Patents by Inventor Haruka Nishimoto

Haruka Nishimoto 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: 9657262
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Akira Nishimura, Takahiro Yamauchi, Kentaro Ogura, Haruka Nishimoto, Hiroyuki Kurihara, Atsushi Minamino, Hideo Suzuki, Gaku Kondo
  • Patent number: 9587217
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignees: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC., MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, LTD
    Inventors: Akira Nishimura, Takahiro Yamauchi, Kentaro Ogura, Haruka Nishimoto, Hiroyuki Kurihara, Atsushi Minamino, Hideo Suzuki, Gaku Kondo
  • Publication number: 20130337552
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Akira Nishimura, Takahiro Yamauchi, Kentaro Ogura, Haruka Nishimoto, Hiroyuki Kurihara, Atsushi Minamino, Hideo Suzuki, Gaku Kondo
  • Publication number: 20130309761
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicants: 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