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National Institute of Materials and Chemical Research(NIMC), Japan

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1 Reduction of Particulate Emissions from Engines by Upgrading Transportation
  Fuels 
  (1) Development of hydrotreating catalysts for diesel aromatics saturation.
2 1994-1997
3 air, hazardous substances
4 counter measures
5 Chemistry, Petroleum, Catalysis, Engineering
6 Katuomi TAKEHIRA, Akio NISHIJIMA, Toshi SATO, Hiromichi SHIMADA
  Yuji YOSHIMURA, Hiroyuki YASUDA, Yasuo MIKI, Yoshikazu SUGIMOTO
7 Surface Characterization Lab, Surface Design Lab., Catalyst Design Lab.
8 NIMC, AIST, MITI
9 1-1, Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565
10 Japan
11 81-XXX-XX-4534
12 81-XXX-XX-4534
13 The aim of this project is to develop a catalytic technology for reducing 
   aromatics content in diesel fuels.
   In this technology, aromatic compounds are hydrogenated or hydrocracked into 
   non-aromatic compounds over the hydrotreating catalysts.We made two strategic 
   approaches for aromatics reduction: (1) evaluation of catalytic reaction 
   mechanisms in aromatic saturation and aromatic ring opening reactions to 
   support optimization of the reaction conditions sa well as primary selection 
   of the hydrotreating catalysts; (2) design of hydrotreating catalysts which 
   are not only highly active and selective for aromatics reduction, but also 
   highly tough for catalyst deactivation.
14 1) Yasuo MIKI, Hydrocracking of polycyclic aromatic compounds. 
      1. Methylnaphthalenes, Fuel Proc. Technol., 43,137(1995).
   2) Akio NISHIJIMA, Catalyst design and development for upgrading hydrocarbon 
      fuels, Catalysis Today, 29, 179(1996).
   3) Yuji YOSHIMURA, Preparation of nickel-tungstate catalysts by a novel 
      impregnation method, Catalysis Today, 29, 221(1996).
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1 Advanced wastewater treatment for removal of arsenic and lead
2 1996-1999
3 water, hazardous substances
4 counter measures, reaction mechanism
5 chemistry, engineering
6 Masahito SATO, Shuzo TOKUNAGA, Akira UCHIUMI, Kazuhisa HIRATANI
7 Process Synthesis Lab., Dept. of Chemical Systems,
  Inorganic Analysis Lab., Dept. of Analytical Chemistry,
  Dept. of Organic Materials
8 NIMC, AIST, MITI
9 1-1, Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565
10 Japan
11 81-XXX-XX-6343
12 81-XXX-XX-6232
13 To meet the amended effluent standards for arsenic and lead, a new advanced 
   process is developed using rare-earth based materials and complexation agents.
14 S.A. Wasay, et al, Adsorption of fluoride, phosphate and arsenate ions on 
   lanthanum-impregnated silica gel, Water Environment Research, 68(3), 
   295-300 (1996).
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1 New Advanced Techniques for Treatment of Solid Industrial Wastes Containing
  Hazardous Chemicals
2 1995-1999
3 solid, hazardous, substances
4 counter measures, reaction mechanism
5 chemistry, engineering
6 Haruo TAKAYA, Akira UCHIUMI,Shuzo TOKUNAGA
7 Inorganic Analysis Lab., Dept. of Analytical Chemistry,
  Process Synthesis Lab., Dept. of Chemical Systems. 
8  NIMC, AIST, MITI
9 1-1, Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565
10 Japan
11 81-XXX-XX-6343
12 81-XXX-XX-6232
13 To design and synthesize treatment agents, which are harmless to environment 
   and have no cellular toxicity, in order to collect/recover selectively only 
   toxic substances such as heavy metals in solid industrial wastes.
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1 Lean burn engine with denitrogenation
2 1993-1999
3 exhaust gases, NOx
4 counter measures, catalysts
5 catalysis
6 Hideaki HAMADA, Yoshiaki KINTAICHI, Megumu INABA, Masaaki HANEDA
7 Catalyst Design Lab., Dept. of Surface Chemistry
8 MINC, AIST, MITI
9 1-1, Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565
10 Japan
11 81-XXX-XX-4646
12 81-XXX-XX-4487
13 The aim of this study is to develop effective catalysts for removal of NOx 
   emitted from highly energy-efficient diesel and lean burn gasoline engines in 
   order to contribute to better environment and energy saving. We are focussing 
   mainly on metal oxide type catalysts and have succeeded in developing high 
   performance alumina-based catalysts.
14 1) Hideaki Hamada et al., Role of supported metals in the selective reduction 
      of nitrogen monoxide with hydrocarbons over metal/alumina catalysts, 
      Catalysis Today, 29, 53, 1996
   2) Megumu Inaba et al, Cooperative effect of platinum and alumina for the 
      selective reduction of nitrogen monoxide with propane, Catalysis Letters,
      36, 223, 1996
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1 Application of Membrane Process for Recycle of Organic Detergent Solution
2 1994-1996
3 Water
4 Membrane,Separation, Recycle
5 Chemistry, Chemical Engineering
6 Masahito Sato, Kenji Haraya, Takashi Nakane, Hiroshi Yanagishita
7 Separetion Engineering Lab. 
  Deptment of Chemical Systems 
8 NIMC, AIST, MITI
9 1-1 Higasi,Tukuba,Ibaraki 305-8565 
10 Japan
11 81-XXX-XX-4732
12 81-298-56-5687
13 The electrical parts and food industries use a large amount of rinsing 
   solution such as alcohol aqueous solutions in drying processes. 
