Patents by Inventor Akinori Hayashi
Akinori Hayashi 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).
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Patent number: 11926233Abstract: A vehicle control device configured to control supply of electric power generated by a solar panel mounted on a vehicle includes a supply destination setting unit configured to set, based on a condition of the vehicle, a target device that is a destination for the supply of the electric power generated by the solar panel, a target setting unit configured to set, depending on the target device set by the supply destination setting unit, target output electric power to be output from the solar panel to the target device, and a power controller configured to control the electric power to be supplied from the solar panel to the target device based on the target output electric power set by the target setting unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuma Miyamoto, Masahiro Takahashi, Akinori Kawamura, Taisuke Hayashi, Takashi Fukai, Kohki Ohkoshi
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Publication number: 20240068416Abstract: This gas turbine equipment comprises a gas turbine and a control device. A combustor of the gas turbine uses ammonia as fuel, and uses the RQL method. A compressor of the gas turbine includes an intake adjustor that adjusts an intake rate which is the flow rate of air that flows into a compressor casing. When the concentration of NOx in exhaust gas reaches or exceeds a predetermined value, the control device controls the operation of the intake adjustor so that the intake rate decreases.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Tatsuya HAGITA, Akinori HAYASHI, Hiroyuki TAKEISHI, Yoshitaka HIRATA, Keisuke MIURA, Keita YUNOKI
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Publication number: 20230407784Abstract: Provided is a fuel supply system including a main ammonia line through which liquid ammonia flows; a vaporizer connected to an end of the main ammonia line and configured to heat and vaporize the liquid ammonia via heat exchange between a heating medium and the liquid ammonia; a gaseous ammonia line connected to the vaporizer, the gaseous ammonia line configured to guide a gaseous ammonia, which is ammonia vaporized by the vaporizer, as fuel to a combustor of a gas turbine; a liquid ammonia line configured to guide liquid ammonia which has not undergone heat exchange with the heating medium at the vaporizer as fuel to the combustor; and a switching device configured to switch an ammonia supply state between a first state in which the gaseous ammonia is guided from the gaseous ammonia line to the combustor and a second state in which the liquid ammonia is guided from the liquid ammonia line to the combustor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Hiroyuki TAKEISHI, Keisuke MIURA, Keita YUNOKI, Yoshitaka HIRATA, Akinori HAYASHI, Tatsuya HAGITA, Satoshi TANIMURA
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Publication number: 20230333077Abstract: A composition analysis device for fuel gas containing inert gas and flammable gas includes: a heating value measurement device for measuring a heating value per unit amount of the fuel gas; a density measurement device for measuring a density of the fuel gas; and a control device including a composition calculation unit for calculating a composition of the fuel gas using the heating value measured by the heating value measurement device and the density measured by the density measurement device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2021Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Toshifumi SASAO, Keita NAITO, Akinori HAYASHI
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Patent number: 11746704Abstract: A hydrogen content fuel can be stably ignited using a gaseous fuel that does not contain hydrogen and dispersibility of the hydrogen content fuel is enhanced. A gas turbine combustor including a burner including: a startup fuel pipe in which a startup fuel circulates; a first main fuel pipe in which a main fuel circulates, a second main fuel pipe in which the main fuel circulates; a fuel mixer to which the startup fuel pipe and the first main fuel pipe are connected; an inner fuel nozzle to which the fuel mixer is connected; a plurality of outer fuel nozzles to which the second main fuel pipe is connected; a startup fuel control valve provided in the startup fuel pipe; a first fuel control valve provided in the first main fuel pipe; and a second fuel control valve provided in the second main fuel pipe.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Tomohiro Asai, Shohei Yoshida, Yoshitaka Hirata, Akinori Hayashi, Yasuhiro Akiyama, Yoshinori Matsubara
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Publication number: 20230138625Abstract: A method for detecting emitted light from a display screen with a simple configuration and procedure without changing the position of the sensor. A method for detecting emitted light from a display screen of a display apparatus, including: a placement step of placing a photometric part including an optical sensor and a light guide member on a front surface side of the display screen, and a detection step of turning on any area of the display screen, guiding the emitted light from the area to the optical sensor by the light guide member, and detecting the emitted light with the optical sensor without changing the position of the optical sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2021Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: EIZO CorporationInventors: Akinori HAYASHI, Yusuke BAMBA, Ryosuke DOMAE, Hiroshi ITO
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Publication number: 20230094065Abstract: A gas turbine facility includes: a fuel pipe connected to a fuel supply facility; a fuel supply pipe connected to a combustor of a gas turbine; a fuel treating pipe connected to a fuel treating apparatus that treats a fuel; and a three-way valve having an inlet port connected to the fuel pipe, a first outlet port connected to the fuel supply pipe, and a second outlet port connected to the fuel treating pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shohei Yoshida, Akinori Hayashi, Tatsuya Hagita, Hiroyuki Takeishi, Toshiyuki Hiraoka
