Patents by Inventor Satoshi Tadakuma

Satoshi Tadakuma 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: 11519600
    Abstract: A solid fuel burner is provided with a guide member arranged on an outer circumferential section of a distal end of a first gas nozzle so as to guide a fluid flowing through a second flow passage outward in a radial direction; and a contraction forming member that is arranged on an upstream side of the guide member with respect to the flow direction of the second flow passage so as to reduce the cross sectional area of the second flow passage. An outer diameter of the guide member is formed to be smaller than an inner diameter of an outer peripheral wall of a second gas nozzle. The first gas nozzle, the guide member, and the contraction forming member are configured so as to be integrally attachable/detachable along an axial direction of the first gas nozzle toward the outside of a furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Tadakuma, Akira Baba, Koji Kuramashi, Takeshi Aruga, Shohei Mito, Kosuke Kitakaze, Toshihiko Mine
  • Publication number: 20200370543
    Abstract: A solar thermal power generation system is provided with a low-temperature heat collection device; a steam separator; a first hot water line that feeds water separated by a steam separator to the low-temperature heat collection device; a low-temperature heat storage device provided in the first hot water line; a high-temperature heat collection device; a steam turbine; a first main steam line that feeds superheated steam to the steam turbine; a second main steam line that branches from the first main steam line and joins with the first main steam line; a high-temperature heat storage device provided in the second main steam line; a low-temperature bypass line that bypasses the low-temperature heat collection device and; and a high-temperature bypass line that bypasses the high-temperature heat collection device and connects a steam outlet-side of the steam separator to an inlet-side of the high-temperature heat storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Shinozaki, Takahiro Marumoto, Satoshi Tadakuma, Tetsuo Shikata
  • Publication number: 20200363058
    Abstract: A solid fuel burner is provided with a guide member arranged on an outer circumferential section of a distal end of a first gas nozzle so as to guide a fluid flowing through a second flow passage outward in a radial direction; and a contraction forming member that is arranged on an upstream side of the guide member with respect to the flow direction of the second flow passage so as to reduce the cross sectional area of the second flow passage. An outer diameter of the guide member is formed to be smaller than an inner diameter of an outer peripheral wall of a second gas nozzle. The first gas nozzle, the guide member, and the contraction forming member are configured so as to be integrally attachable/detachable along an axial direction of the first gas nozzle toward the outside of a furnace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Tadakuma, Akira Baba, Koji Kuramashi, Takeshi Aruga, Shohei Mito, Kosuke Kitakaze, Toshihiko Mine
  • Patent number: 10359193
    Abstract: In accordance with the flow distribution of combustion gas including an unburned portion, an after-air port (AAP) arranged downstream of the two-stage combustion burner can effectively reduce the unburned portion by dividing as appropriate so as to avoid interaction, and by mixing together, two types of after-air having functions of linearity and spreading. As the configuration of this AAP, a primary nozzle for supplying primary after-air and having a vertical height greater than the horizontal width is provided in the center in the opening of the AAP, a secondary nozzle for supplying secondary after-air is provided in the opening outside of the primary nozzle, and one or more secondary after-air guide vanes having a fixed or variable tilt angle relative to the after-air port center axis are provided at the outlet of the said secondary nozzle to deflect and supply the secondary after-air horizontally to the left or right.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Kiyama, Miki Shimogori, Toshihiko Mine, Satoshi Tadakuma, Kenichi Ochi, Koji Kuramashi, Yusuke Ochi, Akira Baba, Yuki Kondo
  • Patent number: 10228163
    Abstract: Provided are a heliostat calibration, device and a heliostat calibration method that can suppress time-change-dependent control error increases and can reduce calibration frequency. The present invention is provided with: an initial position information acquisition unit that acquires initial position information for a heliostat; a theoretical value calculating unit that calculates from the heliostat initial position information and sun position information a theoretical value that is related to the orientation of the heliostat; a deviation calculation unit that, using as input an actual measured value for the orientation of the heliostat, calculates the deviation between the theoretical value and the actual measured value at least two times a day; and a coordinate calibration unit that, when the deviation exceeds a threshold value, calibrates the coordinates of the heliostat such that the deviation is at or below the threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Shinozaki, Takahiro Marumoto, Satoshi Tadakuma, Tetsuo Shikata
