Mei Fong Chong

Contact

• workRoom CA26 Faculty of Engineering
  Malaysia Campus
  Jalan Broga
  43500 Semenyih
  Selangor Darul Ehsan
  Malaysia
• work+6 (03) 8924 8347
• fax+6 (03) 8924 8017
• meifong.chong@nottingham.edu.my

Research Summary

Research Interests: Wastewater treatment, renewable energy, membrane separation Projects: 1. 1. Biomethanation and Treatment of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) in Thermophilic Condition using a Hybrid… read more

Selected Publications

• CHAN, Y.J., CHONG, M.F. and LAW, C.L., 2011. An Integrated Anaerobic-Aerobic Bioreactor (IAAB) for The Treatment of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME): Start-Up and Steady State Performance Process Biochemistry. 47(3), 485-495
• Y.J. CHAN, M.F. CHONG, C.L. LAW., 2011. Optimization on Thermophilic Aerobic Treatment of Anaerobically Digested Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) Biochemical Engineering Journal. 55, 193-198
• POH, P.E and CHONG, M.F., 2010. Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) Characteristic in High Crop Season and the Applicability of High-Rate Anaerobic Bioreactors for the Treatment of POME Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 49(22), 11732-11740
• Y.J. CHAN, M.F. CHONG, C.L. LAW, 2010. Effects of Temperature on Aerobic Treatment of Anaerobically Digested Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 49(15), 7093-7101

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Current Research

Research Interests: Wastewater treatment, renewable energy, membrane separation Projects: 1. 1. Biomethanation and Treatment of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) in Thermophilic Condition using a Hybrid Anaerobic Bioreactor 2. A complete Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) treatment system using novel hybrid anaerobic-aerobic bioreactor 3. Adsorption of Boron from Industrial Wastewater by using novel impregnated Palm Oil Mill Boiler (POMB) Fly Ash

Future Research

Additional information related to research and future plans : 1. Start up research works on membrane reactor. 2. To be involved in industry related anaerobic treatment systems : design, commission, optimization, trouble-shooting and CDM issues.

