Patents by Inventor Tadasu Yotsuyanagi
Tadasu Yotsuyanagi 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).
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Patent number: 8731131Abstract: In a method of reducing corrosion of a material constituting a nuclear reactor structure, an electrochemical corrosion potential is controlled by injecting a solution or a suspension containing a substance generating an excitation current by an action of at least one of radiation, light, and heat existing in a nuclear reactor, or a metal or a metallic compound forming the substance generating the excitation current under the condition in the nuclear reactor to allow the substance generating the excitation current to adhere to the surface of the nuclear reactor structural material, and by injecting hydrogen in cooling water of the nuclear reactor while controlling the hydrogen concentration in a feed water.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., The Tokyo Electric Power Company, IncorporatedInventors: Seiji Yamamoto, Tadasu Yotsuyanagi, Nagayoshi Ichikawa, Tetsuo Oosato, Masato Okamura, Junichi Takagi, Kenji Yamazaki, Shunichi Suzuki, Kenro Takamori, Mitsuru Sambongi, Takeshi Shibano, Takashi Hirano, Yuichi Fukaya
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Patent number: 8731132Abstract: In a nuclear power plant, a corrosion-resistant oxide film on a surface of the metal component of a reactor structure is exposed to a high-temperature water, the corrosion-resistant oxide film containing an oxide having a property of a P-type semiconductor, and a catalytic substance having a property of an N-type semiconductor is deposited on the oxide film. The oxide film maintains the property of the P-type semiconductor.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2012Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, The Tokyo Electric Power Company, IncorporatedInventors: Masato Okamura, Tetsuo Oosato, Seiji Yamamoto, Tadasu Yotsuyanagi, Nagayoshi Ichikawa, Kenji Yamazaki, Junichi Takagi, Hidehiro Urata, Shunichi Suzuki, Kenro Takamori, Junichi Suzuki
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Patent number: 8681925Abstract: In a nuclear power plant, a corrosion-resistant oxide film on a surface of the metal component of a reactor structure is exposed to a high-temperature water, the corrosion-resistant oxide film containing an oxide having a property of a P-type semiconductor, and a catalytic substance having a property of an N-type semiconductor is deposited on the oxide film. The oxide film maintains the property of the P-type semiconductor.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2012Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, The Tokyo Electric Power Company, IncorporatedInventors: Masato Okamura, Tetsuo Oosato, Seiji Yamamoto, Tadasu Yotsuyanagi, Nagayoshi Ichikawa, Kenji Yamazaki, Junichi Takagi, Hidehiro Urata, Shunichi Suzuki, Kenro Takamori, Junichi Suzuki
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Publication number: 20130070888Abstract: In a method of reducing corrosion of a material constituting a nuclear reactor structure, an electrochemical corrosion potential is controlled by injecting a solution or a suspension containing a substance generating an excitation current by an action of at least one of radiation, light, and heat existing in a nuclear reactor, or a metal or a metallic compound forming the substance generating the excitation current under the condition in the nuclear reactor to allow the substance generating the excitation current to adhere to the surface of the nuclear reactor structural material, and by injecting hydrogen in cooling water of the nuclear reactor while controlling the hydrogen concentration in a feed water.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, THE TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INCORPORATED, ISHIKAWAJIMA-HARIMA HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Seiji YAMAMOTO, Tadasu Yotsuyanagi, Nagayoshi Ichikawa, Tetsuo Oosato, Masato Okamura, Junichi Takagi, Kenji Yamazaki, Shunichi Suzuki, Kenro Takamori, Mitsuru Sambongi, Takeshi Shibano, Takashi Hirano, Yuichi Fukaya
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Patent number: 8320514Abstract: In a nuclear power plant, a corrosion-resistant oxide film on a surface of the metal component of a reactor structure is exposed to a high-temperature water, the corrosion-resistant oxide film containing an oxide having a property of a P-type semiconductor, and a catalytic substance having a property of an N-type semiconductor is deposited on the oxide film. The oxide film maintains the property of the P-type semiconductor.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2005Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, The Tokyo Electric Power Company, IncorporatedInventors: Masato Okamura, Tetsuo Oosato, Seiji Yamamoto, Tadasu Yotsuyanagi, Nagayoshi Ichikawa, Kenji Yamazaki, Junichi Takagi, Hidehiro Urata, Shunichi Suzuki, Kenro Takamori, Junichi Suzuki
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Patent number: 8295426Abstract: In a method of reducing corrosion of a material constituting a nuclear reactor structure, an electrochemical corrosion potential is controlled by injecting a solution or a suspension containing a substance generating an excitation current by an action of at least one of radiation, light, and heat existing in a nuclear reactor, or a metal or a metallic compound forming the substance generating the excitation current under the condition in the nuclear reactor to allow the substance generating the excitation current to adhere to the surface of the nuclear reactor structural material, and by injecting hydrogen in cooling water of the nuclear reactor while controlling the hydrogen concentration in a feed water.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2004Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., The Tokyo Electric Power Company, IncorporatedInventors: Seiji Yamamoto, Tadasu Yotsuyanagi, Nagayoshi Ichikawa, Tetsuo Oosato, Masato Okamura, Junichi Takagi, Kenji Yamazaki, Shunichi Suzuki, Kenro Takamori, Mitsuru Sambongi, Takeshi Shibano, Takashi Hirano, Yuichi Fukaya
