Patents by Inventor Mutsumi Horitsugi

Mutsumi Horitsugi 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: 8438874
    Abstract: Motive power supply equipment for a natural gas liquefaction plant includes gas turbine equipment having a compressor for compressing air, a combustor for generating combustion gases by burning a fuel and the compressed air from the compressor, and a turbine rotated by the combustion gases from the combustor. A low-temperature heat source supply system is provided which, during rated load operation of the gas turbine equipment, supplies carbon dioxide as a cooling medium to the gas turbine equipment in order to cool the gas turbine equipment. The carbon dioxide supplied is generated by separation from the natural gas in the natural gas purification equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomomi Koganezawa, Hidefumi Araki, Shinichi Higuchi, Yasuhiro Horiuchi, Mutsumi Horitsugi
  • Publication number: 20100275644
    Abstract: A power supply equipment (71) for natural gas liquefaction plant that supplies power to a natural gas liquefaction plant for liquefying the natural gas having impurities separated by a natural gas purification equipment (70). The power supply equipment comprises an air compressor (74); a combustion unit (75) for burning fuel with compressed air from the compressor to thereby generate a combustion gas; a gas turbine equipment (72) having a turbine rotated by the combustion gas from the combustion unit; and a cold heat source supply system (85) for, during the rated load operation of the gas turbine equipment, supplying carbon dioxide separated from the natural gas by the natural gas purification equipment to the gas turbine equipment as a cooling medium for the gas turbine equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Tomomi Koganezawa, Hidefumi Araki, Shinichi Higuchi, Yasuhiro Horiuchi, Mutsumi Horitsugi
  • Patent number: 7472542
    Abstract: A gas-turbine power generating installation capable of effectively utilizing gases produced in overage gas fields, etc. and a method of operating the installation are provided. The gas-turbine power generating installation is installed in the vicinity of an outrage gas field or an oil field. In the installation, air compressed by a compressor is introduced to a combustor for combustion after being mixed with fuel, a gas turbine is driven by generated combustion gas, and a power generator is driven by motive power obtained from a rotary shaft of the gas turbine. A boosting compressor is driven by the motive power obtained from the rotary shaft of the gas turbine, whereby natural gas or accompanying gas is boosted in pressure and supplied as fuel to the combustor. The gas turbine generates electric power by using natural gas produced in the outrage gas field or accompanying gas produced in the oil field, and the generated electric power is supplied to a consuming site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunori Yamanaka, Shinya Marushima, Hisashi Hamatake, Mutsumi Horitsugi
  • Publication number: 20080289316
    Abstract: A combined-cycle power plant, a steam thermal power plant, and a method for operating the power plant, which are capable of effectively utilizing raw fuel produced from medium- or small-scaled gas fields and oil fields. Raw fuel produced from a gas field is separated into a gas component and a liquid component by a separator. The gas component is burnt in a combustor of a gas turbine, and resulting motive power is converted to electricity by a power generator. The liquid component separated by the separator is burnt in a steam generator to generate steam that is supplied to a steam turbine. Resulting motive power of the steam turbine is converted to electricity by a power generator. Since the electricity generated by the power generators is AC power, the AC power is converted by a converter to DC power that is transferred from the vicinity of the gas field to a consuming area via a cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Shinya Marushima, Mutsumi Horitsugi, Wasao Fukumoto
  • Publication number: 20080289337
    Abstract: A combined-cycle power plant, a steam thermal power plant, and a method for operating the power plant, which are capable of effectively utilizing raw fuel produced from medium- or small-scaled gas fields and oil fields. Raw fuel produced from a gas field is separated into a gas component and a liquid component by a separator. The gas component is burnt in a combustor of a gas turbine, and resulting motive power is converted to electricity by a power generator. The liquid component separated by the separator is burnt in a steam generator to generate steam that is supplied to a steam turbine. Resulting motive power of the steam turbine is converted to electricity by a power generator. Since the electricity generated by the power generators is AC power, the AC power is converted by a converter to DC power that is transferred from the vicinity of the gas field to a consuming area via a cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Shinya Marushima, Mutsumi Horitsugi, Wasao Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 7114322
    Abstract: A gas-turbine power generating installation capable of effectively utilizing gases produced in overage gas fields, etc. and a method of operating the installation are provided. The gas-turbine power generating installation is installed in the vicinity of an outrage gas field or an oil field. In the installation, air compressed by a compressor is introduced to a combustor for combustion after being mixed with fuel, a gas turbine is driven by generated combustion gas, and a power generator is driven by motive power obtained from a rotary shaft of the gas turbine. A boosting compressor is driven by the motive power obtained from the rotary shaft of the gas turbine, whereby natural gas or accompanying gas is boosted in pressure and supplied as fuel to the combustor. The gas turbine generates electric power by using natural gas produced in the outrage gas field or accompanying gas produced in the oil field, and the generated electric power is supplied to a consuming site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunori Yamanaka, Shinya Marushima, Hisashi Hamatake, Mutsumi Horitsugi
  • Publication number: 20060207260
    Abstract: A gas-turbine power generating installation capable of effectively utilizing gases produced in overage gas fields, etc. and a method of operating the installation are provided. The gas-turbine power generating installation is installed in the vicinity of an outrage gas field or an oil field. In the installation, air compressed by a compressor is introduced to a combustor for combustion after being mixed with fuel, a gas turbine is driven by generated combustion gas, and a power generator is driven by motive power obtained from a rotary shaft of the gas turbine. A boosting compressor is driven by the motive power obtained from the rotary shaft of the gas turbine, whereby natural gas or accompanying gas is boosted in pressure and supplied as fuel to the combustor. The gas turbine generates electric power by using natural gas produced in the outrage gas field or accompanying gas produced in the oil field, and the generated electric power is supplied to a consuming site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventors: Kazunori Yamanaka, Shinya Marushima, Hisashi Hamatake, Mutsumi Horitsugi
  • Publication number: 20060042259
    Abstract: A combined-cycle power plant, a steam thermal power plant, and a method for operating the power plant, which are capable of effectively utilizing raw fuel produced from medium- or small-scaled gas fields and oil fields. Raw fuel produced from a gas field is separated into a gas component and a liquid component by a separator. The gas component is burnt in a combustor of a gas turbine, and resulting motive power is converted to electricity by a power generator. The liquid component separated by the separator is burnt in a steam generator to generate steam that is supplied to a steam turbine. Resulting motive power of the steam turbine is converted to electricity by a power generator. Since the electricity generated by the power generators is AC power, the AC power is converted by a converter to DC power that is transferred from the vicinity of the gas field to a consuming area via a cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventors: Shinya Marushima, Mutsumi Horitsugi, Wasao Fukumoto
  • Publication number: 20050091985
    Abstract: A gas-turbine power generating installation capable of effectively utilizing gases produced in overage gas fields, etc. and a method of operating the installation are provided. The gas-turbine power generating installation is installed in the vicinity of an outrage gas field or an oil field. In the installation, air compressed by a compressor is introduced to a combustor for combustion after being mixed with fuel, a gas turbine is driven by generated combustion gas, and a power generator is driven by motive power obtained from a rotary shaft of the gas turbine. A boosting compressor is driven by the motive power obtained from the rotary shaft of the gas turbine, whereby natural gas or accompanying gas is boosted in pressure and supplied as fuel to the combustor. The gas turbine generates electric power by using natural gas produced in the outrage gas field or accompanying gas produced in the oil field, and the generated electric power is supplied to a consuming site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: Kazunori Yamanaka, Shinya Marushima, Hisashi Hamatake, Mutsumi Horitsugi