Patents by Inventor Yuusuke HIRAIWA

Yuusuke HIRAIWA 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: 11939549
    Abstract: A biomass solid fuel having low self-heating. In the biomass solid fuel, mutual bonding or adhesion between pulverized biomass particles is maintained and the biomass solid fuel has a maximum reaching temperature of less than 200° C. in a self-heating property test based on the “UNITED NATIONS Recommendations on the TRANSPORT OF DANGEROUS GOODS: Manual of Test and Criteria: 5th revised Edition: Test method for Self-heating substances”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi UBE Cement Corporation
    Inventors: Yuusuke Hiraiwa, Shigeya Hayashi, Nobuyuki Ooi
  • Publication number: 20240002730
    Abstract: A biomass solid fuel manufacturing device (100) includes: a rotary kiln (2) that carbonizes a biomass molded body molded from raw material biomass. The rotary kiln (2) includes a kiln body (20), a raw material supply unit (30) that supplies the biomass molded body to an upstream end portion of the kiln body (20), and an inert gas supply unit (50) that supplies inert gas to an upstream end portion inside the kiln body (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Mitsubishi UBE Cement Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeya HAYASHI, Yuusuke HIRAIWA, Nobuyuki OOI
  • Patent number: 11667863
    Abstract: A biomass solid fuel manufacturing method, including: a heating step of carbonizing a biomass molded body formed by molding raw material biomass, in an external heating type rotary kiln, in which the rotary kiln includes a non-heating zone that is provided on an upstream side of a kiln body and is not provided with a heating unit on an outer circumference, the non-heating zone includes a spiral blade on an inner circumferential surface, and in the heating step, the biomass molded body is introduced to the non-heating zone of the kiln body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI UBE CEMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuusuke Hiraiwa, Shigeya Hayashi, Nobuyuki Ooi
  • Patent number: 11390823
    Abstract: A biomass solid fuel which, when exposed to rain water, has a reduced COD in discharged water and has low disintegration-property, while suppressing an increase in cost. The biomass solid fuel obtained by molding pulverized biomass particles, such that mutual bonding or adhesion between pulverized biomass particles is maintained after immersion in water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeya Hayashi, Hiroshi Amano, Nobuyuki Ooi, Yuusuke Hiraiwa
  • Patent number: 11390822
    Abstract: A biomass solid fuel is provided which, when exposed to rain water, has a reduced COD in discharged water and has low disintegration-property, while suppressing an increase in cost. The present invention relates to a biomass solid fuel obtained by molding pulverized biomass, having a fuel ratio (fixed carbon/volatile matter) of 0.2 to 0.8, dry-basis higher heating value of 4800 to 7000 (kcal/kg), a molar ratio of oxygen O to carbon C (O/C) of 0.1 to 0.7, and a molar ratio of hydrogen H to carbon C (H/C) is 0.8 to 1.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeya Hayashi, Hiroshi Amano, Nobuyuki Ooi, Yuusuke Hiraiwa
  • Patent number: 11198829
    Abstract: A biomass solid fuel with reduced self-heating. An apparatus for manufacturing a biomass solid fuel including a carbonization furnace for carbonizing a biomass molded block to obtain a biomass solid fuel; a yield calculator for calculating a yield of the biomass solid fuel and/or a temperature detector for measuring a temperature of the carbonization furnace; and a controller for controlling a heat source of the carbonization furnace; in which the controller controls the heat source based on a correlation between (i) a self-heating property of the biomass solid fuel and (ii) the yield and/or the temperature of the carbonization furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuusuke Hiraiwa, Shigeya Hayashi, Nobuyuki Ooi
  • Publication number: 20210324285
