Patents by Inventor Koshiro FUKUMOTO

Koshiro FUKUMOTO 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: 11643977
    Abstract: A flow rate per unit time of fuel fed to a gas turbine is calculated. A flow rate per unit time of air fed to the gas turbine is calculated. A turbine inlet temperature is calculated through use of a physical model formula expressing a relationship of input and output of thermal energy relating to a combustor of the gas turbine. A fuel distribution ratio for each of a plurality of fuel supply systems connected to the combustor is calculated based on the turbine inlet temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazushige Takaki, Akihiko Saito, Ryuji Takenaka, Yoshifumi Iwasaki, Koshiro Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 11536197
    Abstract: A valve opening degree determination device includes an object operating state acquisition unit configured to acquire an object operating state which is an operating state of a gas turbine before control, and a valve opening degree calculation unit configured to calculate the valve opening degree such that a disk cavity temperature after control is equal to or lower than a target temperature, based on the object operating state. The valve opening degree calculation unit is configured to determine an input value of the valve opening degree such that a prediction value of the disk cavity temperature is equal to or lower than the target temperature as the valve opening degree, based on a prediction model generated based on a plurality of previous data in which the operating state, the disk cavity temperature, and an actual opening degree of the cooling-air adjustment valve previously acquired are associated with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koki Tateishi, Shinichi Yoshioka, Hironao Nagai, Ryuji Takenaka, Koshiro Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 11378019
    Abstract: A first fuel flow rate command value indicating a command value of a fuel input amount is calculated so that an output of a gas turbine matches a target output. An upper limit value of the first fuel flow rate command value is calculated based on a deviation obtained by subtracting, from an estimated value of a turbine inlet temperature of the gas turbine, a second limit value relating to the estimated value set such that the estimated value does not exceed a first limit value of the turbine inlet temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazushige Takaki, Akihiko Saito, Ryuji Takenaka, Koshiro Fukumoto, Tomohide Akiyama, Kazuhito Ohashi, Yoshifumi Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20220187805
    Abstract: It is judged whether a first predicted value of an operation index obtained by inputting a scheduled change value of a manipulation parameter of a plant meets an operation criterion, and whether a second predicted value of the operation index obtained by inputting a virtual change value with a greater change amount from a current value than the scheduled change value to a prediction model meets the operation criterion. If it is judged that the first predicted value and the second predicted value meet the operation criterion, the scheduled change value is output as a command value of the manipulation parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Yusuke HAZUI, Masumi NOMURA, Shigeru ANO, Kenta WADA, Koshiro FUKUMOTO
  • Patent number: 11293305
    Abstract: A control device is configured to control a temperature of a shaft seal portion around a rotating shaft of a rotating machine by adjusting an amount of cooling air to be supplied to the shaft seal portion. The control device is configured to calculate a sensitivity indicated using the temperature of the shaft seal portion with respect to a flow rate of the cooling air supplied to the shaft seal portion and control the flow rate of the cooling air so that the sensitivity has a predetermined target value based on the sensitivity which has been calculated. When the sensitivity is calculated, the flow rate is varied in a predetermined range having a certain flow rate as a center. The sensitivity is calculated from variation in the temperature of the shaft seal portion with respect to variation in the flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Takaharu Hiroe, Satoshi Hada, Kazunari Ide, Koki Tateishi, Ryuji Takenaka, Koshiro Fukumoto, Shinichi Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 11248537
    Abstract: A gas turbine control device includes a first estimation unit configured to estimate a first temperature which is a first turbine inlet temperature estimation value based on a first model which is a physical model using a fuel flow rate to a gas turbine; a second estimation unit configured to estimate a second temperature which is a second turbine inlet temperature estimation value based on a second model which is a physical model using an exhaust gas temperature of the gas turbine; and a correction unit configured to correct the first temperature based on the second temperature to calculate a third turbine inlet temperature estimation value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazushige Takaki, Akihiko Saito, Ryuji Takenaka, Koshiro Fukumoto, Yoshifumi Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20210287122
    Abstract: Provided is a prediction device that outputs a prediction value of process data in consideration of a prediction error of a prediction model. A prediction device includes a data collection unit that collects process data of a device; a prediction model construction unit that constructs a prediction model having a predetermined input variable of first process data as an input value and having a predetermined output variable as an output value, and an error calculation model which calculates a prediction error of the prediction model, based on the first process data collected by the data collection unit; and a prediction unit that outputs a prediction value which is corrected based on a prediction value of the output variable for second process data and a prediction error for the prediction value of the output variable, the prediction value being predicted based on the input variable of the second process data collected by the data collection unit, the prediction model, and the error calculation model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Masumi NOMURA, Yusuke HAZUI, Shigeru ANO, Kenta WADA, Koshiro FUKUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210062678
