Patents by Inventor Hisashi Isogami
Hisashi Isogami 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: 10343938Abstract: A magnetic separation device includes magnetic separation units in each of which a flow direction of raw water in a separation vessel is set to the same direction as a rotation direction of a magnetic drum. In the left-side magnetic separation unit, a raw water feeding channel is connected to the left side of the separation vessel, so that the raw water flows from left to right in the separation vessel and the treated water flows out of a discharge channel. The magnetic drum rotates in a counter clockwise direction. In the right-side magnetic separation unit, the raw water feeding channel is connected to the right side of the separation vessel, so that the raw water flows from right to left in the separation vessel and the treated water flows out of the discharge channel. The magnetic drum also rotates in the clockwise direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2015Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Manabu Yamada, Kazutaka Fukumoto, Hiroyoshi Shimizu, Kei Hayashida, Hisashi Isogami
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Publication number: 20170320758Abstract: A magnetic separation device includes magnetic separation units in each of which a flow direction of raw water in a separation vessel is set to the same direction as a rotation direction of a magnetic drum. In the left-side magnetic separation unit, a raw water feeding channel is connected to the left side of the separation vessel, so that the raw water flows from left to right in the separation vessel and the treated water flows out of a discharge channel. The magnetic drum rotates in a counter clockwise direction. In the right-side magnetic separation unit, the raw water feeding channel is connected to the right side of the separation vessel, so that the raw water flows from right to left in the separation vessel and the treated water flows out of the discharge channel. The magnetic drum also rotates in the clockwise direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2015Publication date: November 9, 2017Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Manabu YAMADA, Kazutaka FUKUMOTO, Hiroyoshi SHIMIZU, Kei HAYASHIDA, Hisashi ISOGAMI
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Publication number: 20170088781Abstract: Provided is a crude oil recovery device for recovering crude oil from an oil-containing mixture in a stable manner and at low running cost. The crude oil recovery device for extracting crude oil from an oil-containing mixture composed of crude oil and both or one of water and solid, including an extraction tank for mixing the oil-containing mixture with an extracting solvent, and an evaporation/liquefaction unit for distilling an extraction solution after extraction, wherein naphtha, which is a crude oil component of the oil-containing mixture, is reused as the extracting solvent, the naphtha being a distillate obtained by distillation of the extraction solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Tadashi SANO, Kazuhiro ENDOH, Yojiro HAYASHI, Hisashi ISOGAMI, Kei HAYASHIDA, Hideaki KUROKAWA, Masatomo WATANABE
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Publication number: 20160304375Abstract: A produced water treatment system includes: a raw water flow passage to allow produced water to flow therethrough; a desalination flow passage connected to the raw water flow passage, and connected to a membrane distillation apparatus which removes a salt in the produced water flowing in from the raw water flow passage; and a bypass flow passage connected to the desalination flow passage and configured to supply the produced water to desalinated water obtained by desalination by the membrane distillation apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.Inventors: Shigeki TERUI, Hisashi ISOGAMI, Yasuyuki YAGI, Yasutaka KONDO, Kazuya IWAMOTO
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Publication number: 20160130155Abstract: Provided is a water treatment system with which it is possible for injection water suitable for drilling to be prepared from seawater and produced water, without decreasing drilling efficiency, and with consideration to environmental protection. To achieve this, the system is equipped with: a fresh water flow passage for conducting fresh water from a desalination apparatus which desalinates seawater to obtain fresh water; a treated water flow passage for conducting treated water from a water/oil separation apparatus which removes the oil component contained in the produced water from an oilfield, to obtain treated water; and an injection water preparation flow passage in which the flows of treated water conducted through the treated water flow passage and the fresh water conducted through the fresh water flow passage converge, and injection water for injection into the oilfield is prepared.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2014Publication date: May 12, 2016Applicant: HITACHI, LTDInventors: Hisashi ISOGAMI, Yojiro HAYASHI, Masahide OHTA, Satoshi YUMOTO
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Publication number: 20150336829Abstract: Provided is a water treatment system which realizes reduction of the environmental load and energy saving. The system includes: an adsorption unit (10) provided with an adsorbent (11) of adsorbing a target in an aqueous solution which is supplied thereto; an separation tank (20) supplied with the target removed from the adsorbent (11) by a medium contacting thereto, water and the medium after contacting, and separating the medium from the mixture of the supplied water, medium and target; a circulation passage connecting the adsorption unit (10) with the separation tank (20), whereby a circulation unit circulates the medium between the adsorption unit (10) and the separation tank (20) via the passage; and an operation control unit 50 controlling a flow of the medium in accordance with a change in an amount of the water removed from the adsorbent (11) and supplied to the separation tank (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2013Publication date: November 26, 2015Inventors: Akira MOCHIZUKI, Hisashi ISOGAMI, Satoshi MIYABAYASHI
