Patents by Inventor Shinichi Yoshioka
Shinichi Yoshioka 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: 20240209751Abstract: A method of evaluating performance of a gas turbine includes: acquiring static operation determination data and acquiring index value data; storing the acquired data; determining whether or not the gas turbine is in a static operation state in accordance with whether or not the static operation determination data for each of a plurality of times in a period in the past set in advance from a determination time among the static operation determination data for each of the plurality of times stored in the storing of the data entering a range of a variation width set in advance; and acquiring the evaluation index value using the index value data at the determination time at which the gas turbine is determined to be in the static operation state. The static operation determination data includes a cavity temperature between an inner shroud of a turbine vane and a rotor shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2023Publication date: June 27, 2024Inventors: Shinichi YOSHIOKA, Yasuhiro NIINA
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Publication number: 20230022473Abstract: A fuel control device includes a combustion temperature estimation value calculation unit that calculates a temperature estimation value when a mixture of fuel and inflow air is burned using an atmospheric condition, an opening degree command value of a valve that controls the amount of air that is mixed with the fuel and burned, and an output prediction value calculated on the basis of a fuel control signal command value used for calculation of a total fuel flow rate flowing through a plurality of fuel supply systems, a fuel distribution command value calculation unit that calculates a fuel distribution command value indicating a distribution of fuel output from the fuel supply systems based on the temperature estimation value, and outputs the fuel distribution command value, and a valve opening degree calculation unit that calculates each valve opening degree of a fuel flow rate control valve of the fuel supply systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Keisuke YAMAMOTO, Takashi SONODA, Akihiko SAITO, Fuminori FUJII, Hisashi NAKAHARA, Ryoichi HAGA, Ryuji TAKENAKA, Yoshifumi IWASAKI, Wataru AKIZUKI, Isamu MATSUMI, Naohiro SUMIMURA, Shinichi YOSHIOKA
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Patent number: 11536197Abstract: A valve opening degree determination device includes an object operating state acquisition unit configured to acquire an object operating state which is an operating state of a gas turbine before control, and a valve opening degree calculation unit configured to calculate the valve opening degree such that a disk cavity temperature after control is equal to or lower than a target temperature, based on the object operating state. The valve opening degree calculation unit is configured to determine an input value of the valve opening degree such that a prediction value of the disk cavity temperature is equal to or lower than the target temperature as the valve opening degree, based on a prediction model generated based on a plurality of previous data in which the operating state, the disk cavity temperature, and an actual opening degree of the cooling-air adjustment valve previously acquired are associated with each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Koki Tateishi, Shinichi Yoshioka, Hironao Nagai, Ryuji Takenaka, Koshiro Fukumoto
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Patent number: 11492981Abstract: A fuel control device includes a combustion temperature estimation value calculation unit that calculates a temperature estimation value when a mixture of fuel and inflow air is burned using an atmospheric condition, an opening degree command value of a valve that controls the amount of air that is mixed with the fuel and burned, and an output prediction value calculated on the basis of a fuel control signal command value used for calculation of a total fuel flow rate flowing through a plurality of fuel supply systems, a fuel distribution command value calculation unit that calculates a fuel distribution command value indicating a distribution of fuel output from the fuel supply systems based on the temperature estimation value, and outputs the fuel distribution command value, and a valve opening degree calculation unit that calculates each valve opening degree of a fuel flow rate control valve of the fuel supply systems.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2015Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Keisuke Yamamoto, Takashi Sonoda, Akihiko Saito, Fuminori Fujii, Hisashi Nakahara, Ryoichi Haga, Ryuji Takenaka, Yoshifumi Iwasaki, Wataru Akizuki, Isamu Matsumi, Naohiro Sumimura, Shinichi Yoshioka
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Patent number: 11293305Abstract: A control device is configured to control a temperature of a shaft seal portion around a rotating shaft of a rotating machine by adjusting an amount of cooling air to be supplied to the shaft seal portion. The control device is configured to calculate a sensitivity indicated using the temperature of the shaft seal portion with respect to a flow rate of the cooling air supplied to the shaft seal portion and control the flow rate of the cooling air so that the sensitivity has a predetermined target value based on the sensitivity which has been calculated. When the sensitivity is calculated, the flow rate is varied in a predetermined range having a certain flow rate as a center. The sensitivity is calculated from variation in the temperature of the shaft seal portion with respect to variation in the flow rate.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.Inventors: Takaharu Hiroe, Satoshi Hada, Kazunari Ide, Koki Tateishi, Ryuji Takenaka, Koshiro Fukumoto, Shinichi Yoshioka
