Patents by Inventor Satoshi Takiguchi

Satoshi Takiguchi 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: 9957893
    Abstract: A combustor (10) according to the invention includes: a combustor basket (14) in which compressed air and fuel are mixed with each other and the mixture is combusted; a transition piece (17) in which a tip portion of the combustor basket (14) is inserted with a gap (C) therebetween; a spring clip (19) that seals the gap between the combustor basket (14) and the transition piece (17); a throttle section (21) that is provided in an opening portion (Ck) of the gap (C) that is opened to the transition piece (17) on the tip side of the combustor basket (14), and narrows an opening area of the opening portion (Ck), compared to the base end side; and cooling device (22) for cooling the throttle section (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Takiguchi, Keijiro Saito, Teruhiro Matsumoto, Kenji Sato, Hidenobu Tamai, Shigemi Mandai
  • Patent number: 9863637
    Abstract: Provided is a combustor that is made compact and achieves NOx reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Takiguchi, Atsushi Yuasa, Satoshi Tanimura
  • Publication number: 20170307219
    Abstract: A combustor (3) includes a plurality of first burners extending along an axis (P) and arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction, a base plate (31) having support openings configured to support the plurality of first burners and a plurality of through-holes (34) through which base plate air flows toward a downstream side, a plurality of extension pipes supported by the base plate (31) to correspond to the first burners and configured to guide a pre-mixed gas ejected from the first burners toward the downstream side, and a base plate air guide section (35) configured to change a direction of at least some of the base plate air ejected from the through-holes (34) at a downstream side of the base plate (31).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki TSUNODA, Satoshi TAKIGUCHI, Shinji AKAMATSU, Taku EGAWA, Kenta TANIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170307218
    Abstract: A combustor includes a nozzle, a burner cylinder surrounding the outer circumference of the nozzle, and an outside flow path cylinder surrounding the outer circumference of a downstream end portion of the burner cylinder. A purge air flow path through which air flows is formed between the inner circumferential side of the outside flow path cylinder and the outer circumferential side of the burner cylinder. A tapered surface is formed in the downstream end portion of the burner cylinder such that the plate thickness of a burner cylinder-forming plate that forms the burner cylinder gradually thins toward the downstream side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Kotaro MIYAUCHI, Koichi NISHIDA, Shinji AKAMATSU, Keijiro SAITO, Satoshi TAKIGUCHI, Toshihiko SAITO
  • Publication number: 20170299182
    Abstract: A sound attenuator includes part of a plate forming a combustion liner and an acoustic cover defining, in conjunction with this part of the plate, a space on the outer circumferential side of the combustion liner. A restrictor that reduces a gas flow path is provided inside the combustion liner. At least one through-hole penetrating from inside the combustion liner to the space is defined in the part of the plate. At least one of the through-holes in the sound attenuator is present within a region spanning from a position of a minimum restrictor diameter of the restrictor to positions, on an upstream side and a downstream side, at a distance equivalent to a minimum restrictor radius.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Kotaro MIYAUCHI, Koichi NISHIDA, Shinji AKAMATSU, Keijiro SAITO, Satoshi TAKIGUCHI, Toshihiko SAITO
  • Publication number: 20170292707
    Abstract: A combustor including a combustor main body having a transition piece that defines a flow channel therein, and a combustor basket inserted in the transition piece from an upstream side of the flow channel that defines a gap through which a film air is sent with an inner peripheral surface of the transition piece; a connecting pipe disposed upstream of an outlet of the gap that connects to the combustor main body from an outer peripheral side and communicates with the flow channel via a connection hole; and a flow guide disposed at an identical position to the outlet of the gap on a downstream side of a connecting portion of the connecting pipe and the combustor main body that guides a compressed air introduced from outside the connecting pipe so that a flow rate distribution is made uniform in a circumferential direction of the combustor main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Naoki TSUNODA, Satoshi TAKIGUCHI, Shinji AKAMATSU, Koichi NISHIDA, Katsunori TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20170284672
    Abstract: A combustor including a transition piece that defines a flow channel therein; a combustor basket inserted in the transition piece from an upstream side of the flow channel that sends a combustion gas through the flow channel and defines a gap through which a compressed air is sent with an inner peripheral surface of the transition piece; wherein the combustor basket includes a notch portion recessed from an end of the combustor basket on a downstream side toward the upstream side, and a purge air introduction hole through which the compressed air in the gap is introduced into the notch portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Naoki TSUNODA, Satoshi TAKIGUCHI, Shinji AKAMATSU, Koichi NISHIDA, Katsunori TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20170241339
