Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Etou

Yoshihiro Etou 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: 8182697
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for treating selenium-containing wastewater, in which wastewater containing hexavalent selenium is subjected to reduction treatment, selenium can be effectively removed at a small amount of metal leached, and, preferably, sludge produced during treatment is white, thereby facilitating the disposal of the sludge. The selenium-containing wastewater is brought into contact with an alloy or a mixture of metallic titanium and a first metal other than metallic titanium to partially leach the first metal, thereby subjecting selenium in the wastewater to reduction treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Etou, Hiroyuki Asada, Yu Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20100230350
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for treating selenium-containing wastewater, in which wastewater containing hexavalent selenium is subjected to reduction treatment, selenium can be effectively removed at a small amount of metal leached, and, preferably, sludge produced during treatment is white, thereby facilitating the disposal of the sludge. The selenium-containing wastewater is brought into contact with an alloy or a mixture of metallic titanium and a first metal other than metallic titanium to partially leach the first metal, thereby subjecting selenium in the wastewater to reduction treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: Kurita Water Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Etou, Hiroyuki Asada, Yu Tanaka