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in the Asia-Pacific Region

DB for Research Project
Category(1) : Others
Category(2) : Modeling


  1. Project Name
  2. Duration
  3. Research Catagory 1
  4. Research Catagory 2
  5. Research Field
  6. Researchers
  7. Affiliation 1
  8. Affiliation 2
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  13. Project Summary
  14. Publications
  15. International Joint Study with

Electrotechnical Laboratory(ETL), Japan

  1. Technology assessment for the diffusion of important countermeasures in the energy sector Subtitle:Evaluation of important countermeasures in the power generation sector
  2. 1994-1996
  3. Technology assessment, energy
  4. Countermeasures,modeling
  5. Engineering
  6. Masayuki KAMIMOTO,Kosuke KUROKAWA,Akinobu MURATA,Kazuhiko KATO,Sadaaki SHIMIZU,Izumi TSUDA
  7. Energy and Information Science Section, Energy Technology Division
  8. ETL,AIST,MITI
  9. 1-1-4 Umezono,Tsukuba,Ibaraki 305
  10. Japan
  11. 81-298-61-5411
  12. 81-298-61-5829
  13. The aim of this project is to investigate major factors limiting the diffusion of important countermeasures in the power generation sector, such as renewables and highly efficient power generation technologies. The scope of the study includes the estimation of nationwide variability of renewable energy resources, the estimation of impacts on the existing power system, and the life cycle assessment of countermeasure technologies.
  14. 1)Akinobu Murata et al.,Systems Analysis of the Effectiveness of Electricity Generation Technologies as Carbon Dioxide Emission Reduction Measures,Trans. of I.E.E.J,B114-10,969-978,1994
  1. International Clean Energy System Technology Utilizing Hydrogen(World Energy NETwork)
  2. 1995-1999
  3. energy technology,energy economics,enviromental and technical data base,global stabilization target, energy
  4. Global model(GOAL),Greenhouse gases,Systems Analysis, modeling
  6. Masayuki KAMIMOTO,Kosuke KUROKAWA,Sadaaki SHIMIZU,Eiichi ENDO,Akinobu MURATA, Kazuhiko KATO
  7. Energy and Information Science Section,Energy Technology Division
  8. ETL,AIST,MITI
  9. 1-1-4 Umezono,Tsukuba,Ibaraki 305
  10. Japan
  11. 81-298-61-5411
  12. 81-298-61-5829
  13. The aim of this study is to investigate on forcasting and evaluation of various energy technologies with efforts to fulfill the requirements for preserving better environment and for securing stable supply of energy.Its present major task involves studies on the Global Optimal Assessment Links (GOAL) in which interractions between energy technologies and various factors such as population,foods and economic activities are modeled with an advanced system analysis technique on the global scale.
  14. 1)Eiichi Endo et.al.,A Global Model for Evaluating Energy Technologies,Bulletin of TheElectrotehnical Laboratory,Vol.57,No.5,6,234-252,1993

Chugoku National Industrial Research Institute(CNIRI), Japan

  1. Study on a evaluation method of marine arganism flow in a coastal area
  2. 1993-1997
  3. ocean, others(material cycle)
  4. measurement, modeling
  5. chemistry, others(coastal marine environment)
  6. Akira HOSHIKA, Terumi Tanimoto, Yasuhumi MISHIMA, Hideki UESHIMA
  7. Marine Environment Section, Marine Environmental Science and Technology
  8. CNIRI, AIST, MITI
  9. 2-2-2 Hiro-suehiro, Kure, Hiroshima 737-01
  10. Japan
  11. 81-823-72-1930
  12. 81-823-73-3284
  13. The aim of this study is to make clear mechanisms of organic pollution in the representative semi-enclosed seas.
  14. 1)Akira HOSHIKA, Takayuki SHIOZAWA, Kichiichiro KAWANA and Terumi TANIMOTO, Heavy metal pollution in sediment from the Seto Inland Sea,Japan, 23, 101-105, 1991
    2)Akira HOSHIKA and Terumi TANIMOTO, Sedimentation processes of particulate matter in the Osaka Bay, Umino Kenkyu, 3, 419-425, 1994
    3)Kichiichiro KAWANA, Akira HOSHIKA, Shizuko HIRATA, K. SUGIO, A.F. GIMENEZ and W.G. TESSLER, Environmental impacts caused by industrial waste in subtropical coastal waters. IGBP, Regieonal Conference on global change, 1995
  15. Sao-Paulo University, Brasil