Patents by Inventor Hideshi Iki

Hideshi Iki 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).

  • Publication number: 20230416083
    Abstract: A hydrogen supply system supplying hydrogen, the hydrogen supply system including: a dehydrogenation reaction unit acquiring a hydrogen-containing gas by performing a dehydrogenation reaction of a raw material containing a hydride; and a control unit controlling the hydrogen supply system, in which in a case in which generation of the hydrogen-containing gas in the dehydrogenation reaction unit stops, the control unit causes the hydrogen supply unit to supply hydrogen to the dehydrogenation reaction unit, and the hydrogen supply unit supplies at least one of the hydrogen-containing gas between the dehydrogenation reaction unit and a vapor-liquid separating unit separating a dehydrogenation product from the hydrogen-containing gas and the hydrogen-containing gas separated by the vapor-liquid separating unit separating a dehydrogenation product from the hydrogen-containing gas to the dehydrogenation reaction unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: ENEOS Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi SEIKE, Hideshi IKI, Seiji MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20230135291
    Abstract: Provided is a hydrogen supply system that supplies hydrogen. The hydrogen supply system includes: a dehydrogenation reaction unit that subjects a raw material including a hydride to a dehydrogenation reaction to obtain a hydrogen-containing gas; a hydrogen purification unit that removes a dehydrogenation product from the hydrogen-containing gas obtained in the dehydrogenation reaction unit to obtain a purified gas including high-purity hydrogen; and a degassing unit that removes an inorganic gas contained in the raw material on an upstream side of the dehydrogenation reaction unit in a flow of the raw material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: ENEOS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi SEIKE, Hideshi IKI, Seiji MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20230126144
    Abstract: Provided is an operation management system configured to manage delivery of a raw material from a raw material production base where the raw material including a hydride is produced to a plurality of dehydrogenation bases where the raw material is subjected to a dehydrogenation reaction to obtain a hydrogen-containing gas. The operation management system includes: an information acquisition unit configured to acquire first information on a dehydrogenation status in the plurality of dehydrogenation bases; and a delivery plan creation unit configured to create a delivery plan for delivering the raw material to the plurality of dehydrogenation bases on the basis of the first information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: ENEOS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi SEIKE, Hideshi IKI, Seiji MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20230111727
    Abstract: Provided is a hydrogen supply system that supplies hydrogen. The hydrogen supply system includes: a dehydrogenation reaction unit that subjects a raw material including a hydride to a dehydrogenation reaction to obtain a hydrogen-containing gas; a circulation system that circulates a reaction inactive fluid to the dehydrogenation reaction unit; and a control unit that controls the hydrogen supply system. The control unit circulates the reaction inactive fluid with the circulation system in a case where production of the hydrogen-containing gas in the dehydrogenation reaction unit is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: ENEOS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi SEIKE, Hideshi IKI, Seiji MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20230110000
    Abstract: Provided is an accommodation body that accommodates a raw material including a hydride from which a hydrogen-containing gas is capable of being obtained by subjecting the raw material to a dehydrogenation reaction. The raw material and a dehydrogenation product produced in combination with the hydrogen-containing gas by the dehydrogenation reaction are capable of being loaded together in an internal space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: ENEOS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi SEIKE, Hideshi IKI, Seiji MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20230103874
    Abstract: Provided is a hydrogen supply system that supplies hydrogen. The hydrogen supply system includes: a dehydrogenation reaction unit that subjects a raw material including a hydride to a dehydrogenation reaction to obtain a hydrogen-containing gas; a heating mechanism that heats the dehydrogenation reaction unit by using electric power; and an electric power supply unit that supplies at least one of electric power based on renewable energy and electric power based on thermal power generation equipped with carbon dioxide capture and storage to the heating mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: ENEOS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi SEIKE, Hideshi IKI, Seiji MAEDA
  • Patent number: 9464250
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process of producing an aviation fuel base oil having excellent combustibility, oxidation stability and life cycle characteristics, hydrotreating in the presence of hydrogen a feedstock comprising an oxygen-containing hydrocarbon compound originating from an animal or vegetable fat (preferably an animal or vegetable fat that contains fatty acids each having 10 to 14 carbon atoms in the fatty acid carbon chain in the total amount of 60 percent by mass or more) and a sulfur-containing hydrocarbon compound. The present invention also provides a process for producing an aviation fuel base oil by blending such an aviation fuel base oil and an aviation fuel base oil produced by refining crude oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Koyama, Tatsuo Hamamatsu, Yasutoshi Iguchi, Hideshi Iki
