Demonstration Research on a Hydrogen-based Society through Collaboration among Industry, University, Government and Local Community

Demonstration Research on a Hydrogen-based Society through Collaboration
among Industry, University, Government, and Local Community
Comprehensive technology and human resource development(3)Implementation of a global technologicaltrend survey to build a database foradvanced hydrogen technology(4)Strengthening of international
cooperation through the appointmentof world-leading guest professors

information exchange

External evaluation and support

Latest technical information

Information sharing

Experimental study at Kyushu University s hydrogen campus

Diﬀusion strategy(1)Promotion of technical and practical demonstrations andfeedback about technical issues for further basic research
Feedback about
technical issues forfurther basic research

Development anddemonstration of hydrogentechnology from Kyushu Univ.

International Research Center for Hydrogen Energy(2)Full-scale implementation of basic research on advanced
technologies in anticipation on future experimental study
Technologies developed
by Kyushu Univ.

(8)Implementation of
educational activities topromote cutting-edgehydrogen energy technology
Technicalinformation

Human resource exchange

In fiscal 2010, a project designated as “Demonstration Research
on a Hydrogen-based Society through Collaboration among Industry,University, Government, and Local Community”was commenced. To
realize a low-carbon society by taking advantage of hydrogen technology,
this demonstration research, linked to both basic and industry-academia
collaborative research, has been conducted at the“hydrogen campus”Kyushu University’s Ito Campus - in conjunction with Fukuoka Prefectural
government and the Fukuoka Strategy Conference for Hydrogen Energy.
These research activities aim to create a unique international center forhydrogen energy research and education in which industry, government,
academia and the community collaborate.
As a result of applications that were open to all faculties of the university,
fifty-two projects have been implemented, with researchers from a varietyof departments and divisions involved. These projects also serve to support
the activities of Kyushu University’s International Institute for CarbonNeutral Energy Research, which opened in December 2010 as part ofMEXT’s World Premier International Research Center Initiative（WPI）.

Safetytechnology(7)Promotion oftechnology incubation
through industryacademic cooperation(6)Compilation on near
miss report to realize a safehydrogen society

Practical
technology

Academicprinciples(5)Upgrading andexpansion of humanresource development
programs

Safety andsecurity

Specialized
human resources

World-leading hydrogen energy research center◎Demonstration research projects for fiscal 2013
（Ａ）Research on fuel cells
Project #Principal researcher

Affiliation

A01

Akari Hayashi

Associate Professor, International Research Center for Hydrogen Energy

Development of PEFCs with high durability by controlling carbon nanostructures

Project title

A02

Kazunari Sasaki

A03

Stephen LYTH

Study on a carbon-free electrode catalyst for polymer electrolyte fuel cells
Graphene in Fuel Cells: Exploring graphene as a unique material for polymer electrolyte
membrane fuel cell catalysts and catalyst supports
Improvement of a durability of carbon supporting materials by polymer wrapping

A04

Tsuyohiko Fujigaya

Director/ Professor, International Research Center for Hydrogen Energy
Associate Professor, International Institute for Carbon-Neutral
Energy Research
Associate Professor, Dept. of Applied Chemistry

A05

Masamichi Nishihara

Assistant Professor, International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research

A06

Tatsumi Kitahara

Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

A07

Hiroshige Matsumoto

Professor, International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research

Direction dependency of proton conductivity of charge-transfer complex hybrid films and application for PEFC
Hydrophilic and hydrophobic double MPL coated GDL to enhance PEFC performance underlow and high humidity conditions
Development of fine-porous electrode starting from nanoparticle

A08

Yuji Okuyama

Assistant Professor, Inamori Frontier Research Center

Design of the proton conducting oxide for fuel cell

A09

Nicola Perry

Research Associate, International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research

Development of new high-durability solid oxide fuel cell cathode compositions by Sr replacement

A10

Shunsuke Taniguchi

Professor, International Research Center for Hydrogen Energy

Development of a highly durable metal supported SOFC technology using a stainless steel

Associate Professor, International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research

Study of oxygen exchange rate of novel transition and precious metal CeO2 solid solutions for SOFC electrodes

Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Development of 3D Temperature Measurement Techniques in PEFC with Ultrafine Thermocouple

A11

Sean Bishop

A12Kohei Ito

A13Yuya Tachikawa

Assistant Professor, International Research center for Hydrogen Energy Research

Development of SOFC planar cell anode visualization holder

A14

Hironori Nakajima

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Demonstration Research on the Power Generation by an Anode-Supported Honeycomb SOFC Stack.

