Patents by Inventor Soichiro Kiyoki

Soichiro Kiyoki 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).

  • Method for measuring the turbulence intensity of a horizontal axis wind turbine
    Patent number: 7870783
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for measuring the turbulence intensity of a horizontal axis wind turbine that is capable of accurately obtaining the value of the turbulence intensity without the effect of the rotor and by taking into consideration the motion of the nacelle. In the method for measuring the turbulence intensity of a horizontal axis wind turbine, with the nacelle located on the upwind side of the rotor of the horizontal axis wind turbine, measurement values are obtained from an anemometer that is located on the nacelle and an acceleration sensor that is fastened to the nacelle, and the absolute value of the turbulence intensity is calculated based on the measurement values from the anemometer and the measurement values from the acceleration sensor. As a result, it is possible to accurately calculate the absolute value of the turbulence intensity that includes the effect of the movement of the nacelle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeo Yoshida, Soichiro Kiyoki
  • METHOD FOR MEASURING THE TURBULENCE INTENSITY OF A HORIZONTAL AXIS WIND TURBINE
    Publication number: 20090241659
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for measuring the turbulence intensity of a horizontal axis wind turbine that is capable of accurately obtaining the value of the turbulence intensity without the effect of the rotor and by taking into consideration the motion of the nacelle. In the method for measuring the turbulence intensity of a horizontal axis wind turbine, with the nacelle located on the upwind side of the rotor of the horizontal axis wind turbine, measurement values are obtained from an anemometer that is located on the nacelle and an acceleration sensor that is fastened to the nacelle, and the absolute value of the turbulence intensity is calculated based on the measurement values from the anemometer and the measurement values from the acceleration sensor. As a result, it is possible to accurately calculate the absolute value of the turbulence intensity that includes the effect of the movement of the nacelle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigeo YOSHIDA, Soichiro KIYOKI