Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090137400 | SUPERCONDUCTING THIN FILM MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A superconducting thin film material that can realize attainment of an excellent property such as a high J | 05-28-2009 |
20090149330 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUPERCONDUCTING THIN FILM MATERIAL, SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICE AND SUPERCONDUCTING THIN FILM MATERIAL - A method of manufacturing a superconducting thin film material includes the step of forming an intermediate layer, the step of forming one superconducting layer to be in contact with the intermediate layer and the step of forming another superconducting layer by a vapor phase method to be in contact with the one superconducting layer. Between the step of forming the intermediate layer and the step of forming the one superconducting layer, the intermediate layer is kept in a reduced water vapor ambient or reduced carbon dioxide ambient or, between the step of forming one superconducting layer and the step of forming another superconducting layer, the one superconducting layer is kept in a reduced water vapor ambient or reduced carbon dioxide ambient. Thus, the critical current value can be improved. | 06-11-2009 |
20090239753 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUPERCONDUCTING THIN FILM MATERIAL, SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICE AND SUPERCONDUCTING THIN FILM MATERIAL - A method of manufacturing a superconducting thin film material includes a vapor phase step of forming a superconducting layer by a vapor phase method and a liquid phase step of forming a superconducting layer by a liquid phase method so that the latter superconducting layer is in contact with the former superconducting layer. Preferably, the method further includes the step of forming an intermediate layer between the former superconducting layer and a metal substrate. The metal substrate is made of a metal, and preferably the intermediate layer is made of an oxide having a crystal structure of any of rock type, perovskite type and pyrochlore type, and the former superconducting layer and the latter superconducting layer both have an RE123 composition. Accordingly, the critical current value can be improved. | 09-24-2009 |
20090260851 | SUPERCONDUCTIVE THIN FILM MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A superconductive thin film material which achieves good superconductivity by preventing an element diffusion reaction and a manufacturing method of the superconductive thin film material are provided. A superconductive thin film material is provided with a substrate, an intermediate layer with one layer or at least two layers formed on the substrate, and a superconductive layer formed on the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer has a thickness of not less than 0.4 μm. The material for forming the intermediate layer is preferably oxide having a crystal structure, which is at least one of a halite type, a fluorite type, a perovskite type, and a pyrochlore type. | 10-22-2009 |
20100160169 | Superconducting Thin Film Material, Superconducting Wire, and Method of Manufacturing the Same - A superconducting thin film material is provided, including a first superconducting thin film having a surface subjected to smoothing and a second superconducting thin film formed on the surface of the first superconducting thin film subjected to the smoothing. Further, a superconducting wire is provided, including a substrate, an intermediate layer formed on the substrate, and a superconducting layer formed on the intermediate layer, wherein the superconducting layer is made of the superconducting thin film material described above. Furthermore, a method of manufacturing the superconducting thin film material and a method of manufacturing the superconducting wire are provided. | 06-24-2010 |
20120074059 | CLEANING METHOD FOR FILTRATION MEMBRANE AND MEMBRANE FILTRATION APPARATUS - There is provided a cleaning method for a hydrophobic filtration membrane used for membrane filtration of water to be treated such as seawater, discharged water and ballast water including a jelly-like suspended substance and clogged with the suspended substance in the water to be treated, the filtration membrane being brought into contact with limonene-containing water, or backwashing of the filtration membrane with a cleaning liquid being done, and then, a flow having air taken therein being applied onto a surface of the filtration membrane or a water stream from an eductor nozzle being sprayed onto the filtration membrane. There is also provided a membrane filtration apparatus capable of efficiently performing the above-mentioned cleaning method. | 03-29-2012 |
20120118824 | WATER TREATMENT APPARATUS AND WATER TREATMENT METHOD - There is provided a water treatment apparatus, including: first membrane filtration means in which a filtration membrane having an average pore diameter of 1 μm or more is used; second membrane filtration means for treating water filtered by the first membrane filtration means, by using a microfiltration membrane or ultrafiltration membrane; and reverse osmosis membrane filtration means for treating water filtered by the second membrane filtration means. In particular, there is provided a water treatment apparatus, wherein a hydrophobic polymer membrane that is not subjected to hydrophilicizing processing is used as the filtration membrane having an average pore diameter of 1 μm or more. There is also provided a water treatment method that can be implemented by these water treatment apparatuses. | 05-17-2012 |
20130081997 | SEPARATION MEMBRANE FOR SEAWATER DESALINATION PRETREATMENT, SEAWATER DESALINATION PRETREATMENT DEVICE, SEAWATER DESALINATION APPARATUS, AND SEAWATER DESALINATION METHOD - The separation membrane for seawater desalination pretreatment is a separation membrane for seawater desalination pretreatment used in pretreatment for seawater desalination with a reverse osmosis membrane, wherein a standard flux A is 2 m/d or more, which is defined as a maximum value of a flux that can satisfy P | 04-04-2013 |
20130092617 | WATER TREATMENT UNIT AND WATER TREATMENT APPARATUS - A water treatment unit is usable in a water treatment apparatus that performs water treatment using a reverse osmosis membrane. The water treatment unit includes: a casing; a separation membrane mounted in the casing and bent into a pleated shape; a reinforcing member attached to the separation membrane and having a function of reinforcing the separation membrane; a rotating mechanism rotating the separation membrane; and a cleaning device capable of cleaning the separation membrane. The separation membrane has a plurality of island-like portions and a plurality of fiber-like portions extending from the island-like portions and having a width smaller than that of the island-like portions, and an area of the fiber-like portions at a membrane surface is set to be larger than that of the island-like portions. | 04-18-2013 |
20130092618 | SEPARATION MEMBRANE, WATER TREATMENT UNIT AND WATER TREATMENT APPARATUS - A separation membrane is usable in a water treatment apparatus that performs water treatment using a reverse osmosis membrane. The separation membrane includes a plurality of island-like portions and a plurality of fiber-like portions extending from the island-like portions and having a width smaller than that of the island-like portions, and an area of the fiber-like portions at a membrane surface is set to be larger than that of the island-like portions. A water treatment unit includes: a casing; the aforementioned separation membrane mounted in the casing; and a cleaning device attached to the casing and capable of cleaning the separation membrane. The water treatment apparatus includes: a first water treatment unit capable of performing pretreatment of water to be treated; and a second water treatment unit capable of performing main treatment of the water to be treated. The first water treatment unit includes the aforementioned water treatment unit. | 04-18-2013 |