   Regenerating and recycling technology for these organic detergents is strongly
   desired.
   In order to regenerate and recycle organic solutions, an attractive 
   energy-saving process, such as the membrane separation process, is needed. 
   However,  few reverse osmosis and pervaporation membranes for alcohol aqueous 
   solutions are on the market.  In this study, solvent-resist membranes of the 
   solute separation or pervaporation process are being developed.
14 1) Hiroshi Yanagishita, Dai Kitamoto, Takashi Nakane; 
      Separation of alcohol aqueous solution by pervaporation using asymmetric 
      polyimide  membrane, High Performance Polymer 7, 275-281, 1995
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1 Study on Treatment of Toxic Wastes using Explosive Reaction
2 1996-2000
3 wastes, hazardous substances
4 reaction mechanism
5 engineering, chemistry
6 Takehiro MATSUNAGA, Mitsuaki IIDA, Tomoharu MATSUMURA, Yoshio NAKAYAMA,
  Masatake YOSHIDA, Shuzo FUJIWARA
7 Energetic Materials Lab., Dept. of Advanced Chemical Technology
8 NIMC, AIST, MITI
9 1-1, Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565
10 Japan
11 81-XXX-XX-4792
12 81-XXX-XX-4793
13 Energetic materials like explosives generate high energy under very rapid 
   reaction (detonation). In the reaction zone, pressure may reach hundreds of 
   thousands of atms and temperature may reach thousands of degrees. The aim of 
   this study is to utilize explosive reaction to destruction of toxic and 
   incombustible wastes in solid and/or liquid state, and to develop a quite 
   new technology of waste treatment with explosives.
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1 Development of New Generation CFC Alternatives
2 1995-2001
3 CFCs, Alternatives, Fluorine compounds, 
4 Synthesis, Physical properties, Environmental effects
5 Environment
6 Masato Tanaka, Akira Sekiya, Shigeru Kurosawa, Masanori Tamura,
  Motonari Shibakami, Shigeo Kondo, Kazuaki Tokuhashi, Hidekazu Nagai,
  Fumiaki Takahashi, Masaaki Sugie,Taisuke Nakanaga, Fumiyuki Ito, 
  Tadafumi Uchimaru, Masashi Sato, Takashi Nakane,Takeshi Sako, 
  Noriaki Nakazawa, Katuhito Outake
7 Fluorine Chemistry Lab.,Dept. of Organic Chemistry, 
  Reaction Chemistry Lab.,Dept. of Physical Chemistry, 
  Spectroscopic Chemistry Lab., Dept. of Physical Chemistry, 
  Theoretical Chemistry Lab., Dept. of Physical Chemistry, 
  Systems Analysis Lab.,  Dept. of Chemical Systems, 
8 NIMC, AIST, MITI
9 1-1, Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565
10 Japan
11 81-XXX-XX-4570
12 81-XXX-XX-4570
13 Basic research related to the new generation CFC alternatives is developing 
   in the following fields; 
   1)examination of the new synthetic methods, 
   2)measurement of thermodynamic properties, 
   3)evaluation of environmental properties such as measurement and calculation 
     of rate constant with hydroxyl radical.

14 1) M.Tamura, M.Shibakami, S.Kurosawa, T.Arimura, and A.Sekiya,
     "Hydrofluorination of Unsaturated Compounds with Solid Potassium Hydrogen 
      Fluoride in the Presence of Silicon Tetrafluoride at Room Temperature", 
      J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1995, 1891.
   2) N. Nakazawa, T. Sako, T. Nakane, A. Sekiya, M. Sato, Y. Gotoh, A. Suga, 
     "Densities and Viscositries of Fluorinated Alcohols and Fluorinated Ethers",
      Kagaku Kogaku Ronbunshu, 22, 1, 184-189 (1996)
   3) T.Sako, M.Sato, N.Nakazawa, M.Oowa, M.Yasumoto, H.Ito, S.Yamashita,
     "Measurement of critical properties of fluorinated ethers as alternative 
     refrigerants",  Proceedings of Melbourne 96 Meeting of International 
     Institute of Refrigeration, Feb., 1996.
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1 Chemically Recyclable Substances
  Synthesis of Chemical Recycable Polymers
2 1995-1999
3 plastic wastes,  chemically resyclable monomer, C‚P compounds
4 disposal of plastic wastes, chemical recycle, gasification, 
5 environment, engineering, chemistry, polymer synthesis
6 Michihiko ASAI, Takashi MASUDA, Syouji WATANABE
7 Polymer Reaction Lab. Dept. of Polymer Chemistry
8 NIMC, AIST, MITI
9 1-1,Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565
10 Japan
11 81-XXX-XX-6262
12 81-XXX-XX-6262
13 The aim of this study is to develop a new technology for polymer synthesis 
   using chemically recyclable monomer, C‚P compounds such as carbon monoxide, 
   synthesis gas and carbon dioxide that can be easily produced from spent 
   polymers by gasification with steam.
