Sugai, Yuichi (PI)

Underground Storage
Hydrogen Energy
Carbon Dioxide (CO₂)

CO₂, CCUS, EOR, Gasification, Hydrogen

Professor & Principal Investigator

Research Thrust : Multiscale Science and Engineering for Energy and the Environment Thrust
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Website : https://reps.mine.kyushu-u.ac.jp/reps/index.html

Research Outline

CO₂ Geological Storage and Energy Recovery.

Research on CO₂ injection into oil and gas reservoirs and coal seams for CO₂ geological storage and enhanced recovery of residual oil and natural gas, and methane conversion of CO₂ using underground microorganisms.

Underground hydrogenation of crude oil in depleted oil fields.

Research on technology to produce and recover hydrogen that is generated in-situ by steam reforming of hydrocarbon remaining in depleted oil reservoir.

Risk management in CCS.

Research on technology for early and reliable monitoring of leakage of CO₂ stored underground in CCS to the surface.

I²CNER Research Seeds

CO₂, CCUS, EOR, Gasification, Hydrogen

Sugai, Yuichi (PI)

Research Outline

CO₂ Geological Storage and Energy Recovery.

Underground hydrogenation of crude oil in depleted oil fields.

Risk management in CCS.

Research Methods and Facilities

Gas injection and detection technologies using 5-100m boreholes installed in an outdoor test field on Ito campus.

Visualization and observation technologies for high temperature and high pressure conditions