Patents by Inventor Norihisa Miyoshi
Norihisa Miyoshi 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).
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Publication number: 20040237860Abstract: To provide a supplying apparatus for supplying a combustible material capable of enhancing the sealing effects of a supplying system for supplying a combustible material, such as combustible wastes, to a fluidized-bed chamber, stably supplying a combustible material having an undefined shape, and reducing cost for installation; and further to provide a facility for gasifying a combustible material using the supplying apparatus for supplying a combustible material; and further to provide a method of gasifying combustible materialsType: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2004Publication date: December 2, 2004Inventors: Norihisa Miyoshi, Tatsuya Hasegawa, Katsutoshi Naruse, Yasuhiro Sawada, Koh Sasaki
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Patent number: 6709636Abstract: Combustibles such as wastes are gasified in a fluidized bed. A fluidized-bed furnace has a heat recovery region in addition to a combustion region. The temperature of a fluidized bed or the temperature of a freeboard is controlled so as to be kept at a predetermined value by adjusting the heat recovery rate in the heat recovery region.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 1998Date of Patent: March 23, 2004Assignee: Ebara CorporationInventors: Takahiro Oshita, Tetsuhisa Hirose, Shuichi Nagato, Norihisa Miyoshi, Masamichi Nakashiba
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Publication number: 20040045272Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for effectively utilizing thermal energy possessed by a high-temperature combustion gas discharged from a combustor and utilizing high-temperature oxygen contained in the high-temperature combustion gas discharged from the combustor. A fluidized-bed gasification apparatus for gasifying combustibles in a fluidized-bed furnace comprises a gasification furnace (2) for gasifying combustibles therein, and a combustion furnace (1) for combusting combustible components therein. The fluidized medium moves between the gasification furnace (2) and the combustion furnace (1), and exhaust gas discharged from another combustor is utilized as a fluidizing gas in the combustion furnace (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2003Publication date: March 11, 2004Inventors: Norihisa Miyoshi, Seiichiro Toyoda, Kei Matsuoka
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Publication number: 20020088235Abstract: In an improved system for recovering heat from a combustion gas produced by burning wastes, the combustion gas or combustible gas produced by partial burning of the wastes subjected to dust filtration in a temperature range of 450-650° C. at a filtration velocity of 1-5 cm/sec under a pressure of from −5 kPa (gage) to 5 MPa before heat recovery is effected. The dust filtration is preferably performed using a filter medium which may or may not support a denitration catalyst. Heat recovery is preferably effected using a steam superheater. The dust-free gas may partly or wholly be reburnt with or without an auxiliary fuel to a sufficiently high temperature to permit heat recovery. The combustion furnace may be a gasifying furnace which, in turn, may be combined with a melting furnace.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2001Publication date: July 11, 2002Inventors: Norihisa Miyoshi, Shosaku Fujinami, Tetsuhisa Hirose, Masaaki Irie, Kazuo Takano, Takahiro Oshita
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Publication number: 20020083698Abstract: In an improved system for recovering heat from a combustion gas produced by burning wastes, the combustion gas or combustible gas produced by partial burning of the wastes subjected to dust filtration in a temperature range of 450-650° C. at a filtration velocity of 1-5 cm/sec under a pressure of from −5 kPa (gage) to 5 MPa before heat recovery is effected. The dust filtration is preferably performed using a filter medium which may or may not support a denitration catalyst. Heat recovery is preferably effected using a steam superheater. The dust-free gas may partly or wholly be reburnt with or without an auxiliary fuel to a sufficiently high temperature to permit heat recovery. The combustion furnace may be a gasifying furnace which, in turn, may be combined with a melting furnace.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2001Publication date: July 4, 2002Inventors: Norihisa Miyoshi, Shosaku Fujinami, Tetsuhisa Hirose, Masaaki Irie, Kazuo Takano, Takahiro Oshita
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Patent number: 6350288Abstract: A combustion method and apparatus in which combustible matter, e.g., waste matter, coal, etc., is gasified to produce a combustible gas containing a sufficiently large amount of combustible component to melt the ash by its own heat. A fluidized-bed furnace (2) has an approximately circular horizontal cross-sectional configuration. A moving bed (9), in which a fluidized medium settles and diffuses, is formed in the central portion of the furnace, and a fluidized bed (10), in which the fluidized medium is actively fluidized, is formed in the peripheral portion in the furnace. The fluidized medium is turned over to the upper part of the moving bed (9) from the upper part of the fluidized bed (10), thus circulating through the two beds. Combustible matter (11) is cast into the upper part of the moving bed (9) and gasified to form a combustible gas while circulating, together with the fluidized medium.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 1998Date of Patent: February 26, 2002Assignee: Ebara CorporationInventors: Yoshio Hirayama, Takahiro Oshita, Chikashi Tame, Shuichi Nagato, Tetsuhisa Hirose, Norihisa Miyoshi, Seiichiro Toyoda, Shugo Hosoda, Shosaku Fujinami, Kazuo Takano