    Abstract: A combustor having a plurality of nozzles (main nozzles) to supply fuel disposed, includes a water supplier that is connected to all or part of the plurality of nozzles to supply water to each of fuel pipes, wherein the water supplier varies a supply amount of water for each of the nozzles to which the water is supplied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Takahiro YAMAUCHI, Keijiro SAITO, Satoshi TAKIGUCHI, Koichi NISHIDA, Masakazu NOSE
  • Publication number: 20170219211
    Abstract: To provide a gas turbine combustor that can suppress a generation amount of NOx and maintain a flame holding property, while suppressing burn damage around a pilot nozzle including the pilot nozzle. A gas turbine combustor includes a pilot nozzle that can inject fuel F and cooling air A for cooling a nozzle tip, a flow regulating valve that can adjust a flow rate of cooling air to be supplied to the pilot nozzle, a detection sensor that detects a combustion state of fuel, and a control device that controls the flow regulating valve based on a detection result of the detection sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Shuhei KAJIMURA, Satoshi TAKIGUCHI, Shinji AKAMATSU, Naoki ABE, Kenta TANIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9719419
    Abstract: A gas turbine combustor includes: an external cylinder (31); an inner cylinder (32) provided inside the external cylinder (31) to form an air passage (30) between the external cylinder (31) and the inner cylinder (32); a pilot nozzle (35) provided in a center part of the inner cylinder (32) along a direction of a combustor axis (S); a plurality of main nozzles (36) provided on an inner peripheral surface of the inner cylinder (32) along a circumferential direction thereof so as to surround the pilot nozzle (35), the plurality of main nozzles (36) premixing fuel with combustion air introduced to the air passage (30) and ejecting the fuel into the inner cylinder (32); and a top hat nozzle (41) provided inside the air passage (30) across a circumferential direction to mix fuel with the combustion air prior to reaching the plurality of main nozzles (36).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Sometani, Satoshi Takiguchi, Shigemi Mandai
  • Publication number: 20170130962
    Abstract: A combustor (10) is provided with: a nozzle (25) having formed therein an air jet section (51) that causes air to be jetted from a nozzle section (25s); a cylindrical part (26) covering the nozzle (25) from the outer peripheral side thereof and forming an air flow path between the cylindrical part (26) and the nozzle (25); and a pressure loss section (27) provided to the air flow path, the pressure loss section (27) causing a loss of pressure in the air that flows through the air flow path. The nozzle (25) is provided with: at least one air inlet section (52) that takes in air from an outer peripheral surface that is an upstream side from the pressure loss section (27); and a flow path-forming section (50) forming a discharge air flow path (R2) that guides air that is taken in from the at least one air inlet section (52) to the air jet section (51).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kei INOUE, Satoshi TAKIGUCHI, Shinji AKAMATSU, Kenta TANIGUCHI, Naoki ABE
  • Publication number: 20170122563
    Abstract: In a gas turbine combustor and a gas turbine, a pilot burner, a plurality of main burners, and a pilot cone are provided, and an air passage that ejects air toward a tip end portion side outside the main burner, air passages that circulate the air toward a tip end portion side outside a pilot cone and ejects the air toward an outside in a radial direction, and an eaves portion (change member) that changes an ejecting direction of the air ejected through the air passages to a direction of a central axis center O of the pilot cone are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Yusuke TANAKA, Satoshi TAKIGUCHI, Keijiro SAITO, Shinji AKAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20160273776
    Abstract: An object is to realize combustion flame which can further reduce the amount of NOx generation. A combustor (14) includes a pilot nozzle (40); a plurality of main nozzles (44) arranged apart from the pilot nozzle (40) in the circumferential direction on the outer peripheral side of the pilot nozzle (40) and configured to perform premix combustion; a combustor basket (34) surrounding the pilot nozzle (40) and each main nozzle (44); an outlet outer ring (50) provided at a tip end of the combustor basket (34); and a combustion liner (36) fitted, at an inner surface thereof, onto the outer periphery of the combustor basket (34) and surrounding the outlet outer ring (50). The outlet outer ring (50) is formed parallel to an inner wall surface (66) of the combustion liner (36).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Satoshi TAKIGUCHI, Mitsunori ISONO, Atsushi YUASA, Eisaku ITO, Shigemi MANDAI
  • Publication number: 20160091207
    Abstract: A combustor is equipped with a burner case, and a base plate spreading from a downstream end of the burner case in a radial direction. The base plate defines a purging air space at an upstream side of the base plate. The combustor is formed with a purging air flow passage that injects purging air in the purging air space to a downstream side relative to the base plate. An outflow opening of the purging air flow passage is formed within an opening formation range. The opening formation range is made up of a range from the downstream end of the burner case to a plate thickness dimension of the base plate toward the upstream side, and a range from an inner circumferential surface of the burner case to the plate thickness dimension of the base plate in the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Kotaro MIYAUCHI, Koichi NISHIDA, Shinji AKAMATSU, Keijiro SAITO, Satoshi TAKIGUCHI, Toshihiko SAITO
  • Patent number: 9249977