  • Patent number: 9702541
    Abstract: Provided is an inexpensive and simple solar power system. A solar power system according to the present invention includes: a heat collection apparatus (2, 4); a steam turbine (5), a power generator (16); a superheated steam supply line which supplies the steam turbine with superheated steam generated by the heat collection apparatus; a water supply line which condenses the steam expelled from the steam turbine into water and supplies the condensed water to the heat collection apparatus; a heat storage device (8) which has a heat storage medium; a first line which branches from the superheated steam supply line and which supplies the heat storage device with the superheated steam flowing through the superheated steam supply line; a second line which branches from the water supply line and which supplies the heat storage device with the water flowing through the water supply line; and a third line which supplies the steam turbine with superheated steam generated by the heat storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei Shinozaki, Takahiro Marumoto, Tetsuo Shikata, Jun Kashima, Satoshi Tadakuma
  • Publication number: 20170108245
    Abstract: Provided are a heliostat calibration, device and a heliostat calibration method that can suppress time-change-dependent control error increases and can reduce calibration frequency. The present invention is provided with: an initial position information acquisition unit that acquires initial position information for a heliostat; a theoretical value calculating unit that calculates from the heliostat initial position information and sun position information a theoretical value that is related to the orientation of the heliostat; a deviation calculation unit that, using as input an actual measured value for the orientation of the heliostat, calculates the deviation between the theoretical value and the actual measured value at least two times a day; and a coordinate calibration unit that, when the deviation exceeds a threshold value, calibrates the coordinates of the heliostat such that the deviation is at or below the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Shinozaki, Takahiro Marumoto, Satoshi Tadakuma, Tetsuo Shikata
  • Patent number: 9599335
    Abstract: A solid-fuel burner includes: a venturi having a constricting portion where the transverse cross section of a fuel passage is reduced in a fuel nozzle for supplying a solid fuel; and a fuel concentrator for diverting the flow in the nozzle outward in the wake side of the venturi, and the nozzle is formed so that (a) the aperture in the vicinity of an opening portion of a boiler furnace wall surface has a flat shape, (b) cross-sectional shape thereof orthogonal to a nozzle center axis C on the outer peripheral wall of the nozzle is circular in a transverse cross section up to the constricting portion of the venturi, (c) a portion that has a gradually increasing degree of flatness is provided between the constricting portion and the opening portion, and (d) the flat shape in the opening portion is where the degree of flatness reaches a maximum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Mine, Kenji Kiyama, Miki Shimogori, Satoshi Tadakuma, Hitoshi Wakamatsu, Noriyuki Ohyatsu, Koji Kuramashi, Kenichi Ochi, Yusuke Ochi, Hirofumi Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20160146463
    Abstract: In accordance with the flow distribution of combustion gas including an unburned portion, an after-air port (AAP) arranged downstream of the two-stage combustion burner can effectively reduce the unburned portion by dividing as appropriate so as to avoid interaction, and by mixing together, two types of after-air having functions of linearity and spreading. As the configuration of this AAP, a primary nozzle for supplying primary after-air and having a vertical height greater than the horizontal width is provided in the center in the opening of the AAP, a secondary nozzle for supplying secondary after-air is provided in the opening outside of the primary nozzle, and one or more secondary after-air guide vanes having a fixed or variable tilt angle relative to the after-air port center axis are provided at the outlet of the said secondary nozzle to deflect and supply the secondary after-air horizontally to the left or right.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Kenji KIYAMA, Miki SHIMOGORI, Toshihiko MINE, Satoshi TADAKUMA, Kenichi OCHI, Koji KURAMASHI, Yusuke OCHI, Akira BABA, Yuki KONDO
  • Publication number: 20150241058
