Patents by Inventor Motofumi Ito
Motofumi Ito 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).
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Patent number: 10703976Abstract: A pyrolyzed coal quencher includes: a first water spray tube 79 that sprays water on pyrolyzed coal having a temperature of 300° C. or more obtained after pyrolyzing coal; a first cooling tube 80 that performs indirect cooling on the pyrolyzed coal obtained after spraying water by the first water spray tube 79 to a temperature of 100° C. or more; a second water spray tube 82 that sprays water on the pyrolyzed coal cooled by the first cooling tube 80 such that the pyrolyzed coal has a desired water content; and a second cooling tube 83 that performs indirect cooling on the pyrolyzed coal cooled by the first cooling tube 80 to a desired temperature of less than 100° C. Thus, the pyrolyzed coal can be promptly cooled and adjusted to a desired water content.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2015Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.Inventors: Shintaro Honjo, Kiyotaka Kunimune, Motofumi Ito, Junji Asahara
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Patent number: 10221070Abstract: A coal upgrade plant includes: a dryer 1 that dries coal; a pyrolyzer 3 that pyrolyzes the coal dried by the dryer 1; a quencher 5 that cools the coal pyrolyzed by the pyrolyzer 3; a finisher 7 that deactivates the coal cooled by the quencher 5; and cyclones 28 and 94 that collect pulverized coal generated from the coal, wherein the pulverized coal collected by the cyclones 28 and 94 is fed to an absorber fed to a scrubber 32 that treats a flue gas. Thus, the mercury generated from the coal upgrade plant can be removed.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2015Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.Inventors: Shintaro Honjo, Kiyotaka Kunimune, Motofumi Ito, Junji Asahara
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Patent number: 10188980Abstract: A coal upgrade plant includes: a dryer 1 that heats and dries coal before pyrolyzing the coal; a scrubber 32 that treats a carrier gas discharged from the dryer 1 while catching a desorbed component desorbed from the coal when the coal is dried by the dryer 1; a waste water treatment equipment 40 that treats waste water collected from the scrubber 32; and the scrubber 32 that uses recycled water treated in the waste water treatment equipment 40. Thus, water supplied to the coal upgrade plant from outside can be reduced as much as possible.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2015Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.Inventors: Shintaro Honjo, Kiyotaka Kunimune, Motofumi Ito, Junji Asahara
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Patent number: 10151530Abstract: A coal upgrade plant includes a dryer 1 that heats and dries coal before pyrolyzing the coal, and a scrubber 32 that treats a carrier gas discharged from the dryer 1 while catching a desorbed component desorbed from the coal when the coal is dried by the dryer 1. The coal upgrade plant further includes a carrier gas circulation path 22 that guides the carrier gas treated by the scrubber 32 to the dryer 1. A cyclone 28 is also provided on the upstream side of the scrubber 32. Thus, mercury and/or mercury-based substances generated in the dryer 1 can be removed.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2015Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.Inventors: Shintaro Honjo, Kiyotaka Kunimune, Motofumi Ito, Junji Asahara
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Publication number: 20160264423Abstract: A coal upgrade plant includes: a dryer 1 that dries coal; a pyrolyzer 3 that pyrolyzes the coal dried by the dryer 1; a quencher 5 that cools the coal pyrolyzed by the pyrolyzer 3; a finisher 7 that deactivates the coal cooled by the quencher 5; and cyclones 28 and 94 that collect pulverized coal generated from the coal, wherein the pulverized coal collected by the cyclones 28 and 94 is fed to an absorber fed to a scrubber 32 that treats a flue gas. Thus, the mercury generated from the coal upgrade plant can be removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2015Publication date: September 15, 2016Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shintaro Honjo, Kiyotaka Kunimune, Motofumi Ito, Junji Asahara
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Publication number: 20160264869Abstract: A coal upgrade plant includes: a dryer 1 that heats and dries coal before pyrolyzing the coal; a scrubber 32 that treats a carrier gas discharged from the dryer 1 while catching a desorbed component desorbed from the coal when the coal is dried by the dryer 1; a waste water treatment equipment 40 that treats waste water collected from the scrubber 32; and the scrubber 32 that uses recycled water treated in the waste water treatment equipment 40. Thus, water supplied to the coal upgrade plant from outside can be reduced as much as possible.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2015Publication date: September 15, 2016Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shintaro Honjo, Kiyotaka Kunimune, Motofumi Ito, Junji Asahara
