Catalysis technology for creating new resource
About research
Reduction and utilization of greenhouse gas
The methanation of C1 molecule (CO2, CO) has attracted attention as a reaction that converts a greenhouse gas into a useful resource and produces methane that is one of the important energy. This study focuses on developing a powerful methanation system equipped with a high performance catalyst. The developing system brings a key technology for reduction and utilization of greenhouse gas in the future.
Hydrogen production system for clean energy
Hydrogen is a clean energy for the next century. The important point of producing hydrogen in the industrial manufacture is how to effectively produce hydrogen, maintaining the global environment. In this study, the structured reaction system to produce hydrogen is developing on such point. The target reactions to produce hydrogen are steam reforming of methane, alcohol, and methylcyclohexene et al. The developing catalyst is a honeycomb-type configuration, which is a very unique catalyst-shape.
Utilization of biomass
Biomass is the important resource in the future. In utilizing some biomass, tar component is a troublesome by-product to give some damage on a transforming device. In this study, such tar component is transforming as a new resource of energy by way of catalytic reforming, because tar has many valuable element. Using the structure reaction system, the
method of effectively transforming a tar is studying.
Investigation of catalysts and catalysis
To clarify the relationship between the reaction profile and the catalytic property is seriously important in the catalyst design. Using some instruments (SEM, EDX, XRD, XPS, FT-IR et al.), the role of catalyst for some reactions is investigated from the viewpoint of catalyst chemistry. For example, the left figure shows the surface morphology of the methanol-steam-reforming catalyst having structured type. The distribution of copper and zinc elements has a profound effect of reforming performance even under the oxidation condition.
Laboratory information
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Member (2022):Professor 1, Associate professor 1, Assistant professor 1, Secretary 1, Research staff 1, Doctor student 1
Graduate student 14, Undergraduate student 6
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Instruments: XRD, FT-IR, Raman, TG-DTA, TPD, XRF, BET, Q-MS,
GC, GC-MS, UV-Vis
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Contacts: (address) 3-5-1 Johoku, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka, Japan, 432-8561