Patents Assigned to Kobelco Eco-Solutions Co. Ltd.
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Patent number: 11927403Abstract: A fluid flow channel device includes a main body and a non-ceramic sub-body. The main body has a plurality of internal flow channels, and inlets and outlets thereof are arranged so as to be exposed on an outer side surface. The sub-body has a fluid supply path and a fluid recovery path. A supply port of the fluid supply path is arranged to face the inlets of the plurality of internal flow channels. A recovery port of the fluid recovery path is arranged to face the outlets of the plurality of internal flow channels. By disposing the supply port and the recovery port for transferring the fluid to and from the plurality of internal flow channels in the sub-body, it is possible to prevent a large thermal stress from being applied to the main body.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Kobelco Eco-Solutions Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomohiro Ozono, Koji Noishiki, Nobumasa Ichihashi
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Patent number: 11066367Abstract: Provided are an electron donor that is easy to handle and can be used to carry out a coupling reaction economically and efficiently through simple operations under mild conditions in a short period of time, and a method for synthesizing 4,4?-bipyridine using the electron donor. The electron donor includes a mixture of a dispersion product obtained by dispersing sodium in a dispersion solvent and 1,3-dimethyl-2-imidazolidinone, and this electron donor is used in the method for synthesizing 4,4?-bipyridine.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: Kobelco Eco-Solutions Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiaki Murakami, Miyuki Fukushima, Kazuhiko Takai, Sobi Asako
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Patent number: 10836723Abstract: There is a demand for the development of a technique according to which sodium 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidides (Na-TMPs) can be economically and efficiently synthesized through simple operations including a small number of steps under mild conditions in a short period of time. Also, there is a demand for the development of a technique according to which high-quality Na-TMPs that do not contain lithium or lithium compounds such as Li-TMP can be synthesized. The method for synthesizing sodium 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidides includes a step of obtaining sodium 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidides by reacting, in a reaction solvent, 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidines with a dispersion product obtained by dispersing sodium in a dispersion solvent or an organosodium compound having an aromatic ring obtained through a reaction with a dispersion product obtained by dispersing sodium in a dispersion solvent.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: KOBELCO ECO-SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshiaki Murakami, Miyuki Fukushima, Kazuhiko Takai, Sobi Asako
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Patent number: 10544098Abstract: A target bipyridine compound is synthesized with high purity and a high yield in a simple and safe manner in a short period of time. A method for synthesizing a di-tert-butyl-2,2?-bipyridine compound is provided, and the method includes a step of reacting, in a reaction solvent, a tert-butylpyridine compound with a dispersion product obtained by dispersing an alkali metal in a dispersion solvent. A method for synthesizing a bipyridine compound having no substituents is also provided, and the method includes a step of reacting, in a reaction solvent, pyridine with a dispersion product obtained by dispersing an alkali metal in a dispersion solvent.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2016Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Kobelco Eco-Solutions Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiaki Murakami, Yukihiro Goto, Miyuki Fukushima, Kazuhiko Takai, Sobi Asako
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Patent number: 9845485Abstract: Provided are microalgae of the genus Euglena that fall under Euglena gracilis strain EOD-1 (Accession No. FERM BP-11530) or its mutant strain and that are capable of producing at least polysaccharides. Further provided is a method for producing polysaccharides including: culturing microalgae of the genus Euglena that fall under Euglena gracilis strain EOD-1 (Accession No. FERM BP-11530) or its mutant strain and that are capable of producing at least polysaccharides as polysaccharide-producing organisms to produce the polysaccharides. Further provided is a method for producing an organic compound including: culturing microalgae of the genus Euglena that fall under Euglena gracilis strain EOD-1 (Accession No. FERM BP-11530) or its mutant strain and that are capable of producing at least polysaccharides to produce at least one organic compound selected from the group consisting of polysaccharides, lipids, vitamin C, vitamin E, pigments, and proteins.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2014Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: Kobelco Eco-Solutions Co., Ltd.Inventors: Makoto Watanabe, Mikihide Demura, Masanobu Kawachi, Natsuki Sato, Akira Akashi, Jun Takezaki, Takeshi Hamada, Madoka Takahashi, Kenji Ohiraki
