Patents by Inventor Taichiro Kawahara

Taichiro Kawahara 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: 11342750
    Abstract: A power demand/supply adjustment power procurement plan support device supports a power system through a power transaction in the power market and has an added power transmission capacity analysis means and a target power transmittable capacity determination means. The added power transmission capacity analysis means obtains: actual power supply data including a power supply having supplied power to the power system and the actual value of a power supply amount; an actual power system stabilization data including a power supply performing power supply restriction for power system stabilization, an electric control amount or a customer facility performing a load restriction, and the actual value of a load control amount; and an actual power demand/supply adjustment power procurement data including a procurement amount of the power demand/supply adjustment power of a power supply participating in the power market and the actual value of the total procurement cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Miyake, Kenichiro Yamane, Masahiro Yatsu, Taichiro Kawahara, Toshiyuki Sawa
  • Patent number: 11016515
    Abstract: A system operation decision-making assistance device includes: a state mode clustering unit that calculates, on the basis of measurement data DB1 of a power system and a clustering parameter DB3, which state mode, from among prescribed state modes, applies to a power system; a state mode collation unit that collates state transition data DB4 indicating transitions between state modes and the calculated state mode to calculate state transition probability data, which is the probability of transitioning from the calculated state mode to each state mode defined in the state transition data; and an accident shift pattern calculation unit that calculates important accident cases on the basis of a system model DB2, an importance parameter DB5 including the importance of a power system accident, the measurement data, and the calculated state transition probability data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta Kirihara, Nao Saito, Taichiro Kawahara, Masahiro Yatsu
  • Patent number: 10581245
    Abstract: The setting range of the voltage and the reactive power of a power system is maintained during variations of voltage and power flow due to the output variation of renewable energy of a large number of power supplies which fluctuate due to weather. A voltage/reactive power operation assisting device is provided with a first database for storing the data to be evaluated, target value data, individual control device control method data, and individual control device data of an individual control device for adjusting the voltage/reactive power of a power system. A second database stores the device operation data of the individual control device; and the operation of the individual control device is predicted from the data stored in the first database to obtain individual control device operation prediction data. A display unit displays the individual control device operation prediction data and the device operation data in a contrastive manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eisuke Kuroda, Nao Saito, Kouichi Hara, Masahiro Yatsu, Taichiro Kawahara, Shota Omi
  • Publication number: 20190372348
    Abstract: A power demand/supply adjustment power procurement plan support device supports a power system through a power transaction in the power market and has an added power transmission capacity analysis means and a target power transmittable capacity determination means. The added power transmission capacity analysis means obtains: actual power supply data including a power supply having supplied power to the power system and the actual value of a power supply amount; an actual power system stabilization data including a power supply performing power supply restriction for power system stabilization, an electric control amount or a customer facility performing a load restriction, and the actual value of a load control amount; and an actual power demand/supply adjustment power procurement data including a procurement amount of the power demand/supply adjustment power of a power supply participating in the power market and the actual value of the total procurement cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Toshiyuki MIYAKE, Kenichiro YAMANE, Masahiro YATSU, Taichiro KAWAHARA, Toshiyuki SAWA
  • Publication number: 20190280481
    Abstract: The setting range of the voltage and the reactive power of a power system is maintained during variations of voltage and power flow due to the output variation of renewable energy of a large number of power supplies which fluctuate due to weather. A voltage/reactive power operation assisting device is provided with a first database for storing the data to be evaluated, target value data, individual control device control method data, and individual control device data of an individual control device for adjusting the voltage/reactive power of a power system. A second database stores the device operation data of the individual control device; and the operation of the individual control device is predicted from the data stored in the first database to obtain individual control device operation prediction data. A display unit displays the individual control device operation prediction data and the device operation data in a contrastive manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Eisuke KURODA, Nao SAITO, Kouichi HARA, Masahiro YATSU, Taichiro KAWAHARA, Shota OMI
  • Publication number: 20190220051
    Abstract: A system operation decision-making assistance device includes: a state mode clustering unit that calculates, on the basis of measurement data DB1 of a power system and a clustering parameter DB3, which state mode, from among prescribed state modes, applies to a power system; a state mode collation unit that collates state transition data DB4 indicating transitions between state modes and the calculated state mode to calculate state transition probability data, which is the probability of transitioning from the calculated state mode to each state mode defined in the state transition data; and an accident shift pattern calculation unit that calculates important accident cases on the basis of a system model DB2, an importance parameter DB5 including the importance of a power system accident, the measurement data, and the calculated state transition probability data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Kenta KIRIHARA, Nao SAITO, Taichiro KAWAHARA, Masahiro YATSU
