Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Yokohata

Hiroshi Yokohata 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: 8794029
    Abstract: A process for separating hydrocarbons from an LNG, including the steps of: distilling a feed LNG in a first distillation column to separate it into a fraction enriched with methane and a fraction enriched with components heavier than methane; distilling the fraction enriched with components heavier than methane in a second distillation column to separate it into a fraction enriched with ethane and a fraction enriched with components heavier than ethane; recovering the cryogenic heat of the feed LNG to be fed into the first distillation column or of the liquid inside the first distillation column by using a heat transfer medium; and cooling the overhead gas of the second distillation column by using the heat transfer medium which has recovered the cryogenic heat to condense at least part of the overhead gas of the second distillation column. An apparatus for carrying out this process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Toyo Engineering Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yokohata, Shoichi Yamaguchi, Akihiko Tamakoshi
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20060277943
    Abstract: A process for separating hydrocarbons from an LNG, including the steps of: distilling a feed LNG in a first distillation column to separate it into a fraction enriched with methane and a fraction enriched with components heavier than methane; distilling the fraction enriched with components heavier than methane in a second distillation column to separate it into a fraction enriched with ethane and a fraction enriched with components heavier than ethane; recovering the cryogenic heat of the feed LNG to be fed into the first distillation column or of the liquid inside the first distillation column by using a heat transfer medium; and cooling the overhead gas of the second distillation column by using the heat transfer medium which has recovered the cryogenic heat to condense at least part of the overhead gas of the second distillation column. An apparatus for carrying out this process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Applicant: Toyo Engineering Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yokohata, Shoichi Yamaguchi, Akihiko Tamakoshi