■Yosuke MURANAKA

Present Position: Assistant Professor

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

T. Koike, Y. Muranaka, T. Maki
"Kinetic analysis of the enzymatic degradation behavior of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) based on its solid-state structure"
Reactive and Functional Polymers, 202, 105950 (2024).
doi: 10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2024.105950
Y. Muranaka, T. Maki, H. Nakagawa, T. Mukaeda, A. Tsuchida, K. Mae
"Pulp Carbon Fixation via Pyrolysis Using Ammonium Dihydrogen Phosphate as an Additive"
Bioresource Technology Reports, 26, 101873 (2024).
doi: 10.1016/j.biteb.2024.101873
Y. Muranaka, T. Maki, D. Nakayoshi, M. Ota, K. Mae
"Temperature control strategy for safer and heat-efficient operations in a catalytic flow reactor"
Chemical Engineering Journal, 491, 152029 (2024).
doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.152029
Y. Muranaka, T. Maki, S. Matsumoto, K. Mae
"Methyl acetate production by reactive distillation using a vertical plate microdistillator"
Journal of Flow Chemistry, 14, 289-295 (2024).
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, 66, 119-124 (2024).
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).