Biomass and Oil Palm Center of Excellence (BOP)

Asst. Prof. Dr. Wichitpan Rongwong

Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering)

Research area

• Membrane Separation Processes.
• Biomass conversion to value-added chemicals.
• Wastewater and acid gases treatment.
• Biogas upgrading.
• Process simulation.
• Reaction kinetics studies.

Research Projects

Levulinic acid production from palm empty fruit bunch. Conversion of waste to values.

Membrane contactors (MCs) for CH4 recovery and fertilizer production from wastewater.

Extractive membrane reactor for hydrolysis reaction of palm biomass .