Patents by Inventor Soichiro YATSUGI

Soichiro YATSUGI 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: 20240025779
    Abstract: A waste separating system includes: a first waste separating apparatus 4 and a second waste separating apparatus 5 each configured to separate waste S from treatment target water W1, the first waste separating apparatus 4 including a first filter 41 with a first opening size, the second waste separating apparatus 5 including a second filter 51 with a second opening size larger than the first opening size and disposed downstream of the first waste separating apparatus 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Soichiro Yatsugi, Yoshio Kitagawa, Shinya Nagae
  • Patent number: 11731891
    Abstract: An organic wastewater treatment apparatus biologically treats organic wastewater containing nitrogen using a treatment tank storing activated sludge. A top-bottom partition member divides the treatment tank in into an upper space and a lower space. A plurality of anoxic tanks are formed in the lower space, while a plurality of aerobic tanks, each of which having an immersion-type membrane separation device, are formed in the upper space. A raw water supply path divides and supplies the organic wastewater to each anoxic tank. A plurality of denitrifying liquid transfer paths repeatedly transfers the activated sludge from the anoxic tanks to the aerobic tanks, while a plurality of nitrifying liquid transfer paths repeatedly transfer the activated sludge from the aerobic tanks to the anoxic tanks, whereby the activated sludge is circulated throughout the treatment tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Soichiro Yatsugi, Shinya Nagae, Hitoshi Yanase
  • Publication number: 20230202888
    Abstract: A management method for a water treatment device that serves as a management method for water treatment equipment provided with a plurality of water treatment devices on each of which a plurality of water treatment members is mounted includes performing life expectancy estimation processing to estimate a life expectancy of each water treatment member based on history information of each water treatment member, the history information being updatable as needed, and performing external life expectancy homogenization processing to replace corresponding water treatment members with each other among a plurality of water treatment devices at a predetermined period so that other water treatment members each having a life expectancy within a predetermined range with respect to the life expectancy of each water treatment member estimated in the life expectancy estimation processing are mounted in an identical water treatment device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soichiro YATSUGI, Shinya NAGAE
  • Publication number: 20230169444
    Abstract: A history management method for water treatment members includes: a first step of, during a shipping process of placing each water treatment member in the accommodating member, registering each water treatment member identification information in the information recording section of an information management device in association with accommodating member identification information for the accommodating member and attaching, to the accommodating member, a tag from which the accommodating member identification information is readable; and a second step of, during a receiving process of attaching each water treatment member accommodated in the accommodating member to the water treatment apparatus, registering the water treatment member identification information, which is obtained from the information recording section based on the accommodating member identification information read from the tag, in the information recording section in association with water treatment apparatus identification information for t
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soichiro YATSUGI, Shinya NAGAE
  • Patent number: 11643345
    Abstract: An organic wastewater treatment device includes a biological treatment tank having a plurality of biological treatment units connected in series, where each biological treatment unit includes a pair of an anoxic tank disposed on an upstream side and an aerobic tank disposed on a downstream side along a flow of the organic wastewater, where a membrane separation device is immersed in activated sludge in the aerobic tank, a sludge return path from the aerobic tank on the most downstream side to the anoxic tank on the most upstream side, and an anaerobic tank for anaerobically treating the organic wastewater, which is then divided and supplied to the anoxic tank of each biological treatment unit. By repeating the denitrification in the anoxic tank and the nitrification in the aerobic tank. The membrane-permeated liquid from the membrane separation device in each biological treatment unit is discharged as treated water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Soichiro Yatsugi, Shinya Nagae, Hitoshi Yanase, Yuko Tsuzuki
  • Patent number: 11434157
    Abstract: An organic wastewater treatment apparatus is operated by switching between a first operation mode and a second operation mode. The first operation mode includes supplying organic wastewater to a dual-use tank and performing an anaerobic treatment process therein, performing a nitrification-denitrification process in a membrane bioreactor treatment tank, and extracting membrane-permeated water from a membrane separation device arranged in the membrane bioreactor treatment tank as treated water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soichiro Yatsugi, Shinya Nagae, Hitoshi Yanase, Ryosuke Ono
  • Publication number: 20220098075
    Abstract: A water treatment method treats raw water (water to be treated) containing organic wastewater. The method includes (i) an aeration process performs an initial absorption treatment by aerating the water to be treated, (ii) a filtration process for filtering the water to be treated which has been treated by the initial absorption treatment in the aeration process, (iii) a digestion treatment process for digesting solids captured by the filtration process, (iv) a biological treatment process for denitrifying, with activated sludge, filtered water obtained through the filtration process, (v) a sludge transfer process for sending the activated sludge from the biological treatment process to the aeration process, and (vi) an adjustment process for adjusting an amount of the activated sludge sent to the aeration process via the sludge transfer process based on a nitrogen concentration of treated water which has been biologically treated by the biological treatment process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Soichiro YATSUGI, Sho SUGIYAMA, Shinya NAGAE, Yoshio ASAKURA
