Patents by Inventor Tatsuo Kabata

Tatsuo Kabata 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).

  • Biomass gasifycation furnace and system for methanol synthesis using gas produced by gasifying biomass
    Patent number: 6991769
    Abstract: Methanol is synthesized from a gas produced through gasification of biomass serving as a raw material, making use of a biomass feeding means for feeding biomass into a furnace main body and, located above the biomass feeding means, combustion-oxidizing-agent-feeding means for feeding into the furnace main body a combustion-oxidizing agent containing oxygen or a mixture of oxygen and steam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shozo Kaneko, Susumu Sato, Yoshinori Kobayashi, Tatsuo Kabata, Kazuto Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki Takeuchi, Kimishiro Tokuda, Akira Hashimoto, Katsuhiko Shinoda, Keiji Takeno, Shinji Matsumoto, Hideaki Ohta, Tsugio Yamamoto, Masayasu Sakai, Toshiyuki Takegawa, Yajyuro Seike
  • Method and apparatus for producing methanol making use of biomass material
    Patent number: 6645442
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing methanol making use of biomass material, which method is capable of making effective use of produced carbon monoxide without deteriorating efficiency of methanol production. The invention also provides an apparatus for producing methanol. In the method for producing methanol making use of biomass material including gasifying biomass to produce a gas and producing methanol from the produced gas, water is electrolyzed by means of a water electrolysis unit operated by electric power generated from a sunlight power-generation unit or a wind power-generation unit, and hydrogen gas generated through electrolysis of the water is supplied to the raw material gas such that the amount of hydrogen is adjusted to at least twice the amount of carbon monoxide contained in the produced gas, to thereby produce methanol in a methanol synthesis column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shozo Kaneko, Yoshinori Kobayashi, Tatsuo Kabata, Takeshi Aruga
  • Biomass gasifycation furnace and system for methanol synthesis using gas produced by gasifying biomass
    Publication number: 20020159929
    Abstract: Methanol is synthesized from a gas produced through gasification of biomass serving as a raw material, making use of a biomass feeding means for feeding biomass into a furnace main body and, located above the biomass feeding means, combustion-oxidizing-agent-feeding means for feeding into the furnace main body a combustion-oxidizing agent containing oxygen or a mixture of oxygen and steam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Shozo Kaneko, Susumu Sato, Yoshinori Kobayashi, Tatsuo Kabata, Kazuto Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki Takeuchi, Kimishiro Tokuda, Akira Hashimoto, Katsuhiko Shinoda, Keiji Takeno, Shinji Matsumoto, Hideaki Ohta, Tsugio Yamamoto, Masayasu Sakai, Toshiyuki Takegawa, Yajyuro Seike
  • Method and apparatus for producing methanol making use of biomass material
    Publication number: 20020087037
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing methanol making use of biomass material, which method is capable of making effective use of produced carbon monoxide without deteriorating efficiency of methanol production. The invention also provides an apparatus for producing methanol. In the method for producing methanol making use of biomass material including gasifying biomass to produce a gas and producing methanol from the produced gas, water is electrolyzed by means of a water electrolysis unit operated by electric power generated from a sunlight power-generation unit or a wind power-generation unit, and hydrogen gas generated through electrolysis of the water is supplied to the raw material gas such that the amount of hydrogen is adjusted to at least twice the amount of carbon monoxide contained in the produced gas, to thereby produce methanol in a methanol synthesis column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shozo Kaneko, Yoshinori Kobayashi, Tatsuo Kabata, Takeshi Aruga