Patents by Inventor Akihisa YANO
Akihisa YANO 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).
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Patent number: 11878281Abstract: A reactor includes: a heat exchange section including: a first flow channel configured to flow a reaction fluid and a second flow channel configured to flow a heat medium; an introduction path for a temperature sensor, extending from an insertion opening provided on a side surface of the heat exchange section to the first flow channel or the second flow channel; a pipe for a temperature sensor, connected to a side surface of the heat exchange section and communicating with the introduction path through the insertion opening; and a jig provided in the pipe. The jig is provided with a guide hole extending from the base end toward the tip end and opened toward the insertion opening of the introduction path. The guide hole is provided with a tapered hole directed from the base end toward the tip end.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Takeuchi, Takuya Yoshinoya, Daisuke Tsunoda, Taiga Yamamoto, Akihisa Yano, Shunji Miyajima, Shigeki Sakakura, Hiroyuki Kamata, Nobuyuki Honma
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Publication number: 20230130349Abstract: A heat exchange structure includes: two flow channels stacked in a stacking direction (Y direction) and thermally coupled to each other; and a fin structure detachably installed in at least one flow channel of the two flow channels. The fin structure includes fins arranged in a longitudinal direction (Z direction) of the at least one flow channel in which the fin structure is installed, the fins configured to form openings alternately arranged along the at least one flow channel on one side and the other side of the at least one flow channel in a width direction (X direction).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki KAMATA, Shigeki SAKAKURA, Nobuyuki HONMA, Akihisa YANO, Taiga YAMAMOTO, Yusuke TAKEUCHI, Takuya YOSHINOYA, Takuya HASHIMOTO, Daisuke TSUNODA
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Publication number: 20230130165Abstract: A heat exchange structure includes: two flow channels stacked in a stacking direction (Y direction) and thermally coupled to each other; and a fin structure detachably installed in at least one flow channel of the two flow channels. The fin structure includes fins arranged in a longitudinal direction (Z direction) of the at least one flow channel in which the fin structure is installed, the fins configured to form openings alternately arranged along the at least one flow channel on one side and the other side of the at least one flow channel in the stacking direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki KAMATA, Shigeki SAKAKURA, Nobuyuki HONMA, Akihisa YANO, Taiga YAMAMOTO, Yusuke TAKEUCHI, Takuya YOSHINOYA, Takuya HASHIMOTO, Daisuke TSUNODA
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Patent number: 11413598Abstract: In a reactor, a first reference position is presumed to be defined by a straight line in contact with a first open end of the introduction port on the side bent toward the second flow channel and extending in the direction intersecting with the second flow channels, and a second reference position is presumed to be defined by a straight line in contact with a second open end of the introduction port on the opposite side of the first open end and extending in the direction intersecting with the second flow channel. At least part of the catalyst body is provided at least either in a region defined between the first reference position and the second reference position, or in a region defined between the second reference position and an inlet position of the first flow channels.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Akihisa Yano, Shigeki Sakakura, Shunji Miyajima, Takahito Akita, Taiga Yamamoto, Yusuke Takeuchi
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Patent number: 11378343Abstract: A heat treatment device includes first heat transfer bodies including first flow channels, second heat transfer bodies including second flow channels and each being stacked on the respective first heat transfer bodies, and a casing having a space communicating with the second flow channels and being in contact with each surface including the edge of the connection interface between each first heat transfer body and each second heat transfer body. The first heat transfer bodies each include a third flow channel provided in a wall portion isolating the first flow channels from the space of the casing. The first flow channels are grooves in contact with the connection interface, and the third flow channel is a groove in contact with the connection interface and intersecting with a virtual line connecting the first flow channels with the space of the casing at the connection interface.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Akihisa Yano, Tatsuya Oka, Takahito Akita, Taiga Yamamoto, Hideshi Shibuya, Yusuke Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Kamata
