Patents by Inventor TAKAHIRO OBASE

TAKAHIRO OBASE 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).

  • Method and apparatus for recycling methane
    Patent number: 9840445
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and gasification system for recycling methane-rich gas from syngas stream emanating from fluidized bed reactor and then returning the methane to the fluidized bed reactor. The method comprises recovering methane-rich gas from the synthesis gas and delivering at least a portion of the recovered methane-rich gas to the fluidized bed reactor. Methods to recover methane-rich gas from syngas at different steps in the gasification system are also provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: SYNTHESIS ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: John Winter, Takahiro Obase
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECYCLING METHANE
    Publication number: 20140298953
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and gasification system for recycling methane-rich gas from syngas stream emanating from fluidized bed reactor and then returning the methane to the fluidized bed reactor. The method comprises recovering methane-rich gas from the synthesis gas and delivering at least a portion of the recovered methane-rich gas to the fluidized bed reactor. Methods to recover methane-rich gas from syngas at different steps in the gasification system are also provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: JOHN WINTER, TAKAHIRO OBASE