Patents by Inventor Takahito Yonekawa
Takahito Yonekawa 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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Publication number: 20220380224Abstract: An ammonia derivative production plant includes: an electrolyzer for electrolyzing water; an ammonia synthesis system for synthesizing ammonia from hydrogen produced by the electrolyzer and nitrogen; a carbon dioxide generation system for producing carbon dioxide; and an ammonia derivative synthesis system for synthesizing an ammonia derivative from ammonia synthesized by the ammonia synthesis system and carbon dioxide produced by the carbon dioxide generation system. Oxygen produced by the electrolyzer is consumed to produce carbon dioxide by the carbon dioxide generation system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2020Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Tatsuya TSUJIUCHI, Takuya HIRATA, Shinya TACHIBANA, Takahito YONEKAWA
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Patent number: 11306636Abstract: A plant according to an embodiment includes a gas turbine; a heat recovery unit that includes a primary heat recovery steam generator in which a primary heat exchanging unit generates primary steam by exchanging heat that is the thermal energy of the flue gas from the gas turbine, and a secondary heat recovery steam generator that is installed independently from the primary heat exchanging unit, and in which a secondary heat exchanging unit generates secondary steam by exchanging heat that is the thermal energy of the flue gas partly having exchanged heat in the primary heat exchanging unit included in the primary heat recovery steam generator; a primary steam turbine; a CO2 recovery unit; and a first reboiler heat supply line.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Takahito Yonekawa, Takashi Kamijo
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Patent number: 11192061Abstract: A dehydration device removes moisture from a process gas compressed by a compressor, and includes a contactor that causes a dehydration solvent to absorb the moisture, a still column that separates the moisture from the dehydration solvent, a carrying line that carries the dehydration solvent from the contactor to the still column, a dehydration solvent conveying pump, a bypass line that couples the carrying lines upstream and downstream of the dehydration solvent conveying pump, a first on-off valve disposed in the bypass line, and a control device. In a case where the pressure detected by a pressure sensor is lower than a first predetermined pressure, the control device closes the first on-off valve and causes the conveying pump to operate, whereas in a case where the pressure detected by the pressure sensor is equal to or higher than the first predetermined pressure, the control device opens the first on-off valve and causes the conveying pump to stop.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Miyamoto, Masayuki Inui, Takahito Yonekawa
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Publication number: 20210154617Abstract: A dehydration device removes moisture from a process gas compressed by a compressor, and includes a contactor that causes a dehydration solvent to absorb the moisture, a still column that separates the moisture from the dehydration solvent, a carrying line that carries the dehydration solvent from the contactor to the still column, a dehydration solvent conveying pump, a bypass line that couples the carrying lines upstream and downstream of the dehydration solvent conveying pump, a first on-off valve disposed in the bypass line, and a control device. In a case where the pressure detected by a pressure sensor is lower than a first predetermined pressure, the control device closes the first on-off valve and causes the conveying pump to operate, whereas in a case where the pressure detected by the pressure sensor is equal to or higher than the first predetermined pressure, the control device opens the first on-off valve and causes the conveying pump to stop.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2019Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Miyamoto, Masayuki Inui, Takahito Yonekawa
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Publication number: 20210079823Abstract: A plant according to an embodiment includes a gas turbine; a heat recovery unit that includes a primary heat recovery steam generator in which a primary heat exchanging unit generates primary steam by exchanging heat that is the thermal energy of the flue gas from the gas turbine, and a secondary heat recovery steam generator that is installed independently from the primary heat exchanging unit, and in which a secondary heat exchanging unit generates secondary steam by exchanging heat that is the thermal energy of the flue gas partly having exchanged heat in the primary heat exchanging unit included in the primary heat recovery steam generator; a primary steam turbine; a CO2 recovery unit; and a first reboiler heat supply line.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2019Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering, Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Takahito Yonekawa, Takashi Kamijo
