Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku UniversityMultiscale Clean Energy Research
CPC Lab · Tohoku IFS

Multiscale Clean Energy Research.

CPC Lab advances sustainable energy, clean fuels, and circular materials through interdisciplinary science, rigorous modeling, and international collaboration.

CPC stands for Clean energy, Process intelligence, and Circularity: a research identity connecting chemical kinetics, combustion science, energy systems engineering, artificial intelligence, and life-cycle thinking.

Research vision

The transition to a carbon-neutral energy system is one of the defining scientific and engineering challenges of the 21st century. Electrification will play a central role, but aviation, maritime transport, heavy-duty mobility, and high-temperature industry require sustainable fuels and advanced energy conversion technologies.

Our research integrates chemical kinetics, combustion science, digitalization, and systems engineering to enable the design and deployment of low-carbon energy solutions. We connect molecular-level reaction pathways, high-fidelity experiments, computational models, and system-scale assessment.

Our work emphasizes hydrogen, ammonia, sustainable aviation fuels, circular carbon systems, and advanced thermal and energy technologies. We evaluate candidate solutions using detailed kinetic modeling, experiments, TEA, LCA, supply-chain modeling, and AI-enabled optimization.

Core research themes

Ammonia and hydrocarbon combustion chemistry

Kinetic models for ammonia, hydrogen, and hydrocarbon blends, with emphasis on ignition, flame stability, soot chemistry, cyanide/isocyanide formation, and nitrogen-containing emissions.

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Sustainable aviation fuels

Detailed reaction mechanisms and CFD-ready models linking SAF composition, feedstock pathways, contaminants, soot, contrails, and engine emissions.

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Immersion chip cooling

Experimental and numerical analysis of direct immersion liquid cooling for high-power computing modules and data-center thermal management.

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Renewable fuel supply chains

Dynamic TEA, LCA, policy assessment, market intelligence, and supply-chain optimization for hydrogen, ammonia, SAF, renewable diesel, biomethane, and synthetic fuels.

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Relevant UN Sustainable Development Goals

The laboratory contributes directly to clean energy, innovation, responsible production, climate action, and partnerships.

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean EnergySDG 9 Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureSDG 12 Responsible Consumption and ProductionSDG 13 Climate ActionSDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

Latest news

09 Apr 2026

Ohanami gathering at Katahira campus

Lunchtime meet-and-greet under the cherry blossom trees with the International Support Centre and Ju Laboratory.

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Lab philosophy

CPC Lab is organized around a shared purpose: creating knowledge, growing people, and driving meaningful change through rigorous clean-energy research.

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