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: 9377192Abstract: A highly-reliable combustor is provided that allows flash back of flame into a premixer to be suppressed. The combustor has a mixing chamber forming member 110 that forms a mixing chamber thereinside. The mixing chamber includes a first mixing chamber 200 broadening toward a downstream side. The member 110 includes air introduction holes 202, 203, 204 formed in a plurality of rows in an axial direction, with the air introduction holes being arranged plurally in a circumferential direction of the mixing chamber. The member 110 includes a fuel ejection hole 206 provided in a wall surface which forms the air introduction hole. The air introduction holes 202, 203, 204 are circumferentially eccentrically installed. The air introduction holes 202 located in the most upstream row are more inclined toward the downstream side than the air introduction holes 203, 204 located in the rows other than the most upstream row.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2012Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshitaka Hirata, Shohei Yoshida, Tatsuya Sekiguchi, Akinori Hayashi, Hirokazu Takahashi
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Publication number: 20160117999Abstract: A display apparatus including a drive control section that performs control to repeatedly switch between a drive time period during which a backlight emits light and a rest time period during which the backlight does not emit light, in an alternating manner with a prescribed period. The drive control section controls a ratio between the drive time period and the rest time period, and controls the amount of drive current supplied to the backlight during the drive time period. The drive control section sets the rest time period to be a prescribed time period and controls the amount of the drive current for a range where an adjustment value is less than a prescribed value, and sets the drive current to a prescribed value and makes the rest time period shorter than the prescribed time period for a range where the adjustment value is greater than the prescribed value.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2016Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Akinori HAYASHI, Hideaki HASHIMOTO, Masaaki MURAI, Daiki TAKEDA
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Publication number: 20160040883Abstract: A gas turbine combustor of the present invention includes a cylindrical combustor liner, a cylindrical combustion chamber inside the combustor liner, and a burner that includes a plurality of fuel nozzles for injecting the gas fuel into the combustion chamber and an air hole plate with a plurality of air holes for guiding the compressed air into the combustion chamber. The air hole plate joins the combustor liner and is disposed between the fuel nozzles and the combustion chamber. The junction between the air hole plate and the combustor liner is provided with an inclined component which covers the junction and has a connecting surface connecting the air hole plate and the combustor liner.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Tomohiro ASAI, Akinori HAYASHI, Yasuhiro AKIYAMA
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Publication number: 20160025346Abstract: A combustor is capable of ignition and flame propagation at low fuel concentrations for gas or liquid fuel. Combustors are disposed annularly along an outer peripheral portion of a casing of a turbine. A combustion chamber burns fuel and air to generate a combustion gas. A diffusion burner is disposed upstream of the combustion chamber; and a plurality of premix burners are disposed around the diffusion burner. Cross fire tubes provide communication between combustion chambers of combustors adjacent to each other. A cross fire tube connected to a combustor adjacent to a first side in the circumferential direction of the casing is disposed so as to have a central axis passing over a premix burner as viewed from the combustion chamber and another cross fire tube connected to the combustor adjacent to a second side is disposed so as to have a central axis passing between two premix burners.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2015Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventors: Yoshitaka HIRATA, Tatsuya SEKIGUCHI, Tomoki URUNO, Akinori HAYASHI, Hirokazu TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20150354823Abstract: A gas turbine combustor is provided that can stably burn two kinds of gas fuels having different heating values by means of the same burner. In the gas turbine combustor that includes a combustion chamber for mixing fuel and air for combustion and a burner, disposed upstream of the combustion chamber, for jetting fuel and air into the combustion chamber and holding flames, the burner has a first swirler including a plurality of fuel holes and of air holes circumferentially alternately and a second swirler including a plurality of holes through which to jet fuel or air, the second swirler is disposed on the outer circumference of the first swirler, and each of the holes of the second swirler is greater in width than each of the air holes of the first swirler.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2015Publication date: December 10, 2015Inventors: Hiromi KOIZUMI, Tatsuya SEKIGUCHI, Akinori HAYASHI
