Naoto OHMURA
D. Eng.
Oct., 1962
Professor
Transport Science and Engineering Laboratory
Chemical Engineering
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Academic Career |
1987
Graduate School of Engineering (Master's Course), Kobe University
1985 Faculty of Engineering, Kobe University
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Professional Career |
Faculty of Engineering, Kobe University (Research Associate 1990, Associate Professor 1999, Professor 2004)
Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University (Professor 2007, Vice-Dean 2015)
Kobe City College of Technology (Part-time Lecturer 2005)
Nippon Sheet Glass Co.,LTD (1987-1990)
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Field of Instruction and Research |
Transport
Science
Hydrodynamics
Nonlinear Science
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Research Activities |
Instability
and bifurcation problems of hydrodynamic phenomena
Intensification of mixing process
Development of a new type of chemical reactors
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Main Publications |
"Electrochemical Observation
of Instabilities of the Belouzov-Zhabotinskii Reaction in CSTR," J. Appl.
Electrochem., 24, 647-651 (1994)
"Emulsion Polymerization of Styrene in a Continuous Taylor Vortex Flow
Reactor," Chem. Eng. Sci., 50, 1409 -1416(1995)
"Effect of Vortex Structure on Bifurcation Properties in a Taylor Vortex
Flow System," J. Chem. Eng. Japan, 28, 758-764 (1995)
"Effective Mass Diffusion over Cell Boundaries in a Taylor-Couette Flow
System," Chem. Eng. Sci., 52, 1757-1765 (1997)
"Instabilities of the Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction in a Taylor Vortex Flow
Reactor with Constant Axial Flow," J. Chem. Eng. Japan, 30,
388-395 (1997)
"Vortex Generation and Properties of Transition to Turbulence in a Taylor-Couette
Flow System with Small Aspect Ratio, Kagaku Kougaku Ronbunshu," 23,
741-748 (1997) in Japanese
"Intercellular Mass Transfer in Wavy/Turbulent Taylor Vortex Flow, Int.
J. Heat and Fluid Flow," 19, 159-166 (1998)
"Controlling Particle Size by Self-Sustained Oscillations in Continuous
Emulsion Polymerization of Vinyl Acetate," Chem. Eng. Sci., 53,
2129-2135 (1998)
"Emergency Estimation Model of Oil Spill Disaster in Tank Yards," Energy
and Resources, 19, 272-278 (1998) in Japanese
"Effect of Reactor Volume on Concentration Oscillations of
Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction in CSTR," Kagaku Kougaku Ronbunshu, 25,
559-563 (1999) in Japanese
"Numerical Study of Swirl Properties of Rotating Conical Channel with Axial Flow," J. Chem. Eng. Japan, 32, 732-741(1999)
"Mixing-Effective Motion of High Viscosity Fluid Around a Rotating Elliptic Cylinder," J. Chem. Eng. Japan, 33, 420-426(2000)
"Analysis of Orderliness in Higher Instabilities Toward the Occurrence of
Chaos in a Taylor-Couette Flow System," In Laser Techniques Applied to
Fluid Mechanics Selected Papers from the 9th International Symposium, eds.
R.J. Adrian, D.F.G. Durao, F.Durst, M.V. Heitor, M. Maeda and J.H.
Whitelaw,Springer-Verlag, 299-313 (2000)
"Information Complexity of Laminar Chaotic Mixing Field Produced by Two Parallel, Rotating Cylinders," Forma, 15, 273-280(2000)
"An Experimental Investigation of Flow Mode Selection in a Conical Taylor-Couette System, " Int. J. Flud Dynamics, 5, Article 1, 1-16 (2001)
"Observation of Isolated Mixing Regions in a Stirred Vessel", J. Chem. Eng. Japan, " 34, 574-578 (2001)
" Flow Mechanism of a Submerged Jet Impinging on a Free Interface, " J. Chem. Eng. Japan, 34,912-918 (2001)
" A New Estimation of Turbulent Flow Structures Effective for Impingement Heat Transfer Augmentation, " J. Chem. Eng. Japan 34, 1136-1140 (2001)
"Isolated Mixing Region in a Taylor-Vortex-Flow Reactor," Kagaku Kougaku Ronbunshu 27, 566-573 (2001) (in Japanese)
"Novel Operating Method for Controlling Latex Particle size Distribution in Emulsion Polymerization of Vinyl Acetate, "Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. , 40, 5177-5183 (2001)
"Numerical Computation of Apex Angle Effects on Taylor Vortices in Rotating Conical Cylinders System, "J. Chem. Eng. Japan, 35,22-31 (2002)
"Mechanism of Mode Selection for Taylor Vortex Flow between Coaxial Conical Rotating Cylinders, "J. Fluid Structure, 16,247-262 (2002)
"Instability and Bifurcation of Flow Patterns around a Rotating Disk Housed in a Narrow Cylindrical Enclosure," In Selected Papers of the Fifth Italian Conference on Chemical and Process Engineering, ed. S. Pierucci, Editoriale Elsevier, 175-181 (2002)
"Laser-Optical Observation of Chaotic Mixing Structure in a Stirred Vessel, "In Laser Techniques for Fluid Mechanics: Selected Papers from the 10th International Symposium Lisbon, Portugal, July10-13, 2000
, eds. R.J. Adrian, D.F.G. Durao, F.Durst, M.V. Heitor, M. Maeda, C. Tropea and J.H. Whitelaw,Springer-Verlag, 399-410 (2002)
