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Granted Patent B2
US 12,435,817 · App. 18/222,133 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Pipe supporting structure

Inventors: Ryutaro Fujisawa (Tokyo, JP); Hikaru Kurosaki (Tokyo, JP); Kohei Hatano (Tokyo, JP); Toyosei Aota (Kanagawa, JP); Yoshimasa Tsumura (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
F16L3/02F01D25/30
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Patent No.
US 12,435,817
App. No.
18/222,133
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pipe supporting structure includes: a plate-like member being into contact with an outside surface of a pipe; a tube-like member having a tubular shape and configured to support the plate-like member; and a base configured to support the tube-like member, wherein the plate-like member includes a supported portion supported by the tube-like member and an inner side portion surrounded by the supported portion, and the inner side portion has a smaller heat capacity per unit volume than the supported portion.

Claims (28)

1. A pipe unit comprising:

a first pipe;

a second pipe located inside the first pipe;

a plate member in contact with an outside surface of the second pipe;

a tube member having a tubular shape and fixed to the plate member such that a first end portion in an axial direction of a center axis of the tube member is in contact with the plate member; and

a base configured to support a second end portion of the tube member in the axial direction,

wherein the plate member includes a supported portion supported by the tube member, and an inner side portion surrounded by the supported portion, and

wherein the inner side portion has a smaller heat capacity per unit volume than the supported portion.

2. The pipe unit according to claim 1 , wherein:

a first gas is to flow in the first pipe,

a second gas different from the first gas in temperature is to flow in the second pipe, and the second pipe is to be in an environment where a predetermined temperature difference occurs between an inside of the second pipe and an inside of the first pipe that is outside of the second pipe due to a flow of the first gas and the second gas.

3. The pipe unit according to claim 1 , wherein:

a first gas is to flow in the first pipe,

a second gas different from the first gas in temperature is to flow in the second pipe, and the second pipe is to be in an environment where a temperature difference of 100° C. or greater occurs between an inside of the second pipe and an inside of the first pipe that is outside of the second pipe due to a flow of the first gas and the second gas.

4. The pipe unit according to claim 1 , wherein the plate member has a circular shape as viewed in the axial direction.

5. The pipe unit according to claim 1 , wherein the inner side portion of the plate member is open.

6. The pipe unit according to claim 5 , wherein the plate member has an inside surface facing the inner side portion, the inside surface to be welded to the second pipe.

7. The pipe unit according to claim 5 , wherein the supported portion of the plate member includes a plurality of split members arranged in a direction around the center axis with a gap between the split members, the split members being arranged to surround the inner side portion.

8. The pipe unit according to claim 1 , wherein the tube member comprises a first tube member and a second tube member welded to each other, the first tube member being placed on a side close to the plate member in the axial direction, the second tube member being placed on a side close to the base in the axial direction.

9. The pipe unit according to claim 1 , wherein the inner side portion of the plate member is a porous inner side portion.

10. The pipe unit according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the inner side portion of the plate member is smaller than a thickness of the supported portion of the plate member in the axial direction.

11. The pipe unit according to claim 1 , wherein the plate member is a first plate member, the pipe supporting structure further comprising a second plate member between the tube member and the base, wherein the second plate member is open on an inner side of a support portion supporting the tube member.

12. The pipe unit according to claim 1 , wherein the base is open on an inner side of a base-side support portion supporting the tube member.

13. The pipe unit according to claim 1 , wherein a portion of the second pipe corresponding to a location of contact with the plate member has a smaller heat capacity per unit volume than another portion of the second pipe.

14. A gas turbine comprising the pipe unit according to claim 1 , wherein:

the first pipe is an exhaust duct, and

the second pipe is an extracted air pipe.

15. The pipe unit according to claim 1 , wherein the base is on a wall of the first pipe, and the plate member and the tube member are arranged inside the first pipe.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2023
From: FUJISAWA, RYUTARO; KUROSAKI, HIKARU; HATANO, KOHEI; AOTA, TOYOSEI; TSUMURA, YOSHIMASA
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-012088 · Jan 28, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2021027956 · Jul 28, 2021
Related Publication 20230358339A1 · Nov 9, 2023
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