Patents by Inventor Yuichiro Kitagawa
Yuichiro Kitagawa 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: 7896956Abstract: A filter regeneration apparatus of a coal gasification system having a filter for capturing char (unburned matter) present in exhaust gas at an exhaust gas passage communicating with exhaust gas source including a coal gasification furnace, fills the filter container with inactive gas having oxygen concentration of less than 5 vol. % and heat the filter to a target temperature of 400 to 450° C. and feed ashing gas having oxygen concentration of 5 to 15 vol. %, thereby ashing char in the filter. This method and apparatus achieve ashing of char in a safe manner and shortens the time of regenerating the filter by controlling the oxygen concentration in the ashing gas and the filter temperature constantly to reach preset target values.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2006Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Soken Takase, Yoshinori Koyama, Osamu Shinada, Yuichiro Kitagawa, Ryouji Takahira, Kazunari Imagama
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Patent number: 7803216Abstract: A compact pressurized high-temperature gas cooler having superior heat exchange performance and excellent economical efficiency is provided. A return-flow structure is formed in which a flue through which high-temperature gas flows is formed in a pressure container, a heat exchanger is disposed in the flue, and a partition dividing the internal cross-sectional area of the flue is provided so that the high-temperature gas supplied from a bottom or a top portion of the pressure container flows back in a return direction. The cross-sectional-area division ratio dividing the internal cross-section of the flue is set so that the flow rate of the high-temperature gas flowing in one direction matches that flowing in the direction opposite thereto.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2006Date of Patent: September 28, 2010Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinori Koyama, Katsuhiko Yokohama, Osamu Shinada, Hiromi Ishii, Yuichiro Kitagawa, Kosei Manabe
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Publication number: 20100236199Abstract: A dust collector that collects dust (12) in gas (11) and purifies the gas (11) includes a tube plate (16) being provided in a dust collector frame (13) that separates an interior into a gas introduction chamber (14) and a gas discharge chamber (15), a plurality of dust collection pipes (17) being hung from the tube plate (16) that feeds the gas (11) from outside to inside and removes the dust (12) on a surface thereof, a gas introduction pipe (18) being provided in the gas introduction chamber (14) that includes a gas opening end portion (18a) positioned near the tube plate (16), and supplies the gas (11) to the dust collection pipes (17) in a downflow direction, a diffuser (19) being provided at the opening end portion (18a) of the gas introduction pipe (18), and a gas discharging unit (21) being provided in the gas discharge chamber (15) that discharges purified gas (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2006Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Katsuhiko Yokohama, Yuichiro Kitagawa, Masashi Kitada
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Publication number: 20100180503Abstract: In a coal gasification furnace adapted to feed pulverized coal thereinto by the use of inert carrier gas and gasify the same, any startup burner can be unnecessitated thereby eliminating any startup combustion chamber. Further, even in the use of a startup burner, it is smaller and lighter in weight than conventional startup burners, allowing the startup combustion chamber to be compact and limiting the height of the entirety of the gasification furnace. As a characteristic feature, a pulverized coal fuel supply passageway (23) to a combustor burner (9) is provided at its midstream portion with a startup gas supply passageway (29) for supply of a startup combustible gas (NG1).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2008Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries LtdInventors: Katsuhiko Yokohama, Hiromi Ishii, Yuichiro Kitagawa
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Publication number: 20100058730Abstract: A variation in calorific value is detected using existing measurement values, without using a measurement device such as a calorimeter. An allowable variation range of a gas turbine power generation output with respect to a charged fuel amount or an allowable variation range of a charged fuel amount with respect to a gas turbine power generation output is set from a relation between the fuel amount charged to the combustor of the gas turbine and the gas turbine power generation output when the fuel gas calorific value is constant, and a calorific abnormality is detected when an actually charged fuel amount or an actual gas turbine power generation output falls outside the allowable variation range.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2007Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takashi Sonoda, Satoru Kamohara, Yasuhiro Takashima, Yuichiro Kitagawa, Kiyoshi Tarumizu
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Publication number: 20090151315Abstract: An integrated gasification combined cycle that can adjust the balance of pressure/temperature in an overall plant and can stabilize the output of a gas turbine at an early stage during load variation, and an operation control method of the integrated gasification combined cycle are provided. When a calorific abnormality of fuel gas is detected during load variation of a gas turbine (5b), a load change command value of the gas turbine (5b) is set to zero or is decreased, and based on this load change command value, a power generation output command of the gas turbine (5b) is generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2007Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIESInventors: Satoru Kamohara, Takashi Sonoda, Yasuhiro Takashima, Yuichiro Kitagawa