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Patent number: 6321540Abstract: In an improved system for recovering heat from a combustion gas produced by burning wastes, the combustion gas or combustible gas produced by partial burning of the wastes subjected to dust filtration in a temperature range of 450-650° C. at a filtration velocity of 1-5 cm/sec under a pressure of from −5 kPa (gage) to 5 MPa before heat recovery is effected. The dust filtration is preferably performed using a filter medium which may or may not support a denitration catalyst. Heat recovery is preferably effected using a steam superheater. The dust-free gas may partly or wholly be reburnt with or without an auxiliary fuel to a sufficiently high temperature to permit heat recovery. The combustion furnace may be a gasifying furnace which, in turn, may be combined with a melting furnace.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 1999Date of Patent: November 27, 2001Inventors: Norihisa Miyoshi, Shosaku Fujinami, Tetsuhisa Hirose, Masaaki Irie, Kazuo Takano, Takahiro Oshita
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Patent number: 6318088Abstract: In an improved system for recovering heat from a combustion gas produced by burning wastes, the combustion gas or combustible gas produced by partial burning of the wastes subjected to dust filtration in a temperature range of 450-650° C. at a filtration velocity of 1-5 cm/sec under a pressure of from −5 kPa (gage) to 5 MPa before heat recovery is effected. The dust filtration is preferably performed using a filter medium which may or may not support a denitration catalyst. Heat recovery is preferably effected using a steam superheater. The dust-free gas may partly or wholly be reburnt with or without an auxiliary fuel to a sufficiently high temperature to permit heat recovery. The combustion furnace may be a gasifying furnace which, in turn, may be combined with a melting furnace.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 1999Date of Patent: November 20, 2001Assignee: Ebara CorporationInventors: Norihisa Miyoshi, Shosaku Fujinami, Tetsuhisa Hirose, Masaaki Irie, Kazuo Takano, Takahiro Oshita
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Patent number: 6301896Abstract: In an improved system for recovering heat from a combustion gas produced by burning wastes, the combustion gas or combustible gas produced by partial burning of the wastes subjected to dust filtration in a temperature range of 450-650° C. at a filtration velocity of 1-5 cm/sec under a pressure of from −5 kPa (gage) to 5 MPa before heat recovery is effected. The dust filtration is preferably performed using a filter medium which may or may not support a denitration catalyst. Heat recovery is preferably effected using a steam superheater. The dust-free gas may partly or wholly be reburnt with or without an auxiliary fuel to a sufficiently high temperature to permit heat recovery. The combustion furnace may be a gasifying furnace which, in turn, may be combined with a melting furnace.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 1999Date of Patent: October 16, 2001Assignee: Ebara CorporationInventors: Norihisa Miyoshi, Shosaku Fujinami, Tetsuhisa Hirose, Masaaki Irie, Kazuo Takano, Takahiro Oshita
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Patent number: 6298666Abstract: In an improved system for recovering heat from a combustion gas produced by burning wastes, the combustion gas or combustible gas produced by partial burning of the wastes subjected to dust filtration in a temperature range of 450-650° C. at a filtration velocity of 1-5 cm/sec under a pressure of from −5 kPa (gage) to 5 MPa before heat recovery is effected. The dust filtration is preferably performed using a filter medium which may or may not support a denitration catalyst. Heat recovery is preferably effected using a steam superheater. The dust-free gas may partly or wholly be reburnt with or without an auxiliary fuel to a sufficiently high temperature to permit heat recovery. The combustion furnace may be a gasifying furnace which, in turn, may be combined with a melting furnace.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 1999Date of Patent: October 9, 2001Assignee: Ebara CorporationInventors: Norihisa Miyoshi, Shosaku Fujinami, Tetsuhisa Hirose, Masaaki Irie, Kazuo Takano, Takahiro Oshita
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Patent number: 6116169Abstract: In an improved system for recovering heat from a combustion gas produced by burning wastes, the combustion gas or combustible gas produced by partial burning of the wastes subjected to dust filtration in a temperature range of 450-650.degree. C. at a filtration velocity of 1-5 cm/sec under a pressure of from -5 kPa (gage) to 5 MPa before heat recovery is effected. The dust filtration is preferably performed using a filter medium which may or may not support a denitration catalyst. Heat recovery is preferably effected using a steam superheater. The dust-free gas may partly or wholly be reburnt with or without an auxiliary fuel to a sufficiently high temperature to permit heat recovery. The combustion furnace may be a gasifying furnace which, in turn, may be combined with a melting furnace.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 1998Date of Patent: September 12, 2000Assignee: Ebara CorporationInventors: Norihisa Miyoshi, Shosaku Fujinami, Tetsuhisa Hirose, Masaaki Irie, Kazuo Takano, Takahiro Oshita