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Publication number: 20220176339Abstract: A jig for inserting a packing into a flow passage of a reactor extending in one direction or for removing the packing from the flow passage, includes: a pair of strip portions extending in parallel with each other, having a length longer than the flow passage; and link portions arranged in an extending direction of the pair of strip portions, linking the pair of strip portions and having lengths with which the pair of strip portions sandwich the packing therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2022Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicant: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke TAKEUCHI, Akihisa YANO, Shunji MIYAJIMA, Shigeki SAKAKURA, Taiga YAMAMOTO, Takuya YOSHINOYA, Hiroyuki KAMATA, Daisuke TSUNODA, Nobuyuki HONMA
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Publication number: 20210268472Abstract: A reactor includes first heat transfer bodies including reaction flow channels through which a reaction fluid flows, second heat transfer bodies stacked on the first heat transfer bodies and including heat medium flow channels through which a heat medium flows and product flow channels through which a product flows that is produced in the reaction flow channels by a heat exchange between the reaction fluid and the heat medium, and product communication parts including communication spaces through which the product flows from the reaction flow channels to the product flow channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Taiga YAMAMOTO, Yusuke TAKEUCHI, Akihisa YANO, Shigeki SAKAKURA, Shunji MIYAJIMA
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Publication number: 20210086162Abstract: A reactor includes: a heat exchange section including: a first flow channel configured to flow a reaction fluid and a second flow channel configured to flow a heat medium; an introduction path for a temperature sensor, extending from an insertion opening provided on a side surface of the heat exchange section to the first flow channel or the second flow channel; a pipe for a temperature sensor, connected to a side surface of the heat exchange section and communicating with the introduction path through the insertion opening; and a jig provided in the pipe. The jig is provided with a guide hole extending from the base end toward the tip end and opened toward the insertion opening of the introduction path. The guide hole is provided with a tapered hole directed from the base end toward the tip end.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Applicant: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke TAKEUCHI, Takuya YOSHINOYA, Daisuke TSUNODA, Taiga YAMAMOTO, Akihisa YANO, Shunji MIYAJIMA, Shigeki SAKAKURA, Hiroyuki KAMATA, Nobuyuki HONMA
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Publication number: 20210060520Abstract: In a reactor, a first reference position is presumed to be defined by a straight line in contact with a first open end of the introduction port on the side bent toward the second flow channel and extending in the direction intersecting with the second flow channels, and a second reference position is presumed to be defined by a straight line in contact with a second open end of the introduction port on the opposite side of the first open end and extending in the direction intersecting with the second flow channel. At least part of the catalyst body is provided at least either in a region defined between the first reference position and the second reference position, or in a region defined between the second reference position and an inlet position of the first flow channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Applicant: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Akihisa YANO, Shigeki SAKAKURA, Shunji MIYAJIMA, Takahito AKITA, Taiga YAMAMOTO, Yusuke TAKEUCHI
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Patent number: 10926235Abstract: A reactor includes: a main reactor core including main reaction flow channels through which the raw material fluid flows, and main temperature control flow channels through which the heat medium flows along a flow direction of the raw material fluid flowing in the main reaction flow channel; and a pre-reactor core including pre-reaction flow channels of which an outlet side connects with an inlet side of the main reaction flow channels and through which the raw material fluid flows, and pre-temperature control flow channels of which an inlet side connects with an outlet side of the main reaction flow channels and through which the product serving as the heat medium flows along a flow direction of the raw material fluid flowing in the pre-reaction flow channel.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2020Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Akihisa Yano, Tatsuya Oka, Hiroyuki Kamata, Shigeki Sakakura, Nobuyuki Honma, Yusuke Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20200206708Abstract: A reactor includes: a main reactor core including main reaction flow channels through which the raw material fluid flows, and main temperature control flow channels through which the heat medium flows along a flow direction of the raw material fluid flowing in the main reaction flow channel; and a pre-reactor core including pre-reaction flow channels of which an outlet side connects with an inlet side of the main reaction flow channels and through which the raw material fluid flows, and pre-temperature control flow channels of which an inlet side connects with an outlet side of the main reaction flow channels and through which the product serving as the heat medium flows along a flow direction of the raw material fluid flowing in the pre-reaction flow channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Akihisa YANO, Tatsuya OKA, Hiroyuki KAMATA, Shigeki SAKAKURA, Nobuyuki HONMA, Yusuke TAKEUCHI
