Patents by Inventor Tomoyuki Mikuriya

Tomoyuki Mikuriya 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).

  • Publication number: 20230356165
    Abstract: [Task] To avoid use of direct fire and suppress CO2 emission when heating a heat medium used to input heat to dehydrogenation reaction of hydrogenated aromatics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshimi OKADA, Kenichi IMAGAWA, Tomoyuki MIKURIYA, Hironori KAWAI, Yusuke NAKAJIMA
  • Patent number: 10167777
    Abstract: Provided is a system and a method which allow hydrogen to be produced both efficiently and in a stable manner when using exhaust gas produced by power generation as a heat source for the dehydrogenation reaction, controlling the temperature of the dehydrogenation reaction within an appropriate range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Chiyoda Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Ikeda, Tomoyuki Mikuriya, Toshiki Furukawa, Yuhi Ozaki
  • Patent number: 10053363
    Abstract: To allow hydrogen to be supplied to a dehydrogenation reaction unit for dehydrogenating an organic hydride by using a highly simple structure so that the activity of the dehydrogenation catalyst of the dehydrogenation reaction unit is prevented from being rapidly reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: CHIYODA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Mikuriya, Kenichi Imagawa, Hironori Kawai, Yusuke Nakajima, Takenori Kanda
  • Patent number: 9884998
    Abstract: A synthesis gas production apparatus (reformer) to be used for a synthesis gas production step in a GTL (gas-to-liquid) process is prevented from being contaminated by metal components. A method of suppressing metal contamination of a synthesis gas production apparatus operating for a GTL process that includes a synthesis gas production step of producing synthesis gas by causing natural gas and gas containing steam and/or carbon dioxide to react with each other for reforming in a synthesis gas production apparatus in which, at the time of separating and collecting a carbon dioxide contained in the synthesis gas produced in the synthesis gas production step and recycling the separated and collected carbon dioxide as source gas for the reforming reaction in the synthesis gas production step, a nickel concentration in the recycled carbon dioxide is not higher than 0.05 ppmv.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignees: JAPAN OIL, GAS AND METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION, INPEX CORPORATION, JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION, JAPAN PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CO., LTD., COSMO OIL CO., LTD., NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN ENGINEERING CO., LTD., CHIYODA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuhei Wakamatsu, Fuyuki Yagi, Tomoyuki Mikuriya, Kenichi Kawazuishi
  • Patent number: 9725656
    Abstract: A synthesis gas production apparatus (reformer) to be used for a synthesis gas production step in a GTL (gas-to-liquid) process is prevented from being contaminated by metal components. A method of suppressing metal contamination of a synthesis gas production apparatus operating for a GTL process that includes a synthesis gas production step of producing synthesis gas by causing natural gas and gas containing steam and/or carbon dioxide to react with each other for reforming in a synthesis gas production apparatus in which, at the time of separating and collecting a carbon dioxide contained in the synthesis gas produced in the synthesis gas production step and recycling the separated and collected carbon dioxide as source gas for the reforming reaction in the synthesis gas production step, a nickel concentration in the recycled carbon dioxide is not higher than 0.05 ppmv.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignees: JAPAN OIL, GAS AND METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION, INPEX CORPORATION, JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION, JAPAN PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CO., LTD., COSMO OIL CO., LTD., NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN ENGINEERING CO., LTD., CHIYODA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuhei Wakamatsu, Fuyuki Yagi, Tomoyuki Mikuriya, Kenichi Kawazuishi
  • Publication number: 20170074163
    Abstract: Provided is a system and a method which allow hydrogen to be produced both efficiently and in a stable manner when using exhaust gas produced by power generation as a heat source for the dehydrogenation reaction, controlling the temperature of the dehydrogenation reaction within an appropriate range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: Chiyoda Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Ikeda, Tomoyuki Mikuriya, Toshiki Furukawa, Yuhi Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20170015553
    Abstract: To allow hydrogen to be supplied to a dehydrogenation reaction unit for dehydrogenating an organic hydride by using a highly simple structure so that the activity of the dehydrogenation catalyst of the dehydrogenation reaction unit is prevented from being rapidly reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Tomoyuki MIKURIYA, Kenichi IMAGAWA, Hironori KAWAI, Yusuke NAKAJIMA, Takenori KANDA
  • Publication number: 20160272895
