Patents by Inventor Katsuya Yokokawa

Katsuya Yokokawa 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: 10095246
    Abstract: A pressure estimator, based on information acquired by an acquirer and model information that includes connection information of nodes in a water distribution pipeline network, estimates water pressure at at least one part of the nodes in the water distribution pipeline network. An extractor extracts a minimum water pressure value from a plurality of water pressures that include the water pressure estimated by the pressure estimator. A controller controls an adjustor to adjust at least one of a water pressure and a flow rate of water flowing into the water distribution pipeline network, based on a minimum water pressure value extracted by the extractor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Katsuya Yokokawa, Ryo Namba, Osamu Yamanaka, Toshiharu Sugino
  • Publication number: 20180209124
    Abstract: A water leakage diagnosis device in an embodiment includes a total water leakage amount acquirer, a node water usage amount acquirer, a node water leakage amount estimator, an estimation parameter setting unit, and a water leakage location estimator. The total water leakage amount acquirer acquires a total water leakage amount in a pipe line network on the basis of an amount of water flowing into a pipe line network and an amount of water used by a customer in the pipe line network. The node water usage amount acquirer acquires a node water usage amount indicating a total amount of an amount of water to be used at each node in the pipe line network. The node water leakage amount estimator estimates the node water leakage amount a plurality of times on the basis of the total water leakage amount, the node water usage amount, and an estimation parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuya Yokokawa, Osamu Yamanaka, Ryo Namba, Toshiharu Sugino
  • Patent number: 9932250
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a membrane filtration system includes a raw water tank, a pretreatment membrane module, a raw water feed line, a high-pressure RO membrane module, a high-pressure line, a preceding power recovery unit which pressurize the pretreated water by transmitting the pressure of the concentrate to the pretreated water, a succeeding power recovery unit which pressurize the raw water by transmitting a remaining pressure of the concentrate to the raw water, a concentrate discharge line, a first pressure transmission line communicating to the power recovery unit by being branched from the high-pressure line, a second pressure transmission line communicating to the power recovery unit by being branched from the raw water feed line, and a valve provided in the drain line to regulate a discharge of the concentrate from the power recovery unit in accordance with a pressure loss in the pretreatment membrane module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsushiro, Katsuya Yokokawa, Futoshi Kurokawa, Ryo Namba, Koichi Matsui, Hideaki Yamagata, Yuka Hiraga, Seiichi Murayama, Hiroyuki Tokimoto
  • Publication number: 20160306366
    Abstract: A pressure estimator, based on information acquired by an acquirer and model information that includes connection information of nodes in a water distribution pipeline network, estimates water pressure at at least one part of the nodes in the water distribution pipeline network. An extractor extracts a minimum water pressure value from a plurality of water pressures that include the water pressure estimated by the pressure estimator. A controller controls an adjustor to adjust at least one of a water pressure and a flow rate of water flowing into the water distribution pipeline network, based on a minimum water pressure value extracted by the extractor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Katsuya YOKOKAWA, Ryo NAMBA, Osamu YAMANAKA, Toshiharu SUGINO
  • Publication number: 20160009572
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a membrane filtration system includes a raw water tank, a pretreatment membrane module, a raw water feed line, a high-pressure RO membrane module, a high-pressure line, a preceding power recovery unit which pressurize the pretreated water by transmitting the pressure of the concentrate to the pretreated water, a succeeding power recovery unit which pressurize the raw water by transmitting a remaining pressure of the concentrate to the raw water, a concentrate discharge line, a first pressure transmission line communicating to the power recovery unit by being branched from the high-pressure line, a second pressure transmission line communicating to the power recovery unit by being branched from the raw water feed line, and a valve provided in the drain line to regulate a discharge of the concentrate from the power recovery unit in accordance with a pressure loss in the pretreatment membrane module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Takeshi MATSUSHIRO, Katsuya YOKOKAWA, Futoshi KUROKAWA, Ryo NAMBA, Koichi MATSUI, Hideaki YAMAGATA, Yuka HIRAGA, Seiichi MURAYAMA, Hiroyuki TOKIMOTO
