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Sato, Toru
Professor
Ph.D.
Marine Environmental Engineering, Environmental Impact Assessment of CCS, Modelling of Gas Hydrate Formation/Dissociation, Numerical simulation of floating marine plastic debris

Profile

Professor Toru Sato has been engaged in environmental impact assessment of CO2 sub-seabed geological storage including development and application of multi-scale ocean model, development of dissociation and formation models of methane and CO2 hydrates, design and feasibility study on CO2 storage in the form of gas hydrate, modelling of the ecological effect of dissolved CO2 in the ocean, and proposing effective indicators of CO2-related concentration in seawater, and has written number of articles on the topics in internationally influential journals. He is currently devoted himself as Counsellor of Headquarters for Ocean Policy in Cabinet Office of Japan, Board member of Japan Federation of Engineering Societies, Board Member of Japan Society of Ocean Policy, Committee Member of Environmental Impact Assessment for Sub-Seabed CCS of Ministry of Environment, Member of CCS Expert Committee of Japan CCS Co., Ltd. etc.

Biodata

1980-1984 Dept of Naval Architecture, University of Tokyo (B.Eng.)
1984-1986 Dept of Naval Architecture, University of Tokyo (M.Eng.)
1986-1996 Research Engineer at Bridgestone Corporation.
1990-1993 Dept of Chem. Eng. and Chem. Technol., Imperial College London (Ph.D.)
1996-2004 Associate Professor at Dept of Environmental and Ocean Engineering, University of Tokyo.
2004-now Professor at Dept of Ocean Technology, Policy, and Environment, University of Tokyo.

Selected Papers

1) Shunsuke Kanao, Toru Sato. Numerical estimation of multiple leakage positions of a marine pollutant using the adjoint marginal sensitivity method. Compt. Fluids 232 (2022) 105195.
2) Shuxuan Sun, Toru Sato, Keisuke Uchimoto, Yuji Watanabe. Applicability of CO2-related concentration indicators by clustering various seawaters in the world. Int. J. Greenhouse Gas Control 112 (2021) 103489.
3) Alan Junji Yamaguchi, Toru Sato, Ayumu Nono, Shawn Adrian Schneidereit, Takaomi Tobase. Mathematical Modelling of Permeability Reduction in Porous Media Caused by CO2 Hydrate Formation Using Microscopic Phase-field Model Simulations. Marine Syst. Ocean Technol. 16 (2021) 157-167.
4) Shunsuke Nishimura, Shuxuan Sun, Toru Sato, Hiroyuki Oyama, Keisuke Uchimoto, Koichi Goto, Meguru Miki. Comparison and Suggestion of Indicators of Concentration Associated with CO2 in Seawater Considering Biological Activity. Int. J. Greenhouse Gas Control 102 (2020) 103152.
5) Pei-Yin Hsieh, Wu-Yang Sean, Toru Sato, Yong-Won Seo. Mesoscale Modeling of exploiting Methane Hydrate by CO2 Replacement in Homogeneous Porous Media. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer 158 (2020) 119741.
6) Yuki Kano, Toru Sato, Hiroyuki Oyama. Numerical Study on the Formations of Gas Channels and Subsequent Bubbles in Unconsolidated Sandy Seabed Sediment Using a Coupled LBM-DEM Method. J. Natural Gas Sci. Eng. 74 (2020) 103101.
7) Ryosuke Sakaizawa, Toru Sato, Chiaki Mori, Hiroyuki Oyama, Daisuke Tsumune, Takaki Tsubono, Yuki Kano, "Position and flux estimation of the unexpected seepage of CO2 purposefully stored in a subseabed geological formation", Int. J. Greenhouse Gas Control 84 (2019) 131-146.
8) Ryosuke Sakaizawa, Takaya Kawai, Toru Sato, Hiroyuki Oyama, Daisuke Tsumune, Takaki Tsubono, Koichi Goto, "The inclusion of ocean-current effects in a tidal-current model as forcing in the convection term and its application to the mesoscale fate of CO2 seeping from the seafloor", Ocean Model. 123 (2018) 40-54.
9) Ayako Fukumoto, Kentaro Kamada, Toru Sato, Hiroyuki Oyama, Honoka Torii, Fumio Kiyono, Jiro Nagao, Norio Temma, Hideo Narita, "Numerical simulation of pore-scale formation of methane hydrate in the sand sediment using the phase-field model", J. Natural Gas Sci. Eng. 50 (2018) 269-281.
10) Jin-Yang Hu, Toru Sato. "A photobioreactor for microalgae cultivation with internal illumination considering flashing light effect and optimized light-source arrangement". Energy Conv. Mangmnt. 133 (2017) 558-565.

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