†: Equal contribution, * Corresponding author.

SCI(E) Journal

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[32] Myungho Choi, Jaewon Byun, Jung-Ae Lim, Jinsu Kim*, Jina Choi*. Conditional Net-Negative Feasibility of Solid Direct Air Capture Under Climate and Energy Variability. (In Prep.)

[31] Injun Park, Sieun Kim, Junseong Kim, Karoline L. Hebisch, Inhwan Park, Juhyeong You, Huiryung Heo, Jinsu Kim*, Dong-Yeun Koh*. Dry Fabricated Film Sorbent for Direct Air Capture with Electrically-Driven Temperature Vacuum Swing Adsorption. (In Prep.)

[30] SangYoun Kim†, Jinsu Kim†, NaYeong Jeon, Nahyeon An, Seongbin Ga, SungKu Heo, ChangKyoo Yoo*. Autonomous Pressure Swing Adsorption Operation for Hydrogen Purification via Offline Reinforcement Learning with Domain-Specific Rewards. (In Review)

[29] SangYoun Kim†, Nahyeon An†, Won Ho Choi, Seongbin Ga*, ChangKyoo Yoo*, and Jinsu Kim*. AI-Designed MOFs to Climate-Adaptive Direct Air Capture Using a Multiscale Physical Adsorption Framework. (In Review)

2026

[28] Dohee Kim, Jinsu Kim*, Jinwoo Park*. Process Integration of Turquoise Hydrogen via Natural Gas Pyrolysis for Blast Furnace Ironmaking: Techno-Economic Viability and CO2 Mitigation. (In Revision in Energy Conversion and Management, IF: 10.9, JCR TOP <2%)

[27] Hannah E. Holmes, Jinsu Kim*, Matthew J. Realff*. Process Systems Engineering: A Key Enabler of Adsorption-Based Direct Air Capture. Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering. 2026, 51, 101202. (JCR TOP <10%) [Link]

2025

[26] Gayoung Lee†, MyungSuk Son†, Jongil Bae, Jinsu Kim*, Jeehoon Han*. Model-based life cycle assessment of steelmaking: Role of solid waste recycling via rotary hearth furnace in South Korea. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2025, 527 146687. (JCR TOP <10%) [Link]

[25] Seo-Yul Kim, Akriti Sarswat, Sunghyun Cho, MinGyu Song, Jinsu Kim, Matthew J. Realff, David S. Sholl, Ryan P. Lively*. Near-Cryogenic Direct Air Capture using Adsorbents. Energy & Environmental Science. 2025, 18 (15), 7427-7439. (JCR TOP < 1%) [Link]

[24] Yuxiang Wang, Jinsu Kim, João Marreiros, Neel Rangnekar, Yanhui Yuan, JR Johnson, Benjamin A. McCool, Matthew J. Realff, Ryan P. Lively*. Investigation of Moisture Swing Adsorbents for Direct Air Capture: Dynamic Breakthrough Studies. ACS Sustain Chem Eng. 2025, 13, (18) 6554–6564. [Link]

[23] Yi Ren†, Hui Ma†, Jinsu Kim, Mohammed Al Otmi, Ping Lin, Changhui Dai, Youngjoo Lee, Zihan Zhai, Woojin Jang, Shijie Yang, Akriti Sarswat, Yacine Feliachi, Janani Sampath, Matthew J. Realff, Ryan P. Lively*, Sheng Guo*. Fluorine-Rich Poly(Arylene Amine) Membranes for the Separation of Liquid Aliphatic Compounds. Science. 2025 387, 208–214. [Link](JCR TOP <2%)

2024

[22] Youn Ji Min, Jinsu Kim, Christopher W. Jones*, Matthew J. Realff*. Model-based Energy and Cost Analysis of Direct Air Capture using ePTFE-based Laminate Structured Gas-Solid Contactors. ACS Sustain Chem Eng. 2024, 12 (52) 18522–18536. [Link]

[21] Jinsu Kim, Shubham Jamdade, Yanhui Yuan, Matthew J. Realff*. Metal-Organic Frameworks for Atmospheric Water Extraction: Kinetic Analysis and Stochastic Programming under Climate Variability. J. Clean. Prod. 2024, 482, 144187. [Link] (JCR TOP <10%)

