Department of Chemical and Process Engineering

 FKAB UKM

RESEARCH

  • Innovation in research

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Since the establishment of the department, research in chemical and biochemical has been growing rapidly. The research covered wide aspects of chemical engineering which could be divided into several research groups. Researches carried out had been acknowledged at university, national and international levels in the form of patents as well as various accolades.

Fundings for the research are obtained from Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (i.e. Technofund, Science Fund), Grant Research University (GUP) and foreign agencies like Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA).


RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

1. BIOMOLECULAR AND BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING
• Microbial cultivation and Fermentation Technology
• Biotransformation and Biocatalyst
• Biomaterial and bio-composite
• Bioseparation Tecnology
• Biomass Pretreatment Process
• Mamalian and Plant cell Technology

2. CHEMICAL REACTION AND FLUID ENGINEERING
• Catalyst Development
• Multiphase Reaction/ Mixing
• High Pressure Reactor Design
• Novel Bioreactor Design

3. CLEAN TECHNOLOGY, WASTE MANAGEMENT AND SAFETY
• Resource Recovery from Water
• Waste water treatment and Reuse
• Water treatment Technology
• Waste Management
• Phytoremediation

4. PARTICLE AND NANO TECHNOLOGY
• Superheated Steam Drying
• Spray Drying
• Microwave Drying
• Fluidised Bed Drying
• Crystallisation
• Nano-materials

5. PROCESS SYSTEM ENGINEERING
• Dynamic Optimisation
• Dynamic control
• Process Design and Simulation
• Heat Integration
• Bioprocess and Economic analysis

6. SEPARATION TECHNOLOGY
• Membrane Technology
• Supercritical Fluid Extraction
• Adsorption
• Aqueous two-phase system
• Solvent Extraction
• Palm Oil Extraction and fractionation
• Gas separation and Purification

7. RENEWABLE AND GREEN ENERGY
• Fuel Cell Technology
• Electrochemistry and photo-electro chemistry
• Renewable economy
• Biofuel and Renewable energy (Biobutanol, Biodiesel, Bioethanol, Biohydrogen, Biomethanol, Biomethane)

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