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Patent number: 11047315Abstract: A gas turbine control device includes a detection value acquisition unit that acquires a detection value of at least one of a supply amount of fuel, pressure of compressed air, and electric power generated by a generator; a flue gas temperature acquisition unit that acquires a flue gas temperature detection value; a combustion gas temperature estimate value calculation unit that calculates a combustion gas temperature estimate value based on the detection value; a correction term acquisition unit that calculates a correction term based on a ratio between the combustion gas temperature estimate value and the flue gas temperature detection value; a corrected combustion gas temperature estimate value calculation unit that corrects the combustion gas temperature estimate value using the correction term to calculate a corrected combustion gas temperature estimate value; and a gas turbine controller that controls the gas turbine based on the corrected combustion gas temperature estimate value.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.Inventors: Kazushige Takaki, Akihiko Saito, Ryuji Takenaka, Yoshifumi Iwasaki, Shinichi Yoshioka, Tatsuji Takahashi, Tomohide Akiyama
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Publication number: 20210062678Abstract: A control device controls a temperature of a shaft seal portion provided around a rotating shaft of a rotating machine to an appropriate temperature by adjusting an amount of the cooling air to be supplied to the shaft seal portion. The control device calculates a sensitivity indicated using the temperature of the shaft seal portion with respect to a flow rate of the cooling air supplied to the shaft seal portion and controls the flow rate of the cooling air so that the sensitivity has a predetermined target value on the basis of the calculated sensitivity. When the sensitivity is calculated, the flow rate is varied in a predetermined range having a certain flow rate as a center. The sensitivity of the temperature at the flow rate as a center is calculated from the variation in the temperature of the shaft seal portion with respect to the variation in the flow rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2018Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Takaharu HIROE, Satoshi HADA, Kazunari IDE, Koki TATEISHI, Ryuji TAKENAKA, Koshiro FUKUMOTO, Shinichi YOSHIOKA
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Publication number: 20210040889Abstract: A valve opening degree determination device includes an object operating state acquisition unit configured to acquire an object operating state which is an operating state of a gas turbine before control, and a valve opening degree calculation unit configured to calculate the valve opening degree such that a disk cavity temperature after control is equal to or lower than a target temperature, based on the object operating state. The valve opening degree calculation unit is configured to determine an input value of the valve opening degree such that a prediction value of the disk cavity temperature is equal to or lower than the target temperature as the valve opening degree, based on a prediction model generated based on a plurality of previous data in which the operating state, the disk cavity temperature, and an actual opening degree of the cooling-air adjustment valve previously acquired are associated with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2019Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Koki TATEISHI, Shinichi YOSHIOKA, Hironao NAGAI, Ryuji TAKENAKA, Koshiro FUKUMOTO
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Patent number: 10746106Abstract: An IGV opening command value is corrected to calculate an actual opening equivalent value that indicates an approximate value of an actual opening. A temperature estimation value, for a case where a mixture of fuel and in-flowing air is combusted, is calculated using the actual opening equivalent value, atmospheric conditions, and an output from a gas turbine. A fuel distribution command value that indicates distribution of fuel output from a plurality of fuel supply systems is calculated on the basis of the temperature estimation value. The fuel distribution command value and a fuel control signal command value that indicates the total flow rate of fuel to be output to the plurality of fuel supply systems are acquired, and respective valve openings of fuel flow rate regulating valves of the fuel supply systems are calculated on the basis of the fuel distribution command value and the fuel control signal command value.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2016Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Keisuke Yamamoto, Takashi Sonoda, Ryuji Takenaka, Hikaru Katano, Eiki Anzawa, Sosuke Nakamura, Fuminori Fujii, Shinichi Yoshioka
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Publication number: 20190093706Abstract: To provide a rolling bearing retainer formed as a metal retainer and being capable of suppressing wear of a guide surface of a pocket that retains a ball served as a rolling element even in a case in which a lubrication function by a lubricant is deteriorated. A rolling bearing 1 is provided with an inner ring 2, an outer ring 3, a ball 4 interposed between the inner ring 2 and the outer ring 3, and a retainer 5 that retains the ball 4. The retainer 5 is formed as a metal retainer including pockets 6, each of which retains the ball 4, formed at positions in a circumferential direction and including a resin coating film formed on at least an inner surface of each of the pockets 6 served as a rolling element guide surface. The resin coating film 7 is formed of a resin composition including an aromatic polyether ketone based resin as a matrix resin and including a solid lubricant.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2017Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventor: Shinichi YOSHIOKA
