Patents by Inventor Gaku Kondo
Gaku Kondo 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).
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Patent number: 10308525Abstract: A suspended-matter removing method and a suspended-matter removing apparatus are disclosed that require no sludge treatment facility, and inexpensively provide filtrate satisfying a water quality standard. The suspended-matter removing method includes: feeding a protrusion element to a filter layer formed by filling a solid filter material, adding a protrusion to a surface of the solid filter material; after feeding protrusion element, determining whether a protrusion has been added to the surface of the solid filter material, and when it is determined that the protrusion has been added, reducing a feeding amount of the protrusion element as compared with when adding the protrusion; forming a biofilm on the surface of the solid filter material; and passing water to be treated containing suspended matters through the filter layer having the solid filter material added with the protrusion in a state in which the feeding amount of the protrusion element is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2015Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Tabata, Seiji Furukawa, Katsunori Matsui, Hideo Suzuki, Gaku Kondo, Shigeru Yoshioka, Masaki Ishiguro
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Patent number: 9938172Abstract: A wastewater treatment device includes a first biological treatment device (10) that treats wastewater through a membrane-separated activated sludge method; a second biological treatment device (20) that treats wastewater through a biofilm method; measurement units (31, 32) that measure load concentration and flow rate in the wastewater flowing upstream of the first biological treatment device (10) and the second biological treatment device (20); and a control unit (30) that calculates a load quantity from the load concentration and the flow rate, determines, according to the load quantity, a distribution ratio between a flow rate of the wastewater supplied to the first biological treatment device (10) and a flow rate of the wastewater supplied to the second biological treatment device (20), and adjusts the flow rate of the wastewater supplied to the first biological treatment device (10) and the second biological treatment device (20), based on the distribution ratio.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2012Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, LTDInventors: Kazuhide Kamimura, Takuhiro Maeda, Morikata Nishida, Kosuke Shigiishi, Seiichi Terakura, Hideo Suzuki, Gaku Kondo
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Publication number: 20180036658Abstract: A suspended-matter removing method and a suspended-matter removing apparatus are disclosed that require no sludge treatment facility, and inexpensively provide filtrate satisfying a water quality standard. The suspended-matter removing method includes: feeding a protrusion element to a filter layer formed by filling a solid filter material, adding a protrusion to a surface of the solid filter material; after feeding protrusion element, determining whether a protrusion has been added to the surface of the solid filter material, and when it is determined that the protrusion has been added, reducing a feeding amount of the protrusion element as compared with when adding the protrusion; forming a biofilm on the surface of the solid filter material; and passing water to be treated containing suspended matters through the filter layer having the solid filter material added with the protrusion in a state in which the feeding amount of the protrusion element is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2015Publication date: February 8, 2018Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Masayuki TABATA, Seiji FURUKAWA, Katsunori MATSUI, Hideo SUZUKI, Gaku KONDO, Shigeru YOSHIOKA, Masaki ISHIGURO
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Publication number: 20180036657Abstract: A suspended-matter removing method and a suspended-matter removing apparatus are disclosed which require no sludge treatment facility, and inexpensively provide filtrate satisfying a water quality standard. The method includes: feeding a protrusion element to a filter layer formed by filling a solid filter material, adding a protrusion to a surface of the solid filter material; after feeding of the protrusion element, determining whether or not a protrusion satisfying a preset standard has been added to the surface of the solid filter material, and when it is determined that the protrusion has been added, reducing a feeding amount of the protrusion element as compared with when adding the protrusion; and passing water to be treated containing suspended matters through the filter layer having the solid filter material added with the protrusion in a state in which the feeding amount of the protrusion element is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2015Publication date: February 8, 2018Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Tabata, Seiji Furukawa, Katsunori Matsui, Hideo Suzuki, Gaku Kondo, Shigeru Yoshioka, Masaki Ishiguro
