Patents by Inventor Susumu Hikazudani

Susumu Hikazudani 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: 11299398
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel method for producing a calcium aluminate compound having a modified surface. The present invention provides: a method for producing a modified calcium aluminate compound characterized by irradiating a calcium aluminate compound dispersed in an organic dispersion medium with a femtosecond laser, thereby modifying the surface of the calcium aluminate compound; and a modified calcium aluminate compound characterized by being obtained by this method and having at least one of an OH group, a CO group, a CH group, and an NH group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: NEW-TECH INC.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Hirao, Heidy Visbal, Minami Hirano, Susumu Hikazudani, Satoshi Yoshida, Emi Shono
  • Patent number: 11224839
    Abstract: One object is to provide a useful aldehyde decomposition catalyst, and an exhaust gas treatment apparatus and an exhaust gas treatment method using the aldehyde decomposition catalyst that achieve low cost and sufficient aldehyde decomposition performance with a small amount of the catalyst. An aldehyde decomposition catalyst of the present invention is made of a zeolite in a cation form NH4 having a structure of CHA or MOR and carrying Cu.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsugumi Nishi, Susumu Hikazudani, Emi Shono
  • Publication number: 20210188653
    Abstract: Prior art documents do not describe a method for modifying the surface of a calcium aluminate compound, much less describe a method for controlling the particle diameter of a calcium aluminate compound. The present invention provides a novel method for producing a calcium aluminate compound having a modified surface. The present invention provides: a method for producing a modified calcium aluminate compound characterized by irradiating a calcium aluminate compound dispersed in an organic dispersion medium with a femtosecond laser, thereby modifying the surface of the calcium aluminate compound; and a modified calcium aluminate compound characterized by being obtained by this method and having at least one of an OH group, a CO group, a CH group, and an NH group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicants: Kyoto University, Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Hitachi Zosen Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Hirao, Heidy Visbal, Minami Hirano, Susumu Hikazudani, Satoshi Yoshida, Emi Shono
  • Patent number: 10946366
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem and purpose of providing a honeycomb structure that has a sufficiently high strength and is excellent in endurance, and a catalyst for cleaning an exhaust gas using the same that is excellent in resistance to sulfur oxide (SOX). The honeycomb structure of the present invention is one consists of a flat inorganic fiber sheet comprising an inorganic fiber sheet having supported thereon an inorganic binder and zeolite, and a corrugated inorganic fiber sheet comprising an inorganic fiber sheet having supported thereon the same inorganic binder and zeolite, which are alternately combined with each other, wherein it is characterized in that the zeolite has a particle diameter (i.e., a median particle diameter, D50) of from 0.5 to 10.0 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Zosen Corporation
    Inventors: Susumu Hikazudani, Emi Shono, Kana Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20200254424
    Abstract: Provided are a mercury oxidation catalyst support structure with which a mercury oxidation reaction can be carried out while inhibiting the oxidation reaction for SO2 included in exhaust gas and a method for manufacturing the same. This mercury oxidation catalyst structure is characterized by vanadium being unevenly supported on the surface of the support structure. The method for manufacturing the mercury oxidation catalyst structure includes a step of incorporating an inactive support throughout from the inside to the surface of the structure using an inactive support-containing liquid and a step of immersing the structure having been subjected to the step in a liquid containing vanadium or applying the same liquid to the surface of the same structure, followed by drying and calcinating, thereby supporting vanadium on the inactive support present in the surface of the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Tsugumi NISHI, Emi SHONO, Susumu HIKAZUDANI, Naoe HINO
  • Publication number: 20200230584
    Abstract: One object is to provide an aldehyde decomposition catalyst, and an exhaust gas treatment apparatus and an exhaust gas treatment method using the aldehyde decomposition catalyst that achieve low cost and sufficient aldehyde decomposition performance with a small amount of the catalyst. An aldehyde decomposition catalyst of the present invention is made of a zeolite in a cation form NH4 having a structure selected from MFI and BEA and carrying at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Cu, Mn, Ce, Zn, Fe, and Zr.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Tsugumi NISHI, Susumu HIKAZUDANI, Emi SHONO
  • Publication number: 20200156003
