A/Professor Hui Tong Chua

B.Eng(1st Class Hons), M.Eng., Ph.D.

Expertise

Thermodynamics, heat-and-mass transfer, catalytic cracking of short-chain hydrocarbons, measurements of sorption capacity and specifically hydrogen and methane storage, synthesis of nano-catalysts with SDP, enhancing the heating and cooling features of SDP.

Contribution to the Centre

The synthesis of nano-catalysts with SDP, applying the gold nano-particles synthesized with SDP for catalytic partial oxidations, enhancing the heating and cooling features of SDP.

Current Projects in the Centre

• Near zero-emission hydrogen production technology (with Colin Raston and Lizhen Gao)
• Application of gold nano-particles for catalytic partial oxidations (with Colin Raston and Lizhen Gao)
• Enhancing the heating and cooling features of SDP (with Colin Raston and Xiaolin Wang)

Grants and research contracts relevant to Centre activities

• ARC Linkage, ‘Near zero-emission hydrogen and carbon production from natural gas and bio-methane’, $609373, 2006 - 2009. Application in progress.

Honours students

• Ikhwan Ilias (with Dr Lizhen Gao)

Contact Details

Email: huitong.chua@uwa.edu.au

Telephone: +61 (08) 6488 1828