Tiong Yong Wei

Tiong Yong Wei

Research Fellow
NUS Environmental Research Institute
National University of Singapore
✉ yongwei@nus.edu.sg

Education
Ph.D. (Biosciences), University of Nottingham Malaysia
BSc. (Hons) Resource Biotechnology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Research Interest

1. Biomass pretreatment technologies
2. Production of biofuels and added-value chemicals via environmental catalysis/ fermentation and novel extraction processes
3. Anaerobic digestion (AD) for waste treatment and renewable energy production

Peer-reviewed Publications

• Ong, H.C., Tiong, Y.W., Goh, B.H.H., Gan, Y.Y., Mofijur, M., Fattah, I.M.R., Chong, C.T., Alam, M. A., Lee, H.V., Silitonga, A.S., Mahlia, T.M.I. Recent advances in biodiesel production from agricultural products and microalgae using ionic liquids: Opportunities and challenges. Energy Conversion and Management, 228, 113647.
• Tiong, Y.W., Yap, C.L., Gan, S., Yap, W.S.P. 2020. Kinetic and thermodynamic studies of oil palm mesocarp fiber cellulose conversion to levulinic acid and upgrading to ethyl levulinate via indium trichloride-ionic liquids. Renewable Energy, 146, 932-943.
• Tiong, Y.W., Yap, C.L., Gan, S., Yap, W.S.P. 2019. Optimisation studies on the conversion of oil palm biomass to levulinic acid and ethyl levulinate via indium trichloride-ionic liquids: A response surface methodology approach. Industrial Crops and Products, 128, 221-234.
• Tiong, Y.W., Yap, C.L., Gan, S., Yap, W.S.P. 2018. Conversion of biomass and its derivatives to levulinic acid and levulinate esters via ionic liquids. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 57, 4749-4766.
• Tiong, Y.W., Yap, C.L., Gan, S., Yap, W.S.P. 2017. One-pot conversion of oil palm empty fruit bunch and mesocarp fiber biomass to levulinic acid and upgrading to ethyl levulinate via indium trichloride-ionic liquids. Journal of Cleaner Production, 168, 1251-1261.
• Tiong, Y.W., Yap, C.L., Gan, S., Yap, W.S.P. 2017. Conversion of oil palm biomass to ethyl levulinate via ionic liquids. Chemical Engineering Transactions, 56, 1021-1026.

Conference Proceedings

• Tiong, Y.W., Yap, C.L., Gan, S., Yap, W.S.P. 2018. Physical properties of noncorrosive [HSO₄]^– based ionic liquids and its catalysis for ethyl levulinate biofuel production. In: Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, Kuala Lumpur; 22-24 October 2018. (Oral presentation)
• Tiong, Y.W., Yap, C.L., Gan, S., Yap, W.S.P. 2018. Kinetic study on oil palm biomass conversion to levulinic acid via indium trichloride-ionic liquids. In: Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Energy and Environmental Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur; 16-18 January 2018. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 164, 012007. (Oral presentation)
• Tiong, Y.W., Yap, C.L., Gan, S., Yap, W.S.P. 2017. Ethyl levulinate production from oil palm biomass conversion in InCl₃-ionic liquids catalytic system. In: Proceedings of the 17^th Congress, Asian Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering, Hong Kong; 23-27 August 2017. (Oral presentation)
• Tiong, Y.W., Yap, C.L., Gan, S., Yap, W.S.P. 2017. Optimisation of levulinic acid production from oil palm biomass via mono-alkylated ionic liquids. In: Proceedings of World Renewable Energy Congress XVI, Perth, Western Australia; 5-9 February 2017. (Oral presentation)