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倉田修（Osamu Kurata）

国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所
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E-mail：osamu.kurata*aist.go.jp（*を@に変更して使用してください。）(～2025/3/31)

学歴

１９８２年３月都立小石川高校卒業(化学研究会)
１９８７年３月早稲田大学理工学部卒業(理工展連絡会)
１９８９年３月早稲田大学大学院理工学研究科修士課程機械工学専攻修了(斎藤・大聖研究室(内燃機関))
２００２年７月早稲田大学大学院理工学研究科課程外博士(論文博士)

経歴

１９８９年４月　通商産業省工業技術院機械技術研究所
～２０００年　機械研エネルギー部エネルギー変換課
～２００３年　産総研エネルギー利用研究部門循環システムグループ
　２００４年　産総研　技術情報部門
～２００６年　産総研エネルギー技術研究部門分散システムグループ
～２０２０年　産総研省エネルギー研究部門ターボマシングループ
～２０２１年　産総研エネルギー・環境領域省エネルギー研究部門熱流体システムグループ
～２０２４年　産総研エネルギー・環境領域省エネルギー研究部門流体制御グループ
～２０２５/３/３１　産総研エネルギー・環境領域再生可能エネルギー研究センター
２０２５/４/１～　(東京多摩地域)私立大学教員

研究実績

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Osamu KURATA (Dr. Eng.)

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Ammonia combustion gas turbine

Topics about Ammonia combustion gas turbine

AIST News Release
2014 Power Generation Technology for Ammonia Combustion in a Gas Turbine

2015 Gas Turbine Power Generation with a Methane-Ammonia Gas Mixture and 100 % Ammonia

AIST News Release (in Japanese)
2014 ガスタービンでアンモニアを燃焼させる発電技術

2015 メタン－アンモニア混合ガスと100 %アンモニアのそれぞれでガスタービン発電に成功

JST News Release (in Japanese)
2014 ガスタービンでアンモニアを燃焼させる発電技術～水素キャリアとしてのアンモニアの利用進展へ～

2015 メタン－アンモニア混合ガスと１００％アンモニアのそれぞれでガスタービン発電に成功～水素キャリアとしてのアンモニアを発電所の燃料に～

2015 YouTube SIP エネルギーキャリア　アンモニア直接燃焼

2019 終了報告書/ Final report (Energy Carriers)

2019 終了報告書(「アンモニア内燃機関の技術開発」：産総研担当分) / Final report (AIST) (in Japanese)

IEEJ Press Release
2020 On Demonstration of Blue Ammonia Supply Chain - A sustainable path to a hydrogen society and a circular carbon economy
2020 (in Japanese) ブルーアンモニアサプライチェーンの実証試験に関するビデオリリース-水素社会・炭素循環型経済に向けての持続可能な道

Toyota Energy Solutions Press Release (in Japanese)
2021 (in Japanese) アンモニアＭＧＴを活用したゼロエミッション農業の技術実証をスタート

Tohoku University Press Release (in Japanese)
2020 (in Japanese) 液体アンモニアを燃料とする噴霧火炎の安定化に成功― アンモニアガスタービン発電の実用化に向けて前進 ―

IHI Press Release (in Japanese)
2022.06 (in Japanese) 世界初，液体アンモニア100%燃焼によるガスタービンで，CO2フリー発電を達成
2023.12 (in Japanese) 世界初となるアンモニア専焼ガスタービンの商用利用に関する基本合意を締結

NEDO Green Innovation Project (in Japanese)
2022.01 (in Japanese) 燃料アンモニアサプライチェーンの構築、【研究開発項目 2】アンモニアの発電利用における高混焼化・専焼化、アンモニア専焼ガスタービンの研究開発

NH3 Fuel Conference (2004-2018), Ammonia Energy Conference (2019-)(in U.S.A.)
2014 Micro Gas Turbine Operation with Kerosene and Ammonia

2015 Micro Gas Turbine Firing Ammonia

2016 Power Generation and Flame Visualization of Micro Gas Turbine Firing Ammonia or Ammonia-Methane Mixture

2017 Combustion Emissions from NH3 Fuel Gas Turbine Power Generation Demonstrated

2018 Development of Low-NOx Combustor of Micro Gas Turbine Firing Ammonia Gas

2019 Pure Ammonia Combustion Micro Gas Turbine System

NH3 event Europe (Power to Ammonia)
2018 Demonstration of NH3 fuelled gas turbine power generation system and the further R&D

ASME Turbo Expo
2015 Micro Gas Turbine Firing Kerosene and Ammonia, Proc. ASME Turbo Expo 2015 GT2015-43689, June 15-19 (2015) Montreal, Canada

2016 Micro Gas Turbine Firing Ammonia, Proc. ASME Turbo Expo 2016 GT2016-56954, June 13-17 (2016) Seoul, South Korea

2017 Operation and Flame Observation of Micro Gas Turbine firing ammonia, Proc. ASME Turbo Expo 2017 GT2017-64250, June 26-30, Charlotte, NC, USA.

2018 NOx Reduction of a Swirl Combustor Firing Ammonia for a Micro Gas Turbine, Proc. ASME Turbo Expo 2018 GT2018-75993, June 11-15, Oslo, Norway.

2021 Start-up Process of 50kW-class Gas Turbine Firing Ammonia Gas, Proc. ASME Turbo Expo 2021 GT2021-59448, June 7-11, Virtual, Online.