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Patent number: 10603649Abstract: A reactor includes: a main reactor core including main reaction flow channels through which the raw material fluid flows, and main temperature control flow channels through which the heat medium flows along a flow direction of the raw material fluid flowing in the main reaction flow channel; and a pre-reactor core including pre-reaction flow channels of which an outlet side connects with an inlet side of the main reaction flow channels and through which the raw material fluid flows, and pre-temperature control flow channels of which an inlet side connects with an outlet side of the main reaction flow channels and through which the product serving as the heat medium flows along a flow direction of the raw material fluid flowing in the pre-reaction flow channel.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Akihisa Yano, Tatsuya Oka, Hiroyuki Kamata, Shigeki Sakakura, Nobuyuki Honma, Yusuke Takeuchi
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Patent number: 10583413Abstract: A reactor includes a reaction unit, a first pipe, a second pipe, a composition analysis unit connected to the first pipe, a regulating unit connected to the second pipe so as to regulate a flow rate or the like of a second fluid, a control unit causing the regulating unit to regulate the flow rate or the like of the second fluid in accordance with a composition of a product analyzed by the composition analysis unit so that a temperature of a third fluid is controlled to lead the composition of the product to keep a predetermined reaction rate or yield, and a first temperature measurement unit connected to the first pipe so as to measure the temperature of the third fluid. The control unit acquires the information on the temperature of the third fluid from the first temperature measurement unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Taiga Yamamoto, Shigeki Sakakura, Akihisa Yano, Takahito Akita, Shunji Miyajima, Tatsuya Oka, Hideshi Shibuya, Yusuke Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20200018553Abstract: A heat treatment device includes first heat transfer bodies including first flow channels, second heat transfer bodies including second flow channels and each being stacked on the respective first heat transfer bodies, and a casing having a space communicating with the second flow channels and being in contact with each surface including the edge of the connection interface between each first heat transfer body and each second heat transfer body. The first heat transfer bodies each include a third flow channel provided in a wall portion isolating the first flow channels from the space of the casing. The first flow channels are grooves in contact with the connection interface, and the third flow channel is a groove in contact with the connection interface and intersecting with a virtual line connecting the first flow channels with the space of the casing at the connection interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Applicant: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Akihisa YANO, Tatsuya OKA, Takahito AKITA, Taiga YAMAMOTO, Hideshi SHIBUYA, Yusuke TAKEUCHI, Hiroyuki KAMATA
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Patent number: 10421053Abstract: A reactor as a heat treatment device includes heat transfer structures removably placed in first flow channels, a first information acquisition unit connected to the inlet side of the first flow channels to acquire information for specifying a temperature and a flow rate of the first fluid which are reference conditions after lapses of time, a second information acquisition unit connected to the outlet side of the first flow channels to acquire the information for specifying the temperature of the first fluid after each lapse of time, and a control unit that calculates a heat exchange amount after each lapse of time in accordance with the temperature and the flow rate specified according to the information acquired by the first information acquisition unit and the second information acquisition unit, so as to estimate a service life of the heat transfer structures in accordance with the heat exchange amount.