Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro NIINA

Yasuhiro NIINA 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: 12196092
    Abstract: A method of evaluating performance of a gas turbine includes: acquiring static operation determination data and acquiring index value data; storing the acquired data; determining whether or not the gas turbine is in a static operation state in accordance with whether or not the static operation determination data for each of a plurality of times in a period in the past set in advance from a determination time among the static operation determination data for each of the plurality of times stored in the storing of the data entering a range of a variation width set in advance; and acquiring the evaluation index value using the index value data at the determination time at which the gas turbine is determined to be in the static operation state. The static operation determination data includes a cavity temperature between an inner shroud of a turbine vane and a rotor shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Yoshioka, Yasuhiro Niina
  • Publication number: 20240209751
    Abstract: A method of evaluating performance of a gas turbine includes: acquiring static operation determination data and acquiring index value data; storing the acquired data; determining whether or not the gas turbine is in a static operation state in accordance with whether or not the static operation determination data for each of a plurality of times in a period in the past set in advance from a determination time among the static operation determination data for each of the plurality of times stored in the storing of the data entering a range of a variation width set in advance; and acquiring the evaluation index value using the index value data at the determination time at which the gas turbine is determined to be in the static operation state. The static operation determination data includes a cavity temperature between an inner shroud of a turbine vane and a rotor shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Shinichi YOSHIOKA, Yasuhiro NIINA
  • Patent number: 11815033
    Abstract: A control device is a device for controlling a gas turbine. The control device is provided with: a prediction unit configured to predict a future state quantity of the gas turbine corresponding to a control input to the gas turbine in a prediction horizon, using a prediction model; an optimization unit configured to optimize the control input in at least a part of the prediction horizon, using a prediction result of the prediction unit; a storage unit for storing sensitivity information indicating sensitivity of the control input to a change speed of the state quantity for each operating condition of the gas turbine; and an update unit configured to read the sensitivity information corresponding to the operating condition assumed in the prediction horizon from the storage unit, and update one or more coefficients of a prediction equation of the state quantity used in the prediction model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Kishi, Ryuji Takenaka, Ryoichi Haga, Kenta Wada, Yasuhiro Niina
  • Publication number: 20230060903
    Abstract: A control device is a device for controlling a gas turbine. The control device is provided with: a prediction unit configured to predict a future state quantity of the gas turbine corresponding to a control input to the gas turbine in a prediction horizon, using a prediction model; an optimization unit configured to optimize the control input in at least a part of the prediction horizon, using a prediction result of the prediction unit; a storage unit for storing sensitivity information indicating sensitivity of the control input to a change speed of the state quantity for each operating condition of the gas turbine; and an update unit configured to read the sensitivity information corresponding to the operating condition assumed in the prediction horizon from the storage unit, and update one or more coefficients of a prediction equation of the state quantity used in the prediction model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Makoto KISHI, Ryuji TAKENAKA, Ryoichi HAGA, Kenta WADA, Yasuhiro NIINA