2023 Experimental Investigation of the Stability of Liquid/gaseous Ammonia-Fired Mono-Fuel Gas Turbine, Proc. ASME Turbo Expo 2023 GT2023-100755, June 26-30, Boston, USA.

Journals
2017 Performances and emission characteristics of NH3-air and NH3-CH4-air combustion gas-turbine power generations, Proc. Combust. Inst. Vol.36, pp.3351-3359, (2017), Elsevier

2019 Development of Wide Range-operable, Rich-lean Low-NOx Combustor for NH3 Fuel Gas-turbine Power Generations, Proc. Combust. Inst. Vol.37, pp.4587-4595, (2019), Elsevier.

2019 Towards the Development of an Efficient Low NOx Ammonia Combustor for a Micro Gas Turbine, Proc. Combust. Inst. Vol.37, pp.4597-4606, (2019), Elsevier.

2019 Emission characteristics of turbulent non-premixed ammonia/air and methane/air swirl flames through a rich-lean combustor under various wall thermal boundary conditions at high pressure, Combustion and Flame, Vol.210, pp.247-261, (2019), Elsevier.

2020 Control of NOx and other emissions in micro gas turbine combustors fuelled with mixtures of methane and ammonia, Combustion and Flame Vol.211, pp.406-416, (2020), Elsevier.

2021 Liquid Ammonia Spray Combustion in Two-Stage Micro Gas Turbine Combustors at 0.25 MPa; Relevance of Combustion Enhancement to Flame Stability and NOx Control, Applications in Energy and Combustion Science, Vol.7, p.100038, (2021), Elsevier.

2024 Combustion and Emission Characteristics of an Ammonia Micro Gas Turbine Combustor with a Twin-Fluid Atomizer, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, GTP-23-1717, Vol.146, Issue 11, ASME, Jun 2024.

2024 Enhancement of liquid ammonia combustion by a twin fluid atomizer, International Journal of Gas Turbine, Propulsion and Power Systems Vol.15 No.4, July 2024.

2024 Achieving High Flame Stability with Low NO And Zero N2O And NH3 Emissions During Liquid Ammonia Spray Combustion with Gas Turbine Combustors,Proceeding of Combustion Institute,40(2024), pp.105340, November 2024.

Japanese

倉田修(工博)

--誌上発表, 査読あり(2001年以前)--
1) 高温下でのメタン -空気予混合円管バーナの吹消えと逆火, 倉田修, 高橋三餘, 日本ガスタービン学会誌, 28(2) , pp.122-128, (2000/3)

2) Laminar Burning Velocity of Sewage Gas, I.Kim（NEDO）, 壹岐典彦, 高橋三餘, 古谷博秀, 濱純, 倉田修, Proceedings of The Second Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion ASPACC 99, pp.625-628, (1999/5)

3) Laminar Burning Velocity of Stoichiometric Hydrogen-Oxygen-Steam Mixture under High Pressure, 壹岐典彦, 古谷博秀, 濱純, 高橋三餘, 倉田修, 劉峰(筑波大学), Proc. 4th Japan-Korea Joint Sympsium 97 on Hydrogen Energy, pp.148-155, (1997/8)

4) 水素－酸素－水蒸気量論混合気の燃焼速度, 壹岐典彦, 古谷博秀, 濱純, 劉峰(筑波大学), 倉田修, 高橋三餘, 日本ガスタービン学会誌, 25-97, pp.85-92, (1997/6)

5) 高温下でのメタン－空気層流燃焼速度の数値計算, 倉田修, 高橋三餘, 内山芳忠, 日本ガスタービン学会誌, 25-97, pp.65-70, (1997/6)

6) Influence of Preheat Temperature on the Laminar Burning Velocity of Methane-Air Mixtures, 倉田修, 高橋三餘, 内山芳忠, SAE Technical Paper Series, SAE-942037, pp.119-125, (1994/10)

7) Particulate Formation in Compression-Ignited Fuel-Rich Mixtures, T.Ogawa, Y.Daisho, O.Kurata, T.Saito, COMODIA 90, p.633, 1990.9, (1990/9)

--著書, 刊行物--
1) 高予熱温度におけるガスタービン燃焼器の保炎特性とNOx抑制に関する基礎研究, 倉田修, 早稲田大学大学院理工学研究科(博士学位論文), (2002/7)

2) 機械技術研究所報告セラミックガスタービンの要素技術に関する基礎的研究(終了報告), 予混合希薄燃焼技術の研究, 倉田修, 機械技術研究所, (2000/3)

3) 機械研ニュース1999 No.12, 家庭のエネルギー消費パターンの計測, 倉田修, 機械技術研究所, (1999/12)

4) 水素－酸素－水蒸気量論混合気の燃焼速度　第２報　素反応計算による推定, 壹岐典彦, 濱純, 古谷博秀, 高橋三餘, 倉田修, 機械技術研究所所報, 52-1, pp.14-20, (1998/1)

5) 機械技術研究所報告セラミックガスタービンの要素技術に関する基礎的研究, メタン－空気混合気燃焼速度の予熱温度と当量比に対する依存性, 倉田修, 機械技術研究所, (1997/3)

6) 機械技術研究所報告セラミックガスタービンの要素技術に関する基礎的研究, 再生サイクルガスタービン用低NOx燃焼法の検討, 倉田修, 機械技術研究所, (1997/3)

--受賞--
1) 日本ガスタービン学会技術賞受賞 2021年度, （株）トヨタエナジーソリューションズ、東北大学、産業技術総合研究所 (低NOxアンモニア専焼マイクロガスタービン発電の研究・開発)(2022.04)

