Patents by Inventor Kenichi Arima

Kenichi Arima 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: 11590510
    Abstract: A classifier including a housing to take in air flow from below into a radially outer region of an inside space; a flow deflection portion to deflect the air flow toward a center axis of the housing; and an annular rotational portion disposed rotatably in a radially inner region positioned on a radially inner side of the radially outer region, of the inside space of the housing, and configured to classify particles which accompany the air flow. The annular rotational portion includes a plurality of rotational blades arranged at intervals around a rotational axis of the annular rotational portion. The plurality of rotational blades form an outer shape of the annular rotational portion forms an angle ? of not greater than 75° with a segment extended in a horizontal direction from the annular rotational portion outward in a radial direction, in a side view of the annular rotational portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Matsumoto, Kenichi Arima, Takuichiro Daimaru, Kazushi Fukui, Hidechika Uchida
  • Patent number: 10882050
    Abstract: The present invention improves the even distribution of a powder to a pulverized coal pipe. A rotary classifier including: a rotary shaft rotatably supported around a rotational axis extending in a vertical direction; a frame body supported by the rotary shaft and including an opening on the outer periphery of the frame body; a plurality of powder outlets provided along the rotation direction and opening on the upper section of the frame body; a plurality of blades extending in the vertical direction at the opening on the outer periphery of the frame body and provided along the rotation direction; and an annular member that serves as a constricting section provided so as to narrow the interval from the blades to the rotary shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Taku Miyazaki, Takuichiro Daimaru, Kenichi Arima, Shinji Matsumoto, Yuta Takahashi, Kazushi Fukui, Takashi Iwata
  • Patent number: 10722898
    Abstract: A vertical roller mill provided with a cyclone-type fixed separator that separates fine powder and allows the separated powder to flow out to the outside, the cyclone-type fixed separator being provided inside a housing, wherein the fixed separator is configured so that a solid-gas two-phase flow is introduced from a fixed blade inlet window opening on a cone into the inside and the solid-gas two-phase flow is swirled using a fixed blade attached in the inside vicinity of the fixed blade inlet window, whereby the fine powder flows out to the outside from a pulverized coal outlet in an upper portion of the vertical roller mill through the lower end side of an inner cylinder provided inside the cone, a surface layer in which the rebound coefficient of collided particles is higher than in an iron plate surface being formed in the outer surface of the inner cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Arima, Shinji Matsumoto, Takuichiro Daimaru, Kiyonori Kushioka, Keishi Suga
  • Patent number: 10722899
    Abstract: Provided is a vertical roller mill equipped with a rotary classifier for causing a plurality of classification blades provided above a rotary table and positioned around an axis to rotate about the axis, wherein: of a solid fuel pulverized by a roller, the rotary classifier guides solid fuel fine powder from an outer-circumferential-side space to an inner-circumferential-side space surrounded by the plurality of classification blades, and suppresses, by collision with the plurality of classification blades, an intrusion of solid fuel coarse powder into the inner-circumferential-side space; and each of the plurality of classification blades is shaped in a manner such that there is no interference between a scattering direction in which the coarse powder that collided with the classification blades scatters and an intake direction in which the fine powder is guided to the inner-circumferential-side space, and the scattering direction is oriented upward relative to a horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Matsumoto, Takuichiro Daimaru, Kenichi Arima, Taku Miyazaki, Kazushi Fukui, Hidechika Uchida
  • Patent number: 10625268
    Abstract: A mill roller (6) is provided with a roller main body (62) that rotates about an inclined axis line (O2) and has an outer peripheral surface (64) for pulverizing an object to be crushed against the mill table (4). The outer peripheral surface (64) is convex outward in a radial direction of the roller main body (62). The outer peripheral surface (64) has a first outer peripheral surface (641) and a second outer peripheral surface (642). The first outer peripheral surface (641) has an arcuate shape formed to have the same radius of curvature on both sides of a maximum outer diameter point (A). The second outer peripheral surface (642) is further receded inward in the radial direction than an imaginary circle running along the first outer peripheral surface (641).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Arima, Shinji Matsumoto, Takuichiro Daimaru, Kazushi Fukui, Daisuke Ishimoto, Hideyuki Hamaya, Hidechika Uchida, Norichika Kai
