Patents by Inventor Shigeru Yoshioka

Shigeru Yoshioka 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).

  • Publication number: 20170029306
    Abstract: The water treatment system includes: an aluminate ion addition part for adding an aluminate ion additive to water to be treated containing at least salt content and silica; a first precipitation part provided on the downstream side of the aluminate ion addition part; a first pH adjustment part provided on the downstream side of the first precipitation part; a first solid/liquid separation part for separating the solid content in the water to be treated; a second pH adjustment part for adjusting the pH of the water to be treated from the first solid/liquid separation part to a second pH level; and a first separation membrane (desalination treatment) apparatus provided on the downstream side of the second pH adjustment part so as to separate the water to be treated into first permeated water and first non-permeated water by removing the salt content in the water to be treated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ukai, Susumu Okino, Hideo Suzuki, Hiroshi Nakashoji, Shigeru Yoshioka, Tomomi Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20160367936
    Abstract: The water treatment system includes: a wet desulfurization device that removes sulfur oxide present in boiler flue gas; a dewatering device that separates gypsum from desulfurization waste water containing gypsum slurry; a reaction tank to which separated water from the dewatering device is introduced, and which immobilizes heavy metals present in the separated water by inputting a chelating agent; a solid-liquid separation unit that performs solid-liquid separation with respect to heavy metal sludge present in the separated water; a mixing unit that mixes the separated water obtained with effluent generated in a plant facility; a desalination device that removes salt content from the mixed water mixed by the mixing unit; and a spray drying device that includes a spray unit, which sprays concentrated water in which the salt content has been concentrated by the desalination device, and that performs spray drying using a part of the boiler flue gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ukai, Hiroshi Nakashoji, Hideo Suzuki, Shigeru Yoshioka, Masayuki Eda, Susumu Okino, Tetsu Ushiku
  • Publication number: 20160207811
    Abstract: A scale detection device of a concentrating device comprises: a reverse osmosis membrane device 13 that is a concentrating device including a reverse osmosis membrane 13a, which is a filtering membrane for concentrating salt in a water to be treated 11, containing at least calcium sulfate to obtain reclaimed water 12; and a scale detection unit 15 disposed in a branched line L14 branched from a concentrated water line L13 discharging concentrated water 14 having a high concentration of salt, the scale detection unit further concentrating the salt in the concentrated water 14 to obtain reclaimed water for detection 16, and including a detection membrane 15a detecting the absence or presence of scale component deposition in the concentrated water 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Kamito, Susumu Okino, Masayuki Eda, Hideaki Sakurai, Nobuyuki Ukai, Hideo Suzuki, Hiroshi Nakashoji, Shigeru Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20160185619
    Abstract: A water treatment system of the present invention for effluent generated in a plant facility includes: a flue gas treatment system that performs treatment of boiler flue gas from a boiler; and a spray drying device that includes a spraying unit, which sprays effluent generated, for example, in a cooler of the plant facility, and that performs spray drying using part of the boiler flue gas. The water treatment system draws the effluent is discharged into the spray drying device so as to dry the sprayed liquid by the part of the flue gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ukai, Susumu Okino, Masayuki Eda, Seiji Kagawa, Hideo Suzuki, Hiroshi Nakashoji, Tetsu Ushiku, Shigeru Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20160176739
    Abstract: A water treatment device 1 includes: a soluble silica deposition section 13 that deposits soluble silica dissolved in water to be treated W1, the water to be treated W1 having a concentration of aluminate ion represented by general formula (1) below and a pH that are in predetermined ranges; a solid-liquid separating section 14 that separates the deposited soluble silica from the water to be treated W1 to obtain water to be treated W1 in which the soluble silica has been removed from the water to be treated W1; and a reverse osmosis membrane filtration section 30 that filtrates, by using a reverse osmosis membrane 30a, the water to be treated W1 in which the soluble silica has been removed in the solid-liquid separating section 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ukai, Susumu Okino, Hideo Suzuki, Hiroshi Nakashoji, Shigeru Yoshioka, Tomomi Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20160145132