2) 日本燃焼学会論文賞, 2020, 倉田修, 壹岐典彦, 井上貴博, 松沼孝幸, 辻村拓, 古谷博秀, 河野雅人, 新井啓介, Ekenechukwu Chijioke Okafor, 早川晃弘, 小林秀昭, (アンモニア燃焼ガスタービンを実用化するために、燃焼器テストリグで得られた知見を元に、低NOx燃焼器を設計・運転し、元の燃焼器に対しNOx濃度を半減、未燃NH3、N2O濃度も激減し、より広い運転範囲で動作可能となった), (2020/12)

3) 産総研論文賞, 倉田修, 壹岐典彦, 松沼孝幸, 井上貴博, 辻村拓, 古谷博秀, 小林秀昭, 早川晃弘, (アンモニア燃焼ガスタービン発電を世界で初めて実証し排気ガスの計測を行った), (2020/03)

4) 日本ガスタービン学会論文賞受賞第9回, 壹岐典彦, 古谷博秀, 高橋三餘, 濱純, 劉峰, 倉田修, (水素燃焼タービンの燃焼の基礎データとして水素―酸素―水蒸気および水素―酸素―アルゴンの量論比混合気の燃焼速度を実験的に求め, 理論計算値と比較した), (1997/10)

English

Osamu KURATA (Dr. Eng.)

--Papers, with Review--
1) (Scoups・Citation:0)Achieving High Flame Stability with Low NO And Zero N2O And NH3 Emissions During Liquid Ammonia Spray Combustion with Gas Turbine Combustors, Okafor Ekenechukwu Chijioke, Osamu Kurata, Hirofumi Yamashita,Norihiko Iki,Takahiro Inoue,Hyun Jo, Masayasu Shimura, Taku Tsujimura, Akihiro Hayakawa, Hideaki Kobayashi,Proceeding of Combustion Institute,40(2024), pp.105340, Elsevier.

2) (Scoups・Citation:0) Enhancement of liquid ammonia combustion by a twin fluid atomizer, Osamu Kurata, Okafor Ekenechukwu Chijioke, Hirofumi Yamashita, Takahiro Inoue, Taku Tsujimura, Norihiko Iki, Akihiro Hayakawa, and Hideaki Kobayashi,International Journal of Gas Turbine, Propulsion and Power Systems Vol.15 No.4 July 2024.

3) (Web of Science・Citation:0)(Scoups・Citation:0) Combustion and Emission Characteristics of an Ammonia Micro Gas Turbine Combustor with a Twin-Fluid Atomizer, Hyun Jo, Masayasu Shimura, Osamu Kurata, Takahiro Inoue,Norihiko Iki,Yong Fan, Taku Tsujimura, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, GTP-23-1717, Vol.146, Issue 11, ASME, Nov. 2024.

4) Secondary Air Dilution of the Primary Combustion Zone of Two-Stage Rich-Lean Ammonia Combustors; A Numerical Study of the Effects on Emissions Control, Okafor Ekenechukwu Chijioke, Hirofumi Yamashita, Osamu Kurata,Norihiko Iki,Takahiro Inoue,Hyun Jo, Masayasu Shimura, Taku Tsujimura, Akihiro Hayakawa, Hideaki Kobayashi, Proceeding of International Conference on Numerical Combustion, May 8-10, Kobe, Japan.

5) (Web of Science・Citation:1)(Scoups・Citation:4) Experimental Investigation of the Stability of Liquid/gaseous Ammonia-Fired Mono-Fuel Gas Turbine, Mitsuaki Ohtomo, Yoshinori Idota, Shunsuke Kasuga, Yoshinori Yasui, Norihiko Iki, Osamu Kurata, Takahiro Inoue, Yong Fan, Proc. ASME Turbo Expo 2023 GT2023-100755, June 26-30, Boston, USA.

6) Numerical investigation of the diluting effects of secondary air on the primary combustion zone of two-stage rich-lean ammonia gas turbine combustors, Ekenechukwu C. Okafor, Hirofumi Yamashita, Osamu Kurata, Takahiro Inoue, Taku Tsujimura, Norihiko Iki, Akihiro Hayakawa, Shintaro Ito, Masahiro Uchida , Hideaki Kobayashi, Proceedings of Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, Paper ID:321, 14th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion 2023 (ASPACC2023), 2023/05.

7) Effect of impingement position on the structure of nonpremixed hydrogen-oxygen impinged jet flames, Shehab Hazim, Yong Fan, Norihiko Iki, Osamu Kurata, Taku Tsujimura, Hirohide Furutani, Proceedings of Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion, Paper ID:323, 14th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion 2023 (ASPACC2023), 2023/05.

8) Structure of Non-Premixed Hydrogen-Oxygen Impinged Jet Flame under Elevated Pressure and Flow Rates, Shehab Hazim, Yong Fan, Norihiko Iki, Osamu Kurata, Taku Tsujimura, Hirohide Furutani, Proceedings of Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion Th12-21, 13th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion 2021 (ASPACC2021), 2021/12.

9) Ignition of 100% ammonia in a swirling burner for a 50 kW-class micro gas turbine, Yong Fan, Mitsuaki Ootomo(Toyota Central R&D Labs.), Shunsuke Kasuga(Toyota Motor Corporation), Norihiko Iki, Taku Tsujimura, Osamu Kurata, Hirokazu Kojima, Hirohide Furutani, Proceedings of Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion Th12-15, 13th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion 2021 (ASPACC2021), 2021/12.

