Patents by Inventor Tadashi Komatsu
Tadashi Komatsu 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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Patent number: 11105225Abstract: Provided is a new binary power generation system that, in the binary power generation system using exhaust gas as a heating source, maximizes the power generation amount while considering the sulfuric acid dew point temperature of the exhaust gas. In this binary power generation system, corrosion due to sulfuric acid is prevented. Provided is a binary power generation system including a binary power generation apparatus that generates power by vaporizing a power generation medium using heat of exhaust gas output from a drive apparatus, wherein the binary power generation apparatus includes a control section that controls a mass flow rate of the power generation medium based on at least a sulfur concentration of the exhaust gas.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2017Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinya Ui, Tadashi Komatsu, Kuniyuki Takahashi
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Publication number: 20190083924Abstract: A method for controlling an amount of seawater supplied to a scrubber that purifies sulfur oxide contained in exhaust gas by bringing the sulfur oxide into contact with seawater, includes calculating a minimum amount of seawater necessary for an absorption reaction of the sulfur oxide by the seawater, from an engine output, a sulfur content of fuel oil, and a predetermined alkalinity of the seawater, calculating a corrected amount of seawater as an amount of seawater at which the sulfur oxide in the exhaust gas discharged into atmosphere from the scrubber is equal to or less than a set variable based on a measured value of the sulfur oxide in the exhaust gas, calculating a set amount of seawater by summing the minimum amount of seawater and the corrected amount of seawater and implementing control such that seawater corresponding to the set amount is supplied to the scrubber.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Applicant: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Tadashi KOMATSU, Kuniyuki TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 10150078Abstract: An amount of seawater control device controls an amount of seawater supplied to a scrubber that purifies sulfur oxide contained in exhaust gas by bringing the sulfur oxide into contact with seawater. The control device includes a minimum amount of seawater converter which calculates a minimum amount of seawater necessary for an absorption reaction of the sulfur oxide by the seawater, an amount of seawater correction converter which calculates a corrected amount of seawater which is an amount of seawater at which the sulfur oxide contained in the exhaust gas discharged into atmosphere from the scrubber is equal to or less than a set variable, a summing element which calculates a set amount of seawater by summing the minimum amount of seawater and the corrected amount of seawater, and a pump control device which implements control such that seawater corresponding to the set amount is supplied to the scrubber.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2015Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Tadashi Komatsu, Kuniyuki Takahashi
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Publication number: 20170284231Abstract: Provided is a new binary power generation system that, in the binary power generation system using exhaust gas as a heating source, maximizes the power generation amount while considering the sulfuric acid dew point temperature of the exhaust gas. In this binary power generation system, corrosion due to sulfuric acid is prevented. Provided is a binary power generation system including a binary power generation apparatus that generates power by vaporizing a power generation medium using heat of exhaust gas output from a drive apparatus, wherein the binary power generation apparatus includes a control section that controls a mass flow rate of the power generation medium based on at least a sulfur concentration of the exhaust gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Shinya UI, Tadashi KOMATSU, Kuniyuki TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 9770690Abstract: There is provided an exhaust gas processing apparatus which improves the removal rate of harmful substances and also achieves a compact size.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2015Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Kuniyuki Takahashi, Tadashi Komatsu
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Patent number: 9550145Abstract: An exhaust gas treatment apparatus and method that absorbs gas by bringing the gas and a liquid into contact with each other has a plurality of scrubbers that each include an absorption tower main unit in which an internal space is formed. A spray apparatus sprays liquid in a predetermined vertical region of the internal space, and a gas supply apparatus introduces the gas into the absorption tower main unit. A number of first passages branch from a pipe supplying the liquid to the exhaust gas treatment apparatus and are connected to the spray apparatuses of the scrubbers. A number of second passages branch from a pipe supplying the gas to the exhaust gas treatment apparatus and are connected to the gas supply apparatuses of the scrubbers.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2015Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Kuniyuki Takahashi, Tadashi Komatsu
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Publication number: 20150209723Abstract: An exhaust gas treatment apparatus and method that absorbs gas by bringing the gas and a liquid into contact with each other has a plurality of scrubbers that each include an absorption tower main unit in which an internal space is formed. A spray apparatus sprays liquid in a predetermined vertical region of the internal space, and a gas supply apparatus introduces the gas into the absorption tower main unit. A number of first passages branch from a pipe supplying the liquid to the exhaust gas treatment apparatus and are connected to the spray apparatuses of the scrubbers. A number of second passages branch from a pipe supplying the gas to the exhaust gas treatment apparatus and are connected to the gas supply apparatuses of the scrubbers.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2015Publication date: July 30, 2015Applicant: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Kuniyuki TAKAHASHI, Tadashi KOMATSU
