Patents by Inventor Takenori KITAURA

Takenori KITAURA 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).

  • Patent number: 11213792
    Abstract: A spiral-wound type gas separation membrane element includes a central tube and a laminate wound around the central tube. Laminate includes at least one structure where a feed-side flow path member, a gas separation membrane, and a permeate-side flow path member are superimposed in this order. Permeate-side flow path member has a thickness of 400 ?m to 1300 ?m. Gas separation membrane is a membrane where a hydrophilic resin composition layer, a porous layer, and a permeate-side surface layer are superimposed in this order. Permeate-side surface layer faces Permeate-side flow path member and has a Young's modulus of 20 MPa to 400 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takenori Kitaura, Yudai Ota
  • Publication number: 20200122090
    Abstract: A spiral-wound type gas separation membrane element includes a central tube and a laminate wound around the central tube. Laminate includes at least one structure where a feed-side flow path member, a gas separation membrane, and a permeate-side flow path member are superimposed in this order. Permeate-side flow path member has a thickness of 400 ?m to 1300 ?m. Gas separation membrane is a membrane where a hydrophilic resin composition layer, a porous layer, and a permeate-side surface layer are superimposed in this order. Permeate-side surface layer faces Permeate-side flow path member and has a Young's modulus of 20 MPa to 400 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Takenori KITAURA, Yudai OTA
  • Patent number: 10441917
    Abstract: Provided is a method for separating, from a raw gas containing a specific gas, the specific gas using a gas separation membrane module. The gas separation membrane module includes a housing and a gas separation membrane element enclosed in the housing. The gas separation membrane element includes a gas separation membrane including a hydrophilic resin composition layer for selectively allowing for permeation of the specific gas. The method includes the steps of: increasing pressure in an interior of the gas separation membrane module; increasing a temperature in the interior of the gas separation membrane module; and feeding a raw gas to the interior of the gas separation membrane module in that order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignees: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, RENAISSANCE ENERGY RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takenori Kitaura, Hisaaki Miyamoto, Yudai Ota, Takehiro Nakasuji, Osamu Okada, Masaaki Teramoto
  • Patent number: 10315156
    Abstract: Provided is a method for separating a specific gas from a raw gas using a gas separation membrane module that includes a gas separation membrane element enclosed in a housing. The element includes a gas separation membrane including a hydrophilic resin composition layer. The method includes: preparing the module; increasing pressure in an interior of the module; increasing a temperature in the interior; and feeding a raw gas to the interior. The layer of the module prepared is adjusted to contain moisture, and a moisture content thereof is an amount that allows an equilibrium relative humidity at a temperature of 23° C. of a gas phase portion in the housing to be 10% RH or more. The raw gas feeding step is performed after the preparation step. The pressure increase step and the temperature increase step are performed after the preparation step and before the raw gas feeding step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takenori Kitaura, Hisaaki Miyamoto, Yudai Ota, Takehiro Nakasuji
  • Publication number: 20190083926
    Abstract: Provided is a method for separating, from a raw gas containing a specific gas, the specific gas using a gas separation membrane module. The gas separation membrane module includes a housing and a gas separation membrane element enclosed in the housing. The gas separation membrane element includes a gas separation membrane including a hydrophilic resin composition layer for selectively allowing for permeation of the specific gas. The method includes the steps of: increasing pressure in an interior of the gas separation membrane module; increasing a temperature in the interior of the gas separation membrane module; and feeding a raw gas to the interior of the gas separation membrane module in that order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicants: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, RENAISSANCE ENERGY RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takenori KITAURA, Hisaaki MIYAMOTO, Yudai OTA, Takehiro NAKASUJI, Osamu OKADA, Masaaki TERAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190083925
    Abstract: Provided is a method for separating a specific gas from a raw gas using a gas separation membrane module that includes a gas separation membrane element enclosed in a housing. The element includes a gas separation membrane including a hydrophilic resin composition layer. The method includes: preparing the module; increasing pressure in an interior of the module; increasing a temperature in the interior; and feeding a raw gas to the interior. The layer of the module prepared is adjusted to contain moisture, and a moisture content thereof is an amount that allows an equilibrium relative humidity at a temperature of 23° C. of a gas phase portion in the housing to be 10% RH or more. The raw gas feeding step is performed after the preparation step. The pressure increase step and the temperature increase step are performed after the preparation step and before the raw gas feeding step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takenori KITAURA, Hisaaki MIYAMOTO, Yudai OTA, Takehiro NAKASUJI