediately following completion of uniform charging; and a charge/discharge circuit for starting uniform charging of the power storage unit in accordance with the drive signal. This arrangement permits quick discharging while effectively using discharge electric power until a state of charge is reached wherein regenerative electric power can be used for charging.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2002Date of Patent: February 18, 2003Assignees: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc.Inventors: Shinji Tominaga, Ikuro Suga, Shinobu Tajima, Hiroshi Araki, Kazuyuki Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20030024202Abstract: The present invention is provided for considerably shortening the construction time of a building that is applied to nuclear power plants. When constructing the building, megablocks having a height that extends to a plurality of floors are produced, and together with combining those megablocks, concrete is poured inside them to form a wall member composed of a megawall structure of steel plate reinforced concrete construction. Alternatively, in addition to the wall megablocks, floor megablocks for forming the floor member of the building are used, and together with combining those megablocks, concrete is poured inside or above them to form a structural member (wall member and floor member) composed of a megawall structure of steel plate reinforced concrete construction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2002Publication date: February 6, 2003Applicant: Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc.Inventors: Toshio Yamashita, Yoshimasa Tsuchiya, Kazuyuki Nakamura, Kiyoshi Nakamura, Kenji Sekiguchi, Hiroshi Murakami, Nobuaki Miura, Isao Kojima, Sadao Suzuki, Yasuyoshi Shimazaki, Yoichiro Takeuchi, Fumio Fujita