Ngk Insulators, Inc.

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Mazda Motor Corporation

Shigeru Hanzawa

Tsuneo Komiyama

Kouji Ogura

Yutaka Ogawa

Takayuki Ogasawara

Kenji Nakano

Takao Nakagawa

Kazuki Nakanishi

Ikuo Ioka

Ynte Johan Stockmann

Kaoru Onuki

Saburo Shimizu

Masatoshi Futakawa

Yousuke Sato

Naoki Hashimoto

Yoshihiko Kurashima

Hiroto Matsuda

Mihoko Yamashita

Kazuo Kobayashi

Takashi Yasue

Toshihiko Honda

Hitoshi Mori

Mitsugu Suzuki

Michitaka Hidaka

Tsutomu Yamamoto

Kouzi Fusimi

Akihiro Tsuji

Jyunichi Doi

Hiroyoshi Suzumura

A continuous industrial furnace comprising: an inlet; a heating zone; a cooling zone; and an outlet in this order, the continuous industrial furnace being configured to heat-treat a workpiece while conveying the workpiece from the inlet to the outlet, wherein at least a part of the heating zone comprises a furnace wall heat insulation structure, the furnace wall heat insulation structure comprising: an outer wall having one or more gas introducing ports; and a porous thermal insulation layer arranged with a gap on an inner side of the outer wall; and wherein the heating zone further comprises one or more exhaust ports for sucking and discharging the gas after the gas flows into the heating zone of the furnace from the gas introducing ports through the gap and the porous thermal insulation layer In this order and then flows toward the inlet side.

Industrial furnace and method of utilizing heat therefrom

Provided is a technology for uniformly increasing atmosphere temperature while rapidly achieving a desired uniform atmosphere composition. A combustion apparatus is provided with: a combustion part including a combustion space with a combustible gas inlet which is opened toward the combustion space for allowing the entry of a combustible gas, an air inlet which is opened toward the combustion space for allowing the entry of air, and a combustion gas outlet for discharging a combustible gas to the outside; and a regulated gas through channel part including a regulated gas outlet for discharging the gas prepared into a desired composition to the outside, the regulated gas outlet located adjacent to the combustion gas outlet and having an opening facing the combustion gas immediately after being discharged from the combustion gas outlet.

Combustion apparatus, and heating furnace using same

A chemical heat pump includes a reaction section containing a heat storage material, a condensing section enabling a phase transition between water vapor and water, a connecting section connecting the reaction section and the condensing section, a valve adapted to open or close the connecting section, and a first fluid passage. The reaction section contains a plurality of heat storage materials having respective different conversion temperatures at which the heat storage material and the hydrate thereof are converted into each other. The plurality of heat storage materials and the first fluid passage are arranged so that the fluid flowing in the first fluid passage can perform heat exchanges with the heat storage materials in such a manner that the higher the conversion temperature of the heat storage material, the closer the position of the heat exchange to 'the first side' of the first fluid passage.

Chemical heat pump

The 'heat storage material storage container' comprises 'a main body having a longitudinal direction and including a plurality of flow channels therein, the flow channels extending parallel to each other in the longitudinal direction and separated from each other by porous walls' and &#x201c;a heat storage material contained in only one or some of the plurality of flow channels.&#x201d; The plurality of flow channels include &#x201c;a plurality of first flow channels each having an open end on a first side in the longitudinal direction and a closed end on a second side in the longitudinal direction&#x201d; and &#x201c;a plurality of second flow channels each having open ends on both the first side and the second side in the longitudinal direction.&#x201d; The heat storage material is contained in only the first flow channels.

Heat storage material container

This chemical heat pump includes two reaction sections Rand Rcontaining a thermal storage medium; an evaporation-condensation section D containing water or steam; and two fluid channels individually disposed so as to correspond to the reaction sections. A 'first state in which Ris set to a heat-storing state and Ris set to a heat-release state' and a 'second state in which Ris set to a heat-release state and Ris set to a heat-storing state' are alternately applied every time after a first period elapses. For each reaction section, in the heat-release state, a fluid is caused to flow from a first side to a second side of the corresponding fluid channel over a first period; and, in the heat-storing state, a fluid is caused to flow from the second side to the first side of the corresponding fluid channel over a second period.

A kiln tool plate for firing a ceramic material used during the firing of an article to be fired, where at least uneven conformations are imparted to a front surface side on which the article to be fired is mounted and a back surface side, and opening areas are formed. In the ceramic material firing kiln tool plate, the decrease of heat capacity and the reduction of costs can be achieved, a contact area with the article to be fired is decreased to improve outgassing, and the atmosphere can be made uniform to uniformly manufacture the fired article. Above all, the kiln tool plate for firing the ceramic material has excellent thermal shock resistance, creep resistance, high strength at high temperature and oxidation resistance, and enables weight saving.

