Patents by Inventor Hidehiko NISHIMURA

Hidehiko NISHIMURA 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).

  • Patent number: 11959424
    Abstract: An output corrector is provided with an adjustment coefficient creating unit which creates an adjustment coefficient, an output adjusting unit which adjusts a control output using the adjustment coefficient, and an output accepting unit which accepts an output from an output meter for detecting the output of a gas turbine. The adjustment coefficient creating unit includes a first coefficient element calculating unit which calculates a first coefficient element, a second coefficient element calculating unit which calculates a second coefficient element, and an adjustment coefficient calculating unit which calculates the adjustment coefficient using the first and second coefficient elements. The first coefficient element is the ratio of an immediately preceding output in an immediately preceding time period, to a reference output at a reference time point in the past. The second coefficient element is the ratio of the current output in the current time period, to the immediately preceding output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Nakata, Hidehiko Nishimura, Jotaro Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20230417154
    Abstract: A maximum output creator is provided with: a temperature reception unit that receives an intake temperature, which is the temperature of air taken in by a compressor of a gas turbine; a change reception unit that receives the details of a change to a maximum opening degree in an intake quantity adjuster of the compressor; a basic maximum output computation unit that determines a basic maximum output of the gas turbine on the basis of the intake temperature received by the temperature reception unit; a coefficient creation unit that creates a maximum output correction coefficient for correcting the basic maximum output on the basis of the details of the change to the maximum opening degree received by the change reception unit and the intake temperature received by the temperature reception unit; and a maximum output correction unit that corrects the basic maximum output using the maximum output correction coefficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Naoki NAKATA, Hidehiko NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230392558
    Abstract: An output corrector is provided with an adjustment coefficient creating unit which creates an adjustment coefficient, an output adjusting unit which adjusts a control output using the adjustment coefficient, and an output accepting unit which accepts an output from an output meter for detecting the output of a gas turbine. The adjustment coefficient creating unit includes a first coefficient element calculating unit which calculates a first coefficient element, a second coefficient element calculating unit which calculates a second coefficient element, and an adjustment coefficient calculating unit which calculates the adjustment coefficient using the first and second coefficient elements. The first coefficient element is the ratio of an immediately preceding output in an immediately preceding time period, to a reference output at a reference time point in the past. The second coefficient element is the ratio of the current output in the current time period, to the immediately preceding output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Naoki NAKATA, Hidehiko NISHIMURA, Jotaro NAKAGAWA
  • Patent number: 11519331
    Abstract: A gas turbine apparatus includes a turbine configured to be driven by a combustion gas from a combustor, an exhaust passage, an extraction line configured to extract a fluid from a combustor casing, a cooling part disposed in the extraction line and configured to cool the fluid, a return line for returning the fluid from the cooling part to an inside of the combustor casing, the return line being connected to the extraction line downstream of the cooling part, a bypass line for introducing the fluid from the cooling part to the exhaust passage by bypassing the turbine, the bypass line branching from the return line, and a communication state switching part for controlling a communication state between the extraction line and the combustor casing via the return line, and a communication state between the extraction line and the exhaust passage via the bypass line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hidehiko Nishimura, Kengo Okamoto, Yoshifumi Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 11421596
    Abstract: Provided for a device and a method for controlling a gas turbine, a gas turbine control program, and the gas turbine are: a first opening setting unit that sets a first IGV opening command value for an inlet guide vane based on factors excluding a surge limit of a compressor; a second opening setting unit that sets a second IGV opening command value for the inlet guide vane based on the surge limit of the compressor, and corrects the second IGV opening command value based on a pressure in the compressor; an opening selecting unit that selects a maximum opening as an IGV opening command value for the inlet guide vane among the first IGV opening command value and the second IGV opening command value; and an opening control unit that adjusts the opening of the inlet guide vane based on the IGV opening command value S selected by the opening selecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiko Nakahara, Hidehiko Nishimura, Yoshie Usune, Norihisa Kishi
  • Publication number: 20210222622
    Abstract: A gas turbine apparatus includes a turbine configured to be driven by a combustion gas from a combustor, an exhaust passage, an extraction line configured to extract a fluid from a combustor casing, a cooling part disposed in the extraction line and configured to cool the fluid, a return line for returning the fluid from the cooling part to an inside of the combustor casing, the return line being connected to the extraction line downstream of the cooling part, a bypass line for introducing the fluid from the cooling part to the exhaust passage by bypassing the turbine, the bypass line branching from the return line, and a communication state switching part for controlling a communication state between the extraction line and the combustor casing via the return line, and a communication state between the extraction line and the exhaust passage via the bypass line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Hidehiko NISHIMURA, Kengo OKAMOTO, Yoshifumi IWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20180209341
    Abstract: Provided for a device and a method for controlling a gas turbine, a gas turbine control program, and the gas turbine are: a first opening setting unit that sets a first IGV opening command value for an inlet guide vane based on factors excluding a surge limit of a compressor; a second opening setting unit that sets a second IGV opening command value for the inlet guide vane based on the surge limit of the compressor, and corrects the second IGV opening command value based on a pressure in the compressor; an opening selecting unit that selects a maximum opening as an IGV opening command value for the inlet guide vane among the first IGV opening command value and the second IGV opening command value; and an opening control unit that adjusts the opening of the inlet guide vane based on the IGV opening command value S selected by the opening selecting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Masahiko NAKAHARA, Hidehiko NISHIMURA, Yoshie USUNE, Norihisa KISHI