Patents by Inventor Seiji Kakesako

Seiji Kakesako 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: 11946005
    Abstract: A gasification gas treatment facility for treating a gasification gas obtained by gasification of a fuel includes: a first heat exchanger for performing heat exchange between a purified gas obtained by removing at least ammonia and hydrogen chloride from the gasification gas and steam at a saturation temperature; a second heat exchanger for performing heat exchange between the gasification gas and at least condensed water produced by the heat exchange in the first heat exchanger to produce the steam at the saturation temperature; and a circulation system for circulating a circulating fluid including at least one of the steam or the condensed water between the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger. The circulation system is configured to supply the circulating fluid including at least the condensed water at the saturation temperature produced in the first heat exchanger to the second heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kaori Yoshida, Rikio Kan, Seiji Kakesako
  • Patent number: 11879104
    Abstract: A hydrocarbon recovery facility includes: a washing column configured to bring a gas and water into contact to deposit a hydrocarbon contained in the gas into the water; an automatic strainer for continuously removing the hydrocarbon together with part of the water from the water mixed with the hydrocarbon; an oil-water mixing drum for mixing the water and the hydrocarbon removed by the automatic strainer with an organic solvent to prepare an oil-water mixture; and an oil-water separation drum for separating the oil-water mixture prepared in the oil-water mixing drum into an oil phase and a water phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kaori Yoshida, Rikio Kan, Seiji Kakesako
  • Patent number: 11760950
    Abstract: A gas purification device includes: a converter packed with a catalyst for hydrolyzing both carbonyl sulfide and hydrogen cyanide; an upstream heat exchanger for heat exchange between a gas to be introduced into the converter and a cooling fluid for cooling the gas; a reaction-temperature estimation member for estimating a reaction temperature inside the converter; and a flow-rate adjustment member for adjusting a flow rate of the cooling fluid flowing into the upstream heat exchanger based on an estimated value of the reaction-temperature estimation member to control the reaction temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaori Yoshida, Rikio Kan, Seiji Kakesako
  • Patent number: 11441087
    Abstract: A gas purification device removes a part of ammonia contained in a first gas; recovers a first off-gas containing the removed ammonia, removes hydrogen sulfide and ammonia from a second gas produced by removing the part of ammonia, recovers a second off-gas containing the removed hydrogen sulfide and ammonia, and combusts the first off-gas and the second off-gas. The gas purification device includes: a first combustion chamber in which combustion is performed in a reducing atmosphere; a second combustion chamber in which combustion is performed in a reducing atmosphere downstream of the first combustion chamber; and a third combustion chamber in which combustion is performed in an oxidizing atmosphere downstream of the second combustion chamber. The first off-gas flows into the first combustion chamber and the second off-gas flows into the third combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaori Yoshida, Ayumu Yamazaki, Rikio Kan, Seiji Kakesako
  • Publication number: 20210261437
    Abstract: A treatment apparatus for treating wastewater produced by purification of an energy gas and containing at least an ammonium ion includes a decompression facility for reducing a pressure of the wastewater, an alkaline agent addition facility for adding an alkaline agent to the wastewater whose pressure has been reduced, and an ammonia stripping facility for stripping ammonia in the wastewater to which the alkaline agent has been added.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaori Yoshida, Rikio Kan, Seiji Kakesako
  • Publication number: 20210238491
    Abstract: A gasification gas treatment facility for treating a gasification gas obtained by gasification of a fuel includes: a first heat exchanger for performing heat exchange between a purified gas obtained by removing at least ammonia and hydrogen chloride from the gasification gas and steam at a saturation temperature; a second heat exchanger for performing heat exchange between the gasification gas and at least condensed water produced by the heat exchange in the first heat exchanger to produce the steam at the saturation temperature; and a circulation system for circulating a circulating fluid including at least one of the steam or the condensed water between the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger. The circulation system is configured to supply the circulating fluid including at least the condensed water at the saturation temperature produced in the first heat exchanger to the second heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaori Yoshida, Rikio Kan, Seiji Kakesako