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Patent number: 9314737Abstract: Provided is a dehumidifier including an adsorption column allowing a to-be-treated gas produced by electrolysis of water to circulate therethrough so as to allow moisture in the to-be-treated gas to be adsorbed therein, wherein the adsorption column includes an adsorbent capable of adsorbing moisture, a column body having a housing region containing the adsorbent, and a heating unit arranged within the column body and capable of heating the adsorbent so as to cause desorption of the adsorbed moisture from the adsorbent, and the column body is a tube having a bent portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2012Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: Kobelco Eco-Solutions Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kiyoshi Hirai, Shinji Miyazawa, Shinichi Yasui, Akiko Miyake
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Publication number: 20150290577Abstract: Provided is a dehumidifier including an adsorption column allowing a to-be-treated gas produced by electrolysis of water to circulate therethrough so as to allow moisture in the to-be-treated gas to be adsorbed therein, wherein the adsorption column includes an adsorbent capable of adsorbing moisture, a column body having a housing region containing the adsorbent, and a heating unit arranged within the column body and capable of heating the adsorbent so as to cause desorption of the adsorbed moisture from the adsorbent, and the column body is a tube having a bent portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2012Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicant: KOBELCO ECO-SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kiyoshi Hirai, Shinji Miyazawa, Shinichi Yasui, Akiko Miyake
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Patent number: 9133043Abstract: The present invention provides a biological treatment method of biologically treating the subject water containing phenol, thiocyanate and the like, which improves the quality of treated water, while suppressing a reduction in treatment efficiency. As a means for achieving the aforementioned object, the present invention relates to a biological treatment method including introducing subject water containing a COD component, wherein the COD component is at least one of phenol and thiocyanate, into a biological treatment tank containing sludge containing bacteria capable of decomposing the COD component to thereby biologically treat the COD component with the bacteria, wherein, before the introduction of the subject water into the biological treatment tank, a step of counting the total number of bacteria contained in the sludge is carried out, so that the amount of the COD component loaded on a single bacterium per unit time can be controlled within a predetermined range.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2010Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignees: Kansai Coke and Chemicals Co., Ltd., Kobelco Eco-Solutions Co., Ltd.Inventors: Keiichi Matsuoka, Masanori Inukai, Hironobu Inamasu, Tetsuo Yamashita, Akira Akashi
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Publication number: 20130327257Abstract: Provided is a fluidized bed furnace for heating waste to extract a combustible gas from the waste, including: a plurality of wind boxes arranged on a lower side of a bottom wall of a furnace body to blow a fluidizing gas into the fluidized bed; a plurality of temperature detection sections disposed at respective positions allowing detection of temperatures of an upper position and a lower position vertically spaced in a first region, and allowing detection of temperatures of upper and lower positions vertically spaced in a second region; and a control section operable, based on the temperatures detected by the temperature detection sections, to adjust an air ratio of the fluidizing gas to be fed to each of the wind boxes, so that the temperature of the fluidized bed is raised in a direction from the first region toward the second region.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2012Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicant: KOBELCO ECO-SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuya Kawai, Hiroyuki Hosoda, Sadanori Kudou
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Publication number: 20130206697Abstract: An object is to provide a fresh water generating apparatus that is capable of efficiently and stably producing fresh water. Provided is a fresh water generating apparatus equipped with a seawater-treating reverse osmosis membrane device that produces fresh water from seawater by a reverse osmosis membrane, including a mixing section that mixes wastewater as dilution water with seawater to produce mixed water, and a first seawater-treating reverse osmosis membrane device that acts as the seawater-treating reverse osmosis membrane device to filter the mixed water, in which the apparatus is configured so that used water that is wastewater resulting from the use of the produced fresh water as service water is mixed as dilution water with seawater at the mixing section.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2011Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: KOBELCO ECO-SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazutaka Takata, Hiromi Sato, Yutaka Ito, Mitsushige Shimada, Tomoyuki Tachimi, Masanobu Noshita
