Research areas

Thermochemical conversion

Combustion, gasification, pyrolysis and thermal liquefaction.

• Bioenergy with Carbon Capture & Storage (BECCS)
• Conversion of solid biomass and wastes into power and heat
• Blending biomass wastes with municipal solid waste for power and heat
• Co-gasification of coal and biomass wastes
• Low-carbon green and blue hydrogen production
• Thermal decomposition characteristics of solid wastes
• Process optimisation
• Co-pyrolysis of agricultural biomass residue for value added products

Biochemical conversion

Esterification and transesterification.

• Biomass conversion — biodiesel, biomass diversity, bio-oil
• Waste minimisation — wastewater treatment, waste biomass identification and processing
• Green technology — process intensification, ultrasonication, microwave

Catalysis and reaction kinetics

• Low-cost catalyst extraction from natural resources
• Improved reaction kinetics schemes for thermal and biochemical conversion

Process modelling and simulation

• Design and optimisation of chemical processes using Aspen HYSYS, MATLAB and UniSim
• Artificial intelligence and neural networks