Patents by Inventor Hirofumi Okazaki
Hirofumi Okazaki 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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Publication number: 20090249691Abstract: Apparatus for gasifying a solid fuel that supplies a solid fuel such as coal by dry condition to a gasification furnace of an entrained-bed type is constructed so as to be able to collect the char discharged from the gasification furnace and re-supply the char to the furnace without using a lock hopper and without changing the char into slurry form. The char discharged from the gasification furnace along with produced gases 53 produced in the gasification furnace is brought into contact with water by a gas cooler 9 and collected. After being dehydrated by a dehydrator 10, the collected char is loaded into a mill 2 or a raw-coal bunker 1. For loading into the raw-coal bunker 1, the char is dried by a drying machine 14, preferably, after the dehydration. According to the present invention, a mixture of the collected char and water can be re-supplied to the gasification furnace without using a lock hopper or a dry feeder.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2006Publication date: October 8, 2009Applicants: HITACHI, LTD., ELECTRIC POWER DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD., BARCOCK-HITACHI K.K.Inventors: Toru Akiyama, Fumihiko Kiso, Shinji Tanaka, Hirofumi Okazaki, Fumihiko Hanayama, Kazunori Sato, Takahiro Nishida, Hiroshi Takezaki, Akio Ueda, Makoto Takeda
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Patent number: 7553153Abstract: A solid-fuel burner comprising a fuel nozzle for injecting a mixed fluid with a mixture of solid fuel and air as a carrier gas thereof, a plurality of air nozzles provided on the outside of the fuel nozzle for surrounding the fuel nozzle; an end portion of an inner circumferential wall of the air nozzle located at least at the outermost circumference is outwardly expanded, and an inductive member provided at outlet of the air nozzle located at least on the outermost circumference so as to direct flow of air in the direction of outer circumference.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2006Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignee: Babcock - Hitachi K.K.Inventors: Hirofumi Okazaki, Kenji Yamamoto, Masayuki Taniguchi, Kouji Kuramashi, Kenji Kiyama, Takanori Yano
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Publication number: 20090087805Abstract: Tertiary nozzle of port for gas injection into furnace includes a contracted flow producing channel provided obliquely toward central axis from the upstream side of gas flow so that the gas flow has a velocity component heading from the outer circumferential side of the port toward the central axis and a velocity component heading along the central axis toward the interior of the furnace, and including louver disposed for guiding so that the gas flows along the surface of throat wall of enlarged pipe configuration wherein the gas channel is enlarged at a furnace wall opening disposed at an outlet area of the contracted flow producing channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2006Publication date: April 2, 2009Applicant: BABCOCK-HITACHI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke Ochi, Akira Baba, Kouji Kuramashi, Hirofumi Okazaki, Masayuki Taniguchi
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Patent number: 7482588Abstract: Conventionally, a coarse mesh having a same size in that a calculation cell was used regardless to whether the location is near or remote from radiation elements such as calculation cells and wall face elements. Therefore, it took very long calculation time to calculate an energy exchange between a remote location covered by a coarse mesh and a noted cell. Further, there were many non-influential cells for calculation in a location remote from a noted radiation element for radiation calculation, the calculation accuracy was low. The present invention is to propose a method of calculating radiation which is provided with a measure for completing the calculation rapidly while keeping calculation accuracy high. In that, near at a calculation cell from which radiation energy is emitted or at a calculation cell P into which radiation energy is absorbed, a small (level 0) cell is used and at a remote location from the calculation cell P, a large (level n) cell formed by combining plural small cells is used.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2003Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Babcock-Hitachi Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenji Yamamoto, Osamu Itou, Masayuki Taniguchi, Hirofumi Okazaki, Taro Sakata
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Patent number: 7392752Abstract: There is disclosed a solid fuel boiler including: a furnace including a plurality of solid fuel burners and a furnace wall to perform horizontal firing; a duct through which a part of combustion exhaust gas recirculates to a furnace from a downstream side of the furnace; heat exchanger tubes disposed on a furnace wall and in a heat recovery area of the furnace; and recirculation gas ports via which the recirculation gas is supplied to a reducing flame portion of the burners in the furnace without combining the gas with a flame in the vicinity of an outlet of the burner, so that molten ash is prevented from firmly sticking to the furnace wall and thermal NOx, fuel NOx, and unburned carbon.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2005Date of Patent: July 1, 2008Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Babcock Hitachi Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hirofumi Okazaki, Masayuki Taniguchi, Kenji Yamamoto, Kenji Kiyama
