Patents by Inventor Toru Takashina

Toru Takashina 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: 6740297
    Abstract: Five combustion exhaust gas treatment systems capable of removing dust and selenium (Se) in combustion exhaust gas and making harmless are proposed: (1) combustion exhaust gas is cooled to 350° C. or less, dust is separated, Se is transformed into insoluble compound, and Se is separated; (2) combustion exhaust gas is cooled to 350° C. or less, dust is separated, Se elution preventive agent is added, and dust is formed into scale; (3) dust in combustion exhaust gas is collected by dust collector, dust is formed into slurry by making use of part of circulation liquid in desulfurization apparatus, and tetravalent Se in dust slurry is transformed into insoluble compound, which is separated into solid and liquid; (4) dust is separated from combustion exhaust gas by dust collector, and it is heated to gasify Se, and is led into desulfurization apparatus, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Taku Shimizu, Kazuaki Kimura, Kiyoshi Okazoe, Atsushi Tatani, Naohiko Ukawa, Masao Hino, Susumu Okino, Takashi Haruki, Toru Takashina, Eiji Ochi
  • Publication number: 20040033172
    Abstract: Five combustion exhaust gas treatment systems capable of removing dust and selenium (Se) in combustion exhaust gas and making harmless are proposed: (1) combustion exhaust gas is cooled to 350° C. or less, dust is separated, Se is transformed into insoluble compound, and Se is separated; (2) combustion exhaust gas is cooled to 350° C. or less, dust is separated, Se elution preventive agent is added, and dust is formed into scale; (3) dust in combustion exhaust gas is collected by dust collector, dust is formed into slurry by making use of part of circulation liquid in desulfurization apparatus, and tetravalent Se in dust slurry is transformed into insoluble compound, which is separated into solid and liquid; (4) dust is separated from combustion exhaust gas by dust collector, and it is heated to gasify Se, and is led into desulfurization apparatus, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Inventors: Taku Shimizu, Kazuaki Kimura, Kiyoshi Okazoe, Atsushi Tatani, Naohiko Ukawa, Masao Hino, Susumu Okino, Takashi Haruki, Toru Takashina, Eiji Ochi
  • Publication number: 20030235525
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the treatment of mercury present in exhaust gas wherein, after a chlorinating agent is added to exhaust gas containing nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides and mercury, the exhaust gas is subjected to a reductive denitration treatment in the presence of a solid catalyst and then to wet desulfurization using an alkaline absorbing fluid, the method being characterized by measuring the mercury concentration in the exhaust gas after the wet desulfurization; calculating a predicted value of the inlet mercury concentration before the reductive denitration treatment on the basis of the measured mercury concentration; and controlling the feed rate of the chlorinating agent added prior to the reductive denitration treatment, according to the deviation of the predicted value from a reference inlet mercury concentration, as well as a system for the treatment of exhaust gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Publication date: December 25, 2003
    Inventors: Shintaro Honjo, Toru Takashina, Eiji Ochi
  • Patent number: 6656440
    Abstract: A method and system for desulfurizing flue gas in which desulfurization is effected by bringing absorbent slurry containing limestone into contact with flue gas. The method classifies absorbent slurry extracted from a desulfurization absorber, returns a fine-side fluid to the desulfurization absorber, and sends a coarse-side fluid to a solid-liquid separator. Supplied limestone powder is mixed to yield limestone slurry by a solid-liquid mixer, and the limestone slurry is classified, sending the small-particle fluid component thereof to the desulfurization absorber, and sending the large-particle fluid component thereof to a limestone fine grinder. And, limestone contained in the large-particle fluid component is finely ground by the limestone fine grinder and the finely ground limestone is sent to the desulfurization absorber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Takashina, Naohiko Ukawa, Kenji Inoue
  • Patent number: 6638485
    Abstract: A process for treating an exhaust gas contaminated with dust, Hg, NOx, and SOx is provided by adding a mercury chlorinating agent, such as, for example, HCl, NH4Cl, or Cl2, and ammonia to the exhaust gas so that the mercury in the exhaust gas is converted to HgCl2. The dust, HgCl2, NOx, NH3, and SOx containing the exhaust gas may then be passed through a reactor containing a catalyst such as, for example, V2O5 and/or MoO3 supported on TiO2, which promotes the reaction between the NOx and NH3 to result in the formation of N2 and H2O. The HgCl2 and SOx containing exhaust gas is then passed through a scrubbing tower where the gas is scrubbed with aqueous solutions of absorbents such as CaCO3 and Ca(OH)2, so that HgCl2 and SOx are removed from the exhaust gas. The cleaned exhaust gas is discharged through a stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kozo Iida, Toru Takashina, Shintaro Honjo
