Patents by Inventor Tomohiko Shirasaki

Tomohiko Shirasaki 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: 10131593
    Abstract: To reduce the emission of carbon dioxide and improve the energy efficiency in a hydrogen supply system. The hydrogen supply system (1) comprises: a reformer (5) for performing steam reforming of a hydrocarbon; a shift reaction unit (6) for producing a gas containing hydrogen and carbon dioxide by causing a water gas shift reaction of a gas obtained from the reformer; a first absorber (36) for absorbing the carbon dioxide contained in the gas obtained from the shift reaction unit in an absorption liquid; a hydrogenation reaction unit (8) for producing a hydrogenated aromatic compound by causing a hydrogenation reaction of an aromatic compound with a gas that has passed through the first absorber; and a regenerator (37) for separating the carbon dioxide from the absorption liquid by re-circulating the absorption liquid from the first absorber and heating the absorption liquid with heat generated from the hydrogenation reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: CHIYODA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshimi Okada, Tomohiko Shirasaki, Osamu Ikeda, Kenichi Imagawa, Hironori Kawai, Masato Shiraga, Tatsuo Ishiyama
  • Publication number: 20160176784
    Abstract: To reduce the emission of carbon dioxide and improve the energy efficiency in a hydrogen supply system. The hydrogen supply system (1) comprises: a reformer (5) for performing steam reforming of a hydrocarbon; a shift reaction unit (6) for producing a gas containing hydrogen and carbon dioxide by causing a water gas shift reaction of a gas obtained from the reformer; a first absorber (36) for absorbing the carbon dioxide contained in the gas obtained from the shift reaction unit in an absorption liquid; a hydrogenation reaction unit (8) for producing a hydrogenated aromatic compound by causing a hydrogenation reaction of an aromatic compound with a gas that has passed through the first absorber; and a regenerator (37) for separating the carbon dioxide from the absorption liquid by re-circulating the absorption liquid from the first absorber and heating the absorption liquid with heat generated from the hydrogenation reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshimi Okada, Tomohiko Shirasaki, Osamu Ikeda, Kenichi Imagawa, Hironori Kawai, Masato Shiraga, Tatsuo Ishiyama