Patents by Inventor Noboru Katayama

Noboru Katayama 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).

  • Patent number: 11273405
    Abstract: A method for recovering hydrogen which is capable of efficiently recovering high concentration hydrogen gas by adsorbing and removing hydrocarbon gas such as carbon dioxide from biomass pyrolysis gas under a relatively low pressure, and also capable of storing the recovered high concentration hydrogen gas, preferably, in a cartridge type container that can be used as is as a hydrogen storing container for an apparatus equipped with a fuel cell. The method includes a first purifying stare of purifying biomass pyrolysis gas and a second purifying stage of purifying the obtained purified gas under a pressure equal to or less than the pressure in the first purifying stage to recover gas that contains hydrogen, and further includes a hydrogen storing stage of feeding the gas containing hydrogen recovered in the second purifying stage into the container filled with a hydrogen storage alloy and storing high purity hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignees: JAPAN BLUE ENERGY CO., LTD., TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Dowaki, Noboru Katayama, Naoki Dowaki, Mitsuo Kameyama
  • Publication number: 20200002163
    Abstract: A hydrogen storage cartridge small and lightweight allows storage and discharge of hydrogen at low pressure and normal temperature. It also can effectively absorb the volume expansion accompanying atomization of a hydrogen storage alloy that occurs due to repeated storage and discharge of hydrogen, and therefore a hydrogen storage cartridge (A) is provided in which deformation due to repeated use, and in particular irregular deformation, extremely unlikely, also it can effectively avoid hydrogen storage irregularities of the hydrogen storage alloy. The hydrogen storage cartridge (A) is used for storage of hydrogen contained in biomass thermal decomposition gas, wherein the material of the hydrogen storage cartridge (A) is pure titanium, and the hydrogen storage cartridge (A) includes in the interior space (1), as a hydrogen storage alloy, at least one hydrogen storage alloy selected from the group comprising lanthanum mischmetal/nickel, titanium/iron, calcium/nickel, and lanthanum/nickel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicants: Japan Blue Energy Co., Ltd., Tokyo University of Science Foundation, Nomura International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Dowaki, Mitsuo Kameyama, Kiyoshi Dowaki, Noboru Katayama
  • Publication number: 20190201836
    Abstract: A method for recovering hydrogen which is capable of efficiently recovering high concentration hydrogen gas by adsorbing and removing hydrocarbon gas such as carbon dioxide from biomass pyrolysis gas under a relatively low pressure, and also capable of storing the recovered high concentration hydrogen gas, preferably, in a cartridge type container that can be used as is as a hydrogen storing container for an apparatus equipped with a fuel cell. The method includes a first purifying stare of purifying biomass pyrolysis gas and a second purifying stage of purifying the obtained purified gas under a pressure equal to or less than the pressure in the first purifying stage to recover gas that contains hydrogen, and further includes a hydrogen storing stage of feeding the gas containing hydrogen recovered in the second purifying stage into the container filled with a hydrogen storage alloy and storing high purity hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicants: Japan Blue Energy Co., Ltd., Tokyo University of Science Foundation
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Dowaki, Noboru Katayama, Naoki Dowaki, Mitsuo Kameyama