Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Ikebe

Hiroaki Ikebe 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).

  • Patent number: 8801921
    Abstract: A method of produced water treatment in an in-situ recovery method of producing bitumen from oil sand, the method has the steps of: separating bitumen from bitumen-mixed fluid so as to leave produced water, the bitumen-mixed fluid having been recovered from the oil sand wells; and filtering the produced water via a microfiltration membrane made of polytetrafluoroethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignees: Toyo Engineering Corporation, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Ikebe, Hiroshi Yokohata, Masaaki Sakurai, Toru Morita
  • Patent number: 8153007
    Abstract: A method of treating a wastewater, containing the steps of: filtering a wastewater supplied into an activated sludge tank and biologically-treated therein, in a membrane module installed outside the activated sludge tank; chemical-cleaning the membrane module with a membrane-cleaning agent while the membrane module is disconnected from the activated sludge tank with a valve; and water-flushing off the substances contained in the wastewater that react with the membrane-cleaning agent and form hazardous substances and/or operation-inhibiting substances, or the membrane-cleaning agent remaining in the membrane module with water while the membrane module and the activated sludge tank are disconnected from each other by the valve, wherein the membrane-cleaning agent is prevented from contacting the substances contained in the wastewater that react with the membrane-cleaning agent and form hazardous substances and/or operation-inhibiting substances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Toyo Engineering Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Ikebe
  • Publication number: 20110089013
    Abstract: An apparatus of produced water treatment, to be adopted in an in-situ recovery method of producing bitumen from oil sand, the apparatus capable of removing the oil from produced water, the produced water of being left by separating the bitumen from bitumen-mixed fluid having been recovered from the oil sand, the apparatus having: a vessel for receiving the produced water; a submerge type filtration membrane module, installed in the vessel, for filtering the produced water in the condition of the membrane being submerged in the produced water; and a bubble generator for generating bubbles to be forwarded toward the submerged filtration membrane in the produced water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Masaaki Sakurai, Hiroaki Ikebe, Hiroshi Yokohata, Toru Morita, Kiyoshi Ida
  • Publication number: 20100264068
    Abstract: A method of produced water treatment in an in-situ recovery method of producing bitumen from oil sand, the method has the steps of: separating bitumen from bitumen-mixed fluid so as to leave produced water, the bitumen-mixed fluid having been recovered from the oil sand wells; and filtering the produced water via a microfiltration membrane made of polytetrafluoroethylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Hiroaki Ikebe, Hiroshi Yokohata, Masaaki Sakurai, Toru Morita
  • Patent number: 7641797
    Abstract: A method for treating a formaldehyde-containing waste liquid, which is formed as a byproduct in a plant for the production of hydrocarbons or oxygen-containing compounds, containing the steps of: subjecting formaldehyde in the liquid to chemical treatment; and treating the resulting waste liquid, while being aerated, by using a membrane bioreactor that is composed of a microorganism or enzyme and a separation membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignees: Toyo Engineering Corporation, Water Re-Use Promotion Center
    Inventors: Hiroaki Ikebe, Masayuki Uchida, Hitoshi Betchaku
  • Patent number: 7635432
    Abstract: A method of treating organic matter-containing waste liquid, which is formed as a byproduct in a plant for the production of oxygen-containing compounds or liquid hydrocarbons (including liquid fuel oil and chemicals, which are produced from natural gas through a synthetic gas), having the step of: treating the waste liquid at a high temperature of 40° C. or higher, while being aerated, by using a membrane bioreactor (2) that is equipped with a separation membrane (7b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignees: Toyo Engineering Corporation, Water Re-Use Promotion Center, Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Uchida, Hiroaki Ikebe, Takaji Akiya, Toshio Tsukamoto
  • Publication number: 20090230056
    Abstract: A method of treating a wastewater, containing the steps of: filtering a wastewater supplied into an activated sludge tank and biologically-treated therein, in a membrane module installed outside the activated sludge tank; chemical-cleaning the membrane module with a membrane-cleaning agent while the membrane module is disconnected from the activated sludge tank with a valve; and water-flushing off the substances contained in the wastewater that react with the membrane-cleaning agent forming hazardous substances and/or operation-inhibiting substances, or the membrane-cleaning agent remaining in the membrane module with water while the membrane module and the activated sludge tank are disconnected from each other with the valve, wherein it is prevented the membrane-cleaning agent from contacting the substances contained in the wastewater that react with the membrane-cleaning agent forming hazardous substances and/or operation-inhibiting substances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventor: Hiroaki Ikebe
  • Publication number: 20070289923
    Abstract: A method for treating a formaldehyde-containing waste liquid, which is formed as a byproduct in a plant for the production of hydrocarbons or oxygen-containing compounds, containing the steps of: subjecting formaldehyde in the liquid to chemical treatment; and treating the resulting waste liquid, while being aerated, by using a membrane bioreactor that is composed of a microorganism or enzyme and a separation membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventors: Hiroaki Ikebe, Masayuki Uchida, Hitoshi Betchaku, Toshizo Iida
  • Publication number: 20070241053
    Abstract: A method of treating organic matter-containing waste liquid, which is formed as a byproduct in a plant for the production of oxygen-containing compounds or liquid hydrocarbons (including liquid fuel oil and chemicals, which are produced from natural gas through a synthetic gas), having the step of: treating the waste liquid at a high temperature of 40° C. or higher, while being aerated, by using a membrane bioreactor (2) that is equipped with a separation membrane (7b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Masayuki Uchida, Hiroaki Ikebe, Takaji Akiya, Toshio Tsukamoto