  • Patent number: 9843190
    Abstract: A power system management device which manages a system state in a power system includes a system state candidate calculation unit for calculating state amounts of the system state based on an objective function from system characteristic information indicating characteristic information of a system structure, an inter-state distance calculation unit for calculating an inter-state distance representing a similarity of values between state amounts of the system state calculated by the system state candidate calculation unit, and a variability evaluation value calculation unit for calculating a variability evaluation value in which a variability of the system state is evaluated, based on an objective function value calculated from the state amount of the system state calculated by the system state candidate calculation unit and the inter-state distance calculated by the inter-state distance calculation unit. The system state is selected based on the calculated variability evaluation value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Yamazaki, Yasuo Sato, Toshiyuki Sawa, Taichiro Kawahara
  • Patent number: 9413173
    Abstract: A command system of a power conditioning system of the present invention receives return pattern information including a time instance and an upper output limit, and issues a command with respect to the upper output limit of the power conditioning system, the return pattern information being for preventing the frequency of an isolated power system, which is calculated by a planning server, from causing a sharp change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eisuke Kuroda, Yasuo Sato, Masahiro Watanabe, Taichiro Kawahara
  • Patent number: 9197064
    Abstract: In a power equipment control system connected, via a communication network, to a system operation server of a power system and a single or a plurality of power equipments for performing power consumption or storage with interconnecting to the power system, to regulate power demand and supply balance of the power equipment, a contribution degree is obtained by preparing a demand plan of subsequent power of said power equipment; transmitting, to said power equipment, information relevant to demand regulation request to said power equipment, received from said system operation server, based on said demand plan; receiving demand regulation result of observation information on the demand regulation performed within said power equipment, based on said demand regulation request; and performing said demand regulation by said power equipment from said demand regulation result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Sato, Taichiro Kawahara, Masato Saito, Eisuke Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20150214741
    Abstract: A device in a power system is controlled so that the power system becomes close to a desired system state. Provided is a system control device including a storage unit which stores target information representing a target voltage phase of a specific site in a power system and measurement information representing a voltage phase of a measurement result of the specific site, and a control unit which controls a target device associated with the power system based on a difference between the measurement information and the target information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Eisuke Kuroda, Yasuo Sato, Taichiro Kawahara, Koichi Hara
  • Publication number: 20150084432
    Abstract: A power system management device which manages a system state in a power system includes a system state candidate calculation unit for calculating state amounts of the system state based on an objective function from system characteristic information indicating characteristic information of a system structure, an inter-state distance calculation unit for calculating an inter-state distance representing a similarity of values between state amounts of the system state calculated by the system state candidate calculation unit, and a variability evaluation value calculation unit for calculating a variability evaluation value in which a variability of the system state is evaluated, based on an objective function value calculated from the state amount of the system state calculated by the system state candidate calculation unit and the inter-state distance calculated by the inter-state distance calculation unit. The system state is selected based on the calculated variability evaluation value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Jun YAMAZAKI, Yasuo SATO, Toshiyuki SAWA, Taichiro KAWAHARA
  • Publication number: 20130265030
    Abstract: A command system of a power conditioning system of the present invention receives return pattern information including a time instance and an upper output limit, and issues a command with respect to the upper output limit of the power conditioning system, the return pattern information being for preventing the frequency of an isolated power system, which is calculated by a planning server, from causing a sharp change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eisuke Kuroda, Yasuo Sato, Masahiro Watanabe, Taichiro Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20120323395
    Abstract: In a power equipment control system connected, via a communication network, to a system operation server of a power system and a single or a plurality of power equipments for performing power consumption or storage with interconnecting to the power system, to regulate power demand and supply balance of the power equipment, a contribution degree is obtained by preparing a demand plan of subsequent power of said power equipment; transmitting, to said power equipment, information relevant to demand regulation request to said power equipment, received from said system operation server, based on said demand plan; receiving demand regulation result of observation information on the demand regulation performed within said power equipment, based on said demand regulation request; and performing said demand regulation by said power equipment from said demand regulation result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo SATO, Taichiro Kawahara, Masato Saito, Eisuke Kuroda