    Abstract: A synthesis gas production apparatus (reformer) to be used for a synthesis gas production step in a GTL (gas-to-liquid) process is prevented from being contaminated by metal components. A method of suppressing metal contamination of a synthesis gas production apparatus operating for a GTL process that includes a synthesis gas production step of producing synthesis gas by causing natural gas and gas containing steam and/or carbon dioxide to react with each other for reforming in a synthesis gas production apparatus in which, at the time of separating and collecting a carbon dioxide contained in the synthesis gas produced in the synthesis gas production step and recycling the separated and collected carbon dioxide as source gas for the reforming reaction in the synthesis gas production step, a nickel concentration in the recycled carbon dioxide is not higher than 0.05 ppmv.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicants: JAPAN OIL, GAS AND METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION, INPEX CORPORATION, JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION, JAPAN PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CO., LTD., COSMO OIL CO., LTD., NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN ENGINEERING CO., LTD., CHIYODA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuhei Wakamatsu, Fuyuki Yagi, Tomoyuki Mikuriya, Kenichi Kawazuishi
  • Patent number: 9434657
    Abstract: The hydrocarbon synthesis reaction apparatus is provided with a synthesis gas supply line in which a synthesis gas is compressed and supplied by a first compressor, a reactor configured to accommodate a catalyst slurry, a gas-liquid separator configured to separate an unreacted synthesis gas and hydrocarbons discharged from the reactor into a gas and a liquid, a first recycle line in which the unreacted synthesis gas after separation into a gas and a liquid is compressed and recycled into the reactor by a second compressor, and a second recycle line configured to recycle a residual unreacted synthesis gas after separation into a gas and a liquid into the inlet side of the first compressor at the time of start-up operation when the synthesis gas is gradually increased in the amount to be introduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignees: Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, INPEX CORPORATION, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd, COSMO OIL CO., LTD., NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN ENGINEERING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Onishi, Kazuhiko Tasaka, Tomoyuki Mikuriya
  • Publication number: 20140135410
    Abstract: The hydrocarbon synthesis reaction apparatus is provided with a synthesis gas supply line in which a synthesis gas is compressed and supplied by a first compressor, a reactor configured to accommodate a catalyst slurry, a gas-liquid separator configured to separate an unreacted synthesis gas and hydrocarbons discharged from the reactor into a gas and a liquid, a first recycle line in which the unreacted synthesis gas after separation into a gas and a liquid is compressed and recycled into the reactor by a second compressor, and a second recycle line configured to recycle a residual unreacted synthesis gas after separation into a gas and a liquid into the inlet side of the first compressor at the time of start-up operation when the synthesis gas is gradually increased in the amount to be introduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicants: JAPAN OIL, GAS AND METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION, INPEX CORPORATION, NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN ENGINEERING CO., LTD., JAPAN PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CO., LTD., COSMO OIL CO., LTD., JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Onishi, Kazuhiko Tasaka, Tomoyuki Mikuriya
  • Publication number: 20140021094
    Abstract: Heavy hydrocarbons contained in FT off gas of a GTL process are removed by bringing the FT off gas into contact with absorption oil, by introducing the FT off gas into a distillation tower, by cooling the FT off gas or by driving the FT off gas into an adsorbent. A burner tip for heating a reformer tube, using FT off gas as fuel, is prevented from being plugged by the deposition of heavy hydrocarbons contained in the FT off gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicants: JAPAN OIL, GAS AND METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION, INPEX CORPORATION, JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION, CHIYODA CORPORATION, COSMO OIL CO., LTD., NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN ENGINEERING CO., LTD., JAPAN PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Kawazuishi, Fuyuki Yagi, Shuhei Wakamatsu, Tomoyuki Mikuriya
  • Publication number: 20140018450
    Abstract: A synthesis gas production apparatus (reformer) to be used for a synthesis gas production step in a GTL (gas-to-liquid) process is prevented from being contaminated by metal components. A method of suppressing metal contamination of a synthesis gas production apparatus operating for a GTL process that includes a synthesis gas production step of producing synthesis gas by causing natural gas and gas containing steam and/or carbon dioxide to react with each other for reforming in a synthesis gas production apparatus in which, at the time of separating and collecting a carbon dioxide contained in the synthesis gas produced in the synthesis gas production step and recycling the separated and collected carbon dioxide as source gas for the reforming reaction in the synthesis gas production step, a nickel concentration in the recycled carbon dioxide is not higher than 0.05 ppmv.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicants: JAPAN OIL, GAS AND METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION, INPEX CORPORATION, JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION, CHIYODA CORPORATION, COSMO OIL CO., LTD., NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN ENGINEERING CO., LTD., JAPAN PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuhei Wakamatsu, Fuyuki Yagi, Tomoyuki Mikuriya, Kenichi Kawazuishi
