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).
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Publication number: 20220154620Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: N.E. CHEMCAT CORPORATIONInventors: Kazunori KUMAMOTO, Takashi HIHARA
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Patent number: 9079162Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 8, 2011Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignees: BASF SE Ludwigshafen, N.E. CHEMCAT CORPORATIONInventors: Susanne Stiebels, Claudia Wendt, Torsten Neubauer, Edith Schneider, Ryuji Ando, Takashi Hihara, Yasuharu Kanno, Makoto Nagata
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Patent number: 9011809Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 24, 2012Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: N.E. Chemcat CorporationInventors: Tomoaki Ito, Toshinori Okajima, Takashi Hihara, Makoto Nagata
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Patent number: 8741240Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 21, 2011Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: N.E. Chemcat CorporationInventors: Takashi Hihara, Tomoaki Ito, Yasushi Tanaka, Makoto Nagata
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Publication number: 20140044635Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2012Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: N.E. CHEMCAT CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoaki Ito, Toshinori Okajima, Takashi Hihara, Makoto Nagata
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Patent number: 8636959Abstract: 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 aqueousType: GrantFiled: April 1, 2010Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: N.E. Chemcat CorporationInventors: Ryuji Ando, Takashi Hihara, Yasuharu Kanno, Makoto Nagata
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Publication number: 20130230441Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2011Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: N.E. CHEMCAT CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Hihara, Tomoaki Ito, Yasushi Tanaka, Makoto Nagata
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Patent number: 7906449Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 5, 2008Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: N.E. Chemcat CorporationInventors: Ryuji Ando, Takashi Hihara, Yasuharu Kanno, Makoto Nagata
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Publication number: 20100196221Abstract: 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 aqueousType: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2010Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: N.E. CHEMCAT CORPORATIONInventors: Ryuji Ando, Takashi Hihara, Yasuharu Kanno, Makoto Nagata
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Publication number: 20090269265Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2009Publication date: October 29, 2009Applicant: N.E. CHEMCAT CORPORATIONInventors: Ryuji Ando, Takashi Hihara, Yasuharu Kanno, Makoto Nagata
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Patent number: 7501105Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 28, 2005Date of Patent: March 10, 2009Assignee: N.E. Chemcat CorporationInventors: Makoto Nagata, Takashi Hihara
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Publication number: 20080286184Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2008Publication date: November 20, 2008Applicant: N.E CHEMCAT CORPORATIONInventors: Ryuji Ando, Takashi Hihara, Yasuharu Kanno, Makoto Nagata
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Publication number: 20070248517Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2005Publication date: October 25, 2007Inventors: Makoto Nagata, Takashi Hihara