    Abstract: A combustor includes a combustion chamber and an acoustic liner, wherein through-holes through are formed in a wall of the combustion chamber, a plurality of rows of the through-holes is arranged in a lengthwise direction of the combustor, the through-holes of a first through-hole row are shifted with respect to the through-holes of a second through-hole row so that centers of the through-holes of the first and second through-hole rows adjacent each other are staggered in the circumferential direction, cooling grooves are formed so as to avoid the through-holes inside that is sandwiched between the outer peripheral surface and the inner peripheral surface of the combustion chamber, and the cooling grooves include transverse cooling grooves extending in the circumferential direction between rows of the through-holes, and longitudinal cooling grooves extending in the lengthwise direction between the through-holes and connecting the transverse cooling grooves adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Kimura, Satoshi Takiguchi, Keisuke Matsuyama, Satoshi Mizukami, Shinji Akamatsu, Kenji Sato, Hikaru Katano, Shigemi Mandai
  • Publication number: 20150300648
    Abstract: A gas turbine combustor forms a combustion region R1 therein by burning a premixed gas obtained by previously mixing a fuel and combustion air. The gas turbine combustor includes: a burner cylinder 51 in which the premixed gas passes; a film air supply port 61 that is provided on the burner cylinder 51, and supplies a film air formed into a film shape and flowing along the inner wall surface (the inner circumferential surface) of the burner cylinder 51; and a cooling passage 71 in which a cooling air passes. The cooling air cools a back-step surface 65 facing the formed combustion region R1. The cooling passage 71 includes a side from which the cooling air flows out, and the side is connected to the film air supply port 61.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Keijiro SAITO, Satoshi TAKIGUCHI, Toshihiko SAITO, Shinji AKAMATSU
  • Patent number: 9163838
    Abstract: Provided is a gas turbine combustion burner capable of uniformly ejecting fuel from ejection holes for reduced NOx emissions of gas turbine combustors. The gas turbine combustion burner includes a plurality of swirling vanes (20) for ejecting fuel from fuel ejection holes (23, 24) into air or a mixture of air and fuel flowing from an upstream side while applying a swirling force to form a swirling mixed airflow and a nozzle (21) having the swirling vanes (20) arranged radially on an outer circumferential surface thereof and having a first fuel passage (26), through which the fuel is guided to the fuel ejection holes (23, 24), provided therein, a cavity (25) communicating with the fuel ejection holes (23, 24) is provided in each swirling vane (20), and at least two second fuel passages (27) are provided between the cavity (25) and the first fuel passage (26) along an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Takiguchi, Shinji Akamatsu, Kenji Sato, Naoki Abe
  • Patent number: 8955222
    Abstract: A cross-sectional area (Dout) of a transition piece outlet is set within a range of 0.79£DoutDin£0.9, relative to a cross-sectional area (Din) of a transition piece inlet of a combustor, and in a first stage turbine nozzle of a turbine connected to the transition piece outlet, a size (Hin) in a radial direction between upstream ends of the inner shroud and the outer shroud has a same dimension as a size (a) in a radial direction of the transition piece outlet. In a combustor transition piece that is included in the combustor having a center line (S) arranged with an angle to an axial center (R) of a rotor of a gas turbine and that guides combustion gas to the turbine, a cross-sectional area is monotonously reduced from the transition piece inlet in which the combustion gas flows to the transition piece outlet from which the combustion gas flows out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sosuke Nakamura, Satoshi Takiguchi, Norihiko Motoyama, Taiki Kinoshita, Yoshikazu Matsumura
  • Patent number: 8938969
    Abstract: A combustor includes: a combustor basket configured to surround a fuel nozzle from an outer circumferential side, and a plurality of connecting members formed in a circumferential direction at intervals to connect a rear end of the combustor basket and a casing and configured to define a flow path through which compressed air introduced into the combustor basket flows. A circulation direction of the compressed air flowing through the flow path is configured to be reversed at a rear end of the combustor basket and the compressed air is introduced into the fuel nozzle. The flow path is partially or entirely inclined in the circumferential direction to blow the compressed air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Yuasa, Toshihiko Saito, Kotaro Miyauchi, Keijiro Saito, Satoshi Takiguchi
  • Patent number: 8826666
    Abstract: A pilot nozzle, a gas turbine combustor and a gas turbine are provided with a nozzle main body having a fuel passage, a cover ring arranged at an outside of a front end-outer peripheral portion of the nozzle main body at a predetermined interval to form an inner air passage and capable of injecting air toward a front side of the nozzle main body, a plurality of nozzle tips that includes a fuel injection nozzle attached to a front end portion of the cover ring at a predetermined interval in a circumferential direction to communicate with the fuel passage and is able to inject fuel toward an outside of injection air from the inner air passage, and a swirling force application unit that applies a swirling force to air injected through the inner air passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuhei Kajimura, Keijiro Saito, Satoshi Takiguchi, Mitsuhiro Nakao, Koichi Nishida, Shinji Akamatsu, Sosuke Nakamura, Masaki Mitani