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Patent number: 5988080Abstract: In an improved system for recovering heat from a combustion gas produced by burning wastes, the combustion gas or combustible gas produced by partial burning of the wastes subjected to dust filtration in a temperature range of 450-650.degree. C. at a filtration velocity of 1-5 cm/sec under a pressure of from -5 kPa (gage) to 5 MPa before heat recovery is effected. The dust filtration is preferably performed using a filter medium which may or may not support a denitration catalyst. Heat recovery is preferably effected using a steam superheater. The dust-free gas may partly or wholly be reburnt with or without an auxiliary fuel to a sufficiently high temperature to permit heat recovery. The combustion furnace may be a gasifying furnace which, in turn, may be combined with a melting furnace.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 1996Date of Patent: November 23, 1999Assignee: Ebara CorporationInventors: Norihisa Miyoshi, Shosaku Fujinami, Tetsuhisa Hirose, Masaaki Irie, Kazuo Takano, Takahiro Oshita
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Patent number: 5858033Abstract: A combustion method and apparatus in which combustible matter, e.g., waste matter, coal, etc., is gasified to produce a combustible gas containing a sufficiently large amount of combustible component to melt ash by its own heat. A fluidized-bed furnace has an approximately circular horizontal cross-sectional configuration. A moving bed, in which a fluidized medium settles and diffuses, is formed in the central portion of the furnace, and a fluidized bed, in which the fluidized medium is actively fluidized, is formed in the peripheral portion in the furnace. The fluidized medium is turned over to the upper part of the moving bed from the upper part of the fluidized bed, thus circulating through the two beds. Combustible matter is cast into the upper part of the moving bed and gasified to form a combustible gas while circulating, together with the fluidized medium.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 1997Date of Patent: January 12, 1999Assignee: Ebara CorporationInventors: Yoshio Hirayama, Takahiro Oshita, Chikashi Tame, Shuichi Nagato, Tetsuhisa Hirose, Norihisa Miyoshi, Seiichiro Toyoda, Shugo Hosoda, Shosaku Fujinami, Kazuo Takano
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Patent number: 5725614Abstract: A combustion apparatus in which combustible matter, e.g., waste matter, coal, etc., is gasified to produce a combustible gas containing a sufficiently large amount of combustible component to melt ash by its own heat. A fluidized-bed furnace has an approximately circular horizontal cross-sectional configuration. A moving bed, in which a fluidized medium settles and diffuses, is formed in the central portion of the furnace, and a fluidized bed, in which the fluidized medium is actively fluidized, is formed in a peripheral portion in the furnace. The fluidized medium is turned over to the upper part of the moving bed from the upper part of the fluidized bed, thus circulating through the two beds. Combustible matter is cast into the upper part of the moving bed and gasified to form a combustible gas while circulating, together with the fluidized medium.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 1995Date of Patent: March 10, 1998Assignee: Ebara CorporationInventors: Yoshio Hirayama, Takahiro Oshita, Chikashi Tame, Shuichi Nagato, Tetsuhisa Hirose, Norihisa Miyoshi, Seiichiro Toyoda, Shugo Hosoda, Shosaku Fujinami, Kazuo Takano
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Patent number: 5620488Abstract: A combustion method and apparatus in which combustible matter, e.g., waste matter, coal, etc., is gasified to produce a combustible gas containing a sufficiently large amount of combustible component to melt ash by its own heat. A fluidized-bed furnace has an approximately circular horizontal cross-sectional configuration. A moving bed, in which a fluidized medium settles and diffuses, is formed in a central portion of the furnace, and a fluidized bed, in which the fluidized medium is actively fluidized, is formed in a peripheral portion in the furnace. The fluidized medium is turned over to the upper part of the moving bed from the upper part of the fluidized bed, thus circulating through the two beds. Combustible matter is cast into the upper part of the moving bed and gasified to form a combustible gas while circulating, together with the fluidized medium.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 1995Date of Patent: April 15, 1997Assignee: Ebara CorporationInventors: Yoshio Hirayama, Takahiro Oshita, Chikashi Tame, Shuichi Nagato, Tetsuhisa Hirose, Norihisa Miyoshi, Seiichiro Toyoda, Shugo Hosoda, Shosaku Fujinami, Kazuo Takano
