Patents by Inventor Yutaka Ekuni

Yutaka Ekuni 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: 9492783
    Abstract: A carbon dioxide gas recovery device is provided which includes an absorption tower causing an absorbent to absorb carbon dioxide gas to generate a rich absorbent and a regeneration tower regenerating a lean absorbent by heating the rich absorbent to separate carbon dioxide gas therefrom. The regeneration tower includes a reboiler system heating the absorbent led out from the regeneration tower and reintroducing the heated absorbent into the regeneration tower and a mixed gas cooling system cooling a mixed gas led out from the regeneration tower, condensing a vapor fraction of a solute and a solvent, reintroducing the condensed vapor fraction into the regeneration tower, and discharging carbon dioxide gas. The carbon dioxide gas recovery device further includes a heat pump as a heat source of an endothermic reaction in which carbon dioxide gas is separated from the rich absorbent in the regeneration tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN ENGINEERING CO., LTD., THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Atsushi Tsutsumi, Akira Kishimoto, Yasuki Kansha, Kazuki Murahashi, Tomohiro Mimura, Mikihiro Hayashi, Yutaka Ekuni
  • Publication number: 20150197425
    Abstract: A carbon dioxide recovery method according to the present application includes a carbon dioxide absorption step of bringing an absorbing solution into contact with a gas to be treated including carbon dioxide to absorb the carbon dioxide in the gas to be treated, and a carbon dioxide separation step of heating the absorbing solution in which the carbon dioxide is absorbed to separate the carbon dioxide from the absorbing solution, wherein an aqueous amine solution having properties that a rate of change in an absorbed amount of carbon dioxide relative to a temperature change gradually decreases as the temperature increases in a heating temperature range in the carbon dioxide separation step is used as the absorbing solution, and the heating temperature of the absorbing solution in the carbon dioxide separation step is set to 87° C. to 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mikihiro Hayashi, Yutaka Ekuni, Tomohiro Mimura
  • Publication number: 20130055756
    Abstract: A carbon dioxide gas recovery device is provided which includes an absorption tower causing an absorbent to absorb carbon dioxide gas to generate a rich absorbent and a regeneration tower regenerating a lean absorbent by heating the rich absorbent to separate carbon dioxide gas therefrom. The regeneration tower includes a reboiler system heating the absorbent led out from the regeneration tower and reintroducing the heated absorbent into the regeneration tower and a mixed gas cooling system cooling a mixed gas led out from the regeneration tower, condensing a vapor fraction of a solute and a solvent, reintroducing the condensed vapor fraction into the regeneration tower, and discharging carbon dioxide gas. The carbon dioxide gas recovery device further includes a heat pump as a heat source of an endothermic reaction in which carbon dioxide gas is separated from the rich absorbent in the regeneration tower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Atsushi Tsutsumi, Akira Kishimoto, Yasuki Kansha, Kazuki Murahashi, Tomohiro Mimura, Mikihiro Hayashi, Yutaka Ekuni