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Katsuya Yamamoto

Katsuya Yamamoto, Kawasaki-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100072140WATER PURIFICATION MATERIAL AND WATER PURIFICATION METHOD EMPLOYING THE SAME - The present invention provides a water purification material capable of selectively adsorbing phosphorus dissolved in wastewater, and also provides a water purification method employing the material. The water purification material comprises a composite metal hydroxide containing iron ions and calcium ions in its structure, and this composite metal hydroxide has a layered structure. In the water purification method of the present invention, the water purification material is brought into contact with wastewater so as to remove and recover phosphate ions in the wastewater.03-25-2010
20100230332ADSORPTION APPARATUS FOR WASTEWATER - An adsorption apparatus for wastewater, having a reaction tank configured to allow adsorption of a resource substance contained in wastewater on an adsorbent to be carried out therein, a supplying device configured to supply wastewater containing the resource substance to the reaction tank, a charging device configured to charge the adsorbent into the reaction tank, a water discharging device configured to discharge a treated water, obtained after the wastewater is removed of the resource substance by the adsorption, from the reaction tank, a adsorbent discharging device configured to discharge the adsorbent having the resource substance adsorbed thereon, from the reaction tank, and an adsorbent flow out preventing device configured to prevent flow out of the adsorbent from the reaction tank during the adsorption.09-16-2010
20100300948WATER TREATMENT EQUIPMENT - According to one embodiment, water to be treated is passed through each of a first reactor vessel and second reactor vessel, phosphorus contained in the water is removed by using an adsorbent, thereafter the liquid held in each of the reactor vessels is discharged from each of a first treated water discharge path and second treated water discharge path, and thus the influence of soluble impurities derived from the water is eliminated. Further, when suspended solids impurities contained in the water are accumulated in the phosphorus adsorbent, the accumulated impurities are eliminated by a reverse cleaning operation using a liquid to be thereafter introduced from a reactor vessel liquid introduction path into the reactor vessel, and hence the influence of the suspended solids in the water on a desorption agent liquid to be thereafter introduced into a crystallization vessel, and containing phosphorus from the phosphorus adsorbent is eliminated.12-02-2010
20100300949WATER TREATMENT EQUIPMENT - According to one embodiment, in order to eliminate impurities, and the like, water to be treated is passed through each of reactor vessels, phosphorus contained in the water to be treated is removed by using an adsorbent, and thereafter the liquid held in each of the reactor vessels is discharged through each of first to third treated water discharge paths, thereby eliminating the impurities, and the like derived from the water to be treated. It is possible to eliminate the influence of the impurities in the water to be treated on the discharged desorption agent liquid containing phosphorus from the phosphorus adsorbent can be eliminated, and hence it is possible to obtain a phosphorus-containing liquid containing no substance other than the recovered phosphoric matter material.12-02-2010
20120024027WATER PURIFICATION MATERIAL, WATER PURIFICATION METHOD, PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER PRECURSOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER PRECURSOR - There is provided a water purification material including: a composite metal hydroxide exhibiting a layered structure and including iron ions, calcium ions, and at least one of nitrogen ions and sulfur ions; and at least one of calcium hydroxide and ferric hydroxide, in which a main peak intensity due to at least one of the calcium hydroxide and the ferric hydroxide measured by x-ray crystal structure analysis is equal to or less than half a main peak intensity due to the layered structure of the composite metal hydroxide.02-02-2012
20120035281PHOSPHORUS-ADSORBING MATERIAL AND PHOSPHORUS RECOVERY SYSTEM - A phosphorus-adsorbing material is produced to include a polymer-based material modified with at least either of a primary and a secondary amine and a metal supported on the polymer-based material, and a phosphorus recovery system is structured by using the phosphorus-adsorbing material.02-09-2012

Katsuya Yamamoto, Kawasaki JP

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20100230343WATER TREATMENT APPARATUS - A water treatment apparatus includes a first treatment tank forming thereon a first, fixed bed includes a powdery phosphorus adsorbent includes an inorganic layered compound, wherein the first bed separates phosphorus and solid matter from the water, and recovers the phosphorus in a state adsorbed on the phosphorus adsorbent in the first bed, a second treatment tank forming a second, fluidized or fixed bed includes the phosphorus adsorbent, wherein the second bed separates phosphorus from the water received from the first treatment tank, and recovers the phosphorus in a state adsorbed on the phosphorus adsorbent in the second bed, and a transferring line configured to transfer the phosphorus adsorbent, having phosphorus adsorbed thereon in the second treatment tank, from the second treatment tank to the first treatment tank.09-16-2010

