Dr.KokSiewNgResearchFellow
CentreforEnvironmentandSustainability(CES)
IndicatorsandMetricsforSociallyInclusiveWasteManagementandResourceEfficiencyinSupplyChains:MeasuringandRepor>ngtoEmbedSustainabilityinPolicyandPrac>ceFlorianópolis,Brazil:23–25May2017
Overviewq Introduc>on
v EducaConandcareerpathv Researchoverviewv Sustainableindustrialsystemdesignstrategiesv AvenuesforcollaboraCon
q ResearchinSustainableIndustrialSystemsDesign
v UKandinternaConalprojectsq SummaryandAcknowledgement
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2015Research Fellow
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2004
MEng Chemical Engineering & Chemistry
MyEducaConandCareerPath
2011
PhD Chemical Engineering (Process Integration)
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Consultant Visiting Researcher
ResearchOverview
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ResearchThemeSustainableindustrialsystemsdesignthroughdecarbonisedpolygenera>onstrategy
ResearchObjec>ves
• Developingstrategiesforsystema>cdesignandintegra>onofsustainableindustrialsystems
• Improvingresourceandenergyrecovery
ResearchAreas• Integratedbiorefinerysystemsdesign• Decarbonisedenergysystems• Resourcerecovery
PolygeneraCon–TheConcept� Anadvancedandhighlyintegratedsystemconcept.
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Features• Flexible:ProductgeneraConandfeedstockuClisaCon• Integrated:HighlevelresourceandenergyuClisaConandrecovery.
SystemThinking,Design&Analysis
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System Feed
Cost Availability EnvironmentalImpact LogisCc
Price Demand Purity Yield/SelecCvity EnvironmentalImpact
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Emissions/Wastes
ResourceRecovery/EmissionReduc>on
WasteManagement
CapitalandoperaCngcosts IntegraCon Conversion Energyefficiency EnvironmentalImpactSafety
SocialAssessment?
IntegratedProcessDesignStrategy
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LifeCycleAssessment
EconomicAnalysis
ProcessIntegra>on
ProcessSynthesis&Modelling
Policy
Environment
Energy
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+ResourceRecovery+EmissionReduc>on
LifeCycleSustainabilityAssessment(LCSA)
3EAssessmentforPolygeneraConSystems
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Economy
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EnergyRecovery
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AvenuesforCollaboraCon� FosteringmulCdisciplinaryresearchinsustainableindustrialsystemdesign
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ProcessSystems
Engineering
Techno-EconomicAnalysis
EnvironmentalLCA
SocialAssessmentPolicy
LifeCycleSustainabilityAssessment(LCSA)
q Integratedbiorefinerysystemsv UK-MexicoProjectv UK-MalaysiaProject
q Resourcerecoveryandwastemanagementv Resourcerecoveryprojectv Wastemanagementproject
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UK-MexicoProject
� ObjecCves:Developintegratedprocessesforhigh-efficiencyandflexibleuClisaConoflignocellulosetoproducebiofuelsandadded-valueproducts.
� Scopes:aviaConfuelproducCon,ligninvalorisaCon,chemicalproducCon,biomasssupplychainmodelling
� FocusedonMexicolocalagriculturalresidues(e.g.sugarcanebagasse,agavebagasse)
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1.EconomicValueGenera>onandSocialWelfarebyWasteBiorefining(2016-2017)
UK-MalaysiaProject
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2.Techno-economicEvalua>onsforFeasibilityofSago-basedBiorefinery(2013-2014)
SagoPalm Acknowledgement:Dr.YokeKinWan
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� Examiningtheeconomicfeasibilityofsago-basedCHPsysteminMalaysiacontext
� SensiCvityanalysisonpaybackperiodbasedonvariaConsinfeedstockcost,
boilerefficiencyandtypeofbiomass
Acknowledgement:Dr.YokeKinWan
Scopes
ResourceRecoveryProject
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3.ResourceRecoveryfromWastewaterusingBioelectrochemicalSystems(METEORR),2015-2017
AcademicPartners IndustrialPartners
Interna>onalPartners
Scopes� BioelectrochemicalSystems(BES)
Ø Wastewatertreatment+resourcerecovery(metal)+energygeneraCon
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MicrobialFuelCell(MFC)Electricitygenera>on
MicrobialElectrosynthesisCell(MEC)Productgenera>on
• ExaminingtheeconomicperformanceandenvironmentalimpactsofcopperrecoveryfromdisCllerywastewaterusingMFC/MECsystems.
• SensiCvityanalysisofMFCandMECparametersonLCA.
Foodwasteandfuelprepara>on
Biomasssupplychain
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WasteManagementProject4.Mul>-parametricAssessmentofPoliciesforResourceRecoveryfromWaste(MAPeRR),2016-2017
Ashdisposalandnutrientrecovery
Digestatedisposal&nutrientrecovery
Mineralextrac>on&nutrientproduc>on
Agricultureandfoodproduc>on
Thermal&biologicalenergyrecovery
Scopes� Phase1:ReviewingkeypoliciesandregulaConsrelevanttoorganicwastemanagementØ SWOTanalysis
� Phase2:QualitaCveandquanCtaCveanalysesofimpactassociatedwithresourcerecoveryfromorganicwastemanagementsystemØ PESTEL(poliCcal,environmental,social,technological,economicandlegal)
Ø LCA
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Summary
Successinresourcerecoveryandwastemanagementprojectsrequires:� MulCdisciplinaryresearchapproach� Experience sharing and learning through internaConalcollaboraCon
� Applying systems approach and enhancing exisCngmethodology(e.g.toincludepolicyandsocialassessment).
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Acknowledgement� METEORRteam
Ø Prof.IanHead(Newcastle),Dr.EileenYu(Newcastle),Dr.EdMilner(Newcastle),Dr.AnaSuarez-Suarez(Newcastle),Prof.KeithScoj(Newcastle),Prof.GiulianoPremier(SouthWales),Prof.JonLyold(Manchester),Dr.HiteshBoghani(SouthWales),Dr.RickKimber(Manchester),ChivasBrothers.
� MAPeRRteam
Ø Dr.EleniIacovidou(Leeds),Dr.JonathanBusch(Leeds),JohnHahladakis(Leeds),HelenBaxter(Hull/Glasgow),BenHerbert(StopfordEnergyandEnvironment)
� Interna>onalcollaboratorsØ Prof.DennyKSNg(NolnghamMalaysia),Dr.YokeKinWan(Nolngham/Taylor’sMalaysia),
Dr.JorgeAburto(IMP,Mexico),Dr.JoséAmadorHonorato-Salazar(INIFAP,Mexico),Dr.E.TorresGarcia(IMP,Mexico)
� UKcollaborators
Ø Dr.JhumaSadhukhan(Surrey),Dr.EliasMarCnezHernandez(Bath),Dr.AnneVelenturf(Leeds)
� Funders
Ø NERC,RoyalAcademyofEngineering,CropsfortheFuture 19
Thankyou!
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