Patents by Inventor Atsushi Wakui
Atsushi Wakui 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: 9457334Abstract: The present invention provides a hydrogen production process, which is capable of producing hydrogen, which is a clean source of energy, simply and conveniently without using conventionally-used ammonia, with an extremely high level of safety. In accordance with the present invention, hydrogen is produced by substituting hydrogen for free oxygen in mayenite (Ca24Al28O644+.2O2?) to obtain hydrogen-substituted mayenite (Ca24Al28O644+.4H?) and reacting the resultant hydrogen-substituted mayenite (Ca24Al28O644+.4H?) with water to produce hydrogen, and hydrogen is produced by substituting hydrogen for free oxygen in mayenite (Ca24Al28O644+.2O2?) to obtain hydrogen-substituted mayenite (Ca24Al28O644+.4H?), irradiating the resultant hydrogen-substituted mayenite (Ca24Al28O644+.4H?) with ultraviolet rays to obtain conductive mayenite (Ca24Al28O644+.4e?), and reacting the resultant conductive mayenite (Ca24Al28O644+.4e?) with water to produce hydrogen.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2014Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignees: Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Kyoto UniversityInventors: Susumu Hikazudani, Atsushi Wakui, Kazuyuki Hirao, Toshimi Fukui, Junko Nakamoto, Heidy H. Visbal Mendoza
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Patent number: 9266746Abstract: The present invention provides a production method of mayenite in which mayenite can be produced without requiring a high-temperature treatment, and the cost of equipment and heating cost are inexpensive, and in its turn, the production cost of mayenite is inexpensive. The production method of mayenite is characterized in that mayenite (Ca12Al14O33) is formed by baking katoite [Ca3Al2(OH)12]. A baking temperature of katoite is preferably from 300 to 500° C. In addition, it is preferable to use, as the katoite, a product generated by introducing aluminum and calcium hydroxide [Ca(OH)2] into water and allowing them to react with water.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2013Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignees: Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Kyoto UniversityInventors: Susumu Hikazudani, Atsushi Wakui, Masaharu Furutera, Hitoshi Oshiro, Tetsuya Inoue, Kazuyuki Hirao
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Patent number: 9255004Abstract: The present invention provides a continuous production method of hydrogen which is able to produce hydrogen, which is clean energy, simply and continuously without using ammonia. The invention of the continuous production method of hydrogen includes a hydrogen production step comprising introducing mayenite (Ca12Al14O33) and calcium hydroxide [Ca(OH)2] into water and allowing them to react with water, thereby generating hydrogen and also forming katoite [Ca3Al2(OH)12]; a regeneration step comprising baking the formed katoite to regenerate mayenite and calcium hydroxide; and a circulation step comprising returning the regenerated mayenite and calcium hydroxide into the hydrogen production step. It is preferable that a temperature of water in the hydrogen production step is from 50 to 100° C., and a molar ratio of mayenite to calcium hydroxide is 1/9. In addition, it is preferable that a baking temperature of katoite in the regeneration step is from 300 to 500° C.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2013Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignees: Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Kyoto UniversityInventors: Susumu Hikazudani, Atsushi Wakui, Masaharu Furutera, Hitoshi Oshiro, Tetsuya Inoue, Kazuyuki Hirao
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Patent number: 9216901Abstract: One object of the present invention is to provide a method for preparing hydrogen which is able to simply produce hydrogen which is clean energy without using ammonia as used in the background art and which is very high in safety. The method for preparing hydrogen of the present invention is characterized in that hydrogen is generated by introducing mayenite (Ca12Al14O33) and calcium hydroxide [Ca(OH)2] into water and allowing them to react with water. Here, it is preferable that a temperature of water is from 50 to 100° C., and a molar ratio of mayenite to calcium hydroxide is 1/9.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2013Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignees: Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Kyoto UniversityInventors: Susumu Hikazudani, Atsushi Wakui, Masaharu Furutera, Hitoshi Oshiro, Tetsuya Inoue, Kazuyuki Hirao
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Publication number: 20150336075Abstract: The present invention provides a hydrogen production process, which is capable of producing hydrogen, which is a clean source of energy, simply and conveniently without using conventionally-used ammonia, with an extremely high level of safety. In accordance with the present invention, hydrogen is produced by substituting hydrogen for free oxygen in mayenite (Ca24Al28O644+.2O2?) to obtain hydrogen-substituted mayenite (Ca24Al28O644+.4H?) and reacting the resultant hydrogen-substituted mayenite (Ca24Al28O644+.4H?) with water to produce hydrogen, and hydrogen is produced by substituting hydrogen for free oxygen in mayenite (Ca24Al28O644+.2O2?) to obtain hydrogen-substituted mayenite (Ca24Al28O644+.4H?), irradiating the resultant hydrogen-substituted mayenite (Ca24Al28O644+.4H?) with ultraviolet rays to obtain conductive mayenite (Ca24Al28O644+.4e?), and reacting the resultant conductive mayenite (Ca24Al28O644+.4e?) with water to produce hydrogen.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2014Publication date: November 26, 2015Inventors: Susumu Hikazudani, Atsushi Wakui, Kazuyuki Hirao, Toshimi Fukui, Junko Nakamoto, Heidy H. Visbal Mendoza
