■Yosuke MURANAKA

Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyoto University
Kyoto-daigaku Katsura, Nishikyo-ku,
Kyoto 615-8510, Kyoto, Japan
Tel. +81-75-383-2698, Fax. +81-75-383-2658
muranaka" at "cheme.kyoto-u.ac.jp (" at " should read @)

Publication

• Y. Muranaka, T. Maki, S. Matsumoto, K. Mae
  "Methyl acetate production by reactive distillation using a vertical plate microdistillator"
  Journal of Flow Chemistry (2023).
  doi: 10.1007/s41981-023-00294-w
• S. Asano, S. Kudo, T. Maki, Y. Muranaka, K. Mae, J. Hayashi
  "Assessing Mixing Uniformity in Microreactors via In-Line Spectroscopy"
  Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, in press (2023).
  doi: 10.1016/j.cjche.2023.09.009
• T. Koike, Y. Hikima, Y. Muranaka, T. Maki, M. Ohshima
  "Kinetic Models for Water Sorption and a Hydrolysis Reaction with Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) (PHBH)"
  Polymer Degradation and Stability, 218, 110583 (2023).
  doi: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2023.110583
• T. Masuda, N. Ikesaka, Y. Muranaka, K. Tanabe
  "Proposal, design, and cost analysis of a hydrogen production process from cellulose via supercritical water gasification"
  RSC Advances, 13, 30306-30328 (2023).
  doi: 10.1039/d3ra05367a
• Y. Muranaka, T. Maki, N. Nishigaya, K. Mae
  "Design Strategy for Performance Enhancement of Vertical Plate Microdistillators"
  Separations, 10, 404 (2023).
  doi: 10.3390/separations10070404
• Y. Muranaka, T. Maki, D. Nakayoshi, S. Asano, K. Ikebata, A. Nagaki, Y. Ashikari, K. Mandai, K. Mae
  "Continuous enantiomeric separation using water-oil-water segmented flow system"
  Chemical Engineering Journal, 469, 143891 (2023).
  doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2023.143891
• Y. Muranaka, T. Maki, I. Hasegawa, H. Nakagawa, R. Kubota, R. Kaji, K. Mae
  "Biodiesel Fuel Production from Soybean Oil Using a Microreactor"
  Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, 56, 2213283 (2023).
  doi: 10.1080/00219592.2023.2213283
• T. Maki, Y. Muranaka, S. Takeda, K. Mae
  "Complex-polymer Nanoparticle Synthesis and Morphology Control Using an Inkjet Mixing System"
  Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 62, 991-997 (2023).
  doi: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c03767
• S. Asano, T. Maki, S. Inoue, S. Sogo, M. Furuta, S. Watanabe, Y. Muranaka, S. Kudo, J. Hayashi, K. Mae
  "Incorporative mixing in microreactors: Influence on reactions and importance of inlet designation"
  Chemical Engineering Journal, 451, 138942 (2023).
  doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2022.138942
• S. Asano, Y. Muranaka, T. Maki, K. Ikeda, K. Mae
  "Kinetic Modeling of an Enzyme Membrane Reactor for the Selective Production of Oligosaccharides"
  Fermentation, 8, 701 (2022).
  doi: 10.3390/fermentation8120701
• T. Maki, S. Takeda, Y. Muranaka, K. Mae
  "Silver Nanoparticle Synthesis Using an Inkjet Mixing System"
  Frontiers in Chemical Engineering, 3, 742322 (2021).
  doi: 10.3389/fceng.2021.742322
• S. Asano, Y. Takahashi, T. Maki, Y. Muranaka, N. Cherkasov, K. Mae
  "Contactless mass transfer for intra-droplet extraction"
  Scientific Reports, 10, 7685 (2020).
  doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-64520-4
• Y. Muranaka, K. Matsubara, T. Maki, S. Asano, H. Nakagawa, K. Mae
  "5‑Hydroxymethylfurfural Synthesis from Monosaccharides by a Biphasic Reaction−Extraction System Using a Microreactor and Extractor"
  ACS Omega, 5, 9384-9390 (2020)..
  doi: 10.1021/acsomega.0c00399
• Y. Muranaka, H. Nakagawa, R. Masaki, T. Maki, K. Mae
  "Continuous 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural Production from Monosaccharides in a Microreactor"
  Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 56, 10998-11005 (2017).
  doi: 10.1021/acs.iecr.7b02017
• S. Asano, S. Yamada, T. Maki, Y. Muranaka, K. Mae
  "Design protocol of microjet mixers for achieving desirable mixing times with arbitrary flow rate ratios"
  Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, 2, 830-841 (2017).
  doi: 10.1039/c7re00051k
• S. Asano, T. Maki, R. Nakayama, R. Utsunomiya, Y. Muranaka, T. Kuboyama, K. Mae
  "Precise analysis and control of polymerization kinetics using a micro flow reactor"
  Chemical Engineering & Processing: Process Intensification, 119, 73-80 (2017).
  doi: 10.1016/j.cep.2017.05.016
• Y. Muranaka, H. Nakagawa, I. Hasegawa, T. Maki, J. Hosokawa, J. Ikuta, K. Mae
  "Lignin-based resin production from lignocellulosic biomass combining acidic saccharification and acetone-water treatment"
  Chemical Engineering Journal, 308, 754-759 (2017).
  doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2016.09.117
• Y. Muranaka, T. Suzuki, I. Hasegawa, K. Mae
  "Saccharification of Lignocellulosic Biomass under Mild Condition Using Ionic Liquid"
  Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, 48, 774-781 (2015).
  doi: 10.1252/jcej.14we363
• Y. Muranaka, R. Murata, I. Hasegawa, K. Mae
  "Production of depolymerized lignin resin material from lignocellulosic biomass using acetone-water binary solution"
  Chemical Engineering Journal, 274, 265-273 (2015).
  doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.04.009
• Y. Muranaka, T. Suzuki, H. Sawanishi, I. Hasegawa, K. Mae
  "Effective Production of Levulinic Acid from Biomass through Pretreatment Using Phosphoric Acid, Hydrochloric Acid, or Ionic Liquid"
  Indusrtial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 53, 11611–11621 (2014).
  doi: 10.1021/ie501811x
• Y. Muranaka, A. Iwai, I. Hasegawa, K. Mae
  "Selective Production of Valuable Chemicals from Biomass by Two-step Conversion Combining Pre-oxidation and Hydrothermal Degradation"
  Chemical Engineering Journal, 234, 189–194 (2013).
  doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.08.055
• I. Hasegawa, Y. Inoue, Y. Muranaka, T. Yasukawa, K. Mae
  "Selective Production of Organic Acids and Depolymerization of Lignin by Hydrothermal Oxidation with Diluted Hydrogen Peroxide"
  Energy & Fuels, 25, 791–796 (2011).
  doi: 10.1021/ef101477d