10) On Simultaneous Flame Enhancement and NOx Control in Liquid Ammonia Spray Combustion in a Micro Gas Turbine Combustor, Okafor Ekenechukwu, Osamu Kurata, Hirofumi Yamashita, Takahiro Inoue, Taku Tsujimura, Norihiko Iki, Akihiro Hayakawa(Tohoku Univ.), Shintaro Ito(IHI), Masahiro Uchida(IHI), Hideaki Kobayashi(Tohoku Univ.), Proceedings of Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion Th12-18, 13th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion 2021 (ASPACC2021), 2021/12.

11) (Web of Science・Citation:75)(Scoups・Citation:90)(IF:5) Liquid Ammonia Spray Combustion in Two-Stage Micro Gas Turbine Combustors at 0.25 MPa; Relevance of Combustion Enhancement to Flame Stability and NOx Control, Ekenechukwu C. Okafor, Osamu Kurata, Hirofumi Yamashita(Tohoku Univ.), Takahiro Inoue, Taku Tsujimura, Norihiko Iki, Akihiro Hayakawa(Tohoku Univ.), Shintaro Ito(IHI), Masahiro Uchida(IHI), Hideaki Kobayashi(Tohoku Univ.), Applications in Energy and Combustion Science, Vol.7, p.100038, (2021), Elsevier.

12) (Scoups・Citation:8) Characteristics of Ammnoia Spray Injected by Pressure-Swirl Atomizers, Yong Fan, Mitsuaki Ohtomo(Toyota Central R&D Labs.), Shunsuke Kasuga(Toyota Motor Corporation), Norihiko Iki, Osamu Kurata, Taku Tsujimura, Hirohide Furutani, Proc. of ICLASS 2021 172, ICLASS 2021, 15th Triennial International Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Virtual, Online,29 Aug.-2 Sept. 2021

13) (Web of Science・Citation:1)(Scoups・Citation:5) Start-up Process of 50kW-class Gas Turbine Firing Ammonia Gas, Osamu Kurata, Norihiko Iki, Yong Fan, Takayuki Matsunuma, Takahiro Inoue, Taku Tsujimura, Hirohide Furutani, Masato Kawano, Keisuke Arai, Ekenechukwu C. Okafor, Akihiro Hayakawa, Hideaki Kobayashi, Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2021, GT2021-59448, June 7-11, 2021, Virtual, Online.

14) (Web of Science・Citation:0)(Scoups・Citation:1) Investigation of Non-premixed Hydrogen-oxygen Impinged Jet Flame under Steam Dilution (Development of 3d Printed Impinged Jet Burner for Non-Premixed Hydrogen-Oxygen Gas Turbine Combustion), Yong Fan, Taku Tsujimura, Norihiko Iki, Osamu Kurata, Hirohide Furutani, Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2021, GT2021-59425, June 7-11, 2021, Virtual, Online.

15) Correlation between unburnt ammonia and N2O emissions of ammonia fired gas turbine combustor, Osamu Kurata, Norihiko Iki, Takahiro Inoue, Takayuki Matsunuma, Taku Tsujimura, Hirohide Furutani, Masato Kawano, Keisuke Arai (Toyota Energy Solutions Inc.), Ekenechukwu Okafor, Akihiro Hayakawa, Hideaki Kobayashi (Tohoku Univ.), Proc. International Gas Turbine Congress 2019 (IGTC2019) IGTC-2019-198, November 18-21, Tokyo, Japan (2019/11).

16) (Web of Science・Citation:273)(Scoups・Citation:298)(IF:5.8) Control of NOx and other emissions in micro gas turbine combustors fuelled with mixtures of methane and ammonia, Ekenechukwu C. Okafor(AIST), K.D. Kunkuma A. Somarathne, Rattanasupapornsak Ratthanan, Akihiro Hayakawa, Taku Kudo (Tohoku Univ.),Osamu Kurata, Norihiko Iki, Taku Tsujimura, Hirohide Furutani(AIST), Hideaki Kobayashi(Tohoku Univ.), Combustion and Flame Vol.211, pp.406-416, (2020), Elsevier.

17) Rich-lean Combustor for a 50kW Class Micro Gas Turbine Firing Ammonia, Norihiko Iki, Osamu Kurata,Takahiro Inoue, Takayuki Matsunuma, Taku Tsujimura, Hirohide Furutani(AIST), Masato Kawano, Keisuke Arai(Toyota Energy Solutions Inc.), Akihiro Hayakawa, Hideaki Kobayashi(Tohoku Univ.), Proceedings of Global Power and Propulsion Society, GPPS-BJ-2019-0074, September 16-18, (2019/09).

18) (Web of Science・Citation:127)(Scoups・Citation:138)(IF:5.8) Emission characteristics of turbulent non-premixed ammonia/air and methane/air swirl flames through a rich-lean combustor under various wall thermal boundary conditions at high pressure, Kapuruge Don Kunkuma Amila Somarathne, Ekenechukwu C. Okafor(AIST), Akihiro Hayakawa, Taku Kudo(Tohoku Univ.), Osamu Kurata, Norihiko Iki(AIST), Hideaki Kobayashi(Tohoku Univ.), Combustion and Flame, Vol.210, pp.247-261, (2019), Elsevier.

