Patents by Inventor Susumu Okino

Susumu Okino 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: 20240058850
    Abstract: A waste treatment system 100 for performing a hydrothermal treatment of wastes includes a hydrothermal treatment device 10 for performing the hydrothermal treatment by bringing steam into contact with the wastes, a storage facility 8, 9 for storing a fuel produced from a reactant of the hydrothermal treatment, and a heat recovery steam generator 18 for generating the steam to be supplied to the hydrothermal treatment device 10. The heat recovery steam generator 18 is configured to generate the steam by using a combustion energy generated by combustion of the fuel stored in the storage facility 8, 9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Atsuhiro YUKUMOTO, Akira Noma, Yoshio Seiki, Yasumichi Aoki, Nobuyuki Ukai, Kazuhiro Kawai, Jun Satou, Susumu Okino
  • Publication number: 20230406746
    Abstract: A waste treatment system, includes: at least one reformer for hydrolyzing waste; a microbial reactor for microbially degrading a reformed material containing at least a solid of the waste hydrolyzed by the at least one reformer; a microbial reaction detection device for detecting a state of degradation of the reformed material in the microbial reactor; and an adjustment device for adjusting amount and timing of supply of the reformed material to the microbial reactor, based on a detected value of the microbial reaction detection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Noma, Kazuhiro Kawai, Keiji Fujikawa, Susumu Okino, Shinichi Okamoto, Shinji Nakamura, Kouetsu Shizukuishi, Nobuyuki Ukai, Yuuji Nakajima, Keiichi Nakagawa, Haruka Adachi, Takashi Ike, Yosuke Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 11839909
    Abstract: A waste treatment system 100 for performing a hydrothermal treatment of wastes includes a hydrothermal treatment device 10 for performing the hydrothermal treatment by bringing steam into contact with the wastes, a storage facility 8, 9 for storing a fuel produced from a reactant of the hydrothermal treatment, and a heat recovery steam generator 18 for generating the steam to be supplied to the hydrothermal treatment device 10. The heat recovery steam generator 18 is configured to generate the steam by using a combustion energy generated by combustion of the fuel stored in the storage facility 8, 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuhiro Yukumoto, Akira Noma, Yoshio Seiki, Yasumichi Aoki, Nobuyuki Ukai, Kazuhiro Kawai, Jun Satou, Susumu Okino
  • Publication number: 20230356275
    Abstract: A waste treatment system includes: at least one reformer for hydrolyzing waste with steam; a microbial reactor for microbially degrading a reformed material containing at least a solid of the waste hydrolyzed by the at least one reformer; and at least one steam generation device for generating the steam by using only combustion energy of a gas produced in the microbial reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kawai, Akira Noma, Keiji Fujikawa, Susumu Okino
  • Publication number: 20230257783
    Abstract: A waste treatment system includes: at least one reformer for hydrolyzing waste; and a microbial reactor for microbially degrading a reformed material containing at least a solid among the waste hydrolyzed in the at least one reformer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Noma, Kazuhiro Kawai, Keiji Fujikawa, Susumu Okino, Yosuke Nakagawa, Koichi Fukunaga, Keiichi Nakagawa, Haruka Adachi, Takashi Ike, Ryo Kamito, Masahiro Yamada
  • Publication number: 20220162136
    Abstract: A waste treatment system comprises: a first hydrothermal treatment device for performing hydrothermal treatment of waste; a first solid-liquid separation device for separating a first reactant of the first hydrothermal treatment device into a solid and a liquid or slurry; a second hydrothermal treatment device for performing hydrothermal treatment of the solid of the first reactant; a second solid-liquid separation device for separating a second reactant of the second hydrothermal treatment device into a solid and a liquid or slurry; and a fermentation device for fermenting the liquid or the slurry of the first reactant and the liquid or the slurry of the second reactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Atsuhiro YUKUMOTO, Akira NOMA, Jun SATOU, Yasumichi AOKI, Daiki YAMAGUCHI, Yoshio SEIKI, Kazuto KOBAYASHI, Susumu OKINO, Satoshi WAKUI
  • Publication number: 20210146410
    Abstract: A waste treatment system 100 for performing a hydrothermal treatment of wastes includes a hydrothermal treatment device 10 for performing the hydrothermal treatment by bringing steam into contact with the wastes, a storage facility 8, 9 for storing a fuel produced from a reactant of the hydrothermal treatment, and a heat recovery steam generator 18 for generating the steam to be supplied to the hydrothermal treatment device 10. The heat recovery steam generator 18 is configured to generate the steam by using a combustion energy generated by combustion of the fuel stored in the storage facility 8, 9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Atsuhiro YUKUMOTO, Akira NOMA, Yoshio SEIKI, Yasumichi AOKI, Nobuyuki UKAI, Kazuhiro KAWAI, Jun SATOU, Susumu OKINO