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Patent number: 9163840Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a reliable gas turbine combustor that can provide lowered NOx and combustion stability. The gas turbine combustor includes a combustion chamber to which fuel and air are supplied; a first burner located on the upstream side of the combustion chamber, the first burner jetting fuel into the combustion chamber and jetting air into the combustion chamber in a swirling manner; a plurality of second burners arranged around the first burner and supplying a premixed gas of air and fuel to the combustion chamber; an annular bulkhead disposed between the first burner and the second burners and having an inclined surface formed to broaden toward the downstream side of the combustion chamber; and a plurality of air jet ports formed in the inclined surface of the annular bulkhead and adapted to jet air into the combustion chamber.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2011Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Shohei Yoshida, Takeo Saitou, Hiroshi Inoue, Kazuyuki Ito, Toshifumi Sasao, Akinori Hayashi
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Publication number: 20150279028Abstract: A radiation image processing apparatus comprises a storage unit that stores part information with which an imaging region and an extraction size of a radiation image are associated, a recognizing unit that recognizes a region of interest from a radiation image based on an image region associated with designated part information, and an arrangement unit that arranges an extraction area of an extraction size associated with the designated part information on the radiation image in accordance with the region of interest recognized by the recognizing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventor: Akinori Hayashi
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Publication number: 20150159562Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a gas turbine combustor having a diffusion combustion burner and a premix combustion burner comprising: a rotating speed detector for detecting a rotating speed of gas turbine, a recorder for recording the detected value of the rotating speed of gas turbine detected by the rotating speed detector, an arithmetic unit for calculating a change with time of the rotating speed of gas turbine in accordance with details of the detected value of the rotating speed of gas turbine recorded in the recorder, and a fuel control unit for judging a starting situation of reduction in the rotating speed of gas turbine on the basis of the change with time of the rotating speed of gas turbine calculated by the arithmetic unit and controlling respectively a fuel flow rate for the diffusion combustion burner to be fed to the diffusion combustion burner installed in the gas turbine combustor and a fuel flow rate for the premix combustion to be fed to the premix combustion burner.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2015Publication date: June 11, 2015Inventors: Tatsuya SEKIGUCHI, Shouhei YOSHIDA, Yoshitaka HIRATA, Akinori HAYASHI, Nozomi SAITOU, Kazuo TAKAHASHI, Takeo SAITOU
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Publication number: 20150121879Abstract: There is provided a gas turbine combustor capable of improving cooling performance of a combustion chamber thereof and reducing the amount of NOx emissions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2014Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: Yoshitaka HIRATA, Shohei YOSHIDA, Tomoki URUNO, Akinori HAYASHI, Hirokazu TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20150101336Abstract: A gas turbine combustor is provided in which product reliability and heat transfer promotion are compatible while suppressing an increase in pressure loss. In a gas turbine combustor comprising a combustor liner, an outer tube provided around an outer periphery of the combustor liner, and an annular flow passage in which a cooling medium (cooling air) flows and which is formed between an outer surface of the combustor liner and an inner surface of the outer tube, the outer tube includes an inner diameter reduced portion and a taper portion smoothly connecting the inner diameter reduced portion and an inner peripheral portion on an upstream side, and is provided at an inner surface of the taper portion with longitudinal vortex generating means generating a vortex that has a central rotation axis in a flowing direction of the cooling medium (cooling air).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2014Publication date: April 16, 2015Inventors: Shohei NUMATA, Osami YOKOTA, Tetsuma TATSUMI, Akinori HAYASHI
