Patents by Inventor Yoshitaka Hirata

Yoshitaka Hirata 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: 11953206
    Abstract: Provided is a burner of double tube structure including an outer tube and an inner tube. The inner tube includes a tip-side support portion fixed on the outer tube, a base-side support portion fixed on the outer tube, a main body portion supported by the tip-side support portion, bellows interposed between the main body portion and the base-side support portion, and a bulkhead member attached at a position between the tip-side support portion and the base-side support portion. Between an outer peripheral surface of the bulkhead member and an inner peripheral surface of the outer tube, a second gap smaller than a first gap between an outermost peripheral surface of the bellows and the inner peripheral surface of the outer tube is interposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Karishuku, Satoshi Dodo, Yoshitaka Hirata, Tomohiro Asai, Shohei Yoshida, Yasuhiro Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20240068416
    Abstract: This gas turbine equipment comprises a gas turbine and a control device. A combustor of the gas turbine uses ammonia as fuel, and uses the RQL method. A compressor of the gas turbine includes an intake adjustor that adjusts an intake rate which is the flow rate of air that flows into a compressor casing. When the concentration of NOx in exhaust gas reaches or exceeds a predetermined value, the control device controls the operation of the intake adjustor so that the intake rate decreases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Tatsuya HAGITA, Akinori HAYASHI, Hiroyuki TAKEISHI, Yoshitaka HIRATA, Keisuke MIURA, Keita YUNOKI
  • Publication number: 20230407784
    Abstract: Provided is a fuel supply system including a main ammonia line through which liquid ammonia flows; a vaporizer connected to an end of the main ammonia line and configured to heat and vaporize the liquid ammonia via heat exchange between a heating medium and the liquid ammonia; a gaseous ammonia line connected to the vaporizer, the gaseous ammonia line configured to guide a gaseous ammonia, which is ammonia vaporized by the vaporizer, as fuel to a combustor of a gas turbine; a liquid ammonia line configured to guide liquid ammonia which has not undergone heat exchange with the heating medium at the vaporizer as fuel to the combustor; and a switching device configured to switch an ammonia supply state between a first state in which the gaseous ammonia is guided from the gaseous ammonia line to the combustor and a second state in which the liquid ammonia is guided from the liquid ammonia line to the combustor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroyuki TAKEISHI, Keisuke MIURA, Keita YUNOKI, Yoshitaka HIRATA, Akinori HAYASHI, Tatsuya HAGITA, Satoshi TANIMURA
  • Publication number: 20230313994
    Abstract: A combustor of the present disclosure includes: a mixing portion which is provided with a plurality of mixing passages passing through the mixing portion so as to be extended from an upstream end surface to a downstream end surface of the mixing portion intersecting an axis of the combustor, air being introduced to the plurality of the mixing passages from the upstream end surface of the mixing portion; and a fuel supply portion which is configured to supply the air introduced to the mixing passages with fuel to generate mixed fluid, wherein flow paths of the mixing passages have different pressure loss coefficients so that the differences in the flow velocity of the mixed fluid flowing through the mixing passages at the downstream end surface of the mixing portion are greater than those of a case where the mixing passages have the same flow path shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Taku EGAWA, Sosuke NAKAMURA, Tomo KAWAKAMI, Yoshitaka HIRATA, Yoshinori MATSUBARA, Tatsuya HAGITA
  • Patent number: 11746704
    Abstract: A hydrogen content fuel can be stably ignited using a gaseous fuel that does not contain hydrogen and dispersibility of the hydrogen content fuel is enhanced. A gas turbine combustor including a burner including: a startup fuel pipe in which a startup fuel circulates; a first main fuel pipe in which a main fuel circulates, a second main fuel pipe in which the main fuel circulates; a fuel mixer to which the startup fuel pipe and the first main fuel pipe are connected; an inner fuel nozzle to which the fuel mixer is connected; a plurality of outer fuel nozzles to which the second main fuel pipe is connected; a startup fuel control valve provided in the startup fuel pipe; a first fuel control valve provided in the first main fuel pipe; and a second fuel control valve provided in the second main fuel pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Asai, Shohei Yoshida, Yoshitaka Hirata, Akinori Hayashi, Yasuhiro Akiyama, Yoshinori Matsubara
  • Patent number: 11719108