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Publication number: 20150259229Abstract: A separation apparatus includes an acquiring section for acquiring water to be treated containing substances to be removed, a separation section for separating the substances to be removed from the water to be treated, an oxygen removing section for removing oxygen from inside of the separation section, a substance-to-be-removed discharging section for discharging the substances to be removed separated from the treated water, and a treated-water discharging section for discharging the treated water remaining after the substances to be removed are separated from the water to be treated. The separation section includes, for example, a storage section for storing flocculants, a flocculating section for forming aggregates by stirring the flocculants with the water to be treated, and a collecting section for collecting and sending the aggregates to the substance-to-be-removed discharging section.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2015Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: Kazuyuki KAWAMURA, Hiroyuki SEKINO, Yosuke KUNISHI, Hisashi ISOGAMI
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Publication number: 20140367341Abstract: In order to rapidly remove an organic acid dissolved in contaminated water, a coagulant capable of forming a floc with the organic acid in the contaminated water is configured to include an iron oxide bearing an inorganic acid on surface thereof, and an aqueous solution of an acidic-group-containing polymer. Upon removal of the organic acid as a floc from the contaminated water using the coagulant, the iron oxide bearing an inorganic acid on surface is initially added to the contaminated water, and then the aqueous solution of the acidic-group-containing polymer is added to precipitate a floc, and the floc is magnetically separated.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2012Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Hiroshi Sasaki, Akira Mochizuki, Hisashi Isogami
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Patent number: 8845894Abstract: A flocculation-magnetic separation is provided which reduces the usage amount of flocculation agents as well as the usage amount of magnetic powders and realizes an improvement in the quality of treated water.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignees: Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, Hitachi, LtdInventors: Hisashi Isogami, Satoshi Miyabayashi, Akira Mochizuki
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Patent number: 8808548Abstract: A magnetic separation apparatus, comprising: a separation tank to which wastewater containing flocculated magnetic flocs is supplied; a disk-shaped or a drum-shaped separator that adsorbs the magnetic flocs with magnetic force while being rotated, the separator being arranged in the separation tank; and a collection device that collects the magnetic flocs adsorbed by the separator, wherein the improvement comprises that a rotational direction of the separator in the wastewater in the separation tank is set to be the same as a flow direction of the wastewater flowing in the separation tank as well as a lower portion of the separator being under the wastewater in the separation tank.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2010Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Miyabayashi, Hisashi Isogami
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Patent number: 8801923Abstract: A wastewater treatment apparatus that obtains treated water by adding a flocculant and magnetic powder to wastewater accumulated in a tank to thereby generate flocculated magnetic flocs, and recovering the magnetic flocs by means of a magnetic force to thereby remove the magnetic flocs from the wastewater, comprising: a magnetic flocs treatment device which treats the recovered magnetic flocs and which comprises a high pressure pump and a magnetic separation portion; wherein the magnetic separation portion has a structure in which fluid piping is arranged at a magnetic field generating portion, and magnetic powder in the magnetic flocs is recovered by using the high pressure pump to pump the recovered magnetic flocs to the fluid piping of the magnetic separation portion, and causing the magnetic powder in the magnetic flocs to attach to the fluid piping by means of a magnetic force of the magnetic field generating portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2010Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hisashi Isogami, Satoshi Miyabayashi
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Patent number: 8597520Abstract: A wastewater treatment method in which magnetic flocs are formed by adding to wastewater an inorganic flocculant, magnetic particles, and a high molecular polymer as a polymeric flocculant, and the magnetic flocs are collected with magnetic force to thereby obtain treated water having the magnetic flocs removed from the wastewater, wherein the improvement comprises that the magnetic particles are added to the wastewater after adding the inorganic flocculant to the wastewater to flocculate suspended solids in the wastewater, after that or substantially at the same time as the magnetic particles are added, the high molecular polymer is added to the wastewater, and flocculates of the suspended solids and the magnetic particles are combined with each other with the high molecular polymer to thereby obtain the magnetic flocs.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2011Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.Inventors: Hisashi Isogami, Akira Mochizuki, Hiroshi Sasaki, Tadashi Sano, Satoshi Miyabayashi
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Patent number: 8562829Abstract: A magnetic separation apparatus comprising: a separation vessel into which waste water containing a coagulated magnetic floc is supplied; a drum separator that is provided in the separation vessel and adsorbs the magnetic floc with a magnetic force while being rotated; a scraper that is abutted against a surface of the separator and scrapes the magnetic floc adsorbed by the surface of the separator; a scraper guide that is connected to the scraper and discharges the magnetic floc scraped by the scraper; and a scraping brush that scrapes the magnetic floc scraped by the scraper from the scraper and guides the magnetic floc to the scraper guide, wherein a lower portion of the separator is submerged in the waste water in the separation vessel, a rotational direction of the separation vessel in the waste water is set to the same direction as a flow direction of the waste water flowing in the separator, and a rotational direction of the scraping brush is set to a direction opposite to the rotational direction of tType: GrantFiled: March 4, 2011Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd.Inventors: Hisashi Isogami, Satoshi Miyabayashi, Minoru Morita
