RESEARCH IN SIMTECH

INTRODUCTION

Aligned with the Singapore Green Plan, the Zero Waste Masterplan sets to make Singapore a sustainable, resource efficient and climate resilient nation. One of the aims is to adopt a circular economy approach. To close the loop, and be able to handle new wastes generated from innovations, it is essential to develop enabling process technologies in waste-to-resource management.

SCPTG focuses on innovating process technologies and capabilities to enable a decentralised approach for sustainable production and resource circularity. Other than developing materials, processes and systems for smart segregation and resource repurposing in waste-to-resource management, the group looks to collaborate extensively to co-develop and drive manufacturing processes to be more sustainable and circular.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Smart Segregation and Sorting Technologies:
  
  • Smart Sensing for waste separation
  • Segregation technology
  • Miniaturisation Technology
    
    
• Resource Renewal and Repurposing Technologies:
  
  • Smart sensing for recovery
  • Waste-to-resource conversion and valorisation process technologies
  • Sustainable new materials and applications

TECHNOLOGIES FOR LICENSING AND TRANSFER

• Ceramic membrane for molecular separation and filtration (water, solvent recovery)
  
  • Angstrom pore size for greater filtration selectivity
  • Ability to separate and recover solvents from water-solvent and solvent-solvent wastes
  • Suitability for high temperature processes
  • Potential applications include increased organic solvent resource utilisation and resource circularity. It may be fitted into systems for close-loop continuous manufacturing as well
    
    
• Multi-physics water treatment using Advanced Oxidation Process (AOP)
  
  • Hybrid multi-physics process for synergistic effect to improve the treatment efficiency of organic contaminants in wastewater
  • Non-chemical process with configurable and scalable modules for sustainable wastewater treatment
    
    
• Smart bin
  
  • Uses image recognition technology to identify wastes and have them sorted into either general or recyclables
  • Increases awareness and dispels misconceptions regarding recyclables through a smart sorting system

RESEARCH PARTNERS

• A*STAR Urban and Green Tech Office
• A*STAR Institute of High Performance Computing
• A*STAR Institute of Chemical & Engineering Sciences
• A*STAR Institute of Materials Research and Engineering
• National University of Singapore
• Nanyang Technological University