  • Patent number: 9447333
    Abstract: The present invention provides an environment friendly aviation fuel base oil having combustibility, oxidation stability and excellent life cycle characteristics and contributing to diversification of primary energy, which is produced by hydrotreating a feedstock comprising a mixed oil of an oxygen-containing hydrocarbon compound originating from an animal or vegetable fat and a sulfur-containing hydrocarbon compound or a feedstock comprising said mixed oil and a petroleum base oil produced by refining crude oil and an aviation fuel composition comprising the aviation fuel base oil, and an aviation fuel composition containing such an aviation fuel base oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Koyama, Tatsuo Hamamatsu, Yasutoshi Iguchi, Hideshi Iki
  • Patent number: 9340421
    Abstract: A hydrogen supply system for supplying hydrogen comprises a reaction unit for producing a hydrogen-containing gas by a dehydrogenation reaction of a starting material, a heat supply unit for supplying heat to the reaction unit, a removal unit for removing through membrane separation a dehydrogenation product from the hydrogen-containing gas produced by the reaction unit, and a first off-gas line for supplying a part or whole of an off-gas from the removal unit to the reaction unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Segawa, Hideshi Iki, Junji Okazaki
  • Patent number: 9283552
    Abstract: A method for producing an aviation fuel oil base, including: a first step of obtaining a first generated oil by hydrotreating a feedstock by bringing a feedstock which includes an oxygen-containing hydrocarbon compound derived from an animal or vegetable oils and fat into contact with a first dual functional catalyst which has dehydrogenation and hydrogenation functions and which includes a metal of group 6B of the periodic table, a metal of group 8, and an amorphous solid acidic substance, in the presence of hydrogen; and a second step of obtaining a second generated oil including an aviation fuel oil base by hydroisomerizing the first generated oil by bringing the first generated oil into contact with a second dual functional catalyst which has dehydrogenation and hydrogenation functions and which includes a metal of the group 8 of the periodic table and a crystalline solid acidic substance, in the presence of hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki Hayasaka, Hideki Ono, Akira Koyama, Hideshi Iki
  • Publication number: 20150259201
    Abstract: A hydrogen supply system for supplying hydrogen comprises a reaction unit for producing a hydrogen-containing gas by a dehydrogenation reaction of a starting material, a heat supply unit for supplying heat to the reaction unit, a removal unit for removing through membrane separation a dehydrogenation product from the hydrogen-containing gas produced by the reaction unit, and a first off-gas line for supplying a part or whole of an off-gas from the removal unit to the reaction unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Segawa, Hideshi Iki, Junji Okazaki
  • Patent number: 9057026
    Abstract: A method for producing a lubricant base oil includes contacting feedstock containing normal paraffins having not less than 20 carbon atoms with a first catalyst in the presence of molecular hydrogen to obtain a first produced oil, and contacting the first produced oil with a second catalyst in the presence of molecular hydrogen to obtain a second produced oil. The first catalyst includes a first carrier in which a fraction of an amount of NH3 to be desorbed at 300 to 800° C. based on a total amount of NH3 to be desorbed is 80 to 90% in temperature-programmed desorption of NH3, a first metal selected from metals of Group VI in the periodic table carried on the first carrier, and a second metal selected from metals of Group VIII to Group X in the periodic table carried on the first carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki Hayasaka, Hideki Ono, Yoshiyuki Nagayasu, Masahiro Taguchi, Hideshi Iki
  • Publication number: 20140348714
    Abstract: Provided is a hydrogen station that supplies hydrogen, including: a shaft power generation unit that generates shaft power and heat; a reactor that obtains hydrogen by causing a reaction in a raw material using the heat supplied from the shaft power generation unit; and a compressor that compresses the hydrogen obtained by the reactor, wherein the shaft power generation unit drives the other devices and drives the compressor by applying the shaft power thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Atsushi Segawa, Hideshi Iki, Hirofumi Konno
  • Patent number: 8784645
    Abstract: The method for manufacturing a hydrocarbon oil of the present invention comprises a first step wherein a plurality of reaction zones filled with a specific catalyst is disposed in series and a feedstock oil containing an oxygen-containing hydrocarbon compound derived from an animal or vegetable oil is supplied and hydrotreated under the conditions of a hydrogen pressure of 1 MPa or more and 10 MPa or less in each of the reaction zones; and a second step wherein hydrogen, hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide and water are removed from a product to be treated obtained in the first step to obtain a hydrocarbon oil. Among the plurality of reaction zones, the inlet temperature of the reaction zone disposed on the most upstream side is 150° C. or more and 250° C. or less, the inlet temperature of the second most upstream reaction zone or below is equal to or higher than the condensation temperature of water, and the outlet temperature of the reaction zone disposed on the most downstream side is 260° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Yasutoshi Iguchi, Tatsuo Hamamatsu, Hideki Ono, Akira Koyama, Hideshi Iki
  • Patent number: 8551325
