Patents by Inventor Tsuyoshi TONO

Tsuyoshi TONO 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: 20250033013
    Abstract: A gas production device that makes it possible to raise the temperature of a reaction unit by separating a removal unit from a reactor. The device has at least two reactors and a removal unit. The two reactors are connected in series and are configured to supply an oxidizing gas containing carbon dioxide, and a reducing gas containing a reducing substance. Each of the reactors accommodates a metal and/or a metal oxide which promotes reduction of the carbon dioxide or the reaction between the carbon dioxide and the reducing substance, thereby generating a valuable carbon substance. The removal unit is connected between the two reactors and has a phase separation mechanism that carries out phase separation of a gaseous component and a separated component including at least one of a liquid component and a solid component produced through cooling, thereby removing products derived from the gas supplied to the reactors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Tono, Masaki Nakamura, Yuki Nakama
  • Publication number: 20240416309
    Abstract: Provided are a gas production apparatus (that is, an industrially advantageous gas production apparatus), a gas production system, and a gas production method that can easily and accurately determine the timing to end a reaction and can operate stably. A gas production apparatus 1 includes: reactors 4a and 4b each of which includes a container 41 through which a substrate gas is capable of passing and a reducing agent layer (packed bed) 42 with which the container 41 is filled and which includes a metal oxide that exchanges oxygen elements with the substrate gas by an exothermic reaction or an endothermic reaction; and a plurality of temperature sensors 4T1 to 4T4 that are connected to each of the reactors 4a and 4b and measure temperatures of a plurality of measurement points of the packed bed 42 along a passage direction of the substrate gas, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki NAKAMURA, Yuki NAKAMA, Tsuyoshi TONO
  • Publication number: 20240059569
    Abstract: A gas production device 1 comprises a connection unit 2 for supplying an exhaust gas including carbon dioxide CO2, a reducing gas supply unit 3 that supplies a reducing gas including H2 that reduces a reducing agent 4R that has been brought into an oxidized state by contact with the carbon dioxide CO2, the reducing agent including a metal oxide that generates CO by reducing the carbon dioxide CO2, and a reaction unit 4 provided with a plurality of reactors 4a to 4d connected respectively to the connection unit 2 and the reducing gas supply unit 3, and with the educing agent 4R that is contained in each of the reactors 4a to 4d, in which the reaction unit 4 being capable of switching between the oxidizing gas and the reducing gas to be supplied to each of the reactors 4a to 4d.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi TONO, Yuki NAKAMA, Masaki NAKAMURA