Patents by Inventor Haruyoshi Tanabe

Haruyoshi Tanabe 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: 7550127
    Abstract: A method for effectively absorbing and removing CO2 in an exhaust gas generated during an industrial process for reducing the amount of CO2 that is exhausted into the atmosphere. The exhaust gas containing CO2 is blown into an agglomerate of solid particles containing CaO and/or Ca(OH)2 so that the CO2 is in contact with the agglomerate for fixing the CO2 in the exhaust gas as CaCO3, thereby reducing the CO2 concentration in the exhaust gas. Preferably, the solid particles contain water, and more preferably, the solid particles contain surface adhesive water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: JFE Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuhito Takahashi, Tsuneo Isoo, Makoto Kato, Haruyoshi Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20070154380
    Abstract: A method for effectively absorbing and removing CO2 in an exhaust gas generated during an industrial process for reducing the amount of CO2 that is exhausted into the atmosphere. The exhaust gas containing CO2 is blown into an agglomerate of solid particles containing CaO and/or Ca(OH)2 so that the CO2 is in contact with the agglomerate for fixing the CO2 in the exhaust gas as CaCO3, thereby reducing the CO2 concentration in the exhaust gas. Preferably, the solid particles contain water, and more preferably, the solid particles contain surface adhesive water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuhito Takahashi, Tsuneo Isoo, Makoto Kato, Haruyoshi Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20050036932
    Abstract: A method for effectively absorbing and removing CO2 in an exhaust gas generated during an industrial process for reducing the amount of CO2 that is exhausted into the atmosphere. The exhaust gas containing CO2 is blown into an agglomerate of solid particles containing CaO and/or Ca(OH)2 so that the CO2 is in contact with the agglomerate for fixing the CO2 in the exhaust gas as CaCO3, thereby reducing the CO2 concentration in the exhaust gas. Preferably, the solid particles contain water, and more preferably, the solid particles contain surface adhesive water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Applicant: NKK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuhito Takahashi, Tsuneo Isoo, Makoto Kato, Haruyoshi Tanabe
  • Patent number: 6843843
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to effectively absorb and remove CO2 in an exhaust gas generated during an industrial process for reducing an amount of exhausting CO2 into the atmospheric air. The exhaust gas containing CO2 is blown into the agglomerate of solid particles containing CaO and/or Ca(OH)2 to contact CO2 to the agglomerate for fixing CO2 in the exhaust gas as CaCO3, thereby to reduce the CO2 concentration in the exhaust gas. Preferably, the solid particles contain water, and more preferably, the solid particles contain surface adhesive water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuhito Takahashi, Tsuneo Isoo, Makoto Kato, Haruyoshi Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20040163435
    Abstract: Provided is a raw material for phosphate fertilizer having excellent fertilizer characteristics, which raw material consists essentially of a slag containing phosphate generated from dephosphorization reaction in molten iron, and is a method for manufacturing the raw material suitable for manufacturing the phosphate fertilizer. The raw material for phosphate fertilizer consists essentially of a slag containing phosphate generated from dephosphorization reaction in molten iron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicant: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuhito Takahashi, Haruyoshi Tanabe, Yasuko Yao, Shigeru Inoue, Keiji Watanabe, Tsuneo Isoo, Satoshi Kohira, Ryo Kawabata, Akira Shiroyama, Hidetoshi Matsuno, Takeshi Murai
  • Publication number: 20010054253
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to effectively absorb and remove CO2 in an exhaust gas generated during an industrial process for reducing an amount of exhausting CO2 into the atmospheric air. The exhaust gas containing CO2 is blown into the agglomerate of solid particles containing CaO and/or Ca(OH)2 to contact CO2 to the agglomerate for fixing CO2 in the exhaust gas as CaCO3, thereby to reduce the CO2 concentration in the exhaust gas. Preferably, the solid particles contain water, and more preferably, the solid particles contain surface adhesive water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Applicant: NKK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuhito Takahashi, Tsueno Isoo, Makoto Kato, Haruyoshi Tanabe
  • Patent number: 5523150