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a water treatment device and a water treatment method that can efficiently remove soluble silica in water to be treated. A water treatment device 1 of the present invention comprises: a soluble silica deposition section 13 that deposits soluble silica dissolved in water to be treated W1, the water to be treated W1 having a concentration of aluminate ion represented by general formula (1) below and a pH that are in predetermined ranges; and a solid-liquid separating section 14 that separates the deposited soluble silica from the water to be treated W1 to obtain treated water W2 formed by removing the soluble silica from the water to be treated W1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ukai, Susumu Okino, Hideo Suzuki, Hiroshi Nakashoji, Shigeru Yoshioka, Tomomi Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20160145130
    Abstract: A water treatment device (1) is provided with: a biological treatment tank (2) for storing a stored liquid (5); a pump (7) for generating a circulating liquid flow formed of the stored liquid (5); a gas-liquid two-phase flow generation device (8) for using the circulating liquid flow to suction a gas containing oxygen, whereby a gas-liquid two-phase flow in which the gas is dispersed in the circulating liquid flow is generated; and a nozzle (12) for injecting the gas-liquid two-phase flow into the biological treatment tank (2). Such a water treatment device (1) is capable of adequately circulating the stored liquid (5) in the biological treatment tank (2), adequately aerating the stored liquid (5), and adequately treating the stored liquid (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Satou, Susumu Okino, Nobuyuki Ukai, Hideo Suzuki, Hiroshi Nakashoji, Shigeru Yoshioka, Hideaki Sakurai, Naoki Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20160115061
    Abstract: A water treatment system provided with: a first scale inhibitor-supplying unit which supplies a scale inhibitor to a blowdown water, the blowdown water being water to be treated that is generated in a cooling tower and contains at least a salt and silica; a first pH-adjusting unit which adjusts the pH of the blowdown water, to which the scale inhibitor has been supplied using a pH adjusting agent; a first desalinating apparatus which is provided downstream of the first pH-adjusting unit, removes the salt in the blowdown water, and separates the water into a first reclaimed water and a first concentrated water; and a first crystallizing unit which is provided downstream of the first desalinating apparatus and has a first crystallizing tank for calcium sulfate from the first concentrated water and a first seed crystal-supplying unit for supplying calcium sulfate seed crystals of calcium sulfate to the first crystallizing tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ukai, Susumu Okino, Masayuki Eda, Hideo Suzuki, Hiroshi Nakashoji, Shigeru Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20160096141
    Abstract: A water treatment system (1) includes a deionization unit (10) and an ion-selective removing unit (20). The deionization unit (10) includes a pair of opposing electrodes charged to have polarities opposite to each other, a flow passageway positioned between the electrodes and enabling passage of water containing ions, and an ion-exchange membrane disposed on the flow passageway side of each of the electrodes, and performs a deionization process of deionizing the water containing the ions by allowing the ions to be adsorbed onto the electrodes and a regeneration process of eliminating the ions from the electrodes. The ion-selective removing unit (20) separates and removes divalent or more ions from the water containing the ions because the ratio of removing the divalent or more ions that are the scale component among the ions is relatively higher than the ratio of removing monovalent ions from the water containing the ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ukai, Hideo Suzuki, Shigeru Yoshioka, Kazuhisa Takeuchi, Jun Satou, Hideaki Sakurai, Susumu Okino, Hiroshi Nakashoji
  • Publication number: 20160068413
    Abstract: Provided is a water treatment system capable of increasing the removal ratio of scale component ions. The water treatment system includes a desalination unit (10) including a pair of facing electrodes (11, 13) being charged to mutually reverse polarities, an interelectrode flow path (15) being located between the electrodes (11, 13) and allowing water containing ions to circulate through, and ion-exchange membranes (12, 14) being disposed on the interelectrode flow path (15) sides of the respective electrodes (11, 13) and permeating the ions toward the electrodes (11, 13) and carrying out a desalination treatment of desalinating the water by adsorbing the ions to the electrodes (11, 13) and a recycling treatment of desorbing the ions from the electrodes (11, 13), in which one of the ion-exchange membranes (14) selectively permeates divalent cations contained in water containing the ions toward the electrode (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ukai, Hideo Suzuki, Shigeru Yoshioka, Kazuhisa Takeuchi, Jun Satou, Hideaki Sakurai, Susumu Okino, Hiroshi Nakashoji
  • Publication number: 20160046509
