Patents Assigned to Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions Corporation
  • Patent number: 11761348
    Abstract: There is provided an axial flow turbine capable of realizing a reduction in gland leakage amount. The axial flow turbine in an embodiment is of a single flow type and includes an upstream-side gland part located on an upstream side of a working medium in an axial direction of a turbine rotor and a downstream-side gland part located on a downstream side of the working medium in the axial direction of the turbine rotor. The axial flow turbine is configured such that a cooling medium lower in temperature and higher in pressure than the working medium is extracted in a middle of flowing from the inside to the outside of the turbine casing in the upstream-side gland part, and the extracted cooling medium is introduced into the stationary blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo Iwai, Tsuguhisa Tashima, Takahiro Ono, Daisuke Nomura
  • Patent number: 11761383
    Abstract: In a burner of an embodiment, a torch part includes: a torch combustor liner that is provided in a torch part casing and burns a fuel and an oxidant; a torch fuel supply part that supplies a fuel; a torch oxidant supply part that supplies an oxidant; an ignition device that ignites a fuel-air mixture; and a combustion gas pipe that is arranged at the center of the torch part and leads a combustion gas in the torch combustor liner to one end side of the torch part. A main fuel-main oxidant supply part includes: a main fuel supply passage formed in an annular shape on an outer periphery of the torch part; and a main oxidant supply passage formed in an annular shape on an outer periphery of the main fuel supply passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao Itoh, Yasunori Iwai, Yuichi Morisawa, Hiroki Kasuya
  • Patent number: 11764012
    Abstract: A gas circuit breaker includes a first arc contactor electrically connected to a first lead-out conductor, a cylindrical guide portion provided on a second lead-out conductor side, a trigger electrode arranged to be movable between the first arc contactor and the guide portion, and igniting an arc along with a movement in a first half of a current breaking action, a compression chamber being formed by a cylinder having an outer wall and an inner wall both formed in a cylindrical shape, and a piston sliding between the outer wall and the inner wall, and an insulation nozzle guiding the arc-extinguishing gas to an arc ignited at the first arc contactor. The insulation nozzle is formed integrally with the inner wall of the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yuko Imazawa, Tomoyuki Yoshino, Toshiyuki Uchii, Takato Ishii, Akira Shimamura, Tomohiro Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 11753959
    Abstract: There is provided a turbine power generation system with a single casing configuration capable of easily executing the inhibition of an over-rotation speed. A turbine power generation system in an embodiment includes: a turbine including a turbine casing and a turbine rotor that rotates by a working medium to be introduced into the turbine casing; and a power generator including a power generator rotor connected to the turbine rotor, the power generator being caused to generate power by rotation of the power generator rotor caused by the rotation of the turbine rotor. The turbine casing of the turbine is single, and a moment of inertia of the power generator rotor is larger than a moment of inertia of the turbine rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuguhisa Tashima, Takahiro Yamamoto, Koki Nishimura, Takahiro Ono, Shogo Iwai
  • Publication number: 20230282840
    Abstract: A solid oxide electrochemical cell includes an oxygen electrode containing a strontium-containing perovskite-type composite oxide represented by Ln1-xSrxCo1-y-zFeyBzO3-? (Ln is a trivalent lanthanide element, B is a tetravalent element, 0<x<1, 0?y<1, 0<z<1, and 0<z+y<1, and ? is a value that is determined to satisfy charge neutrality conditions), a solid electrolyte containing zirconium oxide, a hydrogen electrode, and an interlayer containing a rare-earth-doped cerium oxide that is provided between the solid electrolyte and the oxygen electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicants: Japan Fine Ceramics Center, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Kawahara, Masaya Suzuki, Norikazu Osada, Riko Inuzuka, Tsuneji Kameda, Hiroaki Kawamori
  • Patent number: 11740613
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a monitoring apparatus configured to generate time-series predicted data based on time-series measured data and a prediction model that generates predicted data including one or more predicted values predicted to be output from one or more sensors; and generate, for a first sensor among the one or more sensors, a displayed image including a measured value graph representing a temporal change in a measured value included in the time-series measured data in a second period after a first period, a predicted value graph representing a temporal change in a predicted value included in time-series predicted data in the second period, past distribution information representing a distribution of a measured value in the first period, and measurement distribution information representing a distribution of the measured value included in the time-series measured data in the second period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yasunori Taguchi, Kouta Nakata, Susumu Naito, Yuichi Kato, Toshio Aoki, Shinya Tominaga, Isaku Nagura, Ryota Miyake, Chikashi Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 11732332
    Abstract: A nickel-base alloy welding material according to an embodiment comprises: Cr (chromium) larger than 30.0% and less than or equal to 36.0% by mass; C (carbon) less than or equal to 0.050% by mass; Fe (iron) larger than or equal to 1.00% and less than or equal to 3.00% by mass; Si (silicon) less than or equal to 0.50% by mass; Nb (niobium)+Ta (tantalum) less than or equal to 3.00% by mass; Ti (titanium) less than or equal to 0.70% by mass; Mn (manganese) larger than or equal to 0.10% and less than or equal to 3.50% by mass; Cu (copper) less than or equal to 0.5% by mass, and a remainder is Ni and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Katayama, Wataru Kono, Minoru Obata, Yasuo Morishima, Takahiro Hayashi, Yumiko Abe, Daiki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20230257889