    Abstract: A transition piece includes a first flow passage group formed by arranging a plurality of intra-wall flow passages, a second flow passage group, and a plurality of dilution holes that penetrate a plate, and establish communication between a compressed air main flow passage and a combustion gas flow passage, each intra-wall flow passage of the first flow passage group and the second flow passage group having an inlet facing the compressed air main flow passage at an end portion on a side near the gas turbine, and having an outlet facing the combustion gas flow passage at an end portion on a side near the combustor liner, a dilution hole being located nearer to the inlet of an intra-wall flow passage of the second flow passage group than to the outlet of the intra-wall flow passage of the second flow passage group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto Fujiwara, Shohei Numata, Yasuhiro Wada, Shota Igarashi, Yoshitaka Hirata
  • Publication number: 20230167976
    Abstract: Provided is a burner of double tube structure including an outer tube and an inner tube. The inner tube includes a tip-side support portion fixed on the outer tube, a base-side support portion fixed on the outer tube, a main body portion supported by the tip-side support portion, bellows interposed between the main body portion and the base-side support portion, and a bulkhead member attached at a position between the tip-side support portion and the base-side support portion. Between an outer peripheral surface of the bulkhead member and an inner peripheral surface of the outer tube, a second gap smaller than a first gap between an outermost peripheral surface of the bellows and the inner peripheral surface of the outer tube is interposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro KARISHUKU, Satoshi DODO, Yoshitaka HIRATA, Tomohiro ASAI, Shohei YOSHIDA, Yasuhiro AKIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230094510
    Abstract: Provided is a transition piece including: a first flow passage group formed by arranging a plurality of intra-wall flow passages extending within a plate constituting the transition piece from a side near a gas turbine to a side near a combustor liner; a second flow passage group located on a side near the combustor liner with respect to the first flow passage group; and a plurality of dilution holes that penetrate the plate, and establish communication between a compressed air main flow passage and a combustion gas flow passage, each intra-wall flow passage of the first flow passage group and the second flow passage group having an inlet facing the compressed air main flow passage at an end portion on a side near the gas turbine, and having an outlet facing the combustion gas flow passage at an end portion on a side near the combustor liner, a dilution hole being located nearer to the inlet of an intra-wall flow passage of the second flow passage group than to the outlet of the intra-wall flow passage of the
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoto Fujiwara, Shohei Numata, Yasuhiro Wada, Shota Igarashi, Yoshitaka Hirata
  • Publication number: 20220275940
    Abstract: A gas turbine combustor includes a vane, a plurality of supports, and a pressure dynamics damping hole. The vane is disposed at the outer circumferential side of the combustion liner. The plurality of supports are disposed at an inner side of the combustion casing for fixing the vane. The pressure dynamics damping hole is formed in the combustion liner at a position corresponding to the vane for communication with the combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Shohei YOSHIDA, Yoshitaka HIRATA, Akinori HAYASHI, Satoshi DODO, Hirokazu TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11377971
    Abstract: A gas turbine combustor includes multiple aft frames each having a floating seal that seals a gap between an aft frame and a gas turbine in inner and outer peripheries of the aft frame, and a side seal that seals a gap between the aft frames adjacent to each other in a circumferential direction, and a corner seal that is placed in a gap portion provided between corner portions of the aft frames adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction, seals air leaking from at least the gap portion into the gas turbine side, and is independent of the floating seal and the side seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shota Igarashi, Tomomi Koganezawa, Keisuke Miura, Yoshitaka Hirata, Shohei Yoshida, Yoshitaka Terada, Takehiko Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 11339969