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Patent number: 8179218Abstract: A magnet magnetizing system and a superconducting magnet to be magnetized, for magnetizing a superconducting magnet to be magnetized, comprises: a magnetizing magnetic field generating means for generating and distinguishing a static magnetic field; a cooling means having an electromotive motor within the static magnetic field, which is generated from the magnetizing magnet generating means; and a bulk superconductor to be magnetized, which is thermally connected with a low-temperature portion of the cooling means, wherein the magnetizing magnetic field generating means is made up with a magnetizing superconducting bulk magnet, building other magnetizing bulk superconductor therein, the bulk superconductor to be magnetized before magnetization thereof is inserted within a space of the static magnetic field, which is generated by the magnetizing superconducting bulk magnet magnetized, and the magnetic field of the magnetizing superconducting bulk magnet is distinguished by the means for cooling the bulk supercType: GrantFiled: January 14, 2009Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Norihide Saho, Hisashi Isogami, Hiroyuki Tanaka
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Publication number: 20120043264Abstract: A flocculation-magnetic separation is provided which reduces the usage amount of flocculation agents as well as the usage amount of magnetic powders and realizes an improvement in the quality of treated water.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2011Publication date: February 23, 2012Inventors: Hisashi Isogami, Satoshi Miyabayashi, Akira Mochizuki
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Patent number: 8077001Abstract: A persistent current switch in a superconducting magnet, includes: a winding part in which a superconducting wire is noninductively wound; a winding-heating heater provided around the winding part; a vessel provided around the winding part with a space; and an anti-convective material provided in the space between the vessel and the winding part.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2009Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Tanaka, Norihide Saho, Hisashi Isogami, Masaya Takahashi, Michiya Okada
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Publication number: 20110215041Abstract: A magnetic separation apparatus comprising: a separation vessel into which waste water containing a coagulated magnetic floc is supplied; a drum separator that is provided in the separation vessel and adsorbs the magnetic floc with a magnetic force while being rotated; a scraper that is abutted against a surface of the separator and scrapes the magnetic floc adsorbed by the surface of the separator; a scraper guide that is connected to the scraper and discharges the magnetic floc scraped by the scraper; and a scraping brush that scrapes the magnetic floc scraped by the scraper from the scraper and guides the magnetic floc to the scraper guide, wherein a lower portion of the separator is submerged in the waste water in the separation vessel, a rotational direction of the separation vessel in the waste water is set to the same direction as a flow direction of the waste water flowing in the separation vessel, and a rotational direction of the scraping brush is set to a direction opposite to the rotational dirType: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2011Publication date: September 8, 2011Inventors: Hisashi ISOGAMI, Satoshi Miyabayashi, Minoru Morita
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Patent number: 8002976Abstract: A magnetic separation filtering and cleaning apparatus for adding flocculant and magnetic powder to raw water containing pollutant particles to form magnetic floc in treated fluid and separating and removing the magnetic floc from the treated fluid, comprising: a magnetic field generation device being provided in a rotating body for suctioning the magnetic floc on a surface of the rotating body from the treated fluid containing the magnetic floc, a magnetic field rotating device for rotating the magnetic field generation device, a sludge recovery device for separating sludge including the magnetic floc mechanically from the surface of the rotating body of the magnetic field generation device; and a filtering device having a rotating net for filtering out the magnetic floc from the treated fluid including the magnetic floc and flowing down the treated fluid filtered through the rotating net.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2008Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Norihide Saho, Hisashi Isogami, Akira Mochizuki, Tomoko Akiyama
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Patent number: 7993529Abstract: A treatment method of organic compounds included in waste water, comprising the steps of: supplying waste water to an adsorber 2 filled with an adsorbent 3 therein for adsorbing the organic compounds in the waste water by the adsorbent 3 in the adsorber 2, supplying a current between an anode 9 and a cathode 8 in water including an electrolyte in an electrolyzer 6 for electrolyzing the water including an electrolyte, and supplying an electrolyte resulting from electrolysis in the electrolyzer 6 to the adsorbent 3 in the adsorber 2 for contacting the electrolyte with the adsorbent 3, so that the organic compounds adsorbed by the adsorbent 3 are desorbed or decomposed.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2010Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Kyowa Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akio Honji, Hayahito Ishii, Akira Mochizuki, Norihide Saho, Tsutomu Tsuyama, Hisashi Isogami
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Publication number: 20110168639Abstract: A wastewater treatment method in which magnetic flocs are formed by adding to wastewater an inorganic flocculant, magnetic particles, and a high molecular polymer as a polymeric flocculant, and the magnetic flocs are collected with magnetic force to thereby obtain treated water having the magnetic flocs removed from the wastewater, wherein the improvement comprises that the magnetic particles are added to the wastewater after adding the inorganic flocculant to the wastewater to flocculate suspended solids in the wastewater, after that or substantially at the same time as the magnetic particles are added, the high molecular polymer is added to the wastewater, and flocculates of the suspended solids and the magnetic particles are combined with each other with the high molecular polymer to thereby obtain the magnetic flocs.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2011Publication date: July 14, 2011Inventors: Hisashi ISOGAMI, Akira Mochizuki, Hiroshi Sasaki, Tadashi Sano, Satoshi Miyabayashi