Hitachi, Ltd.

Chubu Electric Power Company, Inc.

Hitachi Engineering Service Co., Ltd.

Yukio Ishigaki

Shigeo Hatamiya

Kazuhito Koyama

Masahiko Yamagishi

Tsutomu Okusawa

Taiko Ajiro

Megumi Sunou

Kenji Tokunaga

Morihiro Kubo

Takeshi Itoh

Tadasi Sonobe

Hirokazu Misawa

A waste-to-energy incineration system, in which the amount and heat value of exhaust gas largely changes in long and short periods, comprises an incinerator for burning waste, a boiler in the incinerator for generating steam with exhaust heat generated by the incinerator, a superheater for superheating steam generated in the boiler, a steam turbine driven by steam superheated by the superheater, a generator driven by the steam turbine, a fuel reformer for reforming source fuel, and a combustor burning fuel gas reformed by the fuel reformer and at least a part of exhaust gas led from the incinerator which is able to stably decompose generated dioxin in waste incineration exhaust gas.

Waste processing system and fuel reformer used in the waste processing system

A waste-to-energy incineration system, in which the amount and the heat value of exhaust gas largely changes in long and a short periods, comprises an incinerator for burning waste, a boiler in the incinerator for generating steam with exhaust heat generated by the incinerator, a superheater for superheating steam generated in the boiler, a steam turbine driven by steam superheated by the superheater, a generator driven by the steam turbine, a fuel reformer for reforming source fuel, and a combustor burning fuel gas reformed by the fuel reformer and at least a part of exhaust gas led from the incinerator which is able to stably decompose generated dioxin in waste incineration exhaust gas.

A waste-to-energy incineration system, in which the amount and the heat value of exhaust gas changes during operation, includes an incinerator for burning waste, a boiler in the incinerator for generating steam with exhaust heat generated by the incinerator, and a superheater for superheating steam generated in the boiler. A steam turbine is provided which is driven by steam superheated by the superheater and a generator is driven by the steam turbine. A fuel reformer is provided for reforming source fuel. A combustor burning fuel gas reformed by the fuel reformer and at least a part of exhaust gas fed from the incinerator is provided which decomposes generated dioxin in waste incineration exhaust gas.

Waste processing system and fuel reformer used in the waste processing

In a superconducting energy storage apparatus including an AC-DC converter unit, a superconducting coil, a quench protection unit and a mechanical type persistent current switch, a self-firing type thyristor switch is connected in parallel to the mechanical type persistent current switch to be first operated in the event of an occurrence of trouble in an associated electric power system, and a control unit generates an ON instruction signal for turning on the persistent current switch so as to immediately establish a persistent current mode.

Superconducting energy storage apparatus

A superconducting coil system includes an excitation power source, a superconducting coil, a DC circuit breaker connected in series between the excitation power source and the superconducting coil to disconnect them when quenching occurs, a protective resistor connected in a parallel manner to the superconducting coil for dissipating the energy accumulated in the superconducting coil when the quenching occurs, and a switch provided as a bypass of the DC circuit breaker, the switch being closed during the normal operation to pass the energy from the excitation power source to the superconducting coil through a resistor and being opened when the quenching occurs.

Superconductor coil system and method of operating the same

A superconducting energy storage device for storing electric power in superconducting magnets in the form of magnetic energy. The superconducting magnets are include a superconducting toroidal magnet and a superconducting solenoid magnet arranged to be inscribed in the inside of the superconducting toroidal magnet, the magnets being connected electrically in series to each other. Further, the superconducting magnets include a plurality of units, each of which is formed as a combination of the aforementioned toroidal and solenoid superconducting magnets, the units being piled up in the axial direction of the superconducting solenoid magnet. In the thus arranged device, electromagnetic force generated in the superconducting magnets can be supported without the necessity of firm bed rock, thereby eliminating the limitation in conditions of location of the energy storage device. Further, the plurality of energy storage units can be arranged effectively so that space can be saved.

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