Patents by Inventor Tatsuharu Arai

Tatsuharu Arai 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: 7468466
    Abstract: A process for producing hexafluoroethane, comprising a step of distilling a crude hexafluoroethane containing chlorine compounds each having two carbon atoms to distill out hexafluoroethane as a top flow from the top of a distillation column and separate a hexafluoroethane mixture containing the chlorine compounds as a bottom flow from the bottom, and a step of contacting the bottom flow with hydrogen fluoride in the gas phase at a temperature of 300 to 500° C. in the presence of a fluorination catalyst to fluorinate the chlorine compounds. This process provides hexafluoroethane which can be used mainly as a cleaning gas in the production process of a semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Show A Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Hiromoto Ohno, Tatsuharu Arai
  • Publication number: 20060252970
    Abstract: A process for producing hexafluoroethane, comprising a step of distilling a crude hexafluoroethane containing chlorine compounds each having two carbon atoms to distill out hexafluoroethane as a top flow from the top of a distillation column and separate a hexafluoroethane mixture containing the chlorine compounds as a bottom flow from the bottom, and a step of contacting the bottom flow with hydrogen fluoride in the gas phase at a temperature of 300 to 500° C. in the presence of a fluorination catalyst to fluorinate the chlorine compounds. This process provides hexafluoroethane which can be used mainly as a cleaning gas in the production process of a semiconductor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2004
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Hiromoto Ohno, Tatsuharu Arai
  • Patent number: 6752975
    Abstract: Denitrated combustion exhaust gas is desulfurized with ammonia, the waste water obtained from washing the desulfurization waste water or dust ash is filtered using calcium carbonate, the pH of the filtrate is adjusted, carbon dioxide and/or aqueous carbonic acid is added and then a flocculating agent is added, and ammonia is recovered from the supernatant after precipitation and separation of the solid portion. The recovered ammonia is added to the denitrated gas for treatment of the combustion exhaust gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Toshio Ohi, Yoshiharu Mizuno, Tatsuharu Arai, Koichi Nishimura, Tsunekichi Kuriyama, Yasuaki Toyomasu, Toshitaka Hiro
  • Publication number: 20020155038
    Abstract: Denitrated combustion exhaust gas is desulfurized with ammonia, the waste water obtained from washing the desulfurization waste water or dust ash is filtered using calcium carbonate, the pH of the filtrate is adjusted, carbon dioxide and/or aqueous carbonic acid is added and then a flocculating agent is added, and ammonia is recovered from the supernatant after precipitation and separation of the solid portion. The recovered ammonia is added to the denitrated gas for treatment of the combustion exhaust gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Toshio Ohi, Yoshiharu Mizuno, Tatsuharu Arai, Koichi Nishimura, Tsunekichi Kuriyama, Yasuaki Toyomasu, Toshitaka Hiro
  • Patent number: 6414204
    Abstract: In a process for production of allyl chloride whereby allyl alcohol and hydrogen chloride are reacted in the presence of a catalyst and the resulting allyl chloride is distilled off from the reaction system, the by-production of diallyl ether is suppressed by lowering the molar concentration ratio of hydrogen chloride with respect to allyl alcohol in the reaction solution ([AAL]½/[HCL]).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Kenji Usui, Shoichi Oishi, Toshitaka Hiro, Tatsuharu Arai
  • Publication number: 20020045784
    Abstract: In a process for production of allyl chloride whereby allyl alcohol and hydrogen chloride are reacted in the presence of a catalyst and the resulting allyl chloride is distilled off from the reaction system, the by-production of diallyl ether is suppressed by lowering the molar concentration ratio of hydrogen chloride with respect to allyl alcohol in the reaction solution ([AAL]½/[HCL]).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: Kenji Usui, Shoichi Oishi, Toshitaka Hiro, Tatsuharu Arai
  • Patent number: 6274782
    Abstract: A purification method for purifying hexafluoroethane, comprising a step of making hexafluoroethane containing impurities of hydrofluorocarbons including two carbon atoms in a molecule contact a zeolite having a mean micropore size in a range of 3.5 Å to 11 Å and a silicon/aluminum ratio of not more than 1.5 or an adsorbent comprising the above-described zeolite and a carbonaceous adsorbent having a mean micropore size in a range of 3.5 Å to 11 Å, thereby reducing said hydrofluorocarbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Hiromoto Ohno, Tetsuo Nakajo, Toshio Ohi, Tatsuharu Arai
  • Patent number: 6118030
    Abstract: A process for producing dichloroacetoxypropane comprising reacting allyl acetate with chlorine in a gaseous phase in the presence of a catalyst. The dichloroacetoxypropane obtained may be converted to dichloropropanol and epichlorohydrin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Takanori Aoki, Takami Ohe, Haruki Ishikami, Taketoshi Naitoh, Tatsuharu Arai
  • Patent number: 5892134
    Abstract: A production method of perfluorocarbon comprising a main reaction step of making a hydrofluorocarbon and fluorine gas of raw materials react in vapor phase with each other to obtain a reaction product gas containing a perfluorocarbon and residual fluorine gas, and a fluorine gas removing step of making the reaction product gas effluent from the main reaction step contact a hydrofluorocarbon having a chemical equivalent not less than 1.1 mol times a chemical equivalent of the fluorine gas contained in the reaction product gas, thereby removing the fluorine gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Hiromoto Ohno, Tetsuo Nakajo, Toshio Ohi, Tatsuharu Arai