  • Publication number: 20030170159
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing mercury from a waste gas comprises a catalytic oxidizing apparatus in which the metal mercury in a combustion waste gas containing SOx and mercury is oxidized into mercury chloride under the reaction temperature not higher than 300° C. in the presence of a solid catalyst, a wet desulfurizing apparatus for removing mercury by using an alkaline absorbing solution, and a temperature control apparatus for controlling the reaction temperature in oxidizing the metal mercury into mercury chloride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2003
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventors: Shintaro Honjo, Toru Takashina, Kozo Iida, Tetsuya Imai, Koichiro Iwashita, Tatsuto Nagayasu
  • Publication number: 20030077209
    Abstract: Five combustion exhaust gas treatment systems capable of removing dust and selenium (Se) in combustion exhaust gas and making harmless are proposed: (1) combustion exhaust gas is cooled to 350° C. or less, dust is separated, Se is transformed into insoluble compound, and Se is separated; (2) combustion exhaust gas is cooled to 350° C. or less, dust is separated, Se elution preventive agent is added, and dust is formed into scale; (3) dust in combustion exhaust gas is collected by dust collector, dust is formed into slurry by making use of part of circulation liquid in desulfurization apparatus, and tetravalent Se in dust slurry is transformed into insoluble compound, which is separated into solid and liquid; (4) dust is separated from combustion exhaust gas by dust collector, and it is heated to gasify Se, and is led into desulfurization apparatus, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: Taku Shimizu, Kazuaki Kimura, Kiyoshi Okazoe, Atsushi Tatani, Naohiko Ukawa, Masao Hino, Susumu Okino, Takashi Haruki, Toru Takashina, Eiji Ochi
  • Publication number: 20030072692
    Abstract: Five combustion exhaust gas treatment systems capable of removing dust and selenium (Se) in combustion exhaust gas and making harmless are proposed: (1) combustion exhaust gas is cooled to 350° C. or less, dust is separated, Se is transformed into insoluble compound, and Se is separated; (2) combustion exhaust gas is cooled to 350° C. or less, dust is separated, Se elution preventive agent is added, and dust is formed into scale; (3) dust in combustion exhaust gas is collected by dust collector, dust is formed into slurry by making use of part of circulation liquid in desulfurization apparatus, and tetravalent Se in dust slurry is transformed into insoluble compound, which is separated into solid and liquid; (4) dust is separated from combustion exhaust gas by dust collector, and it is heated to gasify Se, and is led into desulfurization apparatus, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: Taku Shimizu, Kazuaki Kimura, Kiyoshi Okazoe, Atsushi Tatani, Naohiko Ukawa, Masao Hino, Susumu Okino, Takashi Haruki, Toru Takashina, Eiji Ochi
  • Patent number: 6534024
    Abstract: The present invention provides an exhaust gas treatment process wherein exhaust gas containing mercury and sulfur dioxide is subjected to a desulfurization treatment in a desulfurizing absorption tower and then passed through a mist eliminator for removing and recovering mist from the desulfurized exhaust gas, the process including the step of removing mercury from the desulfurized exhaust gas by feeding thereto an oxidizing agent such as sodium hypochlorite and an antioxidant such as methanol unreactive with the oxidizing agent at a position upstream of the aforesaid mist eliminator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shintaro Honjo, Toru Takashina, Eiji Ochi
  • Patent number: 6517792
    Abstract: Five combustion exhaust gas treatment systems capable of removing dust and selenium (Se) in combustion exhaust gas and making harmless are proposed: (1) combustion exhaust gas is cooled to 350° C. or less, dust is separated, Se is transformed into insoluble compound, and Se is separated; (2) combustion exhaust gas is cooled to 350° C. or less, dust is separated, Se elution preventive agent is added, and dust is formed into scale; (3) dust in combustion exhaust gas is collected by dust collector, dust is formed into slurry by making use of part of circulation liquid in desulfurization apparatus, and tetravalent Se in dust slurry is transformed into insoluble compound, which is separated into solid and liquid; (4) dust is separated from combustion exhaust gas by dust collector, and it is heated to gasify Se, and is led into desulfurization apparatus, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Taku Shimizu, Kazuaki Kimura, Kiyoshi Okazoe, Atsushi Tatani, Naohiko Ukawa, Masao Hino, Susumu Okino, Takashi Haruki, Toru Takashina, Eiji Ochi
  • Patent number: 6511636
