Patents by Inventor Atsushi Morii

Atsushi Morii 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).

  • Patent number: 6479026
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of denitrating exhaust gas, which can control the NOx removal efficiency of exhaust gas at 90% or higher while suppressing the release of unreacted ammonia to 0.1 ppm or less. The method carries out denitration of exhaust gas for removing nitrogen oxides with catalytic reduction by introducing a nitrogen-oxide-containing gas into a catalyst-filled reaction chamber and adding ammonia as reducing agent in an excessive amount to the same chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kozo Iida, Shigeru Nojima, Yoshiaki Obayashi, Atsushi Morii
  • Patent number: 6156698
    Abstract: There are provided a honeycomb catalyst in which irregularities are formed on a catalyst inside wall in a honeycomb hole, and a manufacturing method for a honeycomb catalyst by using an extrusion molding method, in which extrusion molding is effected by using a mold having a means for providing irregularities to a catalyst inside wall of a honeycomb hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kozo Iida, Shigeru Nojima, Yoshiaki Obayashi, Atsushi Morii, Osamu Naito
  • Patent number: 6025298
    Abstract: The present invention provides a denitration catalyst which is designed to show a drop of the mechanical strength of the carrier to an acceptable extent even when used with an exhaust gas containing sulfur oxides while making the use of excellent water resistance or electrical insulating properties inherent to glass fibers and a process therefor. The denitration catalyst comprises a catalytically active component supported on a structure comprising a glass fiber free of B.sub.2 O.sub.3, an inorganic filler and an inorganic binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignees: Nichias Corporation, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoaki Imoto, Jun Tanabe, Osamu Naito, Atsushi Morii, Shuya Nagayama
  • Patent number: 6025292
    Abstract: Disclosed are (1) a method for the regeneration of a denitration catalyst wherein, in order to regenerate a denitration catalyst having reduced denitration power, the catalyst is cleaned with a cleaning fluid having a hydrofluoric acid concentration of 0.3 to 3% by weight and maintained at a temperature of 20 to 80.degree. C., and (2) a method for the regeneration of a denitration catalyst which comprises the steps of cleaning a denitration catalyst having reduced denitration power under the conditions described in (1) above, drying the cleaned catalyst, and impregnating the catalyst with a catalytically active component so as to support it on the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Obayashi, Kouzo Iida, Atsushi Morii, Osamu Naito, Akira Hattori
  • Patent number: 5897687
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ammonia adsorption apparatus for removing ammonia contained in a treated gas discharged from a denitrator for decomposing nitrogen oxides present in exhaust gas using ammonia as a reducing agent, comprising at least two adsorption towers into which ammonia-containing exhaust gas is introduced in a vertical direction for removing the ammonia by adsorption, wherein, during regeneration of each adsorption tower, hot gas used for desorption purposes flows from a top toward a bottom of the adsorption tower and cooling gas flows from the bottom toward the top of the adsorption tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Teruko Shimada, Toshiyuki Onishi, Satoru Serizawa, Atsushi Morii, Osamu Naito, Shigeyuki Nishijima
  • Patent number: 5869419
    Abstract: This invention effectively utilizes a solid type honeycomb-shaped NO.sub.x removal catalyst which has been used in a catalytic ammonia reduction process and hence reduced in NO.sub.x removal power, and thereby provides an inexpensive catalyst having NO.sub.x removal power equal to that of a fresh catalyst. The nitrogen oxide removal catalyst of this invention, which is useful in a process wherein ammonia is added to exhaust gas and nitrogen oxides present in the exhaust gas are catalytically reduced, has a two-layer structure composed of a lower layer comprising a spent solid type nitrogen oxide removal catalyst and an upper layer comprising a fresh TiO.sub.2 -WO.sub.3 -V.sub.2 O.sub.5 ternary or TiO.sub.2 -WO.sub.3 binary catalyst powder which has been applied to the lower layer so as to give a coating thickness of 100 to 250 .mu.m. Moreover, the catalyst power constituting the upper layer is a catalyst powder obtained by pulverizing a spent solid type nitrogen oxide removal catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Obayashi, Kozo Iida, Shigeru Nojima, Atsushi Morii, Osamu Naito
  • Patent number: 5697403
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a device to make flow uniform in a denitrification system, which can achieve a predetermined flow regulation effect with low pressure loss independently of the gas flow rate. According to the present invention, the device installed on the upstream side of a chemical injection means for the denitrification system is composed of at least one perforated plate 11, and the perforated plate 11 can be turned by a rotating shaft 10 or 10a from the closed position where the gas flow path is closed to the open position where the gas flow path is opened or vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Onishi, Atsushi Morii, Shigeyuki Nishijima