19) (Scoups・Citation:0) On the control of NOx emission from a micro gas turbine combustor fueled with mixtures of methane and ammonia, Ekenechukwu C. Okafor, Rattanasupapornsak Ratthanan, K.D. Kunkuma A. Somarathne, Akihiro Hayakawa, Taku Kudo(Tohoku Univ.), Osamu Kurata, Norihiko Iki, Taku Tsujimura(AIST), Hideaki Kobayashi(Tohoku Univ.), Proceeding of 12th Asia Pacific Conference on Combustion, July 03, Fukuoka, Japan (2019/07)

20) Rich-lean Low-NOx combustor of micro gas turbine firing ammonia gas, Osamu Kurata, Norihiko Iki, Takahiro Inoue, Takayuki Matsunuma, Taku Tsujimura, Hirohide Furutani, Masato Kawano, Keisuke Arai (Toyota Energy Solutions Inc.), Ekenechukwu Okafor, Akihiro Hayakawa, Hideaki Kobayashi (Tohoku Univ.), Proc. Asian Congress on Gas Turbines 2018 (ACGT2018), TS81, August 22-24, Morioka, Japan (2018/08).

21) (Web of Science・Citation:172)(Scoups)(IF:5.3) Development of Wide Range-operable, Rich-lean Low-NOx Combustor for NH3 Fuel Gas-turbine Power Generations, Osamu Kurata, Norihiko Iki, Takahiro Inoue, Takayuki Matsunuma, Taku Tsujimura, Hirohide Furutani, Masato Kawano, Keisuke Arai (Toyota Energy Solutions Inc.), Ekenechukwu Okafor, Akihiro Hayakawa, Hideaki Kobayashi (Tohoku Univ.), Proc. Combust. Inst. Vol.37, pp.4587-4595, (2019), Elsevier.

22) (Web of Science・Citation:266)(Scoups)(IF:5.3) Towards the Development of an Efficient Low NOx Ammonia Combustor for a Micro Gas Turbine, Ekenechukwu C. Okafor, K.D. Kunkuma A. Somarathne, Akihiro Hayakawa, Taku Kudo (Tohoku Univ.), Osamu Kurata, Norihiko Iki, Hideaki Kobayashi (Tohoku Univ.), Proc. Combust. Inst. Vol.37, pp.4597-4606, (2019), Elsevier.

23) (Web of Science・Citation:13)(Scoups) NOx Reduction of a Swirl Combustor Firing Ammonia for a Micro Gas Turbine, Norihiko Iki, Osamu Kurata, Takayuki Matsunuma, Takahiro Inoue, Taku Tsujimura, Hirohide Furutani, Hideaki Kobayashi, Akihiro Hayakawa, Ekenechukwu Okafor, Proc. ASME Turbo Expo 2018 GT2018-75993, June 11-15, Oslo, Norway (2018/06).

24) Development of Low NOx Combustor of Ammonia Fuel Gas Turbine Power Generation, Osamu Kurata, Norihiko Iki, Takahiro Inoue, Takayuki Matsunuma, Taku Tsujimura, Hirohide Furutani, Ekenechukwu Okafor, Akihiro Hayakawa, Hideaki Kobayashi, Proc. World Hydrogen Energy Conference 2018 (WHEC2018), June 17-22, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2018/06).

25) (Scoups) Modeling of Ammonia/air Non-premixed Turbulent Swirling Flames in a Gas Turbine like Combustor, K.D.K.A. Somarathne, Akihiro Hayakawa (Tohoku Univ.), Norihiko Iki, Osamu Kurata, Hideaki Kobayashi (Tohoku Univ.), Proc. 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion (ASPACC2017), Dec. 10-14, Sydney, Australia, P063 (2017/12).

26) (Scoups) Flame Stabilization and Emission Characteristics of Ammonia Flames in a Micro Gas Turbine Combustor, Ekenechukwu C. Okafor, Kazuma Sakai, Akihiro Hayakawa, Taku Kudo (Tohoku Univ.), Osamu Kurata, Norihiko Iki, Hideaki Kobayashi (Tohoku Univ.), Proc. 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion (ASPACC2017), Dec. 10-14, Sydney, Australia, P352 (2017/12).

27) (Web of Science・Citation:14)(Scoups) Operation and Flame Observation of Micro Gas Turbine firing ammonia, Norihiko Iki, Osamu KURATA, Takayuki Matsunuma, Takahiro Inoue, Taku Tsujimura, Hirohide Furutani, Hideaki Kobayashi, Akihiro Hayakawa, Proc. ASME Turbo Expo 2017 GT2017-64250, June 26-30, Charlotte, NC, USA (2017/06).

28) (Web of Science・Citation:4) Success of Ammonia-fired, Regenerator-heated, Diffusion Combustion Gas Turbine Power Generation and Prospect of Low NOx Combustion with High Combustion Efficiency, Osamu KURATA, Norihiko Iki, Takayuki Matsunuma, Takahiro Inoue, Taku Tsujimura, Hirohide Furutani, Hideaki Kobayashi, Akihiro Hayakawa, Proc. ASME 2017 Power Conference Joint With ICOPE-17, POWER2017-ICOPE-17 POWER-ICOPE2017-3277, June 26-30, Charlotte, NC, USA (2017/06).

