Fellow, The Society of Separation Engineers, Japan
Professional Engineer, Japan, Chemistry /Industrial Division
The International Registered Professional Engineer,
APEC Engineer (Chemical Engineering)
Risk Manager(CRM/Professional PM/ PRM/ PMCO),
SPECIALITY
Specializes on process design and analysis for petroleum and petrochemical processes such as DME process.
Ethylene and other petrochemical processes as well as new energy processes.
EXPERIENCE
As a visiting engineer in ASPEN Project at MIT for the development the original version of ASPEN process simulator.
As a process Engineer, developed various R&D projects such as nuclear steel making, coal liquefaction, oil shale, molten carbonate fuel cell, 13C methane supper-fractionation processes.
As a senior process engineer as well as a process manager involved in many gas and petrochemical projects such as LNG, ethylene, EO/EG, methanol, MTBE and PE/PP.
At NKK Corporation (now JFE Holdings, Inc.) as an engineering manager for the development of DME direct synthesis process.
At TOTAL S.A. as a representative of Direction Scientific, Paris, responsible for exchanging scientific information and technical collaboration with Japanese academia and companies.
After retirement from TOTAL, established a venture consulting company dealing with chemical engineering matters including shale gas and oil developments floating LNG processes, hydrogen transportation and storage, etc.
OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE
Many overseas experiences at TOTAL for technical meeting in France and USA.
As Chief Commissioning Engineer for commissioning and startup work for 300,000 MTA steam cracker plant in •Nigeria.(1994-1995)
MIT Visiting Engineer for ASPEN Project (1977-1979)
PUBLICATION・PATENT
"Slurry Phase Reactor technology for DME Direct Synthesis," Int. J. of Chem. Reactor Eng., Vol.8, Article A109 (2010),
Tominaga, H. and M. Tamaki, Ed., "Chemical Reaction and Reactor Design," Maruzen and Wiley (1997)
"Process Simulation with Undefined Mixture using Structure-Based Model Compounds," paper presented at ComChem'90, The Hague, The Nederland, May(1990),
many other technical papers and Japanese Patents including Japanese ones
TASTE
Walking, driving enjoying hot springs and tasting wine