Original Paper

2025

  • Treatment of high-strength wastewater with coupled flocculation and membrane filtration prior to ammoniacal nitrogen enrichment by osmotically assisted reverse osmosis
    Ralph Rolly Gonzales(1), Keizo Nakagawa(1), Susumu Hasegawa (1), Kazuo Kumagai(1), Atsushi Matsuoka(1), Yasunao Okamoto(1), Zhan Li(1), Zhaohuan Mai(1), Tomohisa Yoshioka(1), Tomoyuki Hori(2), Hideto Matsuyama(1), (1)Kobe University, (2)AIST
    Separation and Purification Technology, 352, 128159 (Jan 1, 2025)
    DOI:10.1016/j.seppur.2024.128159

2024

  • Different inhibition patterns of ammonia and salt revealed by kinetic analysis of their combined inhibitory effect on methanogenesis of hydrogen: A preliminary study
    Zi-Yan Li、Shintaro Nagao、Daisuke Inoue、Michihiko Ike
    Biochemical Engineering Journal, Volume 205, 109263, (May 2024)
    DOI:10.1016/j.bej.2024.109263
  • Modeling of an aerobic granular sludge process for ammonia retention: Insights into granule size, dissolved oxygen concentration, and solids retention time
    Jingyu Duan(1), Kohei Oba(1), Tomoyuki Hori(2), Taku Fujiwara(3), Susanne Lackner (4), Akihiko Terada(1), (1)Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
    (1)Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (2)National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (3)Kyoto University (4)Technical University of Darmstadt”
    Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Volume 12, Issue 2, 112245, (April 2024)
    DOI:10.1016/j.jece.2024.112245
  • Hydrogel membrane composite reduces fouling and retains ammonium efficiently
    Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Jing Li, Pengfei Zhang, Xu Ping, Zhan Li, Mengyang Hu, Yu-Hsuan Chiao, Zhaohuan Mai, Kecheng Guan, Hideto Matsuyama
    Environmental Chemistry Letters, Volume 22, pages 1615–1621, (March 2024)
    DOI:10.1007/s10311-024-01713-7
  • Enhanced granulation of microaerophilic activated sludge in an airlift reactor for organic carbon removal and ammonia retention from industrial fermentation wastewater: A comparative study
    Jingyu Duan(1), Kotaro Kitamura(1), Hiroki Tsukamoto(1), Hop Van Phan(1), Kohei Oba(1), Tomoyuki Hori(2), Taku Fujiwara(3), Akihiko Terada(1), (1)Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
    (2) National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (3)Kyoto University
    Water Research, 251:121091, (Mar 1, 2024)
    DOI:10.1016/j.watres.2023.121091
  • Continuous NH4+ Concentration from Industrial Wastewater Using Multistage Flow Electrodialysis System
    Yuta YONEHARA, Yu SUGIMOTO and Mitsuru HIGA
    Salt and Seawater Science & Technology, 4, 13-14, (March 1, 2024)
    DOI:10.11457/ssst.4.0_13
  • Acclimation of microbial consortia to ammonia and salt in methane fermentation
    Takahisa Tajima, Shiina Kawaguchi,Tomoka Matsutani, Akiko Hida, Junichi Kato
    Fermentation, 2024, 10(2), 98 (Feb. 7, 2024)
    DOI:10.3390/fermentation10020098
  • Ammonia Concentrator for Repeatable Adsorption/Desorption Using Nickel Hexacyanoferrate as Adsorbent and Production of Solid Ammonium Bicarbonate
    Hatsuho Usuda*, Tomoji Watanabe, Takamitsu Ishikawa, Naoki Nakashima, Keiko Noda, Akira Takahashi, Tohru Kawamoto*, and Kimitaka Minami
    ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 2024, 12(6), 2183-2190, (January 30, 2024)
    DOI:10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c05679
  • Microbial adaptation to high ammonia environment in submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactor under volatile fatty acids and ammonia stresses
    Fetra J. Andriamanohiarisoamanana, Gen Yoshida, Daisuke Inoue, Michihiko Ike, Ikko Ihara
    Biochemical Engineering Journal, 2024, Vol(204), 109192, (Jan. 25, 2024)
    DOI:10.1016/j.bej.2023.109192