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a hydrocarbon oil, comprising: a first step wherein a feedstock oil containing an oxygen-containing organic compound and a water-insoluble chlorine-containing compound is brought into contact with a hydrogenation catalyst comprising a support containing a porous inorganic oxide and one or more metals selected from Group VIA and Group VIII of the periodic table supported on the support in the presence of hydrogen to generate a hydrocarbon oil and water in a vapor state by the hydrodeoxygenation of an oxygen-containing organic compound and convert the water-insoluble chlorine-containing compound into a water-soluble chlorine-containing compound; a second step wherein the water in the reaction product of the first step is maintained in a vapor state and the reaction product of the first step is brought into contact with a nitrogen-containing Brønsted base compound which has a boiling point at normal pressure of 100° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuo Hamamatsu, Hideki Ono, Yasutoshi Iguchi, Hideshi Iki, Yoshihiko Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 8303805
    Abstract: The production process of the invention comprises a first step of hydrodesulfurizing of catalytically-cracked gasoline so as to result in an olefin hydrogenation rate of no greater than 25 mol % in the catalytically-cracked gasoline, a total sulfur content of no greater than 20 ppm by weight based on the product oil weight, a sulfur content derived from thiophenes and benzothiophenes of no greater than 5 ppm by weight and a sulfur content derived from thiacyclopentanes of no greater than 0.1 ppm by weight, and a second step of further hydrodesulfurizing of the product oil obtained by the first step so as to result in a total of no greater than 30 mol % for the olefin hydrogenation rate in the first step and the olefin hydrogenation rate in the second step, a total sulfur content of no greater than 10 ppm by weight based on the product oil weight, and a sulfur content derived from thiols of no greater than 5 ppm by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeto Hatanaka, Koji Shimada, Hideshi Iki
  • Publication number: 20120217186
    Abstract: A method for producing a lubricant base oil includes contacting feedstock containing normal paraffins having not less than 20 carbon atoms with a first catalyst in the presence of molecular hydrogen to obtain a first produced oil, and contacting the first produced oil with a second catalyst in the presence of molecular hydrogen to obtain a second produced oil. The first catalyst includes a first carrier in which a fraction of an amount of NH3 to be desorbed at 300 to 800° C. based on a total amount of NH3 to be desorbed is 80 to 90% in temperature-programmed desorption of NH3, a first metal selected from metals of Group VI in the periodic table carried on the first carrier, and a second metal selected from metals of Group VIII to Group X in the periodic table carried on the first carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki Hayasaka, Hideki Ono, Yoshiyuki Nagayasu, Masahiro Taguchi, Hideshi Iki
  • Publication number: 20120216449
    Abstract: A method for producing an aviation fuel oil base includes obtaining a first generated oil by hydrotreating a feedstock by bringing a feedstock which includes an oxygen-containing hydrocarbon compound derived from an animal or vegetable oils and fat into contact with a first dual functional catalyst which has dehydrogenation and hydrogenation functions and which includes a metal of group 6A of the periodic table, a metal of group 8, and an amorphous solid acidic substance, in the presence of hydrogen; and obtaining a second generated oil including an aviation fuel oil base by hydroisomerizing the first generated oil by bringing the first generated oil into contact with a second dual functional catalyst which has dehydrogenation and hydrogenation functions and which includes a metal of the group 8 of the periodic table and a crystalline solid acidic substance, in the presence of hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki Hayasaka, Hideki Ono, Akira Koyama, Hideshi Iki
  • Publication number: 20110237853
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a hydrocarbon oil, comprising: a first step wherein a feedstock oil containing an oxygen-containing organic compound and a water-insoluble chlorine-containing compound is brought into contact with a hydrogenation catalyst comprising a support containing a porous inorganic oxide and one or more metals selected from Group VIA and Group VIII of the periodic table supported on the support in the presence of hydrogen to generate a hydrocarbon oil and water in a vapor state by the hydrodeoxygenation of an oxygen-containing organic compound and convert the water-insoluble chlorine-containing compound into a water-soluble chlorine-containing compound; a second step wherein the water in the reaction product of the first step is maintained in a vapor state and the reaction product of the first step is brought into contact with a nitrogen-containing Brønsted base compound which has a boiling point at normal pressure of 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuo Hamamatsu, Hideki Ono, Yasutoshi Iguchi, Hideshi Iki, Yoshihiko Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20110219676
    Abstract: The present invention provides an environment friendly aviation fuel base oil having combustibility, oxidation stability and excellent life cycle characteristics and contributing to diversification of primary energy, which is produced by hydrotreating a feedstock comprising a mixed oil of an oxygen-containing hydrocarbon compound originating from an animal or vegetable fat and a sulfur-containing hydrocarbon compound or a feedstock comprising said mixed oil and a petroleum base oil produced by refining crude oil and an aviation fuel composition comprising the aviation fuel base oil, and an aviation fuel composition containing such an aviation fuel base oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Koyama, Tatsuo Hamamatsu, Yasutoshi Iguchi, Hideshi Iki