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Patent number: 10195561Abstract: A steam supply system that can reheat CO2 absorbing liquid without lowering performance of a reboiler by decompressing a condensed water drum is provided. This system includes a reboiler that raises the temperature of absorbing liquid contacted with exhaust gas discharged from a boiler to absorb CO2 in the exhaust gas and heated to eliminate CO2. The reboiler includes a heat exchanger tube to which steam for heating is supplied and a condensed water drum that recovers condensed water of the steam introduced from the heat exchanger tube as steam drain, and the condensed water drum is provided with decompression unit that lowers pressure in the condensed water drum.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2012Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.Inventors: Koji Nakayama, Takahito Yonekawa, Masayuki Inui, Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Osamu Miyamoto, Yoshiki Sorimachi
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Publication number: 20190001261Abstract: The present invention includes: a CO2 absorption part 141 including a first absorption section 141A for absorbing CO2 from exhaust gas and a second absorption section 141B that is located below the first absorption section 141A, arranged vertically within a CO2 absorption tower 14 for absorbing CO2 from exhaust gas 11B containing CO2; and a first absorption liquid extraction line L11 that is provided between the first absorption section 141A and the second absorption section 141B, and that is for extracting, from the absorption tower 14, a CO2 absorption liquid that has absorbed CO2 in the exhaust gas at the first absorption section 141A, and for resupplying the CO2 absorption liquid after being cooled to the second absorption section 141B within the absorption tower 14, wherein an extraction position X of the first absorption liquid extraction line L11 for extracting the CO2 absorption liquid from the absorption tower 14 has both a peak liquid temperature in a reaction temperature distribution for the CO2 abType: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2017Publication date: January 3, 2019Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.Inventors: Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Takashi Kamijo, Takahito Yonekawa, Osamu Miyamoto
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Patent number: 9623366Abstract: A CO2 recovery system includes an absorption apparatus that brings a CO2 absorption liquid into contact with an exhaust gas treated by a pre-treatment apparatus so that CO2 in the exhaust gas is absorbed into the CO2 absorption liquid; a regeneration apparatus that separates CO2 from the CO2 absorption liquid; an absorption liquid circulation path that circulates the CO2 absorption liquid between the absorption apparatus and the regeneration apparatus; and an impurity removal unit that removes impurities having a high concentration in the absorption liquid circulation path, in the absorption liquid circulation path and/or in the pre-treatment apparatus in advance.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2013Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Takahito Yonekawa, Shintaro Honjo, Masayuki Inui, Koji Nakayama, Takashi Kamijo, Hiromitsu Nagayasu
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Patent number: 9433890Abstract: In a dehydration equipment, a regenerative gas heater heats a portion of CO2 gas dehydrated in an adsorption tower that is performing an adsorption process and supplies the gas to an adsorption tower that is performing a regeneration process. A regenerative gas preheater performs heat exchange between the CO2 gas that will be supplied to a regenerative gas heater and the CO2 gas sent out from the adsorption tower that is performing the regeneration process. Then, in the dehydration equipment, a regenerative gas cooler cools the CO2 gas that has been sent out from the adsorption tower that is performing the regeneration process and exchanged heat, separates water from the cooled CO2 gas, and returns the resulting gas to the adsorption tower. Thus, the dehydration equipment can prevent an increase in utility consumption due to the regeneration process.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2013Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Inui, Takahito Yonekawa, Koji Nakayama, Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Yoshiki Sorimachi
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Patent number: 9352273Abstract: There is provided a dehydration-compression system 10 in which CO2 loss is suppressed, and a CO2 recovery system including the dehydration-compression system. The dehydration-compression system 10 of the present invention includes multiple compressors 50 and a dehydration device 60. The dehydration device 60 includes: a contactor 62 which removes H2O contained in CO2 by absorbing the H2O into an dehydration solvent; a recovery part 74 which recovers the CO2 from the dehydration solvent discharged from the contactor 62; and a first circulating passage L31 which carries the CO2 released from the recovery part 74 to the upstream side of the contactor 62.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2014Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Inui, Takahito Yonekawa, Cole Maas, Tatsuya Tsujiuchi