2023

  • Effect of Ni precursors on the catalytic activity of Ni/CeO2 for nitrogen oxide to ammonia reaction
    Chandan Chaudhari, Yuichi Manaka, Tetsuya Nanba
    Catalysis Communications, Volume 186, 106816, (December 3, 2023)
    DOI:10.1016/j.catcom.2023.106816
  • Simultaneous removal of NO and N2O in the coexistence of NH3 and CH4 on Ion-exchanged zeolites
    Shuran Liu, Shunsuke Hayashi, Masaru Ogura
    Catalysis Communication, Volume 184, 106804, (November 15, 2023)
    DOI:10.1016/j.catcom.2023.106804
  • Hybrid osmotically assisted reverse osmosis and reverse osmosis (OARO-RO) process for minimal liquid discharge of high strength nitrogenous wastewater and enrichment of ammoniacal nitrogen
    Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Keizo Nakagawa, Kazuo Kumagai, Susumu Hasegawa, Atsushi Matsuoka, Zhan Li, Zhaohuan Mai, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Tomoyuki Hori, Hideto Matsuyama
    Water Research, Volume 246, 120716, (November 1, 2023)
    DOI:10.1016/j.watres.2023.120716
  • Evaluation of nitrous oxide emission during ammonia retention from simulated industrial wastewater by microaerobic activated sludge process
    Xinyi Zhou, Taku Fujiwara, Taira Hidaka, Fumitake Nishimura, Tomohiro Nakanishi, Akihiko Terada, Tomoyuki Hori
    Water Research, 2023, Vol 247,120780 (Oct. 28, 2023)
    DOI:10.1016/j.watres.2023.120780
  • Performance Analysis and Optimization of Sweep Gas Membrane Distillation Module Using High-Resolution Computational Model and Machine Learning
    Mohammadreza Shirzadi, Zhan Li, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Hideto Matsuyama, Tomonori Fukasawa, Kunihiro Fukui, Toru Ishigami
    Chemical Engineering Journal, Volume 473, 145078, (October 1, 2023)
    DOI:10.1016/j.cej.2023.145078
  • Microaerophilic activated sludge system for ammonia recovery from high-strength nitrogenous wastewater: Performances and microbial communities
    Hiroki Tsukamoto, Hop V. Phan, Toshikazu Suenaga, Shohei Yasuda, Megumi Kuroiwa, Shohei Riya, Atsushi Ogata, Tomoyuki Hori, and Akihiko Terada
    Environmental Science&Technology, 2023, 57(37), 13874-13886, (September 19, 2023)
    DOI:10.1021/acs.est.3c03002
  • Impact of introducing net-zero carbon strategies on tropospheric ozone (O3) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentrations in Japanese region in 2050
    Hiroo Hata, Kazuya Inoue, Hiroshi Yoshikado, Yutaka Genchi, Kiyotaka Tsunemi
    Science of the Total Environment, Volume 891, 164442, (September 15, 2023)
    DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164442
  • Strategy of Development on Zeolite Membrane for Forward Osmosis Operation; Effects of Structural Parameter of Support Layer and Si/Al Ratio of ZSM-5 Layer on Water Flux
    Motomu Sakai(1), Yuta Nomura(1), Masahiko Matsukata(1), (1)Waseda University
    Jornal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, (Aug. 31, 2023, 56, 2251529)
    DOI:10.1080/00219592.2023.2251529
  • Catalysts for selective conversion of nitric oxide to ammonia (NTA) with propene in the presence of a large excess of oxygen and water vapor
    Bungo Suzumura, Kiyokazu Tanaka, Kasumi Kitazume, Shougo Hioki, Ayaka Kubo and Masakazu Iwamoto
    Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023,13, 4131-4140, (May 2, 2023)
    DOI:10.1039/d3cy00119a
  • Bioaugmentation with marine sediment-derived microbial consortia in mesophilic anaerobic digestion for enhancing methane production under ammonium or salinity stress
    Luong Van Duc, Shintaro Nagao, Mohammad Mojarrad, Yuta Miyagawa, Zi-Yan Li, Daisuke Inoue, Takahisa Tajima, Michihiko Ike
    Bioresource Technology, Volume 376, article number 128853, (May, 2023)
    DOI:10.1016/j.biortech.2023.128853
  • Mitigating ammonia-inhibition in anaerobic digestion by bioaugmentation: A review
    Zi-Yan Li, Daisuke Inoue, Michihiko Ike
    Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2023, 52, (April, 2023)
    DOI:10.1016/j.jwpe.2023.103506
  • Estimation of the Potential Global Nitrogen Flow in a Nitrogen Recycling System with Industrial Countermeasures.
    Kiyotaka Tsunemi,Tohru Kawamoto, Hideyuki Matsumoto
    Sustainability, 2023, 15(7), 6042, (March 31, 2023)
    DOI:10.3390/su15076042
  • An experimental study on recovering and concentrating ammonia by sweep gas membrane distillation.
    Zhan Li, Pengfei Zhang, Kecheng Guan, Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Toru Ishigami, Ming Xue, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Hideto Matsuyama
    Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2023, 171, 555-560 (March, 2023)
    DOI:10.1016/j.psep.2023.01.05
  • Catalytic conversion to ammonia through solid-state nitrate as a proposal for the emerging usage of nitrogen oxides
    Atsuko Tomita, Ryutaro Wakabayashi, Tatsuo Kimura
    Catalysis Science & Technology, (Feb. 2023)
    DOI:10.1039/D3CY00169E
  • Development of an Ammonia Generator for Demonstration Tests
    Kimitaka Minami, Yukimasa Yoshitake, Akira Takahashi, Naoki Nakashima, Takamitsu Ishikawa, Koji Sakurai, Tohru Kawamoto
    Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, Volume 56, 2023-Issue 1, 2176189 (23 Feb. 2023)
    DOI:10.1080/00219592.2023.2176189
  • Aerosol-assisted synthesis of titania-based spherical and fibrous materials with a rational design of mesopores using PS-b-PEO
    Yuxiao Zhang, Ryutaro Wakabayashi, Tatsuo Kimura
    Dalton Transactions, 52(6), 1543-1550. Front Cover, (Feb. 15, 2023)
    DOI:10.1039/D2DT03402F
  • Fabrication of highly positively charged nanofiltration membranes by novel interfacial polymerization: Accelerating Mg2+ removal and Li+ enrichment.
    Ping Xu, Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Jun Hong, Kecheng Guan, Yu-Hsuan Chiao, Zhaohuan Mai, Zhan Li, Saeid Rajabzadeh, Hideto Matsuyama
    Journal of Membrane Science, 2023, 668, 121251 (February 15, 2023)
    DOI:10.1016/j.memsci.2022.121251
  • Microaerophilic activated sludge system for ammonia retention from high-strength nitrogenous wastewater: Biokinetics and mathematical modeling.
    Duan, J., Phan, H.V., Tsukamoto, H., Hori, T. and Terada, A.
    Biochemical Engineering Journal, 2023, 191, 108790 (February 2023)
    DOI:10.1016/j.bej.2022.108790
  • Ammoniacal nitrogen concentration by osmotically assisted reverse osmosis.
    Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Keizo Nakagawa, Susumu Hasegawa, Atsushi Matsuoka, Kazuo Kumagai, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Hideto Matsuyama
    Journal of Membrane Science, 2023, 665, 121122 (January 5, 2023)
    DOI:10.1016/j.memsci.2022.121122

