Patents by Inventor Takanori Nakamoto

Takanori Nakamoto 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: 20080209899
    Abstract: An exhaust gas processing method using a device having an air preheater for preheating air for combustion in a combustion device by using an exhaust gas emitted from the combustion device; a gas-gas heater (GGH) heat recovery device composed of a heat transfer tube for recovering the heat of the exhaust gas to a heat medium; a dust collector; a wet-type desulfurization device; a gas-gas heater (GGH) re-heater composed of a heat transfer tube for heating the exhaust gas at its outlet by using the heat medium supplied from the gas-gas heater heat recovery device, which are installed in that order from the upstream to the downstream of an exhaust gas duct of the combustion device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: BABCOCK-HITACHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kouji MURAMOTO, Takayuki SAITOU, Hiromichi SHIMAZU, Takanori NAKAMOTO, Toshio KATSUBE
  • Patent number: 7160527
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for treating an effluent containing ammonia in which method and apparatus N2O concentration in the gas at the outlet of a catalyst tower does not rise to a high level even when the NH3 concentration in the effluent was reduced and the amount of hazardous substances formed is small; in the method and apparatus, an NH3-containing effluent A and a carrier gas (steam C and combustion gas F) are contacted in stripping tower 7 to transfer the NH3 from the NH3-containing effluent to a gas phase, the gas containing the generated NH3 is heated with pre-heater 19 and then contacted with catalyst layer 13 placed in catalyst tower 12 to decompose the NH3 into nitrogen and water; and at that time, the oxygen concentration in the gas to be introduced into catalyst tower 12 and the N2O concentration in the gas discharged from catalyst tower 12 are determined by measuring instruments 21 and 22, respectively, and the oxygen concentration in the gas to be introduced into catalyst tower 1
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Babcock-Hitachi-Kasushiki-Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirofumi Kikkawa, Yasuyoshi Kato, Naomi Imada, Takanori Nakamoto, Shigehito Takamoto
  • Publication number: 20060099902
    Abstract: An exhaust smoke processing system capable of economically removing heavy metal, comprising a air preheater 3 for heating combustion air by exhaust smoke discharged from a boiler 1, a heat recoverer 11 for heating a heat medium by exhaust smoke discharged from the air preheater 3, a dust collector 4 for collecting soot and dust in exhaust smoke discharged from the heat recoverer 11, a wet-type exhaust smoke processing apparatus for processing exhaust smoke discharged from the dust collector 4, a reheater 13 for heating exhaust smoke discharged from the wet-type exhaust smoke processing apparatus by the heat medium, and a heat medium circulation pipe passage 15 for circulating the heating medium between the reheater 13 and the heat recoverer 11, wherein the heating medium circulation pipe 15 is provided with temperature control means which measures a heavy metal concentration in exhaust smoke discharged from any one or more of the dust collector 4, the wet-type exhaust smoke processing apparatus 6 and the rehe
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventors: Hirofumi Kikkawa, Takanori Nakamoto, Toshio Katsube
  • Publication number: 20060008394
    Abstract: An exhaust gas processing device includes an air preheater for preheating air for combustion in a combustion device by using an exhaust gas emitted from the combustion device; a gas-gas heater heat recovery device composed of a heat transfer tube for recovering the heat of the exhaust gas to a heat medium; a dust collector; a wet-type desulfurization device; a gas-gas heater re-heater composed of a heat transfer tube for heating the exhaust gas at its outlet by using the heat medium supplied from the gas-gas heater heat recovery device, which are installed in that order from the upstream to the downstream of an exhaust gas duct of the combustion device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: Kouji Muramoto, Takayuki Saitou, Hiromichi Shimazu, Takanori Nakamoto, Toshio Katsube
  • Publication number: 20050047981