  • Publication number: 20210047574
    Abstract: A hydrocarbon recovery facility includes: a washing column configured to bring a gas and water into contact to deposit a hydrocarbon contained in the gas into the water; an automatic strainer for continuously removing the hydrocarbon together with part of the water from the water mixed with the hydrocarbon; an oil-water mixing drum for mixing the water and the hydrocarbon removed by the automatic strainer with an organic solvent to prepare an oil-water mixture; and an oil-water separation drum for separating the oil-water mixture prepared in the oil-water mixing drum into an oil phase and a water phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaori Yoshida, Rikio Kan, Seiji Kakesako
  • Publication number: 20210002569
    Abstract: A gas purification device includes: a converter packed with a catalyst for hydrolyzing both carbonyl sulfide and hydrogen cyanide; an upstream heat exchanger for heat exchange between a gas to be introduced into the converter and a cooling fluid for cooling the gas; a reaction-temperature estimation member for estimating a reaction temperature inside the converter; and a flow-rate adjustment member for adjusting a flow rate of the cooling fluid flowing into the upstream heat exchanger based on an estimated value of the reaction-temperature estimation member to control the reaction temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaori Yoshida, Rikio Kan, Seiji Kakesako
  • Publication number: 20200399548
    Abstract: A gas purification device removes a part of ammonia contained in a first gas; recovers a first off-gas containing the removed ammonia, removes hydrogen sulfide and ammonia from a second gas produced by removing the part of ammonia, recovers a second off-gas containing the removed hydrogen sulfide and ammonia, and combusts the first off-gas and the second off-gas. The gas purification device includes: a first combustion chamber in which combustion is performed in a reducing atmosphere; a second combustion chamber in which combustion is performed in a reducing atmosphere downstream of the first combustion chamber; and a third combustion chamber in which combustion is performed in an oxidizing atmosphere downstream of the second combustion chamber. The first off-gas flows into the first combustion chamber and the second off-gas flows into the third combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaori Yoshida, Ayumu Yamazaki, Rikio Kan, Seiji Kakesako
  • Patent number: 10518210
    Abstract: A gas clean-up unit includes a first conversion unit configured to perform a first conversion process of converting hydrogen cyanide contained in gas to be treated to ammonia, in presence of a first catalyst and at a first predetermined temperature; a second conversion unit configured to perform a second conversion process of converting carbonyl sulfide in the gas that has been subjected to the first conversion process to hydrogen sulfide, in presence of a second catalyst and at a second predetermined temperature lower than the first predetermined temperature; a cleaning unit configured to perform a cleaning process of bringing the gas into gas-liquid contact with cleaning liquid to remove the ammonia by cleaning; and a desulfurization unit configured to absorb and remove hydrogen sulfide in the gas by bringing the gas that has been subjected to the cleaning process into gas-liquid contact with absorbent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaori Yoshida, Haruaki Hirayama, Rikio Kan, Seiji Kakesako
  • Publication number: 20190176079
    Abstract: A gas clean-up unit includes a first conversion unit configured to perform a first conversion process of converting hydrogen cyanide contained in gas to be treated to ammonia, in presence of a first catalyst and at a first predetermined temperature; a second conversion unit configured to perform a second conversion process of converting carbonyl sulfide in the gas that has been subjected to the first conversion process to hydrogen sulfide, in presence of a second catalyst and at a second predetermined temperature lower than the first predetermined temperature; a cleaning unit configured to perform a cleaning process of bringing the gas into gas-liquid contact with cleaning liquid to remove the ammonia by cleaning; and a desulfurization unit configured to absorb and remove hydrogen sulfide in the gas by bringing the gas that has been subjected to the cleaning process into gas-liquid contact with absorbent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaori Yoshida, Haruaki Hirayama, Rikio Kan, Seiji Kakesako
  • Patent number: 9278312