2022

  • Desorption of Ammonia Adsorbed on Prussian Blue Analogs by Washing with Saturated Ammonium Hydrogen Carbonate Solution,
    Hatsuho Usuda,Yoshie Mishima,Tohru Kawamoto andKimitaka Minami,
    Molecules, 2022, 27(24), 8840 (Dec. 13, 2022)
    DOI:10.3390/molecules27248840
  • Ammonia formation by reduction of nitrogen monoxide with carbon monoxide using copper-deposited ceria in the presence of water
    Keisuke Kobayashi, Yuichi Manaka, Tetsuya Nanba
    Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, 13, 297-300 (Nov. 16, 2022)
    DOI:10.1039/D2CY01793H
  • Ammonia/ammonium removal/recovery from wastewaters using bioelectrochemical systems (BES): A review
    Yu-Jen Lee, Bin-Le Lin, Mianqiang Xue, Kiyotaka Tsunemi
    Bioresource Technology, Volume 363, 127927 (November 2022)
    DOI:10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127927
  • Surface modification of thin film composite forward osmosis membrane using tris(2-aminoethyl)amine for enhanced ammonium recovery
    Jing Li, Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Ryosuke Takagi, Xuesong Yao, Pengfei Zhang, Titik Istirokhatun, Jinhui Zhang, Hideto Matsuyama
    Desalination, 2022, 541, 116002 (November 1, 2022)
    DOI:10.1016/j.desal.2022.116002
  • Surface modification of thin film composite forward osmosis membrane using tris(2-aminoethyl)amine for enhanced ammonium recovery
    Jing Li, Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Ryosuke Takagi, Xuesong Yao, Pengfei Zhang, Titik Istirokhatun, Jinhui Zhang, Hideto Matsuyama
    Desalination, 2022, 541, 116002 (November 1, 2022)
    DOI:10.1016/j.desal.2022.116002
  • Preparation and Characterization of Sulfonated Polyethersulfone Hollow Fiber Ion Exchange Membrane.
    Shuntaro Ikeda, Yuriko Kakihana, Mitsuru Higa
    Salt and Seawater Science & Technology, 2022, 3, 22-23, (September 22, 2022)
    DOI:10.11457/ssst.3.0_22
  • Numerical modeling for particulate flow through realistic microporous structure of microfiltration membrane: Direct numerical simulation coordinated with focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy
    Kenta Kawashima, Mohammadreza Shirzadi, Tomonori Fukasawa, Kunihiro Fukui, Toshinori Tsuru, Toru Ishigami
    Powder Technology,, 2022, 410, 117872, (September, 2022)
    DOI:10.1016/j.powtec.2022.117872
  • Identification of key steps and associated microbial populations for efficient anaerobic digestion under high ammonium or salinity conditions
    Luong Van Duc , Yuta Miyagawa , Daisuke Inoue , Michihiko Ike
    Bioresource Technology, 2022, 360, 127571 (September, 2022)
    DOI:10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127571
  • Ammonium enrichment and recovery from synthetic and real industrial wastewater by amine-modified thin film composite forward osmosis membranes
    Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Yuji Sasaki, Titik Istirokhatun, Jing Li, Hideto Matsuyama
    Separation and Purification Technology, 2022, 297, 121534 (September 15, 2022)
    DOI:10.1016/j.seppur.2022.121534
  • Numerical modeling for particulate flow through realistic microporous structure of microfiltration membrane: Direct numerical simulation coordinated with focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy.
    Kenta Kawashima, Mohammadreza Shirzadi, Tomonori Fukasawa, Kunihiro Fukui, Toshinori Tsuru, Toru Ishigami
    Powder Technology, 2022, 410, 117872 (September 2022)
    DOI:10.1016/j.powtec.2022.117872