  • Patent number: 8403662
    Abstract: A combustion air supply apparatus 9 of alternating heat exchange type supplies combustion air and discharges combustion exhaust gas at a flow velocity of 80 to 200 m/sec. A burner assembly 4 is configured in such a manner that low-caloric fuel gas is pre-heated with heat of pre-combusting high-caloric fuel gas before the low-caloric fuel gas reaches a mixing starting space CA in the combustion chamber where the pre-combusting high-caloric fuel gas and the low-caloric fuel gas come to burn together in a full scale in the mixing starting space CA. When an air amount of the combustion air supplied through the high-temperature air supply ports of the plurality of fuel gas combustion apparatuses is defined as Q1 and an air amount of the pre-combustion air to be mixed with the high-caloric fuel gas, supplied from the fuel gas combustion apparatuses, is defined as Q2, a total air amount (Q1+Q2) is 1.02 to 1.10 times more than a theoretical air amount QS required for combustion, and a ratio of Q2/(Q1+Q2) is 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignees: Chiyoda Corporation, Nippon Furnace Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Mikuriya, Toshiaki Yoshioka, Ryoichi Kawabata, Eiji Watanabe, Nobuhiro Onda, Takeo Nikkuni, Shuhei Wakamatsu, Susumu Mochida, Tadahiro Araake, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20100143854
    Abstract: In a burning air feeding device (9) of alternating heat-exchanging type, the feed of burning air and the discharge of a burned exhaust gas are performed at the speeds of 80 to 200 m/sec. A burner structure (4) is constituted such that a low-calorie fuel gas is preheated with the heat of a precombustion high-calorie fuel gas till the low-calorie fuel gas reaches a mixing starting zone (CA), and such that the precombustion high-calorie fuel gas and the low-calorie fuel gas are burned together in the mixing starting zone (CA). The sum (Q1+Q2) of an air quantity (Q1) fed from the hot air feeding ports of a plurality of fuel gas burning devices and an air quantity (Q2) of a precombustion air to be mixed with the high-calorie fuel gas in the plural fuel gas burning devices is set to 1.02 to 1.10 times as high as the stoichiometric air quantity (Qs) necessary for the combustion, and the ratio (Q2/(Q1+Q2)) is set within the range of 0.011 to 0.047.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicants: CHIYODA CORPORATION, NIPPON FURNACE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Mikuriya, Toshiaki Yoshioka, Ryoichi Kawarata, Eiji Watanabe, Nobuhiro Onda, Takeo Nikkuni, Shuhei Wakamatsu, Susumu Mochida, Tadahiro Araake, Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7393470
    Abstract: Synthesis gas for FT synthesis is produced using a producing apparatus including an active carbon adsorbing vessel for adsorbing impurities in a natural gas, a hydro-desulfurizer for hydrogenating and desulfurizing sulfur content in the natural gas under a condition of a partial pressure of hydrogen of 100 to 200 kPa, a second hydrogen supplying line for supplying hydrogen to the natural gas between the hydro-desulfurizer and a reactor, the reactor for obtaining synthesis gas by reacting the natural gas, carbon dioxide and steam in the presence of a catalyst for reforming, and a heat recovering boiler for cooling the synthesis gas at a cooling rate of 2000 to 4000° C./second.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignees: Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, Sekiyushigen Kamatsu Kabushiki Kaisha, Cosmo Oil Co. Ltd., Chiyoda Corporation, Nippon Steel Corporation, Inpex Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Ihara, Yoshifumi Suehiro, Yasumasa Morita, Kiyoshi Inaba, Toshio Shimizu, Osamu Iwamoto, Tomoyuki Mikuriya, Ryuichiro Kajiyama, Ken-ichiro Fujimoto, Yasuhiro Onishi
  • Publication number: 20050220703
    Abstract: Synthesis gas for FT synthesis is produced using a producing apparatus including an active carbon adsorbing vessel for adsorbing impurities in a natural gas, a hydro-desulfurizer for hydrogenating and desulfurizing sulfur content in the natural gas under a condition of a partial pressure of hydrogen of 100 to 200 kPa, a second hydrogen supplying line for supplying hydrogen to the natural gas between the hydro-desulfurizer and a reactor, the reactor for obtaining synthesis gas by reacting the natural gas, carbon dioxide and steam in the presence of a catalyst for reforming, and a heat recovering boiler for cooling the synthesis gas at a cooling rate of 2000 to 4000° C./second.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: Masaru Ihara, Yoshifumi Suehiro, Yasumasa Morita, Kiyoshi Inaba, Toshio Shimizu, Osamu Iwamoto, Tomoyuki Mikuriya, Ryuichiro Kajiyama, Ken-ichiro Fujimoto, Yasuhiro Onishi