  • Patent number: 10919790
    Abstract: A method for removing selenium according to the present invention comprises: a valence change step of adding an oxidant to a wastewater from a facility that gasifies a fuel containing selenium in a reducing atmosphere, and oxidizing the selenium to change the valence of the selenium, and a solid-liquid separation step of adding a flocculant to the wastewater, forming a floc containing the selenium for which the valence has been changed in the valence change step, and subjecting the floc to solid-liquid separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventors: Susumu Okino, Kazuhide Kamimura, Tetsuya Ito, Morikata Nishida, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10835862
    Abstract: SOx removal equipment for reducing sulfur oxides from flue gas from a boiler, a cooler which is provided on a downstream side of the SOx removal equipment for reducing the sulfur oxides that remain in the flue gas and for decreasing a gas temperature, CO2 recovery equipment which includes a CO2 absorber, and an absorption liquid regenerator, and mist generation material reduction equipment for reducing a mist generation material which is a generation source of mist that is generated in the CO2 absorber of the CO2 recovery equipment before introducing the flue gas to the CO2 recovery equipment are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuto Nagayasu, Takashi Kamijo, Masayuki Inui, Tsuyoshi Oishi, Hiromitsu Nagayasu, Hiroshi Tanaka, Takuya Hirata, Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Susumu Okino, Naoyuki Kamiyama, Seiji Yoshihara
  • Patent number: 10620619
    Abstract: A plant-monitoring system includes: at least three detection elements, the detection elements being at least one type of detection element for monitoring a subject being monitored; a detection network configured by disposing the at least three detection elements in a plant; a storage unit that receives detection data from each of the detection elements to record the detection data as recorded data; and a processing computing unit. The processing computing unit receives the detection data from each of the detection elements, determines presence or absence of a fault by comparing the detection data with the recorded data, and in a case where occurrence of a fault is recognized, identifies a place of occurrence of the fault based on the detection data, and transmits the result of the place of occurrence of the fault to a predetermined incident response team.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru Matsubara, Naohiko Ishibashi, Ryo Kamito, Susumu Okino, Takeo Shinoda
  • Patent number: 10464024
    Abstract: A water treatment device is provided with a separation membrane device having a separation membrane for concentrating dissolved components and dispersed components from water to be treated and obtaining permeated water; a first deposit detecting unit provided in a non-permeated water branch line branched from a non-permeated water line for discharging non-permeated water in which dissolved components and dispersed components have been concentrated, using part of the non-permeated water that has branched off as a detection liquid, and having a first separation membrane for detection in which the detection liquid is separated into permeated water for detection and non-permeated water for detection; and first flow rate measuring devices for separated liquid for detection that measure the flow rates of one or both of the permeated water for detection and the non-permeated water for detection separated by the first separation membrane for detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Sakurai, Hideo Suzuki, Hiroshi Nakashoji, Shigeru Yoshioka, Susumu Okino, Noriaki Senba, Shigehiro Sugiyama, Masayuki Eda, Hyota Abe, Ryo Kamito, Nobuyuki Ukai
  • Patent number: 10407331
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Kamito, Susumu Okino, Masayuki Eda, Hideaki Sakurai, Nobuyuki Ukai, Hideo Suzuki, Hiroshi Nakashoji, Shigeru Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 10399878
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ukai, Susumu Okino, Hideo Suzuki, Hiroshi Nakashoji, Shigeru Yoshioka, Tomomi Komatsu
  • Patent number: 10394231
    Abstract: A plant-monitoring system includes: at least three detection elements, the detection elements being at least one type of detection element for monitoring a subject being monitored; a detection network configured by disposing the at least three detection elements in a plant; a storage unit that receives detection data from each of the detection elements to record the detection data as recorded data; and a processing computing unit. The processing computing unit receives the detection data from each of the detection elements, determines presence or absence of a fault by comparing the detection data with the recorded data, and in a case where occurrence of a fault is recognized, identifies a place of occurrence of the fault based on the detection data, and transmits the result of the place of occurrence of the fault to a predetermined incident response team.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru Matsubara, Naohiko Ishibashi, Ryo Kamito, Susumu Okino, Takeo Shinoda
