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Environmental Technology Research Network
in the Asia-Pacific Region

DB for Research Project
Category(1) : Hazardous substances
Category(2) : Measurement


  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. 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.

Geological Survey of Japan(GSJ), Japan

  1. An advanced technique for analysis of toxic substances in polluted soils
  2. 1995-1999
  3. hazardous substances
  4. measurement
  5. chemistry
  6. Shigeru TERASHIMA, Noboru IMAI, Takashi OKAI, Masumi MIKOSHIBA, Yoshio INOUCHI, Masahiro TANIGUCHI
  7. Geochemistry Department
  8. GSJ, NIRE, SNIRI
  9. 1-1-3 Higahsi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305
  10. Japan
  11. 81-298-61-3725
  12. 81-298-61-3566
  13. The purpose of this project is to establish advanced techniques for analysis and evaluation of toxic substances in polluted soils. The degree of the effect of toxic elements depends on the chemical species, therefore, and accurate and sensitive speciation analysis of toxic elements is much important.
  14. 1) Shigeru Terashima et al., Examination of analytical errors caused by an uneven element destribution in the analyses of a small amount of rock reference samples, Bunseki Kagaku, 44, ,965-969.

National Institute for Resources and Environment(NIRE), Japan

  1. Characterization and photochemical ractions of organic compounds in aerosols
  2. 1995-1997
  3. air, atmosphere, hazardous substances, particles
  4. characterization, reaction mechanism, measurement, fate
  5. chemistry, physical chemistry, mass spectrometry, reaction mechanism
  6. Takesige WAKABAYASHI, Yukio SHIMIZU
  7. Excited States chemistry Div., Atmospheric Environmental Protection Dept.
  8. NIRE, AIST, MITI
  9. 16-3 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305
  10. Japan
  11. 81-298-61-8260
  12. 81-298-61-8258
  13. Detection and analysis of organic compounds on aerosols and find processes of their fate in the atmospheric environment.
  14. 1) J.J.GAUMET,A.WAKISAKA,Y.SHIMIZU,and Y.TAMORI,Energetics for Carbon Clusters produced directly by Laser Vaporization of Graphite:J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans.,89,1667-1670,1993
    2) A.WAKISAKA,J.J.GAUMET,Y.SHIMIZU,Y.TAMORI,H.SATO and K.TOKUMARU,Growth of Carbon Clusters:J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans.,89,1001-1005,1993
  1. Elucidation of Material Cycle in Coasl Environment and Development of Monitoring Techniques 2 1994-1998
  3. water, ocean, hazardous substances, sediments
  4. measurement, fate, monitoring, reaction mechanism
  5. chemistry
  6. Akira MIYAZAKI, Kenji BANSHO, Mamoru TOMINAGA, Hiroaki TAO, Akira KIMURA, Takashi IMAGAWA, Nobuyoshi YAMASHITA
  7. Water Analysis Lab, Hydrospheric Environmental Protection Dept.
  8. NIRE, AIST, MITI
  9. 16-3 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305
  10. Japan
  11. 81-298-61-8338
  12. 81-298-61-8308
  13. The objectives of this project are to use artificial chemical substances, rare earth metals, heavy metals and lead isotopes as tracers to investigate the material cycle in the coastal environments and to develop analytical techniques and monitoring technique. Based on three-dimensional analysis of the tracers, the transition in the flow of substances into the marine environments in recent years and behavior in the environment will be elucidated.
  14. 1)Nobuyoshi Yamashita, Ultra-trace level measurement of non-orhto planar PCBs in sea water using in situ filtrate/adsorption water sampler, Journal of NIRE, 4, 4, 315(1995)
  15. Kiel Univ.,Germany
  1. Control Techniques of Hazardous By-products in Industrial Waste Incineration
  2. 1993-1996
  3. wastes, hazardous substances
  4. measurement, fate, monitoring, reaction mechanism
  5. chemistry, engineering, toxicology
  6. Mamoru TOMINAGA, Takashi IMAGAWA
  7. Water Analysis Lab, Hydrospheric Environmental Protection Dept.
  8. NIRE, AIST, MITI
  9. 16-3 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305
  10. Japan
  11. 81-298-61-8338
  12. 81-298-61-8308
  13. The objectives of this research are to clarify for generation mechanisms of hazardous compounds in the combustion process, and to develop the proper incineration techniques for the industrial waste that contained halogenated organic compounds.
  14. 1)Takashi Imagawa et. al., Isomer Specific Analysis of Tetra- and pentachloronaphthalene in Fly Ash and halowax,J. Envir. Chem., 3,2,221-230,1993 2)Takashi Imagawa et. al., Determination of Congener Composion of halowax Using an Atomic Emission Detector,Bunseki Kagaku, 43, 629-633
  1. Analytical Method of Trace Component of Volatile Metals
  2. 1996-1998
  3. air, hazardous substances
  4. measurement, source inventory
  5. chemistry
  6. Shoji OISHI
  7. Air Quality Measurement Div. Atmospheric Environmental Protection Dept.
  8. NIRE, AIST, MITI
  9. 16-3 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305
  10. Japan
  11. 81-298-61-8282
  12. 81-298-61-8258
  13. It is well known that volatile metals such as Cd, Pb and Zn are highly condensed in small particles and have a harmful effect on human health. It is especially required that the valency of these metals is determined because of the correlation of the harmfulness. In this research, the analytical method that can be highly sensitive to these metals simultaneously, and quantitatively analyze the valency of the metals is established.
  1. Environmental Fate of Volatile Hazardous Air Pollutants
  2. 1996-1998
  3. air, hazardous substances
  4. measurement, monitoring, fate
  5. chemistry
  6. Toshiyuki TANAKA, Shingo UEDA
  7. Air Quality Measurement Div. Atmospheric Environmental Protection Dept.
  8. NIRE, AIST, MITI
  9. 16-3 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305
  10. Japan
  11. 81-298-61-8281
  12. 81-298-61-8281
  13. In order to clarify the chemical destruction process of the hazardous air pollutants and make use of the environmental management of hazardous volatile organic compound, this research measures the ambient concentration of volatile organic compounds (VOC) in various fields, and investigates the creation and disappearance process of VOC in the ambient air condition.

