Patents by Inventor Junichi Kitajima

Junichi Kitajima 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: 10775047
    Abstract: A combustor includes: a combustion liner having a combustion chamber formed therein; and a fuel injector mounted to a top portion of the combustion liner, and including a fuel injection member having a plurality of fuel injection annular portions and an air guide member including a plurality of combustion air annular portions that guide air for combustion. The fuel injection annular portions and the combustion air annular portions are arranged concentrically and alternately. The fuel injector injects fuel and air into the combustion chamber. Each of the fuel injection annular portions includes a plurality of fuel injection holes that are open in a radial direction thereof, and each of the combustion air annular portions includes a plurality of air guide grooves that are open in an axial direction thereof, and guide the air to the fuel jetted from the fuel injection holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignees: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, B&B AGEMA GmbH
    Inventors: Atsushi Horikawa, Masahide Kazari, Kunio Okada, Junichi Kitajima, Harald Funke, Karsten Kusterer, Anis Haj Ayed
  • Patent number: 10041417
    Abstract: The gas turbine system (GT) includes a combustor (2) having a fuel injection nozzle assembly (4) for jetting hydrogen gas (H) and pure water (W), a reservoir (12) for pooling the pure water (W) to be supplied to the combustor (2), a gas compressing device (10) for boosting the hydrogen gas (H) to be supplied to the combustor (2), a fuel supply passage (6) for guiding the boosted hydrogen gas (H) towards the combustor (2), and a pressurizing passage (16) communicating between the reservoir (12) and the fuel supply passage (6) for pressurizing the pure water (W) by means of the boosted hydrogen gas (H).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Horikawa, Masahide Kazari, Hiroyuki Kashihara, Junichi Kitajima
  • Publication number: 20170082291
    Abstract: A combustor includes: a combustion liner having a combustion chamber formed therein; and a fuel injector mounted to a top portion of the combustion liner, and including a fuel injection member having a plurality of fuel injection annular portions and an air guide member including a plurality of combustion air annular portions that guide air for combustion. The fuel injection annular portions and the combustion air annular portions are arranged concentrically and alternately. The fuel injector injects fuel and air into the combustion chamber. Each of the fuel injection annular portions includes a plurality of fuel injection holes that are open in a radial direction thereof, and each of the combustion air annular portions includes a plurality of air guide grooves that are open in an axial direction thereof, and guide the air to the fuel jetted from the fuel injection holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicants: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, B&B AGEMA GmbH
    Inventors: Atsushi HORIKAWA, Masahide KAZARI, Kunio OKADA, Junichi KITAJIMA, Harald FUNKE, Karsten KUSTERER, Anis Haj AYED
  • Publication number: 20170074521
    Abstract: A combustor includes: a combustion liner having a combustion chamber formed therein; a fuel injector mounted to a top portion of the combustion liner, and including a fuel injection member having a plurality of fuel injection annular portions and an air guide member including a plurality of combustion air annular portions that guide air for combustion; and a supplemental burner. The fuel injection annular portions and the combustion air annular portions are arranged concentrically and alternately. The fuel injector injects fuel and air into the combustion chamber. Each of the fuel injection annular portions includes a plurality of fuel injection holes that are open in a radial direction thereof, and each of the combustion air annular portions includes a plurality of air guide groove that are open in an axial direction thereof, and guide the air to the fuel jetted from the fuel injection holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi HORIKAWA, Masahide KAZARI, Kunio OKADA, Junichi KITAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20140283498
    Abstract: The gas turbine system (GT) includes a combustor (2) having a fuel injection nozzle assembly (4) for jetting hydrogen gas (H) and pure water (W), a reservoir (12) for pooling the pure water (W) to be supplied to the combustor (2), a gas compressing device (10) for boosting the hydrogen gas (H) to be supplied to the combustor (2), a fuel supply passage (6) for guiding the boosted hydrogen gas (H) towards the combustor (2), and a pressurizing passage (16) communicating between the reservoir (12) and the fuel supply passage (6) for pressurizing the pure water (W) by means of the boosted hydrogen gas (H).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Horikawa, Masahide Kazari, Hiroyuki Kashihara, Junichi Kitajima
  • Patent number: 8172568