  • Publication number: 20210206677
    Abstract: An organic wastewater treatment apparatus biologically treats organic wastewater containing nitrogen using a treatment tank storing activated sludge. A top-bottom partition member divides the treatment tank in into an upper space and a lower space. A plurality of anoxic tanks are formed in the lower space, while a plurality of aerobic tanks, each of which having an immersion-type membrane separation device, are formed in the upper space. A raw water supply path divides and supplies the organic wastewater to each anoxic tank. A plurality of denitrifying liquid transfer paths repeatedly transfers the activated sludge from the anoxic tanks to the aerobic tanks, while a plurality of nitrifying liquid transfer paths repeatedly transfer the activated sludge from the aerobic tanks to the anoxic tanks, whereby the activated sludge is circulated throughout the treatment tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Soichiro YATSUGI, Shinya NAGAE, Hitoshi YANASE
  • Publication number: 20210206676
    Abstract: An organic wastewater treatment apparatus is operated by switching between a first operation mode and a second operation mode. The first operation mode includes supplying organic wastewater to a dual-use tank and performing an anaerobic treatment process therein, performing a nitrification-denitrification process in a membrane bioreactor treatment tank, and extracting membrane-permeated water from a membrane separation device arranged in the membrane bioreactor treatment tank as treated water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Soichiro YATSUGI, Shinya NAGAE, Hitoshi YANASE, Ryosuke ONO
  • Publication number: 20210179462
    Abstract: An organic wastewater treatment device includes a biological treatment tank having a plurality of biological treatment units connected in series, where each biological treatment unit includes a pair of an anoxic tank disposed on an upstream side and an aerobic tank disposed on a downstream side along a flow of the organic wastewater, where a membrane separation device is immersed in activated sludge in the aerobic tank, a sludge return path from the aerobic tank on the most downstream side to the anoxic tank on the most upstream side, and an anaerobic tank for anaerobically treating the organic wastewater, which is then divided and supplied to the anoxic tank of each biological treatment unit. By repeating the denitrification in the anoxic tank and the nitrification in the aerobic tank. The membrane-permeated liquid from the membrane separation device in each biological treatment unit is discharged as treated water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Soichiro YATSUGI, Shinya NAGAE, Hitoshi YANASE, Yuko TSUZUKI
  • Patent number: 10822260
    Abstract: An organic wastewater treatment device includes a biological treatment tank in which biological treatment units are connected in series along a flow of organic wastewater. Each biological treatment unit has a pair of an anoxic tank disposed on an upstream side, and an aerobic tank disposed on a downstream side in which a membrane separation device is immersed in activated sludge. The activated sludge returns from a most downstream-side aerobic tank to a most upstream-side anoxic tank through a sludge return path. Whether to stop an operating membrane separation device and whether to start a stopped membrane separation device are determined for each biological treatment unit based on at least one of an inflow amount of the organic wastewater, a tank water level, a transmembrane pressure difference of each membrane separation device, a T-N concentration of the treated water, and an NH3-N concentration of the treated water as an index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Soichiro Yatsugi, Kuniyasu Suzuki, Hitoshi Yanase, Yukako Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20200031697
    Abstract: An organic wastewater treatment device includes a biological treatment tank in which biological treatment units are connected in series along a flow of organic wastewater. Each biological treatment unit has a pair of an anoxic tank disposed on an upstream side, and an aerobic tank disposed on a downstream side in which a membrane separation device is immersed in activated sludge. The activated sludge returns from a most downstream-side aerobic tank to a most upstream-side anoxic tank through a sludge return path. Whether to stop an operating membrane separation device and whether to start a stopped membrane separation device are determined for each biological treatment unit based on at least one of an inflow amount of the organic wastewater, a tank water level, a transmembrane pressure difference of each membrane separation device, a T-N concentration of the treated water, and an NH3-N concentration of the treated water as an index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Soichiro YATSUGI, Kuniyasu SUZUKI, Hitoshi YANASE, Yukako ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20120234754
    Abstract: An organic wastewater treatment apparatus comprises a biological treatment tank provided with a whole floor aeration section in which a first aerator is disposed so as to perform whole floor aeration, a solid-liquid separation section formed above the whole floor aeration section and provided with a membrane separation device immersed in activated sludge, and a flow path narrowing section formed between the whole floor aeration section and the solid-liquid separation section so as to vertically separate the whole floor aeration section and the solid-liquid separation section, wherein the flow path narrowing section includes a flow path narrowing device configured to narrow a cross-sectional area of the flow path from the whole floor aeration section to the solid-liquid separation section so as to combine fine air bubbles discharged from the first aeration device to each other and discharge the combined bubbles to an area below the membrane separation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soichiro YATSUGI, Hitoshi YANASE, Yoshio KITAGAWA