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Hidekazu Arikawa

Hidekazu Arikawa, Toyota-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110012296METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBON NANOFIBER SUPPORTING METAL FINE PARTICLE - A main object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a carbon nanofiber supporting a metal fine particle in which the metal fine particles are supported in high dispersion and sintering of the metal fine particles is restrained. The present invention attains the object by providing a method for producing a carbon nanofiber supporting a metal fine particle comprising a step of: spinning a material composition which contains a nitrogen-containing polymer, including a nittrogen element and capable of forming a carbon nanofiber, and an organometallic compound by an electro spinning process, and the spinning is conducted under a condition which keeps the nitrogen element remained to the carbon nanofiber and allows the formation of the carbon nanofiber.01-20-2011

Hidekazu Arikawa, Aichi JP

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20110008694HYDROGEN GENERATOR, AMMONIA-BURNING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, AND FUEL CELL - A hydrogen generator that can be operated in a broad temperature range is disclosed, which comprises a first ammonia conversion part having a hydrogen-generating material which reacts with ammonia in a first temperature range so as to generate hydrogen; a second ammonia conversion part having an ammonia-decomposing catalyst which decomposes ammonia into hydrogen and nitrogen in a second temperature range; an ammonia supply part which supplies ammonia; and an ammonia supply passage which supplies ammonia from said ammonia supply part to the first and second ammonia conversion parts. The first temperature range includes temperatures lower than the second temperature range, and hydrogen is generated from ammonia by selectively using the first and second ammonia conversion parts. An ammonia-burning internal combustion engine and a fuel cell having the hydrogen generator are also disclosed.01-13-2011
20110283960AMMONIA-ENGINE SYSTEM - An ammonia-engine system is capable of supplying an ammonia cracking catalyst with a temperature necessary to promote a reaction even during low load operation in which a temperature of an exhaust gas from an ammonia engine is lower than an operating temperature of the ammonia cracking catalyst. In an ammonia-engine system provided with an ammonia engine (11-24-2011