    Abstract: A combustor, in which a flame holding region is formed at a location distant from a pilot burner to avoid burnout of the pilot burner and in which flame holding capability is increased to use a lean pre-mix gas for reducing NOx emission, is provided. The combustor includes a combustion liner having a cylindrical side wall that defines a combustion chamber; and a main burner positioned at a top portion of the combustion liner for injecting an annular pre-mix gas into the combustion chamber to form a reverse flow region at a downstream portion thereof, which region is oriented towards the top portion of the combustion chamber along a longitudinal axis. In this combustor, a pilot burner is arranged at the top portion for injecting a mixture of fuel and air only in a direction confronting the reverse flow region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kashihara, Yasushi Yoshino, Kiyoshi Matsumoto, Takeshi Kimura, Junichi Kitajima, Atsushi Horikawa
  • Publication number: 20100136496
    Abstract: A combustor, in which a flame holding region is formed at a location distant from a pilot burner to avoid burnout of the pilot burner and in which flame holding capability is increased to use a lean pre-mix gas for reducing NOx emission, is provided. The combustor includes a combustion liner having a cylindrical side wall that defines a combustion chamber; and a main burner positioned at a top portion of the combustion liner for injecting an annular pre-mix gas into the combustion chamber to form a reverse flow region at a downstream portion thereof, which region is oriented towards the top portion of the combustion chamber along a longitudinal axis. In this combustor, a pilot burner is arranged at the top portion for injecting a mixture of fuel and air only in a direction confronting the reverse flow region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KASHIHARA, Yasushi YOSHINO, Kiyoshi MATSUMOTO, Takeshi KIMURA, Junichi KITAJIMA, Atsushi HORIKAWA
  • Patent number: 7563527
    Abstract: A fuel cell-atmospheric-pressure turbine hybrid system uses the thermal energy of a cell exhaust gas discharged from an atmospheric-pressure, high-temperature fuel cell effectively, does not need any additional emergency protective device, and enables the use of lightweight, easy-to-process structural and piping materials to reduces the cost. The fuel cell-atmospheric-pressure turbine hybrid system includes: a combustor 2 for burning an exhaust gas G1 discharged from an atmospheric-pressure, high-temperature fuel cell 1; a turbine 3 in which a combustion gas G2 discharged from the combustor 2 expands and the pressure of the combustion gas G2 drops to a negative pressure; a compressor 4 for compressing an exhaust gas G3 discharged from the turbine 3 to increase the pressure of the exhaust gas G3; and a heat exchanger 5 for transferring heat from the high-temperature exhaust gas G3 discharged from the turbine 3 to low-temperature air A to be supplied to the fuel cell 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuo Tanaka, Eiichi Harada, Takatoshi Shoji, Junichi Kitajima, Seiji Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20060222919
    Abstract: A fuel cell-atmospheric-pressure turbine hybrid system uses the thermal energy of a cell exhaust gas discharged from an atmospheric-pressure, high-temperature fuel cell effectively, does not need any additional emergency protective device, and enables the use of lightweight, easy-to-process structural and piping materials to reduces the cost. The fuel cell-atmospheric-pressure turbine hybrid system includes: a combustor 2 for burning an exhaust gas G1 discharged from an atmospheric-pressure, high-temperature fuel cell 1; a turbine 3 in which a combustion gas G2 discharged from the combustor 2 expands and the pressure of the combustion gas G2 drops to a negative pressure; a compressor 4 for compressing an exhaust gas G3 discharged from the turbine 3 to increase the pressure of the exhaust gas G3; and a heat exchanger 5 for transferring heat from the high-temperature exhaust gas G3 discharged from the turbine 3 to low-temperature air A to be supplied to the fuel cell 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Applicant: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuo Tanaka, Eiichi Harada, Takatoshi Shoji, Junichi Kitajima, Seiji Yamashita
  • Patent number: 4129985
    Abstract: A combustor device of a gas turbine engine, which combustor device is supplied with compressed air from a compressor and delivers combustion gas to a turbine, comprises an outer casing and an inner casing defining therein a combustion chamber and forming between the outer and inner casings an annular passage for the intake of the compressed air, a swirler opening being provided at the innermost end of the inner casing for taking the compressed air into the combustion chamber. Swirling motion of the compressed air around the inlet of the swirler opening, which causes static pressure drop at the swirler opening inlet and resultant undesirable combustion, is effectively prevented by providing swirl preventing vanes between the inner and outer casings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1978
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinichi Kajita, Kenji Mori, Junichi Kitajima