Patents by Inventor Shigeru Kusama

Shigeru Kusama 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: 8734549
    Abstract: A gasification process is divided into three processes: a gasification furnace for carrying out gasification process by pyrolysis and gasification (pyrolysis gasification phase, first process), a combustion furnace for burning char to obtain calcined active chemical (char combustion phase, second process) and a gas purification furnace for purifying gasified gas (gasified gas purification phase, third process). Through heat transmission by the fluid heat medium and chemical reactions in respective phases by the chemical, the gasification furnace is independently controlled to a low or medium temperature (773-1073 K) which is required for gasification and which enables absorption of CO2; and the gas purification furnace is controlled to a high temperature (1073 K or more) required for gas purification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Koubun Kyo, Takahiro Murakami, Toshiyuki Suda, Shigeru Kusama, Toshiro Fujimori
  • Publication number: 20120167467
    Abstract: A gasification process is divided into three processes: a gasification furnace for carrying out gasification process by pyrolysis and gasification (pyrolysis gasification phase, first process), a combustion furnace for burning char to obtain calcined active chemical (char combustion phase, second process) and a gas purification furnace for purifying gasified gas (gasified gas purification phase, third process). Through heat transmission by the fluid heat medium and chemical reactions in respective phases by the chemical, the gasification furnace is independently controlled to a low or medium temperature (773-1073 K) which is required for gasification and which enables absorption of CO2; and the gas purification furnace is controlled to a high temperature (1073 K or more) required for gas purification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Koubun KYO, Takahiro MURAKAMI, Toshiyuki SUDA, Shigeru KUSAMA, Toshiro FUJIMORI
  • Publication number: 20090126271
    Abstract: A function of absorbing CO2 in gas by chemical to accelerate gasifying reaction is made compatible with a catalytic function of reforming tar in gasified gas generated by the gasifying reaction to thereby make it possible to produce clean product gas with high gasification efficiency. Gasification process is divided into three processes: a gasification furnace 10 for carrying out gasification process by pyrolysis and gasification (pyrolysis gasification phase, first process), a combustion furnace 20 for burning char to obtain calcined active chemical (char combustion phase, second process) and a gas purification furnace 30 for purifying gasified gas (gasified gas purification phase, third process).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Koubun Kyo, Takahiro Murakami, Toshiyuki Suda, Shigeru Kusama, Toshiro Fujimori