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PYROLYZED COAL FINISHER, COAL UPGRADE PLANT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DEACTIVATED PYROLYZED COAL
Publication number: 20160264894Abstract: To provide a pyrolyzed coal finisher capable of deactivating pyrolyzed coal within a short time without causing a cost increase. A pyrolyzed coal finisher includes: a mixer 86 that forms slurry by mixing particulate pyrolyzed coal that is pyrolyzed coal into a chemical solution having an oxygen blocking function after being solidified; and a belt filter device 88 that filters the slurry formed in the mixer 86 in a state in which each particle of the pyrolyzed coal is coated with the chemical solution. The pyrolyzed coal finisher further includes a chemical solution circulation path 94 that guides the chemical solution separated from the pyrolyzed coal by the belt filter device 88 to the mixer 86.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2015Publication date: September 15, 2016Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shintaro Honjo, Kiyotaka Kunimune, Motofumi Ito, Junji Asahara -
Publication number: 20160264871Abstract: A pyrolyzed coal quencher includes: a first water spray tube 79 that sprays water on pyrolyzed coal having a temperature of 300° C. or more obtained after pyrolyzing coal; a first cooling tube 80 that performs indirect cooling on the pyrolyzed coal obtained after spraying water by the first water spray tube 79 to a temperature of 100° C. or more; a second water spray tube 82 that sprays water on the pyrolyzed coal cooled by the first cooling tube 80 such that the pyrolyzed coal has a desired water content; and a second cooling tube 83 that performs indirect cooling on the pyrolyzed coal cooled by the first cooling tube 80 to a desired temperature of less than 100° C. Thus, the pyrolyzed coal can be promptly cooled and adjusted to a desired water content.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2015Publication date: September 15, 2016Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shintaro Honjo, Kiyotaka Kunimune, Motofumi Ito, Junji Asahara
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Publication number: 20160265845Abstract: A coal upgrade plant includes a dryer 1 that heats and dries coal before pyrolyzing the coal, and a scrubber 32 that treats a carrier gas discharged from the dryer 1 while catching a desorbed component desorbed from the coal when the coal is dried by the dryer 1. The coal upgrade plant further includes a carrier gas circulation path 22 that guides the carrier gas treated by the scrubber 32 to the dryer 1. A cyclone 28 is also provided on the upstream side of the scrubber 32. Thus, mercury and/or mercury-based substances generated in the dryer 1 can be removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2015Publication date: September 15, 2016Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shintaro Honjo, Kiyotaka Kunimune, Motofumi Ito, Junji Asahara
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Patent number: 9101882Abstract: A wet type flue-gas desulfurization apparatus includes a desulfurization apparatus main body; a gas introducing unit that is disposed on a side wall of the desulfurization apparatus main body and that introduces a flue gas; an absorbent accumulating unit that accumulates an absorbent which has absorbed the sulfur oxide present in the flue gas; a circulation line that circulates the absorbent from the absorbent circulating unit; a spray pipe that is disposed in the vicinity of the middle portion of the desulfurization apparatus main body and that sprays the absorbent, which is circulated in the circulation line, as a spray liquid from a nozzle; an ORP meter that measures the oxidation reduction potential of the absorbent; and an oxidation resistant pipe group that, in the vicinity of the interface of the absorbent present in the absorbent accumulating unit, cushions a falling liquid falling from an absorber of the absorbent.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2013Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Shintaro Honjo, Toshihiro Fukuda, Seiji Kagawa, Naoyuki Kamiyama, Satoru Sugita, Norikazu Inaba, Motofumi Ito, Jun Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20150139881Abstract: A wet type flue-gas desulfurization apparatus includes a desulfurization apparatus main body; a gas introducing unit that is disposed on a side wall of the desulfurization apparatus main body and that introduces a flue gas; an absorbent accumulating unit that accumulates an absorbent which has absorbed the sulfur oxide present in the flue gas; a circulation line that circulates the absorbent from the absorbent circulating unit; a spray pipe that is disposed in the vicinity of the middle portion of the desulfurization apparatus main body and that sprays the absorbent, which is circulated in the circulation line, as a spray liquid from a nozzle; an ORP meter that measures the oxidation reduction potential of the absorbent; and an oxidation resistant pipe group that, in the vicinity of the interface of the absorbent present in the absorbent accumulating unit, cushions a falling liquid falling from an absorber of the absorbent.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2013Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shintaro Honjo, Toshihiro Fukuda, Seiji Kagawa, Naoyuki Kamiyama, Satoru Sugita, Norikazu Inaba, Motofumi Ito, Jun Hashimoto