Kiln tool plate for firing ceramic material

A heating storage structureincludes a plurality of mounting partseach including a mounting faceon which articlesto be heated are mounted, which is a part of the surface of the mounting part; and a fixing partto which the plurality of mounting partsare detachably fixed so that the plurality of mounting partsare stacked while each of spaces Sto Sis left between the mounting faceof one of the mounting partsand the mounting partdisposed adjacent to the one mounting part, and the plurality of mounting partsinclude a mounting partprovided with the mounting facehaving a thermal emissivity which is different from that of the mounting faceof another mounting part

Housing for heating and use method of the same, heating jig and use method of the same, and operation method of heating device

A support for solid phase extraction is provided for preventing the fracture of the porous body of the support and the space between the porous body and its container, and for processing various amounts of liquids to be processed while maintaining the ease of passage of liquid in use. The support for solid phase extraction comprises a ceramic substrate with one or more holes formed therein, and an inorganic porous material, filled in the hole or holes, which is produced by sol-gel transition accompanied by phase transition.

Supports for solid phase extraction

A composite material including a base material and composite portions is provided. The base material includes carbon fibers and carbon, and the composite portions include a plurality of protruding portions, which include at least silicon carbide, and which are formed as islands distributed in the base material on at least one surface of the composite material.

Composite material and production method for composite material

The present invention provides a column for a liquid chromatograph having a honeycomb substrate including holes through which a sample flows and a separation phase filled in the holes. The separation phase is a porous bone structure composed of an inorganic material having open pores formed therein, and the porous bone structure is generated by a sol-gel transition process accompanied by a phase transition.

Columns for chromatograph

The present invention provides a firing furnace () comprising a combusting means () for combusting a fuel (), a firing furnace main body () for firing a member to be fired and exhausting a combustion gas, and a methane reforming device () for reacting a reforming material () composed of a methane sub fuel for reformation () and steam () with a methane reforming catalyst () filled therein while heating the same by the combustion gas for producing a reformed gas () containing hydrogen and carbon dioxide, capable of cutting back the fuel cost.

Firing furnace and firing method

SiC&mdash;C/C composite materials having a suitable kinetic coefficient of friction, good corrosion resistance in strongly oxidizing and corrosive environments, good creep resistance and spalling resistance, and high hardness. The materials are hardly oxidized or abraded even when exposed to high temperatures, while maintaining the excellent impact resistance and light weight of C/C composites. Molten metal pumps using the materials are provided from which components do not dissolve into the molten metal even when used in molten metal and have sufficient thermal impact resistance and oxidation resistance.

SiC&mdash;C/C composite material, uses thereof, and method for producing the same

A member for brakes that has a light weight, shock resistance characteristics, excellent corrosion resistance characteristics etc., high abrasive wear resistance characteristics and is made from fiber-composite material is comprised of an assemblage of yarns in which yarns, containing at least a bundle of carbon fibers and a carbon component other then carbon fiber are three-dimensionally combined and integrally formed so as to avoid separation there between; and matrices made of Si&mdash;SiC-based material filling the spaces between said yarns adjacent to each other within said assemblage of yarns.

Member for brake

A fiber-composite material includes: 55-75 wt % of carbon, 1-10 wt % of silicon and 10-50 wt % of silicon carbide, and the matrices including Si&mdash;SiC-based materials formed integrally among assemblages of yarns include carbon fibers integrally formed and combined three-dimensionally so as not to separate from each other. The fiber-composite material has a coefficient of kinetic friction of 0.05-0.6 and a porosity of 0.5-10%.

Fiber-composite material and method for producing the same

A fiber-composite material ( ) is comprised of a yarn aggregate ( ) in which yam ( A, B) including at least a bundle ( ) of carbon fiber and a carbon component other than carbon fiber is three-dimensionally combined and integrally formed without separation from each other; and a matrix made of Si&mdash;SiC-based materials ( A, B, A, B) filled between the yarn ( A, B) adjacent to each other within the yarn aggregate ( ). A method of preparing fiber-composite material is comprised of the steps of: producing bundles ( ) of carbon fiber by impregnating a component of powdery carbon into the bundles ( ) of carbon fiber, which eventually forms a matrix shape; forming a plastic coat around the bundles ( ) of carbon fiber to obtain an intermediate material; molding the intermediate material to obtain a molded product by making the intermediate material into a yarn-shape and laminating a predetermined amount of the material, or burning the molded product to obtain a burned product; holding the molded product or the burned product and Si, at 1100 to 1400&deg; C. in an atmosphere of inert gas; and heating the molded product or the burned product and Si to a temperature from 1450 to 2500&deg; C., to thereby impregnate Si&mdash;SiC-based material into the inside of pores of the molded product or the burned product. A light and strong composite material is provided, which has excellent shock resistance, corrosion resistance in a strong oxidation and corrosion environments, creep resistance, spalling resistance, wear resistance, a low friction coefficient and a self-restorative ability by which a defect is healed.

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Kagamigahara, Japan

Shigeru Hanzawa