Patents by Inventor Takashi Hihara

Takashi Hihara 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: 20220154620
    Abstract: Provided are a selective reducing catalyst for diesels and a diesel exhaust gas purification apparatus in which deterioration of NOx removal performance due to phosphorus poisoning is less likely to occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: N.E. CHEMCAT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunori KUMAMOTO, Takashi HIHARA
  • Patent number: 9079162
    Abstract: Disclosed is a catalyst, preferably for use in selective catalytic reduction (SCR), said catalyst comprising one or more zeolites of the MFI structure type, and one or more zeolites of the BEA structure type, wherein at least part of the one or more zeolites of the MFI structure type and at least part of the one or more zeolites of the BEA structure type respectively contain iron (Fe). Furthermore, an exhaust gas treatment system is described, comprising said catalyst as well as a process for the treatment of a gas stream comprising NOx using said catalyst as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignees: BASF SE Ludwigshafen, N.E. CHEMCAT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Susanne Stiebels, Claudia Wendt, Torsten Neubauer, Edith Schneider, Ryuji Ando, Takashi Hihara, Yasuharu Kanno, Makoto Nagata
  • Patent number: 9011809
    Abstract: An ammonia oxidation catalyst being superior in heat resistance and capable of suppressing by-production of N2O or NOx. The ammonia oxidation catalyst is made by coating at least two catalyst layers having a catalyst layer (lower layer) including a catalyst supported a noble metal on an inorganic base material including any of a composite oxide (A) having at least titania and silica as main components, alumina, and a composite oxide (B) consisting of alumina and silica; and a catalyst layer (upper layer) including a composite oxide (C) consisting of at least silica, tungsten oxide, ceria and zirconia, at the surface of an integral structure-type substrate, wherein a composition of the composite oxide (C) is silica: 20% by weight or less, tungsten oxide: 1 to 50% by weight, ceria: 1 to 60% by weight, and zirconia: 30 to 90% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: N.E. Chemcat Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoaki Ito, Toshinori Okajima, Takashi Hihara, Makoto Nagata
  • Patent number: 8741240
    Abstract: The selective reduction-type catalyst effectively purifies nitrogen oxides contained in exhaust gas from a lean-burn engine such as a boiler, a gas turbine or a lean-burn engine, a diesel engine, even under high SV, as well as having small pressure loss, by supplying by spraying urea water or ammonia water, as a reducing component, to the selective reduction-type catalyst; and an exhaust gas purification apparatus along with an exhaust gas purification method using the same. The selective reduction-type catalyst for selectively reducing a nitrogen oxide by adding urea or ammonia as a reducing agent of the nitrogen oxide to exhaust gas discharged from a lean-burn engine, characterized by coating a catalyst layer including zeolite containing at least an iron element, and a composite oxide of silica, tungsten oxide, ceria and zirconia, as denitration components, at the surface of a monolithic structure-type substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: N.E. Chemcat Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Hihara, Tomoaki Ito, Yasushi Tanaka, Makoto Nagata
  • Publication number: 20140044635
    Abstract: An ammonia oxidation catalyst being superior in heat resistance and capable of suppressing by-production of N2O or NOx. The ammonia oxidation catalyst is made by coating at least two catalyst layers haying a catalyst layer (lower layer) including a catalyst supported a noble metal on an inorganic base material including any of a composite oxide (A) haying at least titania and silica as main components, alumina, and a composite oxide (B) consisting of alumina and silica; and a catalyst layer (upper layer) including a composite oxide (C) consisting of at least silica, tungsten oxide, ceria and zirconia, at the surface of an integral structure-type substrate, wherein a composition of the composite oxide (C) is silica: 20% by weight or less, tungsten oxide: 1 to 50% by weight, ceria: 1 to 60% by weight, and zirconia: 30 to 90% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: N.E. CHEMCAT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoaki Ito, Toshinori Okajima, Takashi Hihara, Makoto Nagata
  • Patent number: 8636959
    Abstract: The present invention is an exhaust gas purification catalyst equipment, and a method of use thereof, formed by arranging a selective catalytic reduction type catalyst for purifying nitrogen oxides in exhaust gas exhausted from lean combustion engines using ammonia or urea as a reducing agent, it is provided with a selective catalytic reduction type catalyst, characterized in that said catalyst comprises a lower-layer catalyst layer (A) having an oxidative function for nitrogen monoxide (NO) in exhaust gas and an upper-layer catalyst layer (B) having an adsorbing function for ammonia on the surface of a monolithic structure type carrier (C), and that the lower-layer catalyst layer (A) comprises a noble metal component (i), an inorganic base material constituent (ii) and zeolite (iii), and the upper-layer catalyst layer (B) comprises substantially none of component (i) but the component (iii), in a flow path of exhaust gas, characterized in that a spraying means to supply an urea aqueous solution or an aqueous
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: N.E. Chemcat Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuji Ando, Takashi Hihara, Yasuharu Kanno, Makoto Nagata
  • Publication number: 20130230441