Hokkaido National Industrial Research Institute(HNIRI), Japan

  1. Dechlorination Technique of Waste Plastics
  2. 1992-1995
  3. waste, hazardous substances
  4. counter measures, measurement
  5. engineering, chemistry
  6. Ryouichi YOSIDA, Takashi FUKUDA, Kiyoshi SAITO, Kiyoshi IDOGAWA, Akiyoshi SASAKI
  7. Resouce Chemistry Section, Resources and Energy Division,
  8. HNIRI, AIST,MITI
  9. 2-17, Tsukisamu Higashi, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo 062
  10. Japan
  11. 81-11-857-8400
  12. 81-11-857-8900
  13. The objective of this project are to elucidate the thermal characteristics of plastics such as polyolefin, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidene chloride and their mixtures, and to develop the dechlorination technique by thermal treatment, prior to converting waste plastics to oils or other useful materials. Thermal properties of low and high density polyethylene(PE), polypropyrene(PP), polystyrene(PS) and polyvinylchloride(PVC) were analized in the range from 40oC to the decopmosition-vaporization state by a new apparatus for thermoanalysis, which was composed of thermogravimeter and conduction-type scanning calorimeter. Mixed plastics of PE,PP,PS and PVC, which contained PVC in the range from 4 to 40 wt%, were also analized. Performance test for dechlorination of mixed plastics were conducted by using an extruder which has two shafts rotating at opposite directions. Dechlorination ratio for mixtures of two or four kinds of plastics which contained PVC at 4 to 40 wt%were accomplished to 99.9 wt% under the conditions of decomposition temperature at 340oC ,and residence time of the plastics above 5.0 minutes. Measurements of thermal properties of dechlorination-treated plastics were done. Tests of oil recovery from treated plastics by thermo-catalytic decomposition were conducted and gasoline-like oils were obtained.
  14. 1)Kiyoshi Saito et. al.,Equipment for dechlorination and volume reduction of waste plastics,The 26th fall meeting of the society of Chemical Engineers,Japan pp.350(part II),Octber,1993
    2)Kiyoshi Saito,Pollution free conversion technology of waste plastics for recycle use, The international symposium on recycling of waste resources, PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY,KOREA, Novenber 18, 1993