Patents by Inventor Masao Shiga

Masao Shiga 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: 6574966
    Abstract: A gas turbine for power generation operated at a turbine nozzle inlet temperature ranging from 1200 to 1650° C., which is improved to obtain a high heat efficiency by making disk blades and nozzles arranged in first to final stages from optimum materials and optimally cooling these disk blades and nozzles, and to obtain a combined power generation system using the gas turbine. The combined power generation system includes a highly efficient gas turbine operated at a turbine nozzle inlet combustion gas temperature ranging from 1200 to 1650° C., and a high pressure-intermediate pressure-low pressure integral type steam turbine operated at a steam inlet temperature of 530° C. or more, wherein the gas turbine is configured such that turbine blades, nozzles and disks are each cooled, and the blades and nozzles are each made from an Ni-based alloy having a single crystal or columnar crystal structure and disks are made from a martensite steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kishio Hidaka, Shigeyoshi Nakamura, Yutaka Fukui, Masao Shiga, Ryo Hiraga, Hajime Toriya, Toshio Fujita
  • Patent number: 6575700
    Abstract: A steam turbine blade made of a martensite steel having high strength and high toughness, and a low pressure steam turbine and a steam turbine power generating plant using the steam turbine blades. The steam turbine blade is made of a martensite steel containing C of 0.13-0.40%; Si less than 0.5%; Mn less than 1.5%; Ni of 2-3.5%; Cr of 8-13%; Mo of 1.5-4%; at least one kind of Nb and Ta of 0.02-0.3% in total; V of 0.05-0.35; and N of 0.04-0.15%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Arai, Shigeyoshi Nakamura, Takeshi Onoda, Masao Shiga
  • Patent number: 6546713
    Abstract: A gas turbine for power generation operated at a turbine nozzle inlet temperature ranging from 1200 to 1650° C., which is improved to obtain a high heat efficiency by making disk blades and nozzles arranged in first to final stages from optimum materials and optimally cooling these disk blades and nozzles, and to obtain a combined power generation system using the gas turbine. The combined power generation system includes a highly efficient gas turbine operated at a turbine nozzle inlet combustion gas temperature ranging from 1200 to 1650° C., and a high pressure-intermediate pressure-low pressure integral type steam turbine operated at a steam inlet temperature of 530° C. or more, wherein the gas turbine is configured such that turbine blades, nozzles and disks are each cooled, and the blades and nozzles are each made from an Ni-based alloy having a single crystal or columnar crystal structure and disks are made from a martensite steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kishio Hidaka, Shigeyoshi Nakamura, Yutaka Fukui, Masao Shiga, Ryo Hiraga, Hajime Toriya, Toshio Fujita
  • Publication number: 20020197163
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a steam turbine blade made of a martensite steel having high strength and high toughness, and a low pressure steam turbine and a steam turbine power generating plant using the steam turbine blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: Masahiko Arai, Shigeyoshi Nakamura, Takeshi Onoda, Masao Shiga
  • Publication number: 20020189229
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a gas turbine for power generation operated at a turbine nozzle inlet temperature ranging from 1200 to 1650° C., which is improved to obtain a high heat efficiency by making disk blades and nozzles arranged in first to final stages from optimum materials and optimally cooling these disk blades and nozzles, and a combined power generation system using the gas turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Kishio Hidaka, Shigeyoshi Nakamura, Yutaka Fukui, Masao Shiga, Ryo Hiraga, Hajime Toriya, Toshio Fujita
  • Patent number: 6398504