A15Toshiko Osada

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Development of micro separator for fuel cell by metal injection molding

A16Tsutomu Kawabata

Technical staff, International Research Center for Hydrogen Energy

Research into diversified cell production technology of SOFC
Developed fabricating process for SOFC unit with improved-performance by imprinting technique
Thermomechanical reliability and catalytic activity of Ni-ScSZ anode supports in internal
reforming SOFC running on biogas
4D nano-scale visualization by EDS-TEM tomography

A17XU Yang

Research Associate, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

A18

Yusuke Shiratori

Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

A19

Takeshi Daio

Research Associate, International Research Center for Hydrogen Energy（Ｂ）Research on hydrogen technology
Project #Principal researcher

B01

Takuya Kitaoka

Professor, Faculty of Agriculture Associate

Affiliation

Development of Novel Paper-Structured Catalysts for Hydrogen Production

Project title
Kinetic Simulations for Hydrogen Production from Biogas on Realistic Catalyst Surface

B02

Teppei Ogura

Associate Professor, International Research Center for Hydrogen Energy

B03

Shinji Kudo

Assistant Professor, Institute for Material Chemistry and Engineering

Dissolution and hydrothermal reforming of lignocellulosic biomass in akaline aqueous
solution for the production of hydrogen

B04

Takaaki Sakai

Assistant Professor, Center for Molecular Systems

Fabrication of thin-film electrolyte hydrogen separation cell using La series perovskite type proton conductor

B05

Etsuo Akiba

Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Development of high performance and energy-efficient carbon based hydrogen adsorbers

B06

Li Haiwen

Associate Professor, International Research Center for Hydrogen Energy

Development of chemical hydrides for onboard hydrogen sotrage materials

B07

Huaiyu Shao

Assistant Professor, International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy ResearchInnovative development of Mg-based hydrogen storage materials for stationary energy storage

B08

Masanobu Kubota

Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Prevention of Instantaneous Failure of Materials for High-Pressure Hydrogen Vessel

B09

Shigeru Hamada

Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Experimental Study of Block-HELP Mechanism Applied Low Carbon Steel Piping

B10

Hisao Matsunaga

Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Searching of Low Alloy Steel Having Higher Resistance against Hydrogen Embrittlement
Study on low temperature embrittlement by quantum tunneling of hydrogen in metals

B11Tatsuya Kawae

Associate Professor, Applied Quantum Physics, Faculty of Engineering

B12Junichiro Yamabe

Associate Professor, International Research Center for Hydrogen Energy

Study on hydrogen entry behavior of oxide-coated steels

B13

Aleksandar Staykov

Assistant Professor, International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy
Research

Theoretical study of H2 adsorption and dissociation on metal oxide surfaces. Effect of theoxide structure and H2 gas pressure on the hydrogen entry in the material

B14

Takayoshi Ishimoto

Assistant Professor, Inamori Frontier Research Center

Development of quantum chemistry computation simulator for hydrogen science – in pursuitof an understanding of fundamental hydrogen properties

B15

Yoshiko Miura

Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering

Development of High-performance Solid-state Electrochemical Gas Sensors with Multiple
Applications in the Proposed Hydrogen Economy

Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Development of a Room-Temperature-Driven Micro-beam Hydrogen Detector

B16

Hiroshi Takamatsu

B17

Zhiyun Noda

Technical staff, International Research Center for Hydrogen Energy

Hydrogen Purity Sensors：Principles and Response

B18

Masahiro Inoue

Associate Professor, Dept. of Earth Resource Engineering

Experimental Research on the Optimal Placement of Hydrogen Sensors for Real World Hydrogen Dispersion Scenarios

B19Chuanjun Liu

Research fellow, Dept. of Electronics, Graduate School of Information
Science and Electrical Engineering

Porphyrin Metal Complex based Optical Sensor for the Detection of Poisonous Gases inHydrogen Fuel

B20

Yoshinori SawaeProfessor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Development of high performance valve for high pressure hydrogen gas infrastructure

B21Naoya Sakoda

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Study on Thermal-Flow Characteristics of High-Pressure Hydrogen in Discharge Processes

B22

Yukihide Nagano

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Study on extinction phenomenon of hydrogen flame for prevention of hydrogen explosion

B23

Shin Nishimura

Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Lifetime Assessment of Diaphragm Pump for Fuel Hydrogen Gas Circulation on Fuel Cell System

B24

Masahiro Kasai

Associate Professor, International Research Center for Hydrogen Energy

Study on Lithium Ion Diffusion in Solid State Cathode Materials for an Energy Storage Device Generated with Hydrogen

B25

Hisatake Itoga

Associate Professor, Research Center for Hydrogen Industrial Use and Storage

Study of test method of elastic-plastic fracture toughness in high pressure hydrogen gas

B26Hirotada Fujiwara

Associate Professor, Research Center for Hydrogen Industrial Use and Storage

Study of polymer materials and fillers for the use under hydrogen environment（Ｃ）Systems research
Project #Principal researcher

Affiliation

C01

Megumi Takata

Associate Professor, Kyushu University Business School / Robert T. Huang Entrepreneurship Center of Kyushu University

Project title
Research on Commercialization Process of Hydrogen Related Technology

C02

Kenshi Itaoka

Professor, International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research

Public acceptance study on hydrogen technology in the area of hydrogen energy demonstration projects

C03

Michihisa Koyama

Professer, Inamori Frontier Research Center

Development of Evaluation Framework for Grand-design of Low-Carbon Society andEvaluation of Hydrogen/Fuel Cell Technologies in Low-Carbon Society

C04

Seiichiro Kimura

Research Associate, International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research

Improvement of simulation model for hydrogen station deployment.

C05

Yasuyuki Takata

Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Study on Operation Efficiency of Hydrogen Refueling Station

C06

Munehiro Miwa

Professor, Manuscript Library

Developments of Aviation Gasoline Manufacture and Hydrogen Production in the U.S.A:
how to fuel the Allied Powers during the World War Ⅱ

C07

Masato Furukawa

Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Research on High Performance Wind Lens Turbine for Hydrogen House27