    Abstract: A metal-impregnated refractory product of this invention has high slag attack, gas attack, and spalling resistances and is used in various types of molten metal treatment vessels. A material of refractory particles mainly consisting of MgO or Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 is formed and heated by a suitable method to obtain a porous material body containing at least 4 vol % of open pores. A metal or an alloy mainly consisting of at least one type of a metal selected from the group consisting of iron, chromium, and nickel is impregnated in the porous material body at a ratio of 25 vol % or more of the open pores. The metal is filled in pores present in a region from the surface to at least a predetermined depth. The metal-impregnated refractory product can withstand various high-temperature damages and can be stably used over a long time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1996
    Assignee: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Noriji Numata, Makoto Iiyama, Noboru Murakami, Motonobu Kobayashi, Haruyoshi Tanabe
  • Patent number: 5074530
    Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus for smelting reduction of iron ore which contains (1) at least one preheat and prereduction furnace which preheats and prereduces iron ore to a prereduction degree of less than 30%; (2) a smelting reduction furnace into which the preheated and prereduced iron ore, carbonaceous material and flux are charged and in which the preheated and prereduced iron ore is reduced; and (3) a top blow oxygen lance having first nozzles for decarburization and second nozzles for post-combustion, oxygen gas being blown through the first nozzles and the second nozzles into the smelting reduction furnace. At least one side tuyere is placed in a side wall of the smelting reduction furnace and at least one bottom tuyere is placed in a bottom wall of the smelting reduction furnace for blowing a stirring gas through the at least one side tuyere and the at least one bottom tuyere into the smelting reduction furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1991
    Assignee: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Iwasaki, Kenji Takahashi, Shigeru Inoue, Haruyoshi Tanabe, Masahiro Kawakami, Osamu Terada
  • Patent number: 5065985
    Abstract: An apparatus for a smelting reduction of iron ore comprising a preheat and prereduction furnace which preheats and prereduces iron ore, a smelting reduction furance into which said preheated and prereduced iron ore, carbonaceous material and fluxes are charged and in which said preheated and prereduced iron ore are smelted and reduced, a top blow oxygen lance having decarburizing nozzles and post-combustion nozzles and blowing oxygen into said smelting reduction furance, and at least one side tuyere placed at a side wall of the smelting reduction furnace and at least one bottom tuyere placed at a bottom of the smelting reduction furnace through which a stirring gas is respectively blown so that at least a part of said stirring gas introduced through said at least one side tuyere hits a swollen portion of the molten metal by said stirring gas introduced through said at least one bottom tuyere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1991
    Assignee: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Takahashi, Katsuhiro Iwasaki, Shigeru Inoue, Haruyoshi Tanabe, Masahiro Kawakami, Kenzo Yamada, Osamu Terada
  • Patent number: 5047082
    Abstract: A method for smelting reduction of Ni ore comprises charging Ni ore and carbonaceous material into a converter type smelting reduction furnace having bottom-blow tuyeres and a top-blow lance, the smelting reduction furnace holding a molten metal, blowing oxygen gas from the top-blow lance and a stirring gas from the bottom-blow tuyeres into the furnace, and discharging slag so that a relation represented with a formulaVo>0.4 Ws+1.0can be satisfied, Vo (m.sup.3 per ton of molten metal) being a specific volume of the smelting reduction furnace per ton of molten metal and Ws (ton per ton of molten metal) being 2 specific weight of slag per ton of molten metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1991
    Assignee: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Haruyoshi Tanabe, Katsuhiro Iwasaki, Masahiro Kawakami, Chihiro Taki, Toshio Takaoka
  • Patent number: 5047081