    Abstract: A steam turbine blade made of a martensite steel having high strength and high toughness, and a low pressure steam turbine and a steam turbine power generating plant using the steam turbine blades. The steam turbine blade is made of a martensite steel containing C of 0.13-0.40%; Si less than 0.5%; Mn less than 1.5%; Ni of 2-3.5%; Cr of 8-13%; Mo of 1.5-4%; at least one kind of Nb and Ta of 0.02-0.3% in total; V of 0.05-0.35; and N of 0.04-0.15%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Arai, Shigeyoshi Nakamura, Takeshi Onoda, Masao Shiga
  • Patent number: 6358004
    Abstract: A compact steam turbine power-generation plant has a compact steam turbine that operates at a high temperature in a range of 600 to 660° C. Ferrite based heat resisting steels provide for thermal efficiency. The main steam temperature and the reheated steam temperature can be set in a range of 600 to 660° C. by making the main parts exposed to the high temperature atmosphere, such as the rotor shaft, from ferrite based forged steels and cast steels and by making a final stage blade of a low pressure turbine from a martensite steel. The final stage blade is made from a ferrite based forged steel having a tensile strength of 120 kgf/mm2 or more; the rotor shaft is made from a ferrite based forged steel having a 105 h creep rupture strength of 11 kgf/mm2 or more; and the inner casing is made from a ferrite based cast steel having a 105 h creep rupture strength of 10 kgf/mm2 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Shiga, Takeshi Onoda, Shigeyoshi Nakamura, Yutaka Fukui
  • Patent number: 6305078
    Abstract: A compact steam turbine power-generation plant has a compact steam turbine that operates at a high temperature in a range of 600 to 660° C. Ferrite based heat resisting steels provide for thermal efficiency. The main steam temperature and the reheated steam temperature can be set in a range of 600 to 660° C. by making the main parts exposed to the high temperature atmosphere, such as the rotor shaft, from ferrite based forged steels and cast steels and by making a final stage blade of a low pressure turbine from a martensite steel. The final stage blade is made from a ferrite based forged steel having a tensile strength of 120 kgf/mm2 or more; the rotor shaft is made from a ferrite based forged steel having a 105 h creep rupture strength of 11 kgf/mm2 or more; and the inner casing is made from a ferrite based cast steel having a 105 h creep rupture strength of 10 kgf/mm2 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Shiga, Takeshi Onoda, Shigeyoshi Nakamura, Yutaka Fukui
  • Patent number: 6174132
    Abstract: A steam turbine in which principal components to be exposed to high temperatures are all made of ferritic steel, whereby the temperatures of main steam and reheat steam can be increased to 610-660 (° C.). The rotor shaft (23 in FIG. 1) of the steam turbine is made of ferritic forged steel whose 100,000-hour creep rupture strength is at least 15 (kg/mm2) at the service temperature of the rotor shaft. Likewise, the casing (18) is made of ferritic cast steel whose 100,000-hour creep rupture strength is at least 10 (kg/mm2). The steam turbine of high thermal efficiency can be applied to a steam-turbine power plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Shiga, Ryo Hiraga, Takeshi Onoda, Nobuo Shimizu, Norio Yamada, Mitsuo Kuriyama, Kishio Hidaka, Shigeyoshi Nakamura, Yutaka Fukui, Toshio Fujita
  • Patent number: 6129514
