[Bioconversion] Japan -- hot on this trail

[Peter Singfield]

A list of but some of the research happening -- the "tricks" are in regards
to developing proper catalysts to use in the super critical water processes.

(Promise -- no more!! But for those of you that do work "fast" -- I have
posted more than enough "clues" as to what is going down by now)

I fear Western Civilization is now to slow to play this kind of catch back up.

To much bureaucracy -- to much political correctness -- 

Times have changed things to much!

Don't get vexed -- get busy!!

Here is something "cute"

"I am a supercritical water man"

http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/dakota/70/

RESEARCH INTERESTS: 

Supercritical Water (SCW) Oxidation, Fine Particles Synthesis by SCW,
Recycling Polymers by SCW, Energy Conversion (gasification/liquefaction),
Diamond Anvil Cell Techniques, Environment Analysis, Bio-energy, Pyrolysis,
Energy System and Policy.

TEACHING INTERESTS: 

Heat Transfer, Supercritical Water and Its Applications, Bio-energy,
Engineering Thermodynamics, Mechanics of Fluids.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

02/1999-Present Research Associate (granted by NSERC), Dept. of Mining &
Metallurgical 
Engineering, McGill Univ. (Canada), on supercritical water oxidation 
hazardous wastes or recycling polymers.




Peter/Belize

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http://www.chem.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp/lab/funtai/huru.html


1. Structure Sensitivity of Platinum Catalysts for Decomposition Reaction
of Dilluted NO
Takeshi Furusawa, Ken-ichi Aika, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 73 (2000) 795-800

2. Selective reduction of NO to N2 in the presence of oxygen
Takeshi Furusawa, Kulathuiyer Seshan, Sergio E. Maisuls, Johannes A.
Lercher, Leon Lefferts, Ken-ichi Aika, Stud. Surf. Sci. and Catal., 135
(2001) 329

3. Selective Reduction of NO to N2 in the Presence of Oxygen over Supported
Silver Catalysts
Takeshi Furusawa, Kulathuiyer Seshan, Johannes A. Lercher, Leon Lefferts,
Ken-ichi Aika, Appl. Catal. B, 37 (2002) 205-216

4. Selective Reduction of NO with Propylene in the Presence of Oxygen over
Co- and Pt-Co promoted HY
Takeshi Furusawa, Kulathuiyer Seshan, Leon Lefferts, Ken-ichi Aika, Appl.
Catal. B, 39 (2002) 233-246
5. Comparison of Ag/Al2O3 and Ag-ZSM5 catalysts for the selective reduction
of NO with propylene in the presence of oxygen

Takeshi Furusawa, Leon Lefferts, Kulathuiyer Seshan, Ken-ichi Aika, Appl.
Catal. B, 42 (2003) 25-34
6. Selective catalytic reduction of NOx with propylene in the presence of
oxygen over Co-Pt promoted H-MFI and HY S. E. Maisuls, L. Lefferts, K.
Seshan, T. Furusawa, K. Aika, B. Mosqueda-Jimenez, M. Smidt, J. A. Lercher,
Catal. Today, 84 (2003) 139-148

7. Development of Cobalt Catalysts for the Steam Reforming of Naphthalene
as a Model Compound of Tar derived from Biomass Gasification
Takeshi Furusawa, Atsushi Tsutsumi, Appl. Catal. A, 278 (2005) 195-205

8. Comaprison of Co/MgO and Ni/MgO catalysts for the Steam Reforming of
Naphthalene as a Model Compound of Tar derived from Biomass Gasification
Takeshi Furusawa, Atsushi Tsutsumi, Appl. Catal. A, 278 (2005) 207-212

9. The Degradation of Perfluorinated Organic Thin Film during XPS Measurement
Masahide Sato, Hidetoshi Watanabe, Takeshi Furusawa, Noboru Suzuki, J.
Surface Analysis, 12 (2) (2005) 183-187.

10. Kinetic Study on Steam Gasification of Cellulose using Noble Continuous
Cross-Flow Moving Bed Type Differential Reactor
Y. Yamaguchi, C. Fushimi, K. Tasaka, T. Furusawa, A. Tsutsumi, Energy and
Fuels, to be submitted.