    Abstract: Five combustion exhaust gas treatment systems capable of removing dust and selenium (Se) in combustion exhaust gas and making harmless are proposed: (1) combustion exhaust gas is cooled to 350° C. or less, dust is separated, Se is transformed into insoluble compound, and Se is separated; (2) combustion exhaust gas is cooled to 350° C. or less, dust is separated, Se elution preventive agent is added, and dust is formed into scale; (3) dust in combustion exhaust gas is collected by dust collector, dust is formed into slurry by making use of part of circulation liquid in desulfurization apparatus, and tetravalent Se in dust slurry is transformed into insoluble compound, which is separated into solid and liquid; (4) dust is separated from combustion exhaust gas by dust collector, and it is heated to gasify Se, and is led into desulfurization apparatus, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Taku Shimizu, Kazuaki Kimura, Kiyoshi Okazoe, Atsushi Tatani, Naohiko Ukawa, Masao Hino, Susumu Okino, Takashi Haruki, Toru Takashina, Eiji Ochi
  • Publication number: 20030012706
    Abstract: A nozzle 11 is provided whose discharge port 12 is in absorption liquid b of a liquid reservoir 2 which reserves the absorption liquid b containing the absorbent a and which is arranged below of an absorption tower 1 into which combustion exhaust gas d containing sulphur dioxide is introduced. A reduction section 14 is provided on the downstream side from a pipe 15 which is connected to the discharging side of the pump 13 which circulatively supplies the absorption liquid b to the nozzle 11, and an air suction pipe 17 is provided to have an opening 18 on the downstream side from the reduction section 14. The effective cross section of the reduction section 14 is narrower than the effective cross section of the nozzle 11 on the downstream side from the opening 18. The wide and narrow relation of such an effective cross section forms a negative pressure region on the downstream side from the reduction section 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Masakazu Onizuka, Toru Takashina
  • Patent number: 6506348
    Abstract: There is provided a heavy oil fired boiler exhaust gas treatment apparatus which removes soot and dust and SO3 in the heavy oil fired boiler exhaust gas efficiently at a low cost without using an excessively large apparatus. The treatment apparatus comprises a charging device 3 provided at the inlet of an absorption tower of a wet type exhaust gas desulfurizer 4 and neutralizer pouring means A provided on the upstream side of the charging device 3 to pour a neutralizer into exhaust gas and neutralize SO3 in the exhaust gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji Ochi, Takeo Shinoda, Toru Takashina, Masakazu Onizuka
  • Publication number: 20030007900
    Abstract: Five combustion exhaust gas treatment systems capable of removing dust and selenium (Se) in combustion exhaust gas and making harmless are proposed: (1) combustion exhaust gas is cooled to 350° C. or less, dust is separated, Se is transformed into insoluble compound, and Se is separated; (2) combustion exhaust gas is cooled to 350° C. or less, dust is separated, Se elution preventive agent is added, and dust is formed into scale; (3) dust in combustion exhaust gas is collected by dust collector, dust is formed into slurry by making use of part of circulation liquid in desulfurization apparatus, and tetravalent Se in dust slurry is transformed into insoluble compound, which is separated into solid and liquid; (4) dust is separated from combustion exhaust gas by dust collector, and it is heated to gasify Se, and is led into desulfurization apparatus, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 1999
    Publication date: January 9, 2003
    Inventors: TAKU SHIMIZU, KAZUAKI KIMURA, KIYOSHI OKAZOE, ATSUSHI TATANI, NAOHIKO UKAWA, MASAO HINO, SUSUMU OKINO, TAKASHI HARUKI, TORU TAKASHINA, EIJI OCHI
  • Publication number: 20020168311
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for desulfurizing flue gas in which desulfurization is effected by bringing absorbent slurry containing limestone into contact with flue gas, comprising the steps of classifying absorbent slurry extracted from a desulfurization absorber, returning a fine-side fluid to the desulfurization absorber, and sending a coarse-side fluid to a solid-liquid separator; mixing supplied limestone powder to yield limestone slurry by a solid-liquid mixer; classifying the limestone slurry, sending the small-particle fluid component thereof to the desulfurization absorber, and sending the large-particle fluid component thereof to a limestone fine grinder; and finely grinding limestone contained in the large-particle fluid component by the limestone fine grinder and sending the finely ground limestone to the desulfurization absorber, and a system for carrying out the above-described method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2001
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventors: Toru Takashina, Naohiko Ukawa, Kenji Inoue
  • Patent number: 6471073
