Patents by Inventor Shuichi Oguro

Shuichi Oguro 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: 20220032243
    Abstract: A fluid mixing unit includes a cylindrical porous body partitioning a container into a first flow space and a second flow space surrounding the first flow space. A first supply port supplies a first fluid to one of the first and second flow spaces. A second supply port provided on one end side of the container in an axial direction of the cylindrical body supplies a second fluid to the other flow space. An outlet for a mixed fluid is provided on the other end side of the container to be open only to the other flow space. Closing members are provided in a plurality of stages along the axial direction to alternately close a right and a left of the other flow space as seen in the axial direction in the other flow space. A meandering flow is formed in the other flow space to create the mixed fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Masahiro KAWANO, Naoki TAHARA, Kiminori TAKAHASHI, Shuichi OGURO
  • Patent number: 11135545
    Abstract: Provided is a gas separation device configured to separate a non-hydrocarbon gas from a feed gas containing the non-hydrocarbon gas through use of a gas separation membrane, in which a decrease in operating rate can be suppressed, and economic efficiency is satisfactory. A first membrane module (1) and a second membrane module (2) are arranged in parallel to each other with respect to supply lines for a feed gas. Gas lines for regeneration (14, 15) ((24, 25)), which are branched from a permeate gas line (13) ((23)) of the membrane module (1) ((2)), and which are joined to a feed gas line (21) ((11)) configured to supply the feed gas to the membrane module (2) ((1)), are provided. Under a state in which the feed gas is supplied to the membrane module (1), a permeate gas through the membrane module (1) is supplied, as a gas for regeneration, to the membrane module (2) through the gas lines for regeneration (14, 15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hasegawa, Yasushi Fujimora, Aiko Matsuyama, Shuichi Oguro, Keiichi Nishida, Akiko Fukuta, Kenjii Yajima, Makiko Ichikawa, Takeshi Hagio, Naoko Takahashi, Makoto Miyahara, Katsuya Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20200269188
    Abstract: Provided is a gas separation device configured to separate a non-hydrocarbon gas from a feed gas containing the non-hydrocarbon gas through use of a gas separation membrane, in which a decrease in operating rate can be suppressed, and economic efficiency is satisfactory. A first membrane module (1) and a second membrane module (2) are arranged in parallel to each other with respect to supply lines for a feed gas. Gas lines for regeneration (14, 15) ((24, 25)), which are branched from a permeate gas line (13) ((23)) of the membrane module (1) ((2)), and which are joined to a feed gas line (21) ((11)) configured to supply the feed gas to the membrane module (2) ((1)), are provided. Under a state in which the feed gas is supplied to the membrane module (1), a permeate gas through the membrane module (1) is supplied, as a gas for regeneration, to the membrane module (2) through the gas lines for regeneration (14, 15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroaki Hasegawa, Yasushi Fujimora, Aiko Matsuyama, Shuichi Oguro, Keiichi Nishida, Akiko Fukuta, Kenjii Yajima, Makiko Ichikawa, Takeshi Hagio, Naoko Takahashi, Makoto Miyahara, Katsuya Shimizu
  • Patent number: 9592481
    Abstract: A gas mixing device capable of safely mixing flammable gas containing, for example, methane or the like and combustion supporting gas such as oxygen-containing gas, and a synthesis gas producing device using this gas mixing device. Flammable gas containing methane or the like and combustion supporting gas such as oxygen-containing gas are supplied into a mixing vessel via a first gas supplying section and a second gas supplying section respectively, and these gases are mixed within a combustion range in the vessel to be discharged via a discharge section. In the mixing vessel, packings for forming a large number of narrow gas flow passages in the vessel are packed so that velocity of the mixed gas flowing in the vessel becomes higher than burning velocity of the flammable gas and the combustion supporting gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignees: JGC CORPORATION, OSAKA GAS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Oohara, Shuichi Oguro, Yoshiyuki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20140325819
