IP Library Granted Patent US 9,975,739
Granted Patent B2
US 9,975,739 · App. 14/766,425 · Granted May 22, 2018

Container yard and feeding method

Inventors: Masaharu Kawaguchi (Oita, JP); Soshi Sato (Oita, JP); Koji Ohi (Oita, JP)
Assignee: MITSUI ENGINEERING & SHIPBUILDING CO., LTD.
B66C13/12B65G63/004B66C13/26B66C13/28H02J3/01H02J3/32
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Patent No.
US 9,975,739
App. No.
14/766,425
Granted
May 22, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

One three-phase transformer ( 71 A) out of two paired three-phase transformers among three-phase transformers provided for respective feeder lines outputs, as operating power, first three-phase AC power of the same voltage phase as that of power-supply power. The other three-phase transformer ( 71 B) out of the two paired three-phase transformers outputs, as the operating power, second three-phase AC power of a voltage phase shifted by π/6 from that of the power-supply power. The power storage device ( 4 ) of a crane apparatus ( 10 ) stores DC power supplied from a three-phase full-wave rectifier ( 1 ) to a common bus (B), and supplies the stored power to the common bus (B) upon reduction of the DC power.

Claims (11)

1. A container yard comprising:

a plurality of feeder lines extending in a mounting place of a container and configured to feed operating power to a crane apparatus which performs handling of the container; and

a plurality of three-phase transformers provided for the respective feeder lines, and configured to transform a voltage of power-supply power supplied from host power supply equipment, and to supply obtained operating power to the feeder lines,

wherein one of two paired three-phase transformers among the three-phase transformers is constituted by a first three-phase transformer configured to output, as the operating power, first three-phase AC power of the same voltage phase as a voltage phase of the power-supply power, and the other three-phase transformer of the two paired three-phase transformers is constituted by a second three-phase transformer configured to output, as the operating power, second three-phase AC power of a voltage phase shifted by π/6 from the voltage phase of the power-supply power, and

the crane apparatus includes a three-phase full-wave rectifier configured to perform full-wave rectification of the operating power supplied from the feeder line and to supply obtained DC power to a common bus, a motor configured to be driven based on the DC power supplied from the three-phase full-wave rectifier to the common bus and to perform hoisting and lowering of the container, and a power storage device configured to store the DC power supplied from the three-phase full-wave rectifier to the common bus and to supply the stored power to the common bus upon reduction of the DC power.

2. The container yard according to claim 1 , wherein the first three-phase transformer is constituted by a three-phase transformer of one of a Δ-Δ connection type and a Y-Y connection type, and the second three-phase transformer is constituted by a three-phase transformer of one of a Δ-Y connection type and a Y-Δ connection type.

3. A feeding method used in a container yard including a plurality of feeder lines extending in a mounting place of a container and configured to feed operating power to a crane apparatus which performs handling of the container, and a plurality of three-phase transformers provided for the respective feeder lines, and configured to transform a voltage of power-supply power supplied from host power supply equipment and to supply obtained operating power to the feeder lines, comprising the steps of:

outputting, as the operating power, first three-phase AC power of the same voltage phase as a voltage phase of the power-supply power from a first three-phase transformer that is one of two paired three-phase transformers among the three-phase transformers;

outputting, as the operating power, second three-phase AC power of a voltage phase shifted by π/6 from the voltage phase of the power-supply power from a second three-phase transformer that is the other three-phase transformer of the two paired three-phase transformers; and

causing the crane apparatus to perform full-wave rectification of the operating power supplied from the feeder line by a three-phase full-wave rectifier, supply obtained DC power to a common bus, drive a motor configured to perform hoisting and lowering of the container based on the DC power supplied from the three-phase full-wave rectifier to the common bus, store, in a power storage device, the DC power supplied from the three-phase full-wave rectifier to the common bus, and supply the stored power to the common bus upon reduction of the DC power.

4. The feeding method according to claim 3 , wherein the first three-phase transformer is constituted by a three-phase transformer of one of a Δ-Δ connection type and a Y-Y connection type, and the second three-phase transformer is constituted by a three-phase transformer of one of a Δ-Y connection type and a Y-Δ connection type.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 9, 2018
From: MITSUI ENGINEERING & SHIPBUILDING CO., LTD.
To: MITSUI E&S HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 047208/0537 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 9, 2018
From: MITSUI E&S HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
To: MITSUI E&S MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 047209/0452 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ADDITION OF THE THIRD INVENTOR PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 037953 FRAME 0803. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE ENTIRE RIGHT, TITLE, AND INTEREST. Recorded Mar 15, 2016
From: KAWAGUCHI, MASAHARU; SATO, SOSHI; OHI, KOJI
To: MITSUI ENGINEERING & SHIPBUILDING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 038102/0399 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2016
From: KAWAGUCHI, MASAHARU; SATO, SOSHI
To: MITSUI ENGINEERING & SHIPBUILDING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 037953/0803 →
Continuity (1)
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