Abstract: Provided is an ash-free coal production method without the need to once re-liquefy and form an ash-free coal. The ash-free coal production method includes an extraction step of mixing coal with a solvent to prepare a slurry and heating the slurry to extract a solvent-soluble coal component; a separation step of separating a solution containing the solvent-soluble coal component from the slurry obtained from the extraction step; an ash-free coal obtaining step of evaporatively separating the solvent from the solution separated in the separation step to obtain an ash-free coal. The ash-free coal obtaining step in the production method is performed so that the solvent is evaporatively separated from the solution to give a liquid ash-free coal, and the liquid ash-free coal is brought into contact with a solidifier (e.g., water) to solidify into a predetermined shape.

Abstract: Disclosed is a solar assisted combined cycle power plant having a compressor that pressurizes combustion air, a combustor that mixes and burns the combustion air and gas turbine fuel to generate a high-temperature combustion gas, a gas turbine that drives the compressor by using the combustion gas, an exhaust heat recovery steam generator that obtains steam from thermal energy of a gas exhausted from the gas turbine, and a steam turbine that is driven by using the steam obtained by the exhaust heat recovery steam generator. The solar assisted combined cycle power plant includes a solar collector to turn supplied water to warm water; a heat accumulator that stores pressurized hot water from the solar collector and the exhaust heat recovery steam generator; and a spray device that handles the pressurized hot water as spray water and sprays the spray water onto the air to be taken into the compressor.

Abstract: Provided is an ash-free coal production method that can produce an ash-free coal efficiently with a higher solvent recovery rate. The ash-free coal production method includes an extraction step of mixing coal with a solvent to give a slurry and heating the slurry to extract a solvent-soluble coal component; a separation step of separating a solution containing the coal component from the slurry containing the extracted coal component; and an ash-free coal obtaining step of separating and recovering the solvent from the separated solution to give an ash-free coal. The ash-free coal obtaining step includes a pressure-reducing substep of reducing a pressure to a level lower than the solvent vapor pressure to evaporatively separate the solvent from the solution to thereby give a solid ash-free coal; and a heating substep of heating the solid ash-free coal to evaporatively separate a residual solvent from the ash-free coal.

Abstract: A re-encryption system according to this embodiment includes a file sharing apparatus and a re-encryption apparatus. Upon receiving a file request from the client apparatus, the file sharing apparatus acquires a first encrypted file based on the file request, and transmits a re-encryption request including the first encrypted file to the re-encryption apparatus. The re-encryption apparatus re-encrypts the first encrypted file included in the re-encryption request to the second encrypted file based on the re-encryption key, and transmits the second encrypted file to the file sharing apparatus. The file sharing apparatus transmits the second encrypted file to the client apparatus. The client apparatus obtains the file by decrypting the second encrypted file based on a private key corresponding to the public key of the member.

Abstract: A method for producing an ashless coal which includes a slurry preparation step, an extraction step, a separation step, an ashless coal acquirement step, and a by-product acquirement step. The separation step is conducted under the state of being pressurized to a pressure equal to or higher than a vapor pressure of the solvent. In the by-product acquirement step, the solvent is evaporated and separated from the solid content-concentrated slurry by spraying the solid content-concentrated slurry into a flash tank in which a pressure is set to lower than a saturation pressure of the solid content-concentrated slurry from a spray nozzle while maintaining a pressure of the solid content-concentrated slurry in a nozzle orifice of the spray nozzle at a level equal to or higher than the vapor pressure of the solvent.

Abstract: Disclosed is a steam turbine power plant adapted to start operating safely even if prediction accuracy of its startup constraints cannot be obtained. The system calculates predictive values and current values of startup constraints of a steam turbine from process variables of plant physical quantities, next calculates in parallel both a first control input variable for a heat medium flow controller based on predictive values, and a second control input variable for a main steam control valve based on the current values, and while preferentially selecting the first control input variable, if the first control input variable is not calculated, selects the second control input variable instead. After the selection of at least one of the first and second control input variables, the system outputs an appropriate command value to the heat medium flow controller and the main steam control valve according to the kind of selected control input variable.

Abstract: Disclosed is a steam turbine power plant adapted to start operating very efficiently by highly accurate look-ahead control of a plurality of its startup constraints.

Abstract: A re-encryption key generator according to an embodiment generates a re-encryption key required to re-encrypt, without decrypting, ciphertext data obtained by encrypting plaintext data by means of a first public key of a first user device to obtain re-encrypted text data which can be decrypted by a second private key of a second user device. The first storage device stores a first private key corresponding to the first public key. The second storage device stores a second public key corresponding to the second private key. The re-encryption key generation device generates the re-encryption key based on the first private key, the second public key, and the first random number.

Abstract: A method for producing an ashless coal includes a slurry preparation, an extraction, a separation, an ashless coal acquirement, and a by-product acquirement. In the by-product acquirement, a solvent used in the slurry preparation is evaporated and separated from a solid-content concentrated liquid separated in the separation, and then, a by-product coal is acquired. The by-product coal is used as a fuel for heating a slurry obtained in the slurry preparation.

