Patents Assigned to ENEOS Corporation
  • Publication number: 20250246271
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to: define a molecular model representing a target molecular structure and a solid surface model; acquire an adsorption site and a position and angle at which the molecular model of a monomolecule approaches the solid surface model by executing a simulation of placing the molecular model of the monomolecule on the solid surface model; execute a simulation of making a plurality of the molecular models adsorb on a plurality of the adsorption sites; and acquire a structure and adsorption energy distribution when the molecular model of multiple molecules is adsorbed on the solid surface model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2025
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Applicant: ENEOS Corporation
    Inventor: Tasuku ONODERA
  • Patent number: 12351923
    Abstract: An organic hydride producing system includes: an electrolytic bath having a cathode chamber; a catholyte supply device capable of supplying any catholyte selected from a plurality of the catholytes having different concentrations of substances to be hydrogenated to the cathode chamber; and a control device that controls the catholyte supply device so as to supply a catholyte to the cathode chamber, the catholyte having a specific concentration of a substance to be hydrogenated determined according to a magnitude of a current flowing in the electrolytic bath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: ENEOS Corporation
    Inventors: Tomomi Nagatsuka, Shuro Cho, Koji Matsuoka, Akira Goto
  • Publication number: 20250207266
    Abstract: A water electrolysis cell has: an oxygen generating electrode; a hydrogen generating electrode; and a membrane, and electrolyzes water to generate oxygen on the oxygen generating electrode and generate hydrogen on the hydrogen generating electrode. A control device includes: a potential-maintaining mode where the water electrolysis cell is supplied with electric current; and a complete stop mode where the water electrolysis cell is shut out from electric current supply, each of the modes is optionally implemented during an operation stop, wherein which of the modes is implemented is determined based on a duration time of the operation stop, a first deterioration rate of the water electrolysis cell when the complete stop mode is implemented, and a second deterioration rate of the water electrolysis cell when the potential-maintaining mode is implemented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Applicant: ENEOS Corporation
    Inventors: Ichiro OKUMO, Hirofumi TAKAMI, Yasushi SATO
  • Publication number: 20250198021
    Abstract: An organic hydride production apparatus includes: a membrane electrode assembly in which an anode electrode and a cathode electrode are laminated with a membrane interposed therebetween; a cathode flow path that overlaps the membrane electrode assembly when viewed from a lamination direction of the cathode electrode, the membrane, and the anode electrode, and feeds and discharges a catholyte to and from the cathode electrode; and a support member that supports the membrane electrode assembly so as to suppress fitting of the membrane electrode assembly into the cathode flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicant: ENEOS Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiro YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20250201357
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes at least one processor and at least one memory. The at least one processor determines, based on types of atoms to be analyzed by a second model, at least part of parameters of a first model having been trained with first data. The at least one processor generates, by using the at least part of parameters of the first model, the second model different from the first model. The second model is a model from which an analysis result of an atomic structure is output by inputting the atomic structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicants: Preferred Networks, Inc., ENEOS Corporation
    Inventors: Wenwen LI, So TAKAMOTO, Nontawat CHAROENPHAKDEE, Yuta TSUBOI
  • Publication number: 20250198018
    Abstract: An organic hydride production apparatus includes an electrolysis tank having an anode electrode for oxidizing water in an anolyte La to generate protons, a cathode electrode for hydrating a substance ? to be hydrated in the cathode liquid Lc with protons to generate an organic hydride ?, and a diaphragm positioned between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode, the diaphragm moving protons together with produced water W from the anode electrode side to the cathode electrode side; an anolyte supply part for supplying the anolyte La to the anode electrode; a water separation unit for separating the produced water W from a catholyte Lc sent from the cathode electrode; and a water return unit for sending the produced water W separated by the water separation unit to the anolyte supply part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2025
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicant: ENEOS Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi KOBAYASHI, Kota MIYOSHI, Tomomi NAGATSUKA, Toru TAKAMURA, Koji MATSUOKA
  • Publication number: 20250198022
