Patents by Inventor Masanori Inukai

Masanori Inukai 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).

  • Biological treatment method for treating waste water and controlling COD loading rate per bacterium and COD concentration in effluent
    Patent number: 9133043
    Abstract: The present invention provides a biological treatment method of biologically treating the subject water containing phenol, thiocyanate and the like, which improves the quality of treated water, while suppressing a reduction in treatment efficiency. As a means for achieving the aforementioned object, the present invention relates to a biological treatment method including introducing subject water containing a COD component, wherein the COD component is at least one of phenol and thiocyanate, into a biological treatment tank containing sludge containing bacteria capable of decomposing the COD component to thereby biologically treat the COD component with the bacteria, wherein, before the introduction of the subject water into the biological treatment tank, a step of counting the total number of bacteria contained in the sludge is carried out, so that the amount of the COD component loaded on a single bacterium per unit time can be controlled within a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignees: Kansai Coke and Chemicals Co., Ltd., Kobelco Eco-Solutions Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiichi Matsuoka, Masanori Inukai, Hironobu Inamasu, Tetsuo Yamashita, Akira Akashi
  • BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT METHOD
    Publication number: 20120061316
    Abstract: The present invention provides a biological treatment method of biologically treating the subject water containing phenol, thiocyanate and the like, which improves the quality of treated water, while suppressing a reduction in treatment efficiency. As a means for achieving the aforementioned object, the present invention relates to a biological treatment method including introducing subject water containing a COD component, wherein the COD component is at least one of phenol and thiocyanate, into a biological treatment tank containing sludge containing bacteria capable of decomposing the COD component to thereby biologically treat the COD component with the bacteria, wherein, before the introduction of the subject water into the biological treatment tank, a step of counting the total number of bacteria contained in the sludge is carried out, so that the amount of the COD component loaded on a single bacterium per unit time can be controlled within a predetermined range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicants: KOBELCO ECO-SOLUTIONS CO., LTD., KANSAI COKE AND CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichi Matsuoka, Masanori Inukai, Hironobu Inamasu, Tetsuo Yamashita, Akira Akashi