Carbon Management Research Team

Carbon Management through Technological Development, Modeling, and Evaluation

Our team is conducting a series of innovative technological development related to carbon management, as well as modeling and evaluation for process development and social implementation of technologies.

Carbon Management Research Team

Research themes

  • Development of innovative technologies that recycle (convert) CO₂ into minerals or chemical feedstock. This development leads to the realization of “Beyond Zero” CO₂ emissions.
  • Development of CO₂ separation, capture, utilization, and fixation technologies that serve as a base of CCUS/carbon recycling/carbon removal.
  • Process design and evaluation of low-carbon technologies using machine learning modeling.
  • Developmnet of evaluation tool for low carbon technologies and scenarios development for its social implementation.

Concept for social contributions and implementation

・Implement a series of innovative technologies that lead to a significant reduction in CO₂ emissions and "Beyond Zero" CO₂ emissions through corporate collaboration.
・Develop social implementation scenarios of technologies through zero-emission society scenarios created by a process design and an evaluation tool based on machine learning models.

Research Team Leader / Greetings

Leader, Research Strategy Headquarters Integrated Research Center for CCUS Implementation CCUS Assessment Research Team (Leader, Carbon Management Research Team)

MORIMOTO Shinichirou

Our team will comprehensively engage in innovative technology development, process development, and evaluation study necessary for building a zero-emission society, through which we aim to implement technologies and processes that contribute to CO₂ reduction and sequestration in collaboration with companies.

MORIMOTO Shinichirou

Members

Research Strategy Headquarters Integrated Research Center for CCUS Implementation CCUS Assessment Research Team (Carbon Management Research Team)

GUZMAN Urbina Alexander

Principal Researcher (Carbon Management Research Team, Research Planning Office of Zero Emission)

SHARMA Atul

Member

TAMAKI Hideyuki

Member

MITSUDA Nobutaka

Member

KANNO Manabu

Member

SAKAMOTO Shingo

Member

CHUNG KwiMi

Member

KIJIMA Saku

Technical Staff

TAKEOKA Miho

Technical Staff

MATSUMURA Akimitsu

Technical Staff

MARUYAMA Kazue

Promoting Carbon Management through Technological Development, Modeling, and Evaluation

Realizing a Zero-Emission Society by integrating technological development and evaluation

Our team develops innovative carbon management technologies, assessment methods, and tools that contribute to CO₂ reduction and removal and to create a zero-emission society.

Specifically, we are developing CO2 capture, utilization, and fixation technologies that underpin CCUS, carbon recycling, and carbon removal. These innovative technologies enable “Beyond Zero” CO2 emissions by converting CO2 into chemical feedstock or minerals.

We are also developing evaluation methods for CCUS, carbon recycling, and CO2 removal based on these technologies. In particular, we are developing a process using machine learning models and tools to assess CO2 reduction effects and economic feasibility.

By integrating technological development and assessment, we are promoting the social implementation of these technologies through corporate collaboration and creating promising scenarios for a zero-emissions society.

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Research

Sawai, T; Tamakoshi, K; Mizuno, S; Murakami, T., Effect of wet torrefaction and densification molding on energy properties of solid biofuels with Japanese cedar, J Therm. Sci. Technol. 2025, 20, 00088

Published JUL 24 2025

Yokoi, R.; Morimoto, S.; Anzai, Y.; Hatayama, H., Effects of promoting decarbonization and digitalization on future copper cycles in Japan, Resour. Conserv. Recycl. 2025, 220, 108344

Published MAY 03 2025

Murakami, T., Detailed Analysis of Tar Components in Syngas Generated by Lignite Gasification in a Fluidized Bed Gasifier, J. Jpn. Pet. Inst 2025, 68, 69-80

Published MAY 01 2025
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