    Abstract: One object is to provide a useful aldehyde decomposition catalyst, and an exhaust gas treatment apparatus and an exhaust gas treatment method using the aldehyde decomposition catalyst that achieve low cost and sufficient aldehyde decomposition performance with a small amount of the catalyst. An aldehyde decomposition catalyst of the present invention is made of a zeolite in a cation form NH4 having a structure of CHA or MOR and carrying Cu.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Tsugumi NISHI, Susumu HIKAZUDANI, Emi SHONO
  • Patent number: 10449493
    Abstract: A processing apparatus equipped with a catalyst-supporting honeycomb structure, which is characterized in that corrugated plate-like glass fiber papers having a functional catalyst supported thereon and flat plate-like glass fiber papers having the same functional catalyst supported thereon are alternately laminated without being bonded to each other, to form a catalyst-supporting honeycomb structure, and this catalyst-supporting honeycomb structure is packed in a casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Zosen Corporation
    Inventors: Susumu Hikazudani, Naoe Hino, Seigo Yamamoto, Kana Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10450198
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing conductive mayenite, with which a reaction is completed in a short time, an operation can be simplified, the reaction is easily controlled, and the cost of energy can be reduced. The present invention is a method for producing conductive mayenite, characterized by mixing a mayenite type compound with a carbon component, placing the resulting mixture in an airtight container, and irradiating the mixture with a microwave in an inert gas atmosphere or in a vacuum atmosphere to heat the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignees: Kyoto University, Hitachi Zosen Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Hirao, Heidy Visbal, Takeko Matsumura, Susumu Hikazudani, Satoshi Yoshida, Emi Shono
  • Publication number: 20190193054
    Abstract: For a denitration catalyst used for a denitration treatment of a combustion exhaust gas, for example, from a coal-fired boiler or the like, such a denitration catalyst is provided that has a sufficient mechanical strength capable of retaining the catalyst shape, has a better catalyst performance than the ordinary denitration catalyst containing crystals of zirconium oxide, is low in production cost. In the denitration catalyst comprising, as a base material, a honeycomb structure consisting of an inorganic fiber sheet, titania, vanadium oxide and/or tungsten oxide, and a zirconium compound (except for crystalline zirconium dioxide) as a shape-retaining binder are supported on the honeycomb structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Susumu Hikazudani, Naoe Hino, Seigo Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20190083964
    Abstract: Object and purpose are to provide an exhaust gas purification catalyst capable of efficiently removing a nitrogen oxide in a relatively low-temperature exhaust gas discharged from a marine diesel engine or the like using a reducing agent in a smaller amount than in the past. An exhaust gas purification catalyst is used in a combustion exhaust gas purification method for removing a nitrogen oxide in a combustion exhaust gas by reducing the nitrogen oxide to nitrogen, wherein an alcohol is added to the combustion exhaust gas as a reducing agent for reducing the nitrogen oxide, and is characterized in that the catalyst is composed of a support and a denitration catalytic metal supported on the support, and the support is a zeolite having a value (S) obtained by dividing a peak area (A) in an Al—OH spectrum measured with a Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FT-IR) by a measurement support weight (W) of 1500 to 3500.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi YOSHIDA, Susumu HIKAZUDANI, Emi SHONO
  • Publication number: 20180345258
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem and purpose of providing a honeycomb structure that has a sufficiently high strength and is excellent in endurance, and a catalyst for cleaning an exhaust gas using the same that is excellent in resistance to sulfur oxide (SOX). The honeycomb structure of the present invention is one consists of a flat inorganic fiber sheet comprising an inorganic fiber sheet having supported thereon an inorganic binder and zeolite, and a corrugated inorganic fiber sheet comprising an inorganic fiber sheet having supported thereon the same inorganic binder and zeolite, which are alternately combined with each other, wherein it is characterized in that the zeolite has a particle diameter (i.e., a median particle diameter, D50) of from 0.5 to 10.0 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Susumu Hikazudani, Emi Shono, Kana Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10138787
    Abstract: To provide a treatment device equipped with a catalyst-supporting honeycomb structure, the device being for use in, for example, an exhaust gas purification treatment, hydrogen production by ammonia decomposition or the like, and a method for producing the same. The catalyst-supporting honeycomb structure is produced by forming the inorganic binder-containing functional catalyst-supporting corrugated glass paper without removing an organic binder originally contained in the glass paper and by using the corrugated glass paper in combination with the inorganic binder-containing functional catalyst-supporting flat glass paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi Zosen Corporation
    Inventors: Seigo Yamamoto, Susumu Hikazudani, Naoe Hino, Fumiya Tubo, Tetsuo Kodama, Shunsuke Hiraiwa, Ryoichi Koumaru