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Patent number: 8480785Abstract: It is an object to provide a method and an apparatus for recovering indium, the method and apparatus ensuring that it is unnecessary to recover indium in the form of indium hydroxide, indium can be recovered easily by a filter or the like without handling inferiors and also, the recovery rate of indium is greatly improved. The method includes immersing a precipitation-inducing metal which includes zinc and is made into the form of a solid such that any part coming into view three-dimensionally has a longitudinal length of 2.5 to 10 mm in an etching waste solution containing at least indium and ferric chloride and allowed to stand, thereby allowing indium contained in the etching waste solution to precipitate on the surface of the precipitation-inducing metal based on a difference in ionization tendency between zinc and indium, and detaching the indium precipitated on the surface of the precipitation-inducing metal to recover it.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2007Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobelco Eco-Solutions Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeo Miki, Tamotsu Sugimoto, Eiichi Sahashi, Takamichi Honma, Tomoharu Maeseto
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Publication number: 20130098277Abstract: A waste treatment technique includes: blowing a fluidizing gas from around a mixture discharge port to form a first fluidization region having a degree of fluidization of the fluidizable particles which is set to an extent allowing waste to be accumulated on fluidizable particles, while blowing a fluidizing gas between the first fluidization region and an opposite-side wall at a higher flow velocity to form a second fluid region having a degree of fluidization of fluidizable particles greater than that in the first fluidization region, whereby the fluidizable particles are mixed with the waste to gasify the waste; and supplying waste from a supply-side sidewall portion onto the fluidized bed to cause the waste to be accumulated on the first fluidization region while causing the accumulated waste to be moved into the second fluidization region step-by-step.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2011Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: KOBELCO ECO-SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuya Kawai, Hiroyuki Hosoda, Tadashi Ito
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Publication number: 20130092064Abstract: A waste treatment technique includes: blowing a fluidizing gas from around a non-combustible substance discharge port toward fluidizable particles to form a first fluidization region, while blowing a fluidizing gas between the first fluidization region and a front wall at a flow velocity less than that in the first fluidization region to form a second fluid region having a relatively low degree of fluidization of fluidizable particles; returning fluidizable particles discharged from the non-combustible substance discharge port to a fluidized bed from the side of the front wall to form, in the fluidized bed, a flow of fluidizable particles directed from the front wall to the non-combustible substance discharge port; supplying waste from the front wall onto the fluidized bed to cause the waste to be accumulated on the second fluidization region while causing the accumulated waste to be moved into the first fluidization region step-by-step and gasified.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2011Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: KOBELCO ECO-SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuya Kawai, Hiroyuki Hosoda, Tadashi Ito
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Publication number: 20130082001Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fresh water generating apparatus that is capable of efficiently producing fresh water according to an intended use, while utilizing wastewater. Provided is a fresh water generating apparatus equipped with a seawater-treating reverse osmosis membrane device that produces fresh water from seawater by a reverse osmosis membrane, which includes: a mixing section that mixes wastewater as dilution water with a portion of seawater to be subjected to membrane treatment to produce mixed water; a first seawater-treating reverse osmosis membrane device that acts as the seawater-treating reverse osmosis membrane device to filter the mixed water; and a second seawater-treating reverse osmosis membrane device that acts as the seawater-treating reverse osmosis membrane device to filter the remaining portion of the seawater to be subjected to membrane treatment, in an unmixed state with the dilution water.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2011Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: KOBELCO ECO-SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazutaka Takata, Hiromi Sato, Yutaka Ito, Mitsushige Shimada, Tomoyuki Tachimi, Masanobu Noshita
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Publication number: 20120205318Abstract: Provided is a wastewater treatment technology (in particular, pretreatment technology) that, in comparison to existing technologies, can reduce the quantity of sludge generated as a result of processing wastewater that contains fluorine and silicon. Before adding a calcium compound to wastewater that contains fluorine and silicon and performing coagulation-sedimentation treatment on said wastewater, as a pretreatment, sodium hydroxide is added to the wastewater (first reaction tank 1), sodium silicofluoride is precipitated, and the precipitate sodium silicofluoride is removed via solid-liquid separation (first sedimentation tank 2).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2010Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: KOBELCO ECO-SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsuyoshi Tanida, Hiroyuki Chifuku, Sousuke Onoda
