The University of Sheffield
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Tengku Noor Arbaee Tg. Azhar

Email: cpp12tnt@sheffield.ac.uk

Biography

I am from Malaysia. I finished my BSc (Hons) in Civil Engineering at the Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2006 following by MSc in Environmental Engineering at the same university. In March 2008 I started working as environmental engineer in Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Corporation under Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Malaysia. Then in September 2012 I decided to take a study leave and pursue my PhD here in Sheffield.

Supervisor

Dr. Yajue Wu

Research Group

Energy and Environmental Engineering Group

Research

The research is to examine the issues associated with safe managing and handling of biomass material that prone to self-ignition for storage and for utilization purposes. The objectives of this project are to identify the ignition mechanisms, developing numerical models of self-ignition processes in the biomass material, identifying the hazard and safety issues in managing and handling of biomass material as well as to develop a methodology for risk assessment and safety management of storage and handling of biomass material. This project will have an in depth understanding of self-ignition mechanisms, thus to be used in developing the methodology of risk assessment and safety management. It will be very useful in preventing fire and explosion hazards resulted from self-ignition in facilities that handle biomass material.