  • Water flux enhancement of PVDF membrane by a facile coating method for vacuum membrane distillation
    Zhan Li, Pengfei Zhang, Kecheng Guan, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Hideto Matsuyama
    Desalination, 2022, 536, 115818 (August 15, 2022)
    DOI:10.1016/j.desal.2022.115818
  • Modeling Ground Ozone Concentration Changes after Variations in Precursor Emissions and Assessing Their Benefits in the Kanto Region of Japan
    Jairo Vazquez Santiago, Kazuya Inoue, Kenichi Tonokura
    Atmosphere, 2022, 13(8), 1187 (July 27, 2022)
    DOI:10.3390/atmos13081187
  • Microaerophilic activated sludge system for ammonia recovery from high-strength nitrogenous wastewater: Performance and microbial communities
    Suenaga(2),(3), Shohei Yasuda(2), Megumi Kuroiwa(1), Shohei Riya(1),(2), Atsushi Ogata(4), Tomoyuki Hori(4), Akihiko Terada(1), (2),
    (1) Department of Applied Physics and Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, (2) Global Innovation Research Institute, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, (3) Department of Chemical Engineering, Hiroshima University, (4) Environmental Management Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    BioRxiv, (July 21, 2022)
    DOI:10.1101/2022.07.21.500714
  • CFD Model Development and Experimental Measurements for Ammonia–Water Separation Using a Vacuum Membrane Distillation Module
    Mohammadreza Shirzadi, Zhan Li, Tomohisa Yoshioka*, Hideto Matsuyama, Tomonori Fukasawa, Kunihiro Fukui, and Toru Ishigami
    Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2022, 61, 21, 7381 (May 20, 2022)
    DOI:10.1021/acs.iecr.2c00866
  • Surface modification of FO membrane for improving ammoniacal nitrogen (NH4+-N) rejection: Investigating the factors influencing NH4+-N rejection
    Xuesong Yao, Ralph Rolly Gonzales, Yuji Sasaki, Yuqing Lin, Qin Shen, Pengfei Zhang, Takuji Shintani, Keizo Nakagawa, Hideto Matsuyama
    Journal of Membrane Science, 2022, 650, 120429 (May 15, 2022)
    DOI:10.1016/j.memsci.2022.120429
  • Synthesis of Carbon Nanoparticles with Cobalt-Rich Shell via Pyrolysis of Zn-ZIF@Co/Zn-ZIF: Relevance of Co(III) Precursors
    Jiachen Ge, Yusuke Ohata, Atsushi Fukuda, Yuki Tokumoto, Takeshi Ohnishi, Takahiko Moteki, and Masaru Ogura
    Inorg. Chem., 2022, 61, 20, 7859–7868 (May 12, 2022)
    DOI:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00452
  • Urban-scale analysis of nitrogen deposition in Japan: Validation of chemical transport modeling and the sensitivity of anthropogenic nitrogen emissions to dry and wet depositions,
    Hiroo Hata, Kazuya Inoue, Bin-Le Lin, Kiyotaka Tsunemi
    Atmospheric Environment, 2022, 275, 119022 (April 15, 2022)
    DOI:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2022.119022
  • Fundamental investigation on controlling factors of reverse solute flux of branched thermo-responsive oligomer in forward osmosis process
    Atsushi Matsuoka, Masayuki Fukushima, Eiji Kamio, Hideto Matsuyama
    Desalination, 2022, 527, 115599 (April 1, 2022)
    DOI:10.1016/j.desal.2022.115599
  • Highly Dispersed Co/Zn-Doped Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-Derived Carbon Nanoparticles with High NO Adsorption Capacity at Low Operating Temperature
    Jiachen Ge, Yusuke Ohata, Takeshi Ohnishi, Takahiko Moteki, and Masaru Ogura
    Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2022, 61, 10, 3601 (March 2, 2022)
    DOI:10.1021/acs.iecr.1c04511