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Publication number: 20120061316Abstract: The present invention provides a biological treatment method of biologically treating the subject water containing phenol, thiocyanate and the like, which improves the quality of treated water, while suppressing a reduction in treatment efficiency. As a means for achieving the aforementioned object, the present invention relates to a biological treatment method including introducing subject water containing a COD component, wherein the COD component is at least one of phenol and thiocyanate, into a biological treatment tank containing sludge containing bacteria capable of decomposing the COD component to thereby biologically treat the COD component with the bacteria, wherein, before the introduction of the subject water into the biological treatment tank, a step of counting the total number of bacteria contained in the sludge is carried out, so that the amount of the COD component loaded on a single bacterium per unit time can be controlled within a predetermined range.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2010Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicants: KOBELCO ECO-SOLUTIONS CO., LTD., KANSAI COKE AND CHEMICALS CO., LTD.Inventors: Keiichi Matsuoka, Masanori Inukai, Hironobu Inamasu, Tetsuo Yamashita, Akira Akashi
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Patent number: 8083948Abstract: An object is to provide a fresh water generating method that is capable of efficiently producing purified water, such as fresh water, from unpurified water, such as sea water. Provided is a fresh water generating method for generating fresh water by way of reverse osmosis membrane filtration, which includes mixing sea water with low salt concentration water having a salt concentration lower than sea water to produce mixed water, and subjecting the mixed water prepared by the mixing to reverse osmosis membrane filtration, thereby generating fresh water.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2011Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: Kobelco Eco-Solutions Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yutaka Ito, Masanobu Noshita, Kazutaka Takata, Mitsushige Shimada, Noboru Miyaoka, Kenji Takesaka
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Patent number: 8070955Abstract: An object is to provide a fresh water generating method that is capable of efficiently producing purified water, such as fresh water, from unpurified water, such as sea water. Provided is a fresh water generating method for generating fresh water by way of reverse osmosis membrane filtration, which includes mixing sea water with low salt concentration water having a salt concentration lower than sea water to produce mixed water, and subjecting the mixed water prepared by the mixing to reverse osmosis membrane filtration, thereby generating fresh water.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2011Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Kobelco Eco-Solutions Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yutaka Ito, Masanobu Noshita, Kazutaka Takata, Mitsushige Shimada, Noboru Miyaoka, Kenji Takesaka
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Patent number: 8070954Abstract: An object is to provide a fresh water generating method that is capable of efficiently producing purified water, such as fresh water, from unpurified water, such as sea water. Provided is a fresh water generating method for generating fresh water by way of reverse osmosis membrane filtration, which includes mixing sea water with low salt concentration water having a salt concentration lower than sea water to produce mixed water, and subjecting the mixed water prepared by the mixing to reverse osmosis membrane filtration, thereby generating fresh water.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2011Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Kobelco Eco-Solutions Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yutaka Ito, Masanobu Noshita, Kazutaka Takata, Mitsushige Shimada, Noboru Miyaoka, Kenji Takesaka
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Patent number: 8070953Abstract: An object is to provide a fresh water generating method that is capable of efficiently producing purified water, such as fresh water, from unpurified water, such as sea water. Provided is a fresh water generating method for generating fresh water by way of reverse osmosis membrane filtration, which includes mixing sea water with low salt concentration water having a salt concentration lower than sea water to produce mixed water, and subjecting the mixed water prepared by the mixing to reverse osmosis membrane filtration, thereby generating fresh water.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2009Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Kobelco Eco-Solutions Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yutaka Ito, Katsuhide Motojima, Kazuya Uematsu, Masanobu Noshita, Kazutaka Takata, Mitsushige Shimada, Megumi Manabe