Chemical Energy Conversion Systems, Center for Advanced Research of Energy and Materials

Main Research Theme

Clean carbon technology 　Environmentally-friendly ironmaking process 　Carbon recycle 　Aquatic bioproduction science

Research Field

Chemical engineering 　Organic resource chemistry 　Catalytic conversion chemistry 　Environmental chemistry 　Applied aquatic chemistry

Keyword

Low-quality and unused carbon resources 　Catalytic gasification 　Hot gas cleanup 　Coke 　Low-grade iron ores 　Ammonia reduction 　Phosphorus selective recovery 　Carbon recycling power generation 　Freshness visualization

Japanese Page

PI Naoto Tsubouchi　Associate Professor

PI message

Based on chemical engineering, our laboratory aims to contribute to industry through experiments and analysis to elucidate phenomena that are important in the design and operation of actual reactors in today’s industrial society, such as safety, high efficiency, energy conservation, and cost reduction.

Research

Our laboratory aims to solve problems related to “Resources, Energy, and the Environment” using the power of chemistry, and we are primarily promoting the development of advanced utilization methods of poor quality and unused chemical resources. Specifically, we are working on developing processes that can efficiently convert currently unused carbon resources (e.g., biomass and low-grade coal) to clean energy and high-value raw material chemicals, systems that can upgrade poor quality iron ore resources (e.g., limonite and gangue-rich ores) into fuels for ironmaking processes, and technology for reusing CO2 emissions (carbon recycling). In view of the issue of food loss, we are also conducting chemical engineering research on a freshness management system for marine biological resources, including fish and shellfish.

Member

Naoto Tsubouchi
Associate Professor

Research Field

Chemical engineering, Organic resource chemistry, Catalytic conversion chemistry, Environmental chemistry, Applied aquatic chemistry
Yuuki Mochizuki
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

Research Field

Chemical engineering, Organic resource chemistry, Catalytic conversion chemistry, Environmental chemistry

Main Research Achievements

N. Tsubouchi*, K. Fukuyama, N. Matsuoka, Y. Mochizuki, Fuel 2022, In press.
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2021.122231
J. Bud, Y. Mochizuki, N. Tsubouchi*, ISIJ International 2022, 62, 20-28.
DOI: 10.2355/isijinternational.ISIJINT-2021-295
J. Bud, Y. Mochizuki, N. Tsubouchi*, Fuel 2022, 308, 121953.
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2021.121953
J. Bud, Y. Mochizuki, N. Tsubouchi*, Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2021, 28, 66496-66500.
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-17002-7
Y. Mochizuki, M. Takahashi, J. Bud, Y. Wang, N. Tsubouchi*, ISIJ International 2021, 61, 2200-2210.
DOI: 10.2355/isijinternational.ISIJINT-2020-622
Y. Mochizuki, J. Bud, J. Liu, M. Takahashi, N. Tsubouchi*, Journal of Cleaner Production 2021, 305, 127176.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127176
Y. Mochizuki, J. Bud, J. Liu, M. Takahashi, N. Tsubouchi*, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 2021, 9, 104645.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2020.104645
Y. Shinohara, N. Tsubouchi*, Journal of Molecular Structure 2020, 1218, 128544.
DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2020.128544
Y. Shinohara, N. Tsubouchi*, Environmental Technology & Innovation 2020, 19, 100883.
DOI: 10.1016/j.eti.2020.100883
Y. Shinohara, N. Tsubouchi*, ACS Omega 2020, 5, 1688-1697.
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b03780
N. Tsubouchi*, N. Matsuoka, K. Fukuyama, Y. Mochizuki, Chemical Engineering Research and Design 2020, 156, 138-145.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2020.01.012

Contact

tsubon(at)eng.hokudai.ac.jp

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