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Graduate School of Engineering Science Department of Materials Science Applied Chemistry Course |
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REN JIE
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Efficient utilizing of carbonaceous resources; Carbon dioxide capture, storage and utilization
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2013.09-2017.06
Huazhong University of Science and Technology Energy and power engineering Graduated
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2020.04-2023.03
Kyoto University Graduate School,Division of Engineering Doctor's Degree Program Completed
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2018.04-2020.03
Kyoto University Graduate School,Division of Engineering Master's Degree Program Completed
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2023.04-Now
Akita University Graduate School of Engineering Science Department of Materials Science Applied Chemistry Course Assistant Professor
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Energy Engineering / Earth resource engineering, Energy sciences
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Development of depolymerization methods of carbonaceous resources utilizing reduction reactions by formic acid
Ren Jie
2023.03
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Separation and recovery of bitumen from oil sand using CO2-loaded amine solution and ultrasound
Jie Ren, Hirokazu Okawa，Takahiro Kato
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 64 ( 02SP38 ) 2025.02 [Refereed]
Research paper (journal) Domestic Co-author
Oil sand is a mixture of bitumen, sand, and water. The separation and recovery of bitumen is the key to oil sand utilization. This study combined CO2-loaded amine solution and ultrasound utilization for high-efficiency bitumen recovery. Pretreatment of oil sand using an amine solution was applied before flotation to separate bitumen from sand. Ultrasound can enhance the separation of bitumen from sand by the physical effect in pretreatment and promote the contact of CO2 and bitumen in flotation by increasing the CO2 bubble's residence time and surface area. The effectiveness of ultrasound irradiation with different frequencies (28 kHz and 200 kHz) and stirring in pretreatment and flotation were studied. Both ultrasound frequencies could enhance the bitumen separation and flotation more than stirring, and a high bitumen purity of 0.91 and a recovery ratio of 0.85 were achieved.
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Jie Ren, Tomoka Fujita , Hirokazu Okawa , Takahiro Kato
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics ( IOPscience ) 63 ( 03SP47 ) 1 - 8 2024.02 [Refereed]
Research paper (journal) Single author
Ultrasound can effectively desorb CO2 from dissolved CO2 gas [CO2 (aq)] in solution at low temperatures. In this study, three various classes (primary, secondary, and tertiary) of amine solutions were used as a CO2 absorbent for loading CO2 under 0.1 MPa and 0.5 MPa. The effectiveness of ultrasound irradiation and stirring to desorb CO2 from CO2-loaded amine solution was evaluated at around 25 oC. The ultrasound had better desorption results than stirring for all three amines. Among the three classes of amine, tertiary amine triethanolamine (TEA) with low pKa achieved the highest CO2 desorption ratio of 43.2 % and 61.8 % after CO2 loaded under 0.1 and 0.5 MPa by ultrasound. It was considered that amine with low pKa and strong sterically hindered structure can promote the balance of the rate-determining reaction of H+ transferred from amine cation to HCO3- and form CO2 (aq) after initial CO2 (aq) was desorbed by ultrasound.
