4. Joint Usage/Research Program

概要

4. JOINT USAGE/RESEARCH
PROGRAM

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Joint Usage/Research Center Program
“Zero Emission Energy Research”
It is an urgent task to find out the best solutions
against the energy and environmental problem for
ensuring the sustainable society on the earth. The
new energy system for this purpose has to be an
environmentally friendly or ecological one. Here,
we should consider not only the energy sources but
also the efficiency in the each phase of energy usage.
The former should have good quality and enough
quantity. The latter should be considered including
the so-called “three Rs (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle)”
in the energy system;
 Reduce of energy consumption, environmental
pollutant such as greenhouse gas, waste-heat,
hazardous waste, etc.
 Reuse of waste heat/energy, etc.
 Recycle of fuel, etc.
In order to realize them, only the extension of the
present technology is not enough. Interdisciplinary
studies with innovative ideas are indispensable to
realize the energy system for next generation.
We propose a new concept of Zero Emission
Energy as a typical model of Advanced Energy. IAE
Zero Emission Energy Research aims at the
realization of environmentally friendly energy
system for sustainable society with minimum
emission of environmental pollutants and with
maximum utilization of energy and resources. Since
FY2011, we had operated a project, “Joint
Usage/Research Program on Zero Emission Energy”,
which is the program authorized by the MEXT. We
have started the second term of the Program from
FY2016 and the third phase in FY2022. Here, we
aim to (1) promote interdisciplinary joint
usage/research studies for Zero Emission Energy
Science & Technology, (2) promote education &
practical training for young researchers and (3)
explore future horizon of Advanced Energy System
for sustainable development. IAE provides many
unique & attractive facilities for the Joint
Usage/Research not only in the field of advanced
plasma & quantum energy but also in the field of soft
energy.
Many researchers have participated in this
program. In FY2022 Joint Usage/Research
collaborations of total 110 subjects (including two
workshop) on Zero Emission Energy were
performed with more than 350 visiting participants
from 31 all-Japan Universities and Institutions
including
graduate/undergraduate
students.
Researchers from 5 foreign Universities also
participated in the program. The results of these
collaborations are summarized in a report "IAE Joint
Usage/Research Program on Zero Emission Energy
2022". The meeting to present some of remarkable

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results obtained in FY2022 was held online on
March 10, 2023. If you have interest to this
collection, please contact to the Office of Zero
Emission Energy Research.
In addition to the Joint Usage/Research
collaborations, we organized "Kyoto University
125th Anniversary Commemorative Event, The
13th International Symposium of Advanced Energy
Science -Research Activities on Zero-Emission
Energy Network-" on September 5–7, 2022. This
symposium was held as a hybrid event due to the
COVID-19. This symposium consists of oral and ZE
poster sessions, and satellite meeting. 324 scientists
and students including 5 foreign and 6 domestic
invited speakers participated in the symposium. At
the student poster session, awards were given for
outstanding presentations.
We are also operating “Zero Emission Energy
Network” to share the knowledge of Advanced
Energy and Zero Emission Energy with researchers
in the fields of energy science and technology, since
world-wide activities for Zero Emission Energy
Research are indispensable for the realization of
sustainable society.
In FY2022, the Integrated Research Center for
Carbon Negative Science was established at the
Institute under the new concept of energy science
and engineering, which sprouted from zeroemission energy research. We will continue to
promote high-quality research and high-quality
collaborations in multidisciplinary academic fields
and work closely with domestic and international
research institutions to contribute to the related
communities and to the enhancement of Japan's
research capabilities. ...