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Tomohiro Akiyama

Tomohiro Akiyama

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Materials Science

D-Index
62
Citations
13881
World Ranking
6470
National Ranking
330

Overview

Tomohiro Akiyama is affiliated with Hokkaido University in Japan. Their research contributions span multiple fields within engineering and materials science, with a notable focus on phase change materials and energy-related systems.

The primary fields of study for Akiyama include Engineering and Materials Science, with significant subfields being Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, and Water Science and Technology.

Their research addresses several main topics, including:

  • Phase Change Materials Research
  • Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems
  • Adsorption and Cooling Systems
  • Iron and Steelmaking Processes
  • Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
  • Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques
  • Hydrogen Storage and Materials

Akiyama has published in a variety of scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • ISIJ International
  • Applied Energy
  • Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  • Tetsu-to-Hagane
  • Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B

Recent papers authored by Akiyama cover several topics related to materials and energy storage, including:

  • A high-thermal-conductivity, high-durability phase-change composite using a carbon fibre sheet as a supporting matrix, 2020, Applied Energy
  • Fabrication of heat storage pellets composed of microencapsulated phase change material for high-temperature applications, 2020, Applied Energy
  • Reduction Behaviors and Generated Phases of Iron Ores using Ammonia as Reducing Agent, 2022, ISIJ International
  • Fabrication of Heat Storage Pellets Consisting of a Metallic Latent Heat Storage Microcapsule and an Al2O3 Matrix, 2020, ISIJ International
  • Rapid oxygen storage and release with Brownmillerite-structured Ca2AlMnO5, 2020, Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Frequent collaborators with Akiyama include Takahiro Nomura, Ade Kurniawan, Hiroki Sakai, Keisuke Abé, and Nan Sheng.

Best Publications

  • DEVELOPMENT OF PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS BASED MICROENCAPSULATED TECHNOLOGY FOR BUILDINGS: A REVIEW

    V.V. Tyagi;S.C. Kaushik;S.K. Tyagi;T. Akiyama

  • Impregnation of porous material with phase change material for thermal energy storage

    Takahiro Nomura;Noriyuki Okinaka;Tomohiro Akiyama

  • Synthesis, characterization and thermal properties of paraffin microcapsules modified with nano-Al2O3

    Xiang Jiang;Ruilian Luo;Feifei Peng;Yutang Fang

  • Thermal conductivity enhancement of erythritol as PCM by using graphite and nickel particles

    Teppei Oya;Takahiro Nomura;Masakatsu Tsubota;Noriyuki Okinaka

  • Microencapsulation of phase change materials with binary cores and calcium carbonate shell for thermal energy storage

    Tingyu Wang;Shuangfeng Wang;Ruilian Luo;Chunyu Zhu

  • Nanomaterial synthesis using plasma generation in liquid

    Genki Saito;Tomohiro Akiyama

  • Thermophysical and heat transfer properties of phase change material candidate for waste heat transportation system

    Akihide Kaizawa;Nobuhiro Maruoka;Nobuhiro Maruoka;Atsushi Kawai;Hiroomi Kamano

  • Microencapsulation of metal-based phase change material for high-temperature thermal energy storage.

    Takahiro Nomura;Chunyu Zhu;Nan Sheng;Genki Saito

  • Phase change composite based on porous nickel and erythritol

    Teppei Oya;Takahiro Nomura;Noriyuki Okinaka;Tomohiro Akiyama

  • Thermal and flow behaviors in heat transportation container using phase change material

    Akihide Kaizawa;Hiroomi Kamano;Atsushi Kawai;Tetsuji Jozuka

  • Microencapsulated phase change materials with high heat capacity and high cyclic durability for high-temperature thermal energy storage and transportation

    Takahiro Nomura;Nan Sheng;Chunyu Zhu;Genki Saito

  • Macro-encapsulation of metallic phase change material using cylindrical-type ceramic containers for high-temperature thermal energy storage

    Ryo Fukahori;Takahiro Nomura;Chunyu Zhu;Nan Sheng

  • High thermal conductivity phase change composite with percolating carbon fiber network

    Takahiro Nomura;Kazuki Tabuchi;Chunyu Zhu;Nan Sheng

  • Feasibility of Rotary Cup Atomizer for Slag Granulation

    Toshio Mizuochi;Tomohiro Akiyama;Taihei Shimada;Eiki Kasai

  • Hydrogen Production from Waste Aluminum at Different Temperatures, with LCA

    Takehito Hiraki;Masato Takeuchi;Masaaki Hisa;Tomohiro Akiyama

  • Hydrogen production from biogas using hot slag

    Hadi Purwanto;Tomohiro Akiyama

  • Cotton-derived carbon sponge as support for form-stabilized composite phase change materials with enhanced thermal conductivity

    Nan Sheng;Takahiro Nomura;Chunyu Zhu;Hiroki Habazaki

  • Storage of thermal energy for effective use of waste heat from industries

    J. Yagi;T. Akiyama

  • Measurement and Modeling of Thermal Conductivity for Dense Iron Oxide and Porous Iron Ore Agglomerates in Stepwise Reduction

    Tomohiro Akiyama;Hiromichi Ohta;Reijiro Takahashi;Yoshio Waseda

  • Thermal analysis of Al–Si alloys as high-temperature phase-change material and their corrosion properties with ceramic materials

    Ryo Fukahori;Takahiro Nomura;Chunyu Zhu;Nan Sheng

  • Hydriding combustion synthesis for the production of hydrogen storage alloy

    T Akiyama;H Isogai;J Yagi

Frequent Co-Authors

Atsushi Tsutsumi
Atsushi Tsutsumi University of Tokyo
Shuangfeng Wang
Shuangfeng Wang South China University of Technology
Hiroki Habazaki
Hiroki Habazaki Hokkaido University
Tatsumi Ishihara
Tatsumi Ishihara Kyushu University
Makoto Komiyama
Makoto Komiyama University of Tokyo
Hiroyuki Asanuma
Hiroyuki Asanuma Nagoya University
Jun-ichiro Hayashi
Jun-ichiro Hayashi Kyushu University
Zhonghao Rao
Zhonghao Rao Hebei University of Technology
Fumio Saito
Fumio Saito Tohoku University
Etsuo Akiba
Etsuo Akiba Kyushu University

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