Patents by Inventor Keiji Fujikawa

Keiji Fujikawa 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: 20230406746
    Abstract: A waste treatment system, includes: at least one reformer for hydrolyzing waste; a microbial reactor for microbially degrading a reformed material containing at least a solid of the waste hydrolyzed by the at least one reformer; a microbial reaction detection device for detecting a state of degradation of the reformed material in the microbial reactor; and an adjustment device for adjusting amount and timing of supply of the reformed material to the microbial reactor, based on a detected value of the microbial reaction detection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Noma, Kazuhiro Kawai, Keiji Fujikawa, Susumu Okino, Shinichi Okamoto, Shinji Nakamura, Kouetsu Shizukuishi, Nobuyuki Ukai, Yuuji Nakajima, Keiichi Nakagawa, Haruka Adachi, Takashi Ike, Yosuke Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20230356275
    Abstract: A waste treatment system includes: at least one reformer for hydrolyzing waste with steam; a microbial reactor for microbially degrading a reformed material containing at least a solid of the waste hydrolyzed by the at least one reformer; and at least one steam generation device for generating the steam by using only combustion energy of a gas produced in the microbial reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kawai, Akira Noma, Keiji Fujikawa, Susumu Okino
  • Publication number: 20230257783
    Abstract: A waste treatment system includes: at least one reformer for hydrolyzing waste; and a microbial reactor for microbially degrading a reformed material containing at least a solid among the waste hydrolyzed in the at least one reformer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Noma, Kazuhiro Kawai, Keiji Fujikawa, Susumu Okino, Yosuke Nakagawa, Koichi Fukunaga, Keiichi Nakagawa, Haruka Adachi, Takashi Ike, Ryo Kamito, Masahiro Yamada
  • Patent number: 9662607
    Abstract: A CO2 recovery unit includes an absorber that reduces CO2 in flue gas (101) discharged from a combustion facility (50) by absorbing CO2 by an absorbent, a regenerator that heats the absorbent having absorbed CO2 to emit CO2, and regenerates and supplies the absorbent to the absorber, and a regenerating heater that uses steam (106) supplied from the combustion facility (50) for heating the absorbent in the regenerator and returns heated condensed water (106a) to the combustion facility (50). The CO2 recovery unit further includes a condensed water/flue gas heat exchanger (57) that heats the condensed water (106a) to be returned from the regenerating heater to the combustion facility (50) by heat-exchanging the condensed water (106a) with the flue gas (101) in a flue gas duct (51) in the combustion facility (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., THE KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Hiromitsu Nagayasu, Takuya Hirata, Keiji Fujikawa, Tetsuya Imai, Hiroshi Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Oishi, Masahiko Tatsumi, Yasuyuki Yagi, Kazuhiko Kaibara
  • Publication number: 20160271557
    Abstract: A CO2 recovery unit includes an absorber that reduces CO2 in flue gas (101) discharged from a combustion facility (50) by absorbing CO2 by an absorbent, a regenerator that heats the absorbent having absorbed CO2 to emit CO2, and regenerates and supplies the absorbent to the absorber, and a regenerating heater that uses steam (106) supplied from the combustion facility (50) for heating the absorbent in the regenerator and returns heated condensed water (106a) to the combustion facility (50). The CO2 recovery unit further includes a condensed water/flue gas heat exchanger (57) that heats the condensed water (106a) to be returned from the regenerating heater to the combustion facility (50) by heat-exchanging the condensed water (106a) with the flue gas (101) in a flue gas duct (51) in the combustion facility (50).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., THE KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Hiromitsu Nagayasu, Takuya Hirata, Keiji Fujikawa, Tetsuya Imai, Hiroshi Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Oishi, Masahiko Tatsumi, Yasuyuki Yagi, Kazuhiko Kaibara
  • Publication number: 20160236145
