Patents by Inventor Keijiro Saito
Keijiro Saito 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: 20240011635Abstract: A combustor includes: a tube plate having an upstream side end face and a downstream side end face that are orthogonal to a combustor axis, in which an air hole passing through the upstream side end face and the downstream side end face is formed in the tube plate; and a fuel injector that injects fuel into air passing through the air hole. The air hole has: a bent channel that curves toward a direction orthogonal to the combustor axis toward the downstream side; and an inclined channel that is connected to the downstream side of the bent channel so as to be continuous therewith, and that extends inclining with respect to the combustor axis and opens to the downstream side end face. A fuel injection position at which the fuel injector injects fuel is located on the downstream side of the upstream end of the bent channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Keisuke MIURA, Shinichi FUKUBA, Keijiro SAITO, Kenji MIYAMOTO, Kenta TANIGUCHI, Kiyoshi FUJIMOTO, Tomo KAWAKAMI
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Patent number: 11428409Abstract: A combustor includes: a fuel nozzle for injecting fuel; a combustion liner surrounding a combustion space for combusting the fuel and having an internal passage having an outlet communicating with the combustion space; and an air-fuel mixture line, connected to an inlet of the internal passage of the combustion liner, for introducing an air-fuel mixture containing the fuel and compressed air to the internal passage. The combustion liner is configured to be cooled by the air-fuel mixture flowing through the internal passage.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.Inventors: Kei Inoue, Keijiro Saito, Yuichi Ichikawa
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Patent number: 11371707Abstract: A combustor includes: a casing having an air chamber filled with air; at least one mixing passage forming member forming at least one mixing passage which is connected at an inlet side to the air chamber and at an outlet side to a combustion chamber and having an inlet at the inlet side of the at least one mixing passage so as to communicate with the air chamber; and at least one fuel nozzle disposed inside the air chamber and having a fuel injection hole, positioned upstream of the inlet of the at least one mixing passage forming member, for injecting fuel downstream.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2019Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.Inventors: Katsuyoshi Tada, Keijiro Saito, Satoshi Tanimura
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Publication number: 20220163200Abstract: A combustor includes a plurality of fuel nozzles installed so as to be extended in a direction of a nozzle axis and configured to inject fuel toward one side in the direction of the nozzle axis, a pipe plate having a plurality of air holes formed therein so as to be extended in the direction of the nozzle axis, in which the air hole has an inner diameter larger than a tip end portion of the fuel nozzle and the tip end portions are respectively inserted into the air holes, and a step surface formed at a position of the tip end portion closer to the other side in the direction of the nozzle axis than a tip end surface of the tip end portion so as to be expanded in a radial direction with respect to the nozzle axis from a tip end outer peripheral surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2020Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventors: Keisuke MIURA, Katsuyoshi TADA, Keijiro SAITO, Tomomi KOGANEZAWA, Mitsuhiro KARISHUKU
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Patent number: 11274832Abstract: The present invention is a downstream plate which is provided on a downstream side of an upstream plate includes an air inlet into which cooling air is introduced from a cooling air introduction pipe and a cooling flow path which extends in a direction along a surface of the downstream plate from the air inlet so as to avoid a premix tube and through which cooling air flows.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2018Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.Inventors: Katsuyoshi Tada, Keijiro Saito, Satoshi Tanimura, Kenta Taniguchi
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Patent number: 11262075Abstract: A gas turbine combustor provided with: a plurality of swirler tubes that are disposed inside a combustor basket and impart a swirl to a premixed gas, the premixed gas being obtained by premixing a fuel and air for combustion; and an outer ring that is disposed between the plurality of swirler tubes and the combustor basket with a gap provided between the outer ring and the combustor basket, and generates film-shaped air inside a combustor transition piece connected to the combustor basket via injection through the gap into the combustor transition piece, and at a downstream end of the outer ring, the outer ring includes a tapered surface formed such that the outer ring gradually decreases in thickness from an upstream side toward a downstream side.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2017Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.Inventors: Kenji Miyamoto, Satoshi Takiguchi, Keijiro Saito, Kotaro Miyauchi, Koichi Nishida, Shinji Akamatsu
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Publication number: 20220034510Abstract: A combustor includes: a fuel nozzle for injecting fuel; a combustion liner surrounding a combustion space for combusting the fuel and having an internal passage having an outlet communicating with the combustion space; and an air-fuel mixture line, connected to an inlet of the internal passage of the combustion liner, for introducing an air-fuel mixture containing the fuel and compressed air to the internal passage. The combustion liner is configured to be cooled by the air-fuel mixture flowing through the internal passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2019Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Kei INOUE, Keijiro SAITO, Yuichi ICHIKAWA
