Patents by Inventor Nobuhiko Hamano

Nobuhiko Hamano 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: 7596939
    Abstract: A gas turbine apparatus has an air compressor for compressing air, a combustor capable of combusting the compressed air, a turbine rotatable by a gas discharged from the combustor, and a recuperator for exchanging heat between the air supplied from the air compressor and an exhaust gas discharged from the turbine. The gas turbine apparatus includes a fuel supply system having a first fuel supply device for supplying a fuel having a large heating value to the combustor, a second fuel supply device for supplying a gas having a small heating value to the combustor, and a switching device operable to switch the first fuel supply device and the second fuel supply device based on a temperature of the air compressed by the air compressor or the exhaust gas discharged from the turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Kataoka, Nobuhiko Hamano
  • Publication number: 20060119202
    Abstract: A gas turbine apparatus has an air compressor for compressing air, a combustor capable of combusting the compressed air, a turbine rotatable by a gas discharged from the combustor, and a recuperator for exchanging heat between the air supplied from the air compressor and an exhaust gas discharged from the turbine. The gas turbine apparatus includes a fuel supply system having a first fuel supply device for supplying a fuel having a large heating value to the combustor, a second fuel supply device for supplying a gas having a small heating value to the combustor, and a switching device operable to switch the first fuel supply device and the second fuel supply device based on a temperature of the air compressed by the air compressor or the exhaust gas discharged from the turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2005
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Applicant: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Kataoka, Nobuhiko Hamano
  • Publication number: 20060087294
    Abstract: A gas turbine apparatus has an air compressor for compressing air, a combustor capable of combusting the air compressed by the air compressor, and a first fuel supply system configured to supply a fuel to the combustor. The gas turbine apparatus also has a turbine rotatable by a gas discharged from the combustor, a recuperator for exchanging heat between the air supplied from the air compressor to the combustor and an exhaust gas discharged from the turbine, and a gas introduction device configured to introduce a combustible gas into the exhaust gas discharged from the turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Applicant: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Kataoka, Nobuhiko Hamano