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Environmental Technology Research Network
in the Asia-Pacific Region

DB for Research Project
Category(1) : Energy
Category(2) : Reaction mechanism


  1. Project Name
  2. Duration
  3. Research Catagory 1
  4. Research Catagory 2
  5. Research Field
  6. Researchers
  7. Affiliation 1
  8. Affiliation 2
  9. Address
  10. Country
  11. Phone
  12. Fax
  13. Project Summary
  14. Publications
  15. International Joint Study with

Korea Institute of Energy Research(KIER), Korea

  1. Recovery of energy from wastes (Development of the oil recovery from waste-water sludge by using high pressure liquefaction technology)
  2. 1994-1996
  3. waste, energy
  4. reaction mechanism, modeling, countermeasures
  5. engineering
  6. Ho-Tae Lee,
  7. Energy Conversion Research Department
  8. KIER
  9. 71-2 Jang-dong Yousung-Ku, Taejon, 305-343
  10. KOREA
  11. 82-42-860-3662
  12. 82-42-860-3302
  13. energy recovery and utilization of wastes like sewage sludge, plastics, etc.
  1. Study on the production of alternative fuels by carbon dioxide hydrogenation
  2. 1993-1996
  3. Global change, air, energy
  4. Countermeasures, Reaction mechanism
  5. Chemistry
  6. Kyu-Sung SIM, Sang-Do HAN, Jong-won KIM, Youn-Soon Kim, Ki-Bai Park
  7. Clean Fuel Res. Lab
  8. KIER
  9. 71-2, Jang-dong, Yusong-ku, Taejon 305-343
  10. Korea
  11. 82-42-860-3017
  12. 82-42-860-3302
  13. The aim of this study is the development of technologies of the fuel production from carbon dioxide by catalytic hydrogenation. These chemical fixation methods will help to reduce carbon dioxide emission, which is known as the main reason of global warming.
  1. Thermal enegy recovery from waste by cyclonic incinerator
  2. 1994-1996
  3. hazardous subustances
  4. reaction mechanism, measurement
  5. engineering
  6. Eung-Kwon SHON, Si-Hoon LEE, Ju-Soo HYUN
  7. Low Emission Combustion Div. Department of Energy Conversion
  8. KIER
  9. 71-2 Jang-dong, Yusung-ku, Taejon, 305-343
  10. Korea
  11. 82-42-860-3450
  12. 82-42-860-3302
  13. This study aims at establishing incinerating technologies that are needed to reduce a toxic gas release from stack during the industrial liquid waste burning.

National Institute for Resources and Environment(NIRE), Japan

  1. Research and Development of the Artificial Photosynthesis System
  2. 1994-1998
  3. global change, energy
  4. counter measures, reaction mechanism
  5. chemistry
  6. Takashi IBUSUKI, Koji TAKEUCHI, Kazuhide KOIKE, Hisao HORI
  7. Photoenergy Application Div., Global Warming Control Dept.
  8. NIRE, AIST, MITI
  9. 16-3 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305
  10. Japan
  11. 81-298-61-8162
  12. 81-298-61-8158
  13. This project aims to develop the photochemical system which can perform the conversion of CO2 and H2O into high energy products (hydrocarbon, organic acids, etc.) using solar energy. As the active element in this system, we have focused on two candidates, metal oxide semiconductor and metal complex photocatalyst. To improve their reaction efficiencies and product selectivities, modification of the semiconductor surface by metal particle loading and ligand modification of the complex species were studied and the significant enhancement of the reaction yields was achieved by palladium metal loading to the semiconductor and phosphorous ligand introduction to the rhenium carbonyl complex.
  14. 1) Hisao HORI et al., Efficient Carbon Dioxide Photoreduction by Novel Complexes and its Reaction Mechanisms, Energy Conversion and Management, 36, 621, 1995, 2) Osamu ISHITANI et al., Photophysical Behavior of a New CO2 Reduction Catalyst, Re(CO)2(bpy){P(OEt)3}+, Inorg. Chem. 33, 2712, 1994.
  1. Hydrogen Production from Wet Biomass by Catalytic Gasification at Lower Temperature
  2. 1996-1998
  3. Hydrogen Wet biomass, Metal catalyst, Renewable energy, energy
  4. Steam gasification, Super critical condition, Reaction mechanism, measurement
  5. Engineering Chemistry
  6. Tomoaki MINOWA, Sei-ichi, INOUE, Tomoko OGI, Sin-ya YOKOYAMA
  7. Biomass Laboratory, Global Warming Control Department
  8. NIRE, AIST, MITI
  9. 16-3 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305
  10. Japan
  11. 81-298-61-8183
  12. 81-298-61-8158
  13. Hydrogen is produced by gasification of wet cellulosic biomass in the presence of Ni catalyst at 300-400oC
  14. Hydrogen Production from Wet Cellulose by Low Temperature Gasification Using a Reduced Ni Catalyst. Chem. Lett. 937-938, 1995
  15. Exchange of information with Prof.M.Antal of University of Hawaii.

Hokkaido National Industrial Research Institute(HNIRI), Japan

  1. The research on advanced combustion technology adopting a microgravity environment
  2. 1993-1998
  3. combustion, air pollutant reduction, air, energy
  4. reaction mechanism
  5. engineering
  6. Kunihiro KITANO
  7. Silicon Material Section, Materials Division
  8. HNIRI, AIST, MITI
  9. 2-17 Tsukisamu-higashi, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo 062
  10. Japan
  11. 81-11-857-8462
  12. 81-11-857-8977
  13. The improvement of combustors is the important subject to solve the problem of the global environmental issue. The object of this research is to elucidate the combustion mechanisms of fuel and to establish the clean and efficient combustion technology. The example of research subjects is the emission control of CO2 and NOx from the standpoint of combustion mechanisms. Microgravity environment is adopted to simplify the phenomena of combustion for experimental observation. It is possible to eliminate the effect of natural convection and to make a homogeneous mixture of particulate fuel and air under the microgravity environment
  14. 1)Kunihiro Kitano, Coal Dust Cloud Combustion in a Microgravity Environment, Journal of Japan Institute of Energy 73,1053-1059,1994
    2)Kunihiro Kitano, Coal Gasification, Journal of Japan Institute of Energy 73,459-464,1994
    3)Kunihiro Kitano et al., Estimation of Active Site on Char Particle for Gasification Reaction, The 4th Japan-China Symposium on Coal and C1 Chemistry, Osaka,1993
  15. NASA Lweis Research Center, USA