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Publication number: 20190063335Abstract: A gas turbine control device includes a detection value acquisition unit that acquires a detection value of at least one of a supply amount of fuel, pressure of compressed air, and electric power generated by a generator; a flue gas temperature acquisition unit that acquires a flue gas temperature detection value; a combustion gas temperature estimate value calculation unit that calculates a combustion gas temperature estimate value based on the detection value; a correction term acquisition unit that calculates a correction term based on a ratio between the combustion gas temperature estimate value and the flue gas temperature detection value; a corrected combustion gas temperature estimate value calculation unit that corrects the combustion gas temperature estimate value using the correction term to calculate a corrected combustion gas temperature estimate value; and a gas turbine controller that controls the gas turbine based on the corrected combustion gas temperature estimate value.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2016Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Kazushige TAKAKI, Akihiko SAITO, Ryuji TAKENAKA, Yoshifumi IWASAKI, Shinichi YOSHIOKA, Tatsuji TAKAHASHI, Tomohide AKIYAMA
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Publication number: 20180223743Abstract: An IGV opening command value is corrected to calculate an actual opening equivalent value that indicates an approximate value of an actual opening. A temperature estimation value, for a case where a mixture of fuel and in-flowing air is combusted, is calculated using the actual opening equivalent value, atmospheric conditions, and an output from a gas turbine. A fuel distribution command value that indicates distribution of fuel output from a plurality of fuel supply systems is calculated on the basis of the temperature estimation value. The fuel distribution command value and a fuel control signal command value that indicates the total flow rate of fuel to be output to the plurality of fuel supply systems are acquired, and respective valve openings of fuel flow rate regulating valves of the fuel supply systems are calculated on the basis of the fuel distribution command value and the fuel control signal command value.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2016Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Keisuke YAMAMOTO, Takashi SONODA, Ryuji TAKENAKA, Hikaru KATANO, Eiki ANZAWA, Sosuke NAKAMURA, Fuminori FUJII, Shinichi YOSHIOKA
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Publication number: 20160326967Abstract: A fuel control device includes a combustion temperature estimation value calculation unit that calculates a temperature estimation value when a mixture of fuel and inflow air is burned using an atmospheric condition, an opening degree command value of a valve that controls the amount of air that is mixed with the fuel and burned, and an output prediction value calculated on the basis of a fuel control signal command value used for calculation of a total fuel flow rate flowing through a plurality of fuel supply systems, a fuel distribution command value calculation unit that calculates a fuel distribution command value indicating a distribution of fuel output from the fuel supply systems based on the temperature estimation value, and outputs the fuel distribution command value, and a valve opening degree calculation unit that calculates each valve opening degree of a fuel flow rate control valve of the fuel supply systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2015Publication date: November 10, 2016Applicant: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Keisuke YAMAMOTO, Takashi SONODA, Akihiko SAITO, Fuminori FUJII, Hisashi NAKAHARA, Ryoichi HAGA, Ryuji TAKENAKA, Yoshifumi IWASAKI, Wataru AKIZUKI, Isamu MATSUMI, Naohiro SUMIMURA, Shinichi YOSHIOKA
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Patent number: 8632906Abstract: A battery-cell structure of a battery is constructed to have a resinous spacer 5 with a frame shape surrounding thick central portions between a battery cell 3 arranged at an upper side and a battery cell 4 arranged at a lower side, and ventilation portions 62 and 64 that are provided in the resinous lower case 6 to communicate the exterior with depressed portions 61 of the resinous lower case 6 and have an up- and down symmetrical shape and size. It is constructed so that the battery cell 3 arranged at the upper side and the battery cell 4 arranged at the lower side are put in a vertical direction between the resinous lower case 6, the spacer 5 and the upper case 2.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2008Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Calsonic Kansei CorporationInventors: Toshikazu Yoshihara, Shinichi Yoshioka