  • Patent number: 9145310
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a seawater desalination apparatus includes a pressure sensor configured to measure a pressure of seawater which is supplied to a reverse osmosis membrane that is configured to separate seawater into fresh water and condensed seawater and to discharge the fresh water and the condensed seawater, a sensor configured to measure a flow amount of the fresh water which is discharged from the reverse osmosis membrane, a sensor configured to measure a flow amount of the condensed seawater discharged from the reverse osmosis membrane or a flow amount of the seawater discharged from a booster pump, a sensor configured to measure a flow amount of the seawater which is supplied to a power recovery device, and a controller configured to execute control based on values measured by the sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Ryo Namba, Katsuya Yokokawa, Hideaki Yamagata, Koichi Matsui, Futoshi Kurokawa, Takeshi Matsushiro
  • Patent number: 9120688
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a seawater desalination plant system includes a plant unit that produces fresh water from seawater. The seawater desalination plant system predicts quality of seawater for each predetermined time (for example, 1 hour) for a certain definite period (for example, 24 hours) based on a past actual measurement value of quality of seawater; creates a plurality of proposed plans of fresh water production quantity during the definite period in each of which fresh water production quantity required for the definite period is allotted to the each predetermined time; calculates, with respect to the proposed plans, electric power consumption rates for desalination using the predicted quality of seawater, the fresh water production quantity and a previously obtained recovery rate; and obtains an optimum plan of fresh water production quantity with a minimum electric power consumption rate from the proposed plans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Katsuya Yokokawa, Ryo Namba, Takeshi Matsushiro, Hideaki Yamagata, Futoshi Kurokawa
  • Patent number: 8702978
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a apparatus includes a controller configured to obtain values measured by a first sensor and a second sensor, receive pH target values at the entrance of a first reverse osmosis membrane and at the entrance of a second reverse osmosis membrane, and use a transfer function from the acid injection to pH at the entrance of the first reverse osmosis membrane, a transfer function from the alkaline injection to pH at the entrance of the first reverse osmosis membrane, a transfer function from the acid injection to pH at the entrance of the second reverse osmosis membrane, and a transfer function from the alkaline injection to pH at the entrance of the second reverse osmosis membrane, to control an injection rate of the acid injected from a first injection device and an injection rate of the alkali injected from a second injection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Katsuya Yokokawa, Takeshi Matsushiro, Ryo Namba, Hideaki Yamagata, Koichi Matsui, Futoshi Kurokawa
  • Publication number: 20130066475
    Abstract: In a seawater desalination plant system, a seawater quality prediction means predicts quality of seawater for each predetermined time during a certain definite period based on a past actual measurement value of quality of seawater. In addition, an optimum plan calculation means creates a plurality of proposed plans of fresh water production quantity during the definite period in which fresh water production quantity required for the definite period is allotted to the each predetermined time, calculates, with respect to these, an electric power consumption rate for desalination using the seawater quality predicted for the each predetermined time, the fresh water production quantity, and a previously obtained recovery rate, and obtains an optimum fresh water production quantity plan from the plurality of proposed plans of fresh water production quantity based on this. A display means displays the content of this obtained optimum fresh water production quantity plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Katsuya Yokokawa, Ryo Namba, Takeshi Matsushiro, Hideaki Yamagata, Futoshi Kurokawa
  • Publication number: 20120067791
