HIDAJAT, Kus

Associate Professor

PhD (Chem. Eng.) Camb., 1983
BSc (Chem. Eng.) UMIST, 1978

Contact information
Blk E5, 4 Engineering Drive 4, #02-27, Singapore 117576
Tel: (65) 6516 2191   Fax: (65) 6779 1936
Email: chehidak@nus.edu.sg

RESEARCH

Development of Novel Inorganic Membranes for Separation and/or Reaction

Inorganic membranes are viewed as serious competitors to traditional gas-separation and catalytic technologies because of their thermal and chemical resistance. Current activities include the research of producing high purity of hydrogen from methanol reforming reaction and for separation of other chemicals that are traditionally separated using distillation technology.

Simulated Moving Bed Reactor (in collaboration with A/P A. K. Ray)

The simulated moving bed reactor (SMBR) combines continuous counter-current chromatographic separation with chemical reaction. The ideal application of this process is to reactions where the once-through conversion is limited by chemical equilibrium. Current investigations are to determine/optimise the various factors that affect the performance of this system.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Z. Y. Zhang, K. Hidajat and A. K. Ray, "Determination of Adsorption and Kinetic Parameters of Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether Synthesis from Tert-Butyl Alcohol and Methanol", Journal of Catalysis, 200, 209 (2001).

K. Hidajat and S. M. Chong, "Quality Characterisation of Crude Oils by Partial Least Square Calibration of NIR Spectral Profiles", Journal of Near Infrared Spec., 8, 53 (2000).

X. Guo, K. Hidajat and C. B. Ching, "Simulation of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell for Oxidative Coupling of Methane", Catalysis Today, 50, 109 (1999).

X. Guo, K. Hidajat, C. B. Ching and H. F. Chen, "Oxidative Coupling of Methane in a Solid Oxide Membrane Reactor", Industrial Engineering Chemical Research, 36, 3576 (1997).

C. B. Ching, X. P. Liu and K. Hidajat, "Solvent Concentration-dependence of Solute Distribution Coefficient", AIChE Journal, 41, 1146 (1995).