    Abstract: A reverse osmosis membrane apparatus 17 including an RO membrane 17a that yields recycled water 18 and concentrated water 19 from pre-treated raw water (inflow water 16), salts being removed in the recycled water and salts being concentrated in industrial park waste water 11; monitoring apparatuses 21A and 21B disposed at an inflow water line L1 through which the inflow water 16 flows into the reverse osmosis membrane apparatus 17 or a concentrated water line L2 through which the concentrated water 19 flows out from the reverse osmosis membrane apparatus 17, which monitor the presence of chemical fouling causal substances in the inflow water 16 or the concentrated water 19; and a chemical supply section 22, which is a removal apparatus that removes the chemical fouling causal substances from the inflow water 16 on the front upstream side of the inflow into the reverse osmosis membrane apparatus 17, upon the presence of chemical fouling causal substances in the inflow water 16 or the concentrated water 19 bein
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ukai, Hideo Suzuki, Hiroshi Nakashoji, Shigeru Yoshioka, Masayuki Eda
  • Publication number: 20150203379
    Abstract: Provided are a water treatment system and a water treatment process, which are capable of reproducing water containing salts with high water recovery. In the water treatment system (400) and the water treatment process of the present invention, after a calcium scale inhibitor and a silica scale inhibitor are supplied to water to be treated containing Ca ions, SO4 ions, carbonate ions, and silica, and the water to be treated is separated in a second demineralizing section (210) into second concentrated water in which the Ca ions, the SO4 ions, the carbonate ions, and the silica are concentrated and treated water. In a second crystallizing section (220), seed crystals of gypsum are supplied to the second concentrated water, whereby gypsum is crystallized and removed from the second concentrated water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Eda, Susumu Okino, Ryuji Yoshiyama, Hideaki Sakurai, Nobuyuki Ukai, Hideo Suzuki, Hiroshi Nakashoji, Shigeru Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20150203383
    Abstract: Provided are a water treatment system and a water treatment process, which are capable of reproducing water containing salts with high water recovery. In the water treatment system (200) and the water treatment process of the present invention, after a calcium scale inhibitor and a silica scale inhibitor are supplied to water to be treated containing Ca ions, SO4 ions, carbonate ions, and silica, and the water to be treated is separated in a second demineralizing section (210) into second concentrated water in which the Ca ions, the SO4 ions, the carbonate ions, and the silica are concentrated and treated water. In a second crystallizing section (220), seed crystals of gypsum are supplied to the second concentrated water, whereby gypsum is crystallized and removed from the second concentrated water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Eda, Susumu Okino, Ryuji Yoshiyama, Hideaki Sakurai, Nobuyuki Ukai, Hideo Suzuki, Hiroshi Nakashoji, Shigeru Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20150203382
    Abstract: In a water treatment system and a water treatment process, a scale inhibitor is supplied to water to be treated containing Ca ions, SO4 ions, carbonate ions, and silica, and the water to be treated is adjusted to a pH at which silica is soluble. The pH-adjusted water containing the calcium scale inhibitor is separated in a first demineralizing section into concentrated and treated water. In a first crystallizing section, seed crystals of gypsum are supplied to the first concentrated water, whereby gypsum is crystallized and removed from the first concentrated water. Silica in the water to be treated is removed from the first concentrated water on the downstream side of the first crystallizing section. Calcium carbonate in the water to be treated is removed from the first concentrated water on the upstream side of the first demineralizing section or the downstream side of the first crystallizing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Eda, Susumu Okino, Ryuji Yoshiyama, Hideaki Sakurai, Nobuyuki Ukai, Hideo Suzuki, Hiroshi Nakashoji, Shigeru Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20150203380
    Abstract: In a water treatment system (1) and a water treatment process, a scale inhibitor is supplied to water to be treated containing Ca ions, SO4 ions, carbonate ions, and silica, and the water to be treated is adjusted to a pH at which silica is soluble. The pH-adjusted water to be treated containing the calcium scale inhibitor is separated in a demineralizing section (10) into concentrated water and treated water. In a crystallizing section (20), seed crystals of gypsum are supplied to the concentrated water, whereby gypsum is crystallized and removed. Silica in the water to be treated is removed from the concentrated water on the downstream side of the crystallizing section (20). Calcium carbonate in the water to be treated is removed from the concentrated water on the upstream side of the demineralizing section (10) or the downstream side of the crystallizing section (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Eda, Susumu Okino, Ryuji Yoshiyama, Hideaki Sakurai, Nobuyuki Ukai, Hideo Suzuki, Hiroshi Nakashoji, Shigeru Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20150203381