    Abstract: Adhesion of particulate matters to the burner accompanying combustion in a lean-combustion gas turbine combustor is suppressed, and the structural reliability is improved. In a gas turbine combustor including: a tubular liner that forms a combustion chamber; and a burner including an air hole plate that is arranged at an inlet of the liner and includes a plurality of air holes for guiding compressed air to the combustion chamber, and a plurality of fuel nozzles that are arranged on a side opposite to the combustion chamber with the air hole plate being sandwiched therebetween, the plurality of fuel nozzles each injecting a fuel toward a corresponding air hole, the air holes and the fuel nozzles forming a plurality of concentric annular lines, a plurality of small holes having opening diameters smaller than those of the air holes are provided through the air hole plate such that the plurality of small holes are positioned in an inner area of an innermost annular line of the air holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Asai, Shohei Yoshida, Yoshitaka Hirata, Akinori Hayashi, Yasuhiro Akiyama
  • Patent number: 11215364
    Abstract: A combustor includes: a first cylindrical body which is configured to hold a fuel nozzle extending in an axial line direction and through which air flows toward a downstream side thereof; a second cylindrical body that is connected to a downstream side of the first cylindrical body; and an outer shell that has an inner peripheral surface configured to define an air introduction channel through which air is introduced such that the air reverses course at an upstream end of the first cylindrical body and flows toward the downstream side together with an outer peripheral surface of the first cylindrical body. The inner peripheral surface has an outside narrowing surface that is formed to extend inward in a radial direction toward the upstream end of the first cylindrical body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Miyamoto, Satoshi Takiguchi, Koichi Nishida, Yoshitaka Hirata, Shohei Numata, Keita Yunoki, Yasuhiro Akiyama, Tomoki Uruno
  • Publication number: 20210116127
    Abstract: A gas turbine combustor with a relatively simple structure is configured to attenuate pressure fluctuation owing to combustion oscillation while securing mechanical reliability. The gas turbine combustor includes a combustion liner that forms a combustion chamber for generating combustion gas, a combustion casing disposed at an outer circumferential side of the combustion liner, and a burner for supplying air flowing between the combustion liner and the combustion casing, and fuel to be supplied from a fuel supply system to the combustion chamber. The combustor further includes a vane disposed at the outer circumferential side of the combustion liner, a plurality of supports disposed at an inner side of the combustion casing for fixing the vane, and a pressure dynamics damping hole formed in the combustion liner at a position corresponding to the vane for communication with the combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Shohei YOSHIDA, Yoshitaka HIRATA, Akinori HAYASHI, Satoshi DODO, Hirokazu TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20210108797
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gas turbine combustor configured to form a film-like airflow around a region of a combustion liner, where pressure dynamics damping holes are formed for efficiently cooling the region where the pressure dynamics damping holes are formed without increasing concentration of discharged nitrogen oxides. The gas turbine combustor includes the combustion liner that forms a combustion chamber for receiving supply of fuel and air to generate combustion gas, a liner attached to an outer circumferential surface of the combustion liner for forming space from the outer circumferential surface, and the pressure dynamics damping hole formed in the combustion liner provided with the liner for communication between the space and the combustion chamber. The gas turbine combustor includes a cooling air guide lip disposed on an inner circumferential surface of the combustion liner for forming a film-like airflow around a region where the pressure dynamics damping hole is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Yasuhiro WADA, Shohei YOSHIDA, Akinori HAYASHI, Yoshitaka HIRATA, Hirokazu TAKAHASHI, Satoshi DODO, Shohei NUMATA, Tetsuma TATSUMI, Kazuki ABE
  • Publication number: 20210095599
    Abstract: A hydrogen content fuel can be stably ignited using a gaseous fuel that does not contain hydrogen and dispersibility of the hydrogen content fuel is enhanced. A gas turbine combustor including a burner including: a startup fuel pipe in which a startup fuel circulates; a first main fuel pipe in which a main fuel circulates, a second main fuel pipe in which the main fuel circulates; a fuel mixer to which the startup fuel pipe and the first main fuel pipe are connected; an inner fuel nozzle to which the fuel mixer is connected; a plurality of outer fuel nozzles to which the second main fuel pipe is connected; a startup fuel control valve provided in the startup fuel pipe; a first fuel control valve provided in the first main fuel pipe; and a second fuel control valve provided in the second main fuel pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Tomohiro ASAI, Shohei YOSHIDA, Yoshitaka HIRATA, Akinori HAYASHI, Yasuhiro AKIYAMA, Yoshinori MATSUBARA