29) (Web of Science・Citation:362)(Scoups)(IF:5.3) Performances and emission characteristics of NH3-air and NH3-CH4-air combustion gas-turbine power generations, Osamu KURATA, Norihiko Iki, Takayuki Matsunuma, Takahiro Inoue, Taku Tsujimura, Hirohide Furutani, Hideaki Kobayashi, Akihiro Hayakawa, Proc. Combust. Inst. Vol.36, pp.3351-3359, (2017), Elsevier

30) Gas Turbine Power Generation System firing Ammonia-Methane Mixture, Norihiko Iki, Osamu KURATA, Takayuki Matsunuma, Takahiro Inoue, Taku Tsujimura, Hirohide Furutani, Hideaki Kobayashi, Akihiro Hayakawa, Proc. Asian Congress on Gas Turbines 2016 (ACGT2016), pp.1-6, (2016/11) Bombay, India.

31) Ammonia-fired gas turbine power generation system, Osamu KURATA, Norihiko IKI, Takayuki MATSUNUMA, Takahiro INOUE, Taku TSUJIMURA, Hirohide FURUTANI, Hideaki Kobayashi, Akihiro Hayakawa, Proc. 21st World Hydrogen Energy Conference 2016, June 13-16 (2016) Zaragoza, Spain, (2016/06)

32) (Web of Science・Citation:20)(Scoups) Micro Gas Turbine Firing Ammonia, Norihiko Iki, Osamu KURATA, Takayuki Matsunuma, Takahiro Inoue, Taku Tsujimura, Hirohide Furutani, Hideaki Kobayashi, Akihiro Hayakawa, Yoshiyuki Arakawa, Akinori Ichikawa, Proc. ASME Turbo Expo 2016 GT2016-56954, June 13-17 (2016) Seoul, South Korea

33) Power generation by a micro gas turbine firing kerosene and ammonia, Osamu KURATA, Norihiko IKI, Takayuki MATSUNUMA, Takahiro INOUE, Masato SUZUKI, Taku TSUJIMURA, Hirohide FURUTANI, Proc. Inter. Conf. Power Engineering-15 (ICOPE-15) Paper ID:ICOPE-15-1139, (2015/11)

34) (Web of Science・Citation:38)(Scoups) Micro Gas Turbine Firing Kerosene and Ammonia, Norihiko Iki, Osamu KURATA, Takayuki Matsunuma, Takahiro Inoue, Masato Suzuki, Taku Tsujimura, Hirohide Furutani, Proc. ASME Turbo Expo 2015 GT2015-43689, June 15-19 (2015/06) Montreal, Canada

35) (Web of Science・Citation:0)(Scoups) Performance of IGFC with Exergy Recuperation, Norihiko IKI, Osamu KURATA, Atsushi TSUTSUMI(Tokyo Univ.), Proc. ASME Turbo Expo 2014 GT2014-26675, (2014/06)

36) (Web of Science・Citation:5)(Scoups)(IF:6.1) Micro gas turbine cogeneration system with latent heat storage at the University: Part III: Temperature control schedule, Osamu KURATA, Norihiko IKI, Takayuki MATSUNUMA, Tetsuhiko MAEDA, Satoshi HIRANO, Katsuhiko KADOGUCHI, Hiromi TAKEUCHI, Hiro YOSHIDA(Kanagawa Inst. Technology), Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol.70 No.1 pp.705-715, (2014/9), Elsevier

37) (Web of Science・Citation:11)(Scoups)(IF:6.1) Micro gas turbine cogeneration system with latent heat storage at the University: Part I: Plan and energy flow test, Osamu KURATA, Norihiko IKI, Takayuki MATSUNUMA, Tetsuhiko MAEDA, Satoshi HIRANO, Katsuhiko KADOGUCHI, Hiromi TAKEUCHI, Hiro YOSHIDA(Kanagawa Inst. Technology), Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol.65 No.1-2 pp.513-523, (2014/2), Elsevier

38) (Web of Science・Citation:11)(Scoups)(IF:6.1) Micro gas turbine cogeneration system with latent heat storage at the University: Part II: Part load and thermal priority mode, Osamu KURATA, Norihiko IKI, Takayuki MATSUNUMA, Tetsuhiko MAEDA, Satoshi HIRANO, Katsuhiko KADOGUCHI, Hiromi TAKEUCHI, Hiro YOSHIDA(Kanagawa Inst. Technology), Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol.65 No.1-2, pp.246-254, (2014/2), Elsevier

39) (Web of Science・Citation:45)(Scoups)(IF:6.1) System Modeling of Exergy Recuperated IGCC System with Pre- and Post-Combustion CO2 Capture, Masako KAWABATA, Osamu KURATA, Norihiko IKI, Atsushi TSUTSUMI(Tokyo University), Hirohide FURUTANI, Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol.54 No.1 pp.310-318, (2013/05), Elsevier

40) Performance Analysis of Advanced IGCC (A-IGCC) Using Various Coals, Norihiko IKI, Osamu KURATA, Masako KAWABATA, Atsushi TSUTSUMI(Tokyo University), Hirohide FURUTANI, Proceedings of the 3rd Asian Conference on Innovative Energy and Environmental Chemical Engineering, ASCON-IEEChE 2012, (2012/11)

41) (Web of Science・Citation:17)(IF:0.4) Advanced Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (A-IGCC) by Exergy Recuperation -Technical Challenges for Future Generations, Masako KAWABATA, Osamu KURATA, Norihiko IKI, Hirohide FURUTANI, Atsushi TSUTSUMI(Tokyo University), Journal of Power Technologies, Vol.92 No.2 pp.90-100 (2012/07)

