Patents Assigned to Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
  • Publication number: 20230327141
    Abstract: To provide an electrochemical device capable of sufficiently ensuring sealing performance, and the like. The electrochemical device of this embodiment has an electrochemical cell with an electrolyte membrane interposed between a hydrogen electrode and an oxygen electrode; a plurality of separators formed of a metal material; and gas-sealing materials that seal at least one of between the electrochemical cell and the separator and between the plurality of separators. In the electrochemical device, diffusion-preventing coatings, which prevent diffusion of metal elements in the metal material composing the separators, cover surfaces of the separators. The diffusion-preventing coating is formed of a material that reacts with a material composing the gas-sealing material. There are portions where the separators are in direct contact with the gas-sealing materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Riko INUZUKA, Tsuneji KAMEDA, Masahiro ASAYAMA, Masato YOSHINO, Norikazu OSADA, Shohei KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11784335
    Abstract: A hydrogen-energy control system according to the present embodiment includes a hydrogen energy system, a power grid control system, a hydrogen transport system, and a hydrogen-energy integrated management system configured to control the hydrogen energy system based on information on communication with the power grid control system, wherein the hydrogen-energy integrated management system includes a first communication portion configured to perform communication of at least data of a charge request in charge and discharge requests with the power grid control system, a second communication portion configured to perform communication of hydrogen demand data with the hydrogen transport system, a target hydrogen-amount acquisition portion configured to acquire a target hydrogen-production amount based on the hydrogen demand data, and an operation planning portion configured to create an operation plan in the hydrogen energy system based on the target hydrogen-production amount and the data of the charge request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Akiba, Fumiyuki Yamane, Shin Kato, Hirofumi Morita, Tetsuharu Tanoue
  • Publication number: 20230317377
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor element that can generate power with high efficiency and has high durability. A multilayer junction photoelectric conversion element according to an embodiment includes: a first electrode; a first photoactive layer including a perovskite semiconductor; a first doped layer; a second photoactive layer including silicon; a second doped layer; a passivation layer; and a second electrode in this order. The interlayer interface existing between the first photoactive layer and the adjacent layer is a substantially smooth surface, and the multilayer junction photoelectric conversion element further includes a light scattering layer that penetrate a part of the passivation layer and electrically join the second doped layer and the second electrode. The element can be manufactured by a method including forming a bottom cell including a second active layer and then forming a first photoactive layer by coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi GOTANDA, Tomohiro TOBARI, Yutaka SAITA
  • Publication number: 20230311212
    Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a turbine component which enables obtaining a single crystal structure more easily and manufacturing a good turbine component. In the seed crystal placing step, the seed crystal is placed on the surface of the base in a manner that a first direction along <001> of the seed crystal has an angle within 15 degrees in absolute value in relation to a laminating direction. In the shaped layer forming step, scanning is performed in a manner that the scan direction has an angle within 20 degrees in absolute value in relation to a second direction being <001> orthogonal to the first direction of the seed crystal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicants: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE
    Inventors: Takehisa HINO, Hiroshi HARADA, Kyoko KAWAGISHI, Toshio OSADA, Tadaharu YOKOKAWA, Yutaka KOIZUMI, Makoto OSAWA, Toru TANAKA, Hideshi NAKANO, Rie SUMIYA, Kazuhiro KITAYAMA, Yoshiaki SAKAI, Akihiro SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230307560
    Abstract: The present embodiment provides a semiconductor element that can generate power with high efficiency and has high durability. A multilayer junction photoelectric conversion element according to an embodiment comrises: a first electrode; a first photoactive layer including a perovskite semiconductor; a first passivation layer; a first doped layer; a second photoactive layer containing silicon; and a second electrode, in this order. The multilayer junction photoelectric conversion element further comprises a light scattering layer including a plurality of mutually separated silicon alloy layers that penetrate a part of the passivation layer and electrically connect the first photoactive layer and the first doped layer. The element can be manufactured by a method including forming a bottom cell including a second active layer and then forming a first photoactive layer by coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi GOTANDA, Tomohiro TOBARI, Yutaka SAITA
  • Publication number: 20230298826
    Abstract: A multilayer junction photoelectric converter and a multilayer junction photoelectric converter manufacturing method capable of preventing water from contacting a perovskite layer are provided. A multilayer junction photoelectric converter of an embodiment includes a multilayered-structure. In the multilayered-structure, a first electrode functional layer, a first photoactive layer, an intermediate functional layer, a second photoactive layer, and a second electrode functional layer are multilayered. The first photoactive layer is made of crystalline silicon. The second photoactive layer is made of a photoactive material having a perovskite crystal structure. A partial layer included in the second electrode functional layer is included in the multilayered-structure and extends on an edge surface of the multilayered-structure to cover an end portion of the second photoactive layer at the edge surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi GOTANDA, Tsuyoshi ASATANI, Yutaka SAITA, Tomohiro TOBARI
  • 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: 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: 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: 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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: 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: 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