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for treating an ammonia-containing effluent in which the amount of hazardous substances such as NOx formed at the time of starting the operation of the apparatus or even at the time when the concentration of ammonia (NH3) in the gas to be subjected to an NH3 decomposing step (described below) was changed is extremely small; in which method an NH3-containing effluent A and vapor (carrier gas) C are contacted in stripping tower 7 to transfer the NH3 from the effluent to a gas phase, a gas containing the NH3 stripped in the tower is heated with pre-heater 1 and then contacted with catalyst 13 to decompose the NH3 into nitrogen and water, the concentration of the NOx (or N2O) contained in the gas resulted at the NH3 decomposing step is determined, and one or more of parameters (a) the amount of the effluent to be supplied to the stripping step, (b) the concentration of the NH3 contained in the effluent, and (c) the flow rate of the NH3-containing gas contacted with the cataly
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Hirofumi Kikkawa, Yasuyoshi Kato, Shigehito Takamoto, Takanori Nakamoto
  • Publication number: 20030161772
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for treating an effluent containing ammonia in which method and apparatus N2O concentration in the gas at the outlet of a catalyst tower does not rise to a high level even when the NH3 concentration in the effluent was reduced and the amount of hazardous substances formed is small; in the method and apparatus, an NH3-containing effluent A and a carrier gas (steam C and combustion gas F) are contacted in stripping tower 7 to transfer the NH3 from the NH3-containing effluent to a gas phase, the gas containing the generated NH3 is heated with pre-heater 19 and then contacted with catalyst layer 13 placed in catalyst tower 12 to decompose the NH3 into nitrogen and water; and at that time, the oxygen concentration in the gas to be introduced into catalyst tower 12 and the N2O concentration in the gas discharged from catalyst tower 12 are determined by measuring instruments 21 and 22, respectively, and the oxygen concentration in the gas to be introduced into catalyst tower 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventors: Hirofumi Kikkawa, Yasuyoshi Kato, Naomi Imada, Takanori Nakamoto, Shigehito Takamoto
  • Patent number: 6080370
    Abstract: A wet-type flue gas desulfurization method and plant making use of a solid desulfurizing agent in which exhaust gas exhausted from a combustion apparatus such as a boiler is brought into contact with absorbing liquid to absorb sulfur oxide from the exhaust gas into the absorbing liquid followed by neutralization of the absorbing liquid containing the sulfur oxide thus absorbed. The solid desulfurizing agent is selectively retained in an absorbing liquid neutralizing zone and the absorbing liquid, containing water as a main constituent and solid products formed from the absorbed sulfur oxide, is selectively removed from the neutralizing zone. In the neutralizing zone the upward flow of the absorbing liquid, optionally augmented by an upward flow of air or water, forms a fluidized bed of limestone particles, thereby preventing coating of the limestone by gypsum and thereby retaining reactivity of limestone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Babcock-Hitachi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirofumi Kikkawa, Fumito Nakajima, Hiroyuki Kaku, Shigehito Takamoto, Hiroshi Ishizaka, Shigeru Nozawa, Masakatsu Nishimura, Takanori Nakamoto
  • Patent number: 5945081
    Abstract: A wet-type flue gas desulfurization method and plant making use of a solid desulfurizing agent in which exhaust gas exhausted from a combustion apparatus such as a boiler is brought into contact with absorbing liquid to absorb sulfur oxide from the exhaust gas into the absorbing liquid followed by neutralization of the absorbing liquid containing the sulfur oxide thus absorbed. The solid desulfurizing agent is selectively retained in an absorbing liquid neutralizing zone and the absorbing liquid, containing water as a main constituent and solid products formed from the absorbed sulfur oxide, is selectively removed from the neutralizing zone. In the neutralizing zone the upward flow of the absorbing liquid, optionally augmented by an upward flow of air or water, forms a fluidized bed of limestone particles, thereby preventing coating of the limestone by gypsum and thereby retaining reactivity of limestone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Babcock-Hitachi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirofumi Kikkawa, Fumito Nakajima, Hiroyuki Kaku, Shigehito Takamoto, Hiroshi Ishizaka, Shigeru Nozawa, Masakatsu Nishimura, Takanori Nakamoto
  • Patent number: 5788944