    Abstract: A hydrogen production system according to an embodiment includes an evaporator that evaporates seawater to generate water vapor, an electrolytic device that electrolyzes the water vapor supplied from the evaporator to produce hydrogen, and a removal mechanism that is provided between the evaporator and the electrolytic device and removes a seawater component from the water vapor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Riko INUZUKA, Yuka TSUKADA, Yusuke SUZUKI, Jyunpei MATSUMOTO, Norikazu OSADA, Koshito FUJITA, Shinya MIYAMOTO, Yu YAMASHITA, Naomi TSUCHIYA, Ayaka TAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230262869
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a particle beam accelerator comprising: an injection unit configured to inject a particle beam; a guiding unit configured to guide the particle beam to a trajectory; an acceleration unit configured to accelerate the particle beam circulating on the trajectory; an emission unit configured to output the particle beam; a particle beam blocking unit configured to block the particle beam on the trajectory; a control unit configured to control the injection unit, the guiding unit, the acceleration unit, the emission unit, and the particle beam blocking unit, wherein: the guiding unit includes a superconducting electromagnet and a superconducting electromagnet interrupter configured to interrupt the superconducting electromagnet, the control unit is configured to change a starting sequence of the particle beam blocking unit and the superconducting electromagnet interrupter depending on at least an operating state of the emission unit, when an abnormality occurs in the superconducting ele
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeki TAKAYAMA, Shinya MATSUDA, Takayuki SAKO, Tomofumi ORIKASA
  • Patent number: 11719116
    Abstract: There are provided a throttle mechanism and the like that are capable of easily changing a cross-sectional area of a flow path according to an operating state. The throttle mechanism in an embodiment is a throttle mechanism that controls a flow rate of a fluid flowing through a flow path, and is configured to make a cross-sectional area of the flow path change autonomously according to temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shogo Iwai, Takahiro Ono
  • Patent number: 11719155
    Abstract: In a method for operating a combustor of an embodiment, before ignition in the combustor, a mixed gas containing oxygen is circulated through the combustor as a circulating gas. Then, in an operating time from the time of ignition in the combustor to the time of a rated load of a turbine, from the time of ignition until reaching stable combustion conditions allowing stable combustion, a combustion gas in which a controller controls a flow rate of a fuel supplied from a fuel supply part and a flow rate of an oxidant supplied from an oxidant supply part to maintain the same oxygen concentration as an oxygen concentration in the mixed gas is circulated as the circulating gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunori Iwai, Shinju Suzuki, Masao Itoh, Yuichi Morisawa, Yoshihisa Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20230247753
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a particle beam accelerator comprising: a guiding unit configured to guide a particle beam to a trajectory; an acceleration unit configured to accelerate the particle beam circulating on the trajectory; a particle beam blocking unit configured to block the particle beam on the trajectory; and a control unit configured to control the guiding unit, the acceleration unit, and the particle beam blocking unit, wherein: the guiding unit includes a superconducting electromagnet and a superconducting electromagnet interrupter configured to interrupt the superconducting electromagnet, and the control unit is configured to interrupt the superconducting electromagnet by activating the superconducting electromagnet interrupter after completion of blocking the particle beam by activating the particle beam blocking unit, when an abnormality occurs in the superconducting electromagnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeki TAKAYAMA, Shinya MATSUDA, Takayuki SAKO, Tomofumi ORIKASA
  • Publication number: 20230243042
    Abstract: An electrochemical reaction device of an embodiment includes: an electrochemical reaction cell 1 that includes: a first electrode having a first flow path, a second electrode having a second flow path, and a separating membrane sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode; a liquid tank that contains a liquid to be treated supplied to the second flow path of the second electrode; a first pipe that connects an inlet of the second flow path and the liquid tank; a second pipe that connects an outlet of the second flow path and the liquid tank; and a backflow suppression mechanism that is provided in the second pipe to prevent backflow of the liquid to be treated flowing in the second pipe or reduce a backflow speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihiro YOSHINAGA, Shinichi SEKIGUCHI, Naoki SYOJI, Ryota KITAGAWA, Yoji NAKAMORI, Hideaki SATO, Yoshitsune SUGANO, Tetsuharu TANOUE
  • Publication number: 20230238556