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method which may decarburize high Cr molten metal for a short period of time under an atmospheric pressure, while checking loss of Cr by its oxidation. A basic feature of the invention is to blow from the furnace top lance a decarburizing O.sub.2 diluted by an inert gas into the high Cr molten metal supported in a container as well as blow the inert gas from bottom tuyeres so as to forcibly agitate the molten metal. Another feature of the invention is to control a slag amount during the above decarburizing blowing so as to check the Cr oxidation loss. A further object of the invention is to carry out a denitrification in the above decarburization, thereby to produce low N molten metal while checking the loss by Cr oxidation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1991
    Assignee: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Haruyoshi Tanabe, Masahiro Kawakami, Kenji Takahashi, Katsuhiro Iwasaki, Shigeru Inoue
  • Patent number: 5039480
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing molten metal containing Ni and Cr comprises a process of smelting and reducing Ni ore, and a process of smelting and reducing Cr ore.The process of smelting and reducing Ni ore comprises the steps of charging molten iron into a smelting reduction furnace having a top-blow oxygen lance and tuyeres for blowing stirring gas, charging Ni ore, carbonaceous material and flux into the smelting reduction furnace, blowing decarbonization oxygen and post-combustion oxygen from the top-blow oxygen lance into the smelting reduction furnace, blowing stirring gas for stirring the molten metal and slag inside the smelting reduction furnace from the tuyeres, and controlling post-combustion ratio [(H.sub.2 O+CO.sub.2)/(H.sub.2 +H.sub.2 O+CO+CO.sub.2)] at 0.3 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1991
    Assignee: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Haruyoshi Tanabe, Chihiro Taki, Katsuhiro Iwasaki, Masahiro Kawakami, Toshio Takaoka
  • Patent number: 5017220
    Abstract: A method for smelting reduction of Ni ore comprises charging Ni ore, carbonaceous material and flux into a converter type smelting reduction furnace holding molten iron therein and controlling a post-combustion ratio [(H.sub.2 O+CO.sub.2)/(H.sub.2 +H.sub.2 O+CO+CO.sub.2)] inside the smelting reduction furnace at 0.3 or more by blowing oxygen from a top-blow oxygen lance and stirring gas from a bottom-blow tuyere arranged in the bottom of the smelting reduction furnace into the smelting reduction furnace.A relation between a content of carbon [C] (%) in molten metal and an amount of slag produced per ton of molten metal is represented with a formula:[C].gtoreq.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1991
    Assignee: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Haruyoshi Tanabe, Katsuhiro Iwasaki, Masahiro Kawakami, Chihiro Taki, Toshio Takaoka
  • Patent number: 5000784
    Abstract: A method for smelting reduction of iron ore comprises the steps of: preheating and prereducing iron ore; charging said preheated and prereduced iron ore, carbonaceous material and flux into a smelting reduction furnace; blowing oxygen gas through a top blow oxygen lance having decarburizing nozzles and post-combustion nozzles into said smelting reduction furnace, an end of said top blow oxygen lance being arranged between an upper side level of a slag layer and a lower side level of said slag layer; blowing a stirring gas through at least one side tuyere placed in side wall of said smelting furnace and at least one bottom tuyer placed in bottom wall of said reduction furnace so that at least part of said stirring gas introduced through at least one said side tuyere hits a swollen portion of the molten metal by said stirring gas introduced through at least one said bottom tuyere; and controlling a flow rate of said oxygen gas and said stirring gas blown in said smelting reduction furnace so that an OD of infur
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Assignee: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Takahashi, Katsuhiro Iwasaki, Shigeru Inoue, Haruyoshi Tanabe, Masahiro Kawakami, Kenzo Yamada, Osamu Terada
  • Patent number: 4995906
    Abstract: A method for smelting reduction of iron ore, comprises the steps of: introducing iron ore into a preheat and prereduction furnace and preheating and prereducing the iron ore, a prereduction degree being less than 30%; charging the iron ore, carbonaceous material and flux into a smelting reduction furnace; blowing oxygen gas, through decarburization nozzles and post-combustion nozzles placed in a top end of an oxygen lance, into the smelting reduction furnace, the top end of the oxygen lance being located so as to be between a top level and a bottom level of a slag layer; blowing a stirring gas through side tuyeres placed in a side wall and bottom tuyeres placed in a bottom wall of the smelting reduction furnace; and controlling a flow amount of the oxygen gas and the stirring gas so that an oxidation degree of an exhaust gas generated in the smelting reduction furnace ranges 0.4 to 0.9 and still a temperature of the exhaust gas ranges 300.degree. to 1300.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1991