International Conference (Proceedings)

• Y. Muranaka
  "Application of segmented flow to continuous enantiomeric separation"
  CES-CHEM meeting 2023 (2023, Chonburi).
• K. Ikebata, Y. Muranaka, T. Maki
  "Carbon balance of the Escherichia coli culture in a segmented flow reactor"
  CES-CHEM meeting 2023 (2023, Chonburi).
• Y. Muranaka, T. Maki, K. Mae
  "Temperature control strategy in a flow reactor for safer operation and higher heat efficiency"
  8th Asia-Oceania Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry (2023, Auckland).
• Y. Muranaka, T. Maki, S. Takeda, K. Mae
  "Nanoparticle synthesis and morphology control in an inkjet-discharged droplet"
  11th World Congress on Chemical Engineering, 1287 (2023, Buenos Aires).
• Y. Muranaka, T. Maki, D. Nakayoshi, S. Asano, K. Mae
  "Development of three-phases segmented flow system for chiral separation"
  IMRET 16, Flash Presentations n (2022, Melbourne).
• Y. Nishimuro, T. Maki, Y. Muranaka, K. Mae
  "Chitosan capsule production using an inkjet system"
  IMRET 16, Flash Presentations l (2022, Melbourne).
• A. Tsuchida, T. Maki, Y. Muranaka, K. Mae
  "Control of particle nucleation and nuclear growth via precise concentration control by fine droplets"
  IMRET 16, Flash Presentations k (2022, Melbourne).
• S. Matsumoto, K. Nishigaya, T. Maki, Y. Muranaka, K. Mae
  "Design and evaluation of distillation devices with microchannels"
  IMRET 16, Flash Presentations f (2022, Melbourne).
• H. Tanida, D. Nakayoshi, M. Ota, K. Nishimoto, T. Maki, Y. Muranaka, K. Mae
  "Simple Design Concept for Isothermal Operation of Catalytic Reactor"
  IMRET 16, Flash Presentations c (2022, Melbourne).
• Y. Muranaka, K. Matsubara, T. Maki, S. Asano, H. Nakagawa, K. Mae
  "HMF synthesis from glucose by reaction-extraction system using a microreactor"
  2019 AIChE Annual Meeting, 560aj (2019, Orlando).
• X. Huang, K. Fujiki, S. Kudo, S. Asano, Y. Muranaka, T. Maki, K. Mae, J. Hayashi
  "Hydrolysis of anhydrosugars from cellulose pyrolysis to glucose over solid acid catalyst"
  APCChE 2019 Congress, PH317 (2019, Sapporo).
• K. Masuda, Y. Muranaka, T. Maki, S. Kudo, J. Hayashi, K. Mae
  "Recovery of value-added products from biomass using multi-step hydrothermal treatment"
  APCChE 2019 Congress, PE318 (2019, Sapporo).
• Y. Matsuoka, Y. Muranaka, T. Maki, S. Kudo, J. Hayashi, K. Mae
  "Synthesis of Lignin-Silica Composites by Chemical Modification and Sol-Gel Method"
  APCChE 2019 Congress, PE317 (2019, Sapporo).
• Y. Muranaka, I. Hasegawa, H. Nakagawa, K. Taniguchi, K. Mae
  "Multi-stage pyrolysis of biomass for co-production of selective valuable chemicals and energy"
  APCChE 2019 Congress, E317 (2019, Sapporo).
• K. Inohara, T. Maki, S. Asano, Y. Muranaka, K. Mae
  "Synthesis of lipid nanoparticles using an inkjet-ejected systems with droplets collision"
  IMRET 2018, P 1.04 (2018, Karlsruhe).
• S. Asano, S. Yatabe, Y. Muranaka, T. Maki, K. Mae
  "Designing microreactor system for ultra-fast reaction based on mixing time estimation"