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Publication number: 20180028946Abstract: A regeneration method for a filtration apparatus, a filtration apparatus, and a water treatment apparatus are disclosed that shorten a time required until stabilization of water quality of filtrate after backwashing, and stably provide filtrate satisfying a desired water quality standard. The regeneration method for a filtration apparatus according to the invention is a regeneration method for a filtration apparatus that has a filter layer formed by filling a solid filter material formed with a protrusion on a surface, and passes water to be treated containing suspended matters through the filter layer to perform filtration of the suspended matters. The regeneration method for a filtration apparatus includes a step of backwashing the filter layer by passing washing liquid through the filter layer in a direction opposite to a passing direction of the water to be treated such that the protrusion is retained on the surface of the solid filter material.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2015Publication date: February 1, 2018Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Tabata, Seiji Furukawa, Katsunori Matsui, Hideo Suzuki, Gaku Kondo, Shigeru Yoshioka, Masaki Ishiguro
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Patent number: 9868656Abstract: Provided is a wastewater treatment device that can reduce the fluoride ion concentration in industrial wastewater to improve the recovery rate of purified water. A wastewater treatment device (1) includes a biological treatment unit (3) that decomposes and eliminates organic matter in wastewater by means of microorganisms, and a desalinization unit (4) that is provided downstream of the biological treatment unit (3) and eliminates salt-forming ionic components from within the wastewater. A pretreatment unit (2), which removes components, such as heavy metals or oil contained in the wastewater, which inhibit the function of the biological treatment unit (3) or the desalinization unit (4), is provided upstream of the biological treatment unit (3), and the pretreatment unit (2) is provided with a fluoride concentration reduction unit that reduces the concentration of fluoride ions in the wastewater by eliminating the fluoride ions from within the wastewater.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2012Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MECHATRONICS SYSTEMSInventors: Kazuhide Kamimura, Makoto Ishino, Shigeru Yoshioka, Hozumi Otozai, Seiichi Terakura, Hideo Suzuki, Gaku Kondo
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Publication number: 20170283285Abstract: A natural water treatment control apparatus (190) controls a treatment device configured to perform treatment used to contribute to purification of drawn natural water. The natural water treatment control apparatus (190) includes: a tide information acquiring unit (191) configured to acquire tide information serving as information associated with tides of a body of water from which the natural water is drawn; and a treatment mode determining unit (193) configured to determine a treatment mode of the treatment device on the basis of the tide information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2014Publication date: October 5, 2017Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Tabata, Gaku Kondo, Katsunori Matsui, Takayoshi Hori, Katsuhiko Yokohama, Yoshiaki Ito, Shintaro Taura, Kazuhisa Takeuchi
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Patent number: 9657262Abstract: An apparatus for treating a biomass feedstock at a high temperature, includes a cooling device 90 for cooling a biomass treated liquid at a high temperature; an enzymatic saccharification tank 103 for saccharifying a cooled treated liquid 101B with an enzyme; a solid-liquid separation apparatus 112 for removing water-slightly soluble substances contained in a saccharide solution 104 taken out from the enzymatic saccharification tank 103 and a foreign substance removing unit 113 provided with a microfiltration (MF) membrane 113a; a dilution tank 132, disposed downstream of the foreign substance removing unit 113, for diluting the saccharide solution from which the water-slightly soluble substances are removed by adding water thereto; a water separation unit 116, provided with a reverse osmosis (RO) membrane 116a, for removing water 114 from the diluted saccharide solution so as to obtain concentrated saccharide solution 115.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2012Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Akira Nishimura, Takahiro Yamauchi, Kentaro Ogura, Haruka Nishimoto, Hiroyuki Kurihara, Atsushi Minamino, Hideo Suzuki, Gaku Kondo
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Patent number: 9587217Abstract: An apparatus for treating a biomass feedstock at a high temperature, includes a cooling device 90 for cooling a biomass treated liquid at a high temperature; an enzymatic saccharification tank 103 for saccharifying a cooled treated liquid 101B with an enzyme; a solid-liquid separation apparatus 112 for removing water-slightly soluble substances contained in a saccharide solution 104 taken out from the enzymatic saccharification tank 103 and a foreign substance removing unit 113 provided with a microfiltration (MF) membrane 113a; a dilution tank 132, disposed downstream of the foreign substance removing unit 113, for diluting the saccharide solution from which the water-slightly soluble substances are removed by adding water thereto; a water separation unit 116, provided with a reverse osmosis (RO) membrane 116a, for removing water 114 from the diluted saccharide solution so as to obtain concentrated saccharide solution 115.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2012Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignees: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC., MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, LTDInventors: Akira Nishimura, Takahiro Yamauchi, Kentaro Ogura, Haruka Nishimoto, Hiroyuki Kurihara, Atsushi Minamino, Hideo Suzuki, Gaku Kondo