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Improvement of Coking Property of Low-Grade Coals by Mild Reduction Treatment
Ryuichi Ashida , Ko Takahashi, Jie Ren, Motoaki Kawase, Koji Sakai, Noriyuki Okuyama
ISIJ International 2023.07 [Refereed]
Research paper (journal) Domestic Co-author
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Development of a Novel Mild Depolymerization Method of Coal by Combining Oxygen Oxidation and Formic Acid Reduction Reactions
Jie Ren, Ryuichi Ashida, Motoaki Kawase, Koji Sakai, and Noriyuki Okuyama
ACS OMEGA ( American Chemical Society ) ８ 2531 - 2537 2023.01 [Refereed]
Research paper (journal) Domestic Co-author
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1-12 Adsorption of phosphorus from water by fly ashes and those chlorinated residues
HOMMA Ibuki, KATO Takahiro, REN Jie, OKAWA Hirokazu, SUGAWARA Katsuyasu, SHINDO Manabu
Proceedings of Conference on Coal Science ( The Japan Institute of Energy ) 62 ( 0 ) 24 - 25 2025.10
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1-13 Changes in Calcium Forms in Hardening of Fly Ash
HIRA Yuika, KATO Takahiro, REN Jie, OKAWA Hirokazu
Proceedings of Conference on Coal Science ( The Japan Institute of Energy ) 62 ( 0 ) 26 - 27 2025.10
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1-14 Preparation of humic substances from biomass by acid hydrolysis and evaluation of plant-growth activity
MIURA Shintaro, KATO Takahiro, REN Jie, OKAWA Hirokazu
Proceedings of Conference on Coal Science ( The Japan Institute of Energy ) 62 ( 0 ) 28 - 29 2025.10
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アミン溶液のCO<sub>2</sub>脱離過程を利用したオイルサンドからビチューメンの分離と回収
任 傑, 大川 浩一, 加藤 貴宏
資源と素材 ( 一般社団法人 資源・素材学会 ) 141 ( 0 ) 125 - 131 2025
<p>オイルサンドは，ビチューメン（10-15 wt. %），水（4 wt. %），砂（80 wt. %）の混合物であるため，オイルサンドからビチューメンの分離回収はビチューメンの利用に不可欠である。高温アルカリ条件はビチューメンと砂の分離を促進できるが，ビチューメン表面が親水性になるため，空気を利用した従来のビチューメンの浮上分離法は気泡がビチューメンに付着しにくい課題を有する。CO<sub>2</sub>はアルカリ条件下においてもビチューメン油滴に容易に付着できるが，CO<sub>2</sub>の流入は溶液のpHを低下させ，ビチューメンの分離を阻害する可能性がある。本研究では，CO<sub>2</sub>を吸収したアミン水溶液のCO<sub>2</sub>脱離過程の利用に着目した。アミン水溶液はCO<sub>2</sub>脱離中にも高pHを維持できるため，ビチューメンの分離に有利である。さらに，脱離するCO<sub>2</sub>気泡はビチューメン表面に均一に付着し，気泡とビチューメンの付着機会が増加する。本研究によって，カナダ産のオイルサンドを利用95℃，1大気圧の条件下純度0.92，回収率0.85でビチューメンを分離回収できた。さらに，CCS過程でCO<sub>2</sub>を吸収したアミンはオイルサンドからビチューメンの分離へ応用できる可能性が示唆された。</p>
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1-05 Preparation of humic acid by hydrothermal treatment of biomass
MIURA Shintaro, KATO Takahiro, IWAO Yuya, YOKOTA Saki, REN Jie, OKAWA Hirokazu, SUGAWARA Katsuyasu
Proceedings of Conference on Coal Science ( The Japan Institute of Energy ) 61 ( 0 ) 10 - 11 2024.10
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Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
Project Year： 2025.04 - 2028.03
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超音波とCO2吸収したアミン溶液を用いたオイルサンドからビチューメンの 分離・回収
Jie Ren、Hirokazu Okawa、Takahiro Kato
The 45th Symposium on UltraSonic Electronics 2024.11 - 2024.11 超音波エレクトロニクス協会USEシンポジウム運営委員会
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CO2 desorption using ultrasound at low temperature from CO2-loaded amine solution under pressure conditions
Jie Ren, Tomoka Fujita, Hirokazu Okawa* and Takahiro Kato
The 44 Symposium on Ultrasonic Electronics (Toyama International Conference Center) 2023.11 - 2023.11 USE 2023 Organizing Committee Insitute for Ultrasonic Electronics
As the main greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere would rise the global temperature, causing extreme weather and disasters. To reduce the concentration of atmospheric CO2 and achieve the “carbon-neutral” goal, CCS (carbon dioxide capture and storage) technology which could recover pure CO2 selectively from the exhaust gas of power plants and store it underground was gathering more attention. The chemical absorption method using amine solution as CO2 absorbent is mainly applied for CO2 recovery from exhaust gas in CCS process for low cost. Conventional chemical absorption method chose monoethanolamine (MEA) as the absorbent 1). Reaction formulas of CO2 absorption in MEA solution are shown below:
2RNH2 + CO2 → RNH3+ + RNHCOO- (1)
RNH2 + CO2 +H2O → RNH3+ + HCO3- (2)
(R: C2H5O, RNH2: MEA)
CO2 is absorbed as both carbamate ion (RNHCOO-) and bicarbonate ion (HCO3-). The CO2 absorption rate and capacity are high for MEA, however, high temperature (> 110 oC) is necessary for desorbing the absorbed CO2 from 4.9 M of MEA solution 2), which resulted in approximately 70-80 % of the operating cost for a CCS process 3), and more CO2 generation for producing the extra heat energy. Therefore, a new method that could desorb CO2 from CO2-absorbed amine solution at low temperature must be developed.