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Publication number: 20150209720Abstract: An amount of seawater control device controls an amount of seawater supplied to a scrubber that purifies sulfur oxide contained in exhaust gas by bringing the sulfur oxide into contact with seawater. The control device includes a minimum amount of seawater converter which calculates a minimum amount of seawater necessary for an absorption reaction of the sulfur oxide by the seawater, an amount of seawater correction converter which calculates a corrected amount of seawater which is an amount of seawater at which the sulfur oxide contained in the exhaust gas discharged into atmosphere from the scrubber is equal to or less than a set variable, a summing element which calculates a set amount of seawater by summing the minimum amount of seawater and the corrected amount of seawater, and a pump control device which implements control such that seawater corresponding to the set amount is supplied to the scrubber.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2015Publication date: July 30, 2015Applicant: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Tadashi KOMATSU, Kuniyuki TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20150174527Abstract: There is provided an exhaust gas processing apparatus which improves the removal rate of harmful substances and also achieves a compact size.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2015Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicant: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Kuniyuki TAKAHASHI, Tadashi KOMATSU
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Publication number: 20120023048Abstract: Problem to be solved by the invention: The present invention aims at providing a motion discrimination system and a method for motion discrimination capable of real-time and accurate detecting motions of an object. Means to solve the problem: A motion discrimination system according to the present invention comprises: a detecting means for outputting different analog values corresponding to motion of an object in each of a plurality of detecting areas; a data processing means for processing the analog values output corresponding to the motion in each of the plurality of detecting areas to quantized time-series data; and a motion discrimination means for outputting a motion discrimination result using a motion discrimination model in which the time-series data are inputs and types of motions are outputs. The motion discrimination model is a neural network in which the time-series data are inputs to input nodes and the types of motions are outputs from output nodes. Selected drawing: FIG.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2009Publication date: January 26, 2012Inventors: Tadashi Komatsu, Takuji Nagai, Takayuki Fukagawa, Suguru Horinouchi
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Patent number: 7138846Abstract: A field effect transistor switch circuit may include: (1) first, second, and third switch terminals; (2) a first field effect transistor, a pair of the main electrodes of which are connected respectively to the first switch terminal and the second switch terminal; and (3) a second field effect transistor, a pair of the main electrodes of which are connected respectively to the first switch terminal and the third switch terminal. A first resistor is connected between a control electrode and any one of the pair of the main electrodes of the first field effect transistor, and a second resistor is connected between a control electrode and any one of the pair of the main electrodes of the second field effect transistor.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2002Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Suwa, Tadayoshi Nakatsuka, Tadashi Komatsu, Katsushi Tara
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Publication number: 20030116780Abstract: In order that the DC potential of the input terminal does not rise, whereby ON/OFF switching is accordingly performed normally, even when a signal having a large amplitude is inputted to an input terminal, thereby the depletion layer expands due to electron trapping effect, a first field effect transistor is connected between a first switch input terminal and a first switch output terminal in a manner that the source is arranged on the first switch input terminal side, a second field effect transistor is connected between the first switch output terminal and a second switch input terminal in a manner that the source is arranged on the second switch input terminal side, a third field effect transistor is connected between the second switch input terminal and a second switch output terminal in a manner that the source is arranged on the second switch input terminal side, and a fourth field effect transistor is connected between the second switch output terminal and the first switch input terminal in a manner thType: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2002Publication date: June 26, 2003Inventors: Atsushi Suwa, Tadayoshi Nakatsuka, Tadashi Komatsu, Katsushi Tara
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Patent number: 5637414Abstract: A fuel cell power generator having an output controlling system for preventing the deterioration of the fuel cell performance caused by fuel gas shortages. The fuel cell power generator includes a fuel reformer, a fuel cell, an inverter, and an output controlling system. The output controlling system includes an output control regulator for controlling the output power of the inverter as close to the current value corresponding to the output power set value as possible, a current command computing unit, an inverter controller, and an output correction section.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 1996Date of Patent: June 10, 1997Assignee: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichiro Inoue, Tetsuya Nagai, Tadashi Komatsu, Shigeru Wakatsuki, Hiroshi Mogi