Patents by Inventor Kazutaka TSURUTA

Kazutaka TSURUTA 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: 11686201
    Abstract: A turbine rotor in an embodiment is configured by joining a rotor component member and a rotor component member together by bolt fastening with an abutting end surface of the rotor component member and an abutting end surface of the rotor component member abutting on each other. The turbine rotor includes: a cylindrical recessed portion that is formed at the abutting end surface and is recessed in an axial direction; an axial passage bored from a bottom surface of the cylindrical recessed portion in the axial direction; an introduction passage introducing the cooling medium into the axial passage; a discharge passage discharging the cooling medium from the axial passage; and a sealing member that is arranged in the cylindrical recessed portion and seals one end of the axial passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazutaka Tsuruta, Takashi Suzuki, Hideyuki Maeda, Yuta Ishikawa, Masao Itoh
  • Patent number: 11174745
    Abstract: A stator blade of an embodiment includes: a blade effective part having hollow portions; an outer shroud having an outer plate flange portion provided on a radial-direction outer side of the blade effective part, and a pair of outer mounting portions provided in a circumferential direction on a front edge side and a rear edge side; an inner shroud having an inner plate flange portion provided on a radial-direction inner side of the blade effective part; cooling medium introduction passages which introduce a cooling medium via opening portions formed in the outer plate flange portion and passing through the outer plate flange portion in a radial direction, to the hollow portions; and a cooling medium introduction passage formed in a direction along a surface of the outer plate flange portion in a wall thickness of the outer plate flange portion, which introduces a cooling medium to the hollow portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Asako Inomata, Shinji Tanigawa, Iwataro Sato, Hideyuki Maeda, Satoru Sekine, Kazutaka Tsuruta
  • Publication number: 20210348512
    Abstract: A turbine rotor in an embodiment is configured by joining a rotor component member and a rotor component member together by bolt fastening with an abutting end surface of the rotor component member and an abutting end surface of the rotor component member abutting on each other. The turbine rotor includes: a cylindrical recessed portion that is formed at the abutting end surface and is recessed in an axial direction; an axial passage bored from a bottom surface of the cylindrical recessed portion in the axial direction; an introduction passage introducing the cooling medium into the axial passage; a discharge passage discharging the cooling medium from the axial passage; and a sealing member that is arranged in the cylindrical recessed portion and seals one end of the axial passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazutaka TSURUTA, Takashi SUZUKI, Hideyuki MAEDA, Yuta ISHIKAWA, Masao ITOH
  • Publication number: 20210239011
    Abstract: An axial flow turbine of an embodiment includes: a turbine rotor provided to penetrate in an inner casing; rotor wheels formed on an outer peripheral surface of the turbine rotor in an axial direction; a gland seal part which is provided on a downstream side of the rotor wheel at a final stage and seals between the turbine rotor and the inner casing; a seal part which is provided between the rotor wheel at the final stage and the gland seal part and prevents inflow to the turbine rotor side of a working fluid; and a cooling medium supply mechanism which supplies a cooling medium directly to a wheel space surrounded by the rotor wheel at the final stage, the turbine rotor, the gland seal part and the seal part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi MORISAWA, Shogo IWAI, Hideyuki MAEDA, Asako INOMATA, Kazutaka TSURUTA
  • Patent number: 10787907
    Abstract: A turbine which has: a balance piston disposed in a turbine rotor; a plurality of balance piston seals disposed on a casing side in a manner to face the balance piston; a balance piston extraction hole allowing extraction from between the plurality of balance piston seals to a middle stage of the turbine stages; an exhaust connection piping connecting a low pressure side of the balance piston to a turbine exhaust system; a exhaust connection piping valve mechanism which is provided in the exhaust connection piping; a plurality of seal mechanisms provided between the low pressure side of the balance piston and the atmosphere; and an exhaust piping allowing exhaust from between the plurality of seal mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazutaka Tsuruta, Hideyuki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20200131923
    Abstract: A stator blade of an embodiment includes: a blade effective part having hollow portions; an outer shroud having an outer plate flange portion provided on a radial-direction outer side of the blade effective part, and a pair of outer mounting portions provided in a circumferential direction on a front edge side and a rear edge side; an inner shroud having an inner plate flange portion provided on a radial-direction inner side of the blade effective part; cooling medium introduction passages which introduce a cooling medium via opening portions formed in the outer plate flange portion and passing through the outer plate flange portion in a radial direction, to the hollow portions; and a cooling medium introduction passage formed in a direction along a surface of the outer plate flange portion in a wall thickness of the outer plate flange portion, which introduces a cooling medium to the hollow portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Asako INOMATA, Shinji TANIGAWA, Iwataro SATO, Hideyuki MAEDA, Satoru SEKINE, Kazutaka TSURUTA
  • Patent number: 10605097