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Publication number: 20150078987Abstract: One object of the present invention is to provide a method for preparing hydrogen which is able to simply produce hydrogen which is clean energy without using ammonia as used in the background art and which is very high in safety. The method for preparing hydrogen of the present invention is characterized in that hydrogen is generated by introducing mayenite (Ca12Al14O33) and calcium hydroxide [Ca(OH)2] into water and allowing them to react with water. Here, it is preferable that a temperature of water is from 50 to 100° C., and a molar ratio of mayenite to calcium hydroxide is 1/9.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2013Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: Susumu Hikazudani, Atsushi Wakui, Masaharu Furutera, Hitoshi Oshiro, Tetsuya Inoue, Kazuyuki Hirao
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Publication number: 20150056130Abstract: The present invention provides a continuous production method of hydrogen which is able to produce hydrogen, which is clean energy, simply and continuously without using ammonia. The invention of the continuous production method of hydrogen includes a hydrogen production step comprising introducing mayenite (Ca12Al14O33) and calcium hydroxide [Ca(OH)2] into water and allowing them to react with water, thereby generating hydrogen and also forming katoite [Ca3Al2(OH)12]; a regeneration step comprising baking the formed katoite to regenerate mayenite and calcium hydroxide; and a circulation step comprising returning the regenerated mayenite and calcium hydroxide into the hydrogen production step. It is preferable that a temperature of water in the hydrogen production step is from 50 to 100° C., and a molar ratio of mayenite to calcium hydroxide is 1/9. In addition, it is preferable that a baking temperature of katoite in the regeneration step is from 300 to 500° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicants: Kyoto University, Hitachi Zosen CorporationInventors: Susumu Hikazudani, Atsushi Wakui, Masaharu Furutera, Hitoshi Oshiro, Tetsuya Inoue, Kazuyuki Hirao
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Publication number: 20150050209Abstract: The present invention provides a production method of mayenite in which mayenite can be produced without requiring a high-temperature treatment, and the cost of equipment and heating cost are inexpensive, and in its turn, the production cost of mayenite is inexpensive. The production method of mayenite is characterized in that mayenite (Ca12Al14O33) is formed by baking katoite [Ca3Al2 (OH)12]. A baking temperature of katoite is preferably from 300 to 500° C. In addition, it is preferable to use, as the katoite, a product generated by introducing aluminum and calcium hydroxide [Ca(OH)2] into water and allowing them to react with water.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2013Publication date: February 19, 2015Applicant: Hitachi Zosen CorporationInventors: Susumu Hikazudani, Atsushi Wakui, Masaharu Furutera, Hitoshi Oshiro, Tetsuya Inoue, Kazuyuki Hirao
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Patent number: 6475679Abstract: There is provided a non-aqueous electrolyte battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode capable of occluding and emitting lithium ions, and a non-aqueous electrolyte containing lithium ion, in which the above-mentioned non-aqueous electrolyte is a solution containing at least one kind of the phosphazene derivatives selected from the group consisting of the phosphazene derivatives expressed by the following formula: (R1O)3P═N—SO3R1, where R1 denotes a same or different monovalent organic group and phosphazene derivatives expressed by the following formula: (R2O)3P═N—SO2—N═P(OR2)3, where R2 denotes a same or different monovalent organic group, and a lithium salt, which is capable of controlling the evaporation and decomposition of an electrolyte whose base is an organic solvent in a wide range of temperature, excels in high-temperature preservability, and exhibit superior cell performance with reduced danger of bursting and ignition.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2000Date of Patent: November 5, 2002Assignees: Nippon Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd., Sony CorporationInventors: Hiromu Tsutiya, Hiroshi Kawakabe, Atsushi Wakui, Tomohisa Kamata, Huy Sam
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Patent number: 5326955Abstract: The present invention discloses a standoff control method and an apparatus for a plasma cutting machine capable of quickly correcting a deviation of the standoff with respect to a set value, keeping constant the standoff even if the cutting speed changes, preventing deterioration of the working efficiency even if a double-arc is generated, and properly detecting the use limit of the electrode. Standoff correction computing device (28) includes a reference voltage computation setter (36) for outputting a reference voltage between a workpiece to be cut and an electrode or a nozzle with respect to a predetermined standoff, an error computing device (37) for calculating the deviation of said detected voltage with respect to the reference voltage, and a correction quantity computing device (38) for outputting a vertical repositioning speed signal for the torch in accordance with the degree of the deviation.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 1992Date of Patent: July 5, 1994Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Komatsu SeisakushoInventors: Yozo Nishi, Eiichi Nozaki, Masahiko Hasegawa, Iwao Kurkawa, Atsushi Wakui