Patents by Inventor Koyo NORINAGA

Koyo NORINAGA 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: 20230149852
    Abstract: A carbon dioxide recovery device provided with a separation device that separates carbon dioxide from to-be-separated gas (for example, combustion exhaust gas) containing carbon dioxide, wherein: in order from the upstream side where the to-be-separated gas is supplied, the separation device and carbon dioxide sublimators, which sublimate (solidify) carbon dioxide that was separated in the separation device, are connected in series, refrigerant circuits in which a fluid having cold heat serves as the refrigerant, are connected to the carbon dioxide sublimators, and the refrigerant is used to sublimate (solidify) the carbon dioxide; and when the carbon dioxide is sublimated (solidified), the carbon dioxide sublimators are depressurized and set to negative pressure so as to draw in the carbon dioxide separated at the separation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicants: TOHO GAS CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKAI NATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH SYSTEM
    Inventors: Yoshito UMEDA, Hiroshi MACHIDA, Koyo NORINAGA, Hiroshi YAMASHITA, Tsuyoshi YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220226769
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention is a gas treatment method including: an absorption step of bringing a gas to be treated, which contains carbon dioxide and a sulfur compound, into contact with an absorption liquid to be phase-separated by carbon dioxide absorption, to cause the absorption liquid to absorb the carbon dioxide and the sulfur compound; and a first release step of heating the absorption liquid brought into contact with the gas to be treated to a temperature equal to or higher than a temperature at which the carbon dioxide absorbed by the absorption liquid is released from the absorption liquid and lower than a temperature at which the sulfur compound absorbed by the absorption liquid is released from the absorption liquid, to release the carbon dioxide from the absorption liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.), National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education and Research System
    Inventors: Norihide MAEDA, Akira KISHIMOTO, Ken NAKANISHI, Hiroshi MACHIDA, Tsuyoshi YAMAGUCHI, Koyo NORINAGA
  • Patent number: 11331625
    Abstract: A gas treatment method includes an absorption step in which a gas to be treated containing an acidic compound, such as carbon dioxide, is brought into contact, in an absorber, with a treatment liquid that absorbs the acidic compound; and a regeneration step in which the treatment liquid, having the acidic compound absorbed therein, is sent to a regenerator, and the treatment liquid is then heated to separate the acidic compound from the treatment liquid. In the regeneration step, a gas almost insoluble to the treatment liquid, such as hydrogen gas, is brought into contact with the treatment liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: Kobe Steel, Ltd., National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education and Research System
    Inventors: Akira Kishimoto, Katsuya Akiyama, Hiroshi Machida, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Takehiro Esaki, Koyo Norinaga
  • Publication number: 20210016226
    Abstract: A gas treatment method includes an absorption step in which a gas to be treated containing an acidic compound, such as carbon dioxide, is brought into contact, in an absorber, with a treatment liquid that absorbs the acidic compound; and a regeneration step in which the treatment liquid, having the acidic compound absorbed therein, is sent to a regenerator, and the treatment liquid is then heated to separate the acidic compound from the treatment liquid. In the regeneration step, a gas almost insoluble to the treatment liquid, such as hydrogen gas, is brought into contact with the treatment liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (Kobe Steel, Ltd.), National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education and Research System
    Inventors: Akira KISHIMOTO, Katsuya AKIYAMA, Hiroshi MACHIDA, Tsuyoshi YAMAGUCHI, Takehiro ESAKI, Koyo NORINAGA