42) (Web of Science・Citation:4)(Scoups) Analysis of IGFC with Exergy Recuperation and Carbon Dioxide Separation Unit, Masako KAWABATA, Osamu KURATA, Norihiko IKI, Chihiro FUSHIMI(Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology), Atsushi TSUTSUMI(Tokyo University), Proc. ASME Turbo Expo 2012 GT2012-69999, (2012/06)

43) Effect of Recycled Anode Gas on Advanced IGFC Performance, Osamu KURATA, Risa NOMURA, Masako KAWABATA, Norihiko IKI, Atsushi TSUTSUMI(Tokyo University), Eiichi KODA(Central Research Inst. of Electric Power), Hirohide FURUTANI, Proc. 14th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena and Dynamics of Rotating Machinery (ISROMAC-14), ID1145 (2012/02)

44) (Web of Science・Citation:0) Start Time Control of Micro Gas Turbine CHP System with Heat Storage, Osamu KURATA, Norihiko IKI, Takayuki MATSUNUMA, Tetsuhiko MAEDA, Satoshi HIRANO, Katsuhiko KADOGUCHI, Hiromi TAKEUCHI, Hiro YOSHIDA(Kanagawa Inst. Technology), Proc. ASME 2011 Power Conference POWER2011 and International Conference on Power Engineering ICOPE-11, POWER2011-55372 (2011/07)

45) (Web of Science・Citation:0) Solver Convergence of IGFC Process Simulation, Osamu KURATA, Risa NOMURA, Norihiko IKI, Masako KAWABATA, Atsushi TSUTSUMI(Tokyo University), Hirohide FURUTANI, Proc. ASME 2011 Power Conference POWER2011 and International Conference on Power Engineering ICOPE-11, POWER2011-55456 (2011/07)

46) (Web of Science・Citation:0)(Scoups) System Analysis of IGFC with Exergy Recuperation Utilizing Low-grade Coal, Risa NOMURA, Norihiko IKI, Osamu KURATA, Masako KAWABATA, Atsushi TSUTSUMI(Tokyo University), Eiichi KODA(Central Research Inst. of Electric Power), Hirohide FURUTANI,Proc. ASME Turbo Expo 2011 GT2011, GT2011-46282 (2011/06)

47) System Modeling of Exergy Recuperated IGCC System with Pre- and Post-Combustion CO2 Capture, Masako KAWABATA, Norihiko IKI, Osamu KURATA, Atsushi TSUTSUMI(Tokyo University), Eiichi KODA(Central Research Inst. of Electric Power), Toshiyuki SUDA(IHI), Yoshiaki MATSUZAWA(IHI), Hirohide FURUTANI, Proc. The Second International Symposium on Gasification and Its Application iSGA 2010 (2010/12)

48) Acoustic Effect of a Premixed Hydrogen Flame with Oscilated Flow, HAINES Blaine Mathew, Norihiko IKI, Osamu KURATA, Mario Ditaranto(SINTEF), Andrea Gruber(SINTEF), Abstract Book of International Symposium on Low Carbon & Renewable Energy Technology ISLCT2010 (2010/11)

49) (Web of Science・Citation:0) Remote Measurement and Heat Demand Control of CHP System with Heat Storage at Sapporo City University, Osamu KURATA, Norihiko IKI, Takayuki MATSUNUMA, Tetsuhiko MAEDA, Satoshi HIRANO, Katsuhiko KADOGUCHI, Hiromi TAKEUCHI, Hiro YOSHIDA(Kanagawa Inst. Technology), Proc. the ASME 2010 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition IMECE2010, IMECE2010-39906 (2010/11)

50) (Web of Science・Citation:0) Energy Flow of Advanced IGCC with CO2 Capture Option, Masako KAWABATA, Norihiko IKI, Osamu KURATA, Atsushi TSUTSUMI(Tokyo University), Eiichi KODA(Central Research Inst. of Electric Power), Toshiyuki SUDA(IHI), Yoshiaki MATSUZAWA(IHI), Hirohide FURUTANI, Proc. the ASME 2010 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition IMECE2010, IMECE2010-40456 (2010/11)

51) (Web of Science・Citation:0) Micro Gas Turbine Co-generation System at Sapporo City University under Service Conditions, Osamu KURATA, Katsuhiko KADOGUCHI, Norihiko IKI, Takayuki MATSUNUMA, Hiro YOSHIDA, Tetsuhiko MAEDA, Hiromi TAKEUCHI, Proc. the International Conference on Power Engineering-09 (ICOPE-09), Vol.1, pp.263-268, (2009/11)

52) (Web of Science・Citation:3)(Scoups)(IF:5.8) X-Shaped flames consisting of rotating slant flamelets, Osamu KURATA, Combust and Flame, Vol.152, pp.206-217, (2008/1), Elsevier

53) Influence of radiation reabsorption on laminar burning velocity of Methane premixed flame composed with steam and Carbon dioxide., Takumi EBARA, Osamu KURATA, Norihiko IKI, Sanyo TAKAHASHI, Proc. ASME Power Conference 2005 includes papers from 2005 ICOPE, A, pp.813-817, (2005/4)

54) (Web of Science・Citation:1)(IF:0.267) Hydrogen Internal Combustion Stirling Engine (1st Report, Combustion Experiment on Prototype Engine), Sanyo TAKAHASHI, Hiroyuki MORITA(Hitachi Co., Ltd), Osamu KURATA, Iwao YAMASHITA(Tokyo Denki University), JSME International Journal Series B-Fluids and Thermal Engineering, 46-4, pp.633-642, (2003/11)