  • Patent number: 10603673
    Abstract: Provided is a solid fuel pulverizing device (100) provided with: a ventilation unit (30) configured to ventilate an interior of a housing (11) with primary air for supplying a solid fuel pulverized by a roller (13) to a classifier (16); a pressure detector (50) configured to detect an internal pressure of the housing (11) relative to a reference pressure; a flow rate detector (60) configured to detect a flow rate of the primary air blown into the interior of the housing (11) by the ventilation unit (30); and a controller (40) configured to perform control and transition the solid fuel pulverizing device (100) to a stopped state upon the internal pressure detected by the pressure detector (50) being a predetermined pressure or higher and the flow rate of the primary air detected by the flow rate detector (60) being a predetermined flow rate or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Matsumoto, Takuichiro Daimaru, Kenichi Arima, Taku Miyazaki, Kazushi Fukui, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10589280
    Abstract: A mill roller (6) is provided with a roller main body (62) that rotates about an inclined axis line (O2) and has an outer peripheral surface (64) for pulverizing an object to be crushed against the mill table (4). The outer peripheral surface (64) is convex outward in a radial direction of the roller main body (62). The outer peripheral surface (64) has a first outer peripheral surface (641) and a second outer peripheral surface (642). The first outer peripheral surface (641) has an arcuate shape formed to have the same radius of curvature on both sides of a maximum outer diameter point (A). The second outer peripheral surface (642) is further receded inward in the radial direction than an imaginary circle running along the first outer peripheral surface (641).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Arima, Shinji Matsumoto, Takuichiro Daimaru, Kazushi Fukui, Daisuke Ishimoto, Hideyuki Hamaya, Hidechika Uchida, Norichika Kai
  • Patent number: 10124373
    Abstract: In a rotary classifier and a vertical mill, a rotary separator (33) is configured such that plural rotary blades (43) are fixed to an outer circumference portion at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction between an upper support frame (41) and a lower support frame (42), which have a disk-like shape, wherein a tilted surface (52), which tilts at an acute angle relative to a tangent line (T) to a rotation locus (G1) on an outer circumference side and includes a concave portion (51) formed between an outer end (43a) and an inner end (43b), is formed on a front surface of each of the rotary blades (43) in a rotating direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuichiro Daimaru, Manabu Oda, Kenichi Arima, Shinji Matsumoto, Takashi Tsutsuba
  • Publication number: 20180221889
    Abstract: A classifier including a housing to take in air flow from below into a radially outer region of an inside space; a flow deflection portion to deflect the air flow toward a center axis of the housing; and an annular rotational portion disposed rotatably in a radially inner region positioned on a radially inner side of the radially outer region, of the inside space of the housing, and configured to classify particles which accompany the air flow. The annular rotational portion includes a plurality of rotational blades arranged at intervals around a rotational axis of the annular rotational portion. The plurality of rotational blades form an outer shape of the annular rotational portion forms an angle ? of not greater than 75° with a segment extended in a horizontal direction from the annular rotational portion outward in a radial direction, in a side view of the annular rotational portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Matsumoto, Kenichi Arima, Takuichiro Daimaru, Kazushi Fukui, Hidechika Uchida
  • Publication number: 20180050342
    Abstract: A mill roller (6) is provided with a roller main body (62) that rotates about an inclined axis line (O2) and has an outer peripheral surface (64) for pulverizing an object to be crushed against the mill table (4). The outer peripheral surface (64) is convex outward in a radial direction of the roller main body (62). The outer peripheral surface (64) has a first outer peripheral surface (641) and a second outer peripheral surface (642). The first outer peripheral surface (641) has an arcuate shape formed to have the same radius of curvature on both sides of a maximum outer diameter point (A). The second outer peripheral surface (642) is further receded inward in the radial direction than an imaginary circle running along the first outer peripheral surface (641).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Kenichi ARIMA, Shinji MATSUMOTO, Takuichiro DAIMARU, Kazushi FUKUI, Daisuke ISHIMOTO, Hideyuki HAMAYA, Hidechika UCHIDA, Norichika KAI