    Abstract: A solid-fuel burner includes: a venturi having a constricting portion where the transverse cross section of a fuel passage is reduced in a fuel nozzle for supplying a solid fuel; and a fuel concentrator for diverting the flow in the nozzle outward in the wake side of the venturi, and the nozzle is formed so that (a) the aperture in the vicinity of an opening portion of a boiler furnace wall surface has a flat shape, (b) cross-sectional shape thereof orthogonal to a nozzle center axis C on the outer peripheral wall of the nozzle is circular in a transverse cross section up to the constricting portion of the venturi, (c) a portion that has a gradually increasing degree of flatness is provided between the constricting portion and the opening portion, and (d) the flat shape in the opening portion is where the degree of flatness reaches a maximum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Mine, Kenji Kiyama, Miki Shimogori, Satoshi Tadakuma, Hitoshi Wakamatsu, Noriyuki Ohyatsu, Koji Kuramashi, Kenichi Ochi, Yusuke Ochi, Hirofumi Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20150167499
    Abstract: Provided is an inexpensive and simple solar power system. A solar power system according to the present invention includes: a heat collection apparatus (2, 4); a steam turbine (5), a power generator (16); a superheated steam supply line which supplies the steam turbine with superheated steam generated by the heat collection apparatus; a water supply line which condenses the steam expelled from the steam turbine into water and supplies the condensed water to the heat collection apparatus; a heat storage device (8) which has a heat storage medium; a first line which branches from the superheated steam supply line and which supplies the heat storage device with the superheated steam flowing through the superheated steam supply line; a second line which branches from the water supply line and which supplies the heat storage device with the water flowing through the water supply line; and a third line which supplies the steam turbine with superheated steam generated by the heat storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Kohei Shinozaki, Takahiro Marumoto, Tetsuo Shikata, Jun Kashima, Satoshi Tadakuma
  • Publication number: 20130255547
    Abstract: A pulverized coal-fired boiler efficiently supplies air to a central part of a furnace and the neighborhood of a furnace wall, thereby promoting mixture with combustion gas, and reducing both NOx and CO. The main after air ports are structured so as to jet air having a large momentum for enabling arrival at the central part of the furnace, and the sub-after air ports are structured so as to jet air having a small momentum to the neighborhood of the wall face of the furnace, and a sectional center of each of the sub-after air ports is within a range from 1 to 5 times of a caliber of the main after air ports from a sectional center of each of the main after air ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: BABCOCK-HITACHI K.K
    Inventors: Yuki KAMIKAWA, Masayuki TANIGUCHI, Hisayuki ORITA, Hironobu KOBAYASHI, Akira BABA, Toshihiko MINE, Shinichirou NOMURA, Noriyuki OOYATSU, Satoshi TADAKUMA, Hidehisa YOSHIZAKO, Hiroaki KANEMOTO, Kouji KURAMASHI, Akihito ORII, Shinji TSUDA, Hirofumi OKAZAKI, Takanori YANO, Katsumi SHIMOHIRA
  • Patent number: 8505472
    Abstract: A pulverized coal-fired boiler efficiently supplies air to a central part of a furnace and the neighborhood of a furnace wall, thereby promoting mixture with combustion gas, and reducing both NOx and CO. The main after air ports are structured so as to jet air having a large momentum for enabling arrival at the central part of the furnace, and the sub-after air ports are structured so as to jet air having a small momentum to the neighborhood of the wall face of the furnace, and a sectional center of each of the sub-after air ports is within a range from 1 to 5 times of a caliber of the main after air ports from a sectional center of each of the main after air ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Babcock-Hitachi K.K.
    Inventors: Yuki Kamikawa, Masayuki Taniguchi, Hisayuki Orita, Hironobu Kobayashi, Akira Baba, Toshihiko Mine, Shinichirou Nomura, Noriyuki Ooyatsu, Satoshi Tadakuma, Hidehisa Yoshizako, Hiroaki Kanemoto, Kouji Kuramashi, Akihito Orii, Shinji Tsuda, Hirofumi Okazaki, Takanori Yano, Katsumi Shimohira
  • Publication number: 20100224108
    Abstract: A pulverized coal-fired boiler efficiently supplies air to a central part of a furnace and the neighborhood of a furnace wall, thereby promoting mixture with combustion gas, and reducing both NOx and CO. The main after air ports are structured so as to jet air having a large momentum for enabling arrival at the central part of the furnace, and the sub-after air ports are structured so as to jet air having a small momentum to the neighborhood of the wall face of the furnace, and a sectional center of each of the sub-after air ports is within a range from 1 to 5 times of a caliber of the main after air ports from a sectional center of each of the main after air ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Yuki Kamikawa, Masayuki Taniguchi, Hisayuki Orita, Hironobu Kobayashi, Akira Baba, Toshihiko Mine, Shinichirou Nomura, Noriyuki Ooyatsu, Satoshi Tadakuma, Hidehisa Yoshizako, Hiroaki Kanemoto, Kouji Kuramashi, Akihito Orii, Shinji Tsuda, Hirofumi Okazaki, Takanori Yano, Katsumi Shimohira