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Patent number: 9434971Abstract: A saccharide-solution producing apparatus 11A according to the present invention is a saccharide-solution producing apparatus for producing a saccharide solution 22 derived from a carbohydrate-based material 21, and includes a saccharide-solution controlling unit 15A that controls the saccharide solution derived from the carbohydrate-based material 21, a cellulosic biomass saccharifying unit 16 that saccharifies hydrothermally treated biomass obtained by hydrothermally decomposing a cellulosic biomass material 35 that contains a lignin component and a hemicellulose component, and produces a diluted saccharide solution 37, and a diluted-saccharide-solution supply pipe L11 that mixes the diluted saccharide solution 37 produced by the cellulosic biomass saccharifying unit 16 into the saccharide-solution controlling unit 15A. With this configuration, it is possible to improve production efficiency of the saccharide solution 22 and to realize cost reduction.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2011Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MECHATRONICS SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Minoru Genta, Seiichi Terakura, Hideo Suzuki, Gaku Kondo, Michio Nishiyama
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Patent number: 9102965Abstract: A saccharide-solution producing apparatus 11A according to the present invention is a saccharide-solution producing apparatus for producing a saccharide solution 22 derived from a carbohydrate-based material 21, and includes a saccharide-solution controlling unit 15A that controls the saccharide solution derived from the carbohydrate-based material 21, a cellulosic biomass saccharifying unit 16 that saccharifies hydrothermally treated biomass obtained by hydrothermally decomposing a cellulosic biomass material 35 that contains a lignin component and a hemicellulose component, and produces a diluted saccharide solution 37, and a diluted-saccharide-solution supply pipe L11 that mixes the diluted saccharide solution 37 produced by the cellulosic biomass saccharifying unit 16 into the saccharide-solution controlling unit 15A. With this configuration, it is possible to improve production efficiency of the saccharide solution 22 and to realize cost reduction.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2013Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MECHATRONICS SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Minoru Genta, Seiichi Terakura, Hideo Suzuki, Gaku Kondo, Michio Nishiyama
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Patent number: 9074232Abstract: A saccharide-solution producing apparatus 11A according to the present invention is a saccharide-solution producing apparatus for producing a saccharide solution 22 derived from a carbohydrate-based material 21, and includes a saccharide-solution controlling unit 15A that controls the saccharide solution derived from the carbohydrate-based material 21, a cellulosic biomass saccharifying unit 16 that saccharifies hydrothermally treated biomass obtained by hydrothermally decomposing a cellulosic biomass material 35 that contains a lignin component and a hemicellulose component, and produces a diluted saccharide solution 37, and a diluted-saccharide-solution supply pipe L11 that mixes the diluted saccharide solution 37 produced by the cellulosic biomass saccharifying unit 16 into the saccharide-solution controlling unit 15A. With this configuration, it is possible to improve production efficiency of the saccharide solution 22 and to realize cost reduction.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2013Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MECHATRONICS SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Minoru Genta, Seiichi Terakura, Hideo Suzuki, Gaku Kondo, Michio Nishiyama
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Publication number: 20140319031Abstract: A wastewater treatment device includes a first biological treatment device (10) that treats wastewater through a membrane-separated activated sludge method; a second biological treatment device (20) that treats wastewater through a biofilm method; measurement units (31, 32) that measure load concentration and flow rate in the wastewater flowing upstream of the first biological treatment device (10) and the second biological treatment device (20); and a control unit (30) that calculates a load quantity from the load concentration and the flow rate, determines, according to the load quantity, a distribution ratio between a flow rate of the wastewater supplied to the first biological treatment device (10) and a flow rate of the wastewater supplied to the second biological treatment device (20), and adjusts the flow rate of the wastewater supplied to the first biological treatment device (10) and the second biological treatment device (20), based on the distribution ratio.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2012Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: MISTSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MECHATRONICS SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Kazuhide Kamimura, Takuhiro Maeda, Morikata Nishida, Kosuke Shigiishi, Seiichi Terakura, Hideo Suzuki, Gaku Kondo
