EMA Singapore Energy Grand Challenge (Industry and Research Community) Winner

First published online at Energy Market Authority

Assistant Professor Ng Bing Feng with the lab setup for acoustics agglomeration at the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, NTU Singapore. Source: NTU Singapore

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Ng Bing Feng, ERI@N Cluster Director and his team for being one of the 2 winners of the @Energy Market Authority (EMA) Singapore Energy Grand Challenge (Industry and Research Community category)!

At EMA’s Energy Innovation 2021 event held on 23 July, Ms Low Yen Ling, Minister of State for the Ministry of Trade and Industry & Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, announced the winners of the Singapore Energy Grand Challenge (SEGC) for two categories – (i) Industry and Research Community and (ii) Youth. The industry and research community were invited to co-create energy efficient solutions to benefit Singapore businesses.

SEGC (Industry and Research Community) was launched in September 2020 to encourage the industry and research community to work together and co-create innovative energy efficiency solutions to lower Singapore’s energy demand and enhance the competitiveness of businesses in Singapore.

Prof Ng and his team will develop a solution that uses sound waves to pre-condition and accumulate pollutants in the waste exhaust from industrial plants. This improves the efficiency of removing pollutants in the filtering process and can achieve at least 10-15% in energy savings from fan power and accompanying separation systems. With the SEGC grant awarded by EMA, this solution will move beyond its current proof-of-concept into real-world testing at the Waste-To-Energy Research Facility (WTERF) in partnership with JFE Engineering Corporation.

Read more at https://www.ema.gov.sg/media_release.aspx?news_sid=20210719zgpDFAXtuhfq