• OH, P.P., CHONG, M.F., HARRISON, L. N. LAU and CHEN, J.H., 2013. Liquid-Liquid Equilibrium (LLE) Study for Six-Component Transesterification System Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy. 14(61), 826
• CHIENG, H.J. and CHONG, M.F., 2012. A Review on Boron Adsorption Using Various Adsorbents Global Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. 2(11), 1-14
• CHONG, M.F., CHEN, J.H, OH, P.P. and CHEN, Z.S., 2012. Modeling analysis of membrane reactor for biodiesel production AIChE Journal. 59(1), 258–271
• CHONG, M.F. and DENNY NG, K.S., 2012. Evaluation and Analysis of "Year 1 Assessment Week" in Promoting Transferable Skills among First Year Chemical Engineering Undergraduates Education for Chemical Engineers. (In Press.)
• OH, P.P., HARRISON, L.N.LAU, CHONG, M.F. and CHOO, Y.M., 2012. A Review of the Current Challenges of Commercial Biodiesel Processing and Process Intensification Technology for Biodiesel Production Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews. 16(7), 5131–5145
• CHAN, Y.J., CHONG, M.F. and LAW, C.L., 2012. Start-Up, Steady State Performance and Kinetic Evaluation of a Thermophilic Integrated Anaerobic-Aerobic Bioreactor (IAAB) for the Treatment Of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) Bioresource Technology. 125, 145–157
• CHONG, M.F., CHEN, J.H, OH, P.P. and CHEN, Z.S., 2012. Modeling Study of Chemical Phase Equilibrium of Canola Oil Transesterification in A CSTR Chemical Engineering Science. 87, 371-380
• CHONG, M.F., 2012. Direct Flocculation Process for Wastewater Treatment. In: SANJAY K. SHARMA, ed., Advances in Water Treatment and Pollution Prevention Springer.
• Y.J. CHAN, M.F. CHONG, C.L. LAW., 2011. Optimization on Thermophilic Aerobic Treatment of Anaerobically Digested Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) Biochemical Engineering Journal. 55, 193-198
• CHAN, Y.J. and CHONG, M.F., 2011. Comparative Performance of Mesophilic and Thermophilic Integrated Anaerobic-Aerobic Bioreactor (IAAB) In: Post Graduate Colloquium for Environmental Research (POCER 2011), University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Malaysia.
• POH, P.E. and CHONG, M.F., 2011. Optimization and Performance Study of Thermophilic Plam Oil Mill Effluent (POME) Treatment Using Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Banket-Hollow Centered Packed Bed (UASB-HCPB) Reactor In: Post Graduate Colloquium for Environmental Research (POCER 2011), University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Malaysia..
• CHIENG, H.J. and CHONG, M.F., 2011. Boron Adsorption using Palm Oil Mill Boiler (POMB) Ash Impregnated with Chemical Compounds In: Post Graduate Colloquium for Environmental Research (POCER 2011), University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Malaysia.
• OH, P.P., CHONG, M.F. and HARRISON, L.L.N., 2011. Liquid-Liquid Equilibrium (LLE) Study in Six-Component System of Transesterification In: Post Graduate Colloquium for Environmental Research (POCER 2011), University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Malaysia.
• OH, P. P., HARRISON, L. N. LAU, CHONG, M. F and CHOO, Y. M., 2011. Phase Equilibria Analysis of Chemical Compositions in Transesterification Reaction In: Malaysian Palm Oil Board International Palm Oil Congress, PIPOC 2011 (15 - 17 Nov. 2011), Kuala Lumpur Convention Center, Malaysia.
• CHONG, M.F. and CHAN, Y.J., 2011. Integrated Anaerobic-Aerobic Bioreactor (IAAB) for Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) Treatment In: Low Carbon Earth Submit (LCES 2011), Dalian, China 19-26 October 2011.
• CHAN, Y.J., CHONG, M.F. and LAW, C.L., 2011. An Integrated Anaerobic-Aerobic Bioreactor (IAAB) for The Treatment of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME): Start-Up and Steady State Performance Process Biochemistry. 47(3), 485-495
• Y.J. CHAN, M.F. CHONG, C.L. LAW, 2010. Effects of Temperature on Aerobic Treatment of Anaerobically Digested Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 49(15), 7093-7101
• POH, P.E and CHONG, M.F., 2010. Biomethanation of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) with a thermophilic mixed culture cultivated using POME as a substrate Chemical Engineering Journal. 164, 146-154
• POH, P.E and CHONG, M.F., 2010. Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) Characteristic in High Crop Season and the Applicability of High-Rate Anaerobic Bioreactors for the Treatment of POME Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 49(22), 11732-11740
• LIM, S.S., HOOI, A.N., LEE, J.F., WAN, T.F., CHONG, M.F. and CHEN, G. Z., 2010. Functionalisation of hydrothermally treated titanium dioxide nanotubes with magnesium ions through liquid-solid adsorption at physiological pH In: 41th CHEMECA 2010, Adelaide, Australia.
• POH, P.E. and CHONG, M.F., 2010. Thermophilic Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) Treatment Using a Mixed Culture Cultivated from POME In: 13th Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimization for Energy Saving and Polution Reduction 2010, Prague, Czech Republic.
• CHAN, Y.J. and CHONG, M.F., 2010. Optimization on Thermophilic Aerobic Treatment of Anaerobically Digested Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME). In: 13th Asia Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering (APCChE 2010), Taipei, Taiwan.