" Effect of Inhomogeneous Mixing on Chemical Reaction in a Taylor Vortex Flow Reactor, " J. Chem. Eng. Japan, 35,692-695 (2002)
"Two-Dimensional Mixing Pattern Emerging from a Flow Field Produced by Rotating Cylinders, " Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Japan, 51,293-300 (2002)
" Dynamics of Emulsion Polymerization of Vinyl Acetate by Batch and Continuous Flow operations," Kagaku Kogaku Ronbunshu, 29,363-367 (2003) (in Japanese)
" Continuous Emulsion Polymerization of Vinyl Acetate with Periodic Alternation of Reaction Temperature," Kagaku Kogaku Ronbunshu, 29,378-381 (2003)(in Japanese)
" Dynamics of Surface Bump Generated by an Air-Water Free Surface Jet Impingement," J. Chem. Eng. Japan, 36, 147-154 (2003)
" Modeling Transient Heat Transfer from a Heat Source of Power Electronic Devices," In Selected Papers of the Sixth Italian Conference on Chemical and Process Engineering, ed. S. Pierucci,Reed Business Information, 6, 165-172 (2003)
" Transition of Organized Flow Structure in a Stirred Vessel at Low Reynolds Numbers," J. Chem. Eng. Japan, 36, 1458-1463 (2003)
" Mixing Characteristics of a "VIBRO MIXER" Vibration Mixer," Kagaku Kogaku Ronbunshu, 30,1-6 (2004)
" Time-Dependent Structures of a Two-Dimensional Turbulent Impinging Jet Accompanied by Longitudinal Vortex Pairs," J. Chem. Eng. Japan,37, 299-303 (2004)
" Effect of Emulsifier on Dynamic Behavior of Particle Size Distribution in Continuous Emulsion Polymerization of Vinyl Acetate," J. Chem. Eng. Japan,37, 461-464 (2004)
" Mixing Charactersitics in a Conical Taylor-Couette Flow System at Low Reynolds Numbers," J. Chem. Eng. Japan,37, 546-550 (2004)
" Time-Dependent Flow Properties in Doubly Periodic and Weakly Turbulent Wavy Vortex Flows in a Taylor-Couette Flow System," J. Chem. Eng. Japan,37, 572-576 (2004)
" Dynamics of the Helical Flow between Rotating Conical Cylinders," J. Fluid Structure,20, 331-344 (2005)
" A Numerical Study of Taylor Vortex Flow in a Finite Length Tapered Annulus," J. Physics: Conference Series,14, 20-29 (2005)
" Particle Classification in Taylor Vortex Flow with an Axial Flow," J. Physics: Conference Series,14, 64-71 (2005)
" Emulsion Polymerization of Vinyl Acetate in a System of Two CSTR in Series," J. Chem. Eng. Japan,37, 546-550 (2005)
"Stochastic Modeling of Dynamic Behavior of Particle Size Distribution in Continuous Emulsion Polymerization," J. Chem. Eng. Japan, 40, 951-956 (2007)
"Improving Heat Transfer with Taylor Vortices in Compact Modified Couette-Taylor Apparatus," J. Chem. Eng. Japan, 40, 228-234 (2007)
"Particle Migration in a Stirred Vessl at Low Reynolds Numbers," AIDC Conference Series: Selected Papers of the Eight Italian Conference on Chemical and Process Engineering, 8, 243-248 (2007)
"Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flow in aTaylor Vortex Flow Reactor," AIDC Conference Series: Selected Papers of the Eight Italian Conference on Chemical and Process Engineering, 8, 335-340 (2007)
"Analysis of Quasi-Steady Acceleration in Circular Couette Flow," Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 13, 1796-1800 (2008)
"Characterization of Isolated Mixing Regions in a Stirred Vessel," Int. J. Chem. React. Eng., 6, Article A25, 1-10 (2008)
"Flow Characteristics Immiscible Liquid-Liquid Two Phase Flow in Micro Channel Systems," Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Japan, 57,271-278 (2008)
"Effect of Wall Alignment in a Very Short Rotating Annulus," Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 14, 613-621 (2009)
"Dispersion of Floating Particle in a Taylor Vortex Flow Reactor", J. Chem. Eng. Japan, 43, 319-325 (2010)
"Liquid-Liquid Two Phase Flow of Millichannel with a Dynamic Mixer", Chem. Eng. Proc., 50, 1-8 (2011)
"Process Intensification of Emulsion Polymerization Using a Compartment Reactor", Chem. Eng. Technol., 35, 1273-1280 (2012)
"Process Intensification of Continuous Starch Hydrolysis with a Couette-Taylor Flow Reactor", Chem. Eng. Res. Des., 91, 2259-2264 (2013)
"Solid-Liquid Separatioin by Particle-Flow-Instability", Energy Environ. Sci., 7, 3982-3988 (2014)
"Effect of Ultrasonic Pretreatment on Emulsion Polymerization of Styrene", Ultrason. Sonochem., 31, 337-341 (2016)
"Optimized Stirred Reactor for Enhanced Particle Dispersion", Chem. Eng. Technol., 39, 680-688 (2016)
"Prediction of Onset of Taylor-Couette Instability for Shear-Thinning Fluids", Rheol. Acta, 56, 73-84 (2017)
"Effect of Shear Rate Distribution on Particle Aggregation in a Stirred Vessel", Chem. Eng. Technol., 40, 493-497 (2017)
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Activities for Academic Societies |
Soc. Chem. Eng. Japan (1987-), Soc. Sci. Form (1990-), Heat Transfer Soc. Japan (1992-), Japan Soc. Simul. Tech. (1992-), Kinki Chemical Society, Japan (2001-), Japanese Soc. Multiphase Flow (2003-)
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