    Abstract: An organic hydride production apparatus includes: a membrane electrode assembly in which an anode electrode and a cathode electrode are laminated with a membrane interposed therebetween; a supply flow path which extends in a vertical direction, and in which a catholyte flows from a lower side to an upper side; and a collection flow path which extends in the vertical direction, and in which the catholyte flows from a lower side to an upper side. A flow resistance R1 of the catholyte flowing through the cathode electrode, a flow resistance R2 of the catholyte flowing through the collection flow path, and a flow resistance R3 of the catholyte flowing through the supply flow path satisfy a relation of R1>R2>R3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicant: ENEOS Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiro YAMADA
  • Patent number: 12331415
    Abstract: An organic hydride generation system includes an electrolytic bath, a main power supplier, an auxiliary power supplier, a detector to detect a voltage of the electrolytic bath, a potential of an anode electrode, or a potential of a cathode electrode, and a controller to control the supply of power to the electrolytic bath. When it is detected that the voltage or the potential has changed to a specified value during operation stop of the organic hydride generation system in which the power from the main power supplier is not supplied to the electrolytic bath, the controller controls the auxiliary power supplier so as to supply the power to the electrolytic bath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: ENEOS Corporation
    Inventors: Tomomi Nagatsuka, Yoshitatsu Misu, Koji Matsuoka, Yasushi Sato
  • Publication number: 20250179656
    Abstract: A method for controlling a hydrogen generation system includes controlling the potentials of an electrode for oxygen generation and an electrode for hydrogen generation included in an electrolyzer so that the potential change is smaller in the electrode for oxygen generation or the electrode for hydrogen generation having a larger deterioration rate than in the electrode having a smaller deterioration rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: ENEOS Corporation
    Inventors: Kosuke HARADA, Koji MATSUOKA, Hirofumi TAKAMI, Yasushi SATO, Hirokazu KOJIMA, Naoya ITOU, Taku TSUJIMURA, Hirohide FURUTANI
  • Publication number: 20250179660
    Abstract: A method for controlling an organic hydride generation system includes controlling potentials in an anode electrode and a cathode electrode such that a potential change in an electrode having a higher deterioration rate among the anode electrode and the cathode electrode included in an electrolytic bath is smaller than a potential change in an electrode having a lower deterioration rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: ENEOS Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitatsu MISU, Hirofumi TAKAMI, Koji MATSUOKA
  • Publication number: 20250171698
    Abstract: A fuel production apparatus includes: a synthesis gas production unit that produces a synthesis gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen by using carbon dioxide and hydrogen; a hydrocarbon production unit that produces a hydrocarbon by using the synthesis gas; a first distillation separator that separates at least a first fraction and a second fraction lighter than the first fraction from an effluent from the hydrocarbon production unit; a hydrocracking unit that performs a hydrocracking treatment on a portion of the first fraction; and a catalytic cracking unit that performs a catalytic cracking treatment on another portion of the first fraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Applicant: ENEOS Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi NAGATAKE, Kazuya MAYUMI, Ryo KISHIDA, Masaki SHINGU, Tai OHUCHI, Hirotaka MORI, Fumihiko SHUTO, Koshi TAKAHAMA, Keisuke FUJIMOTO, Yoshiyuki YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20250163341
    Abstract: An additive for a lubricating oil containing a phosphorus compound P represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 0 to 3, wherein the phosphorus compound P contains a phosphorus compound PO wherein n is 0, a phosphorus compound P1 wherein n is 1, a phosphorus compound P2 where n is 2, and a phosphorus compound P3 wherein n is 3, and a total proportion of the phosphorus compound PO and the phosphorus 10 compound P1 in the phosphorus compound P is 60% by mole or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Applicant: ENEOS Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya MIZUTANI, Hidetoshi OGATA, Tomohiro TAKAKI, Takeshi OKIDO
  • Patent number: 12297551
    Abstract: An organic hydride production device comprises: an electrolyzer having an anode electrode that oxidizes water to generate a proton, a cathode electrode that hydrogenates a substance to be hydrogenated with the proton to generate an organic hydride, and a membrane that moves the proton together with dragged water from the side of the anode electrode to the side of the cathode electrode; an anolyte supplier that supplies the anolyte to the anode electrode; a water separator that separates the dragged water from the catholyte fed from the cathode electrode; and a water returner that sends the dragged water separated by the water separator to the anolyte supplier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: ENEOS Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Kobayashi, Kota Miyoshi, Tomomi Nagatsuka, Toru Takamura, Koji Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20250145897