    Abstract: The present invention provides a flue gas treatment method and a denitration and SO3 reduction apparatus configured to efficiently reduce the concentration of SO3 in a combustion flue gas and also efficiently reduce NOx in the combustion flue gas at treatment costs lower than those of conventional methods. The flue gas treatment method performs a treatment for reducing SO3 into SO2 by adding a compound including the elements H and C to a combustion flue gas including SO3 as well as NOx in an oxygen atmosphere as a first additive, and then by bringing the combustion flue gas into contact with a catalyst including an oxide constituted by one or more of elements selected from the group consisting of Ti, Si, Zr, and Ce and/or a mixed oxide and/or a complex oxide including two or more of the elements selected from the group as a carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji HIGASHINO, Akihiro SAWATA, Keiji FUJIKAWA, Masanao YONEMURA
  • Patent number: 9383101
    Abstract: A CO2 recovery unit includes an absorber that reduces CO2 in flue gas (101) discharged from a combustion facility (50) by absorbing CO2 by an absorbent, a regenerator that heats the absorbent having absorbed CO2 to emit CO2, and regenerates and supplies the absorbent to the absorber, and a regenerating heater that uses steam (106) supplied from the combustion facility (50) for heating the absorbent in the regenerator and returns heated condensed water (106a) to the combustion facility (50). The CO2 recovery unit further includes a condensed water/flue gas heat exchanger (57) that heats the condensed water (106a) to be returned from the regenerating heater to the combustion facility (50) by heat-exchanging the condensed water (106a) with the flue gas (101) in a flue gas duct (51) in the combustion facility (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., THE KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Hiromitsu Nagayasu, Takuya Hirata, Keiji Fujikawa, Tetsuya Imai, Hiroshi Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Oishi, Masahiko Tatsumi, Yasuyuki Yagi, Kazuhiko Kaibara
  • Patent number: 9186619
    Abstract: A CO2 recovery unit 10A according to a first embodiment has a CO2 absorber that removes CO2 in flue gas by bringing the flue gas containing CO2 into contact with a CO2 absorbent 12, and a regenerator 15 that diffuses CO2 in a rich solution 14 having absorbed CO2 in the CO2 absorber. The CO2 recovery unit 10A includes a first compressor 29-1 to a fourth compressor 29-4 that compress CO2 gas 16 discharged from the regenerator 15, a dehydrating column 33 that reduces moisture in the CO2 gas 16 by bringing the CO2 gas 16 into contact with a dehydrating agent 32, a combustion removal unit 41 that removes the dehydrating agent 32 mixed in the CO2 gas 16 in the dehydrating column 33, and a heat exchanger 42 that performs heat exchange between the CO2 gas 16 discharged from the third compressor 29-3 and the CO2 gas 16 discharged from the dehydrating column 33.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Hirata, Keiji Fujikawa, Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Tsuyoshi Oishi
  • Patent number: 9084961
    Abstract: A gas-liquid contacting plate of the present invention in which a treatment liquid flows from an upper side to a lower side direction of a substrate and a part of gas being in contact with the treatment liquid is absorbed into the treatment liquid, includes a downward protruding saw teeth-shaped portion in which a lower end side of the substrate has pitches at predetermined gaps. Further, a pore group for liquid dispersion having a predetermined gap is provided in a plurality of lines, in the substrate. An arrangement thereof is a zigzag arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., KABUSHIKI KAISHA MEIJI GOMU KASEI
    Inventors: Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Hiromitsu Nagayasu, Hiroshi Tanaka, Takuya Hirata, Keiji Fujikawa, Ryuji Yoshiyama, Yuichiro Sato, Toyoshi Nakagawa, Tsuyoshi Oishi, Motomichi Ochiai, Kei Shioya, Shunji Ichikawa, Akihiro Kojima
  • Patent number: 8992871
    Abstract: A CO shift catalyst according to the present invention reforms carbon monoxide (CO) contained in gas. The CO shift catalyst is prepared from one or both of molybdenum (Mo) and cobalt (Co) as an active ingredient and an oxide of one of, or a mixture or a compound of, titanium (Ti), silicon (Si), zirconium (Zr), and cerium (Ce) as a carrier for supporting the active ingredient. The CO shift catalyst can be used in a halogen-resistant CO shift reactor (15) that converts CO contained in gasified gas (12) generated in a gasifier (11) into CO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinobu Yasutake, Tetsuya Imai, Masanao Yonemura, Susumu Okino, Keiji Fujikawa, Shinya Tachibana
  • Patent number: 8887505