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a apparatus includes a controller configured to obtain values measured by a first sensor and a second sensor, receive pH target values at the entrance of a first reverse osmosis membrane and at the entrance of a second reverse osmosis membrane, and use a transfer function from the acid injection to pH at the entrance of the first reverse osmosis membrane, a transfer function from the alkaline injection to pH at the entrance of the first reverse osmosis membrane, a transfer function from the acid injection to pH at the entrance of the second reverse osmosis membrane, and a transfer function from the alkaline injection to pH at the entrance of the second reverse osmosis membrane, to control an injection rate of the acid injected from a first injection device and an injection rate of the alkali injected from a second injection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Katsuya YOKOKAWA, Takeshi Matsushiro, Ryo Namba, Hideaki Yamagata, Koichi Matsui, Futoshi Kurokawa
  • Publication number: 20120061300
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a membrane filtration system includes a raw water tank, a pretreatment membrane module, a raw water feed line, a high-pressure RO membrane module, a high-pressure line, a preceding power recovery unit which pressurize the pretreated water by transmitting the pressure of the concentrate to the pretreated water, a succeeding power recovery unit which pressurize the raw water by transmitting a remaining pressure of the concentrate to the raw water, a concentrate discharge line, a first pressure transmission line communicating to the power recovery unit by being branched from the high-pressure line, a second pressure transmission line communicating to the power recovery unit by being branched from the raw water feed line, and a valve provided in the drain line to regulate a discharge of the concentrate from the power recovery unit in accordance with a pressure loss in the pretreatment membrane module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Takeshi Matsushiro, Katsuya Yokokawa, Futoshi Kurokawa, Ryo Namba, Koichi Matsui, Hideaki Yamagata, Yuka Hiraga, Seiichi Murayama, Hiroyuki Tokimoto
  • Patent number: 8072340
    Abstract: A water leakage monitoring system including a water leakage position estimator which includes a periodic data acquiring unit for fetching predetermined-period flow rate pressure data stored in a monitoring device, and for fetching a signal related to a flow rate change and pressure changes expecting a water leakage reaction time calculating unit for calculating a pressure reaction time lag between two pressure changes, a pressure propagation velocity estimating unit for estimating a pressure propagation velocity using the pressure reaction time lag and a distance between two pressure gauges located in a water distribution block stored in a pipeline network map data, and a flow rate change position estimating unit for receiving a signal related to the flow rate change, and estimating a flow rate change position using pressure propagation velocity and a flow meter and pressure gauge locating positions of the pipeline network map data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, City Of Kitakyushu
    Inventors: Atsushi Yukawa, Katsuya Yokokawa, Naoto Oishi
  • Publication number: 20110278208
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a seawater desalination apparatus includes a pressure sensor configured to measure a pressure of seawater which is supplied to a reverse osmosis membrane that is configured to separate seawater into fresh water and condensed seawater and to discharge the fresh water and the condensed seawater, a sensor configured to measure a flow amount of the fresh water which is discharged from the reverse osmosis membrane, a sensor configured to measure a flow amount of the condensed seawater discharged from the reverse osmosis membrane or a flow amount of the seawater discharged from a booster pump, a sensor configured to measure a flow amount of the seawater which is supplied to a power recovery device, and a controller configured to execute control based on values measured by the sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Ryo NAMBA, Katsuya Yokokawa, Hideaki Yamagata, Koichi Matsui, Futoshi Kurokawa, Takeshi Matsushiro
  • Publication number: 20090066524
    Abstract: A water leakage monitoring system including a water leakage position estimator which includes a periodic data acquiring unit for fetching predetermined-period flow rate pressure data stored in a monitoring device, and for fetching a signal related to a flow rate change and pressure changes expecting a water leakage reaction time calculating unit for calculating a pressure reaction time lag between two pressure changes, a pressure propagation velocity estimating unit for estimating a pressure propagation velocity using the pressure reaction time lag and a distance between two pressure gauges located in a water distribution block stored in a pipeline network map data, and a flow rate change position estimating unit for receiving a signal related to the flow rate change, and estimating a flow rate change position using pressure propagation velocity and a flow meter and pressure gauge locating positions of the pipeline network map data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Atsushi YUKAWA, Katsuya Yokokawa, Naoto Oishi