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Patent number: 7213522Abstract: A solid fuel burner and its combustion method suited for encouraging fuel ignition and avoiding slugging caused by combustion ash, wherein a gas of low oxygen concentration (exhaust combustion gas) is used as a carrier gas of such a low grade solid fuel as brown coal. Means for Solving the Subject An additional air nozzle 12 for jetting additional air having a velocity component in the circumferential direction of a fuel nozzle 11 is provided in the fuel nozzle 11, thereby encouraging mixing between the fuel and air in the fuel nozzle 11. Further, the amount of air supplied from the additional air nozzle 12 is adjusted in response to the difference in combustion loads. Under light load, the amount of air supplied from the additional air nozzle 12 is increased so as to increase the oxygen concentration of the circulating flow 19 formed downstream of the outside of the outlet of the fuel nozzle 11, whereby stable combustion is ensured.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2004Date of Patent: May 8, 2007Assignee: Babcock-Hitachi K.K.Inventors: Hirofumi Okazaki, Kenji Yamamoto, Kenji Kiyama, Kouji Kuramashi
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Publication number: 20070092847Abstract: A solid fuel burner and its combustion method suited for encouraging fuel ignition and avoiding slugging caused by combustion ash, wherein a gas of low oxygen concentration (exhaust combustion gas) is used as a carrier gas of such a low grade solid fuel as brown coal. An additional air nozzle for jetting additional air having a velocity component in the circumferential direction of a fuel nozzle is provided in the fuel nozzle, thereby encouraging mixing between the fuel and air in the fuel nozzle. Further, the amount of air supplied from the additional air nozzle is adjusted in response to the difference in combustion loads. Under light load, the amount of air supplied from the additional air nozzle is increased so as to increase the oxygen concentration of the circulating flow formed downstream of the outside of the outlet of the fuel nozzle, whereby stable combustion is ensured.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2006Publication date: April 26, 2007Applicant: BABCOCK-HITACHI K.K.Inventors: Hirofumi Okazaki, Kenji Yamamoto, Kenji Kiyama, Kouji Kuramashi
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Publication number: 20070079736Abstract: A solid fuel burner using a low oxygen concentration gas as a transporting gas of a low grade solid fuel such as brown coal or the like and a combustion method using the solid fuel burner are provided. The solid fuel burner comprises a means for accelerating ignition of the fuel and a means for preventing slugging caused by combustion ash from occurring. Mixing of fuel and air inside a fuel nozzle 11 is accelerated by that an additional air nozzle 12 and a separator 35 for separating a flow passage are arranged in the fuel nozzle 11, and the exit of the additional air nozzle 12 is set at a position so as to overlap with the separator 35 when seeing from a direction perpendicular to a burner axis, and additional air is ejected in a direction nearly perpendicular to a flow direction of a fuel jet flowing through the fuel nozzle 11. An amount of air from the additional air nozzle 12 is varied corresponding to a combustion load.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2006Publication date: April 12, 2007Applicants: HITACHI, LTD., BABCOCK-HITACHI K.K.Inventor: Hirofumi Okazaki
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Publication number: 20070026356Abstract: A solid-fuel burner comprising a fuel nozzle for injecting a mixed fluid with a mixture of solid fuel and air as a carrier gas thereof, a plurality of air nozzles provided on the outside of the fuel nozzle for surrounding the fuel nozzle; an end portion of an inner circumferential wall of the air nozzle located at least at the outermost circumference is outwardly expanded, and an inductive member provided at outlet of the air nozzle located at least on the outermost circumference so as to direct flow of air in the direction of outer circumference.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2006Publication date: February 1, 2007Applicant: Babcock-Hitachi K.K.Inventors: Hirofumi Okazaki, Kenji Yamamoto, Masayuki Taniguchi, Kouji Kuramashi, Kenji Kiyama, Takanori Yano
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Patent number: 7168374Abstract: A solid fuel burner using a low oxygen concentration gas as a transporting gas of a low grade solid fuel such as brown coal or the like and a combustion method using the solid fuel burner are provided. The solid fuel burner comprises a means for accelerating ignition of the fuel and a means for preventing slugging caused by combustion ash from occurring. Mixing of fuel and air inside a fuel nozzle 11 is accelerated by that an additional air nozzle 12 and a separator 35 for separating a flow passage are arranged in the fuel nozzle 11, and the exit of the additional air nozzle 12 is set at a position so as to overlap with the separator 35 when seeing from a direction perpendicular to a burner axis, and additional air is ejected in a direction nearly perpendicular to a flow direction of a fuel jet flowing through the fuel nozzle 11. An amount of air from the additional air nozzle 12 is varied corresponding to a combustion load.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2004Date of Patent: January 30, 2007Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Babcock-Hitachi K.K.Inventors: Hirofumi Okazaki, Masayuki Taniguchi, Toshikazu Tsumura, Yoshitaka Takahashi, Kouji Kuramashi