Hidekazu Arikawa, Susono-Shi JP

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20090062506CATALYST USING HYDRAZONE COMPOUND, HYDRAZONE POLYMER COMPOUND, AND CATALYST USING HYDRAZONE POLYMER COMPOUND - A catalyst obtained by calcining a hydrazone metal complex in which at least one catalytic metal species is coordinated to a hydrazone compound represented by a General Formula (1) below, a hydrazone polymer compound including at least a structural unit derived from a hydrazone compound represented by the General Formula (1) below as a repeating unit, and a catalyst obtained by calcining a hydrazone polymer metal complex in which at least one catalytic metal species is coordinated to a hydrazone polymer compound including at least a structural unit derived from a hydrazone compound represented by the General Formula (1) below:03-05-2009
20090062507HYDRAZONE COMPOUND, HYDRAZONE COMPOUND FOR FORMING COMPLEX, LIGAND FOR FORMING METAL COMPLEX, AND MONOMER FOR MANUFACTURING POLYMER COMPOUND - A hydrazone compound represented by a General Formula (1) below, a hydrazone compound for forming a metal complex, which is represented by the General Formula (1) below and forms a metal complex by coordination to at least one metal species, a ligand for forming a metal complex including the hydrazone compound, and a monomer for manufacturing a polymer compound including the hydrazone compound:03-05-2009
20090181279FUEL FOR FUEL CELL, AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - Fuel for a fuel cell includes a main fuel that includes at least hydrogen and carbon, and a fuel additive formed of a hydrogen-containing compound that has a redox potential lower than that of hydrogen. A fuel cell system includes an electrolyte, an anode arranged on one side of the electrolyte and a cathode arranged on the other side of the electrolyte, and a fuel supply source that supplies the main fuel and the fuel additive.07-16-2009
20100092826FUEL CELL AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell has an electrolyte, an anode provided on one side of the electrolyte and a cathode provided on the other side of the electrolyte, and a fuel passage which is formed so as to contact the anode and through which fuel flows. A substance having an ion-conducting property is mixed in with the fuel that flows through the fuel passage. For example, fuel is supplied to the fuel passage from a fuel supply apparatus, while a substance having an ion-conducting property is supplied to the fuel passage from an ion-conducting substance supply apparatus.04-15-2010
20100210742MICROPHASE-SEPARATED STRUCTURE MEMBRANE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided is a microphase-separated structure membrane including a block copolymer in which a hydrophilic polymer component and a hydrophobic polymer component are coupled to each other via a structural unit having a reactive group, an electron acceptor or electron donor, or a dye. In the microphase-separated structure membrane, a cylinder structure composed of the hydrophilic polymer component lies in a matrix composed of the hydrophobic polymer component and is oriented in the direction perpendicular to the membrane surface, and the structural unit having a reactive group, an electron acceptor or electron donor, or a dye lies between the matrix and the cylinder structure.08-19-2010
20100260655AMMONIA SYNTHESIS APPARATUS AND PROCESS - An ammonia synthesis apparatus includes: a first gas channel; a second gas channel disposed outside the first gas channel; a third gas channel disposed outside the second gas channel; an air supply unit that supplies air to the second or third gas channel; a water supply unit that supplies water to the first gas channel; and a heat supply unit that supplies heat to the first gas channel. A metal or a metal oxide that reduces water to produce hydrogen is placed in the first gas channel. An ammonia synthesis catalyst is placed in the second gas channel located downstream of the downstream end portion of the first gas channel. The second and third gas channels are at least partially partitioned by an oxygen permeation membrane, or a nitrogen permeation membrane, so that oxygen is supplied to the third gas channel, and nitrogen is supplied to the second gas channel.10-14-2010
20110220515WATER SPLITTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A water-splitting apparatus and method generating hydrogen and oxygen at separate electrodes have a structure enabling a photo catalytic reaction to be efficiently performed. The apparatus includes a photolysis element having an N-type water-splitting electrode surface and a P-type water-splitting electrode surface at the opposite side surface to the N-type water-splitting electrode surface, a hydrogen generating cell holding the N-type water-splitting electrode surface and collecting the hydrogen generated at that water-splitting electrode surface, and an oxygen generating cell holding the P-type water-splitting electrode surface, collecting the oxygen generated at that water-splitting electrode surface, and adjoining the hydrogen generating cell across the photolysis element. The photolysis element has through holes enabling circulation of water between the hydrogen and oxygen generating cells. The through holes are arranged so that light irradiated on one of the N-type and P-type water-splitting electrode surfaces does not pass through to the opposite side water-splitting electrode surface.09-15-2011
20110236782FUEL CELL SYSTEM - The power generation performance of a fuel cell is improved by reducing a concentration overvoltage of an anode, without increasing the cost thereof. A fuel cell system is provided with a fuel cell that generates electricity by means of electrochemical reactions between a fuel containing liquefied ammonia and an oxidizing agent, a fuel supply unit that supplies the fuel to the fuel cell, an oxidizing agent supply unit that supplies the oxidizing agent to the fuel cell, a temperature measurement unit that measures the temperature of the fuel cell, and a control unit that controls the pressure of the fuel to be supplied from the fuel supply unit to the fuel cell in accordance with the temperature of the fuel cell.09-29-2011
20110286907AMMONIA SYNTHESIS PROCESS - The invention provides a process for efficient synthesis of ammonia. The process includes a water-splitting step in which water is decomposed to obtain a first source gas comprising hydrogen and oxygen, a first oxygen removal step in which the oxygen contained in the first source gas is at least partially separated and removed by an oxygen separating membrane or hydrogen separating membrane to obtain a second source gas having a lower oxygen concentration than the first source gas, a second oxygen removal step in which the oxygen in the second source gas is reacted with hydrogen to produce water for removal, or is adsorbed onto an adsorption medium for removal, to obtain a third source gas having a lower oxygen concentration than the second source gas, and an ammonia synthesis step in which the hydrogen in the third source gas is reacted with nitrogen to synthesize ammonia.11-24-2011
20110297531HYDROGEN GENERATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF USING SAME - The present invention provides a hydrogen generation device using a photocatalyst to generate hydrogen from liquid water or water vapor and a method of using the same. The hydrogen generation device of the present invention has a water channel through which liquid water or water vapor flows, and which has an outer circumferential wall made at least in part of a transparent material; a hydrogen channel through which hydrogen flows and which is located at the inner circumference side of the water channel; a hydrogen separating membrane forming at least part of a wall between the water channel and hydrogen channel, separating hydrogen from the liquid water or water vapor in the water channel, and providing the hydrogen to the hydrogen channel; and a photocatalyst layer arranged on least at part of the water channel-side surface of the hydrogen separating membrane.12-08-2011
20110300065APPARATUS FOR PURIFYING HYDROGEN AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - An apparatus and method purify hydrogen from a mixed fluid containing gaseous hydrogen, gaseous oxygen, and liquid water. The apparatus has a mixed fluid channel through which the mixed fluid flows; a first gas channel through which a mixed gas containing gaseous hydrogen and gaseous oxygen flows; a second gas channel through which gaseous hydrogen or oxygen flows; a gas-liquid separating membrane forming a wall between the mixed fluid channel and the first gas channel, separating the mixed gas from the mixed fluid of the mixed fluid channel, and providing the separated mixed gas to the first gas channel; and a hydrogen or oxygen separating membrane forming a wall between the first gas channel and the second gas channel, separating gaseous hydrogen or oxygen from the mixed gas of the first gas channel, and providing the separated gaseous hydrogen or oxygen to the second gas channel.12-08-2011

Patent applications by Hidekazu Arikawa, Susono-Shi JP

Hidekazu Arikawa, Shizuoka-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110236779FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system whose fuel loss caused by the crossover of the fuel is small and which can be operated economically. The fuel cell system includes a fuel cell 09-29-2011

Hidekazu Arikawa, Nagoya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110306489AMMONIA DECOMPOSITION CATALYST - Disclosed is an ammonia decomposition catalyst which is obtained by heat-treating a complex at a temperature of 360° C. to 900° C. in a reducing atmosphere, wherein the complex containing a polymer having a molecular weight of 1,000 to 500,000 represented by the formula [I], a transition metal coordinated with the polymer, and an activated carbon or a carbon nanotube added thereto. In a case of using the carbon nanotube, an alkali metal compound or an alkaline earth metal compound is added to the heat-treated complex. R12-15-2011