    Assignee: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Iwasaki, Kenji Takahashi, Shigeru Inoue, Haruyoshi Tanabe, Masahiro Kawakami, Osamu Terada
  • Patent number: 4988079
    Abstract: An apparatus for smelting reduction comprising a preheat and prereduction furnace for preheating and prereducing iron ores; a smelting reduction furnace into which iron ores, carbonaceous material and fluxing material are charged and in which the iron ores are smelted and reduced; a top-blow oxygen lance through which oxygen gas is blown into the smelting reduction furnace, having decarbonizing nozzles and post combustion nozzles; and the smelting reduction furnace having bottom and side tuyeres built respectively in a side wall and a bottom thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1991
    Assignee: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Takahashi, Katsuhiro Iwasaki, Shigeru Inoue, Haruyoshi Tanabe, Masahiro Kawakami, Kenzo Yamada, Ichiro Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 4961784
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of carrying out a smelting reduction of Cr raw material as Cr ores, Cr ore pellets and so on for directly producing high Cr molten metal in a furnace provided with bottom gas blowing tuyeres, side gas blowing tuyere and a top blowing lance. An inert gas is blown from the bottom tuyere to form an upheaving part on the surface of the molten metal, and an inert gas is blown from the side tuyere against the upheaving part, whereby the molten metal is diffused into a region of the slag where Cr raw material fly so as to accelerate reduction of Cr raw materials by C in the molten metal. On the other hand, O.sub.2 for decarburization is blown from the top lance into the molten metal, and at the same time O.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1990
    Assignee: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Haruyoshi Tanabe, Masahiro Kawakami, Kenji Takahashi, Katsuhiro Iwasaki, Shigeru Inoue
  • Patent number: 4944799
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of producing stainless molten steel by a smelting reduction treatment - decarburization treatment of Cr raw materials such as Cr ores, Cr ore pellets and so on consecutively and at high treating speed in one container. In the smelting reduction, an inert gas is blown from bottom tuyeres to form an upheaving part of the molten metal on its surface and the inert gas is blown to this upheaving part. The molten metal is thereby caused to disperse into a region of the slag where the Cr materials float, so that the reduction of Cr is accelerated by C. On the other hand, decarburizing O.sub.2 is blown into the molten metal from a top lance, while O.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1990
    Assignee: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Haruyoshi Tanabe, Masahiro Kawakami, Kenji Takahashi, Katsuhiro Iwasaki, Shigeru Inoue
  • Patent number: 4936908
    Abstract: A method for smelting and reducing iron ores comprises the steps of: the step of preheating and prereducing iron ores; the step of charging the preheated and prereduced iron ores into a smelting reduction furnace; the step of charging carbonaceous material and fluxing material into the smelting reduction furnace; the step of blowing in oxygen gas into the smelting reduction furnace through a top-blow oxygen lance having decarbonizing nozzles and post combustion nozzles; and the step of blowing in stirring gas through side and bottom tuyeres set respectively in a side wall and a bottom of the smelting reduction furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 26, 1990
    Assignee: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Takahashi, Katsuhiro Iwasaki, Shigeru Inoue, Haruyoshi Tanabe, Masahiro Kawakami, Kenzo Yamada, Ichiro Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 4935054
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of checking flying losses of ores and coal when they are charged for carrying out smelting reduction of Cr ores and iron ores. In the invention, the raw materials are charged into the furnace through a chute extending nearly a mouth of the furnace or connected to a furnace body. Further, while gas is jetted toward an outside of the chute from a nozzle provided in an circumferential direction of an inside nearly the end of the chute, thereby to enable to exactly check the flying losses of the raw materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1990
    Assignee: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Haruyoshi Tanabe, Masahiro Kawakami, Kenji Takahashi, Katsuhiro Iwasaki, Shigeru Inoue, Hitoshi Kawata