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Patent number: 9001194Abstract: A luminance correction computation unit 23 corrects a luminance input signal LI, which is inputted into a first luminance adjustment portion 13, to LO based on the semi-transparent mirror luminance correction coefficient b, and the luminance correction computation unit 23 corrects a luminance input signal LI, which is inputted into a second luminance adjustment portion 13, to LO based on the semi-transparent mirror luminance correction coefficient b. As a result, an image of the first image display portion 3, which is reflected by a semi-transparent mirror, and an image of the second image display portion, which is allowed to transmit through the semi-transparent mirror, are corrected in order to cancel a luminance difference according to an optical characteristic of the semi-transparent mirror.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2010Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Eizo CorporationInventors: Tomohiko Yabui, Hideki Kitayama, Akinori Hayashi, Katsuhiko Matsunami, Naoshi Isobe
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Publication number: 20150059353Abstract: The present invention provides a gas turbine combustion system capable of minimizing unburned content of a gas fuel under all load conditions from partial load to rated load. A gas turbine combustion system includes: a plurality of gas fuel burners 32, 33; an IGV 9 that adjusts a flow rate of air to be mixed with a gas fuel; and a control system 500 that temporarily reduces an air flow rate from a reference flow rate to a set flow rate by outputting a signal to the IGV 9 when a combustion mode is switched from a partial combustion mode in which the gas fuel is burned with part of the gas fuel burners 32, 33 to a full combustion mode in which the gas fuel is burned with all of the gas fuel burners 32, 33.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Tomohiro ASAI, Akinori HAYASHI, Yasuhiro AKIYAMA
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Patent number: 8806848Abstract: A gas turbine combustor includes a burner disposed upstream of the combustion chamber for supplying a gas and air to an interior of the combustion chamber to hold a flame. The burner is provided with a first swirler in which a gas hole and an air hole are alternately formed in a circumferential direction. A first gas is supplied to the gas hole in the first swirler and air is supplied to the air hole. A swiveling flow path is formed in the gas hole and the air hole in the burner to swivel the gas and the air and supply the gas and the air to the interior of the combustion chamber, a second gas hole is formed in the swiveling flow path in at least one of the air hole and the gas hole, and a second gas is supplied through the second gas hole.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2013Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hiromi Koizumi, Tatsuya Sekiguchi, Akinori Hayashi, Shohei Yoshida
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Publication number: 20140144144Abstract: A gas turbine combustor includes: multiple gaseous fuel nozzles to inject gaseous fuel; a manifold to distribute gaseous fuel to the multiple gaseous fuel nozzles; a burner flange to secure a burner to an end cover; and a burner body to connect the manifold and the burner flange. Gaseous fuel passages are provided in the end cover, the burner flange, and the burner body. The gaseous fuel passage communicates with the manifold. A second manifold is provided in the burner flange. The gaseous fuel passage is provided in the burner body to make the second manifold communicate with the first mentioned manifold.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshitaka HIRATA, Akinori HAYASHI, Hirokazu TAKAHASHI, Toshifumi SASAO, Shohei YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20140069079Abstract: A gas turbine combustor includes a burner disposed upstream of the combustion chamber for supplying a gas and air to an interior of the combustion chamber to hold a flame provided with a first swirler in which a gas hole and an air hole are alternately formed in a circumferential direction. A first gas is supplied to the gas hole in the first swirler and air is supplied to the air hole. A swiveling flow path is formed in the gas hole and the air hole in the burner to swivel the gas and the air and supply the gas and the air to the interior of the combustion chamber, a second gas hole is formed in the swiveling flow path in at least one of the air hole and the gas hole, and a second gas is supplied through the second gas hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hiromi KOIZUMI, Tatsuya SEKIGUCHI, Akinori HAYASHI, Shohei YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20120291446Abstract: A highly-reliable combustor is provided that allows flash back of flame into a premixer to be suppressed. The combustor has a mixing chamber forming member 110 that forms a mixing chamber thereinside. The mixing chamber includes a first mixing chamber 200 broadening toward a downstream side. The member 110 includes air introduction holes 202, 203, 204 formed in a plurality of rows in an axial direction, with the air introduction holes being arranged plurally in a circumferential direction of the mixing chamber. The member 110 includes a fuel ejection hole 206 provided in a wall surface which forms the air introduction hole. The air introduction holes 202, 203, 204 are circumferentially eccentrically installed. The air introduction holes 202 located in the most upstream row are more inclined toward the downstream side than the air introduction holes 203, 204 located in the rows other than the most upstream row.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshitaka HIRATA, Shohei Yoshida, Tatsuya Sekiguchi, Akinori Hayashi, Hirokazu Takahashi
