Patents by Inventor Hozumi Otozai

Hozumi Otozai 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: 9868656
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MECHATRONICS SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Kazuhide Kamimura, Makoto Ishino, Shigeru Yoshioka, Hozumi Otozai, Seiichi Terakura, Hideo Suzuki, Gaku Kondo
  • Patent number: 9718715
    Abstract: Provided is a water treatment device that suppresses the degradation of electrodes in a capacitive de-ionization treatment section and is capable of maintaining high water treatment capability. The water treatment device includes an activated carbon treatment section that receives an inflow of water having a total organic carbon concentration of 100 mg/l or less and adsorbs and removes organic matters contained in the water; and, on the downstream side of the activated carbon treatment section, a capacitive de-ionization treatment section including a pair of electrodes to which voltages having polarities opposite to each other are applied, a flow path, and ion exchange membranes. Ions contained in the water are adsorbed to the electrodes with voltages applied thereto, and voltages reverse to the voltages at the time of ions adsorption are applied to the electrodes to release the ions from the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhide Kamimura, Hozumi Otozai, Kosuke Shigiishi, Hideo Suzuki, Hiroshi Nakashoji
  • Publication number: 20160039688
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to reliably prevent the precipitation of scale during a reclamation step in a deionization treatment. A water reclamation system and a deionization treatment device of the present invention each comprises a deionization section, a supply section which supplies a scale inhibitor to a water to be treated, and a control section. The control section acquires a supply start time and a supply stop time for at least one of the scale inhibitor and a low ion concentration water based on the concentration of a scale component in the deionization section, and causes the supply section to supply at least one of the scale inhibitor and the low ion concentration water in the interval between the supply start time and the supply stop time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Hideo SUZUKI, Hiroshi NAKASHOJI, Kazuhide KAMIMURA, Hozumi OTOZAI, Takeshi TERAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20150299016
    Abstract: Provided is a water treatment device that suppresses the degradation of electrodes in a capacitive de-ionization treatment section and is capable of maintaining high water treatment capability. The water treatment device includes an activated carbon treatment section that receives an inflow of water having a total organic carbon concentration of 100 mg/l or less and adsorbs and removes organic matters contained in the water; and, on the downstream side of the activated carbon treatment section, a capacitive de-ionization treatment section including a pair of electrodes to which voltages having polarities opposite to each other are applied, a flow path, and ion exchange membranes. Ions contained in the water are adsorbed to the electrodes with voltages applied thereto, and voltages reverse to the voltages at the time of ions adsorption are applied to the electrodes to release the ions from the electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MECHATRONICS SYSTEMS, LTD., MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhide KAMIMURA, Hozumi OTOZAI, Kosuke SHIGIISHI, Hideo SUZUKI, Hiroshi NAKASHOJI
  • Publication number: 20150210565
    Abstract: A de-ionization treatment device includes a capacitive de-ionization treatment unit. In a de-ionization step before a regeneration step, the de-ionization treatment device injects a scale inhibiting agent into supplied water for a period of time that is deduced from a retained water amount of a de-ionization unit and a supplied water flow rate until a predetermined period of time passes or a predetermined ion concentration is reached. The de-ionization treatment device injects the scale inhibiting agent into supplied water at the time of stoppage of the capacitive de-ionization treatment unit until a predetermined period of time passes or a predetermined ion concentration is reached. Alternatively, at the time of stoppage of the capacitive de-ionization treatment unit, the de-ionization treatment device feeds a low ion concentration water in an amount based on the retained water amount of the de-ionization unit to the capacitive de-ionization treatment unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MECHATRONICS SYSTEMS., LTD, MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhide Kamimura, Hozumi Otozai, Takeshi Terazaki, Hideo Suzuki, Hiroshi Nakashoji
  • Publication number: 20140311959
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MECHATRONICS SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhide Kamimura, Makoto Ishino, Shigeru Yoshioka, Hozumi Otozai, Seiichi Terakura, Hideo Suzuki, Gaku Kondo