2021

  • Harvesting a Solid Fertilizer Directly from Fetid Air,
    Akira Takahashi, Kimitaka Minami, Keiko Noda, Koji Sakurai, and Tohru Kawamoto,
    ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. , 2021, 9, 50, 16865 (November 29, 2021)
    DOI:10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c06161
  • Ammonium salt production in NH3-CO2-H2O system using a highly selective adsorbent, copper hexacyanoferrate,
    Hatsuho Usuda, Koji Sakurai, Akira Takahashi, Tohru Kawamoto, Kimitaka Minami,
    Environmental Pollution, 2021, 288, 117763 (November 1, 2021)
    DOI:10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117763
  • Increased nitrogen deposition contributes to plant biodiversity loss in Japan: Insights from long-term historical monitoring data,
    Bin-Le Lin, Yoko Kumon, Kazuya Inoue, Naoko Tobari, Mianqiang Xue, Kiyotaka Tsunemi, Akihiko Terada
    Environmental Pollution, 2021, 290, 118033 (August 22, 2021)
    DOI:10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118033
  • Life Cycle Assessment of Nitrogen Circular Economy-Based NOx Treatment Technology,
    Mianqiang Xue, Bin-Le Lin, Kiyotaka Tsunemi, Kimitaka Minami, Tetsuya Nanba, and Tohru Kawamoto,
    Sustainability, 2021, 13(14), 7826 (July. 13, 2021)
    DOI:10.3390/su13147826
  • Ammonium removal and recovery from sewage water using column-system packed highly selective ammonium adsorbent,
    Hisashi Tanaka, Masayuki Fujimoto, Kimitaka Minami, Akira Takahashi, Durga Parajuli, Takehiko Hiwatari, Masami Kawakami, Tohru Kawamoto,
    Environmental Pollution, 2021, 284, 117495 (June. 1, 2021)
    DOI:10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117495

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