    Abstract: A turbine rotor blade comprises: a blade effective part; a snubber disposed on radially outer side of the blade effective part; a platform disposed on radially inner side of the blade effective part; and an implanted part disposed on radially inner side of the platform. A first flow path is formed inside the implanted part for a cooling medium to pass through. A second flow path is formed inside the platform for the cooling medium having passed through the first flow to pass through. A blade effective part flow path is formed inside the blade effective part for the cooling medium having passed through the second flow path to pass through. A snubber flow path is formed inside the snubber for the cooling medium having passed through the blade effective part flow paths to pass through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Kazutaka Tsuruta, Shoko Ito, Iwataro Sato
  • Patent number: 10563529
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a turbine comprises: a cylindrical casing; and turbine stator blades arranged in the casing along a circumferential direction. The turbine stator blades each includes: a blade effective part; a coolant flow path through which a coolant flows in the blade effective part to cool the blade effective part; an outer ring sidewall provided on an outer periphery of the blade effective part; an inner ring sidewall provided on an inner periphery of the blade effective part; and a contact part provided at an end part of the inner ring sidewall with at least part thereof being along a flow direction of a working fluid, coming into contact with the inner ring sidewall of the adjacent blade during operation, and separating from the inner ring sidewall of the adjacent blade when the operation is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Kazutaka Tsuruta, Iwataro Sato, Hideyuki Maeda, Satoru Sekine
  • Patent number: 10550698
    Abstract: A turbine 10 includes: a turbine rotor having a rotor main body including a hollow part into which a cooling fluid flows, and a plurality of rotor wheels arranged in an axial direction of the rotor main body and protruding from the rotor main body. A cooling-fluid introducing passage extending from the hollow part in a direction intersecting with the axial direction of the rotor main body is formed in the rotor main body so as to allow the cooling fluid in the hollow part to flow through the cooling-fluid introducing passage and then to flow around the rotor wheel to be conducted to the working-fluid flow passage. A flow-rate control plug regulating a flow rate of the cooling fluid flowing through the cooling-fluid introducing passage is disposed in the cooling-fluid introducing passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Asako Inomata, Iwataro Sato, Hideyuki Maeda, Satoru Sekine, Kazutaka Tsuruta, Takeo Suga
  • Publication number: 20190323351
    Abstract: A turbine which has: a balance piston disposed in a turbine rotor; a plurality of balance piston seals disposed on a casing side in a manner to face the balance piston; a balance piston extraction hole allowing extraction from between the plurality of balance piston seals to a middle stage of the turbine stages; an exhaust connection piping connecting a low pressure side of the balance piston to a turbine exhaust system; a exhaust connection piping valve mechanism which is provided in the exhaust connection piping; a plurality of seal mechanisms provided between the low pressure side of the balance piston and the atmosphere; and an exhaust piping allowing exhaust from between the plurality of seal mechanisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazutaka TSURUTA, Hideyuki MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20190120070
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a turbine comprises: a cylindrical casing; and turbine stator blades arranged in the casing along a circumferential direction. The turbine stator blades each includes: a blade effective part; a coolant flow path through which a coolant flows in the blade effective part to cool the blade effective part; an outer ring sidewall provided on an outer periphery of the blade effective part; an inner ring sidewall provided on an inner periphery of the blade effective part; and a contact part provided at an end part of the inner ring sidewall with at least part thereof being along a flow direction of a working fluid, coming into contact with the inner ring sidewall of the adjacent blade during operation, and separating from the inner ring sidewall of the adjacent blade when the operation is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Kazutaka TSURUTA, Iwataro SATO, Hideyuki MAEDA, Satoru SEKINE
  • Publication number: 20170306767
    Abstract: A turbine rotor blade comprises: a blade effective part; a snubber disposed on radially outer side of the blade effective part; a platform disposed on radially inner side of the blade effective part; and an implanted part disposed on radially inner side of the platform. A first flow path is formed inside the implanted part for a cooling medium to pass through. A second flow path is formed inside the platform for the cooling medium having passed through the first flow to pass through. A blade effective part flow path is formed inside the blade effective part for the cooling medium having passed through the second flow path to pass through. A snubber flow path is formed inside the snubber for the cooling medium having passed through the blade effective part flow paths to pass through.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kazutaka TSURUTA, Shoko ITO, Iwataro SATO
  • Patent number: 9777587
    Abstract: A sealing device for a turbine has a sealing member provided in a gap between a rotor and a stator arranged to surround the rotor, and a fluid path provided within the stator, to introduce, into the stator, a cooling medium used to cool stationary blades extending radially inward from the stator, and to flow the cooling medium at least to an upstream side of the sealing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yuki Mimura, Akihiro Onoda, Tomohiko Tsukuda, Naoki Shibukawa, Toshio Hirano, Iwataro Sato, Kazutaka Tsuruta
  • Patent number: 9598969