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Patent number: 11493206Abstract: Provided is a gas turbine combustor that can achieve improvement of the combustion stability. A gas turbine combustor includes a pilot burner of the diffusion combustion type, a pilot flow control valve that regulates a flow rate of fuel to be supplied to the pilot burner, a main burner of the premix combustion type arranged on an outer circumference side of the pilot burner, main flow control valves that regulate flow rates of fuel to be individually supplied to burner sectors into which the main burner is sectioned in a circumferential direction, and a controller configured to control the pilot flow control valve and the main flow control valves. The controller controls the main flow control valves such that, when fuel is to be supplied to all the burner sectors, a difference in fuel flow rate occurs between at least one burner sector and the other burner sectors among the burner sectors.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Wada, Kazuki Abe, Akinori Hayashi, Keita Naito
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Publication number: 20220275940Abstract: A gas turbine combustor includes a vane, a plurality of supports, and a pressure dynamics damping hole. The vane is disposed at the outer circumferential side of the combustion liner. The plurality of supports are disposed at an inner side of the combustion casing for fixing the vane. The pressure dynamics damping hole is formed in the combustion liner at a position corresponding to the vane for communication with the combustion chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Shohei YOSHIDA, Yoshitaka HIRATA, Akinori HAYASHI, Satoshi DODO, Hirokazu TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 11339969Abstract: Adhesion of particulate matters to the burner accompanying combustion in a lean-combustion gas turbine combustor is suppressed, and the structural reliability is improved. In a gas turbine combustor including: a tubular liner that forms a combustion chamber; and a burner including an air hole plate that is arranged at an inlet of the liner and includes a plurality of air holes for guiding compressed air to the combustion chamber, and a plurality of fuel nozzles that are arranged on a side opposite to the combustion chamber with the air hole plate being sandwiched therebetween, the plurality of fuel nozzles each injecting a fuel toward a corresponding air hole, the air holes and the fuel nozzles forming a plurality of concentric annular lines, a plurality of small holes having opening diameters smaller than those of the air holes are provided through the air hole plate such that the plurality of small holes are positioned in an inner area of an innermost annular line of the air holes.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Tomohiro Asai, Shohei Yoshida, Yoshitaka Hirata, Akinori Hayashi, Yasuhiro Akiyama
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Publication number: 20210341147Abstract: A gas turbine combustor is capable of uniformizing a distribution of fuel concentrations to reduce NOx emissions. The gas turbine combustor includes a main burner of the premixed combustion type and a combustion chamber for burning a fuel and air supplied from the main burner. The main burner includes a fuel nozzle for injecting a fuel supplied from a main fuel system and a premixture passageway for mixing the fuel injected from the fuel nozzle and air supplied from an air passageway and supplying the air-fuel mixture to the combustion chamber. The fuel nozzle includes a tapered portion, a flat portion extending from the tapered portion toward a distal side thereof, a fuel passageway defined in the fuel nozzle, and first and second arrays of fuel injection holes providing fluid communication between the fuel passageway and the outside of the fuel nozzle. The first array of fuel injection holes is defined in the tapered portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: Yasuhiro WADA, Tetsuma TATSUMI, Kazuki ABE, Keita YUNOKI, Akinori HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20210341149Abstract: Provided is a gas turbine combustor that can achieve improvement of the combustion stability. A gas turbine combustor includes a pilot burner of the diffusion combustion type, a pilot flow control valve that regulates a flow rate of fuel to be supplied to the pilot burner, a main burner of the premix combustion type arranged on an outer circumference side of the pilot burner, main flow control valves that regulate flow rates of fuel to be individually supplied to burner sectors into which the main burner is sectioned in a circumferential direction, and a controller configured to control the pilot flow control valve and the main flow control valves. The controller controls the main flow control valves such that, when fuel is to be supplied to all the burner sectors, a difference in fuel flow rate occurs between at least one burner sector and the other burner sectors among the burner sectors.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: Yasuhiro WADA, Kazuki ABE, Akinori HAYASHI, Keita NAITO
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Patent number: 10995679Abstract: A flame produced within a premixer is promptly extinguished and a reduction in output power of a gas turbine associated with extinguishment is suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Mitsubishi, Power, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuki Abe, Akinori Hayashi, Yasuhiro Wada, Tetsuma Tatsumi, Shohei Yoshida
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Publication number: 20210116127Abstract: A gas turbine combustor with a relatively simple structure is configured to attenuate pressure fluctuation owing to combustion oscillation while securing mechanical reliability. The gas turbine combustor includes a combustion liner that forms a combustion chamber for generating combustion gas, a combustion casing disposed at an outer circumferential side of the combustion liner, and a burner for supplying air flowing between the combustion liner and the combustion casing, and fuel to be supplied from a fuel supply system to the combustion chamber. The combustor further includes a vane disposed at the outer circumferential side of the combustion liner, a plurality of supports disposed at an inner side of the combustion casing for fixing the vane, and a pressure dynamics damping hole formed in the combustion liner at a position corresponding to the vane for communication with the combustion chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Shohei YOSHIDA, Yoshitaka HIRATA, Akinori HAYASHI, Satoshi DODO, Hirokazu TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20210108797Abstract: The present invention provides a gas turbine combustor configured to form a film-like airflow around a region of a combustion liner, where pressure dynamics damping holes are formed for efficiently cooling the region where the pressure dynamics damping holes are formed without increasing concentration of discharged nitrogen oxides. The gas turbine combustor includes the combustion liner that forms a combustion chamber for receiving supply of fuel and air to generate combustion gas, a liner attached to an outer circumferential surface of the combustion liner for forming space from the outer circumferential surface, and the pressure dynamics damping hole formed in the combustion liner provided with the liner for communication between the space and the combustion chamber. The gas turbine combustor includes a cooling air guide lip disposed on an inner circumferential surface of the combustion liner for forming a film-like airflow around a region where the pressure dynamics damping hole is formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Yasuhiro WADA, Shohei YOSHIDA, Akinori HAYASHI, Yoshitaka HIRATA, Hirokazu TAKAHASHI, Satoshi DODO, Shohei NUMATA, Tetsuma TATSUMI, Kazuki ABE
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Publication number: 20210095599Abstract: A hydrogen content fuel can be stably ignited using a gaseous fuel that does not contain hydrogen and dispersibility of the hydrogen content fuel is enhanced. A gas turbine combustor including a burner including: a startup fuel pipe in which a startup fuel circulates; a first main fuel pipe in which a main fuel circulates, a second main fuel pipe in which the main fuel circulates; a fuel mixer to which the startup fuel pipe and the first main fuel pipe are connected; an inner fuel nozzle to which the fuel mixer is connected; a plurality of outer fuel nozzles to which the second main fuel pipe is connected; a startup fuel control valve provided in the startup fuel pipe; a first fuel control valve provided in the first main fuel pipe; and a second fuel control valve provided in the second main fuel pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Tomohiro ASAI, Shohei YOSHIDA, Yoshitaka HIRATA, Akinori HAYASHI, Yasuhiro AKIYAMA, Yoshinori MATSUBARA
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Publication number: 20210095850Abstract: Adhesion of particulate matters to the burner accompanying combustion in a lean-combustion gas turbine combustor is suppressed, and the structural reliability is improved. In a gas turbine combustor including: a tubular liner that forms a combustion chamber; and a burner including an air hole plate that is arranged at an inlet of the liner and includes a plurality of air holes for guiding compressed air to the combustion chamber, and a plurality of fuel nozzles that are arranged on a side opposite to the combustion chamber with the air hole plate being sandwiched therebetween, the plurality of fuel nozzles each injecting a fuel toward a corresponding air hole, the air holes and the fuel nozzles forming a plurality of concentric annular lines, a plurality of small holes having opening diameters smaller than those of the air holes are provided through the air hole plate such that the plurality of small holes are positioned in an inner area of an innermost annular line of the air holes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Tomohiro ASAI, Shohei YOSHIDA, Yoshitaka HIRATA, Akinori HAYASHI, Yasuhiro AKIYAMA
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Patent number: 10794296Abstract: The gas turbine combustor and the operation method thereof are designed to minimize visualization of exhaust gas from the gas turbine upon switching of the gas turbine fuel from the oil fuel to the gas fuel. Upon switching of the combustion by the pilot burner from the oil burning to the gas burning, the gas fuel is supplied to the main burners so as to start the gas burning. Then the gas fuel is supplied to the pilot burner to start the gas burning.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2017Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Akiyama, Mitsuhiro Karishuku, Keita Naito, Kanetsugu Nakamura, Satoshi Dodo, Tomohiro Asai, Yoshitaka Hirata, Akinori Hayashi
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Patent number: 10571127Abstract: The gas turbine combustor includes a swirler lip on the air hole plate periphery, protruding toward a chamber, and a spring seal in an area for fitting the liner and the plate/lip. The spring seal has an air hole for passage of part of the combustion air introduced in the gap between the outer periphery of the air hole plate and the liner. The swirler lip has an air hole which introduces part of the combustion air passing through the spring seal air hole into the chamber. The liner has an air hole facing the spring seal air hole, to introduce part of air from outside the liner into the gap between the outer periphery of the air hole plate and the liner. A turn guide for rectifying a combustion air flow is provided at the liner end portion on the side for fitting the liner and air hole plate.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Sytems, Ltd.Inventors: Keisuke Miura, Yasuhiro Akiyama, Tomohiro Asai, Kazuki Abe, Mitsuhiro Karishuku, Satoshi Dodo, Akinori Hayashi, Yoshitaka Hirata, Noboru Okuyama
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Patent number: 10408457Abstract: A gas turbine combustor includes a plurality of fuel nozzles, an air hole plate, a plate lip that covers an outer circumference side of the air hole plate, and an outer channel that supplies compressed air to an outer circumferential part of a portion on the plate lip side of the combustion chamber. The outer circumferential surface of the air hole plate includes a first surface joined to the plate lip and a second surface located further on the radial direction inner side of the air hole plate than the first surface to form a space between the second surface and the inner circumferential surface of the plate lip. A communicating hole that communicates the outer channel and the space is provided in the plate lip.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2016Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Akiyama, Akinori Hayashi, Tomohiro Asai