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Publication number: 20060115779Abstract: A overfiring air port of the present invention is to supply an incomplete combustion region with air making up for combustion-shortage, in a furnace in which the incomplete combustion region less than stoichiometric ratio is formed by a burner. Furthermore, the airport is characterized by comprising: a nozzle mechanism for injecting air including an axial velocity component of an air flow and a radial velocity component directed to a center line of the airport; and a control mechanism for controlling a ratio of these velocity components.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2005Publication date: June 1, 2006Applicant: BABCOCK-HITACHI K.K.Inventors: Kenji Yamamoto, Hirofumi Okazaki, Masayuki Taniguchi, Kazumi Yasuda, Kenji Kiyama, Takanori Yano, Akira Baba, Kenichi Ochi, Hisayuki Orita, Akihito Orii, Yuki Kamikawa, Kouji Kuramashi
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Publication number: 20060115780Abstract: The invention provides a combustion apparatus which can inhibit an NOx generation even in the case of promoting a mixing between a high-temperature combustion gas and an air so as to intend to reduce an unburned combustible. In a combustion apparatus provided with a burner burning a fuel within a furnace in a theoretical air ratio or less, and an air port supplying a combustion air for a shortfall in the burner, a supply apparatus for supplying a nitrogen oxide generation inhibiting gas is provided in a mixing region between the both or near the mixing region. Further, the invention provides a wind box which can inhibit an NOx generation even in the case of promoting a mixing between a high-temperature combustion gas and an air so as to intend to reduce an unburned combustible.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2003Publication date: June 1, 2006Inventors: Kenji Kiyama, Shigeki Morita, Osamu Okada, Koji Kuramashi, Takanori Yano, Keichi Ochi, Akira Baba, Miki Shimogori, Takeru Fukuchi, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Hironobu Kobayashi, Masayuki Taniguchi, Hirofumi Okazaki, Keni Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20060090677Abstract: An after-air nozzle capable of reducing NOx and CO and a boiler equipped with such a nozzle are provided The after-air nozzle has a vena contracta such that an outside diameter of a flow passage diminishes towards the air-jetting port which supplies air to a boiler, and a changing apparatus changes a flow passage cross-sectional area the vena contracta. A method of use of such an after-air nozzle and a boiler so equipped is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2005Publication date: May 4, 2006Applicant: BABCOCK-HITACHI K.K.Inventors: Masayuki Taniguchi, Kenji Yamamoto, Hirofumi Okazaki, Kazumi Yasuda, Kenji Kiyama, Takanori Yano, Akira Baba
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Publication number: 20050257721Abstract: There is disclosed a solid fuel boiler including: a furnace including a plurality of solid fuel burners and a furnace wall to perform horizontal firing; a duct through which a part of combustion exhaust gas recirculates to a furnace from a downstream side of the furnace; heat exchanger tubes disposed on a furnace wall and in a heat recovery area of the furnace; and recirculation gas ports via which the recirculation gas is supplied to a reducing flame portion of the burners in the furnace without combining the gas with a flame in the vicinity of an outlet of the burner, so that molten ash is prevented from firmly sticking to the furnace wall and thermal NOx, fuel NOx, and unburned carbon.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2005Publication date: November 24, 2005Applicants: HITACHI, LTD., BABCOCK HITACHI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hirofumi Okazaki, Masayuki Taniguchi, Kenji Yamamoto, Kenji Kiyama
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Publication number: 20050211142Abstract: In a burner of construction having a primary nozzle, a secondary nozzle and a tertiary nozzle, a partition wall partitioning the secondary nozzle and the tertiary nozzle and having a flow path change member provided thereon, the partition wall is formed so as to be movable in parallel to the burner axis to control jetting speeds and flow rates of secondary air and tertiary air, whereby it is possible to cool the burner constituent members while reducing NOx. The partition wall is composed of a fixed wall and a movable wall. The burner comprises a bypass passage through which tertiary air in the tertiary nozzle bypasses the tertiary nozzle to flow into the secondary nozzle or the primary nozzle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2005Publication date: September 29, 2005Applicant: Babcock-Hitachi K.K.Inventors: Kenji Yamamoto, Hirofumi Okazaki, Osamu Itou, Masayuki Taniguchi, Takanori Yano, Kenji Kiyama, Kouji Kuramashi