    Abstract: A liquid extracting apparatus in accordance with the present invention is configured so that a connection pipe 22a (suction-side pipe) of a pump 22 for extracting slurry liquid content is connected to the upper end side of a liquid content introduction path to which slurry in a tank 8 can be introduced to attain the precipitation and separation of solid content, and a number of tubes 26 are packed at the lower end portion of the liquid content introduction path 21. The present invention can provide a simple liquid extracting apparatus that can effectively extract only liquid content in the slurry (suspension) moving in the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Okamoto, Eiji Ochi, Atsushi Tatani, Susumu Okino, Toru Takashina
  • Publication number: 20020009403
    Abstract: Five combustion exhaust gas treatment systems capable of removing dust and selenium (Se) in combustion exhaust gas and making harmless are proposed: (1) combustion exhaust gas is cooled to 350° C. or less, dust is separated, Se is transformed into insoluble compound, and Se is separated; (2) combustion exhaust gas is cooled to 350° C. or less, dust is separated, Se elution preventive agent is added, and dust is formed into scale; (3) dust in combustion exhaust gas is collected by dust collector, dust is formed into slurry by making use of part of circulation liquid in desulfurization apparatus, and tetravalent Se in dust slurry is transformed into insoluble compound, which is separated into solid and liquid; (4) dust is separated from combustion exhaust gas by dust collector, and it is heated to gasify Se, and is led into desulfurization apparatus, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventors: Taku Shimizu, Kazuaki Kimura, Kiyoshi Okazoe, Atsushi Tatani, Naohiko Ukawa, Masao Hino, Susumu Okino, Takashi Haruki, Toru Takashina, Eiji Ochi
  • Publication number: 20010007647
    Abstract: The present invention provides an exhaust gas treatment process wherein exhaust gas containing mercury and sulfur dioxide is subjected to a desulfurization treatment in a desulfurizing absorption tower and then passed through a mist eliminator for removing and recovering mist from the desulfurized exhaust gas, the process including the step of removing mercury from the desulfurized exhaust gas by feeding thereto an oxidizing agent and an antioxidant unreactive with the oxidizing agent at a position upstream of the aforesaid mist eliminator. The process of the present invention makes it possible to remove mercury, particularly metallic mercury vapor, effectively from a large-volume gas (e.g., exhaust gas from an electric power plant) and to reduce the operating cost of an exhaust gas treatment system significantly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2000
    Publication date: July 12, 2001
    Inventors: Shintaro Honjo, Toru Takashina, Eiji Ochi
  • Publication number: 20010000725
    Abstract: This invention provides a wet flue gas desulfurizer wherein the slurry oxidation tank is equipped with a return pipeline for returning a portion of the slurry to a position at or near the bottom of the slurry oxidation tank, and an oxygen-containing gas is blown in at the discharge end of the return pipeline so as to divide the oxygen-containing gas finely by the action of the slurry returned through the return pipeline, and an oxygen-containing gas blowing device for use in a wet flue gas desulfurizer wherein a fluid reservoir for an absorbing fluid is equipped with a delivery pipe for discharging the absorbing fluid so that its discharge end is open in the fluid reservoir, and an oxygen feed nozzle for injecting an oxygen-containing gas is disposed in the area of the discharged stream in the neighborhood of the discharge end of the delivery pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Publication date: May 3, 2001
    Inventors: Takeo Shinoda, Toru Takashina, Masakazu Onizuka
  • Patent number: 6203598
    Abstract: This invention relates to a flue gas treating process including a heat recovery step for recovering heat from flue gas by means of a heat exchanger (4) and thereby cooling the flue gas, and a subsequent absorption step for bringing the flue gas into gas-liquid contact with an absorbing fluid (D) in absorption towers (12, 13) so as to remove at least SO2 present in the flue gas by absorption into the absorbing fluid (D), which is characterized, for example, in that a powder addition step for spraying a powder collectable in the absorption step into the flue gas is provided prior to the heat recovery step. This invention makes it possible to provide a flue gas treating process in which a countermeasure against SO3 present in flue gas can be easily achieved without resorting to ammonia injection and the flue gas can further be purified without the disadvantage of causing the injected substance to remain in the treated flue gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeo Hasegawa, Naohiko Ukawa, Susumu Okino, Koichiro Iwashita, Kazuaki Kimura, Atsushi Yoshioka, Yoshimitsu Kawanishi, Shoichi Onishi, Toru Takashina, Toyoshi Nakagawa