KODAMA Akio
Position/Department/Division/Institution/Organization
Professor / Institute for Frontier Science Initiative / Kanazawa University
Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 920-1192 JapanCountry
JAPANCareer historyR & D Center, Kyushyu-Matsushita Electric Corporation, Fukuoka
Engineer, 1991-1992

Department of Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry
Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, JAPANAssistant Professor, 1995-November 2002

Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology
Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, JAPAN
Associate Professor, December 2002 – March 2008

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Science and Engineering,
Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, JAPAN
Associate Professor, April 2008 – March 2011
Professor, April 2011 – November 2021

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Institute for Frontier Science Initiative, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, JAPAN
Professor, December 2021 – presentAwards/Publications
AWARDS2017 Japan Society of Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers Outstanding Paper
Award, “Measurement and Interpretation of Temperature Distribution in an Adsorbent
Desiccant Rotor”, May 15, 2017.

2013 Japan Society of Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers Outstanding Paper
Award, “Optimum Operating/Design Concept for Adsorbent Desiccant Wheel”, May 14, 2013.

2009 Technology Award (from The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan),"Applicationof a new adsorbent AQSOA-FAM to desiccant cooling systems", March 19, 2010.
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2002 Technology Award (from The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan), "Adsorptivedesiccant cooling system", March 24, 2003.
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2001 Young Investigator Researcher Award (from Japan Society of Refrigerating and Air
Conditioning Engineers), "Research and development of improved desiccant cooling process",
May 15, 2002.

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2001 Technology Award (from The Society of Separation Process Engineers, Japan),"Desiccant cooling process equipped with a honeycomb rotor adsorber", April 24, 2002.

2000 Young Investigator Researcher Award (from The Japan Society on Adsorption),"Experimental study on an adsorptive desiccant cooling process equipped with a honeycomb
rotor dehumidifier", October 10, 2000.

Best Paper Award, "Thermally Activated Honeycomb Dehumidifiers for Adsorption Cooling
System", Heating and Cooling, ASME/JSME/JSES International Solar Energy Conference,Maui, Hawaii, March 19-24, 1995.

PUBLICATIONSCarbon dioxide recovery from a simulated dry exhaust gas by an internally heated and cooledtemperature swing adsorption packed with a typical hydrophobic adsorbent, Masuda, S.,
Osaka, Y., Tsujiguchi, T., Kodama, A., Separation and Purification Technology, 284,120249(2022)

Dehumidification behavior of an aluminophosphate zeolite coated crossflow heat exchanger
driven with direct hot water heating and evaporative cooling, Sunhor, S., Adi Saputra, D.,Osaka, Y., Tsujiguchi, T., Kodama, A., Applied Thermal Engineering, 210,118355 (2022)

CO2 Capture from a Simulated Dry Exhaust Gas by Internally Heated and Cooled
Temperature Swing Adsorption, Masuda, S., Osaka, Y., Tsujiguchi, T., Kodama, A., J. Chem.
Eng. Japan, 54(5), pp.232-238 (2021)

Experimental investigation of desiccant wheel dehumidification control method for changes
in regeneration heat input, Saputra, D. A., Osaka, Y., Tsujiguchi, T., Haruki, M., Kumita, M.,Kodama, A., Energy, 205, Page 118109 (2020)Separation and enrichment of CH4 and CO2 from a dry biogas using a thermally regenerative
adsorbent-packed heat exchanger, Zainol, N.I., Osaka, Y., Tsujiguchi, T., Kumita, M., Kodama,A., Adsorption, 25(6), pp. 1159-1167 (2019)

Adsorption–desorption behavior of water vapor and heat-flow analysis of FAM-Z01-coatedheat exchanger, Tsujiguchi, T., Osaka, Y., Kumita, M., Kodama, A., Int. J. Refrigeration, 105,pp. 3-10 (2019)

Experimental investigation on the adsorption kinetics of silica-gel layer enhanced thermal
conductivity, Osaka, Y., Kotani, S., Tsujiguchi, T., Kodama, A., Huang, H., Appl. Therm. Eng.,
148, pp. 324-330 (2019)

Experimental investigation on the CO2 separation performance from humid flue gas by TSA
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process, Osaka Y., Tsujiguchi T., Kodama A., Separation and Purification Technology, 207,
pp.77-82 (2018)
Dehumidification behavior of cross-flow heat exchanger type adsorber coated withaluminophosphate zeolite for desiccant humidity control system, Kubota, M., Hanaoka, N.,Matsuda, H., Kodama, A., Appl. Therm. Eng., 122, pp.618–625 (2017)

Influence of Feed Gas Condition and Regeneration Temperature on the Separation
Performance of Thermal Swing Continuous CO2 Adsorber using a Honeycomb Adsorbent
Rotor, Shimono, K., Inoue, K., Okano, H., Kodama, A., KAGAKU KOGAKU RONBUNSHU,
43(2), pp.81-87 (2017)

Influence of contained water vapor on performance of simulated biogas separation bypressure swing adsorption, Tsujiguchi, T., Miyashita, Y., Osaka, Y., Kodama, A., J. Chem. Eng.
Japan, 49(3), pp. 251-256 (2016)

Preparation of a Honeycomb Adsorbent Rotor for a thermal Swing Continuous CO2 Adsorber,Shimono, K., Inoue, K., Okano, H., Matsukuma, Y., Kodama, A., KAGAKU KOGAKURONBUNSHU, 42(1), pp.15-21 (2016)
and others

Areas of expertiseAdsorption processes:

Thermal swing adsorption
 CO2 recovery and Direct Air Capture Air separation
 Solar / low-temperature heat driven desiccant dehumidification / cooling process Drying

Pressure swing adsorption
 CO2 recovery

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