    Abstract: A gas mixing device capable of safely mixing flammable gas containing, for example, methane or the like and combustion supporting gas such as oxygen-containing gas, and a synthesis gas producing device using this gas mixing device. Flammable gas containing methane or the like and combustion supporting gas such as oxygen-containing gas are supplied into a mixing vessel via a first gas supplying section and a second gas supplying section respectively, and these gases are mixed within a combustion range in the vessel to be discharged via a discharge section. In the mixing vessel, packings for forming a large number of narrow gas flow passages in the vessel are packed so that velocity of the mixed gas flowing in the vessel becomes higher than burning velocity of the flammable gas and the combustion supporting gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicants: JGC CORPORATION, OSAKA GAS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi OOHARA, Shuichi OGURO, Yoshiyuki WATANABE
  • Patent number: 8551442
    Abstract: A reactor for synthesizing hydrogen sulfide in which sulfur and hydrogen are subjected to gas-phase reaction in the absence of a catalyst to synthesize hydrogen sulfide, the reactor including: a reactor body that retains liquid sulfur in a bottom portion thereof; a heating unit that gasifies part of the liquid sulfur; a hydrogen gas supply unit that supplies hydrogen gas into the liquid sulfur; and a heat-exchanging portion provided in a gas-phase reaction region located above the liquid surface of the liquid sulfur in the reactor body, wherein heat-exchanging portion is configured such that the reaction temperature in the gas-phase reaction region is controlled to be within a predetermined temperature range by changing the heat exchange amount per unit volume in a gas-phase reaction region located farther from the liquid surface from the heat exchange amount per unit volume in a gas-phase reaction region located closer to the liquid surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: JGC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Umino, Nobuhiro Yamada, Tsutomu Katagiri, Hiromitsu Shibuya, Shuichi Oguro, Naoyoshi Iwasaki
  • Publication number: 20130177496
    Abstract: A reactor for synthesizing hydrogen sulfide in which sulfur and hydrogen are subjected to gas-phase reaction in the absence of a catalyst to synthesize hydrogen sulfide, the reactor including: a reactor body that retains liquid sulfur in a bottom portion thereof; a heating unit that gasifies part of the liquid sulfur; a hydrogen gas supply unit that supplies hydrogen gas into the liquid sulfur; and a heat-exchanging portion provided in a gas-phase reaction region located above the liquid surface of the liquid sulfur in the reactor body, wherein heat-exchanging portion is configured such that the reaction temperature in the gas-phase reaction region is controlled to be within a predetermined temperature range by changing the heat exchange amount per unit volume in a gas-phase reaction region located farther from the liquid surface from the heat exchange amount per unit volume in a gas-phase reaction region located closer to the liquid surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: JGC CORPORATION
    Inventors: HIROSHI UMINO, NOBUHIRO YAMADA, TSUTOMU KATAGIRI, HIROMITSU SHIBUYA, SHUICHI OGURO, NAOYOSHI IWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20120001125
    Abstract: Provides is a gas mixing device capable of promptly mixing a combustible gas with a combustion supporting gas with its simple configuration, and a synthetic gas manufacturing apparatus using the device. In a gas mixing device which supplies a combustible gas and a combustion supporting gas from flow channels of a double pipe including an inner pipe and an outer pipe and mixes the gases, a first guide member guides the gas, flowing out from a gas outflow port on one end side of the inner pipe, outward, and a second guide member is formed in an annular shape along an inner peripheral wall of the outer pipe of the second guide member so that the inner peripheral portion is located closer to the upstream side than the outer peripheral portion and the inner peripheral portion is located closer to the center than the outer peripheral portion of the first guide member. In addition, a third guide member is provided so as to face a region surrounded by the second guide member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: JDC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Oguro, Nobuhiro Yamada
  • Publication number: 20100129276
    Abstract: To provide a gas mixing device capable of safely mixing flammable gas containing, for example, methane or the like and combustion supporting gas such as oxygen-containing gas, and a synthesis gas producing device using this gas mixing device. Flammable gas containing methane or the like and combustion supporting gas such as oxygen-containing gas are supplied into a mixing vessel 20 via a first gas supplying section 22a and a second gas supplying section 22b respectively, and these gases are mixed within a combustion range in the vessel 20 to be discharged via a discharge section 24. In the mixing vessel 20, packings 31 to 33 for forming a large number of narrow gas flow passages in the vessel 20 are packed so that velocity of the mixed gas flowing in the vessel 20 becomes higher than burning velocity of the flammable gas and the combustion supporting gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Takeshi Oohara, Shuichi Oguro, Yoshiyuki Watanabe