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2019Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Hideshi Shibuya, Shigeki Sakakura, Akihisa Yano, Takahito Akita, Taiga Yamamoto, Tatsuya Oka, Shunji Miyajima, Yusuke Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20190247819Abstract: A reactor includes a reaction unit, a first pipe, a second pipe, a composition analysis unit connected to the first pipe, a regulating unit connected to the second pipe so as to regulate a flow rate or the like of a second fluid, a control unit causing the regulating unit to regulate the flow rate or the like of the second fluid in accordance with a composition of a product analyzed by the composition analysis unit so that a temperature of a third fluid is controlled to lead the composition of the product to keep a predetermined reaction rate or yield, and a first temperature measurement unit connected to the first pipe so as to measure the temperature of the third fluid. The control unit acquires the information on the temperature of the third fluid from the first temperature measurement unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicant: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Taiga YAMAMOTO, Shigeki SAKAKURA, Akihisa YANO, Takahito AKITA, Shunji MIYAJIMA, Tatsuya OKA, Hideshi SHIBUYA, Yusuke TAKEUCHI
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Publication number: 20190247817Abstract: A reactor as a heat treatment device includes heat transfer structures removably placed in first flow channels, a first information acquisition unit connected to the inlet side of the first flow channels to acquire information for specifying a temperature and a flow rate of the first fluid which are reference conditions after lapses of time, a second information acquisition unit connected to the outlet side of the first flow channels to acquire the information for specifying the temperature of the first fluid after each lapse of time, and a control unit that calculates a heat exchange amount after each lapse of time in accordance with the temperature and the flow rate specified according to the information acquired by the first information acquisition unit and the second information acquisition unit, so as to estimate a service life of the heat transfer structures in accordance with the heat exchange amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Applicant: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Hideshi SHIBUYA, Shigeki SAKAKURA, Akihisa YANO, Takahito AKITA, Taiga YAMAMOTO, Tatsuya OKA, Shunji MIYAJIMA, Yusuke TAKEUCHI
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Publication number: 20190219344Abstract: A heat treatment device causing a first fluid and a second fluid to flow therethrough includes heat transfer bodies including first flow channels through which the first fluid flows and second flow channels through which the second fluid flows adjacent to the first flow channels without contact, and pipe-like members detachably placed in the first flow channels and each including a pipe wall having an outer wall surface conforming to a wall surface defining each first flow channel and an inner wall surface with which the first fluid comes into contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Applicant: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Taiga YAMAMOTO, Akihisa YANO, Tatsuya OKA, Shunji MIYAJIMA, Shigeki SAKAKURA, Takahito AKITA, Hideshi SHIBUYA, Yusuke TAKEUCHI
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Patent number: 10350575Abstract: A reactor has a heat exchanging body including therein a heat medium flow channel in which heat medium flows, and a reaction flow channel in which a reaction fluid flows, to exchange heat between the heat medium and the reaction fluid. A heat transfer promoter is provided in the heat medium flow channel and comes in close contact with the heat exchanging body to promote heat transfer between the heat medium and the heat exchanging body. The heat transfer promoter is an assembly of partial heat transfer promoters of a plurality of types. Replacing the partial heat transfer promoter with another type one, temperature distribution in the heat exchanging body is adjusted.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Akihisa Yano, Tatsuya Oka, Takahito Akita, Taiga Yamamoto, Hideshi Shibuya, Yushi Kameoka, Yusuke Takeuchi, Koki Yasui, Takuya Yoshinoya
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Patent number: 10286375Abstract: A reactor has a heat exchanging body having a heat medium flow channel that a heat medium fluid flows and a reaction flow channel that a reaction fluid flow, and at least one detection part for detecting temperature of a fluid in one or both of the heat medium flow channel and the reaction flow channel. At least one installation hole extends in a skew position to the flow channel and includes an opening portion communicating with the flow channel. The detection part is installed at the opening portion and contacts the flowing fluid. At least one fluid guide hole is formed along the flow channel from the opening portion of the installation hole.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2018Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: IHI CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Takeuchi, Akihisa Yano, Tatsuya Oka, Takahito Akita, Taiga Yamamoto, Hideshi Shibuya, Yushi Kameoka, Koki Yasui