[20] Yuya Takakura, Suryateja Ravutla, Jinsu Kim, Keisuke Ikeda, Hiroshi Kajiro, Tomoyuki Yajima, Junpei Fujiki, Fani Boukouvala, Matthew J. Realff, Yoshiaki Kawajiri*. Surrogate Model Optimization of Vacuum Pressure Swing Adsorption using a Flexible Metal Organic Framework with Hysteretic Sigmoidal Isotherms. Int. J. Greenhouse Gas Control. 2024, 138, 104260. [Link]

[19] Jinsu Kim, Yanhui Yuan, Yi Ren, Benjamin A. McCool, Ryan P. Lively, Matthew J. Realff*. Carbon and Oxygen Recycling Strategies in CO2-to-Sustainable Synthetic Fuel Production: Recycling Route, Techno-economics and Carbon Intensity. Energy Convers. Manag. 2024, 319 118877. [Link] (JCR TOP <3%)

[18] Jinsu Kim, Shubham Jamdade, Yanhui Yuan, Matthew J. Realff*. System-level Analysis of Atmospheric Water Extraction with MIL-100 (Fe) for Design and Optimal Site Selection using Meteorological Characteristics. Energy. 2024, 299, 131376. [Link] (JCR TOP <5%)

[17] Iljun Chung†, Jinsu Kim†, Jaeseok An, Dongmin Lee, Jisu Park, Hyunmin Oh*, Yongju Yun*. Kinetic Modeling of the Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane with CO2 over a CrOx/SiO2 Catalyst and Assessment of CO2 Utilization. Chem. Eng. J. 2024, 494, 153178. [Link] (JCR TOP <5%)

2023

[16] Manwoo Son & Jinsu Kim*. Digital Transformation of Rotary Hearth Furnace for Process Automation and CO2 Reduction: Hybrid Model under Limited Operational Data Utilization. J. Manuf. Process. 2023, 101, 784. [Link]

[15] Jinsu Kim, Moon-Kyung Cho, Myungwon Jung, Jeeeun Kim*, Young-Seek Yoon*. Rotary Hearth Furnace for Steel Solid Waste Recycling: Mathematical Modeling and Surrogate-based Optimization using Industrial-scale Yearly Operational Data. Chem. Eng. J. 2023, 464, 142619. [Link] (JCR TOP <5%)

[14] Hyunmin Oh, Hee Tae Beum, Suh-Young Lee, Jinsu Kim, Jungil Kim, Yongju Yun*, Sang Sup Han*. Bed Configurations in CO Vacuum Pressure Swing Adsorption Process for Basic Oxygen Furnace Gas Utilization: Experiment, Simulation, and Techno-Economic Analysis. Chem. Eng. J. 2023, 454, 140432. [Link] (JCR TOP <5%)

[13] Jinsu Kim, Sang Sup Han, Jungil Kim, In-Beum Lee, Hyunmin Oh*, Young-Seek Yoon*. Vacuum Pressure Swing Adsorption for Efficient Off-gas Recycling: Techno-economic and CO2 Abatement Study. Energy. 2023, 264, 126281. [Link] (JCR TOP <5%)

2022

[12] Jinsu Kim, MyungSuk Son, JunKyu Park, Jeeeun Kim*. Optimized Rotary Hearth Furnace Utilization with the Blast Furnace and Electric Arc Furnace: Techno-economics, CO2 Reduction. Fuel Process. Technol. 2022, 237, 107450. [Link]

[11] Jinsu Kim†, Manwoo Son†, Sang Sup Han, Young-Seek Yoon*, Hyunmin Oh*. Computational-cost-efficient Surrogate Model of Vacuum Pressure Swing Adsorption for CO Separation Process Optimization. Sep. Purif. Technol. 2022, 300, 121827. [Link] (JCR TOP <10%)

[10] Jinsu Kim, JunKyu Park*, Young-Seek Yoon. Simplified Sulfur-iodine Cycle Process to Hydrogen Blast Furnace: Techno-economic and CO2 Mitigation Analysis. J. Clean. Prod. 2022, 355, 131855. [Link] (JCR TOP <10%)

