Patents by Inventor Masaru Chiyomaru

Masaru Chiyomaru 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: 20230314332
    Abstract: An analysis system includes: a collection unit configured to collect soluble iron contained in a sample; a reaction unit configured to produce a reaction solution; a detection unit configured to detect an absorbance of the reaction solution; and a supply control unit configured to supply the soluble iron collected in the collection unit and a reagent to the reaction unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Chiyomaru, Shinya Kishimoto, Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Takuya Hirata
  • Publication number: 20230066692
    Abstract: Provided is a sample analysis apparatus including: a syringe pump; a channel switch valve; a mixing container; a detection unit configured to detect a concentration of a specified substance contained in a sample solution; and a control unit configured to control the syringe pump and the channel switch valve. The channel switch valve includes a sample port, a reagent port, and a detection port connected to a detection pipe on which the detection unit is arranged. The control unit controls the syringe pump and the channel switch valve to draw the reagent solution from the reagent pipe to the mixing container, draw the sample solution from the sample pipe to the mixing container, draw the reagent solution from the reagent pipe to the mixing container, and supply a mixture solution containing the sample solution and the reagent solution from the mixing container to the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Masaru CHIYOMARU, Hiroaki MIKAWA, Yuuichi OKUZAKI, Masaru TAKAHASHI, Kohei KAWASAKI, Ayumi HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20220268752
    Abstract: Provided is a concentration monitoring system which allows continuous concentration monitoring of a processing tank. The concentration monitoring system is provided with a first cycle in which a sample of a processing liquid to which a chemical has been added is taken from a processing tank in which the processing liquid is stored and supplied to a concentration meter which measures the concentration of the chemical, a second cycle in which a chemical solution having a known concentration of the chemical is supplied to the concentration meter, and a control device which controls the first cycle to evaluate the concentration of the chemical in the processing tank on the basis of the concentration of the sample measured by the concentration meter and controls the second cycle to evaluate the precision of the concentration meter on the basis of the concentration of the chemical solution measured by the concentration meter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Masaru CHIYOMARU, Hiroaki MIKAWA, Yuichi OKUZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220252562
    Abstract: A system for monitoring the alkalinity of a treatment liquid in a treatment tank includes a reaction tank; an indicator burette which drops an indicator into the reaction tank; a reagent burette which drops an acidic reagent into the reaction tank; a probe-type absorptiometer to be inserted into the reaction tank; a measuring device which analyzes the transmittance of a solution detected by the absorptiometer to calculate the alkalinity; a first system that collects the treatment liquid from the treatment tank for storing and supplies the treatment liquid to the reaction tank; a control device which controls the operation of the first system so as to supply the treatment liquid to the reaction tank, outputs a completion signal to the measuring device, and controls a discharge system so as to discharge the treatment liquid in the reaction tank, when the calculation of alkalinity by the measuring device is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Masaru CHIYOMARU, Hiroaki MIKAWA, Yuichi OKUZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220162091
    Abstract: The pure water manufacturing management system includes a pure water manufacturing device; an analysis device that inspects water quality; a first valve provided to first piping connected to the outlet side of the manufacturing device, the first valve controlling the amount of pure water supplied to a storage tank; second piping that branches from the first piping and is connected to the analysis device; and a control device, the control device controlling the analysis device during supply of the pure water to the storage tank, repeatedly performing water quality inspection of the pure water flowing in through the second piping, opening the first valve when, as a result of the water quality inspection, the water quality of the pure water satisfies a prescribed standard, and closing the first valve when the water quality of the pure water does not satisfy the prescribed standard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Masaru CHIYOMARU, Hiroaki MIKAWA, Yuichi OKUZAKI
  • Patent number: 10668427