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Publication number: 20120131924Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a reliable gas turbine combustor that can provide lowered NOx and combustion stability. The gas turbine combustor includes a combustion chamber to which fuel and air are supplied; a first burner located on the upstream side of the combustion chamber, the first burner jetting fuel into the combustion chamber and jetting air into the combustion chamber in a swirling manner; a plurality of second burners arranged around the first burner and supplying a premixed gas of air and fuel to the combustion chamber; an annular bulkhead disposed between the first burner and the second burners and having an inclined surface formed to broaden toward the downstream side of the combustion chamber; and a plurality of air jet ports formed in the inclined surface of the annular bulkhead and adapted to jet air into the combustion chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2011Publication date: May 31, 2012Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Shohei YOSHIDA, Takeo SAITOU, Hiroshi INOUE, Kazuyuki ITO, Toshifumi SASAO, Akinori HAYASHI
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Publication number: 20120055161Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a gas turbine combustor having a diffusion combustion burner and a premix combustion burner comprising: a rotating speed detector for detecting a rotating speed of gas turbine, a recorder for recording the detected value of the rotating speed of gas turbine detected by the rotating speed detector, an arithmetic unit for calculating a change with time of the rotating speed of gas turbine in accordance with details of the detected value of the rotating speed of gas turbine recorded in the recorder, and a fuel control unit for judging a starting situation of reduction in the rotating speed of gas turbine on the basis of the change with time of the rotating speed of gas turbine calculated by the arithmetic unit and controlling respectively a fuel flow rate for the diffusion combustion burner to be fed to the diffusion combustion burner installed in the gas turbine combustor and a fuel flow rate for the premix combustion to be fed to the premix combustion burner.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2011Publication date: March 8, 2012Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuya Sekiguchi, Shouhei Yoshida, Yoshitaka Hirata, Akinori Hayashi, Nozomi Saitou, Kazuo Takahashi, Takeo Saitou
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Publication number: 20120047897Abstract: In a gas turbine combustor, mixing of a fuel and air is accelerated in a mixing chamber of a burner as well as in air introduction passages provided in a wall of the mixing chamber, whereby NOx emissions from premixed combustion are reduced while at the same time, ignition characteristics and flame propagation characteristics improve. The gas turbine combustor includes a plurality of combustors 10, a spark plug 13, and a cross-fire tube 15 that propagates a flame between the combustors 10. Each combustor 10 includes the burner 30 equipped with a fuel nozzle and the mixing chamber wall 32 forming the mixing chamber 31. A plurality of air introduction holes 35, 36 for introducing combustion air, along with the fuel from the fuel nozzle, into the mixing chamber 31, are provided in the mixing chamber wall 32.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2011Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshitaka HIRATA, Shohei Yoshida, Tatsuya Sekiguchi, Akinori Hayashi
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Publication number: 20120050505Abstract: A luminance correction computation unit 23 corrects a luminance input signal LI, which is inputted into a first luminance adjustment portion 13, to LO based on the semi-transparent mirror luminance correction coefficient b, and the luminance correction computation unit 23 corrects a luminance input signal LI, which is inputted into a second luminance adjustment portion 13, to LO based on the semi-transparent mirror luminance correction coefficient b. As a result, an image of the first image display portion 3, which is reflected by a semi-transparent mirror, and an image of the second image display portion, which is allowed to transmit through the semi-transparent mirror, are corrected in order to cancel a luminance difference according to an optical characteristic of the semi-transparent mirror. As a result, it is possible to suppress the luminance difference of the stereo image. Therefore, it is possible to suppress uncomfortable feeling of the stereo image caused by the semi-transparent mirror.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Inventors: Tomohiko Yabui, Hideki Kitayama, Akinori Hayashi, Katsuhiko Matsunami, Naoshi Isobe