  • Patent number: 10336956
    Abstract: A natural-gas purification apparatus includes: a compressor that adjusts the pressure of natural gas; a cooling unit that liquefies and separates a part of natural-gas liquid by cooling the natural gas after the pressure adjustment by the compressor; a heating unit that heats the natural gas after the separation of the part of the natural-gas liquid by the cooling unit; carbon-dioxide separation units that are arranged in series and separate carbon dioxide from the natural gas heated by the heating unit through carbon-dioxide separation membranes; and a thermostatic chamber that adjusts the temperature of at least the carbon-dioxide separation unit disposed at the most downstream side among the carbon-dioxide separation units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru Matsubara, Masayuki Eda, Shintaro Honjo, Susumu Okino, Hiromi Nakatani, Masaki Yushima
  • Patent number: 10293300
    Abstract: A natural-gas purification apparatus includes: a plurality of carbon-dioxide separation units that are arranged in series and separate carbon dioxide, through carbon-dioxide separation membranes, from natural gas pressurized by a compressor, cooled by a cooling unit to liquefy and separate a high-boiling-point hydrocarbon component, and heated by a heating unit; a gas supply pipe that is provided between the plurality of carbon-dioxide separation units through on-off valves and that supplies the natural gas; a compressor that is provided to the gas supply pipe; a cooling unit that liquefies and separates a high-boiling-point hydrocarbon component by cooling the natural gas pressurized by this compressor; and a heating unit that heats the natural gas after the separation of the high-boiling-point hydrocarbon component by this cooling unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Eda, Wataru Matsubara, Shintaro Honjo, Susumu Okino, Hiromi Nakatani, Masaki Yushima
  • Patent number: 10246660
    Abstract: A natural-gas purification apparatus includes: a compressor that adjusts the pressure of natural gas from the ground; a cooling unit that liquefies and separates a part of natural-gas liquid by cooling the natural gas after the pressure adjustment by the compressor; a heating unit that heats the natural gas after the separation of the part; a carbon-dioxide separation unit that separates carbon dioxide from the natural gas heated by the heating unit; and an arithmetic control device that adjusts and controls at least one of the compressor, the cooling unit, and the heating unit to a value which has been set in advance according to the composition of the natural gas, such that the cooling unit will liquefy and separate the part of the natural-gas liquid in the natural gas and the carbon-dioxide separator maintains the remaining part of the natural-gas liquid in the natural gas in gaseous form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Eda, Wataru Matsubara, Shintaro Honjo, Susumu Okino, Hiromi Nakatani, Masaki Yushima
  • Publication number: 20190086909
    Abstract: A plant-monitoring system includes: at least three detection elements, the detection elements being at least one type of detection element for monitoring a subject being monitored; a detection network configured by disposing the at least three detection elements in a plant; a storage unit that receives detection data from each of the detection elements to record the detection data as recorded data; and a processing computing unit. The processing computing unit receives the detection data from each of the detection elements, determines presence or absence of a fault by comparing the detection data with the recorded data, and in a case where occurrence of a fault is recognized, identifies a place of occurrence of the fault based on the detection data, and transmits the result of the place of occurrence of the fault to a predetermined incident response team.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru Matsubara, Naohiko Ishibashi, Ryo Kamito, Susumu Okino, Takeo Shinoda
  • Patent number: 10179310
    Abstract: A natural-gas purification apparatus includes: a compressor that adjusts the pressure of natural gas, and a separation device that separates natural-gas liquid and carbon dioxide from the natural gas after the pressure adjustment by the compressor through a natural-gas-liquid separation membrane and a carbon-dioxide separation membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru Matsubara, Masayuki Eda, Shintaro Honjo, Susumu Okino, Hiromi Nakatani, Masaki Yushima
  • Patent number: 10160671
    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: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Eda, Susumu Okino, Ryuji Yoshiyama, Hideaki Sakurai, Nobuyuki Ukai, Hideo Suzuki, Hiroshi Nakashoji, Shigeru Yoshioka