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Patent number: 9028762Abstract: A wet type exhaust gas desulfurization apparatus includes an absorption tower desulfurizing exhaust gas by causing the exhaust gas to come into gas-liquid contact with an absorbent, a spray mechanism spraying the absorbent into the tower, an oxidization mechanism provided in a bottom portion of the tower and supplying oxygen to the absorbent that accumulates inside the tower, a circulation mechanism feeding the absorbent from a discharge port formed in the bottom portion of the tower, to the spray mechanism, and a liquid ejection mechanism including a hydraulic nozzle ejecting liquid into the tower. In this apparatus, the oxidization mechanisms are provided with an interval in a horizontal direction relative to the discharge port. Furthermore, in the apparatus, the hydraulic nozzle is installed in the bottom portion of the tower and is provided at a location between the oxidization mechanism and the discharge port.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2012Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.Inventor: Motofumi Ito
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Patent number: 8961665Abstract: There is provided an exhaust gas treatment system including a CO2 recovery unit with further enhanced energy efficiency. The exhaust gas treatment system (1) includes: a CO2 recovery unit (10) including a CO2 absorption column (11), an absorbing solution regeneration column (16), a condensate supply pipeline (15) for supplying condensate, which contains CO2 absorbing solution discharged from the CO2 absorption column (11) to a bottom portion of the absorbing solution regeneration column (16), and a CO2 separation section (22) for performing heat exchange, via a heat exchanger (23), between the CO2 discharged from the absorbing solution regeneration column (16) and the condensate; and an exhaust gas heat exchanger (5) provided on a gas upstream side of the CO2 recovery unit (10) for performing heat exchange between exhaust gas before flowing into the CO2 recovery unit (10) and the condensate.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2012Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Shintaro Honjo, Takahito Yonekawa, Satoru Sugita, Motofumi Ito, Takashi Kamijo, Tatsuto Nagayasu, Takuya Okamoto
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Publication number: 20140079615Abstract: A flue gas treatment system and a flue gas treatment method capable of drastically reducing operating cost and an amount of waste water and capable of controlling an amount of a NOx reducing agent and a mercury oxidation agent to be supplied are provided. The flue gas treatment system sprays an aqueous solution containing ammonium halide into a flue, reduces NOx and oxidizes mercury in a deNOx section, and removes SOx and the mercury in a desulfurization section. The flue gas treatment system adds at least one of ammonium sulfate and ammonium carbonate to waste water which is discharged from the desulfurization section and from which CaSO4 is separated to generate the ammonium halide. The waste water containing the ammonium halide is sprayed as the aqueous solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shintaro Honjo, Motofumi Ito, Satoru Sugita, Norikazu Inaba, Jun Hashimoto, Susumu Okino, Takuya Okamoto
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Publication number: 20140069098Abstract: A power-generating device using an organic Rankine cycle uses heat recovered from an exhaust gas treated in an exhaust gas treatment device, the power-generating device including a heat exchanger, an evaporator, a steam turbine, a power generator, a condenser, and a medium pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2012Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Motofumi Ito
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Publication number: 20140060459Abstract: A heat recovery system includes a preheater (4) in which heat exchange is performed between condensed water generated in a condenser (3) and CO2 in a CO2 recovery apparatus, a gas heater (5) in which heat exchange is performed between the condensed water heated in the preheater (4) and exhaust gas discharged from a boiler (7) and the boiler (7) to which the condensed water heated in the gas heater (5) is supplied as boiler supply water. With this configuration, an amount of steam extracted from a low-pressure steam turbine (2) is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shintaro Honjo, Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Motofumi Ito, Tiffany Wu
