Patents by Inventor So Manabe

So Manabe 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: 10914233
    Abstract: In a power generation system, exhausted fuel gas exhausted from a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is used as a fuel of a first combustor or a second combustor of a gas turbine, and at the same time, a part of compressed air compressed by a compressor of the gas turbine is used to drive the SOFC. The gas turbine includes the first combustor for burning fuel gas which is different from the exhausted fuel gas, a first turbine configured to be driven by combustion gas supplied from the first combustor, the second combustor for burning at least a part of the exhausted fuel gas, and a second turbine coupled with the first turbine and configured to be driven by combustion gas supplied from the second combustor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: So Manabe, Kentaro Fujii
  • Patent number: 10490832
    Abstract: A power generation system includes a gas turbine having a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine, an inlet guide vane in an air intake port in the compressor, a first compressed air supply line for supplying compressed air compressed by the compressor to the combustor, a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) having an air electrode and a fuel electrode, a second compressed air supply line for supplying at least part of the compressed air compressed by the compressor to the air electrode, a control valve in the second compressed air supply line, and a control device for opening the control valve when the SOFC is activated and changing a degree of opening of the inlet guide vane from a preset reference degree of opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: So Manabe, Yukimasa Nakamoto, Hiroyuki Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20190024580
    Abstract: In a power generation system, exhausted fuel gas exhausted from a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is used as a fuel of a first combustor or a second combustor of a gas turbine, and at the same time, a part of compressed air compressed by a compressor of the gas turbine is used to drive the SOFC. The gas turbine includes the first combustor for burning fuel gas which is different from the exhausted fuel gas, a first turbine configured to be driven by combustion gas supplied from the first combustor, the second combustor for burning at least a part of the exhausted fuel gas, and a second turbine coupled with the first turbine and configured to be driven by combustion gas supplied from the second combustor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: So MANABE, Kentaro FUJII
  • Patent number: 10107190
    Abstract: In a power generation system, exhausted fuel gas exhausted from a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is used as a fuel of a first combustor or a second combustor of a gas turbine, and at the same time, a part of compressed air compressed by a compressor of the gas turbine is used to drive the SOFC. The gas turbine includes the first combustor for burning fuel gas which is different from the exhausted fuel gas, a first turbine configured to be driven by combustion gas supplied from the first combustor, the second combustor for burning at least a part of the exhausted fuel gas, and a second turbine coupled with the first turbine and configured to be driven by combustion gas supplied from the second combustor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: So Manabe, Kentaro Fujii
  • Publication number: 20180212261
    Abstract: A power generation system includes a gas turbine having a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine, an inlet guide vane in an air intake port in the compressor, a first compressed air supply line for supplying compressed air compressed by the compressor to the combustor, a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) having an air electrode and a fuel electrode, a second compressed air supply line for supplying at least part of the compressed air compressed by the compressor to the air electrode, a control valve in the second compressed air supply line, and a control device for opening the control valve when the SOFC is activated and changing a degree of opening of the inlet guide vane from a preset reference degree of opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: So MANABE, Yukimasa NAKAMOTO, Hiroyuki OZAWA
  • Patent number: 9979033
    Abstract: A power generation system includes a gas turbine having a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine, an inlet guide vane in an air intake port in the compressor, a first compressed air supply line for supplying compressed air compressed by the compressor to the combustor, a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) having an air electrode and a fuel electrode, a second compressed air supply line for supplying at least part of the compressed air compressed by the compressor to the air electrode, a control valve in the second compressed air supply line, and a control device for opening the control valve when the SOFC is activated and changing a degree of opening of the inlet guide vane from a preset reference degree of opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: So Manabe, Yukimasa Nakamoto, Hiroyuki Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20150300262
    Abstract: A power generation system provided with: a gas turbine (11) having a compressor (21) and a combustor (22); a SOFC (13); a first compressed air supply line (26) that supplies compressed air (A1) compressed by the compressor (21) to the combustor (22); a second compressed air supply line (31) that supplies a portion (A2) of the compressed air compressed by the compressor (22) to the SOFC (13); an exhaust air supply line (36) that supplies exhaust air (A3) discharged from the SOFC (13) to the combustor (22); a first fuel gas supply line (27) that supplies a fuel gas (L1) to the combustor (22); a second fuel gas supply line (41) that supplies a fuel gas (L2) to the SOFC (13); an exhaust fuel gas supply line (45) that supplies an exhaust fuel gas (L3) discharged from the SOFC (13) to the combustor (22); and a heat exchanger (61) serving as a heating device for heating the fuel gas (L1) supplied to the combustor (22) through the first fuel gas supply line (27).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: So MANABE
  • Publication number: 20150288009
    Abstract: A power generation system and a method for activating a fuel cell in a power generation system, wherein by providing a gas turbine (11) having a compressor (21), a combustor (22), and a turbine (23), an inlet guide vane (21a) provided in an air intake port in the compressor (21), a first compressed air supply line (26) for supplying compressed air compressed by the compressor (21) to the combustor (22), an SOFC (13) having an air electrode and a fuel electrode, a second compressed air supply line (31) for supplying at least part of the compressed air compressed by the compressor (21) to the air electrode, a control valve (32) provided in the second compressed air supply line (31), and a control device (61) for opening the control valve (32) when the SOFC (13) is activated and greatly changing the degree of opening of the inlet guide vane (21a) from a preset reference degree of opening, an air shortage in the gas turbine when the fuel cell is activated is suppressed, thereby enabling stable activation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: So Manabe, Yukimasa Nakamoto, Hiroyuki Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20150285141
    Abstract: Inconvenience caused by a difference in temperature of different kinds of fuel gases is solved. In a power generation system, exhausted fuel gas exhausted from a SOFC is used as a fuel of a combustor of a gas turbine, and at the same time, a part of compressed air compressed by a compressor of the gas turbine is used to drive the SOFC. The gas turbine includes a first combustor for burning fuel gas which is different kind from the exhausted fuel gas, a first turbine driven by combustion gas supplied from the first combustor, a second combustor for burning the exhausted fuel gas, and a second turbine shaft-coupled with the first turbine and driven by combustion gas supplied from the second combustor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: So Manabe, Kentaro Fujii
  • Publication number: 20150244007
    Abstract: A power generation system includes a fuel cell, a gas turbine, a first compressed air supply line that supplies the air from a compressor to a combustor, a second compressed air supply line that supplies compressed air from the compressor to the fuel cell, a compressed air circulating line that supplies exhausted air from the fuel cell to the combustor, a detection unit that detects ease of flow of compressed air in the fuel cell, an adjustment unit that adjusts balance between ease of flow of the compressed air in the first compressed air supply line and ease of flow of the compressed air in the second compressed air supply line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Yukimasa Nakamoto, Kazunori Fujita, So Manabe