IP Library Granted Patent US 12,371,799
Granted Patent B2
US 12,371,799 · App. 17/284,522 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Acidic treatment liquid processing apparatus, acidic treatment liquid processing method, surface treatment system, and surface treatment method

Inventors: Koji Imasaka (Tokyo, JP); Hiroaki Mikawa (Tokyo, JP); Kohei Kawasaki (Tokyo, JP); Mitsuhiro Ishigaki (Tokyo, JP); Masahiko Nagai (Tokyo, JP); Hidehiko Tajima (Tokyo, JP); Ayako Ureshino (Tokyo, JP); Kaoru Egawa (Tokyo, JP); Akihiro Sakanishi (Tokyo, JP); Taisuke Miyazaki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
C23G1/36B01D61/44B01D61/54C23C22/24C23C22/86C23G1/125B01D61/445B01D2311/24B01D2311/252B01D2311/2532B01D2311/2623B01D2311/2684B01D2313/32B01D2313/345B01D2317/08C02F1/4693
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Patent No.
US 12,371,799
App. No.
17/284,522
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An acidic treatment liquid processing apparatus includes: a tank having an interior space; a diaphragm permeable to a metal cation and separating the interior space of the tank into a first chamber and a second chamber; a first electrode disposed in the first chamber; a second electrode disposed in the second chamber; a power supply configured to apply a voltage while using the first electrode as an anode and the second electrode as a cathode; a first liquid passing part configured to pass an acidic treatment liquid containing a dichromate ion and a metal cation into the first chamber; and a second liquid passing part configured to pass an acid aqueous solution into the second chamber.

Claims (17)

1. An acidic treatment liquid processing method, comprising:

passing an acidic treatment liquid containing a dichromate ion and a metal cation into a first chamber separated from a second chamber by a diaphragm permeable to a metal cation, and passing an acid aqueous solution into the second chamber;

applying a voltage while using a first electrode disposed in the first chamber as an anode and a second electrode disposed in the second chamber as a cathode to move a metal cation in the acidic treatment liquid to the acid aqueous solution through the diaphragm; and

measuring, during applying a voltage to the first electrode and the second electrode, a temperature of the acidic solution in the second chamber using a sensor,

wherein, in response to a determination that the diaphragm breaks based on a measurement result of the sensor, the applying of the voltage and the passing of the acidic treatment liquid are stopped.

2. The acidic treatment liquid processing method according to claim 1 , comprising additionally supplying the acid aqueous solution from outside to a circulation passage configured to circulate a predetermined amount of the acid aqueous solution in the second chamber.

3. The acidic treatment liquid processing method according to claim 2 ,

wherein the additional supply amount of the acid aqueous solution is controlled such that a voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode is not greater than a predetermined voltage value.

4. The acidic treatment liquid processing method according to claim 2 , wherein the additional supply of the acid aqueous solution starts when a cumulative energization time of the power supply exceeds a predetermined time.

5. The acidic treatment liquid processing method according to claim 2 , wherein the additional supply of the acid aqueous solution starts when a cumulative energization amount of the power supply exceeds a predetermined energization amount.

6. The acidic treatment liquid processing method according to claim 2 , further comprising passing the acidic treatment liquid into the second chamber.

7. The acidic treatment liquid processing method according to claim 6 ,

wherein the acidic treatment liquid is passed into the second chamber when a precipitate on the second electrode exceeds a predetermined amount.

8. A surface treatment method, comprising:

performing surface treatment of a metallic material using an acidic treatment liquid containing a dichromate ion;

processing the acidic treatment liquid which has been used for the surface treatment and contains a dichromate ion and a metal cation by the acidic treatment liquid processing method according to claim 1 ; and

reusing the acidic treatment liquid processed by the acidic treatment liquid processing method for the surface treatment.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2021
From: IMASAKA, KOJI; MIKAWA, HIROAKI; KAWASAKI, KOHEI; ISHIGAKI, MITSUHIRO; NAGAI, MASAHIKO; TAJIMA, HIDEHIKO; URESHINO, AYAKO; EGAWA, KAORU; SAKANISHI, AKIHIRO; MIYAZAKI, TAISUKE
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-205461 · Oct 31, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210339199A1 · Nov 4, 2021
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