    Abstract: A compact steam turbine power-generation plant has a compact steam turbine that operates at a high temperature in a range of 600 to 660.degree. C. Ferrite based heat resisting steels provide for thermal efficiency. The main steam temperature and the reheated steam temperature can be set in a range of 600 to 660.degree. C. by making the main parts exposed to the high temperature atmosphere, such as the rotor shaft, from ferrite based forged steels and cast steels and by making a final stage blade of a low pressure turbine from a martensite steel. The final stage blade is made from a ferrite based forged steel having a tensile strength of 120 kgf/mm.sup.2 or more; the rotor shaft is made from a ferrite based forged steel having a 10.sup.5 h creep rupture strength of 11 kgf/mm.sup.2 or more; and the inner casing is made from a ferrite based cast steel having a 10.sup.5 h creep rupture strength of 10 kgf/mm.sup.2 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Shiga, Takeshi Onoda, Shigeyoshi Nakamura, Yutaka Fukui
  • Patent number: 6123504
    Abstract: A steam turbine includes a rotor shaft, movable blades assembled on the rotor shaft, fixed blades for guiding inflow of steam to the moving blades, and an inner casing for holding the fixed blades. The rotor shaft and at least a first stage of the movable blades are made of high-strength martensitic steel comprising 0.05-0.20(%) of C, at most 0.15(%) of Si, 0.3-0.7(%) of Mn, 9.5-13(%) of Cr, 0.3-0.7(%) of Ni, 0.05-0.35(%) of V, 0.02-0.15(%) of Nb, 0.01-0.06(%) of N, 0.05-0.5(%) of Mo, 1.0-3.5(%) of W, 2-10(%) of Co and 0.0005-0.03(%) of B and at least 78(%) of Fe (the percentages being given in terms of weight). The inner casings is made of martensitic cast steel comprising 0.06-0.16(%) of C, at most 0.5(%) of Si, at most 1(%) of Mn, 0.2-1.0(%) of Ni, 8-12(%) of Cr, 0.05-0.35(%) of V, 0.01-0.15(%) of Nb, 0.01-0.1(%) of N, at most 1.5% of Mo, 1-4(%) of W and 0.0005-0.03(%) of B and at least 85(%) of Fe (the percentages being given in terms of weight).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Shiga, Ryo Hiraga, Takeshi Onoda, Nobuo Shimizu, Norio Yamada, Mitsuo Kuriyama, Kishio Hidaka, Shigeyoshi Nakamura, Yutaka Fukui, Toshio Fujita
  • Patent number: 5961284
    Abstract: A steam turbine has main components such as rotor shaft exposed to high temperature and intermediate pressure, which are made of a ferritic steel and the main steam temperature and the re-heat steam temperature are 610.degree. C. to 660.degree. C., and a steam turbine power plant employs the turbine. Further, the rotating blades are made of only a martensitic steel or a combination of the martensitic steel and a Ni base alloy, the turbine rotor is made of a ferritic forged steel having a creep rupture strength at the operating temperature for 100 thousands hours of above 15 kg/mm.sup.2, and the casing is made of a ferritic cast steel having a creep rupture strength at the operating temperature for 100 thousands hours of above 10 kg/mm.sup.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Kuriyama, Masao Shiga, Kishio Hidaka, Shigeyoshi Nakamura, Yutaka Fukui, Ryo Hiraga, Nobuo Shimizu, Masao Kawakami
  • Patent number: 5911842
    Abstract: A heat resisting steel whose metal structure is entirely martensite phase produced by tempering after quenching. The steel comprises, by weight, 0.05 to 0.20% C, not more than 0.15% Si, not more than 1.5% Mn, not more than 1.0% Ni, 8.5 to 13.0% Cr, not more than 3.50% Mo, not more than 3.5% W, 0.05 to 0.30% V, 0.01 to 0.20% Nb, not more than 5.0% Co, 0.001 to 0.020% boron, 0.005 to 0.040% nitrogen, 0.0005 to 0.0050% oxygen and 0.00001 to 0.0002% hydrogen. The steel has preferably not more than 10 of the Cr equivalent. The steel has 10 kgf/mm.sup.2 or more of 100,000 hours creep rupture strength at 650.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., The Japane Steel Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Shiga, Kishio Hidaka, Norio Yamada, Shigeyoshi Nakamura, Yutaka Fukui, Nobuo Shimizu, Ryoichi Kaneko, Yasuhiro Harada, Yasuo Watanabe, Toshio Fujita, Norio Morisada, Yasuhiko Tanaka
  • Patent number: 5749228