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Patent number: 11203985Abstract: A combustor includes: a nozzle main body having a shaft body and a swirl vane; a first fuel flow path configured to supply fuel to a first fuel injection hole defined in the nozzle main body; a second fuel flow path configured to supply fuel to a second fuel injection hole defined in the nozzle main body on a radial outer side of the first fuel injection hole; a first regulating valve provided in the first fuel flow path and configured to regulate a flow rate of the fuel in the first fuel flow path; a temperature sensor-configured to detect a temperature on a downstream side of the swirl vane; and a control device configured to control the first regulating valve so that the flow rate of the fuel in the first fuel flow path is lowered when the temperature detected by the temperature sensor satisfies a predetermined condition.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2017Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.Inventors: Naoki Tsunoda, Keijiro Saito, Kenji Miyamoto
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Patent number: 11175043Abstract: A burner assembly for a combustor includes: a plurality of first nozzles arranged in a circumferential direction of the combustor; a plurality of first burner cylinders accommodating the respective first nozzles; and a middle-flow-passage forming portion which is connected to a downstream end of the plurality of first burner cylinders and which forms a middle flow passage through which a combustion chamber of the combustor is in communication with an interior space of each of the plurality of first burner cylinders. The middle-flow-passage forming portion includes an inner peripheral wall disposed on a radially inner side of the combustor and formed such that a distance from a center axis of the combustor to the inner peripheral wall is uneven with respect to the circumferential direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Takiguchi, Keijiro Saito, Satoshi Tanimura, Shinji Akamatsu
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Patent number: 11143404Abstract: There is provided a combustor including a nozzle main body (16) that includes a shaft body (24) which extends along an axis and has, inside the shaft body (24), a purge air flow path (29), which extends along the axis to a tip portion of the shaft body (24) and into which compressed air is introduced, and an air spraying hole (39), which is formed in the tip portion of the shaft body (24) and connects the purge air flow path (29) to an outer surface of the shaft body (24), a swirling blade (26), which overhangs from an outer circumferential surface of the shaft body (24) in a diameter direction of the axis and swirls a fluid flowing to a downstream side of an axial direction around the axis, and a fuel spraying hole (38), and a sealing member (40) that seals the air spraying hole (39) and is formed of a metal having a melting point lower than a melting point of a metal forming the nozzle main body (16).Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2017Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.Inventors: Taehwan Kim, Keijiro Saito, Shinji Akamatsu, Kenji Miyamoto
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Patent number: 11137141Abstract: A combustor includes a nozzle, a burner cylinder surrounding the outer circumference of the nozzle, and an outside flow path cylinder surrounding the outer circumference of a downstream end portion of the burner cylinder. A purge air flow path through which air flows is formed between the inner circumferential side of the outside flow path cylinder and the outer circumferential side of the burner cylinder. A tapered surface is formed in the downstream end portion of the burner cylinder such that the plate thickness of a burner cylinder-forming plate that forms the burner cylinder gradually thins toward the downstream side.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2015Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.Inventors: Kotaro Miyauchi, Koichi Nishida, Shinji Akamatsu, Keijiro Saito, Satoshi Takiguchi, Toshihiko Saito
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Patent number: 11085637Abstract: A gas turbine combustor includes a pilot burner disposed on a central portion of a combustion liner; and a plurality of main burners disposed to surround the pilot burner. The pilot burner includes: a pilot nozzle disposed on the central portion of the combustion liner; and a pilot cone including a widened portion widening downstream away from a downstream end of the pilot nozzle, and an annular portion having an annular shape extending outward in a radial direction from a downstream opening end of the widened portion. The annular portion includes a first position in a circumferential direction and a second position different from the first position in the circumferential direction, and the first position and the second position have different widths in the radial direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Mitsunori Isono, Keijiro Saito, Shuhei Hosaka
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Patent number: 11085642Abstract: A combustor includes: a fuel nozzle extending along an axis; a tubular combustor basket configured to cover the fuel nozzle; and a tubular transition piece configured to define a cooling air passage through which air from outside is introduced between the tubular transition piece and an outer circumferential surface of a leading end portion of the tubular combustor basket. The tubular transition piece extends toward a leading end side of the tubular combustor basket.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2017Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.Inventors: Issei Tamura, Keijiro Saito, Kenji Miyamoto, Yaohua Xue