    Abstract: A control device controls a temperature of a shaft seal portion provided around a rotating shaft of a rotating machine to an appropriate temperature by adjusting an amount of the cooling air to be supplied to the shaft seal portion. The control device calculates a sensitivity indicated using the temperature of the shaft seal portion with respect to a flow rate of the cooling air supplied to the shaft seal portion and controls the flow rate of the cooling air so that the sensitivity has a predetermined target value on the basis of the calculated sensitivity. When the sensitivity is calculated, the flow rate is varied in a predetermined range having a certain flow rate as a center. The sensitivity of the temperature at the flow rate as a center is calculated from the variation in the temperature of the shaft seal portion with respect to the variation in the flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Takaharu HIROE, Satoshi HADA, Kazunari IDE, Koki TATEISHI, Ryuji TAKENAKA, Koshiro FUKUMOTO, Shinichi YOSHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20210040889
    Abstract: A valve opening degree determination device includes an object operating state acquisition unit configured to acquire an object operating state which is an operating state of a gas turbine before control, and a valve opening degree calculation unit configured to calculate the valve opening degree such that a disk cavity temperature after control is equal to or lower than a target temperature, based on the object operating state. The valve opening degree calculation unit is configured to determine an input value of the valve opening degree such that a prediction value of the disk cavity temperature is equal to or lower than the target temperature as the valve opening degree, based on a prediction model generated based on a plurality of previous data in which the operating state, the disk cavity temperature, and an actual opening degree of the cooling-air adjustment valve previously acquired are associated with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Koki TATEISHI, Shinichi YOSHIOKA, Hironao NAGAI, Ryuji TAKENAKA, Koshiro FUKUMOTO
  • Patent number: 10837642
    Abstract: Provided are a combustor nozzle, a gas turbine combustor, a gas turbine, a cover ring, and a combustor nozzle manufacturing method. The combustor nozzle includes: a nozzle body provided with a fuel flow passage; a cover ring that is disposed on an outer side of the nozzle body so as to form air flow passages that allow air to jet out toward a front side; and fuel injection nozzles that are provided in a leading end part of the nozzle body at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction and extend through the cover ring so as to be able to inject fuel from the fuel flow passage toward the front side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Mitani, Koshiro Fukumoto, Toshihiko Saito, Mitsunori Isono, Dai Morishige, Nobuyuki Izutsu, Hiroyuki Yamasaki, Yoshiyuki Wada
  • Publication number: 20200217252
    Abstract: A flow rate per unit time of fuel fed to a gas turbine is calculated. A flow rate per unit time of air fed to the gas turbine is calculated. A turbine inlet temperature is calculated through use of a physical model formula expressing a relationship of input and output of thermal energy relating to a combustor of the gas turbine. A fuel distribution ratio for each of a plurality of fuel supply systems connected to the combustor is calculated based on the turbine inlet temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Kazushige TAKAKI, Akihiko SAITO, Ryuji TAKENAKA, Yoshifumi IWASAKI, Koshiro FUKUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200063662
    Abstract: A first fuel flow rate command value indicating a command value CSO of a fuel input amount is calculated so that the output of a gas turbine matches a target output. An upper limit value of the first fuel flow rate command value is calculated. The upper limit value of the first fuel flow rate command value is calculated on the basis of a deviation obtained by subtracting from an estimated value of the turbine inlet temperature of the gas turbine a second limit value relating to the estimated value set such that the estimated value does not exceed the first limit value of the turbine inlet temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Kazushige TAKAKI, Akihiko SAITO, Ryuji TAKENAKA, Koshiro FUKUMOTO, Tomohide AKIYAMA, Kazuhito OHASHI, Yoshifumi IWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20190383222
    Abstract: A gas turbine control device includes a first estimation unit configured to estimate a first temperature which is a turbine inlet temperature estimation value based on a first model which is a physical model using a fuel flow rate to a gas turbine; a second estimation unit configured to estimate a second temperature which is a turbine inlet temperature estimation value based on a second model which is a physical model using an exhaust gas temperature of the gas turbine; and a correction unit configured to correct the first temperature on the basis of the second temperature to calculate a turbine inlet temperature estimation value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Kazushige TAKAKI, Akihiko SAITO, Ryuji TAKENAKA, Koshiro FUKUMOTO, Yoshifumi IWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20180187891
    Abstract: Provided are a combustor nozzle, a gas turbine combustor, a gas turbine, a cover ring, and a combustor nozzle manufacturing method. The combustor nozzle includes: a nozzle body provided with a fuel flow passage; a cover ring that is disposed on an outer side of the nozzle body so as to form air flow passages that allow air to jet out toward a front side; and fuel injection nozzles that are provided in a leading end part of the nozzle body at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction and extend through the cover ring so as to be able to inject fuel from the fuel flow passage toward the front side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Masaki MITANI, Koshiro FUKUMOTO, Toshihiko SAITO, Mitsunori ISONO, Dai MORISHIGE, Nobuyuki IZUTSU, Hiroyuki YAMASAKI, Yoshiyuki WADA