14 1) Takashi Masuda  Chemical Synthesis of Biodegredable Polymers TECHNO JAPAN 
      Vol.24, No.10,56-60 (1991). 
   2) Takashi Masuda,et al, Synthesis of Dimethyl Succinate Using Carbon monoxide
      and Its Application to Biodegredable Polymers, Biodegradable Plastics and 
      Polymers ,Elsevier Science B.V. 596-600 (1994).

15 Korea Testing Research Institute for Chemical Industry


1 Materials for CO2 Separation and Evaluation of Separation Process
2 1996-2000
3 Global Change (Green house effect)
4 Counter measures (Gas separation)
5 Chemical engineering, Materials Science
6 Kenji HARAYA, Hiroyuki SUDA
7 Separation Engineering Lab. Dept. of Chemical Systems
8 NIMC, AIST, MITI
9 1-1, Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565
10 Japan
11 81-XXX-XX-4732
12 81-XXX-XX-4487
13 We aimed at developing materials for separation and recovery of carbon dioxide
   from fuel gases and at evaluating energy-saving processes including separation
   with membranes and/or adsorbents.
14 1) Kenji Haraya et al., Asymmetric Capillary Membrane of a Carbon Molecular 
      Sieve, J.Chem.Soc.Chem.Commun., 17,1781-1782, 1995
   2) Hiroyuki Suda et al., Molecular Sieving Effect of Carbonized Kapton 
      Polyimide Membrane, J.Chem.Soc.Chem.Commun., 11,1179-1180, 1995
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1 Development of New Generation CFC Alternatives
2 1995-2001
3 CFCs, Alternatives, Fluorine compounds, 
4 Synthesis, Physical properties, Environmental effects
5 Environment
6 Masato Tanaka, Akira Sekiya, Shigeru Kurosawa, Masanori Tamura, 
  Motonari Shibakami, Shigeo Kondo, Kazuaki Tokuhashi, Hidekazu Nagai, 
  Fumiaki Takahashi, Masaaki Sugie, Taisuke Nakanaga, Fumiyuki Ito, 
  Tadafumi Uchimaru, Masashi Sato, Takashi Nakane, Takeshi Sako, 
  Noriaki Nakazawa, Katuhito Outake
7 Fluorine Chemistry Lab.,Dept. of Organic Chemistry, 
  Reaction Chemistry Lab.,Dept. of Physical Chemistry, 
  Spectroscopic Chemistry Lab., Dept. of Physical Chemistry, 
  Theoretical Chemistry Lab., Dept. of Physical Chemistry, 
  Systems Analysis Lab.,  Dept. of Chemical Systems, 
8 NIMC, AIST, MITI
9 1-1, Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565
10 Japan
11 81-XXX-XX-4570
12 81-XXX-XX-4570
13 Basic research related to the new generation CFC alternatives is developing 
   in the following fields; 
   1)examination of the new synthetic methods, 
   2)measurement of thermodynamic properties, 
   3)evaluation of environmental properties such as measurement and calculation 
     of rate constant with hydroxyl radical.
14 1) M.Tamura, M.Shibakami, S.Kurosawa, T.Arimura, and A.Sekiya, 
     "Hydrofluorination of Unsaturated Compounds with Solid Potassium Hydrogen 
      Fluoride in the Presence of Silicon Tetrafluoride at Room Temperature", 
      J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1995, 1891.
   2) N. Nakazawa, T. Sako, T. Nakane, A. Sekiya, M. Sato, Y. Gotoh, A. Suga,
     "Densities and Viscositries of Fluorinated Alcohols and Fluorinated Ethers",
      Kagaku Kogaku Ronbunshu, 22, 1, 184-189 (1996)
   3) T.Sako, M.Sato, N.Nakazawa, M.Oowa, M.Yasumoto, H.Ito, S.Yamashita, 
     "Measurement of critical properties of fluorinated ethers as alternative 
      refrigerants",  Proceedings of Melbourne 96 Meeting of International 
      Institute of Refrigeration, Feb., 1996.
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1  Purification of air at chemical and related plants
2  1996-1999
3  air 
4  concenter measure
5  chemistry
6  K  Tanaka, T  Hisanaga, K  Abe
7  Envirponmental Protection Group, Process synthesis lab
8  National Institute of Materials and Chemical Research(NIMC), AIST, MITI  
9  1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki
10 Japan
11 81-XXX-XX-4563
12 81-XXX-XX-4563
13 The project aims at purification of atmosphereat chemical plants by 
   photocatalytic process  Degradation or nontoxication of gaseous chemical 
   pollutants is the subject of the project.
14 K Tanaka et, Photocatalytic degradation of mono, di and trinitrophenol in 
   agueocis TiO2 suspension J  Mol, catalys,chem.,91, (1997)
15 UTM, USM(Moloysia)