    Abstract: The selective reduction-type catalyst effectively purifies nitrogen oxides contained in exhaust gas from a lean-burn engine such as a boiler, a gas turbine or a lean-burn engine, a diesel engine, even under high SV, as well as having small pressure loss, by supplying by spraying urea water or ammonia water, as a reducing component, to the selective reduction-type catalyst; and an exhaust gas purification apparatus along with an exhaust gas purification method using the same. The selective reduction-type catalyst for selectively reducing a nitrogen oxide by adding urea or ammonia as a reducing agent of the nitrogen oxide to exhaust gas discharged from a lean-burn engine, characterized by coating a catalyst layer including zeolite containing at least an iron element, and a composite oxide of silica, tungsten oxide, ceria and zirconia, as denitration components, at the surface of a monolithic structure-type substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: N.E. CHEMCAT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Hihara, Tomoaki Ito, Yasushi Tanaka, Makoto Nagata
  • Patent number: 7906449
    Abstract: The present invention is a selective catalytic reduction type catalyst for purifying nitrogen oxides in exhaust gas exhausted from lean combustion engines using ammonia or urea as a reducing agent, it is provided with a selective catalytic reduction type catalyst The catalyst comprises a lower-layer catalyst layer (A) having an oxidative function for nitrogen monoxide (NO) in exhaust gas and an upper-layer catalyst layer (B) having an adsorbing function for ammonia on the surface of a monolithic structure type carrier (C), and that the lower-layer catalyst layer (A) comprises a noble metal component (i), an inorganic base material constituent (ii) and zeolite (iii), and the upper-layer catalyst layer (B) comprises substantially none of component (i) but the component (iii).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: N.E. Chemcat Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuji Ando, Takashi Hihara, Yasuharu Kanno, Makoto Nagata
  • Publication number: 20100196221
    Abstract: The present invention is an exhaust gas purification catalyst equipment, and a method of use thereof, formed by arranging a selective catalytic reduction type catalyst for purifying nitrogen oxides in exhaust gas exhausted from lean combustion engines using ammonia or urea as a reducing agent, it is provided with a selective catalytic reduction type catalyst, characterized in that said catalyst comprises a lower-layer catalyst layer (A) having an oxidative function for nitrogen monoxide (NO) in exhaust gas and an upper-layer catalyst layer (B) having an adsorbing function for ammonia on the surface of a monolithic structure type carrier (C), and that the lower-layer catalyst layer (A) comprises a noble metal component (i), an inorganic base material constituent (ii) and zeolite (iii), and the upper-layer catalyst layer (B) comprises substantially none of component (i) but the component (iii), in a flow path of exhaust gas, characterized in that a spraying means to supply an urea aqueous solution or an aqueous
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: N.E. CHEMCAT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuji Ando, Takashi Hihara, Yasuharu Kanno, Makoto Nagata
  • Publication number: 20090269265
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification method which is capable of purifying nitrogen oxide to be included in exhaust gas from a lean burn engine such as a boiler, a gas turbine or a lean-burn-type gasoline engine, a diesel engine, effectively, in particular, even at low temperature, with spray-supplying an aqueous solution of urea as the reducing component to the selective reduction catalyst. The exhaust gas purification method for reducing selectively NOx in exhaust gas, which is exhausted from a lean burn engine, with a selective reduction catalyst and ammonia, characterized in that an aqueous solution of urea is spray-supplied to the selective reduction catalyst, comprising at least the following zeolite (A) and the hydrolysis promotion component of urea (B), and it is contacted at 150 to 600° C., and ammonia is generated in a ratio of [NH3/NOx=0.5 to 1.5] to NOx in exhaust gas, as converted to ammonia, and a nitrogen oxide is decomposed into nitrogen and water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: N.E. CHEMCAT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuji Ando, Takashi Hihara, Yasuharu Kanno, Makoto Nagata
  • Patent number: 7501105
    Abstract: A NOx removal catalyst comprising a carrier that includes a zeolite, and preferably a ?-zeolite, that has undergone ion exchange with iron, and ferric oxide supported on the carrier. This NOx removal catalyst can be used favorably in a selective catalytic reduction process wherein nitrogen oxides contained in the exhaust gas from a diesel engine are reduced and removed by ammonia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: N.E. Chemcat Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Nagata, Takashi Hihara
  • Publication number: 20080286184
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a technology to purify nitrogen oxides contained in exhaust gas exhausted from lean combustion engines such as diesel engine with ammonia and a selective catalytic reduction type catalyst, and an object of the present invention is to provide a selective catalytic reduction type catalyst which can effectively purify nitrogen oxides even at a low temperature as well as inhibit leak of ammonia, and an exhaust gas purification equipment and a purifying process of exhaust gas using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: N.E CHEMCAT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuji Ando, Takashi Hihara, Yasuharu Kanno, Makoto Nagata
  • Publication number: 20070248517
    Abstract: A NOx removal catalyst comprising a carrier that includes a zeolite, and preferably a ?-zeolite, that has undergone ion exchange with iron, and ferric oxide supported on the carrier. This NOx removal catalyst can be used favorably in a selective catalytic reduction process wherein nitrogen oxides contained in the exhaust gas from a diesel engine are reduced and removed by ammonia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Inventors: Makoto Nagata, Takashi Hihara