Patents by Inventor Ryo KOTO

Ryo KOTO 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: 11181047
    Abstract: A gas turbine fuel supply system includes a fuel supply flow passage that includes a fuel gas heater which heats fuel and supplies the fuel heated by the fuel gas heater to a first nozzle and a second nozzle, a bypass flow passage that supplies the fuel to the first nozzle without passing through the fuel supply flow passage, and a bypass fuel flow rate adjusting valve that adjusts a flow rate of the fuel flowing in the bypass flow passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Power, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Kishi, Keisuke Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Nakagawa, Hisashi Nakahara, Shinya Uchida, Ryo Koto
  • Patent number: 11125166
    Abstract: A control system is configured to control a temperature of a fuel which is supplied to a combustor of a gas turbine via a fuel gas heater, which is configured to heat the fuel of the gas turbine, by adjusting a flow rate of heated water which is supplied to the fuel gas heater. The control system includes a water flow rate adjusting unit configured to adjust the flow rate of the heated water which is supplied to the fuel gas heater based on a difference between a target temperature of the fuel and the temperature of the fuel on an outlet side of the fuel gas heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Nakazawa, Akihiko Saito, Hiroyuki Nakagawa, Ryo Koto
  • Publication number: 20210172385
    Abstract: A gas turbine fuel supply system includes a fuel supply flow passage that includes a fuel gas heater which heats fuel and supplies the fuel heated by the fuel gas heater to a first nozzle and a second nozzle, a bypass flow passage that supplies the fuel to the first nozzle without passing through the fuel supply flow passage, and a bypass fuel flow rate adjusting valve that adjusts a flow rate of the fuel flowing in the bypass flow passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Makoto KISHI, Keisuke YAMAMOTO, Hiroyuki NAKAGAWA, Hisashi NAKAHARA, Shinya UCHIDA, Ryo KOTO
  • Patent number: 10975771
    Abstract: A gas turbine combined cycle plant includes a fuel gas heater configured to heat fuel gas to be supplied to a combustor of a gas turbine using heated water heated by an exhaust heat recovery boiler; a return valve disposed on a heated water returning line to return heated water passing through the heater to the boiler; a dump valve disposed on a condensate line bifurcated from the heated water returning line between the return valve and the heater to return the heated water to a condenser; and a control unit configured to control operation of the return and dump valves. When load of the turbine falls below a lower limit, the control unit closes the return valve and keeps the opening degree of the dump valve at a specified degree to reduce a flow rate of the heated water flowing in the heater for a predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Nakazawa, Akihiko Saito, Hiroyuki Nakagawa, Ryo Koto
  • Publication number: 20200032713
    Abstract: A gas turbine combined cycle plant includes a fuel gas heater configured to heat fuel gas to be supplied to a combustor of a gas turbine using heated water heated by an exhaust heat recovery boiler; a return valve disposed on a heated water returning line to return heated water passing through the heater to the boiler; a dump valve disposed on a condensate line bifurcated from the heated water returning line between the return valve and the heater to return the heated water to a condenser; and a control unit configured to control operation of the return and dump valves. When load of the turbine falls below a lower limit, the control unit closes the return valve and keeps the opening degree of the dump valve at a specified degree to reduce a flow rate of the heated water flowing in the heater for a predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Yuki NAKAZAWA, Akihiko SAITO, Hiroyuki NAKAGAWA, Ryo KOTO
  • Publication number: 20190331031
    Abstract: A control system controls a temperature of a fuel which is supplied to a combustor of a gas turbine via a fuel gas heater, which heats the fuel of the gas turbine, by adjusting a flow rate of heated water which is supplied to the fuel gas heater. The control system includes a water flow rate adjusting unit that adjusts the flow rate of the heated water which is supplied to the fuel gas heater based on a difference between a target temperature of the fuel and the temperature of the fuel on an outlet side of the fuel gas heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Yuki NAKAZAWA, Akihiko SAITO, Hiroyuki NAKAGAWA, Ryo KOTO