  • Patent number: 5714648
    Abstract: A process for producing tetrafluoromethane which comprises reacting a hydrofluorocarbon containing one carbon atom in the molecule with fluorine gas at an elevated temperature in a vapor phase in the presence of a diluent gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Hiromoto Ohno, Tetsuo Nakajo, Tatsuharu Arai, Toshio Ohi
  • Patent number: 5710351
    Abstract: A process for producing hexafluoroethane which comprises reacting a hydrofluorocarbon containing two carbon atoms in the molecule with fluorine gas at an elevated temperature in a vapor phase in the presence of a diluent gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Hiromoto Ohno, Tetsuo Nakajo, Tatsuharu Arai, Toshio Ohi
  • Patent number: 5675046
    Abstract: A process for producing perfluorocarbons which comprises a step of contacting a hydrofluorocarbon with fluorine gas in a vapor phase at an elevated reaction temperature in a first reaction zone to obtain a gaseous reaction mixture; and a step of introducing the gaseous reaction mixture as a diluent gas into a second reaction zone and contacting the same therein at an elevated reaction temperature with a hydrofluorocarbon fed to the second reaction zone if necessary together with fluorine gas, the hydrofluorocarbon fed to the second reaction zone being different from the hydrofluorocarbon reacted in the first reaction zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Hiromoto Ohno, Tetsuo Nakajo, Tatsuharu Arai, Toshio Ohi
  • Patent number: 5382724
    Abstract: A process for purifying 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane which comprises allowing an HF-containing 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane-concentrated fraction to contact at a low temperature with hydrofluoric acid which is an extraction solvent and has an HF concentration equal to or higher than an HF concentration at a water-HF azeotropic point, thereby effecting two-phase separation, and subsequently recovering 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane from the separated lower phase, wherein hydrofluoric acid to be used as the extraction solvent has a concentration of from 38 to 70% by weight, and the extraction and two-phase separation steps are effected at a temperature of from -35.degree. to 35.degree. C. According to the purification process, HF can be recovered economically from a 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane fraction containing a small amount of HF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1995
    Assignee: Showa Denko Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiromoto Ohno, Tatsuharu Arai, Koichi Katamura, Sadayoshi Yuge, Haruyuki Kawai, Yasuaki Morito
  • Patent number: 5345015
    Abstract: A process for producing 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane from trichloroethylene and HF, which comprises introducing products of a reaction of trichloroethylene with HF, and products of a reaction of 1,1,1-trifluoro-2-chloroethane with HF into a first distillation column either separately or as a mixture thereof, recovering HCl as a distillate from the top of the first distillation column, and introducing the remainder into a second distillation column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1994
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Hiromoto Ohno, Makoto Miyamura, Tatsuharu Arai, Kazuo Muramaki, Toshio Ohi
  • Patent number: 5276223
    Abstract: A process for producing 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane through a reaction of trichloroethylene with HF, which comprises the steps of:(a) allowing trichloroethylene to react with HF in a first reactor to form 1,1,1-trifluoro-2-chloroethane,(b) allowing 1,1,1-trifluoro-2-chloroethane to react with HF in a second reactor to form 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane,(c) introducing the products of the above steps (a) and (b) into a first distillation column where the products are separated into a distillate containing 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane and HCl as main components, a side-cut fraction containing 1,1,1-trifluoro-2-chloroethane and HF as main components and a bottom liquid containing HF as a main component and a small amount of trichloroethylene, and(d) introducing the distillate of the above step (c) into a second distillation column where HCl is recovered as a distillate and a 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane fraction containing small amounts of 1,1,1-trifluoro-2-chloroethane and HF is discharged from the bottom of the second dis
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1994
    Assignee: Showa Denko Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiromoto Ohno, Tatsuharu Arai, Kazuo Muramaki, Toshio Ohi, Hidetoshi Nakayama, Yoshitaka Shohji
  • Patent number: 5227541
    Abstract: A process for purifying 2,3-dichloro-1-propanol is disclosed, which comprises introducing a chlorination reaction mixture obtained by chlorination of allyl alcohol in a hydrochloric acid aqueous solution in a reactor, to a degassing tower, where hydrogen chloride is released, returning the hydrogen chloride to the chlorination reactor, cooling the residual liquid to separate into an aqueous layer and an oily layer, and returning the aqueous layer to the chlorination reactor while recovering 2,3-dichloro-1-propanol from the oily layer, wherein said oily layer is introduced to a first distillation tower, where hydrogen chloride, part of the produced 2,3-dichloro-1-propanol, and other low-boiling components are recovered as a distillate, cooling the distillate to separate it into an aqueous layer and an oily layer, returning the aqueous layer of the distillate to the chlorination reactor, and recovering 2,3-dichloro-1-propanol from the oily layer of the distillate and a high-boiling fraction of the first distill
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1993
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Toshio Mori, Hiromitu Nojima, Koji Kudo, Tatsuharu Arai