Patents by Inventor Ryoichi Taguchi

Ryoichi Taguchi 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: 8465723
    Abstract: Provided is an arsenic-containing solid comprising 100 parts by mass of a scorodite-type iron-arsenic compound and at least 1 part by mass of an iron oxide compound added thereto, in which the scorodite-type iron-arsenic compound is produced by adding an oxidizing agent to an aqueous acidic solution that contains a 5-valent arsenic (V) ion and a 2-valent iron (II) ion, then promoting the precipitation of an iron-arsenic compound with stirring the liquid, and finishing the precipitation thereof within a range where the pH of the liquid is at most 1.2. The iron oxide compound includes goethite, hematite and their mixture, preferably having a BET specific surface area of at least 3 m2/g, more preferably at least 20 m2/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Dowa Metals & Mining Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Fujita, Ryoichi Taguchi, Hisashi Kubo
  • Publication number: 20100140179
    Abstract: To provide a recovery agent for recovering arsenic, fluorine, lead, and selenium from a solution containing environmentally hazardous substances including arsenic and fluorine. A porous iron oxide having a particle size of 10 to 100 ?m and a specific surface area of 50 m2/g or larger determined by three-point BET method is introduced into a solution containing the environmentally hazardous substances. Alternatively, a solution containing the environmentally hazardous substances is passed through a column filled with the porous iron oxide. Thus, the environmentally hazardous substances are recovered from the solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: Dowa Metals & Minning Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Fujita, Ryoichi Taguchi, Hisashi Kubo
  • Patent number: 7695698
    Abstract: A method of producing an iron-arsenic compound by adding an oxidizing agent to an aqueous solution containing arsenic ions and bivalent iron ions and allowing an iron-arsenic compound precipitation reaction to proceed under stirring of the solution, wherein the precipitation reaction is terminated at a solution pH in the range of 0 to 1. When the arsenic concentration of the pre-reaction solution is 25 g/L or greater, the reaction can be terminated at a solution pH in the range of ?0.45 to 1.2. The pH of the pre-reaction solution is preferably greater than 0 and not greater than 2.0. A ferrous sulfate is can be used as the source of the bivalent iron ions. Even when some amount of impurity elements is present in the arsenic-containing solution, the method is nevertheless capable of forming a scorodite compound excellent in crystallinity in the form of a compact compound barely swollen by moisture and the like, i.e., a niron-arsenic compound excellent in filterability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Dowa Metals & Mining Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Fujita, Ryoichi Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20100044631
    Abstract: Provided is an arsenic-containing solid comprising 100 parts by mass of a scorodite-type iron-arsenic compound and at least 1 part by mass of an iron oxide compound added thereto, in which the scorodite-type iron-arsenic compound is produced by adding an oxidizing agent to an aqueous acidic solution that contains a 5-valent arsenic (V) ion and a 2-valent iron (II) ion, then promoting the precipitation of an iron-arsenic compound with stirring the liquid, and finishing the precipitation thereof within a range where the pH of the liquid is at most 1.2. The iron oxide compound includes goethite, hematite and their mixture, preferably having a BET specific surface area of at least 3 m2/g, more preferably at least 20 m2/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Tetsuo Fujita, Ryoichi Taguchi, Hisashi Kubo
  • Publication number: 20090291307
    Abstract: There is provided an iron arsenate powder which is produced from an arsenic containing solution and wherein the concentration of arsenic eluted or released from the powder is very low. The iron arsenate powder is a powder of dihydrate of iron arsenate, which has a mean particle diameter of not smaller than 8 micrometers, preferably not smaller than 10 micrometers, and a BET specific surface area of not greater than 2 m2/g, preferably not greater than 0.5 m2/g, and wherein the percentage of particles having particle diameters of not greater than 5 micrometers of the powder is not greater than 10%, preferably not greater than 5%. The amount of each of calcium and magnesium contained as impurities in the iron arsenate powder is preferably not greater than 2% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2007
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: DOWA METALS & MINING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tetsuo Fujita, Ryoichi Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20080075644
    Abstract: A method of producing an iron-arsenic compound by adding an oxidizing agent to an aqueous solution containing arsenic ions and bivalent iron ions and allowing an iron-arsenic compound precipitation reaction to proceed under stirring of the solution, wherein the precipitation reaction is terminated at a solution pH in the range of 0 to 1. When the arsenic concentration of the pre-reaction solution is 25 g/L or greater, the reaction can be terminated at a solution pH in the range of ?0.45 to 1.2. The pH of the pre-reaction solution is preferably greater than 0 and not greater than 2.0. A ferrous sulfate is can be used as the source of the bivalent iron ions. Even when some amount of impurity elements is present in the arsenic-containing solution, the method is nevertheless capable of forming a scorodite compound excellent in crystallinity in the form of a compact compound barely swollen by moisture and the like, i.e., a niron-arsenic compound excellent in filterability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Tetsuo Fujita, Ryoichi Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20070253877
    Abstract: There is provided a method for recovering a powder of a compound of iron and arsenic, which has a very low concentration of arsenic eluted from the powder, by treating an arsenic containing solution, e.g., a high purity and high concentration arsenic containing solution obtained by treating an arsenic containing substance which contains various elements other than arsenic, such as an intermediate product in a non-ferrous metal smelting or refining process. Ferrous ions are added to an arsenic containing solution, which contains 10 g/L or more of arsenic, so as to cause the ratio (Fe/As) of iron to arsenic in the solution to be not less than 1, and an oxidizing agent is added to the solution to allow a reaction at a temperature of not lower than 70° C. while stirring the solution. Then, a solid-liquid separation is carried out, and a solid part separated by the solid-liquid separation is dried.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventors: Tetsuo Fujita, Ryoichi Taguchi