    Abstract: An acid gas recovery method includes removing acid gas from a target gas by bringing the target gas containing the acid gas into gas-liquid contact with an absorbent amine solution and causing the absorbent amine solution to absorb the acid gas; regenerating the absorbent amine solution by releasing the acid gas from the absorbent amine solution that has absorbed the acid gas; causing a chelate resin to adsorb iron ions from the absorbent amine solution by causing the absorbent amine solution to pass through the chelate resin; causing a regenerant solution to pass through a chelate resin having iron ions adsorbed thereon; regenerating the chelate resin and obtaining a regenerant solution containing the iron ions and quantitatively measuring the iron ions in the regenerant solution containing the iron ions and calculating a concentration of iron ions in the absorbent amine solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Hirata, Shinichi Okamoto, Hiromitsu Nagayasu, Masaru Chiyomaru, Tatsuya Tsujiuchi
  • Patent number: 10336631
    Abstract: A wastewater treatment method and a wastewater treatment apparatus securely and readily remove selenium, which is considered harmful, by removing not only 0-valent selenium, 4-valent selenium, and 6-valent selenium, but also -2-valent selenium. In the wastewater treatment method and the wastewater treatment apparatus for treating wastewater including selenium, -2-valent selenium included in the wastewater is oxidated by using an oxidant, or -2-valent selenium included in the water is removed by using a remover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventor: Masaru Chiyomaru
  • Publication number: 20180318760
    Abstract: An acid gas recovery method includes removing acid gas from a target gas by bringing the target gas containing the acid gas into gas-liquid contact with an absorbent amine solution and causing the absorbent amine solution to absorb the acid gas; regenerating the absorbent amine solution by releasing the acid gas from the absorbent amine solution that has absorbed the acid gas; causing a chelate resin to adsorb iron ions from the absorbent amine solution by causing the absorbent amine solution to pass through the chelate resin; causing a regenerant solution to pass through a chelate resin having iron ions adsorbed thereon; regenerating the chelate resin and obtaining a regenerant solution containing the iron ions and quantitatively measuring the iron ions in the regenerant solution containing the iron ions and calculating a concentration of iron ions in the absorbent amine solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Hirata, Shinichi Okamoto, Hiromitsu Nagayasu, Masaru Chiyomaru, Tatsuya Tsujiuchi
  • Patent number: 10016718
    Abstract: When CO2 gas is absorbed by using an absorbent circulating in an absorption tower and an absorbent regeneration tower, a first sampling part at which a lean solution sample is collected in the vicinity of an inlet for a lean solution supply line in the absorption tower, a second sampling part at which a rich solution sample is collected in the vicinity of an outlet for a rich solution supply line in the absorption tower, and an analyzing device which analyzes the collected lean solution sample and rich solution sample are provided; the lean solution sample at the first sampling part and the rich solution sample at the second sampling part are collected, respectively, in the same time period, and concentrations of CO2 gas in the lean solution sample and the rich solution sample are measured, and then the gas absorbing/regenerating operation is controlled based on measured results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Okamoto, Masaru Chiyomaru, Hiroshi Tanaka, Hiromitsu Nagayasu, Takuya Hirata, Tsuyoshi Oishi, Daisuke Shimada
  • Publication number: 20160251241
    Abstract: A wastewater treatment method and a wastewater treatment apparatus securely and readily remove selenium, which is considered harmful, by removing not only 0-valent selenium, 4-valent selenium, and 6-valent selenium, but also -2-valent selenium. In the wastewater treatment method and the wastewater treatment apparatus for treating wastewater including selenium, -2-valent selenium included in the wastewater is oxidated by using an oxidant, or -2-valent selenium included in the water is removed by using a remover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Masaru Chiyomaru
  • Patent number: 9395342
    Abstract: A mist-containing gas analysis device comprises a measuring instrument that measures a pressure, a temperature, a flow rate and water content of a combustion exhaust gas, a collection container, a sampling tube and a guide tube through which the combustion exhaust gas is suctioned by a suction blower, and is sampled and fed into a collection liquid in the collection container, an arithmetic and control device that controls the suction blower such that a suction velocity of the combustion exhaust gas being suctioned by the suction blower is within a predetermined ratio with respect to a combustion exhaust gas flow velocity which is calculated based on the measured values, liquid aliquot taking means for taking an aliquot of the liquid in the collection container, and a measuring device that measures a concentration of the measurement-target substance in the aliquot of the liquid taken by the liquid aliquot taking means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Okamoto, Hiromitsu Nagayasu, Takuya Hirata, Masaru Chiyomaru, Hiroshi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20160114283
