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Nogami Lab
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The lab reproduces the inner workings of materials manufacturing through computation, aiming to reduce resource and energy use.
AboutAbout the lab
Redesigning how materials are made, through computation.
The Nogami Lab works on developing environmentally compatible materials manufacturing processes.
Producing high-performance materials requires large amounts of resources and energy, while global warming and other environmental problems call for more efficient processes.
The lab clarifies the physical properties and reaction characteristics of raw materials using thermodynamics, thermal engineering, and transport phenomena, and quantifies the multiphase flow phenomena commonly found in processes using fluid dynamics and powder and granular engineering.
It incorporates this knowledge into advanced flow analysis methods, developing numerical simulation techniques for materials manufacturing processes and carrying out quantitative evaluation and design.
Key terms
- Multiphase flow
- A phenomenon in which gases, liquids, and solids flow mixed together. It occurs widely in materials manufacturing processes
- Boundary layer
- A thin layer that forms near a surface where reaction or heat transfer takes place and hinders the movement of matter and heat
- Packed bed
- A layer filled with particles or lumps. It is used as a reactor in which gas or liquid flows through the layer
NewsLab news
A research group in which Professor Nogami and Associate Professor Natsui took part received the Yamaoka Prize (Joint Research Award) from the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan
A master's student received the Encouragement Award in the student poster session at the Spring Meeting of the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan
Associate Professor Natsui, Professor Nogami, and colleagues received the Paper Award from the Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan
A master's student received the Encouragement Award in the student poster session at the Spring Meeting of the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan
A master's student received the Encouragement Award in the student poster session at the Spring Meeting of the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan
ResearchResearch themes
Manufacturing processes for basic materials such as steel operate at enormous volumes, so they consume enormous amounts of resources and energy, and they need to be transformed for a recycling-oriented society. The lab aims to understand the phenomena occurring inside processes and the reaction characteristics of raw materials, and to design new environmentally compatible processes.
*Illustrative imageMultiphase reaction simulators for materials processes
The lab describes how materials move, react, and transfer heat inside a process using computational fluid dynamics, powder engineering, thermodynamics, reaction engineering, and related methods. By reconstructing the spatial and temporal distributions of temperature and composition on a computer, it evaluates the efficiency and stability of the process.
*Illustrative imageSpeeding up heat transfer by controlling the boundary layer
Near the interfaces where reaction and heat transfer take place, a boundary layer forms that resists the transport of matter and heat. The lab conducts basic research aimed at greatly improving process efficiency by actively controlling this boundary layer.
*Illustrative imageClarifying dispersion behavior in packed beds
Packed-bed reactors filled with particles and lumps are widely used to manufacture basic materials. The behavior of the liquids and powders flowing through them greatly affects overall efficiency and stability, so the lab clarifies and formulates it through basic experiments and numerical simulation.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Nogami Lab include faculty, technical assistants, and doctoral and master's students.As of 2024
- ProfessorHiroshi Nogami
- Associate ProfessorShungo Natsui
- Assistant ProfessorJunichi Takahashi
- Assistant ProfessorNobuhiro Maruoka
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Iron runners - Trumbull-Cliffs Blast Furnace” "New Trumbull-Cliffs 600-Ton Blast Furance", The Iron Age, September 15, 1921, p. 676 / Public domain (cropped)
- Multiphase reaction simulators for materials processes: “CFD simulation showing vorticity isosurfaces behind propeller” User:Citizenthom / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Speeding up heat transfer by controlling the boundary layer: “Copper Tube Evaporator” Neurotronix / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Clarifying dispersion behavior in packed beds: “Anelli Raschig” Luigi Chiesa / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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