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Publication number: 20080307704Abstract: It is an object to solve a bypass line corrosion problem effectively, enable prompt supply of a fuel gas into a bypass line in the event of an emergency, and provide an inexpensive coal gasification plant. An integrated coal gasification combined cycle power generation plant includes a coal gasification furnace, a dust remover, a gas refiner, a gas turbine and the like, a main system line connecting therebetween, and a bypass line connecting between the outlet side of the coal gasification furnace in the main system line and a flare stack, wherein a dust remover bypass valve which is disposed in an upstream portion of the bypass line and which opens and closes the bypass line, a treatment gas control valve which is disposed in a downstream portion of the bypass line and which controls the flow rate, and a first inert gas input line which is disposed downstream from the dust remover bypass valve and which supplies the inert gas to the bypass line are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2007Publication date: December 18, 2008Applicants: CLEAN COAL POWER R&D CO., LTD., MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., HOKKAIDO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INCORPORATED, TOHOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., THE TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INCORPORATED, CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., HOKURIKU ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, THE KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., THE CHUGOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO, INC., SHIKOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., KYUSHU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., ELECTRIC POWER DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD., CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRYInventors: Yuichiro Kitagawa, Osamu Shinada, Jun Wada, Yuso Oki, Naomitsu Hiratsuka, Atsushi Kimura, Katsutoshi Hiruma
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Publication number: 20080163548Abstract: A gasification system which ensures stable dust precipitation performance and which can achieve an increase in capacity is provided. In a coal gasification furnace having a coal gasification furnace configured to produce a gas fuel by gasification of a carbon-containing fuel, a cyclone which is provided downstream of the coal gasification furnace and which separates and removes char in the gas fuel, and a first filter and a second filter which are provided downstream of the cyclone and which precipitate char remaining in the gas fuel, the first and the second filters are disposed in parallel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2007Publication date: July 10, 2008Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Osamu Shinada, Yuichiro Kitagawa
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Publication number: 20080127824Abstract: A filter regeneration apparatus of a coal gasification system having a filter for capturing char (unburned matter) present in exhaust gas at an exhaust gas passage communicating with exhaust gas source including a coal gasification furnace, fills the filter container with inactive gas having oxygen concentration of less than 5 vol. % and heat the filter to a target temperature of 400 to 450° C. and feed ashing gas having oxygen concentration of 5 to 15 vol. %, thereby ashing char in the filter. This method and apparatus achieve ashing of char in a safe manner and shortens the time of regenerating the filter by controlling the oxygen concentration in the ashing gas and the filter temperature constantly to reach preset target values.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2006Publication date: June 5, 2008Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Soken Takase, Yoshinori Koyama, Osamu Shinada, Yuichiro Kitagawa, Ryouji Takahira, Kazunari Imagama
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Publication number: 20070144712Abstract: A compact pressurized high-temperature gas cooler having superior heat exchange performance and excellent economical efficiency is provided. A return-flow structure is formed in which a flue through which high-temperature gas flows is formed in a pressure container, a heat exchanger is disposed in the flue, and a partition dividing the internal cross-sectional area of the flue is provided so that the high-temperature gas supplied from a bottom or a top portion of the pressure container flows back in a return direction. The cross-sectional-area division ratio dividing the internal cross-section of the flue is set so that the flow rate of the high-temperature gas flowing in one direction matches that flowing in the direction opposite thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2006Publication date: June 28, 2007Inventors: Yoshinori Koyama, Katsuhiko Yokohama, Osamu Shinada, Hiromi Ishii, Yuichiro Kitagawa, Kosei Manabe
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Publication number: 20070137169Abstract: A highly efficient integrated coal gasification combined cycle plant is provided having a dust removing system which can reliably exhibit a desired dust removing performance and which can maintain high operational reliability such that the occurrence of dust leaks is prevented. The integrated coal gasification combined cycle plant has a coal gasification furnace configured to yield a coal gas by gasification of coal, a gas turbine generator driven with a gas turbine which is operated using the coal gas as fuel and which discharges a high-temperature combustion exhaust gas, an exhaust heat recovery boiler configured to recover heat from the high-temperature combustion exhaust gas and to produce steam, and a steam turbine generator driven with a steam turbine operated using the steam produced by the exhaust heat recovery boiler.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2007Publication date: June 21, 2007Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shigeyasu Ishigami, Yuichiro Kitagawa, Katsuya Ito
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Patent number: 5603742Abstract: A dust removing apparatus includes a filter and mounting frame which prevent leakage of dirty gas and improve the collection factor of soot dust even if dirty gas of a high temperature is subjected to a dust removing operation. The apparatus includes a filter element held in a filter element mounting frame, wherein a flange is disposed on an end of the filter element located on the side which receives dirty gas, and wherein the side of the flange opposite the dirty gas side is pressed against a flange of the filter element mounting frame. A seal packing is disposed between the filter flange and frame flange to seal the elements. Further, a plurality of honeycomb filter elements structured as above may be collected and accommodated to form a honeycomb pack.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 1995Date of Patent: February 18, 1997Assignees: Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, NGK Insulators, Ltd.Inventors: Kiyoshi Nagashima, Tetsuya Ueda, Hisataka Urakata, Tetsuya Fujino, Yuichiro Kitagawa, Satoshi Uchida, Yasuo Akitu, Yosiaki Hori