    Abstract: When CO2 gas is absorbed by using an absorbent circulating in an absorption tower and an absorbent regeneration tower, a first sampling part at which a lean solution sample is collected in the vicinity of an inlet for a lean solution supply line in the absorption tower, a second sampling part at which a rich solution sample is collected in the vicinity of an outlet for a rich solution supply line in the absorption tower, and an analyzing device which analyzes the collected lean solution sample and rich solution sample are provided; the lean solution sample at the first sampling part and the rich solution sample at the second sampling part are collected, respectively, in the same time period, and concentrations of CO2 gas in the lean solution sample and the rich solution sample are measured, and then the gas absorbing/regenerating operation is controlled based on measured results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Okamoto, Masaru Chiyomaru, Hiroshi Tanaka, Hiromitsu Nagayasu, Takuya Hirata, Tsuyoshi Oishi, Daisuke Shimada
  • Patent number: 9238191
    Abstract: A CO2 recovery system includes an absorber 2 and a regenerator 3. The absorber 2 includes a CO2 absorbing section 21 and at least one water-washing section 22. The CO2 absorbing section 21 allows flue gas 101 to come into contact with a basic amine compound absorbent 103 so that the basic amine compound absorbent 103 absorbs CO2 in the flue gas 101. The at least one water-washing section 22 allows the decarbonated flue gas 101A in which the amount of CO2 has been reduced in the CO2 absorbing section 21 to come into contact with wash water 104A and 104B to reduce the amounts of the basic amine compounds entrained in the decarbonated flue gas 101A. The regenerator 3 releases the CO2 from the basic amine compound absorbent 103 containing CO2 absorbed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., THE KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Nagayasu, Takashi Kamijo, Takahito Yonekawa, Hiroshi Tanaka, Shinya Kishimoto, Takuya Hirata, Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Masaru Chiyomaru, Koji Nakayama, Masahiko Tatsumi, Yasuyuki Yagi, Kazuhiko Kaibara
  • Publication number: 20150203392
    Abstract: A drainage treatment system 16 of the invention is a drainage treatment system that treats drainage generated when a gasified gas 33 is produced by a coal gasification furnace 12 and is purified by a gas purification device 14, and includes drainage treatment lines L11 to L15 which respectively treat slag drainage, venturi drainage, and stripper drainage generated when the gasified gas 33 is produced and the gasified gas 33 is cleaned and drainage treatment apparatuses 101A to 101E which treat treatment target materials in the drainages discharged from the drainage treatment lines L11 to L15. Accordingly, the drainages of the drainage treatment lines L11 to L15 are respectively and individually treated in response to the treatment target materials contained in the drainages without mixing the drainages of the drainage treatment lines L11 to L15.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshio Seiki, Shuji Fujii, Masaru Chiyomaru, Atsuhiro Yukumoto
  • Patent number: 8974582
    Abstract: A CO2 recovery system includes an absorber 2 and a regenerator 3. The absorber 2 includes a CO2 absorbing section 21 and a water-washing section 22. The CO2 absorbing section 21 allows flue gas 101 to come into contact with a basic amine compound absorbent 103 so that the basic amine compound absorbent 103 absorbs CO2 in the flue gas 101. The water-washing section 22 allows the decarbonated flue gas 101A in which the amount of CO2 has been reduced in the CO2 absorbing section 21 to come into contact with circulating wash water 104 and to be washed with the wash water 104 so that the amounts of the basic amine compounds entrained in the decarbonated flue gas 101A are reduced. The regenerator 3 releases CO2 from the basic amine compound absorbent 103 the CO2 absorbed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., The Kansai Electric Power Co. Inc.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Nagayasu, Takashi Kamijo, Takahito Yonekawa, Hiroshi Tanaka, Shinya Kishimoto, Takuya Hirata, Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Masaru Chiyomaru, Koji Nakayama, Masahiko Tatsumi, Yasuyuki Yagi, Kazuhiko Kaibara
  • Publication number: 20140305190