    Abstract: Provided are high-pressure, medium-pressure, and low-pressure turbines; a boiler to generate steam for driving the turbines; a carbon dioxide recovery unit including an absorber that reduces carbon dioxide in combustion flue gas from the boiler by a carbon dioxide absorbent and a regenerator that regenerates an absorbent; a first auxiliary turbine that extracts steam from an inlet of the low-pressure turbine and recovers power by the steam thus extracted; a first steam delivery line to supply discharged steam from the first auxiliary turbine to a reboiler of the regenerator as a heat source; and a controller that controls driving of the first auxiliary turbine while keeping pressure of the discharged steam to be supplied to the reboiler within a tolerance range for the reboiler's optimum pressure corresponding to a fluctuation in an operation load of the boiler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Iijima, Tetsuya Imai, Keiji Fujikawa, Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Tsuyoshi Oishi, Hiroshi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20130127075
    Abstract: A gas-liquid contacting plate of the present invention in which a treatment liquid flows from an upper side to a lower side direction of a substrate and a part of gas being in contact with the treatment liquid is absorbed into the treatment liquid, includes a downward protruding saw teeth-shaped portion in which a lower end side of the substrate has pitches at predetermined gaps. Further, a pore group for liquid dispersion having a predetermined gap is provided in a plurality of lines, in the substrate. An arrangement thereof is a zigzag arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA MEIJI GOMU KASEI, MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Hiromitsu Nagayasu, Hiroshi Tanaka, Takuya Hirata, Keiji Fujikawa, Ryuji Yoshiyama, Yuichiro Sato, Toyoshi Nakagawa, Tsuyoshi Oishi, Motomichi Ochiai, Kei Shioya, Shunji Ichikawa, Akihiro Kojima
  • Patent number: 8377184
    Abstract: A CO2 recovery apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention includes: a CO2 absorber that brings flue gas containing CO2 into contact with CO2 absorbing liquid to reduce CO2 in the flue gas; a regenerator that reduces CO2 in CO2 absorbing liquid (rich solvent) that has absorbed the CO2 in the CO2 absorber to regenerate the CO2 absorbing liquid, so that the regenerated absorbing liquid (lean solvent), having CO2 reduced in the regenerator, is reused in the CO2 absorber; a first compressor to a fourth compressor that compress the CO2 gas released from the regenerator; and an O2 reducing apparatus arranged between the second compressor and a second cooler to reduce O2 in the CO2 gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiji Fujikawa, Takuya Hirata, Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Tsuyoshi Oishi
  • Publication number: 20120318141
    Abstract: A CO2 recovery unit includes an absorber that reduces CO2 in flue gas (101) discharged from a combustion facility (50) by absorbing CO2 by an absorbent, a regenerator that heats the absorbent having absorbed CO2 to emit CO2, and regenerates and supplies the absorbent to the absorber, and a regenerating heater that uses steam (106) supplied from the combustion facility (50) for heating the absorbent in the regenerator and returns heated condensed water (106a) to the combustion facility (50). The CO2 recovery unit further includes a condensed water/flue gas heat exchanger (57) that heats the condensed water (106a) to be returned from the regenerating heater to the combustion facility (50) by heat-exchanging the condensed water (106a) with the flue gas (101) in a flue gas duct (51) in the combustion facility (50).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicants: THE KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Hiromitsu Nagayasu, Takuya Hirata, Keiji Fujikawa, Tetsuya Imai, Hiroshi Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Oishi, Masahiko Tatsumi, Yasuyuki Yagi, Kazuhiko Kaibara
  • Publication number: 20120058036
    Abstract: A CO shift catalyst according to the present invention reforms carbon monoxide (CO) and is prepared from one or a mixture of platinum (Pt), ruthenium (Ru), iridium (Ir), and rhodium (Rh) as an active ingredient and at least one of titanium (Ti), aluminum (Al), zirconium (Zr), and cerium (Ce) as a carrier for supporting the active ingredient. The CO shift catalyst can be used in a halogen-resistant CO shift reactor (15) that converts CO contained in gasified gas (12) generated in a gasifier (11) into CO2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshinobu Yasutake, Tetsuya Imai, Masanao Yonemura, Susumu Okino, Keiji Fujikawa, Shinya Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20120027659