    Abstract: Provided are a water treatment system and a water treatment process, which are capable of reproducing water containing salts with high water recovery. A water treatment system 100 comprises a second demineralizing section 210a, 210b that separates water to be treated containing Ca ions, SO4 ions and carbonate ions into concentrated water in which the Ca ions and the SO4 ions are concentrated and treated water; a crystallizing section which is positioned on a downstream side of the second demineralizing section 210a, 210b and which includes a second crystallizing tank 221a, 221b that crystallizes gypsum from the concentrated water and a seed crystal supplying section that supplies seed crystals of gypsum to the second crystallizing tank 221a, 221b; and a separating section that is positioned on a downstream side of the crystallizing section and separates the gypsum from the concentrated water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD
    Inventors: Masayuki Eda, Susumu Okino, Ryuji Yoshiyama, Hideaki Sakurai, Nobuyuki Ukai, Hideo Suzuki, Hiroshi Nakashoji, Shigeru Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20150203384
    Abstract: A water treatment system includes a first demineralizing section that separates water to be treated including Ca ions, SO4 ions, and carbonate ions into concentrated water and treated water; a crystallizing section including a first crystallizing tank 21 that crystallizes gypsum from the concentrated water and a first seed crystal supplying section 22 that supplies seed crystals of gypsum to the first crystallizing tank 21; a first pH measuring section 543 that measures the pH of the first concentrated water in the first crystallizing tank 21; and a first controlling section that reduces the amount of the seed crystals of the gypsum to be supplied when the measured pH falls within a pH range in which a scale inhibition function of the calcium scale inhibitor is reduced, and increases the amount of the seed crystals of the gypsum to be supplied when the measured pH is beyond the pH range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Eda, Susumu Okino, Ryuji Yoshiyama, Hideaki Sakurai, Nobuyuki Ukai, Hideo Suzuki, Hiroshi Nakashoji, Shigeru Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20150068982
    Abstract: A water treatment method and a water treatment system that are capable of treating water containing salts to allow recovery of treated water at a high ion removal rate and a high water recovery rate, and allow recovery of high quality gypsum are provided. In the water treatment system, the water to be treated containing Ca2+ and SO42? is separated into concentrated water in which Ca2+ and SO42? are concentrated and treated water containing CO2 in a first demineralizer so that the treated water is recovered. The concentrated water in the first demineralizer is adjusted to a pH at which calcium carbonate can be dissolved and the scale inhibition function of a scale inhibitor is reduced, and then is delivered to a crystallizing tank. In the crystallizing tank, gypsum is crystallized from the concentrated water in the first demineralizer. The gypsum is separated and recovered in a separating section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuji Yoshiyama, Susumu Okino, Jun Satou, Hideaki Sakurai, Hideo Suzuki, Hiroshi Nakashoji, Shigeru Yoshioka, Nobuyuki Ukai, Masayuki Eda
  • Publication number: 20140311959
    Abstract: Provided is a wastewater treatment device that can reduce the fluoride ion concentration in industrial wastewater to improve the recovery rate of purified water. A wastewater treatment device (1) includes a biological treatment unit (3) that decomposes and eliminates organic matter in wastewater by means of microorganisms, and a desalinization unit (4) that is provided downstream of the biological treatment unit (3) and eliminates salt-forming ionic components from within the wastewater. A pretreatment unit (2), which removes components, such as heavy metals or oil contained in the wastewater, which inhibit the function of the biological treatment unit (3) or the desalinization unit (4), is provided upstream of the biological treatment unit (3), and the pretreatment unit (2) is provided with a fluoride concentration reduction unit that reduces the concentration of fluoride ions in the wastewater by eliminating the fluoride ions from within the wastewater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MECHATRONICS SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhide Kamimura, Makoto Ishino, Shigeru Yoshioka, Hozumi Otozai, Seiichi Terakura, Hideo Suzuki, Gaku Kondo
  • Publication number: 20080274160
    Abstract: An implant material includes a base material that includes, as a main component, a partially stabilized zirconia having an average crystal particle diameter of 0.3 ?m or less and a porous covering layer that includes ceramic as a main component and has a center pore diameter within a range of 10-100 ?m. The covering layer 5 includes 5-10 weight % of calcium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: Kikusui Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tateki Kashiwabara, Shigeru Yoshioka, Michio Ito