JCCP:Japan Cooperation Center, Petroleum

High-level Researcher Dispatching Program

FY2007- FY2012 Researcher Dispatch Program

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Researcher Dr. Sachio Asaoka, ex-Project Professor, The University of Kitakyushu
Destination King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia
Period 3 months, September 2012 - January 2013
Research subject Complex metal oxide catalysts for petroleum and petrochemical process

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Researcher Dr. Hideshi Hattori, Professor Emeritus at Hokkaido University
Destination King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia
Period 3 months, November 2007 - March 2013
Research subject Mechanism of solid-acid catalysts and solid-base catalysts

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Researcher Dr. Katsumi Takehiro, Professor Emeritus at Hiroshima University
Destination King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia
Period 3 months, October 2009 - February 2012
Research subject Production of petrochemical feedstock by catalytic dehydrogenation of ethlylbenzen

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Researcher Dr. Hidehiro Higashi, Catalysts and Chemicals Inc. Co., Ltd.
Destination Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR), Kuwait
Period 3 months, November 2007 - March 2013
Research subject Improvement of Operation for UEB by Cold Flow Model and Application of Air-nanobubble technology to DAF in refinery