[9] JunKyu Park†,*, Sungkyum Kim†, Jinsu Kim, Young-Seek Yoon, Wooyong Um*. Heat, Economic and Multi-Path Safety (HEMPS) Management on Co-generation of Hydrogen and Sulfuric Acid through Modified Sulfur-Iodine Cycle. J. Environ. Chem. Eng. 2022, 10, 107566. [Link]

[8] Hyunmin Oh†, Soobin Lee†, Hee Tae Beum, Jungil Kim, Jinsu Kim, Suh-Young Lee, In-Beum Lee, Young-Seek Yoon*, Sang Sup Han*. CO recovery from Blast Furnace Gas by Vacuum Pressure Swing Adsorption Process: Experimental and Simulation Approach. J. Clean. Prod. 2022, 346, 131062. [Link] (JCR TOP <10%)

[7] Jinsu Kim, Jungil Kim, Hyunmin Oh, Seokyoung Lee, In-Beum Lee, Young-Seek Yoon*. Techno-Economic and Environmental Impact Analysis of Tuyere Injection of Hot Reducing Gas from Low-rank Coal Gasification in Blast Furnace. Energy. 2022, 241, 122098. [Link] (JCR TOP <5%)

2021

[6] JunKyu Park†,*, Seok Young Lee†, SeungJae Lee, Hyunmin Oh, Jinsu Kim, Young-Seek Yoon, In-Beum Lee, Wooyong Um. The Comprehensive Evaluation of Available Pilot-Scale H2S Abatement Process in a Coke-Oven Gas: Efficiency, Economic, Energy, and Environmental Safety (4ES). J. Environ. Chem. Eng. 2021, 106903. [Link]

[5] Jinsu Kim†, Hyunjun Lee†, Boreum Lee, Jungil Kim, Hyunmin Oh, In-Beum Lee, Young-Seek Yoon*, Hankwon Lim*. An Integrative Process for Blast Furnace and SOEC for Hydrogen Utilization: Techno-economic and Environmental Impact Assessment. Energy Convers. Manag. 2021, 250, 114922. [Link] (JCR TOP <3%)

[4] JunKyu Park*, Jonggyu Lee, Junsung Jeon, Jinsu Kim, Young-Seek Yoon, Wooyong Um*. Process Optimization and Safety Assessment on a Pilot-Scale Bunsen Process in Sulfur-iodine Cycle. Int. J. Hydrog. Energy. 2021, 47.67 33616-33634. [Link]

2020

[3] Hyunmin Oh, Hee Tae Beum, Young-Seek Yoon, Jinsu Kim, Yoojin Han, Jungil Kim, In-Beum Lee, Suh-Young Lee*, Sang Sup Han*. Experiment and Modeling of Adsorption of CO from Blast Furnace Gas onto CuCl/Boehmite. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2020, 59 (26), 12176–12185. [Link]

2019

[2] Min-Kyung Lee, Jinsu Kim, Jun-Hyung Ryu*, Young-Seek Yoon, Chul-Ung Kim, Soon-Yong Jeong, In-Beum Lee. Modeling of Reaction and Deactivation Kinetics in Methanol-to-Olefins Reaction on SAPO-34. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2019, 58 (29), 13227–13238. [Link]

2018

[1] Jinsu Kim, Hyunmin Oh, Seok Young Lee, Young-Seek Yoon*. Advanced One-Dimensional Entrained-Flow Gasifier Model Considering Melting Phenomenon of Ash. Energies 2018, 11 (4), 1–14. [Link]

SCOPUS Journal

2022

[1] JunKyu Park*, Seok Young Lee, Jinsu Kim, Young-Seek Yoon. Efficiency, Economic, Energy, and Safety (3ES) Analyses on Different Configurations of MDEA Absorption Process for Coke Oven Gas Desulfurization. Chem. Eng. J. Adv. 2022, 10, 100281. [Link]

KCI Journal

2025

[1] Jinsu Kim*. Fuel Diversification Strategies for Carbon Mitigation in Blast Furnace-based Ironmaking Process: Model-based Analysis Framework (고로 기반 일관제철소의 탄소 저감을 위한 연료 다변화 전략: 모델 기반 분석 프레임워크). Journal of Energy & Climate Change (에너지기후변화학회지) 2025, 20 (2), 201-211. [Link]