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Publication number: 20140041523Abstract: There is provided an exhaust gas treatment system including a CO2 recovery unit with further enhanced energy efficiency. An exhaust gas treatment system (1) of the present invention includes: a CO2 recovery unit (10) including a CO2 absorption column (11), an absorbing solution regeneration column (16), and a reboiler (21); and an exhaust gas heat exchanger (5) provided on a gas upstream side of the CO2 recovery unit (10). Heat exchange is performed between process condensate discharged from the CO2 absorption column (11) and steam condensate discharged from the reboiler (21) in a heat exchanger (22). The heated process condensate is fed to the absorbing solution regeneration column (16). Heat exchange is performed between the cooled steam condensate and exhaust gas in the exhaust gas heat exchanger (5) so that the steam condensate is heated while the exhaust gas is cooled.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2012Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Shintaro Honjo, Takahito Yonekawa, Satoru Sugita, Motofumi Ito, Tiffany Wu, Takashi Kamijo, Tatsuto Nagayasu, Takuya Okamoto
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Publication number: 20140030157Abstract: A wet type exhaust gas desulfurization apparatus includes an absorption tower desulfurizing exhaust gas by causing the exhaust gas to come into gas-liquid contact with an absorbent, a spray mechanism spraying the absorbent into the tower, an oxidization mechanism provided in a bottom portion of the tower and supplying oxygen to the absorbent that accumulates inside the tower, a circulation mechanism feeding the absorbent from a discharge port formed in the bottom portion of the tower, to the spray mechanism, and a liquid ejection mechanism including a hydraulic nozzle ejecting liquid into the tower. In this apparatus, the oxidization mechanisms are provided with an interval in a horizontal direction relative to the discharge port. Furthermore, in the apparatus, the hydraulic nozzle is installed in the bottom portion of the tower and is provided at a location between the oxidization mechanism and the discharge port.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2012Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Motofumi ITO
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Publication number: 20130255502Abstract: There is provided an exhaust gas treatment system including a CO2 recovery unit with further enhanced energy efficiency. The exhaust gas treatment system (1) includes: a CO2 recovery unit (10) including a CO2 absorption column (11), an absorbing solution regeneration column (16), a condensate supply pipeline (15) for supplying condensate, which contains CO2 absorbing solution discharged from the CO2 absorption column (11) to a bottom portion of the absorbing solution regeneration column (16), and a CO2 separation section (22) for performing heat exchange, via a heat exchanger (23), between the CO2 discharged from the absorbing solution regeneration column (16) and the condensate; and an exhaust gas heat exchanger (5) provided on a gas upstream side of the CO2 recovery unit (10) for performing heat exchange between exhaust gas before flowing into the CO2 recovery unit (10) and the condensate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2012Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Shintaro Honjo, Takahito Yonekawa, Satoru Sugita, Motofumi Ito, Takashi Kamijo, Tatsuto Nagayasu, Takuya Okamoto
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Patent number: 8486357Abstract: A method of using condensed water produced in a desulfurization apparatus includes the steps of: bringing a gas to be treated, containing a sulfur dioxide and a desulfurization absorption liquid, into contact with each other to absorb and eliminate the sulfur dioxide from the gas to be treated; cooling a desulfurized gas obtained by the elimination of the sulfur dioxide to produce condensed water from the desulfurized gas; and washing the desulfurization apparatus with the condensed water. In the step of washing the desulfurization apparatus, an inlet for introducing the gas to be treated into the desulfurization apparatus may be washed with the condensed water, and a mist eliminator for eliminating the desulfurization absorption liquid accompanying the desulfurized gas from the gas may be washed with the condensed water.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2012Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Motofumi Ito, Satoru Sugita, Tatsuya Tsujiuchi