  IMRET 2018, P 1.03 (2018, Karlsruhe).
• Y. Muranaka, K. Matsubara, T. Maki, H. Nakagawa, K. Mae
  "Efficient 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural production from glucose using microreactor and microextraction system"
  IMRET 2018, Coupled Processes 3 (2018, Karlsruhe).
• S. Asano, S. Yamada, T. Maki, Y. Muranaka, K. Mae
  "Design methodology of micro-jet mixers for various applications"
  10th World Congress on Chemical Engineering, OC-28081 (2017, Barcelona).
• Y. Muranaka, R. Masaki, T. Maki, H. Nakagawa, K. Mae
  "Effective production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural from saccharide by biphasic reaction system using a microreactor"
  10th World Congress on Chemical Engineering, OC-27166 (2017, Barcelona).
• K. Ikeda, T. Maki, Y. Muranaka, K. Mae
  "Efficient production of oligosaccharides by using a membrane reactor"
  APCChE 2017 Congress, Food-Bio-O V-2 (2017, Hong Kong).
• S. Asano, T. Maki, R. Nakayama, Y. Muranaka, T. Kuboyama, K. Mae
  "Dispersity controlled polymer synthesis using high-resolution reaction kinetics in a microreactor"
  APCChE 2017 Congress, Micro-React-O II-1 (2017, Hong Kong).
• Y. Muranaka, H. Nakagawa, I. Hasegawa, H. Sawanishi, K. Mae
  "Levulinic acid production from lignocellulosic biomass by 2-step treatment method"
  APCChE 2017 Congress, CC-EE-O VII-1 (2017, Hong Kong).
• Y. Muranaka, Y. Nobuta, I. Hasegawa, T. Maki, K. Mae
  "Synthesis of Methyl Levulinate from Glucose Using Solid Acid Catalyst"
  2016 AIChE Annual Meeting, 631e (2016, San Francisco).
• Y. Muranaka, I. Hasegawa, T. Maki, Y. Fujii, K. Mae
  "Lactic acid production from lignocellulosic biomass by alkali treatment"
  23rd RSCE, S03-06 (2016, Vung Tau City).
• Y. Muranaka, I. Hasegawa, H. Nakagawa, K. Taniguchi, K. Mae
  "Co-production of Energy and Chemicals by Multi-stage Selective Pyrolysis of Wood Biomass"
  9th i-CIPEC, Program code 0059 (2016, Kyoto).
• Y. Muranaka, R. Kaji, R. Kubota, T. Maki, K. Mae
  "Production of Biodiesel Fuel from Soybean Oil in Micro Flow System"
  IMRET14, pp. O-601 (2016, Beijing).
• Y. Muranaka, J. Hosokawa, J. Ikuta, R. Murata, I. Hasegawa, K. Mae
  "Production of lignin resin from lignocellulosic biomass combining acidic saccharification and acetone treatment"
  APCChE 2015 Congress, Pres. 3126296 (2015, Melbourne).
• Y. Muranaka, Y. Kubota, Y. Nobuta, I. Hasegawa, K. Mae
  "Catalytic conversion of saccharide into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural using cation exchanged resin"
  248th ACS National Meeting, pp. CATL 206 (2014, San Francisco).
• Y. Muranaka, T. Suzuki, I. Hasegawa, K. Mae
  "Effective Acidic Hydrothermal Degradation of Cellulose to Levulinic Acid through Pretreatment"
  2014 AIChE Spring Meeting, Paper 98c (2014, New Orleans).
• Y. Muranaka, A. Iwai, I. Hasegawa, K. Mae
  "Selective Production of Oxalic Acid and Hydroxymethylfurfural by Hydrothermal Oxidation with Diluted Hydrogen Peroxide"
  244th ACS national meeting, Paper No. ENFL 16 (2012, Philadelphia).