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Patent number: 9238191Abstract: A CO2 recovery system includes an absorber 2 and a regenerator 3. The absorber 2 includes a CO2 absorbing section 21 and at least one water-washing section 22. The CO2 absorbing section 21 allows flue gas 101 to come into contact with a basic amine compound absorbent 103 so that the basic amine compound absorbent 103 absorbs CO2 in the flue gas 101. The at least one water-washing section 22 allows the decarbonated flue gas 101A in which the amount of CO2 has been reduced in the CO2 absorbing section 21 to come into contact with wash water 104A and 104B to reduce the amounts of the basic amine compounds entrained in the decarbonated flue gas 101A. The regenerator 3 releases the CO2 from the basic amine compound absorbent 103 containing CO2 absorbed therein.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2013Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., THE KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.Inventors: Hiromitsu Nagayasu, Takashi Kamijo, Takahito Yonekawa, Hiroshi Tanaka, Shinya Kishimoto, Takuya Hirata, Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Masaru Chiyomaru, Koji Nakayama, Masahiko Tatsumi, Yasuyuki Yagi, Kazuhiko Kaibara
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Patent number: 9233337Abstract: A regeneration tower 7 of a CO2 recovery unit includes an upper regeneration portion 51 that has a tray portion 45, a lower regeneration portion 52 provided below the upper regeneration portion 51 and having a liquid dispersion portion 46, and a supply line L5 that supplies absorbing liquid stored in the tray portion 45 to the liquid dispersion portion 46. The supply line L5 is provided with a heat exchanger 53, and the absorbing liquid is circulated using the density difference between the absorbing liquid flowing before the heat exchanger 53 and the absorbing liquid flowing after the heat exchanger 53 as a driving force. This reduces the cost of equipment while reducing the power in the delivery of the absorbing liquid in the regeneration portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2012Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Koji Nakayama, Takahito Yonekawa, Masayuki Inui, Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Osamu Miyamoto, Yoshiki Sorimachi
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Publication number: 20150238893Abstract: There is provided a dehydration-compression system 10 in which CO2 loss is suppressed, and a CO2 recovery system including the dehydration-compression system. The dehydration-compression system 10 of the present invention includes multiple compressors 50 and a dehydration device 60. The dehydration device 60 includes: a contactor 62 which removes H2O contained in CO2 by absorbing the H2O into an dehydration solvent; a recovery part 74 which recovers the CO2 from the dehydration solvent discharged from the contactor 62; and a first circulating passage L31 which carries the CO2 released from the recovery part 74 to the upstream side of the contactor 62.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2014Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Inui, Takahito Yonekawa, Cole Maas, Tatsuya Tsujiuchi
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Patent number: 8974582Abstract: A CO2 recovery system includes an absorber 2 and a regenerator 3. The absorber 2 includes a CO2 absorbing section 21 and a water-washing section 22. The CO2 absorbing section 21 allows flue gas 101 to come into contact with a basic amine compound absorbent 103 so that the basic amine compound absorbent 103 absorbs CO2 in the flue gas 101. The water-washing section 22 allows the decarbonated flue gas 101A in which the amount of CO2 has been reduced in the CO2 absorbing section 21 to come into contact with circulating wash water 104 and to be washed with the wash water 104 so that the amounts of the basic amine compounds entrained in the decarbonated flue gas 101A are reduced. The regenerator 3 releases CO2 from the basic amine compound absorbent 103 the CO2 absorbed therein.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2013Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignees: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., The Kansai Electric Power Co. Inc.Inventors: Hiromitsu Nagayasu, Takashi Kamijo, Takahito Yonekawa, Hiroshi Tanaka, Shinya Kishimoto, Takuya Hirata, Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Masaru Chiyomaru, Koji Nakayama, Masahiko Tatsumi, Yasuyuki Yagi, Kazuhiko Kaibara
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Patent number: 8961665Abstract: There is provided an exhaust gas treatment system including a CO2 recovery unit with further enhanced energy efficiency. The exhaust gas treatment system (1) includes: a CO2 recovery unit (10) including a CO2 absorption column (11), an absorbing solution regeneration column (16), a condensate supply pipeline (15) for supplying condensate, which contains CO2 absorbing solution discharged from the CO2 absorption column (11) to a bottom portion of the absorbing solution regeneration column (16), and a CO2 separation section (22) for performing heat exchange, via a heat exchanger (23), between the CO2 discharged from the absorbing solution regeneration column (16) and the condensate; and an exhaust gas heat exchanger (5) provided on a gas upstream side of the CO2 recovery unit (10) for performing heat exchange between exhaust gas before flowing into the CO2 recovery unit (10) and the condensate.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2012Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Shintaro Honjo, Takahito Yonekawa, Satoru Sugita, Motofumi Ito, Takashi Kamijo, Tatsuto Nagayasu, Takuya Okamoto