  • Publication number: 20170320066
    Abstract: Provided is a solid fuel pulverizing device (100) provided with: a ventilation unit (30) configured to ventilate an interior of a housing (11) with primary air for supplying a solid fuel pulverized by a roller (13) to a classifier (16); a pressure detector (50) configured to detect an internal pressure of the housing (11) relative to a reference pressure; a flow rate detector (60) configured to detect a flow rate of the primary air blown into the interior of the housing (11) by the ventilation unit (30); and a controller (40) configured to perform control and transition the solid fuel pulverizing device (100) to a stopped state upon the internal pressure detected by the pressure detector (50) being a predetermined pressure or higher and the flow rate of the primary air detected by the flow rate detector (60) being a predetermined flow rate or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Shinji MATSUMOTO, Takuichiro DAIMARU, Kenichi ARIMA, Taku MIYAZAKI, Kazushi FUKUI, Hiroyuki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170320064
    Abstract: Provided is a vertical roller mill equipped with a rotary classifier for causing a plurality of classification blades provided above a rotary table and positioned around an axis to rotate about the axis, wherein: of a solid fuel pulverized by a roller, the rotary classifier guides solid fuel fine powder from an outer-circumferential-side space to an inner-circumferential-side space surrounded by the plurality of classification blades, and suppresses, by collision with the plurality of classification blades, an intrusion of solid fuel coarse powder into the inner-circumferential-side space; and each of the plurality of classification blades is shaped in a manner such that there is no interference between a scattering direction in which the coarse powder that collided with the classification blades scatters and an intake direction in which the fine powder is guided to the inner-circumferential-side space, and the scattering direction is oriented upward relative to a horizontal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Shinji MATSUMOTO, Takuichiro DAIMARU, Kenichi ARIMA, Taku MIYAZAKI, Kazushi FUKUI, Hidechika UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20170274386
    Abstract: The present invention improves the even distribution of a powder to a pulverized coal pipe. A rotary classifier including: a rotary shaft rotatably supported around a rotational axis extending in a vertical direction; a frame body supported by the rotary shaft and including an opening on the outer periphery of the frame body; a plurality of powder outlets provided along the rotation direction and opening on the upper section of the frame body; a plurality of blades extending in the vertical direction at the opening on the outer periphery of the frame body and provided along the rotation direction; and an annular member that serves as a constricting section provided so as to narrow the interval from the blades to the rotary shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Taku MIYAZAKI, Takuichiro DAIMARU, Kenichi ARIMA, Shinji MATSUMOTO, Yuta TAKAHASHI, Kazushi FUKUI, Takashi IWATA
  • Publication number: 20160199844
    Abstract: A vertical roller mill provided with a cyclone-type fixed separator that separates fine powder and allows the separated powder to flow out to the outside, the cyclone-type fixed separator being provided inside a housing, wherein the fixed separator is configured so that a solid-gas two-phase flow is introduced from a fixed blade inlet window opening on a cone into the inside and the solid-gas two-phase flow is swirled using a fixed blade attached in the inside vicinity of the fixed blade inlet window, whereby the fine powder flows out to the outside from a pulverized coal outlet in an upper portion of the vertical roller mill through the lower end side of an inner cylinder provided inside the cone, a surface layer in which the rebound coefficient of collided particles is higher than in an iron plate surface being formed in the outer surface of the inner cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Kenichi ARIMA, Shinji MATSUMOTO, Takuichiro DAIMARU, Kiyonori KUSHIOKA, Keishi SUGA
  • Publication number: 20150196934
    Abstract: In a rotary classifier and a vertical mill, a rotary separator (33) is configured such that plural rotary blades (43) are fixed to an outer circumference portion at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction between an upper support frame (41) and a lower support frame (42), which have a disk-like shape, wherein a tilted surface (52), which tilts at an acute angle relative to a tangent line (T) to a rotation locus (G1) on an outer circumference side and includes a concave portion (51) formed between an outer end (43a) and an inner end (43b), is formed on a front surface of each of the rotary blades (43) in a rotating direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Takuichiro Daimaru, Manabu Oda, Kenichi Arima, Shinji Matsumoto, Takashi Tsutsuba
