Patents by Inventor Nobuki TSUBOI

Nobuki TSUBOI 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: 11597667
    Abstract: A wastewater treatment system includes a plurality of reaction tanks, a blowing pipe, a blower unit, and an air supply amount controller. The air supply amount controller includes: a water quality measurement unit configured to measure a state of wastewater; a necessary air amount acquisition unit configured to acquire, a necessary air amount for achieving a predetermined target water quality of wastewater; a target in-pipe pressure calculation unit configured to calculate a blowing pipe loss pressure when the necessary amount of air is supplied into the blowing pipe, calculate a target in-pipe pressure based on the blowing pipe loss pressure, and change the calculated target in-pipe pressure in accordance with change of the necessary air amount; and a blowing control unit configured to control air supply from the blower unit so that the pressure in the blowing pipe becomes equal to the target in-pipe pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Metawater Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Takahashi, Daisuke Naka, Nobuki Tsuboi, Masashi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20200017386
    Abstract: A wastewater treatment system includes a plurality of reaction tanks, a blowing pipe, a blower unit, and an air supply amount controller. The air supply amount controller includes: a water quality measurement unit configured to measure a state of wastewater; a necessary air amount acquisition unit configured to acquire, a necessary air amount for achieving a predetermined target water quality of wastewater; a target in-pipe pressure calculation unit configured to calculate a blowing pipe loss pressure when the necessary amount of air is supplied into the blowing pipe, calculate a target in-pipe pressure based on the blowing pipe loss pressure, and change the calculated target in-pipe pressure in accordance with change of the necessary air amount; and a blowing control unit configured to control air supply from the blower unit so that the pressure in the blowing pipe becomes equal to the target in-pipe pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: METAWATER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki TAKAHASHI, Daisuke NAKA, Nobuki TSUBOI, Masashi INOUE
  • Patent number: 9522832
    Abstract: A wastewater treatment apparatus includes: an air diffusing unit that supplies gas to nitrogen-containing water, so that ammonia contained in the nitrogen-containing water is nitrified to nitrate according to a flow of the water, and each desired proportion of the nitrate is denitrified at each position along the flow direction; a denitrification confirming unit provided at a halfway position between an upstream-side denitrification zone for obtaining a requisite minimum denitrified nitrogen amount and a downstream-side nitrification zone for obtaining ultimately required nitrified water quality, which follows the upstream-side denitrification zone on a downstream side thereof; and a gas supply-amount control unit that controls a gas supply amount from the air diffusing unit at least on an upstream side of the denitrification confirming unit, so that a desired proportion of the nitrate is denitrified at the halfway position, based on the denitrification state confirmed by the denitrification confirming unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: METAWATER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Furuya, Shigehiro Suzuki, Nobuki Tsuboi, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Noriaki Inagaki, Tsutomu Wada, Makoto Maeda
  • Patent number: 9302923
    Abstract: A wastewater treatment apparatus includes an air diffusing unit, a denitrification confirming unit, a nitrification confirming unit, a gas supply-amount control unit. The air diffusing unit supplies gas to nitrogen-containing water. The denitrification confirming unit provided at a first predetermined position confirms a denitrification state whether a desired proportion of the nitrate has been denitrified. The nitrification confirming unit provided at a second predetermined position confirms a nitrification state whether a desired proportion of the ammonia has been nitrified. The gas supply-amount control unit controls a gas supply amount at least on an upstream side of the denitrification confirming unit, so that the desired proportion of the nitrate is denitrified at the first predetermined position, and controls the gas supply amount at least on an upstream side of the nitrification confirming unit, so that the desired proportion of the ammonia is nitrified at the second predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignees: METAWATER CO., LTD., TOKYO METROPOLITAN SEWERAGE SERVICE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Furuya, Shigehiro Suzuki, Nobuki Tsuboi, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Noriaki Inagaki, Tsutomu Wada, Makoto Maeda, Kouji Kassai, Keiichi Sone
  • Publication number: 20140374345
    Abstract: A wastewater treatment apparatus includes an air diffusing unit, a denitrification confirming unit, a nitrification confirming unit, a gas supply-amount control unit. The air diffusing unit supplies gas to nitrogen-containing water. The denitrification confirming unit provided at a first predetermined position confirms a denitrification state whether a desired proportion of the nitrate has been denitrified. The nitrification confirming unit provided at a second predetermined position confirms a nitrification state whether a desired proportion of the ammonia has been nitrified. The gas supply-amount control unit controls a gas supply amount at least on an upstream side of the denitrification confirming unit, so that the desired proportion of the nitrate is denitrified at the first predetermined position, and controls the gas supply amount at least on an upstream side of the nitrification confirming unit, so that the desired proportion of the ammonia is nitrified at the second predetermined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Yuji FURUYA, Shigehiro SUZUKI, Nobuki TSUBOI, Hiroyuki TAKAHASHI, Noriaki INAGAKI, Tsutomu WADA, Makoto MAEDA, Kouji KASSAI, Keiichi SONE
  • Publication number: 20140374346
    Abstract: A wastewater treatment apparatus includes: an air diffusing unit that supplies gas to nitrogen-containing water, so that ammonia contained in the nitrogen-containing water is nitrified to nitrate according to a flow of the water, and each desired proportion of the nitrate is denitrified at each position along the flow direction; a denitrification confirming unit provided at a halfway position between an upstream-side denitrification zone for obtaining a requisite minimum denitrified nitrogen amount and a downstream-side nitrification zone for obtaining ultimately required nitrified water quality, which follows the upstream-side denitrification zone on a downstream side thereof; and a gas supply-amount control unit that controls a gas supply amount from the air diffusing unit at least on an upstream side of the denitrification confirming unit, so that a desired proportion of the nitrate is denitrified at the halfway position, based on the denitrification state confirmed by the denitrification confirming unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Yuji FURUYA, Shigehiro SUZUKI, Nobuki TSUBOI, Hiroyuki TAKAHASHI, Noriaki INAGAKI, Tsutomu WADA, Makoto MAEDA