Patents Assigned to The Nippon Corrosion Engineering Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 8720376
    Abstract: A coral cultivation method includes: an electrodeposited-mineral precipitating procedure for precipitating electrodeposited minerals on a coral-growth substrate for growing coral, which is placed in seawater, by applying an electric current between the coral-growth substrate and a first anode that is electrically connected to the coral-growth substrate and placed in the seawater; a coral-larvae growing procedure for growing coral larvae on the coral-growth substrate precipitated with the electrodeposited minerals; a coral-cultivation-structure configuring procedure for configuring a coral cultivation structure from a plurality of the coral-growth substrates on which the coral larvae are grown; and a coral cultivating procedure for cultivating coral by applying an electric current between the coral-growth substrate on which the coral larvae are grown and a second anode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Bridge & Steel Structures Engineering Co., Ltd., The Nippon Corrosion Engineering Co., Ltd., The University Of Tokyo
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kihara, Oki Goto, Yasufumi Kondou, Yukio Koibuchi, Makoto Omori
  • Publication number: 20110192352
    Abstract: A coral cultivation method includes: an electrodeposited-mineral precipitating procedure for precipitating electrodeposited minerals on a coral-growth substrate for growing coral, which is placed in seawater, by applying an electric current between the coral-growth substrate and a first anode that is electrically connected to the coral-growth substrate and placed in the seawater; a coral-larvae growing procedure for growing coral larvae on the coral-growth substrate precipitated with the electrodeposited minerals; a coral-cultivation-structure configuring procedure for configuring a coral cultivation structure from a plurality of the coral-growth substrates on which the coral larvae are grown; and a coral cultivating procedure for cultivating coral by applying an electric current between the coral-growth substrate on which the coral larvae are grown and a second anode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicants: THE NIPPON CORROSION ENGINEERING CO., LTD., THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES BRIDGE & STEEL STRUCTURES ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Kihara, Oki Goto, Yasufumi Kondou, Yukio Koibuchi, Makoto Omori