Objective and Present activites

To exploit effective utilization of water ubiquitously distributed on the earth as an energy resource from the viewpoints of energy cycle and mining of chemical energy.

• Recovery of methane from methane hydrate
• Development of an environmentally friendly approach for hydrogen and ozone storage in clathrate hydrates
• Establishing theoretical methods to estimate the thermodynamic stability of  methane and hydrogen hydrates only from the intermolecular interactions
• Elucidation of the formation and dissociation mechanisms of methane and CO2 hydrates by large scale computer simulations
• Exploration of the structure and stability of semiclathrates for utilization as cooling materials 

Future prospects　

• Exploration of hydrophobic effects in conjunction with the stability of clathrate hydrates
• Theoretical prediction for the stability of N2 and CO hydrates under cryogenic conditions contributing to planetary sciences