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  • 2001 - James Harry Potter Gold Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Kunio Yoshikawa is affiliated with the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan, contributing extensively to the field of Engineering. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Pollution, Materials Chemistry, and Catalysis.

The scientist's work covers a broad range of topics, with a primary focus on Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes. Other significant topics include Lignin and Wood Chemistry, Energy and Environment Impacts, Subcritical and Supercritical Water Processes, Petroleum Processing and Analysis, Municipal Solid Waste Management, and Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies.

Frequent publication venues for Kunio Yoshikawa include:

  • Applied Energy
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
  • Energy & Fuels
  • Journal of Environmental Management

Yoshikawa has coauthored many papers with several researchers, notably:

  • Fumitake Takahashi (11 publications)
  • Douglas Hungwe (10 publications)
  • Lu Ding (7 publications)
  • Dwi Hantoko (4 publications)
  • Mi Yan (4 publications)

Recent publications by Kunio Yoshikawa include:

  • "Challenges and practices on waste management and disposal during COVID-19 pandemic," 2021, Journal of Environmental Management
  • "A critical review on energy recovery and non-hazardous disposal of oily sludge from petroleum industry by pyrolysis," 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "Recent developments of deep eutectic solvent as absorbent for CO2 removal from syngas produced from gasification: Current status, challenges, and further research," 2021, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
  • "Hydrothermal treatment combined with in-situ mechanical compression for floated oily sludge dewatering," 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "Effect of hydrothermal carbonization temperature on reactivity and synergy of co-gasification of biomass hydrochar and coal," 2020, Applied Thermal Engineering

Kunio Yoshikawa received the James Harry Potter Gold Medal from The American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2001.

Best Publications

  • Recent progresses in catalytic tar elimination during biomass gasification or pyrolysis—A review

    Yafei Shen;Kunio Yoshikawa

  • Fuel Oil Production from Municipal Plastic Wastes in Sequential Pyrolysis and Catalytic Reforming Reactors

    Mochamad Syamsiro;Harwin Saptoadi;Tinton Norsujianto;Putri Noviasri;Putri Noviasri

  • In-situ catalytic conversion of tar using rice husk char-supported nickel-iron catalysts for biomass pyrolysis/gasification

    Yafei Shen;Peitao Zhao;Peitao Zhao;Qinfu Shao;Qinfu Shao;Dachao Ma

  • Clean solid biofuel production from high moisture content waste biomass employing hydrothermal treatment.

    Peitao Zhao;Peitao Zhao;Peitao Zhao;Yafei Shen;Shifu Ge;Zhenqian Chen

  • High temperature steam-only gasification of woody biomass

    Kentaro Umeki;Kentaro Umeki;Kouichi Yamamoto;Tomoaki Namioka;Kunio Yoshikawa

  • A review of production and upgrading of algal bio-oil

    Mohammad Saber;Bakhtiyor Nakhshiniev;Kunio Yoshikawa

  • Challenges and practices on waste management and disposal during COVID-19 pandemic.

    Dwi Hantoko;Xiaodong Li;Agamuthu Pariatamby;Kunio Yoshikawa

  • Energy recycling from sewage sludge by producing solid biofuel with hydrothermal carbonization.

    Peitao Zhao;Peitao Zhao;Yafei Shen;Shifu Ge;Kunio Yoshikawa

  • In situ catalytic conversion of tar using rice husk char/ash supported nickel-iron catalysts for biomass pyrolytic gasification combined with the mixing-simulation in fluidized-bed gasifier.

    Yafei Shen;Peitao Zhao;Peitao Zhao;Qinfu Shao;Fumitake Takahashi

  • Characteristics of co-combustion and kinetic study on hydrothermally treated municipal solid waste with different rank coals: A thermogravimetric analysis

    Marisamy Muthuraman;Tomoaki Namioka;Kunio Yoshikawa

  • Tar removal from biomass pyrolysis gas in two-step function of decomposition and adsorption

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  • Solid Fuel from Oil Palm Biomass Residues and Municipal Solid Waste by Hydrothermal Treatment for Electrical Power Generation in Malaysia: A Review

    Norfadhilah Hamzah;Koji Tokimatsu;Kunio Yoshikawa

  • Catalytic hydrothermal liquefaction of microalgae using nanocatalyst

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  • A critical review on energy recovery and non-hazardous disposal of oily sludge from petroleum industry by pyrolysis

    Jiantao Li;Fawei Lin;Kai Li;Fa Zheng

  • Hydrogen-rich gas production from waste plastics by pyrolysis and low-temperature steam reforming over a ruthenium catalyst

    Tomoaki Namioka;Atsushi Saito;Yukiharu Inoue;Yeongsu Park

  • Performance of tar removal by absorption and adsorption for biomass gasification

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  • Performance optimization of two-staged gasification system for woody biomass

    Yin Wang;Kunio Yoshikawa;Tomoaki Namioka;Yoshirou Hashimoto

  • Effects of hydrothermal treatment on characteristics and combustion behaviors of municipal solid wastes

    Liang Lu;Tomoaki Namioka;Kunio Yoshikawa

  • Coal alternative fuel production from municipal solid wastes employing hydrothermal treatment

    Pandji Prawisudha;Tomoaki Namioka;Kunio Yoshikawa

  • Preparation of high surface area sludge-based activated hydrochar via hydrothermal carbonization and application in the removal of basic dye

    Reza Khoshbouy;Fumitake Takahashi;Kunio Yoshikawa

  • A comparison of co-combustion characteristics of coal with wood and hydrothermally treated municipal solid waste.

    Marisamy Muthuraman;Tomoaki Namioka;Kunio Yoshikawa

  • Absorptive removal of biomass tar using water and oily materials.

    Thana Phuphuakrat;Tomoaki Namioka;Kunio Yoshikawa

  • A comparative study on co-combustion performance of municipal solid waste and Indonesian coal with high ash Indian coal: A thermogravimetric analysis

    Marisamy Muthuraman;Tomoaki Namioka;Kunio Yoshikawa

  • Biomass gasification process with the tar removal technologies utilizing bio-oil scrubber and char bed

    Shunsuke Nakamura;Shigeru Kitano;Kunio Yoshikawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Lu Ding
Lu Ding Luleå tekniska universitet
Yafei Shen
Yafei Shen Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Muhammad Aziz
Muhammad Aziz University of Tokyo
Marco J. Castaldi
Marco J. Castaldi City College of New York
Ningbo Gao
Ningbo Gao Xi'an Jiaotong University
Manosh C. Paul
Manosh C. Paul University of Glasgow
Hideki Hosoda
Hideki Hosoda Tokyo Institute of Technology
Wlodzimierz Blasiak
Wlodzimierz Blasiak Royal Institute of Technology
Beibei Yan
Beibei Yan Tianjin University
Xiaodong Li
Xiaodong Li Zhejiang University

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