Patents by Inventor Naohiro Nagai
Naohiro Nagai 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: 10421676Abstract: The invention provides a bactericidal/algicidal method including adding an oxidant-based bactericidal/algicidal agent and a stabilizer therefor to a target water system, characterized in that the amount of combined chlorine or the stabilizer in the water system is controlled by generating free residual chlorine in the water system, and a bactericidal/algicidal method including adding an oxidant-based bactericidal/algicidal agent and a stabilizer therefor to a target water system, characterized in that the amount of the oxidant-based bactericidal/algicidal agent added is controlled so that the concentration of total residual chlorine in the water system falls within a predetermined range, and the amount of combined chlorine or the stabilizer is controlled so that the concentration of free residual chlorine in the water system falls within a predetermined range.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2008Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: KURITA WATER INDUSTRIES LTD.Inventors: Yutaka Yoneda, Hideo Otaka, Kouichi Tanaka, Kazuhiko Tsunoda, Naohiro Nagai, Akira Iimura
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Patent number: 9476127Abstract: A method for treating a cooling water system comprises adding, in a cooling water system having calcium hardness of 250 mg/L or less as CaCO3, a treatment agent containing a (meth)acrylic acid-based copolymer. The (meth)acrylic acid-based copolymer comprises a structural unit (a) derived from a (meth)acrylic acid-based monomer (A) represented by the following general formula (1) and a structural unit (b) derived from a specific (meth)allyl ether-based monomer (B) represented by the following general formula (2), a content of the structural unit (b) is 1 to 15 mol % relative to 100 mol % of structural units derived from all the monomers, a weight average molecular weight of the (meth)acrylic acid-based copolymer is 7,000 to 28,000, and at least one of the main chain terminals of the (meth)acrylic acid-based copolymer is a sulfonic acid group or a salt thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2013Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: KURITA WATER INDUSTRIES LTD.Inventors: Ikuko Chiba, Naohiro Nagai, Takanori Yoshino, Masato Nakano, Yuki Sano
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Publication number: 20160167997Abstract: A method for treating a cooling water system includes adding a (meth)acrylic acid-based copolymer to a cooling water system having a part where the calcium hardness of the cooling water is 150 to 300 mg/L and the flow rate of the cooling water is 0.3 to 0.5 m/s, wherein the (meth)acrylic acid-based copolymer has a structural unit (a) derived from a specific (meth)acrylic acid-based monomer (A) and a structural unit (b) derived from a specific (meth)allyl ether-based monomer (B), the content of the structural unit (b) is 15% by mole to 20% by mole relative to 100% by mole of the structural units derived from all the monomers, the weight-average molecular weight of the (meth)acrylic acid-based copolymer is 10,000 to 30,000, and at least one of the main chain terminal groups of the (meth)acrylic acid-based copolymer is a sulfonic acid group or a salt thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2014Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: Ikuko CHIBA, Naohiro NAGAI, Takanori YOSHINO, Masato NAKANO, Yuki SANO
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Publication number: 20150203971Abstract: A method for treating a cooling water system comprises adding, in a cooling water system having calcium hardness of 250 mg/L or less as CaCO3, a treatment agent containing a (meth)acrylic acid-based copolymer. The (meth)acrylic acid-based copolymer comprises a structural unit (a) derived from a (meth)acrylic acid-based monomer (A) represented by the following general formula (1) and a structural unit (b) derived from a specific (meth)allyl ether-based monomer (B) represented by the following general formula (2), a content of the structural unit (b) is 1 to 15 mol % relative to 100 mol % of structural units derived from all the monomers, a weight average molecular weight of the (meth)acrylic acid-based copolymer is 7,000 to 28,000, and at least one of the main chain terminals of the (meth)acrylic acid-based copolymer is a sulfonic acid group or a salt thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2013Publication date: July 23, 2015Inventors: Ikuko Chiba, Naohiro Nagai, Takanori Yoshino, Masato Nakano, Yuki Sano
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Publication number: 20100240535Abstract: The invention provides a bactericidal/algicidal method including adding an oxidant-based bactericidal/algicidal agent and a stabilizer therefor to a target water system, characterized in that the amount of combined chlorine or the stabilizer in the water system is controlled by generating free residual chlorine in the water system, and a bactericidal/algicidal method including adding an oxidant-based bactericidal/algicidal agent and a stabilizer therefor to a target water system, characterized in that the amount of the oxidant-based bactericidal/algicidal agent added is controlled so that the concentration of total residual chlorine in the water system falls within a predetermined range, and the amount of combined chlorine or the stabilizer is controlled so that the concentration of free residual chlorine in the water system falls within a predetermined range.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2008Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicant: Kurita Water Industries LtdInventors: Yutaka Yoneda, Hideo Otaka, Kouichi Tanaka, Kazuhiko Tsunoda, Naohiro Nagai, Akira Iimura
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Publication number: 20100126939Abstract: Cooling water (circulating back water) which is raised its temperature by a refrigerator 12 is sprayed from a spraying device 2 of a cooling tower, and is collected in a pit 4. The cooling water in the pit 4 is circulated via a circulation pump (10), a circulation forward pipe (11) and a circulation return pipe through the refrigerator 12. Make-up water is supplied from a make-up water line 9 at a rate corresponding to an evaporation loss, windage loss W and a blowdown water amount B from a blowdown valve 8 of a blowdown line 7 of the cooling tower 1. A load of the cooling tower is calculated based on a temperature difference between the circulating forward water and the circulating back water, and a feeding rate of a treating agent from a feeding device 14 is controlled based on the load.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2008Publication date: May 27, 2010Inventors: Tadashi Nakano, Takahiko Uchida, Naohiro Nagai
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Patent number: 7285221Abstract: A composition for preventing formation of slime which comprises a chlorine-based oxidizing agent, a sulfamic acid compound, one of an anionic polymer or a phosphonic acid compound and a process for preventing formation of slime which comprises adding the composition to a water system are disclosed. Troubles caused by slime in cooling water systems, heat-storage water systems, water systems in manufacturing processes of paper and pulp, water systems for collecting dusts and scrubber water systems can be effectively prevented with the composition in a small amount.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2003Date of Patent: October 23, 2007Assignee: Kurita Water Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takao Tsuneki, Naohiro Nagai, Akira Morita, Takahiko Uchida
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Publication number: 20060054563Abstract: A composition for preventing formation of slime which comprises a chlorine-based oxidizing agent, a sulfamic acid compound, one of an anionic polymer or a phosphonic acid compound and a process for preventing formation of slime which comprises adding the composition to a water system are disclosed. Troubles caused by slime in cooling water systems, heat-storage water systems, water systems in manufacturing processes of paper and pulp, water systems for collecting dusts and scrubber water systems can be effectively prevented with the composition in a small amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2003Publication date: March 16, 2006Applicant: KURITA WATER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takao Tsuneki, Naohiro Nagai, Akira Morita, Takahiko Uchida