In this research, desorbing CO2 from CO2-absorbed amine solution by ultrasound at low temperature (20-25 oC) was studied. Ultrasound can desorb CO2 (aq) as CO2 (g) from amine solution from our previous studies4). Thus, increasing the CO2 (aq) state in CO2-absorbed amine solution can enhance the CO2 desorption efficiency of ultrasound. The equilibrium equation of CO2 in solution is shown below:
HCO3- + H+→ H2CO3 → CO2 (aq) + H2O (3)
HCO3- can transform to CO2 (aq) easily by changing the solution pH, and when pH < 8.2, CO2 (aq) would be the main species of CO2 in solution 5). Thus, increasing the bicarbonate ion concentration and reducing the solution pH was effective for increasing CO2 (aq) in solution, and then CO2 (g) can be desorbed continuously under ultrasound.
Tertiary amine, which only forms bicarbonate ion during CO2 absorption, was chosen as the candidate sorbent in this research. The CO2 absorption reaction formula of tertiary amine is shown below:
R1R2R3N + CO2 +H2O → R1R2R3NH+ + HCO3- (4)
To decrease solution pH for increasing the state of CO2 (aq) after CO2 absorption, a tertiary amine, triethanolamine (TEA), which has low pKa (7.85) was chosen. Moreover, CO2 absorption under CO2 pressure conditions of 0.1 and 0.5 MPa was applied to increase the CO2 absorption amount to reduce the solution pH after absorption. And then, the CO2 desorption ability of both MEA and TEA solution under low temperatures by ultrasound or stirring was evaluated and compared. To decide the best conditions for ultrasound CO2 desorption, the relationships between ultrasound output power and CO2 desorption amount were investigated. The desorption results were investigated when reached ultrasound power was 17 W in amine solution measured by calorimetric method here, and more detailed information will be shown in the presentation. -
Development of a method for reducing the molecular weight of coal under mild conditions using formic acid
Ren Jie, Ryuichi Ashida, Motoaki Kawase, Koji Sakai, Noriyuki Okuyama
MMIJ Fall Meeting 2023, Matsuyama (Ehime University Johoku Campus) 2023.09 - 2023.09 General Social Corporation: The Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan
Since high-grade coal (bituminous coal), which is a raw material for carbon materials such as coke, is expected to be depleted, it is desirable to make effective use of low-grade coal (sub-bituminous coal and lignite) with abundant recoverable reserves in the future. On the other hand, low-grade coal cannot be used as a raw material for carbon materials because it has poor low molecular weight components and almost no thermal softening meltability. In order to effectively use coal not only as a fuel but also as a raw material for high value-added carbon materials, the key is to reduce the molecular weight of coal. Since the cost of energy and equipment is enormous due to the adoption of harsh conditions such as high temperature and high pressure in the conventional coal small molecule method, it is desirable to develop a method for reducing the molecular weight of coal under mild conditions.
In this study, we proposed for the first time a low-molecularization method for coal using formic acid (HCOOH), which provides hydrogen radicals to coal even under mild conditions, and demonstrated its effectiveness. By stabilizing the original radicals of coal under the conditions of 60 °C-,1 atm and preventing polymerization by the crosslinking reaction of the radicals during heat treatment, both the thermal softening melting of the coal and the strength of the produced coke were increased. In addition, the low molecular weight component of coal was successfully increased to 29 wt.% by a treatment method that combined the breaking of chemical bonds of coal molecules by air oxidation reaction and the stabilization of coal radicals with formic acid under the condition of 90 °C-,1 atm. -
Depolymerization of Coal Under Mild Conditions Via Redox Reactions by Oxygen and Formic Acid
Jie Ren, Ryuichi Ashida, Motoaki Kawase, Koji Sakai, Noriyuki Okuyama
Pittsburgh Coal Conference 2022 (Online) 2022.09 - 2022.09 University of Pittsburgh