    Abstract: A steam turbine in which principal components to be exposed to high temperatures are all made of ferritic steel, whereby the temperatures of main steam and reheat steam can be increased to 610-660 (.degree.C.). The rotor shaft (23 in FIG. 1) of the steam turbine is made of ferritic forged steel whose 100,000-hour creep rupture strength is at least 15 (kg/mm.sup.2) at the service temperature of the rotor shaft. Likewise, the casing (18) is made of ferritic cast steel whose 100,000-hour creep rupture strength is at least 10 (kg/mm.sup.2). The steam turbine of high thermal efficiency can be applied to a steam-turbine power plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Shiga, Ryo Hiraga, Takeshi Onoda, Nobuo Shimizu, Norio Yamada, Mitsuo Kuriyama, Kishio Hidaka, Shigeyoshi Nakamura, Yutaka Fukui, Toshio Fujita
  • Patent number: 4581067
    Abstract: A high-strength austenitic steel having a fully austenite structure and consisting essentially of 0.02 to 0.15 wt % of C, not greater than 1.5 wt % of Si, not greater than 2.5 wt % of Mn, 8 to 20 wt % of Ni, 13 to 25 wt % of Cr, 0.02 to 0.25 wt % of Al, not greater than 0.1 wt % of N, at least one of 0.001 to 0.01 wt % of B, 0.02 to 0.5 wt % of Nb, 0.01 to 0.2 wt % of Ti and 0.02 to 0.6 wt % of V and the balance substantialy Fe, with the weight ratio (Al/N) ranging between 1 and 4.5. This steel is suitable for use as the material of, for example, inner casing of steam turbine, valve body incorporated in the steam turbine, rotor shaft, and chemical equipment such as reaction pipe and vessel for styrene monomer producing facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1986
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsumi Iijima, Norio Yamada, Seishin Kirihara, Masao Shiga, Masayuki Sukekawa, Takatoshi Yoshioka, Kiyoshi Hiyama
  • Patent number: 4566810
    Abstract: A steam turbine rotor shaft made of precipitation-hardened forged austenite steel, comprising first, second and succeeding layers of build-up welding provided on an outer surface of a bearing portion of a journal section in the rotor shaft, the first layer being provided by use of a welding rod of Ni base alloy, the second and succeeding layers being provided by use of a welding rod of low alloy steel which layers have better bearing characteristics than those of the austenite steel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1986
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takatoshi Yoshioka, Seishin Kirihara, Masao Shiga, Katsumi Iijima, Katsukuni Hisano, Ryoichi Kaneko
  • Patent number: 4477280
    Abstract: A heat resisting steel suitable for use as material of steam turbine parts. The steel has a substantially whole tempered martensite structure and consisting essentially of, by weight, 8 to 13% of Cr, 0.5 to 2% of Mo, 0.02 to 0.5% of V, 0.02 to 0.15% of Nb, 0.025 to 0.1% of N, 0.05 to 0.25% of C, not greater than 0.6% of Si, not greater than 1.5% of Mn, not greater than 1.5% of Ni, 0.0005 to 0.02% of Al, 0.1 to 0.5% of W and the balance substantially Fe, the ratio W/Al between W content and Al content ranging between 10 and 110.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1984
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Shiga, Seishin Kirihara, Mitsuo Kuriyama, Takatoshi Yoshioka, Ryoichi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 4426162
    Abstract: A rotor shaft suitable for use as the rotor shaft of a steam turbine. The rotor shaft has a rotor shaft portion made of a Cr alloy steel having martensite structure and containing 8 to 13% Cr. The rotor shaft body is provided with at least one journal portion at which the rotor shaft is rotatably supported by a bearing. The rotor shaft further has a sleeve fitted around each journal portion. The sleeve is divided in the circumferential direction into a plurality of segments which are assembled together by welding or fitting into the sleeve having a circular cross-section. Due to the provision of the sleeve around the journal portion, the rotor shaft made of Cr alloy steel can have improved bearing properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1984
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichi Tsuchiya, Katsukuni Hisano, Toshimi Tan, Masahiro Kobayashi, Kei Kobayashi, Kazuhiko Ueda, Seishin Kirihara, Takatoshi Yoshioka, Masao Shiga