    Abstract: A CO shift catalyst according to the present invention reforms carbon monoxide (CO) contained in gas. The CO shift catalyst is prepared from one or both of molybdenum (Mo) and cobalt (Co) as an active ingredient and an oxide of one of, or a mixture or a compound of, titanium (Ti), silicon (Si), zirconium (Zr), and cerium (Ce) as a carrier for supporting the active ingredient. The CO shift catalyst can be used in a halogen-resistant CO shift reactor (15) that converts CO contained in gasified gas (12) generated in a gasifier (11) into CO2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinobu Yasutake, Tetsuya Imai, Masanao Yonemura, Susumu Okino, Keiji Fujikawa, Shinya Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20120014861
    Abstract: A CO2 recovery unit 10A according to a first embodiment has a CO2 absorber that removes CO2 in flue gas by bringing the flue gas containing CO2 into contact with a CO2 absorbent 12, and a regenerator 15 that diffuses CO2 in a rich solution 14 having absorbed CO2 in the CO2 absorber. The CO2 recovery unit 10A includes a first compressor 29-1 to a fourth compressor 29-4 that compress CO2 gas 16 discharged from the regenerator 15, a dehydrating column 33 that reduces moisture in the CO2 gas 16 by bringing the CO2 gas 16 into contact with a dehydrating agent 32, a combustion removal unit 41 that removes the dehydrating agent 32 mixed in the CO2 gas 16 in the dehydrating column 33, and a heat exchanger 42 that performs heat exchange between the CO2 gas 16 discharged from the third compressor 29-3 and the CO2 gas 16 discharged from the dehydrating column 33.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Hirata, Keiji Fujikawa, Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Tsuyoshi Oishi
  • Publication number: 20110011088
    Abstract: Provided are high-pressure, medium-pressure, and low-pressure turbines; a boiler to generate steam for driving the turbines; a carbon dioxide recovery unit including an absorber that reduces carbon dioxide in combustion flue gas from the boiler by means of a carbon dioxide absorbent and a regenerator that regenerates an absorbent; a first auxiliary turbine that extracts steam from an inlet of the low-pressure turbine and recovers power by means of the steam thus extracted; a first steam delivery line to supply discharged steam from the first auxiliary turbine to a reboiler of the regenerator as a heat source; and a controller that controls driving of the first auxiliary turbine while keeping pressure of the discharged steam to be supplied to the reboiler within a tolerance range for the reboiler's optimum pressure corresponding to a fluctuation in an operation load of the boiler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Iijima, Tetsuya Imai, Keiji Fujikawa, Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Tsuyoshi Oishi, Hiroshi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20100218674
    Abstract: A CO2 recovery apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention includes: a CO2 absorber that brings flue gas containing CO2 into contact with CO2 absorbing liquid to reduce CO2 in the flue gas; a regenerator that reduces CO2 in CO2 absorbing liquid (rich solvent) that has absorbed the CO2 in the CO2 absorber to regenerate the CO2 absorbing liquid, so that the regenerated absorbing liquid (lean solvent), having CO2 reduced in the regenerator, is reused in the CO2 absorber; a first compressor to a fourth compressor that compress the CO2 gas released from the regenerator; and an O2 reducing apparatus arranged between the second compressor and a second cooler to reduce O2 in the CO2 gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji Fujikawa, Takuya Hirata, Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Tsuyoshi Oishi
  • Patent number: 7387650
    Abstract: A fuel cell power generation system, equipped with a fuel reforming device and a fuel cell body, includes valves, pipelines, a condenser, and a pump for feeding a burner exhaust gas (raw gas) discharged from a heating burner of the fuel reforming device into the fuel reforming device, and an inert gas formation device including an oxidizable and reducible oxygen adsorbent, which is disposed in the pipelines, and adsorbs oxygen in the burner exhaust gas to remove oxygen from the burner exhaust gas and form an inert gas. The fuel cell power generation system can reliably remove residual matter, without leaving it within the fuel reforming device, in a simple manner at a low cost and with a compact configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Setsuo Omoto, Naohiko Ishibashi, Keiji Fujikawa, Hirohisa Yoshida, Masami Kondo, Shigeru Nojima, Toshinobu Yasutake, Satoru Watanabe, Masanao Yonemura