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Patent number: 8578715Abstract: The present invention provides a gas turbine capable of reducing energy consumption while suppressing a so-called cat back phenomenon. The gas turbine includes a combustor-accommodating chamber casing for accommodating therein a combustor which burns fuel and air compressed by a compressor to generate combustion gas and which injects the combustion gas to a turbine. The gas turbine also includes a first air supply passage and a second air supply passage on an upper portion of the combustor-accommodating chamber casing in the vertical direction. The first air supply passage discharges air toward the compressor in the combustor-accommodating chamber casing. The second air supply passage discharges air in a direction different from that of the first air supply passage.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2011Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yoichi Iwasaki, Yoshifumi Iwasaki, Shinichi Yoshioka
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Patent number: 8087251Abstract: The present invention provides a gas turbine capable of reducing energy consumption while suppressing a so-called cat back phenomenon. The gas turbine includes a combustor-accommodating chamber casing for accommodating therein a combustor which burns fuel and air compressed by a compressor to generate combustion gas and which injects the combustion gas to a turbine. The gas turbine also includes a first air supply passage and a second air supply passage on an upper portion of the combustor-accommodating chamber casing in the vertical direction. The first air supply passage discharges air toward the compressor in the combustor-accommodating chamber casing. The second air supply passage discharges air in a direction different from that of the first air supply passage.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2011Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yoichi Iwasaki, Yoshifumi Iwasaki, Shinichi Yoshioka
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Patent number: 7987660Abstract: The present invention provides a gas turbine capable of reducing energy consumption while suppressing a so-called cat back phenomenon. The gas turbine includes a combustor-accommodating chamber casing for accommodating therein a combustor which burns fuel and air compressed by a compressor to generate combustion gas and which injects the combustion gas to a turbine. The gas turbine also includes a first air supply passage and a second air supply passage on an upper portion of the combustor-accommodating chamber casing in the vertical direction. The first air supply passage discharges air toward the compressor in the combustor-accommodating chamber casing. The second air supply passage discharges air in a direction different from that of the first air supply passage.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2006Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yoichi Iwasaki, Yoshifumi Iwasaki, Shinichi Yoshioka
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Publication number: 20110154828Abstract: The present invention provides a gas turbine capable of reducing energy consumption while suppressing a so-called cat back phenomenon. The gas turbine includes a combustor-accommodating chamber casing for accommodating therein a combustor which burns fuel and air compressed by a compressor to generate combustion gas and which injects the combustion gas to a turbine. The gas turbine also includes a first air supply passage and a second air supply passage on an upper portion of the combustor-accommodating chamber casing in the vertical direction. The first air supply passage discharges air toward the compressor in the combustor-accommodating chamber casing. The second air supply passage discharges air in a direction different from that of the first air supply passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2011Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yoichi Iwasaki, Yoshifumi Iwasaki, Shinichi Yoshioka
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Publication number: 20110154826Abstract: The present invention provides a gas turbine capable of reducing energy consumption while suppressing a so-called cat back phenomenon. The gas turbine includes a combustor-accommodating chamber casing for accommodating therein a combustor which burns fuel and air compressed by a compressor to generate combustion gas and which injects the combustion gas to a turbine. The gas turbine also includes a first air supply passage and a second air supply passage on an upper portion of the combustor-accommodating chamber casing in the vertical direction. The first air supply passage discharges air toward the compressor in the combustor-accommodating chamber casing. The second air supply passage discharges air in a direction different from that of the first air supply passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2011Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yoichi Iwasaki, Yoshifumi Iwasaki, Shinichi Yoshioka
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Patent number: 7926255Abstract: The present invention provides a gas turbine capable of reducing energy consumption while suppressing a so-called cat back phenomenon. The gas turbine includes a combustor-accommodating chamber casing for accommodating therein a combustor which burns fuel and air compressed by a compressor to generate combustion gas and which injects the combustion gas to a turbine. The gas turbine also includes a first air supply passage and a second air supply passage on an upper portion of the combustor-accommodating chamber casing in the vertical direction. The first air supply passage discharges air toward the compressor in the combustor-accommodating chamber casing. The second air supply passage discharges air in a direction different from that of the first air supply passage.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2006Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yoichi Iwasaki, Yoshifumi Iwasaki, Shinichi Yoshioka