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing chemical products, including: a pyrolysis step of obtaining a first gas fraction, a pyrolysis oil, and a residual fraction by pyrolysis of a crushed material of a waste material including waste tires; a hydrogenolysis step of obtaining a second gas fraction, a light fraction with a boiling point of 350° C. or lower, and a heavy fraction with a boiling point higher than 350° C. by hydrogenolysis of a raw material oil containing at least a part of the pyrolysis oil; and a steam-cracking step of obtaining a chemical product by steam cracking of a steam-cracking raw material oil containing at least a part of the light fraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicants: ENEOS Corporation, Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Masahide KOBAYASHI, Naoko URUSHIZAKO, Rina IWAMOTO, Ryoji IDA, Masahiro HOJO, Seiichi TAHARA, Akira OKUNO, Marino KUNO ITODA
  • Publication number: 20250139545
    Abstract: A hydrogen production system includes a hydrogen production facility and a management server. The management server includes an operation plan creation unit and an operation plan output unit. The operation plan creation unit creates an operation plan for the hydrogen production facility. The operation plan output unit outputs data including the operation plan created by the operation plan creation unit. The operation plan creation unit creates an operation plan for the hydrogen production facility based on an amount of energy consumed by the hydrogen production facility and a degradation loss of the hydrogen production facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicants: ENEOS Corporation, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kosuke HARADA, Hirofumi TAKAMI, Ichiro OKUMO, Kazuki UEHARA, Hirokazu KOJIMA, Hiroshi KIKUSATO, Takashi OOZEKI, Hirohide FURUTANI
  • Publication number: 20250114761
    Abstract: A chemical looping system includes repeating: a generation process of reacting a reduced form of a material for the chemical looping system, which contains a first element selected from the group consisting of Co and Ni and a second element selected from the group consisting of In and Ga, with carbon dioxide so as to generate an oxidized form of the material for the chemical looping system, in which the second element is oxidized by the reaction, and carbon monoxide, and a reduction treatment of reacting the oxidized form with a reducing agent and thus reducing the second element having been oxidized in the generation process so as to thereby convert the oxidized form back into the reduced form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicants: ENEOS Corporation, WASEDA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yuichiro HIRANO, Naoki ITO, Yasushi SEKINE, Junichiro MAKIURA
  • Patent number: 12258472
    Abstract: Provided is a curable resin composition being excellent in normal-temperature stability for obtaining cured product having high heat resistance, cured product thereof, methods of producing the composition and the product, and a semiconductor device using the product as sealant. Further provided is a resin composition, cured product thereof, and methods of producing the composition and the product, wherein the composition includes: (A) multifunctional benzoxazine compound having at least two benzoxazine rings, (B) epoxy compound containing at least one epoxy compound having at least one norbornane structure and at least two epoxy groups, (C) curing agent; wherein composition consisting of (A), (B), and (C) has weight-average molecular weight of 350 or more and 650 or less in terms of polystyrene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: ENEOS Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Nishitani, Tatsuki Sato, Masaki Minami
  • Publication number: 20250091882
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing chemical products and carbides, including: a pyrolysis step of obtaining a first gas fraction, a pyrolysis oil, and a residual fraction by pyrolysis of a crushed material of waste tires; a carbide recovery step of recovering a carbide from the residual fraction; a hydrogenolysis step of obtaining a second gas fraction, a light fraction, and a heavy fraction by hydrogenolysis of a raw material oil containing at least a part of the pyrolysis oil; and a steam-cracking step of obtaining a chemical product and a raw material for producing a carbide by steam cracking of a steam-cracking raw material oil containing at least a part of the light fraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicants: ENEOS Corporation, Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Masahide KOBAYASHI, Naoko URUSHIZAKO, Rina IWAMOTO, Ryoji IDA, Masahiro HOJO, Seiichi TAHARA, Akira OKUNO, Marino KUNO ITODA
  • Publication number: 20250095791
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a memory and a processor. The memory stores information on a trained model that outputs a physical property value when information on a molecule is input. The processor defines a molecular model representing a target molecular structure and an adsorbent model representing a structure of an adsorbent, performs a simulation in which the trained model is used at least in part in a first model in which the molecular model is placed around the adsorbent model under arbitrary activity and temperature conditions, and acquires an adsorption volume and adsorption structure as a result of the simulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: ENEOS Corporation
    Inventors: Taku WATANABE, Yoshihiro YAYAMA
  • Patent number: 12252798
    Abstract: The method for controlling an organic hydride generation system includes controlling potentials in an anode electrode and a cathode electrode such that a potential change in an electrode having a higher deterioration rate among the anode electrode and the cathode electrode included in an electrolytic bath is smaller than a potential change in an electrode having a lower deterioration rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: ENEOS Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitatsu Misu, Hirofumi Takami, Koji Matsuoka