  • Publication number: 20210095849
    Abstract: To suppress occurrence of combustion oscillation in a lean-combustion gas turbine combustor, and to improve the structural reliability. In a gas turbine combustor including: a tubular liner that forms a combustion chamber; and a burner having an air hole plate that is arranged at an inlet of the liner and that is provided with a plurality of air holes for guiding compressed air to the combustion chamber, and a plurality of fuel nozzles arranged on a side opposite to the combustion chamber with the air hole plate being sandwiched therebetween, the plurality of fuel nozzles each injecting a fuel toward a corresponding air hole, the air holes and the fuel nozzles forming a plurality of concentric annular lines, an orifice is provided on a fuel flow passage of each of the plurality of fuel nozzles, the plurality of fuel nozzles are grouped into a plurality of nozzle groups, and axial positions of the orifices are different between the nozzle groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Tomohiro ASAI, Shohei YOSHIDA, Yoshitaka HIRATA, Yasuhiro AKIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20210095850
    Abstract: Adhesion of particulate matters to the burner accompanying combustion in a lean-combustion gas turbine combustor is suppressed, and the structural reliability is improved. In a gas turbine combustor including: a tubular liner that forms a combustion chamber; and a burner including an air hole plate that is arranged at an inlet of the liner and includes a plurality of air holes for guiding compressed air to the combustion chamber, and a plurality of fuel nozzles that are arranged on a side opposite to the combustion chamber with the air hole plate being sandwiched therebetween, the plurality of fuel nozzles each injecting a fuel toward a corresponding air hole, the air holes and the fuel nozzles forming a plurality of concentric annular lines, a plurality of small holes having opening diameters smaller than those of the air holes are provided through the air hole plate such that the plurality of small holes are positioned in an inner area of an innermost annular line of the air holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Tomohiro ASAI, Shohei YOSHIDA, Yoshitaka HIRATA, Akinori HAYASHI, Yasuhiro AKIYAMA
  • Patent number: 10794296
    Abstract: The gas turbine combustor and the operation method thereof are designed to minimize visualization of exhaust gas from the gas turbine upon switching of the gas turbine fuel from the oil fuel to the gas fuel. Upon switching of the combustion by the pilot burner from the oil burning to the gas burning, the gas fuel is supplied to the main burners so as to start the gas burning. Then the gas fuel is supplied to the pilot burner to start the gas burning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Akiyama, Mitsuhiro Karishuku, Keita Naito, Kanetsugu Nakamura, Satoshi Dodo, Tomohiro Asai, Yoshitaka Hirata, Akinori Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20200141586
    Abstract: A gas turbine combustor includes multiple aft frames each having a floating seal that seals a gap between an aft frame and a gas turbine in inner and outer peripheries of the aft frame, and a side seal that seals a gap between the aft frames adjacent to each other in a circumferential direction, and a corner seal that is placed in a gap portion provided between corner portions of the aft frames adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction, seals air leaking from at least the gap portion into the gas turbine side, and is independent of the floating seal and the side seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Shota IGARASHI, Tomomi KOGANEZAWA, Keisuke MIURA, Yoshitaka HIRATA, Shohei YOSHIDA, Yoshitaka TERADA, Takehiko NISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10571127
    Abstract: The gas turbine combustor includes a swirler lip on the air hole plate periphery, protruding toward a chamber, and a spring seal in an area for fitting the liner and the plate/lip. The spring seal has an air hole for passage of part of the combustion air introduced in the gap between the outer periphery of the air hole plate and the liner. The swirler lip has an air hole which introduces part of the combustion air passing through the spring seal air hole into the chamber. The liner has an air hole facing the spring seal air hole, to introduce part of air from outside the liner into the gap between the outer periphery of the air hole plate and the liner. A turn guide for rectifying a combustion air flow is provided at the liner end portion on the side for fitting the liner and air hole plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Sytems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke Miura, Yasuhiro Akiyama, Tomohiro Asai, Kazuki Abe, Mitsuhiro Karishuku, Satoshi Dodo, Akinori Hayashi, Yoshitaka Hirata, Noboru Okuyama