Abstract: A production apparatus of an ashless coal includes a preheater, an extraction tank, a feed pipe, a solid-liquid separator and a solvent separator. The preheater heats a solvent. The extraction tank extracts a coal component soluble in the solvent from a slurry including a mixture of a coal and the solvent heated by the preheater. The coal feeding unit feeds the coal to the feed pipe by pressuring a feed part to the feed pipe such that the solvent does not flow back. The solid-liquid separator separates a solution part containing the coal component from the slurry. The solvent separator evaporates and separates the solvent from the solution part to obtain an ashless coal.

Abstract: In a method for producing residue coal according to the present invention, a solvent is separated by evaporation from a solid material concentrate, which has been separated in a gravity settling vessel (7), in a solvent separator (10), thereby producing a residue coal mixture in which the solvent is remained in the residue coal. Subsequently, the remaining solvent is separated by evaporation from the residue coal mixture in a drier (11), thereby producing the residue coal. In the drier (11), the remaining solvent is separated by evaporation from the residue coal mixture utilizing a heat the residue coal mixture itself has. In this manner, an apparatus for drying the residue coal mixture can be simplified, and the cost required for the drying can be reduced.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a master key management device generates, by using a first secret key stored in a first storage unit and a third public key, a re-encryption key used to re-encrypt a second secret key which is stored in a second storage unit and which is encrypted with a first public key to the second secret key encrypted with the third public key. A key management server device receives the generated re-encryption key from the master key management device while the master key management device and the key management server device are connected to each other, and stores the received re-encryption key in a third storage unit. The master key management device and the key management server device are disconnected after the re-encryption key is stored in the third storage unit.

Abstract: A purchaser apparatus stores “anonymous order information including an order ID and purchaser identity verifying information” and “purchaser identity proving secret information”. A shop apparatus stores “anonymous order information including an order ID and purchaser identity verifying information”. If necessary, a purchaser sends a request including an order ID and zero knowledge proving information that a purchaser knows the purchaser identity proving secret information, from a purchaser apparatus to a shop apparatus. A shop apparatus verifies the zero knowledge proving information, based on purchaser identity verifying information retrieved from an order ID included in the request. Therefore, the unlinkability for past use is eliminated if necessary, and inconvenience caused by the unlinkability is eliminated.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a semiconductor wafer including a plurality of semiconductor devices sandwiching a dicing region and an inline inspection monitor arranged in the dicing region; after forming the semiconductor wafer, conducting an inline inspection of the semiconductor device by using the inline inspection monitor; and after the inline inspection, dicing the semiconductor wafer along the dicing region to separate the semiconductor devices individually. The step of forming the semiconductor wafer includes: simultaneously forming a first diffusion layer of the semiconductor device and a second diffusion layer of the inline inspection monitor; forming a metal layer on the first and second diffusion layer; and at least partly removing the metal layer on the second diffusion layer. When the semiconductor wafer is diced, a portion from which the metal layer has been removed is cut by a dicing blade on the second diffusion layer.

Abstract: A steam turbine plant activation control device is provided, which generates an activation schedule that enables a reduction in a time period required for the activation of a steam turbine plant without complex calculation such as prediction and calculation of a temperature and calculation of thermal stress.

Abstract: Providing a steam turbine power plant that can be safely activated at a high speed while maintaining thermal stress at a level equal to or lower than a limit in consideration of operational results of the plant, and a method for activating the steam turbine power plant.

Abstract: Provided is a steam turbine plant activation control device that can flexibly handle an initial state amount of a steam turbine plant and activate a steam turbine at a high speed. The activation control device 21 for the steam turbine plant includes a heat source device 1 configured to heat a low-temperature fluid using a heat source medium and generate a high-temperature fluid, a steam generator 2 for generating steam by thermal exchange with the high-temperature fluid, a steam turbine 3 to be driven by the steam, and adjusters 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 configured to adjust operation amounts of the plant.

Abstract: In a decryption apparatus according to an embodiment, a holding device pre-holds a verification formula. A determination device performs a calculation based on the verification formula read from the holding device by substituting, into the verification formula, the part of the re-encrypted data received from a re-encryption apparatus and the public key of a re-encryption key generation apparatus and the private key of the decryption apparatus, to determine whether or not the verification formula holds true. An output device outputs verification success when a result of the determination indicates that the verification formula holds true.

Abstract: A method for separating solvent-containing water, which is generated in the process for producing an ashless coal, into a solvent and water readily without using any adsorbent or the like (a solvent separation method). The solvent separation method comprises: a solvent-containing water supply step of supplying the solvent-containing water into a pressure vessel for solvent separation purposes; and a temperature retention step of retaining the temperature of the solvent-containing water that has been supplied into the pressure vessel for solvent separation purposes at a predetermined temperature (e.g., 100 to 180 DEG C. inclusive). In the pressure vessel for solvent separation purposes, water in the liquid form moves downward and the solvent moves upward due to the difference between the density of water and the density of the solvent at the predetermined temperature. In this manner, the solvent-containing water can be separated into the solvent and water.

Abstract: A start control unit for a steam turbine plant, wherein inputting a measured value of a steam temperature fed to a steam turbine, a measured value or an estimated value of a rotor temperature of the steam turbine, and a measured value of a casing temperature of the steam turbine, and controlling a steam flow rate so as to increase the steam flow rate fed to the steam turbine when a difference between the steam temperature and the rotor temperature is smaller than a first regulated value and a difference between the rotor temperature and the casing temperature is a second regulated value or larger.