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Patent number: 5513599Abstract: A pressurized internal circulating fluidized-bed boiler is incorporated in a combined-cycle electric generating system in which a fuel such as coal, petro coke or the like is combusted in a pressurized fluidized bed and an exhaust gas produced by the combusted fuel is introduced into a gas turbine. The pressurized internal circulating fluidized-bed boiler includes a pressure vessel, a combustor disposed in the pressure vessel and a main fluidized bed combustion chamber provided with an air diffusion device. A thermal energy recovery chamber is partitioned from the main combustion chamber by an inclined partition wall. A fluidized medium flows into and out of the main combustion chamber and the thermal energy recovery chamber. A free board is provided integrally above the main combustion chamber and the thermal energy recovery chamber so that combustion gas from the main combustion chamber and the thermal energy recovery chamber is mixed in the free board.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 1994Date of Patent: May 7, 1996Assignee: Ebara CorporationInventors: Shuichi Nagato, Masayuki Horio, Takahiro Oshita, Norihisa Miyoshi, Seiichiro Toyoda, Akira Shimokura, Tomoyuki Shinano, Shugo Hosoda
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Patent number: 5313913Abstract: A pressurized internal circulating fluidized-bed boiler is incorporated in a combined-cycle electric generating system in which a fuel such as coal, petro coke or the like is combusted in a pressurized fluidized bed and an exhaust gas produced by the combusted fuel is introduced into a gas turbine. The pressurized internal circulating fluidized-bed boiler includes a pressure vessel, a combustor disposed in the pressure vessel and a primary fluidized bed incinerating chamber provided with an air diffusion device. A thermal energy recovery chamber is partitioned from the primary fluidized bed incinerating chamber by an inclined partition wall. A fluidizing medium flows into and out of the primary incinerating chamber and the thermal energy recovery chamber.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 1993Date of Patent: May 24, 1994Assignee: Ebara CorporationInventors: Takahiro Ohshita, Shuichi Nagato, Norihisa Miyoshi, Seiichiro Toyoda
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Patent number: 5311842Abstract: A fluidized bed water tube boiler comprising a fluidized bed combustion section including a fluidized bed formed from a continuous water tube wall, a free-board section for burning volatile components produced in the fluidized bed combustion section, and a convective heat transfer section comprised of a steam drum and a water drum connected to the downstream side of the freeboard section through water tubes for recovering heat from combustion exhaust gas; wherein the fluidized bed combustion section and the freeboard section are formed as separable modules which are connected to each other, and circulation of a boiler water between the fluidized bed combustion section and the convective heat transfer section is separated from that between the freeboard section and the convective heat transfer section.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 1993Date of Patent: May 17, 1994Assignee: Ebara CorporationInventors: Shuichi Nagato, Takahiro Ohshita, Masaji Kamisada, Norihisa Miyoshi, Hiroshi Ishibe
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Patent number: 5156099Abstract: An internal recycling type fluidized bed boiler in which a fluidized bed portion of the boiler is divided by a partition into a primary combustion chamber and a thermal energy recovery chamber, at least two kinds of air supply chambers are provided below the primary combustion chamber, one for imparting a high fluidizing speed to a fluidizing medium and the other for imparting a low fluidizing speed thereto, thereby providing a whirling and circulating flow to the fluidizing medium in the primary combustion chamber. The fluidizing medium is moved downward in a moving bed in the thermal energy recovery chamber.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 1989Date of Patent: October 20, 1992Assignee: Ebara CorporationInventors: Takahiro Ohshita, Shuichi Nagato, Norihisa Miyoshi
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Patent number: RE37300Abstract: A pressurized internal circulating fluidized-bed boiler is incorporated in a combined-cycle electric generating system in which a fuel such as coal, petro coke or the like is combusted in a pressurized fluidized bed and an exhaust gas produced by the combusted fuel is introduced into a gas turbine. The pressurized internal circulating fluidized-bed boiler includes a pressure vessel, a combustor disposed in the pressure vessel and a main fluidized bed combustion chamber provided with an air diffusion device. A thermal energy recovery chamber is partitioned from the main combustion chamber by an inclined partition wall. A fluidized medium flows into and out of the main combustion chamber and the thermal energy recovery chamber. A free board is provided integrally above the main combustion chamber and the thermal energy recovery chamber so that combustion gas from the main combustion chamber and the thermal energy recovery chamber is mixed in the free board.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 1998Date of Patent: July 31, 2001Assignee: Ebara CorporationInventors: Shuichi Nagato, Masayuki Horio, Takahiro Oshita, Norihisa Miyoshi, Seiichiro Toyoda, Akira Shimokura, Tomoyuki Shinano, Shugo Hosoda