Exploratory Expansion of Research Collaboration on Anaerobic Digestion Technology for Waste Management
between Universiti Malaya (UM Circular Economy Living Labs and NANOCAT) & CHGreen Sdn. Bhd.
Date: 24 March 2023 (Friday)
Time: 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Venue: UMSDC Office, RMIC UM
UM Zero Waste Campaign (now within UM Circular Economy Living Lab group) and CHGreen Sdn. Bhd. has long been a sustainability partner in food waste management using the anaerobic digestion technology application. UM Circular Economy Living Labs team hosts a call for an exploratory discussion to support carbon neutral initiative and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction for UM.
UM team comprises:
i) Dr. Onn Chiu Chuen (Project Leader, UM Circular Economy Living Lab - Zero Waste Campaign 2.0)
ii) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lee Hwei Voon (Nanotechnology Catalysis Research Centre - NANOCAT)
iii) Mrs. Mairuz Asmarafariza Azlan (UMZWC)
iv) Mr. Hisyamuddin Che Harun (UMZWC)
CHGreen Sdn. Bhd. consists of:
i) Mr. Ang L. K. (Founder)
ii) Mr. Andy Ang
Dr. Onn (a fellow of UM Living Labs under UMSDC) chairs the discussion between UM and CH Green.
CH Green is a pioneer and leading Green Technology Company specializing in organic and food waste management. In 2013, CH Green donated an anaerobic digestor pilot-scale machine called COWTEC® technology (a proven technology from Bangkok, Thailand) and another unit in 2017 to UMZWC worth RM300,000 in total with a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two parties. COWTEC digester in UM is equipped with the capacity to convert 100 kg daily of food waste to natural fertilizer and biogas.
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Both parties seek to explore expanding the existing anaerobic digestion (AD) system, which includes potential further research and experimentation on waste-to-energy (WtE) and by-product generation, such as methanol conversion and renewable energy generation — both in consensus exploring new collaboration to ink a new MoU with a new research scope and direction.
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