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Laboratory of Resource and Energy Cycles
Associate Professor / HIMENO Shuji
- Build a society based on resource and energy cycle technologies.
- Research with a focus on practical applications.
- Investigate and satisfy the needs of society through technology development.
Associate Professor / HIMENO Shuji
Prof. Komatsu focuses on the research involving anaerobic digestion and water treatment, where Prof. Himeno accurately aims and engages several environmental issues through research with the cooperation of other companies and associations. Both professors positively instruct and discuss with their pupils to provide them support for their respective investigations.
Research Content
In our laboratory, we are developing technologies that take advantage of local properties of the sewerage structure of Niigata Prefecture, under the theme of "Building a Resource-Energy Recycling Society”, based on the recovery and utilization of unused resources obtained from the sewage systems to generate energy. In addition, we also cover other themes like methane fermentation using biomass, the pretreatment of sludge using ozone, harvest of plants managing sewerage systems, removal of harmful metals deposited on roads using porous concrete, and the development of zeolite membranes and MOF technologies for green gas mixtures separation and storage.
Demonstration of the sewerage system for plant harvesting.
A Day in the Lab
Each of our laboratory’s different areas conduct experiments at the campus installations or/and sewage treatment plants. We also participate in various events throughout the year such as harvesting rice, maintenance of facilities used for our research, or exhibiting about our research/themes in the Nagaoka Festival. Thanks to these events we have the opportunity to interact with people outside the university which are part of important companies, acquiring the needed knowledge and skills for the future laboral life like formality for business conversations, e-mailing and other aspects.
Exhibition of a snow-melting pipe at the Nagaoka Festival.
Thesis Subjects
- (M)Solubilization of excess sludge by ozone treatment and increased production of biogas.
- (M)Construction of a plant harvest environmet utilizing sewer unused resources.
- (D)Purification of greenhouse gasses through its separation using zeolite membranes (DDR type zeolite)
The number of
PhD Graduates
2
Major employers of Graduates
- Nihon Suido Consultants Co., Ltd
- NJS Co., Ltd.
- OHARA Corporation
- Sanki Engineering Co., Ltd.
- Kyowa Exeo Corporation
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Takasago Thermal Engineering Co., Ltd
- Maezawa Industries, Inc.
- Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
- TOSHIBA HOME TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