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Patent number: 11079113Abstract: A fuel injector including a fuel supply tube (8), a plurality of premix tubes (2), a support plate (3) which supports the fuel supply tube and the plurality of premix tubes, a substrate which supports downstream end portions of the plurality of premix tubes, an outer wall which is cylindrical, which forms a plenum (P) inside, a partition plate which partitions the plenum (P) into a fuel plenum (PF) and a cooling air plenum (PA), a baffle which partitions the cooling air plenum (PA) into an upstream cooling air plenum (PA1) and a downstream cooling air plenum (PA2) and has a plurality of cooling holes formed therein, and a cooling air supply tube configured to supply cooling air to the upstream cooling air plenum (PA1), in which the end portion on the downstream side of the fuel supply tube opens in the fuel plenum (PF), and a fuel introduction hole.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2018Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.Inventors: Katsuyoshi Tada, Kei Inoue, Satoshi Tanimura, Keijiro Saito
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Patent number: 11022314Abstract: An injector includes: an upstream support plate into which a fuel gas is to be introduced and which has a shape of a tapered cylinder with a diameter which enlarges; a downstream support plate that defines a plenum at an inner side along with the upstream support plate; and premixing tubes, each of which is supported by the upstream support plate and the downstream support plate and is configured to introduce air. The premixing tubes are disposed in circular rows at equal intervals in a circumferential direction, and portions of the premixing tubes which are located in the plenum include fuel introducing holes.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Ryo Yoshino, Keijiro Saito
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Publication number: 20210102703Abstract: A fuel injector including a fuel supply tube (8), a plurality of premix tubes (2), a support plate (3) which supports the fuel supply tube and the plurality of premix tubes, a substrate which supports downstream end portions of the plurality of premix tubes, an outer wall which is cylindrical, which forms a plenum (P) inside, a partition plate which partitions the plenum (P) into a fuel plenum (PF) and a cooling air plenum (PA), a baffle which partitions the cooling air plenum (PA) into an upstream cooling air plenum (PA1) and a downstream cooling air plenum (PA2) and has a plurality of cooling holes formed therein, and a cooling air supply tube configured to supply cooling air to the upstream cooling air plenum (PA1), in which the end portion on the downstream side of the fuel supply tube opens in the fuel plenum (PF), and a fuel introduction hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2018Publication date: April 8, 2021Inventors: Katsuyoshi TADA, Kei INOUE, Satoshi TANIMURA, Keijiro SAITO
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Patent number: 10969101Abstract: The present invention provides a main nozzle of a combustor, a plurality of the main nozzles are to be installed on an outer peripheral side of a pilot nozzle of the combustor at an interval in a circumferential direction of the pilot nozzle, the main nozzle includes a main nozzle body extending in an axial line; a swirl vane protruded from an outer peripheral surface of the main nozzle body in a radial direction of the axial line, and is configured to allow a fluid flowing downstream in a direction of the axial line to swirl around the axial line; and temperature sensors installed on the main nozzle body so as to be disposed on a tangential line to a mean line of the swirl vane drawn between a vane ventral surface and a vane dorsal surface of the swirl vane, at a downstream end portion of the swirl vane.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Moriwaki, Kenji Miyamoto, Keijiro Saito
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Publication number: 20210088216Abstract: A combustor according to the present invention includes: a casing 20 having an air chamber 121 filled with air; at least one mixing passage forming member 131 forming at least one mixing passage 134 which is connected at an inlet side to the air chamber 121 and at an outlet side to a combustion chamber 124 and having an inlet 142 formed at the inlet side of the at least one mixing passage 134 so as to communicate with the air chamber 121; and at least one fuel nozzle 132 disposed inside the air chamber 121 and having a fuel injection hole 133, positioned upstream of the inlet 142 of the mixing passage forming member 131, for injecting fuel downstream.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2019Publication date: March 25, 2021Applicant: Mitsubishi Power, Ltd.Inventors: Katsuyoshi TADA, Keijiro SAITO, Satoshi TANIMURA
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Publication number: 20200386164Abstract: The present invention is a downstream plate which is provided on a downstream side of an upstream plate includes an air inlet into which cooling air is introduced from a cooling air introduction pipe and a cooling flow path which extends in a direction along a surface of the downstream plate from the air inlet so as to avoid a premix tube and through which cooling air flows.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2018Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: Katsuyoshi TADA, Keijiro SAITO, Satoshi TANIMURA, Kenta TANIGUCHI
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Patent number: 10851998Abstract: A combustor includes: a first nozzle which extends along an axis and injects fuel toward a downstream side; a flame stabilizer which covers a downstream-side end portion of the first nozzle from an outer periphery side; and a plurality of second nozzles arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction around the axis on the outer periphery side of the flame stabilizer. The flame stabilizer has a cone portion expanding in diameter toward the downstream side from the upstream side, and a flange portion extending radially outward from a downstream-side end edge of the cone portion, and a penetrating portion which penetrates at least the flange portion in a direction of the axis is formed in the flame stabilizer.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2017Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kenji Miyamoto, Satoshi Takiguchi, Keijiro Saito, Shinji Akamatsu, Shinichi Fukuba