11. Hydrogen production from the gasification of lignin with Ni catalysts
in supercritical water
T. Furusawa, H. Sugito, Y. Miura, Y. Ishiyama, T. Sato, M. Sato, N. Itoh,
N. Suzuki, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, to be submitted.

12. Surface Analyses of Cobalt Catalysts for the Steam Reforming of Tar
derived from Biomass Gasification
K. Tasaka, T. Furusawa, A. Tsutsumi, Studies Surface Science and Catalysis,
to be published.

13. Effect of water density on the gasification of lignin with Magnesium
xide supported Nickel catalysts in supercritical water
T. Sato, T. Furusawa, Y. Ishiyama, H. Sugito, Y. Miura, M. Sato, N. Suzuki,
N. Itoh, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., to be published.

14. Surface Modification of Silica gels with normal alcohol and silane
coupling agent in Supercritical CO2 as a Solvent
Takeshi Furusawa, Keiko Kuwajima, Kanako Mori, Masahide Sato, Noboru
Suzuki, Powder Technology, to be submitted.


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1. Selective reduction of NO to N2 in the presence of oxygen
Takeshi Furusawa, Kulathuiyer Seshan, Sergio E. Maisuls, Johannes A.
Lercher, Leon Lefferts, Ken-ichi Aika,
13th International Zeolite Conference, Montpellier, France, July 8-13th,
2001, 30-P-34

2. Selective Reduction of NO with propylene in the presence of oxygen over
Co-Pt Combination Catalysts
Takeshi Furusawa, Kulathuiyer Seshan, Leon Lefferts, Ken-ichi Aika,
10th EUROPACAT, University of Limerick, Ireland, September 2-7th, 2001, 7P45

3. Selective Reduction of NO to N2 in the presence of oxygen over supported
silver catalysts
Takeshi Furusawa, Kulathuiyer Seshan, Johannes A Lercher, Leon Lefferts,
Ken-ichi Aika,
4th TOCAT, Tokyo, July 14-19th, 2002, P-157

4. Development of cobalt catalysts for steam reforming of naphthalene
derived from biomass gasification
Takeshi Furusawa, Atsushi Tsutsumi, 3rd Asia-Pacific Congress on Catalysis,
Dailan, China, October 12-15th, 2003 OB-5

5. Development of cobalt catalysts for steam reforming of naphthalene
derived from biomass gasification
Takeshi Furusawa, Atsushi Tsutsumi, 15th world hydrogen energy conference,
Yokohama, June 27-July 2, 2004 30-F-05

6. The Degradation of Perfluorinated Organic Thin Film during XPS Measurement
Hidetoshi Watanabe, Takeshi Furusawa, Masahide Sato, Noboru Suzuki, 4th
Practical Surface Analysis, October 3-7th, Korea, 2004

7. Development of Cobalt Catalysts for the Steam Reforming of Tar derived
from Biomass Gasification
K. Tasaka, T. Furusawa, A. Tsutsumi, 4th Asia-Pacific Chemical Reaction
Engineering, Gyeongju, Korea, 12th-15th June, (2005).

8. Development of Cobalt Catalysts for the Steam Reforming of Tar derived
from Biomass Gasification
K. Tasaka, T. Furusawa, A. Tsutsumi, 7th World Congress of Chemical
Engineering, Glasgow, Scotland, 10th-14th July, (2005).

9. Hydrogen production from the gasification of lignin with Ni catalysts in
supercritical water
T. Furusawa, H. Sugito, Y. Miura, Y. Ishiyama, T. Sato, M. Sato, N. Itoh,
N. Suzuki, World Hydrogen Technologies Convention, Singapore, 3rd-5th
October, (2005).

10. The fabrication of silica coated TiO2 particle using microwave assisted
sol-gel process
Takeshi Furusawa, Kozue Honda, Masahide Sato, Noboru Suzuki, 43rd Symposium
on Powder Science and Technology, Korea Busan, 2nd-4th November, (2005).