    Abstract: A mist-containing gas analysis device comprises a measuring instrument that measures a pressure, a temperature, a flow rate and water content of a combustion exhaust gas, a collection container, a sampling tube and a guide tube through which the combustion exhaust gas is suctioned by a suction blower, and is sampled and fed into a collection liquid in the collection container, an arithmetic and control device that controls the suction blower such that a suction velocity of the combustion exhaust gas being suctioned by the suction blower is within a predetermined ratio with respect to a combustion exhaust gas flow velocity which is calculated based on the measured values, liquid aliquot taking means for taking an aliquot of the liquid in the collection container, and a measuring device that measures a concentration of the measurement-target substance in the aliquot of the liquid taken by the liquid aliquot taking means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Okamoto, Hiromitsu Nagayasu, Takuya Hirata, Masaru Chiyomaru, Hiroshi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20130291717
    Abstract: A CO2 recovery system includes an absorber 2 and a regenerator 3. The absorber 2 includes a CO2 absorbing section 21 and at least one water-washing section 22. The CO2 absorbing section 21 allows flue gas 101 to come into contact with a basic amine compound absorbent 103 so that the basic amine compound absorbent 103 absorbs CO2 in the flue gas 101. The at least one water-washing section 22 allows the decarbonated flue gas 101A in which the amount of CO2 has been reduced in the CO2 absorbing section 21 to come into contact with wash water 104A and 104B to reduce the amounts of the basic amine compounds entrained in the decarbonated flue gas 101A. The regenerator 3 releases the CO2 from the basic amine compound absorbent 103 containing CO2 absorbed therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicants: THE KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Nagayasu, Takashi Kamijo, Takahito Yonekawa, Hiroshi Tanaka, Shinya Kishimoto, Takuya Hirata, Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Masaru Chiyomaru, Koji Nakayama, Masahiko Tatsumi, Yasuyuki Yagi, Kazuhiko Kaibara
  • Patent number: 8568673
    Abstract: A gas analysis device according to the present invention includes a flue-gas extraction pipe for extracting flue gas from a flue gas duct to which flue gas including both of NH4Cl and SO3 is fed, a collector that is provided in the flue-gas extraction pipe, for removing soot dust contained in the extracted flue gas, a roll filter that is provided in the flue-gas extraction pipe, for depositing both of NH4Cl and SO3 contained in the flue gas, and a measurement device for measuring both of NH4Cl and SO3 contained in the flue gas by irradiating a sample including both of NH4Cl and SO3 deposited by the roll filter with X-rays and detecting fluorescent X-rays generated from the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Kagawa, Masaru Chiyomaru, Nobuyuki Ukai, Takuya Okamoto, Moritoshi Murakami
  • Patent number: 8562828
    Abstract: A wastewater treatment apparatus (10) that treats the wastewater containing persistent substances, according to the present invention, includes a wastewater treatment bath (12) for treating a wastewater (11), an oxidizing reagent adding unit (14) for adding an oxidizing reagent (13) in the wastewater treatment bath (12), and an alkaline reagent adding unit (16) for adding an alkaline reagent (15) in the wastewater treatment bath (12). By making the wastewater in the wastewater treatment bath (12) in the alkaline condition, it is possible to completely decompose the persistent substances in the wastewater by the oxidation treatment using an oxidizing reagent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Tabata, Masaru Chiyomaru, Makoto Susaki, Yukiko Shirakusa, Kazuhide Kamimura, Tetsuya Ito, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8506693
    Abstract: A CO2 recovery system includes an absorber 2 and a regenerator 3. The absorber 2 includes a CO2 absorbing section 21 and at least one water-washing section 22. The CO2 absorbing section 21 allows flue gas 101 to come into contact with a basic amine compound absorbent 103 so that the basic amine compound absorbent 103 absorbs CO2 in the flue gas 101. The at least one water-washing section 22 allows the decarbonated flue gas 101A in which the amount of CO2 has been reduced in the CO2 absorbing section 21 to come into contact with wash water 104A and 104B to reduce the amounts of the basic amine compounds entrained in the decarbonated flue gas 101A. The regenerator 3 releases the CO2 from the basic amine compound absorbent 103 containing CO2 absorbed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd, The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Nagayasu, Takashi Kamijo, Takahito Yonekawa, Hiroshi Tanaka, Shinya Kishimoto, Takuya Hirata, Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Masaru Chiyomaru, Koji Nakayama, Masahiko Tatsumi, Yasuyuki Yagi, Kazuhiko Kaibara