    Abstract: A biomass solid fuel manufacturing method, including: a heating step of carbonizing a biomass molded body formed by molding raw material biomass, in an external heating type rotary kiln, in which the rotary kiln includes a non-heating zone that is provided on an upstream side of a kiln body and is not provided with a heating unit on an outer circumference, the non-heating zone includes a spiral blade on an inner circumferential surface, and in the heating step, the biomass molded body is introduced to the non-heating zone of the kiln body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Yuusuke HIRAIWA, Shigeya HAYASHI, Nobuyuki OOI
  • Publication number: 20200239800
    Abstract: A biomass solid fuel with reduced self-heating. An apparatus for manufacturing a biomass solid fuel including a carbonization furnace for carbonizing a biomass molded block to obtain a biomass solid fuel; a yield calculator for calculating a yield of the biomass solid fuel and/or a temperature detector for measuring a temperature of the carbonization furnace; and a controller for controlling a heat source of the carbonization furnace; in which the controller controls the heat source based on a correlation between (i) a self-heating property of the biomass solid fuel and (ii) the yield and/or the temperature of the carbonization furnace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Yuusuke HIRAIWA, Shigeya HAYASHI, Nobuyuki OOI
  • Publication number: 20200239799
    Abstract: A biomass solid fuel having low self-heating. In the biomass solid fuel, mutual bonding or adhesion between pulverized biomass particles is maintained and the biomass solid fuel has a maximum reaching temperature of less than 200° C. in a self-heating property test based on the “UNITED NATIONS Recommendations on the TRANSPORT OF DANGEROUS GOODS: Manual of Test and Criteria: 5th revised Edition: Test method for Self-heating substances”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Yuusuke HIRAIWA, Shigeya HAYASHI, Nobuyuki OOI
  • Publication number: 20190119593
    Abstract: A biomass solid fuel which, when exposed to rain water, has a reduced COD in discharged water and has low disintegration-property, while suppressing an increase in cost. The biomass solid fuel obtained by molding pulverized biomass particles, such that mutual bonding or adhesion between pulverized biomass particles is maintained after immersion in water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Shigeya HAYASHI, Hiroshi AMANO, Nobuyuki OOI, Yuusuke HIRAIWA
  • Publication number: 20170218290
    Abstract: A biomass solid fuel is provided which, when exposed to rain water, has a reduced COD in discharged water and has low disintegration-property, while suppressing an increase in cost. The present invention relates to a biomass solid fuel obtained by molding pulverized biomass, having a fuel ratio (fixed carbon/volatile matter) of 0.2 to 0.8, dry-basis higher heating value of 4800 to 7000 (kcal/kg), a molar ratio of oxygen O to carbon C (O/C) of 0.1 to 0.7, and a molar ratio of hydrogen H to carbon C (H/C) is 0.8 to 1.3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Shigeya HAYASHI, Hiroshi AMANO, Nobuyuki OOI, Yuusuke HIRAIWA
  • Patent number: 9523056
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a biomass solid fuel obtained by steam exploding and then molding biomass into biomass blocks and then heating the biomass blocks, wherein the biomass solid fuel has a fuel ratio of 0.2 to 2.5, a dry-based higher heating value of 5,000 to 7,500 (kcal/kg), a molar ratio of oxygen O to carbon C (O/C) of 0.1 to 0.6, and a molar ratio of hydrogen H to carbon C (H/C) of 0.5 to 1.35.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeya Hayashi, Hiroshi Amano, Nobuyuki Ooi, Yuusuke Hiraiwa
  • Publication number: 20150315505
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a biomass solid fuel obtained by steam exploding and then molding biomass into biomass blocks and then heating the biomass blocks, wherein the biomass solid fuel has a fuel ratio of 0.2 to 2.5, a dry-based higher heating value of 5,000 to 7,500 (kcal/kg), a molar ratio of oxygen O to carbon C (O/C) of 0.1 to 0.6, and a molar ratio of hydrogen H to carbon C (H/C) of 0.5 to 1.35.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Shigeya HAYASHI, Hiroshi AMANO, Nobuyuki OOI, Yuusuke HIRAIWA