    Abstract: A turbine according to an embodiment includes: a formation object member; a facing member; and a seal part. A formation object member is one of a static part and a rotation part. A facing member is the other of the static part and the rotation part. A seal part at the formation object member is configured to reduce combustion gas leaking between the formation object member and the facing member. The seal part including a ceramics layer. The ceramics layer has a heat conductivity lower than that of the formation object member, and has a concave and convex shape at a surface thereof. The ceramics layer is not in contact with the facing member, or has hardness higher than that of the facing member so that the facing member is preferentially abraded when the facing member and the ceramics layer are in contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kunihiko Wada, Satoru Kuboya, Daizo Saito, Hideyuki Maeda, Nobuhiro Okizono, Iwataro Sato, Kazutaka Tsuruta, Naoyuki Okamura
  • Publication number: 20160376890
    Abstract: A turbine 10 includes: a turbine rotor having a rotor main body including a hollow part into which a cooling fluid flows, and a plurality of rotor wheels arranged in an axial direction of the rotor main body and protruding from the rotor main body. A cooling-fluid introducing passage extending from the hollow part in a direction intersecting with the axial direction of the rotor main body is formed in the rotor main body so as to allow the cooling fluid in the hollow part to flow through the cooling-fluid introducing passage and then to flow around the rotor wheel to be conducted to the working-fluid flow passage. A flow-rate control plug regulating a flow rate of the cooling fluid flowing through the cooling-fluid introducing passage is disposed in the cooling-fluid introducing passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Asako INOMATA, Iwataro SATO, Hideyuki MAEDA, Satoru SEKINE, Kazutaka TSURUTA, Takeo SUGA
  • Patent number: 9488051
    Abstract: A single-flow turbine using CO2 as a working fluid. The turbine includes a balance piston portion configured to optimize an axial load of a rotor on a bearing with a fluid having a temperature lower than a temperature of the working fluid introduced into the turbine, wherein a flow path in which at least a part of the fluid passing through the balance piston portion is extracted from a middle part of the passing, and in which at least a part of the extracted fluid is urged to flow to a middle part of a passage where the working fluid passes and where rotor blades at a plurality of stages are provided, is formed at the turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hideyuki Maeda, Tsuguhisa Tashima, Shogo Iwai, Nobuhiro Okizono, Iwataro Sato, Kazutaka Tsuruta, Naoyuki Okamura
  • Patent number: 9399949
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a turbine using CO2 includes moving blades, stator blades, a working fluid transport flow path, a coolant transport flow path, and a coolant recovery flow path. The stator blades constitute turbine stages together with the moving blades. The working fluid transport flow path is configured to transport the working fluid sequentially to the turbine stages. The coolant transport flow path is configured to transport the coolant by allowing the coolant to sequentially pass through the inside of the stator blades from an upstream to a downstream of the working fluid. The coolant recovery flow path is configured to recover the coolant passing through the inside of the stator blade at a predetermined turbine stage and merge the recovered coolant with the working fluid transport flow path at a turbine stage on an upstream side of the predetermined turbine stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Naoyuki Okamura, Nobuhiro Okizono, Iwataro Sato, Kazutaka Tsuruta, Akihiro Onoda
  • Patent number: 8806874
    Abstract: An axial-flow turbine has turbine nozzles, a heat shield plate, a first communication hole formed in the turbine rotor and connected to the space, to flow a cooling medium, a first opening formed in at least any one of the two adjacent rotor disks, to be connected to the space, a second communication hole connected to the space through the first opening, to communicate with an implant unit of the turbine rotor blade in the rotor disk, a third communication hole connected to the second communication hole, to communicate along an effective length of the turbine rotor blade, a second opening formed in a side face of the turbine rotor blade, to be connected to the third communication hole, and a third opening formed in an outer circumferential end face of the turbine rotor blade, to be connected to the third communication hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Akihiro Onoda, Yuki Mimura, Tomohiko Tsukuda, Iwataro Sato, Kazutaka Tsuruta
  • Publication number: 20140020359
    Abstract: A sealing device for a turbine has a sealing member provided in a gap between a rotor and a stator arranged to surround the rotor, and a fluid path provided within the stator, to introduce, into the stator, a cooling medium used to cool stationary blades extending radially inward from the stator, and to flow the cooling medium at least to an upstream side of the sealing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yuki MIMURA, Akihiro ONODA, Tomohiko TSUKUDA, Naoki SHIBUKAWA, Toshio HIRANO, Iwataro SATO, Kazutaka TSURUTA
  • Publication number: 20140023478
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a single-flow turbine using CO2 as a working fluid. The turbine includes a balance piston portion configured to optimize an axial load of a rotor on a bearing with a fluid having a temperature lower than a temperature of the working fluid introduced into the turbine, wherein a flow path in which at least a part of the fluid passing through the balance piston portion is extracted from a middle part of the passing, and in which at least a part of the extracted fluid is urged to flow to a middle part of a passage where the working fluid passes and where rotor blades at a plurality of stages are provided, is formed at the turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Hideyuki MAEDA, Tsuguhisa Tashima, Shogo Iwai, Nobuhiro Okizono, Iwataro Sato, Kazutaka Tsuruta, Naoyuki Okamura