  • Publication number: 20180318762
    Abstract: A processing apparatus equipped with a catalyst-supporting honeycomb structure, which is characterized in that corrugated plate-like glass fiber papers having a functional catalyst supported thereon and flat plate-like glass fiber papers having the same functional catalyst supported thereon are alternately laminated without being bonded to each other, to form a catalyst-supporting honeycomb structure, and this catalyst-supporting honeycomb structure is packed in a casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Susumu Hikazudani, Naoe Hino, Seigo Yamamoto, Kana Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10112183
    Abstract: To provide a catalyst for purifying a combustion exhaust gas and a method for purifying a combustion exhaust gas. The denitration catalyst used in a method for purifying a combustion exhaust gas of removing a nitrogen oxide in the exhaust gas by making the catalyst into contact with the combustion exhaust gas having an alcohol as a reducing agent added thereto, contains zeolite as a support having supported thereon a catalyst metal, in a powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurement of the denitration catalyst a ratio (relative peak intensity ratio) r=I/J of a height I of a diffraction peak at a diffraction angle (2?) of from 7.8 to 10.0° and a height J of a diffraction peak at a diffraction angle (2?) of from 28.0 to 31.0° being in a range of from 3.0 to 5.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi Zosen Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Yoshida, Susumu Hikazudani, Kana Shimizu, Emi Shono
  • Patent number: 10052586
    Abstract: A processing apparatus equipped with a catalyst-supporting honeycomb structure, which is characterized in that corrugated plate-like glass fiber papers having a functional catalyst supported thereon and flat plate-like glass fiber papers having the same functional catalyst supported thereon are alternately laminated without being bonded to each other, to form a catalyst-supporting honeycomb structure, and this catalyst-supporting honeycomb structure is packed in a casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi Zosen Corporation
    Inventors: Susumu Hikazudani, Naoe Hino, Seigo Yamamoto, Kana Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20180186650
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing conductive mayenite, with which a reaction is completed in a short time, an operation can be simplified, the reaction is easily controlled, and the cost of energy can be reduced. The present invention is a method for producing conductive mayenite, characterized by mixing a mayenite type compound with a carbon component, placing the resulting mixture in an airtight container, and irradiating the mixture with a microwave in an inert gas atmosphere or in a vacuum atmosphere to heat the mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Hirao, Heidy Visbal, Takeko Matsumura, Susumu Hikazudani, Satoshi Yoshida, Emi Shono
  • Publication number: 20180078924
    Abstract: Provided are a catalyst treatment device and a method of manufacturing the catalyst treatment device. In the catalyst treatment device, the catalyst component can be used in a smaller amount and at a lower cost without need of equipment such as casing, and can suppress excessive pressure loss with adequate voids occurring when the supported catalyst is loaded for use. The catalyst treatment device of the present invention includes a supported catalyst having a corrugated and fragmentary form, wherein the supported catalyst includes a glass paper having a corrugated and fragmentary form, a catalyst activity component supported on the glass paper and having catalytic action, and an inorganic binder necessary to cause the catalyst activity component to be supported on the glass paper and make the glass paper into a corrugated form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Takuma MORI, Emi SHONO, Susumu HIKAZUDANI
  • Patent number: 9896332
    Abstract: Provided is an ammonia oxidation/decomposition catalyst which can decrease the reduction temperature of a support, which is required for the catalyst to have a property of being activated at room temperature, and also can render a property of being activated at a temperature lower than room temperature. The ammonia oxidation/decomposition catalyst of the present invention is an ammonia oxidation/decomposition catalyst, comprising: a catalyst support composed of a composite oxide of cerium oxide and zirconium oxide; and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of metals of group 6A, group 7A, group 8, and group 1B as a catalytically active metal deposited thereon, characterized in that the molar concentration of zirconium oxide in the catalyst support is from 10 to 90%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi Zosen Corporation
    Inventors: Susumu Hikazudani, Takuma Mori, Sadao Araki
  • Publication number: 20170341025
    Abstract: One object is to provide a useful aldehyde decomposition catalyst, and an exhaust gas treatment apparatus and an exhaust gas treatment method using the aldehyde decomposition catalyst that achieve low cost and sufficient aldehyde decomposition performance with a small amount of the catalyst. An aldehyde decomposition catalyst of the present invention is made of a zeolite in a cation form NH4 having a structure of CHA or MOR and carrying Cu.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsugumi NISHI, Susumu HIKAZUDANI, Emi SHONO