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Patent number: 6938560Abstract: There is disclosed a solid fuel boiler including: a furnace including a plurality of solid fuel burners and a furnace wall to perform horizontal firing; a duct through which a part of combustion exhaust gas recirculates to a furnace from a downstream side of the furnace; heat exchanger tubes disposed on a furnace wall and in a heat recovery area of the furnace; and recirculation gas ports via which the recirculation gas is supplied to a reducing flame portion of the burners in the furnace without combining the gas with a flame in the vicinity of an outlet of the burner, so that molten ash is prevented from firmly sticking to the furnace wall and thermal NOx, fuel NOx, and unburned carbon.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2003Date of Patent: September 6, 2005Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Babcock-Hitachi Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hirofumi Okazaki, Masayuki Taniguchi, Kenji Yamamoto, Kenji Kiyama
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Publication number: 20050120927Abstract: Subject A solid fuel burner and its combustion method suited for encouraging fuel ignition and avoiding slugging caused by combustion ash, wherein a gas of low oxygen concentration (exhaust combustion gas) is used as a carrier gas of such a low grade solid fuel as brown coal. Means for Solving the Subject An additional air nozzle 12 for jetting additional air having a velocity component in the circumferential direction of a fuel nozzle 11 is provided in the fuel nozzle 11, thereby encouraging mixing between the fuel and air in the fuel nozzle 11. Further, the amount of air supplied from the additional air nozzle 12 is adjusted in response to the difference in combustion loads. Under light load, the amount of air supplied from the additional air nozzle 12 is increased so as to increase the oxygen concentration of the circulating flow 19 formed downstream of the outside of the outlet of the fuel nozzle 11, whereby stable combustion is ensured.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2004Publication date: June 9, 2005Inventors: Hirofumi Okazaki, Kenji Yamamoto, Kenji Kiyama, Kouji Kuramashi
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Patent number: 6889619Abstract: A solid fuel burner and method uses a low oxygen concentration gas as a transporting gas for a low grade solid fuel such as brown coal or the like, provides for accelerating ignition of the fuel and for preventing slugging caused by combustion ash. Mixing of fuel and air inside a fuel nozzle 11 is accelerated by an additional air nozzle 12 and a separator 35 for separating a flow passage, arranged in the fuel nozzle 11, and an exit of the additional air nozzle 12 is set at a position that overlaps with the separator 35. Additional air is ejected in a direction nearly perpendicular to a flow direction of a fuel jet flowing through the fuel nozzle 11. The amount of air from the additional air nozzle 12 is varied corresponding to a combustion load, in order to assure stable burning of the fuel, and, to suppress radiant heat received by structures of the solid fuel burner and walls of the furnace.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2002Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Babcock- Hitachi K.K.Inventors: Hirofumi Okazaki, Masayuki Taniguchi, Toshikazu Tsumura, Yoshitaka Takahashi, Kouji Kuramashi
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Publication number: 20050092220Abstract: A solid fuel burner using a low oxygen concentration gas as a transporting gas of a low grade solid fuel such as brown coal or the like and a combustion method using the solid fuel burner are provided. The solid fuel burner comprises a means for accelerating ignition of the fuel and a means for preventing slugging caused by combustion ash from occurring. Mixing of fuel and air inside a fuel nozzle 11 is accelerated by that an additional air nozzle 12 and a separator 35 for separating a flow passage are arranged in the fuel nozzle 11, and the exit of the additional air nozzle 12 is set at a position so as to overlap with the separator 35 when seeing from a direction perpendicular to a burner axis, and additional air is ejected in a direction nearly perpendicular to a flow direction of a fuel jet flowing through the fuel nozzle 11. An amount of air from the additional air nozzle 12 is varied corresponding to a combustion load.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2004Publication date: May 5, 2005Inventors: Hirofumi Okazaki, Masayuki Taniguchi, Toshikazu Tsumura, Yoshitaka Takahashi, Kouji Kuramashi
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Publication number: 20040211345Abstract: A solid fuel burner using a low oxygen concentration gas as a transporting gas of a low grade solid fuel such as brown coal or the like and a combustion method using the solid fuel burner are provided. The solid fuel burner comprises a means for accelerating ignition of the fuel and a means for preventing slugging caused by combustion ash from occurring. Mixing of fuel and air inside a fuel nozzle 11 is accelerated by that an additional air nozzle 12 and a separator 35 for separating a flow passage are arranged in the fuel nozzle 11, and the exit of the additional air nozzle 12 is set at a position so as to overlap with the separator 35 when seeing from a direction perpendicular to a burner axis, and additional air is ejected in a direction nearly perpendicular to a flow direction of a fuel jet flowing through the fuel nozzle 11. An amount of air from the additional air nozzle 12 is varied corresponding to a combustion load.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2002Publication date: October 28, 2004Applicants: Hitachi, Ltd., Babcock-Hitachi K.K.Inventors: Hirofumi Okazaki, Masayuki Tanaiguchi, Toshikazu Tsumura, Yoshitaka Takahashi, Kouji Kuramashi