  • Patent number: 5687656
    Abstract: An apparatus installed between a fuel economizer and an air preheater for the denitration of exhaust gas from a coal-fired boiler includes at least one vertical flue situated upstream of a reactor containing a denitration catalyst to cause an upward flow of the gas, A hopper is located below the vertical flue for collecting ash separated from the gas, A baffle is preferably provided in the flue to ensure the still more effective separation of ash from a gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shozo Kaneko, Norihisa Kobayashi, Kouhei Suyama, Atsushi Morii
  • Patent number: 5680884
    Abstract: A high-performance rectifying device promotes the diffusion of energy, temperature and concentration in a fluid stream with a small pressure loss. The device is a lattice type rectifying device provided within a fluid flow passageway for equalizing the flow velocity distribution of the same fluid. Lattice elements each consist of two triangular plates disposed so as to form two opposed surfaces of a pyramid having its apex on the downstream side of the fluid flow and two other triangular plates forming two opposed surfaces of another pyramid having its apex jointed with the first-mentioned apex and having its bottom surface positioned on the downstream side of the fluid flow. The latter two opposed surfaces have their orientations deviated by 90 degrees from the two opposed surfaces on the upstream side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1997
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeyuki Nishijima, Masaaki Taniguchi, Atsushi Morii, Osamu Naito
  • Patent number: 5679314
    Abstract: A method for recovering an ammonia adsorbent which comprises streaming an NO.sub.x -containing gas at 300.degree.-600.degree. C. through an ammonia adsorbent layer which adsorbs ammonia and which is saturated with ammonia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsushi Morii, Satoru Serizawa, Osamu Naito, Toshiyuki Onishi, Kouzo Iida
  • Patent number: 5677254
    Abstract: This invention relates to a catalyst for purifying an exhaust gas, which has a denitrification property in the lean atmosphere and good durability and is hardly deteriorated even in a high temperature rich atmosphere. The feature thereof consists in a catalyst for purifying an exhaust gas, comprising a crystalline silicate having the specified X-ray diffraction pattern and a chemical composition represented by the following chemical formula in the term of mole ratios of oxides under dehydrated state,(1.+-.0.8)R.sub.2 O.?aM.sub.2 O.sub.3.bM'O.cAl.sub.2 O.sub.3 !.ySiO.sub.2in which R is at least one of alkali metal ions and hydrogen ion, M is at least one elementary ion selected from the group consisting of Group VIII elements of Periodic Table, rare earth elements, titanium, vanadium, chromium, niobium, antimony and gallium, M' is an alkaline earth metal ion selected from magnesium, calcium, strontium and barium ions, a>0, 20>b.gtoreq.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeru Nojima, Kozo Iida, Norihisa Kobayashi, Satoru Serizawa, Atsushi Morii
  • Patent number: 5589146
    Abstract: A method for treating ammonia in an exhaust gas on the downstream side of a dry denitration device using ammonia as a reducing agent comprises the step of alternately carrying out ammonia adsorption and ammonia desorption/decomposition to continuously treat ammonia in the exhaust gas in a plurality of constitutional units parallelly connected on an exhaust gas line, the aforesaid constitutional units being constituted so as to carry out the steps of adsorbing/removing ammonia in an ammonia adsorbent-filling tower disposed at a position, where an exhaust gas temperature is 200.degree. C. or less, on the downstream side of the dry denitration device; heating, up to a temperature of 300.degree. C. or more, the ammonia adsorbent-filling tower on which ammonia is adsorbed in a saturated state, to desorb ammonia; and decomposing ammonia in an ammonia decomposition catalyst-filling tower disposed on a desorption ammonia gas line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsushi Morii, Osamu Naito, Toshiyuki Onishi, Hitoshi Nakamura, Kouzo Iida
  • Patent number: 5505919
    Abstract: A method for the denitration of exhaust gas from a gas turbine or an internal combustion engine which comprises (a) reducing a part of the NO.sub.2 constituting NO.sub.x contained in the exhaust gas to NO by means of a reduction catalyst bed for reducing NO.sub.2 to NO, the reduction catalyst bed being installed in flow communication with the exhaust gas outlet of the gas turbine or internal combustion engine, and (b) injecting NH.sub.3 into the exhaust gas within an exhaust heat recovery unit and then decomposing and removing NO.sub.x contained in the exhaust gas and now composed chiefly of NO, by means a denitration catalyst bed installed within the exhaust heat recovery unit to effect the catalytic reduction of NO.sub.x with NH.sub.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1996