    Abstract: A method and system for recovering CO2 from gasification gas, prevents the recovered CO2 from being contaminated with COS, without repeating cooling and heating operations and without increasing the steam consumption. Gasification gas being produced in a gasifier 10 and containing CO, CO2, COS and H2S is subjected to dust removal in a scrubber 20. Then, a part of the gas is subjected to a CO shift reaction, in which CO is converted into CO2, in a CO shift reactor 30. Another part of the gasification gas is not subjected to the CO shift reaction by means of a bypass 34, and is mixed with the gas after the CO shift reaction. Thereby, the temperature of the mixture gas is set at 180° C. to 300° C., and COS in the mixture gas is converted into H2S in a COS converter 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiaki Sato, Shinji Ogino, Motonari Aihara, Yudai Kato, Kazuo Ishida, Seiji Kakesako
  • Publication number: 20140010747
    Abstract: A method and system for recovering CO2 from gasification gas, prevents the recovered CO2 from being contaminated with COS, without repeating cooling and heating operations and without increasing the steam consumption. Gasification gas being produced in a gasifier 10 and containing CO, CO2, COS and H2S is subjected to dust removal in a scrubber 20. Then, a part of the gas is subjected to a CO shift reaction, in which CO is converted into CO2, in a CO shift reactor 30. Another part of the gasification gas is not subjected to the CO shift reaction by means of a bypass 34, and is mixed with the gas after the CO shift reaction. Thereby, the temperature of the mixture gas is set at 180° C. to 300° C., and COS in the mixture gas is converted into H2S in a COS converter 40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiaki Sato, Shinji Ogino, Motonari Aihara, Yudai Kato, Kazuo Ishida, Seiji Kakesako
  • Patent number: 8551416
    Abstract: A method and system for recovering CO2 from gasification gas, prevents the recovered CO2 from being contaminated with COS, without repeating cooling and heating operations and without increasing the steam consumption. Gasification gas being produced in a gasifier 10 and containing CO, CO2, COS and H2S is subjected to dust removal in a scrubber 20. Then, a part of the gas is subjected to a CO shift reaction, in which CO is converted into CO2, in a CO shift reactor 30. In one embodiment, part of the gasification gas is not subjected to the CO shift reaction by means of a bypass 34, and is mixed with the gas after the CO shift reaction. Thereby, the temperature of the mixture gas is set at 180° C. to 300° C., and COS in the mixture gas is converted into H2S in a COS converter 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumiaki Sato, Shinji Ogino, Motonari Aihara, Yudai Kato, Kazuo Ishida, Seiji Kakesako
  • Patent number: 8535613
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for separating acidic gases from syngas are capable of reducing the necessary power and are capable of obtaining high-purity CO2 at a high recovery ratio. A purification method and a purification system of coal gasification gas using the method and the apparatus are also provided. An apparatus for separating acidic gases from syngas containing acidic gases of C02 and H2S, in order, converts CO in the syngas into C02, removes H2S contained in the syngas by using a solvent for physical absorption, removes physical solvent from the syngas followed by heating in a heat exchanger using the converted syngas heat, and removes C02 from the heated syngas by using a solvent for chemical absorption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Ogino, Fumiaki Sato, Yudai Kato, Motonari Aihara, Kazuo Ishida, Seiji Kakesako
  • Publication number: 20100278710
    Abstract: A method and system for recovering CO2 from gasification gas, prevents the recovered CO2 from being contaminated with COS, without repeating cooling and heating operations and without increasing the steam consumption. Gasification gas being produced in a gasifier 10 and containing CO, CO2, COS and H2S is subjected to dust removal in a scrubber 20. Then, a part of the gas is subjected to a CO shift reaction, in which CO is converted into CO2, in a CO shift reactor 30. Another part of the gasification gas is not subjected to the CO shift reaction by means of a bypass 34, and is mixed with the gas after the CO shift reaction. Thereby, the temperature of the mixture gas is set at 180° C. to 300° C., and COS in the mixture gas is converted into H2S in a COS converter 40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiaki Sato, Shinji Ogino, Motonari Aihara, Yudai Kato, Kazuo Ishida, Seiji Kakesako
  • Publication number: 20100276640
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for separating acidic gases from syngas are capable of reducing the necessary power and are capable of obtaining high-purity CO2 at a high recovery ratio. A purification method and a purification system of coal gasification gas using the method and the apparatus are also provided. A apparatus for separating acidic gases from syngas containing acidic gases of CO2 and H2S, in order, converts CO in the syngas into CO2, removes H2S contained in the syngas by using a solvent for physical absorption, and removes CO2 from the syngas by using a solvent for chemical absorption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Ogino, Fumiaki Sato, Yudai Kato, Motonari Aihara, Kazuo Ishida, Seiji Kakesako