Patents by Inventor Kanetsugu NAKAMURA

Kanetsugu NAKAMURA 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).

  • Gas turbine combustor and method of operating the same
    Patent number: 10794296
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Akiyama, Mitsuhiro Karishuku, Keita Naito, Kanetsugu Nakamura, Satoshi Dodo, Tomohiro Asai, Yoshitaka Hirata, Akinori Hayashi
  • GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20180112604
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Yasuhiro AKIYAMA, Mitsuhiro KARISHUKU, Keita NAITO, Kanetsugu NAKAMURA, Satoshi DODO, Tomohiro ASAI, Yoshitaka HIRATA, Akinori HAYASHI