• AHMAD, A.L and CHONG, M.F. AND BHATIA S., 2009. A Comparative Study on the Membrane based Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) Treatment Plant Journal of Hazardous Materials. 171(1-3), 166-174
• Y.J. CHAN, M.F. CHONG, C.L. LAW, 2009. Biological treatment of anaerobically digested Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) using a lab-scale Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) Journal of Environmental Management. 91(8), 1738-1746
• Y.J. CHAN, M.F. CHONG, C.L. LAW, D.G. HASSELL, 2009. A review on anaerobic-aerobic treatment of industrial and municipal wastewater Chemical Engineering Journal. 155(1-2), 1-18
• CHONG, M.F, LEE, K. P, CHIENG, H.J and ILI I.S., 2009. Removal of boron from Ceramic Industry Wastewater by Adsorption-Flocculation Mechanism using Palm Oil Mill Boiler (POMB) Fly Ash and Polymer Water Research. 43(13), 3326-3334
• CHONG, M.F, AHMAD, A.L, BHATIA S and POH, P.E., 2009. Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) Treatment using Membrane Technology The Chemical Engineer. 814, 31-33
• CHONG, M.F., 2009. Membrane based Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) Treatment Plant: Modeling, Simulation and Design LAP Lambert Acad. Publ..
• CHONG, M.F., 2009. Transport Model for Nanofiltration and Reverse Osmosis System based on Irreversible Thermodynamic. In: Recent Advances in Sustainable Process Design and Optimisation Woodhead Publishing Limited.
• CHAN, Y.J. and CHONG, M.F., 2009. Biological Treatment of Industrial and Municipal Wastewater Using Integrated Anaerobic–Aerobic Bioreactors In: 40th CHEMECA 2009, Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth, Australia.
• CHAN, Y.J. and CHONG, M.F., 2009. Treatment of Anaerobically Digested Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) using Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) In: 40th CHEMECA 2009, Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth, Australia.
• CHONG, M.F., BASKARAN, G., TANG, Y.H., LIM, C.H. and MATTHEWS, R., 2009. Evaluation of Reflective Thinking Among the University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus (UNMC) Teaching staff In: International Conference on Engineering & Education in the 21st Century (ICEE 2009), Sarawak, Malaysia.
• POH, P.E and CHONG, M.F., 2008. Development of Anaerobic Digestion Methods for Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) Treatment Bioresource Technology. 100(1), 1-9
• POH, P.E. and CHONG, M.F., 2008. Anaerobic Treatment of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME): A Review In: 11th Conference "Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction" (PRESS 2008), Prague, Czech Republic.
• POH, P.E. and CHONG, M.F., 2008. Suitability of Anaerobic Systems in the Treatment of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) In: International Conference on Environment (ICENV 2008), Penang, Malaysia.
• LEE, K.P., CHIENG, H.J., SYAZWANI, I. and CHONG, M.F., 2008. Adsorption-Flocculation Mechanism for Boron Removal In Ceramic Industry Wastewater Treatment In: International Conference on Environment (ICENV 2008), Penang, Malaysia.
• AHMAD, A.L, CHONG, M.F and BHATIA, S., 2007. Population Balance Model (PBM) for Flocculation Process: Simulation and Experimental Studies of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) Pretreatment Chemical Engineering Journal. 140, 86-100
• CHONG, M.F, AHMAD, A.L and BHATIA, S., 2007. Reverse osmosis process in palm oil mill effluent (POME) treatment: a modeling and simulation approach In: Regional Symposium on Chemical Engineering (RSCE 2007), Yogyarkata, Indonesia.
• CHONG, M.F, AHMAD, A.L and BHATIA, S., 2007. Ultrafiltration modeling of palm oil mill effluent (POME) system for continuous cross-flow process In: Symposium of Malaysian Chemical Engineers (SOMChE 2007), Selangor, Malaysia.
• AHMAD, A.L, CHONG, M.F, BHATIA, S and ISMAIL, S., 2006. Drinking Water Reclamation From Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) Using Membrane Technology Desalination Journal. 191(1-3), 35-44
• AHMAD, A.L, CHONG, M.F and BHATIA, S., 2006. Ultrafiltration Modeling of Multiple Solutes System for Continuous Cross-Flow Process Chemical Engineering Science. 61(15), 5057-5069
• AHMAD, A.L, CHONG, M.F and BHATIA, S., 2006. Prediction of Breakthrough Curves for Adsorption of Complex Organic Solutes Present in Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) On Granular Activated Carbon Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 45(20), 6793-6802
• AHMAD, A.L, CHONG, M.F and BHATIA, S., 2006. Mathematical Modeling of Multiple Solutes System for Reverse Osmosis Process In Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) Treatment Chemical Engineering Journal. 132, 183-193
• AHMAD, A.L, CHONG, M.F and BHATIA, S., 2005. Mathematical Modelling and Simulation of Multiple Solutes System for Nanofiltration Process Journal of Membrane Science. 253(1-2), 103-115
• AHMAD, A.L, CHONG, M.F, BHATIA, S and ISMAIL, S., 2005. Drinking Water Reclaiming From Palm Oil Mill Effluent Using Membrane Technology In: International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes 2005 (ICOM 2005), Seoul, Korea.
• AHMAD, A.L, CHONG, M.F and BHATIA, S., 2004. Extended Spiegler Kadem Model for Nanofiltration In: National Postgraduate Colloqium (NAPCOL 2004), Penang, Malaysia.