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Publication number: 20140311959Abstract: Provided is a wastewater treatment device that can reduce the fluoride ion concentration in industrial wastewater to improve the recovery rate of purified water. A wastewater treatment device (1) includes a biological treatment unit (3) that decomposes and eliminates organic matter in wastewater by means of microorganisms, and a desalinization unit (4) that is provided downstream of the biological treatment unit (3) and eliminates salt-forming ionic components from within the wastewater. A pretreatment unit (2), which removes components, such as heavy metals or oil contained in the wastewater, which inhibit the function of the biological treatment unit (3) or the desalinization unit (4), is provided upstream of the biological treatment unit (3), and the pretreatment unit (2) is provided with a fluoride concentration reduction unit that reduces the concentration of fluoride ions in the wastewater by eliminating the fluoride ions from within the wastewater.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2012Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MECHATRONICS SYSTEMS LTD.Inventors: Kazuhide Kamimura, Makoto Ishino, Shigeru Yoshioka, Hozumi Otozai, Seiichi Terakura, Hideo Suzuki, Gaku Kondo
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Publication number: 20130337552Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for treating a biomass feedstock at a high temperature, including: a cooling means for cooling a biomass liquid treated at a high temperature; an enzymatic saccharification tank for subjecting a cooled treated liquid to saccharification with an enzyme; a solid-liquid separation apparatus for removing water-slightly soluble fermentation inhibitory substances contained in the saccharide solution taken out from the enzymatic saccharification tank and a foreign substance removing unit provided with a microfiltlation (MF) membrane 113a; a dilution tank, disposed downstream of the foreign substance removing unit, for adding water thereto so as to dilute the saccharide solution; a water separation unit, provided with a reverse osmosis (RO) membrane, for removing water from the diluted saccharide solution to obtain concentrated saccharide solution; and a fermentation tank for fermenting the concentrated saccharide solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2012Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Akira Nishimura, Takahiro Yamauchi, Kentaro Ogura, Haruka Nishimoto, Hiroyuki Kurihara, Atsushi Minamino, Hideo Suzuki, Gaku Kondo
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Publication number: 20130309761Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for treating a biomass feedstock at a high temperature, including a cooling means for cooling a biomass treated liquid at a high temperature; an enzymatic saccharification tank for saccharifying a cooled treated liquid with an enzyme; a solid-liquid separation apparatus for removing water-slightly soluble substances contained in a saccharide solution taken out from the enzymatic saccharification tank and a foreign substance removing unit provided with a microfiltlation (MF) membrane; a dilution tank, disposed downstream of the foreign substance removing unit, for diluting the saccharide solution from which the water-slightly soluble substances are removed by adding water thereto; a water separation unit, provided with a reverse osmosis (RO) membrane, for removing water from the diluted saccharide solution so as to obtain concentrated saccharide solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2012Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MECHATRONICS SYSTEMS, LTD., TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Akira Nishimura, Takahiro Yamauchi, Kentaro Ogura, Haruka Nishimoto, Hiroyuki Kurihara, Atsushi Minamino, Hideo Suzuki, Gaku Kondo
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Publication number: 20120315677Abstract: A saccharide-solution producing apparatus 11A according to the present invention is a saccharide-solution producing apparatus for producing a saccharide solution 22 derived from a carbohydrate-based material 21, and includes a saccharide-solution controlling unit 15A that controls the saccharide solution derived from the carbohydrate-based material 21, a cellulosic biomass saccharifying unit 16 that saccharifies hydrothermally treated biomass obtained by hydrothermally decomposing a cellulosic biomass material 35 that contains a lignin component and a hemicellulose component, and produces a diluted saccharide solution 37, and a diluted-saccharide-solution supply pipe L11 that mixes the diluted saccharide solution 37 produced by the cellulosic biomass saccharifying unit 16 into the saccharide-solution controlling unit 15A. With this configuration, it is possible to improve production efficiency of the saccharide solution 22 and to realize cost reduction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2011Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MECHATRONICS SYSTEMS,LTD.Inventors: Minoru Genta, Seiichi Terakura, Hideo Suzuki, Gaku Kondo, Michio Nishiyama