    Abstract: Exhaust gas from combustion equipment such as a boiler is brought into contact with an absorbing liquid to absorb sulfur oxide from the exhaust gas into the absorbing liquid. Limestone particles having larger diameters are selectively retained in a zone wherein the absorbing liquid that has absorbed the sulfur oxide from the exhaust gas is neutralized. The absorbing liquid containing water and the gypsum thereby formed, as main constituents, are selectively drained from the neutralizing zone and recycled for renewed contact with the exhaust gas. Because of the possibility of a large decrease of desulfurizing performance due to a variation in the load on the boiler, etc., at least one of the following is monitored: pressure drop across the neutralizing zone, torque of a stirring device, solids concentration in the absorbing liquid, specific gravity of the absorbing liquid and viscosity of the absorbing liquid. Responsive to the monitored parameters outlet SO.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: Babcock-Hitachi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirofumi Kikkawa, Fumito Nakajima, Hiroyuki Kaku, Shigehito Takamoto, Hiroshi Ishizaka, Shigeru Nozawa, Masakatsu Nishimura, Takanori Nakamoto
  • Patent number: 5686053
    Abstract: A wet-type flue gas desulfurization method and plant making use of a solid desulfurizing agent in which exhaust gas exhausted from a combustion apparatus such as a boiler is brought into contact with absorbing liquid to absorb sulfur oxide from the exhaust gas into the absorbing liquid followed by neutralization of the absorbing liquid containing the sulfur oxide thus absorbed. The solid desulfurizing agent is selectively retained in an absorbing liquid neutralizing zone and the absorbing liquid, containing water as a main constituent and solid products formed from the absorbed sulfur oxide, is selectively removed from the neutralizing zone. In the neutralizing zone the upward flow of the absorbing liquid, optionally augmented by an upward flow of air or water, forms a fluidized bed of limestone particles, thereby preventing coating of the limestone by gypsum and thereby retaining reactivity of limestone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Assignee: Babcock-Hitachi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirofumi Kikkawa, Fumito Nakajima, Hiroyuki Kaku, Shigehito Takamoto, Hiroshi Ishizaka, Shigeru Nozawa, Masakatsu Nishimura, Takanori Nakamoto
  • Patent number: 5648048
    Abstract: An elongated absorber housing, including an inlet duct and an outlet duct, is integrally provided on an upper portion of a circulation tank. The absorber is a self-supporting structure supported by only the circulation tank. At least the furthest upstream spraying stage in a spraying zone in the inlet duct includes spray pipes provided with spray nozzles for spraying an absorbing liquid in a direction cocurrent with gas flow, and at least the furthest downstream spraying stage includes spray nozzles for spraying the absorbing liquid in a direction countercurrent to the gas flow. The absorber is an integral structure in which the upper portion of the circulation tank forms a part of the duct, whereby the absorber is self-supportable and, moreover, is of a simple structure, giving it high strength and eliminating of the need for provision of fitments for supporting the absorber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1997
    Assignee: Babcock-Hitachi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kuroda, Fumito Nakajima, Masakatsu Nishimura, Hiroyuki Kaku, Shigeru Nozawa, Shigehito Takamoto, Takanori Nakamoto, Hirofumi Kikkawa, Hiroshi Ishizaka, Atsushi Katagawa, Mitsuharu Kon, Masayuki Yamamoto, Kunikatsu Yoshida
  • Patent number: 5429808
    Abstract: An apparatus for wet process exhaust gas desulfurization including a spraying portion for spreading absorbent slurry including calcium compound, an absorbing tower for bringing the absorbent slurry sprayed from the spraying portion into contact with exhaust gas including sulfur oxides from opposite directions so as to absorb the sulfur oxides in the exhaust gas into the absorbent slurry, a slurry tank disposed below the absorbing tower for receiving the absorbent slurry from the absorbing tower, a plurality of stirrers for stirring each stirrer being an axial flow type agitator having a propeller, and circular system for circulating the absorbent slurry from the slurry tank to the spraying portion. The apparatus further includes a plurality of nozzles for feeding oxidizer gas including oxygen into the absorbent slurry from a backside of each propeller towards a periphery thereof uniformly with respect to a circumferential direction, thereby bubbling the oxidizer gas finely around each propeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1995
    Assignee: Babcock-Hitachi Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kuroda, Shigeru Nozawa, Masakatsu Nishimura, Toshio Katsube, Takanori Nakamoto