Patents by Inventor Akihiko Hirama

Akihiko Hirama 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).

  • Liquid-fuel synthesizing method and liquid-fuel synthesizing apparatus
    Patent number: 9452405
    Abstract: A liquid-fuel synthesizing method includes a synthesizing step of synthesizing liquid fuels by making a synthesis gas including a carbon monoxide gas and a hydrogen gas as the main components and a slurry having solid catalyst particles suspended in a liquid react with each other in a reactor, and a synthesis gas supply step of supplying the synthesis gas to the reactor from a plurality of supply devices provided in the reactor so as to have different heights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignees: JAPAN OIL, GAS AND METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION, INPEX CORPORATION, JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION, JAPAN PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CO., LTD., COSMO OIL CO., LTD., NIPPON STEEL ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Onishi, Akihiko Hirama
  • Liquid-fuel synthesizing method and liquid-fuel synthesizing apparatus
    Publication number: 20110201697
    Abstract: A liquid-fuel synthesizing method includes a synthesizing step of synthesizing liquid fuels by making a synthesis gas including a carbon monoxide gas and a hydrogen gas as the main components and a slurry having solid catalyst particles suspended in a liquid react with each other in a reactor, and a synthesis gas supply step of supplying the synthesis gas to the reactor from a plurality of supply devices provided in the reactor so as to have different heights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Onishi, Akihiko Hirama