    Abstract: To provide a hydrogen system operation planning device capable of accurately preparing an operation plan that achieves efficient operation in a hydrogen system. In the hydrogen system operation planning device of the embodiment, a classification unit receives input of DR commands regarding demand for electric power in the hydrogen system and classifies the input DR commands into a first DR group and a second DR group with a lower priority than the first DR group. A first planning unit prepares a first operation plan to reflect the DR command classified into the first DR group. A second planning unit prepares a second operation plan by reflecting contents of the DR command classified into the second DR group on the first operation plan so that contents of the DR command classified into the first DR group have priority over the contents of the DR command classified into the second DR group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi AKIBA, Shingo TAMARU, Fumiyuki YAMANE, Junsuke BABA
  • Patent number: 11708305
    Abstract: This geopolymer molding production method comprises: a mixing step (S1) for mixing a first material containing aluminum and silicon with a hydrate of an alkali stimulant containing a hydrate of an alkaline hydroxide and/or a hydrate of an alkaline silicate; a compaction step (S2) for compacting the mixture obtained in the mixing step (S1) into a compacted mixture; and a curing step (S3) for curing the compacted mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kanae Kawauchi, Hirofumi Okabe, Masaaki Kaneko, Chiaki Namiki, Tatsuaki Sato, Hideki Nakamura, Ryo Yamamoto, Fumi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11707759
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a coating head includes a coating bar, nozzles, a first member, second members, third members, elastic members, and a position controller. The coating bar faces a coating member. The nozzles supply a liquid toward the coating bar. The first member includes first recesses. A portion of the nozzles is between the first recesses and the third members. The portion of the nozzles and the third members are fixed to the first member by the second members. The elastic members are located in at least first, second, or third positions. The first position is between the third members and the second members. The second position is between the portion of the first recesses and the nozzles. The third position is between the portion of the nozzles and the third members. The position controller controls a relative position between the coating bar and the nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Naito, Naomi Shida, Kohei Nara, Takahiro Kokubo, Yutaka Saita
  • Patent number: 11710839
    Abstract: A controller according to an embodiment controls a hydrogen system including at least a hydrogen production system in which received power is planned in advance and a hydrogen production amount changes in accordance with the received power. The controller includes: a processor that calculates, in a preparation time period before a demand adjustment time period in which a target value of the received power is set in advance, a control command value such that input power to be inputted as the received power to the hydrogen production system matches the target value at a start of the demand adjustment time period; and a command controller that outputs the control command value calculated by the processor to the hydrogen production system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiko Murai, Shingo Tamaru, Takashi Akiba, Fumiyuki Yamane, Shin Kato, Hirofumi Morita, Tetsuharu Tanoue
  • Patent number: 11701631
    Abstract: A carbon compound manufacturing system includes: a recovery unit; a conversion unit; a synthesis unit; a first flow path to supply the supply gas to the recovery unit; a second flow path connecting the recovery and the conversion units; a third flow path connecting the conversion and the synthesis units; at least one of first to third detectors to respectively measure a flow rate of the supply gas flowing through the first flow path to generate a first data signal, a flow rate of the carbon dioxide flowing through the second flow path to generate a second data signal, and a value of voltage or current to the conversion unit to generate a third data signal; and an integration controller to collate at least one data of the first to third data signals with a corresponding plan data to generate at least one of first to third control signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Mizuguchi, Satoshi Mikoshiba, Ryota Kitagawa, Takehiko Muramatsu
  • Publication number: 20230223757
    Abstract: A power storage control system includes a storage battery and a controller. The storage battery supplies electric power to an electric power system in collaboration with a power generator in response to a command value. The controller outputs, to the power generator, a stop signal causing the power generator to stop power generation when a state of charge of the storage battery is larger than a given value. The controller outputs, to the power generator, an execution signal causing the power generator to execute power generation when the state of charge is not larger than the given value. The controller acquires an actual electric power value generated by the power generator. The controller outputs a control signal causing the storage battery to execute charging and discharging for satisfying the command value on the basis of a difference between the command value and the actual electric power value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukitaka Monden, Shuji Yamazaki, Takenori Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11693060
    Abstract: A battery monitoring device according to an embodiment monitors a state of a secondary battery block including parallel cell blocks connected in series each of which includes battery cells connected in parallel. A calculator calculates direct-current internal resistance values of the parallel cell blocks based on a differential current between first and second current values detected by a current detector, voltages of the parallel cell blocks corresponding to the first and second current values detected by a voltage detector. A determiner performs anomaly determination for the parallel cell blocks from the direct-current internal resistance values of the parallel cell blocks and a maximum value of the direct-current internal resistance values of the parallel cell blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yukitaka Monden, Takenori Kobayashi