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsushi Morii, Satoru Serizawa, Osamu Naito, Masanori Demoto, Toshiyuki Onishi, Norihisa Kobayashi, Kouzo Iida
  • Patent number: 5431894
    Abstract: A method for denitrating an exhaust gas is disclosed which comprises the steps of injecting ammonia from an ammonia injection device into a high-temperature exhaust gas containing nitrogen oxides in a temperature range of 480.degree. C. or more, and then bringing a mixture of ammonia and the high-temperature exhaust gas into contact with a denitration catalyst to reduce the mixture, said method being characterized in that ammonia is injected through the ammonia injection device in which at least an inner surface is subjected to an aluminizing treatment, whereby ammonia is prevented from decomposing; and an apparatus for denitrating an exhaust gas is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1995
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Onishi, Shozo Kaneko, Satoru Serizawa, Toshihiko Imamoto, Atsushi Morii, Osamu Naito
  • Patent number: 4925640
    Abstract: A new method for denitration by ammonia of exhaust gas containing arsenic compounds which degrades a denitrating catalyst used is disclosed as well as a method and an apparatus, based on the same principle as the above method, for regenerating an already degraded catalyst. These effects are achieved, without taking the catalyst out of the system, by adjusting the humidity and temperature of the atmosphere surrounding the catalyst filled in the denitration reactor with simple and economical means so that arsenic compounds accumulated on the catalyst surface will diffuse into the catalyst reducing their concentration on the surface, which is important for the catalytic action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1990
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsushi Morii, Toshio Koyanagi, Hiromu Takatsuka, kouzou Iida
  • Patent number: 4869735
    Abstract: Here is provided an adsorbent for adsorbing and removing an arsenic compound which becomes a catalyst poison in a selective contact reduction process for removing nitrogen oxides (NOx) from a combustion exhaust gas by the use of an ammonia as a reducing agent and a denitrating catalyst.The adsorbent of the present invention comprises a material in which the total volume of pores is 0.2 to 0.7 cc/g and the volume of the pores having a pore diameter of 300 .ANG. or more is 10% or more with respect to the total pore volume, and the material is a specific element, its oxide, an ion-exchanged zeolite or the like.In addition, the present invention is directed to a method for removing the arsenic compound from the combustion exhaust gas by injecting the adsorbent into the flow of the gas on the upstream side of the denitrating catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1989
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Jukogyo K.K., Chemical Ind. Sakai, Mitsubishi Petrochemical Co., Ltd., Petrochemical Engineering Co., Ltd. Mitsubishi, Catalysts & Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Miyazawa, Norihisa Kobayashi, Hiromu Takatsuka, Atsushi Morii, Toshio Koyanagi, Touru Seto, Kozo Iida, Shigeaki Mitsuoka, Hiroaki Rikimaru, Makoto Imanari, Takeo Koshikawa, Akihiro Yamauchi, Masayuki Hanada, Morio Fukuda, Kiyoshi Nagano
  • Patent number: 4857276
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for treating an exhaust gas containing dust composed of a glassy material and a sticky material consisting principally of CaO in a gas parallel flow type solid-gas contact reactor, the aforesaid method being characterized by including the step of forcing the dust to collide with a solid surface on the upstream side of the reactor in order to separate the dust into the glassy material and the sticky material consisting principally of CaO; and the present invention is also directed to an apparatus for the above method, the apparatus being characterized by including a collision device for colliding with the dust which is disposed in an exhaust gas flow path on an upstream side of the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1989
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toru Seto, Shigeaki Mitsuoka, Atsushi Morii, Norihisa Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 4796545
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating a combustion exhaust gas is here provided which comprises a fire furnace, a denitrating reactor for denitrating the combustion exhaust gas discharged from the fire furnace, a dust collector for collecting solids in the exhaust gas passed through the reactor, and a transport pipe for circulating the solids collected by the dust collector through the fire furnace, the apparatus being characterized in that the transport pipe is provided with an arsenic removal means for removing arsenic from the solids. The arsenic removal means may be a heating device or a washing device. The dust collector may be provided with a means for discarding the solids having a particle diameter of 10 .mu.m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1989
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuo Hashizaki, Toshio Koyanagi, Atsushi Morii