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Patent number: 8961664Abstract: A carbon dioxide recovery unit is provided with: an absorption tower for bringing an exhaust gas into contact with a CO2 absorbing liquid to thereby absorb and recover CO2 from the exhaust gas; a regeneration tower for taking out the CO2 from the CO2 absorbing liquid; a CO2 delivery line L3 for delivering the taken-out CO2 to a storage process; and a CO2 return line L5 for returning the taken-out CO2 to the absorption tower. When a CO2 recovery unit and a CO2 compressing device are activated, if a storage process side has some kind of trouble and cannot receive the CO2, a destination part to which the CO2 is delivered from the regeneration tower is switched from the CO2 delivery line L3 to the CO2 return line L5, whereby the CO2 gas is mixed with the exhaust gas in the absorption tower.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2012Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Koji Nakayama, Takahito Yonekawa, Masayuki Inui, Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Yoshiki Sorimachi
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Patent number: 8906141Abstract: An apparatus for separating and recovering CO2 from a CO2 absorbent, includes: a regeneration tower for regenerating the absorbent that has absorbed CO2 by heating it to separate and remove CO2 therefrom and to exhaust CO2 gas; a compressor for compressing the CO2 gas exhausted from the tower; and a heat exchanger for heating the absorbent in the tower by exchanging heat with a part of the compressed CO2 by the compressor which is introduced into the tower. The apparatus may include a plurality of the compressors and a plurality of the heat exchangers. The plurality of compressors is arranged in series to sequentially compress the CO2 gas exhausted from the tower. The plurality of heat exchangers is configured so that each part of the CO2 compressed by the plurality of compressors is introduced to the tower in parallel to exchange heat with the absorbent in the tower.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2012Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Shintaro Honjo, Takahito Yonekawa, Satoru Sugita
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Publication number: 20140250887Abstract: A power generation system using low-grade coal includes a low-grade coal refining facility that heats the low-grade coal to refine the low-grade coal into high-grade coal, a CO2 recovery facility that recovers CO2 from an exhaust gas generated by refining the low-grade coal in the low-grade coal refining facility, while using steam generated by refining the low-grade coal in the low-grade coal refining facility, and a power generation facility that performs the power generation using, as fuel, the high-grade coal obtained by refining the low-grade coal in the low-grade coal refining facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2013Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takahito Yonekawa, Shintaro Honjo, Makoto Susaki
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Publication number: 20140248206Abstract: A CO2 recovery system includes an absorption apparatus that brings a CO2 absorption liquid into contact with an exhaust gas treated by a pre-treatment apparatus so that CO2 in the exhaust gas is absorbed into the CO2 absorption liquid; a regeneration apparatus that separates CO2 from the CO2 absorption liquid; an absorption liquid circulation path that circulates the CO2 absorption liquid between the absorption apparatus and the regeneration apparatus; and an impurity removal unit that removes impurities having a high concentration in the absorption liquid circulation path, in the absorption liquid circulation path and/or in the pre-treatment apparatus in advance.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2013Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Tatsuya Tsujiuchi, Takahito Yonekawa, Shintaro Honjo, Masayuki Inui, Koji Nakayama, Takashi Kamijo, Hiromitsu Nagayasu
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Publication number: 20140241965Abstract: An exhaust gas treatment system includes a CO2 recovery apparatus that recovers CO2 from an exhaust gas exhausted from a boiler or a turbine, a VOC removal apparatus that removes a VOC from the exhaust gas after the exhaust gas is treated by the CO2 recovery apparatus, a heating device that heats the exhaust gas after the exhaust gas is treated by the CO2 recovery apparatus and before the exhaust gas is treated by the VOC removal apparatus, and a cooling device that cools the exhaust gas after the exhaust gas is treated by the VOC removal apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shintaro HONJO, Takahito YONEKAWA, Masayuki INUI, Tatsuya TSUJIUCHI