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Publication number: 20120263269Abstract: In a method of reducing corrosion of a material constituting a nuclear reactor structure, an electrochemical corrosion potential is controlled by injecting a solution or a suspension containing a substance generating an excitation current by an action of at least one of radiation, light, and heat existing in a nuclear reactor, or a metal or a metallic compound forming the substance generating the excitation current under the condition in the nuclear reactor to allow the substance generating the excitation current to adhere to the surface of the nuclear reactor structural material, and by injecting hydrogen in cooling water of the nuclear reactor while controlling the hydrogen concentration in a feed water.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2004Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, THE TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INCORPORATED, Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seiji Yamamoto, Tadasu Yotsuyanagi, Nagayoshi Ichikawa, Tetsuo Oosato, Masato Okamura, Junichi Takagi, Kenji Yamazaki, Shunichi Suzuki, Kenro Takamori, Mitsuru Sambongi, Takeshi Shibano, Takashi Hirano, Yuichi Fukaya
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Publication number: 20120128111Abstract: In a nuclear power plant, a corrosion-resistant oxide film on a surface of the metal component of a reactor structure is exposed to a high-temperature water, the corrosion-resistant oxide film containing an oxide having a property of a P-type semiconductor, and a catalytic substance having a property of an N-type semiconductor is deposited on the oxide film. The oxide film maintains the property of the P-type semiconductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2012Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicants: THE TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INCORPORATED, Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Masato OKAMURA, Tetsuo OOSATO, Seiji YAMAMOTO, Tadasu YOTSUYANAGI, Nagayoshi ICHIKAWA, Kenji YAMAZAKI, Junichi TAKAGI, Hidehiro URATA, Shunichi SUZUKI, Kenro TAKAMORI, Junichi SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20120128886Abstract: In a nuclear power plant, a corrosion-resistant oxide film on a surface of the metal component of a reactor structure is exposed to a high-temperature water, the corrosion-resistant oxide film containing an oxide having a property of a P-type semiconductor, and a catalytic substance having a property of an N-type semiconductor is deposited on the oxide film. The oxide film maintains the property of the P-type semiconductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2012Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicants: THE TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INCORPORATED, Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Masato Okamura, Tetsuo Oosato, Seiji Yamamoto, Tadasu Yotsuyanagi, Nagayoshi Ichikawa, Kenji Yamazaki, Junichi Takagi, Hidehiro Urata, Shunichi Suzuki, Kenro Takamori, Junichi Suzuki
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Patent number: 7449101Abstract: In a method of reducing corrosion of a metal material, a substance such as semiconductor for generating an electric current by thermal excitation is coated or adhered on a metal material surface, to be exposed to a water having a high temperature of 150° C. or more, of a boiler and ducts or pipes, to which hot water heated by the boiler contacts, of a thermal electric power plant or a nuclear reactor structural material or ducts or pipes surrounding the reactor in a nuclear power plant.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2003Date of Patent: November 11, 2008Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated, Ishikawajima - Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masato Okamura, Yukio Henmi, Nagayoshi Ichikawa, Tetsuo Oosato, Seiji Yamamoto, Kazuo Murakami, Kenji Yamazaki, Junichi Takagi, Tadasu Yotsuyanagi, Shunichi Suzuki, Kenro Takamori, Mitsuru Sambongi, Yuichi Fukaya, Takasi Hirano
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Publication number: 20060146975Abstract: In a nuclear power plant, a corrosion-resistant oxide film on a surface of the metal component of a reactor structure is exposed to a high-temperature water, the corrosion-resistant oxide film containing an oxide having a property of a P-type semiconductor, and a catalytic substance having a property of an N-type semiconductor is deposited on the oxide film. The oxide film maintains the property of the P-type semiconductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2005Publication date: July 6, 2006Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, THE TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INCORPORATEDInventors: Masato Okamura, Tetsuo Oosato, Seiji Yamamoto, Tadasu Yotsuyanagi, Nagayoshi Ichikawa, Kenji Yamazaki, Junichi Takagi, Hidehiro Urata, Shunichi Suzuki, Kenro Takamori, Junichi Suzuki
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Publication number: 20030180180Abstract: In a method of reducing corrosion of a metal material, a substance such as semiconductor for generating an electric current by thermal excitation is coated or adhered on a metal material surface, to be exposed to a water having a high temperature of 150° C. or more, of a boiler and ducts or pipes, to which hot water heated by the boiler contacts, of a thermal electric power plant or a nuclear reactor structural material or ducts or pipes surrounding the reactor in a nuclear power plant.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2003Publication date: September 25, 2003Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, The Tokyo Electric Power Co. Inc., Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masato Okamura, Yukio Henmi, Nagayoshi Ichikawa, Tetsuo Oosato, Seiji Yamamoto, Kazuo Murakami, Kenji Yamazaki, Junichi Takagi, Tadasu Yotsuyanagi, Shunichi Suzuki, Kenro Takamori, Mitsuru Sambongi, Yuichi Fukaya, Takasi Hirano