  • Publication number: 20140076210
    Abstract: The present invention includes: a mill main body with a material feed pipe for feeding a biomass material from above in a vertical axis direction; a mill table on which the fed biomass material is placed; a drive unit rotating and driving the mill table; a mill roller that operates in conjunction with rotation of the mill table to mill the biomass material by a pressing force; and a ventilation means that forms an upward flow to blow out a carrier gas to convey milled biomass powder, wherein the mill main body has a barrel part decreased in diameter in the middle thereof in the vertical axis direction, and the mill main body has on a top plate thereof a plurality of discharge tubes circumferentially arranged for discharging the biomass powder on a line extended from the diameter-decreased barrel part in the vertical axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: Takuichiro Daimaru, Tsugio Yamamoto, Kenichi Arima, Masaaki Kinoshita, Kazuhiro Tekeuchi, Norichika Kai, Yoshishige Uematsu
  • Patent number: 8622328
    Abstract: In a vertical roller mill in which a fixed-type cyclone sorter is provided in a casing, the fixed-type cyclone sorter includes a conical member; a fixed-blade entrance window through which a solid-gas two-phase flow is introduced into the interior of the conical member; a flat plate-like fixed blade that causes the solid-gas two-phase flow to spiral; an inner cylinder into which pulverized coal is guided from the bottom end thereof toward the top end thereof by means of spiraling of the solid-gas two-phase flow; and a pulverized-coal exit through which the pulverized coal guided to the top end of the inner cylinder is guided outside the conical member, wherein the fixed blade is provided with a tip portion where a downward flow is increased for the solid-gas two-phase flow guided into the interior of the conical member from the fixed-blade entrance window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Matsumoto, Takashi Tsutsuba, Koki Matsuzaki, Sotaro Yamaguchi, Yasuhiro Sueoka, Kenichi Arima, Tsugio Yamamoto, Takuichiro Daimaru
  • Publication number: 20130327861
    Abstract: In a vertical roller mill in which a fixed-type cyclone sorter is provided in a casing, the fixed-type cyclone sorter includes a conical member; a fixed-blade entrance window through which a solid-gas two-phase flow is introduced into the interior of the conical member; a flat plate-like fixed blade that causes the solid-gas two-phase flow to spiral; an inner cylinder into which pulverized coal is guided from the bottom end thereof toward the top end thereof by means of spiraling of the solid-gas two-phase flow; and a pulverized-coal exit through which the pulverized coal guided to the top end of the inner cylinder is guided outside the conical member, wherein the fixed blade is provided with a tip portion where a downward flow is increased for the solid-gas two-phase flow guided into the interior of the conical member from the fixed-blade entrance window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Shinji Matsumoto, Takashi Tsutsuba, Koki Matsuzaki, Sotaro Yamaguchi, Yasuhiro Sueoka, Kenichi Arima, Tsugio Yamamoto, Takuichiro Daimaru
  • Patent number: 8602339
    Abstract: In a vertical mill, a pulverization table is supported with a vertical rotation axis core in a housing so as to be capable of being driven and rotated, and a pulverization roller rotatable in conjunction with rotation of the pulverization table is disposed above the pulverization table so as to be opposed to the pulverization table, and a roller swing mechanism is provided so as to make the pulverization roller parallel to a surface of the pulverization table and swingable in a direction different from a direction of rotation of the pulverization table. Accordingly, a solid matter such as biomass can be efficiently pulverized, thereby achieving improvement in pulverization efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Yamaguchi, Kenichi Arima, Yutaka Iida, Yoshishige Uematsu
  • Patent number: 8567705
    Abstract: In a vertical mill, a pulverization table is supported with a vertical rotation axis core in a housing so as to be capable of being driven and rotated, and a pulverization roller rotatable in conjunction with rotation of the pulverization table is disposed above the pulverization table so as to be opposed to the pulverization table, and a cutter roller rotatable in conjunction with rotation of the pulverization table is disposed above the pulverization table so as to be opposed to the pulverization table. Accordingly, a solid matter such as biomass can be efficiently pulverized, thereby achieving improvement in pulverization efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Yamaguchi, Kenichi Arima, Yutaka Iida, Yoshishige Uematsu