Katsuya Yamamoto, Kanagawa-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090238746PHOSPHORUS RECOVERY METHOD AND PHOSPHORUS RECOVERY SYSTEM - A phosphorus recovery method and a phosphorus recovery system which can make equipment size small, and can be added easily also to an existing wastewater treatment facility, and can recover phosphorus by low cost, are provided. A phosphorus compound adsorption material includes a nitrogen containing compound which has an amino group at an end of molecular structure, a carrier supporting the nitrogen containing compound, and zinc ion or iron ion fixed to the nitrogen containing compound. After passing water to be treated containing phosphorus to an adsorption tower filled up with this phosphorus compound adsorption material to make phosphorus stick to the phosphorus compound adsorption material, a drug solution for desorption is supplied to the adsorption tower, and phosphorus is desorbed in liquid and is recovered.09-24-2009

Katsuya Yamamoto, Kanagawa JP

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20080263237COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD, SENDING APPARATUS AND METHOD, RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is a communication system, including: a sending apparatus configured to transmit a Digital Visual Interface signal wherein pixel data formed from color data including red data, green data and blue data are disposed successively for the individually same color data through a Digital Visual Interface cable; and a receiving apparatus configured to receive the Digital Visual Interface signal transmitted from said sending apparatus through said Digital Visual Interface cable.10-23-2008

Katsuya Yamamoto, Hyogo-Ken JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090045119POROUS POLYMER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a polymeric porous material characterized in that: the porous material has a bimodal pore size distribution attributable to macropores having a pore size of at least 50 nm and mesopores having a pore size of from 2 nm to less than 50 nm, the proportion of the specific surface area of the macropores to the specific surface area of all pores of the porous material is at least 10%, and the porous material is produced by (1) polymerizing a monomer in the presence of a polymerization initiator using as a porogen a solution obtained by dissolving a polymer having a weight-average molecular weight of at least 100,000 and a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of not more than 1.5 in a good solvent for the monomer, and (2) removing the porogen from the resultant product.02-19-2009

Katsuya Yamamoto, Yokohama-Shi JP

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20090032451AERATION-LESS WATER TREATMENT APPARATUS - An aeration-less water treatment apparatus including an anaerobic reactor which receives sewage to cause the sewage to flow as an upward stream, and an aerobic reactor which receives treated water from the anaerobic reactor to cause the water to flow as a downward stream so that the water contacts aerobic microorganisms and air to aerobically treat the polluted matter in the water, the apparatus further including a suspended sludge section located in a lower part of the anaerobic reactor and in which the anaerobic microorganisms are suspended in the sewage, and a carrier section located in an upper part of the anaerobic reactor and having carriers to which the anaerobic microorganisms are attached, the anaerobic microorganisms having flowed from the suspended sludge section being further attached to the carriers.02-05-2009
20090048103PHOSPHORUS COMPOUND ADSORBENT, PHOSPHORUS COMPOUND ADSORPTION SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF USING PHOSPHORUS COMPOUND ADSORBENT - A phosphorus compound adsorbent; a phosphorus compound adsorption system, wherein the phosphorus compound adsorbed can be desorbed in a neutral solvent; and a method of using the phosphorus compound adsorbent are provided. The phosphorus compound adsorbent includes a nitrogen-containing compound having an amino group at an end of the molecular structure, a support carrying the nitrogen-containing compound, and at least one metal ion selected from the group consisting of a zinc ion, a cupper ion, an iron ion, and a zirconium ion, which is fixed to the nitrogen-containing compound.02-19-2009

Katsuya Yamamoto, Kariya-Shi JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20080299301Pretreatment method of substrate of organic EL element and manufacturing method for organic EL element - The present invention discloses a method for processing a substrate on which transparent electrode made of metal oxide is formed before forming an organic EL element on the transparent electrode. According to the method, the substrate is accommodated in a bake chamber provided with a heater. The substrate is heated while mixed gas of oxygen and nitrogen is introduced into the bake chamber so as to replace the gas in the bake chamber. The mixed gas is introduced into the bake chamber in an amount that is 1/60 or more and 1/15 or less of a whole volume of the bake chamber per minute. According to this method, moisture is removed and an appropriate surface treatment is performed for the transparent electrode of metal oxide at the same time.12-04-2008

Katsuya Yamamoto, Ashigara-Kami-Gun JP

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20120078110ULTRASOUND PROBE - An ultrasound probe comprises: a transducer array having an ultrasound transmission/reception surface; a processing circuit mounted on a signal processing board for processing an ultrasonic echo from a subject received with the transducer array to produce a reception signal; a housing including a transducer array compartment for housing the transducer array at one end and the signal processing board near the transducer array, the housing including a projection at another end projecting in a given direction perpendicular to a center line of an arrangement of the transducer array and a grip between the projection and the transducer array compartment for holding from the given direction, a center of gravity lying in a position away from the center line of the arrangement of the transducer array in the given direction when the ultrasound transmission/reception surface of the transducer array is in a horizontal posture.03-29-2012