55) Hydrogen Internal Combustion Stirling Engine (2nd Report), Sanyo TAKAHASHI, Hiroyuki MORITA(Hitachi Co., Ltd), Osamu KURATA, Iwao YAMASHITA(Tokyo Denki University), Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunsyu B-Series (in Japanese) , 69-683, pp.1719-1726, (2003/5)

56) Hydrogen Internal Combustion Stirling Engine (1st Report, Combustion Experiment on Prototype Engine), Sanyo TAKAHASHI, Hiroyuki MORITA(Hitachi Co., Ltd), Osamu KURATA, Iwao YAMASHITA(Tokyo DenkiUniversity), Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunsyu B-Series (in Japanese), 68-669, pp.1593-1600, (2002/5)

57) Blowoff and Emission of Rich-lean Co-axial Burner, Osamu KURATA, Journal of the Gas Turbine Society of Japan (in Japanese), Vol.30, No.1, pp.42-49, (2002/1), ISSN 0387-4168

58) Blowoff and Flashback of a Methane-Air Premixed Bunsen Burner at High Temperature, Osamu KURATA, Sanyo TAKAHASHI, Journal of the Gas Turbine Society of Japan (in Japanese), Vol.28, No.2, pp.122-128, (2000/3), ISSN 0387-4168

59) Laminar Burning Velocity of Sewage Gas, I.Kim(NEDO), Norihiko IKI, Sanyo TAKAHASHI, Hirohide FURUTANI, Jun HAMA, Osamu KURATA, Proc. The Second Asia-Pacific Conference on Combustion ASPACC 99, pp.625-628, (1999/5)

60) Laminar Burning Velocity of Stoichiometric Hydrogen-Oxygen-Steam Mixture under High Pressure, Norihiko IKI, Hirohide FURUTANI, Jun HAMA, Sanyo TAKAHASHI, Osamu KURATA, F.Liu(Tsukuba Univ.), Proc. 4th Japan-Korea Joint Sympsium 97 on Hydrogen Energy, pp.148-155, (1997/8)

61) Burning Velocity of Stoichiometric Hydrogen-Oxygen-Steam Mixture, Norihiko IKI, Hirohide FURUTANI, Jun HAMA, Sanyo TAKAHASHI, Osamu KURATA, F.Liu(Tsukuba Univ.), Journal of the Gas Turbine Society of Japan (in Japanese), Vol.25 No.97, pp.85-92, (1997/6), ISSN 0387-4168

62) Calculation of Methane-Air Burning Velocity at High Temperature, Osamu KURATA, Sanyo TAKAHASHI, Yoshitada UCHIYAMA, Journal of the Gas Turbine Society of Japan (in Japanese), Vol.25, No.97, pp.65-70, (1997/6), ISSN 0387-4168

63) Influence of Preheat Temperature on the Laminar Burning Velocity of Methane-Air Mixtures, Osamu KURATA, Sanyo TAKAHASHI, Yoshitada UCHIYAMA, SAE-942037, pp.119-125, (1994/10)

64) Particulate Formation in Compression-Ignited Fuel-Rich Mixtures, T.Ogawa, Y.Daisho, O.Kurata, T.Saito, COMODIA 90, p.633, 1990.9, (1990/9)

--Book and Publication--
1)A Fundamental Study on Flame Holding Characteristics and Controlling NOx Emission at Preheated Gas Temperatures for Gas Turbine Combustors (in Japanese), Osamu KURATA, Waseda University (Doctoral Thesis), (2002/7)

2)Basic Research on Ceramic Gas Turbine Engine Component Technologies-Final Report (in Japanese), Report of Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, No.187, (2000/3), ISSN 0286-2255

3)MEL News 1999 No.12, Energy Consumption Measurements in Houses (in Japanese), Osamu KURATA, (1999/12)

4)Burning velocity of Stoichiometric Hydrogen-Oxygen-Steam Mixture (2nd Report Simulation using Chemical Kinetics Model) (in Japanese), Norihiko IKI, Jun HAMA, Hirohide FURUTANI, Sanyo TAKAHASHI, Osamu KURATA, Report of Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, 52-1, pp.14-20, (1998/1)

5)Basic Research on Ceramic Gas Turbine Engine Component Technologies (in Japanese), Report of Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, No.173, (1997/3), ISSN 0286-2255

--Award--
1) Award of Gas Turbine Society of Japan, Toyota Energy Solutions Inc., Tohoku University, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (2022/04).

2) Awards of the Combustion Society of Japan, 2020, O. Kurata, N. Iki, T. Inoue, T. Matsunuma, T. Tsujimura, H. Furutani, M. Kawano, K. Arai, Ekenechukwu C. Okafor, A. Hayakawa, H. Kobayashi, (2020/12)

3) AIST BEST PAPER AWARD, O. Kurata, N. Iki, T. Matsunuma, T. Inoue, T. Tsujimura, H. Furutani, H. Kobayashi, A. Hayakawa, (2020/03)

4) Award of Gas Turbine Society of Japan, N. IKI, H. Furutani, S. TAKAHASHI, J.HAMA, F. LIU, O. KURATA, (1997/10)

水素キャリア利用チームへのリンク/ Hydrogen Career Utilization Team

再生可能エネルギー研究センターへのリンク/ Renewable Energy Research Center

産業技術総合研究所へのリンク/ AIST