Sivasangar Seenivasagam (Dr.)

SENIOR LECTURER
B.Sc. (Hons) Petroleum Chemistry (UPM), Ph.D Catalysis Chemistry (UPM)
Field of Expertise: Renewable Energy, Catalysis, Biomass Conversion, Value Added Chemical Synthesis
Tel. : 6086-855422
Email: sivasangar@upm.edu.my
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4796-9404
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sivasangar-Seenivasagam
Google Scholar: Sivasangar Seenivasagam

Research Interest

1. Renewable Energy, Catalysis, Biomass Conversion, Value Added Chemical Synthesis

Selected Publications

1. Sivasangar and Y.H. Taufiq-Yap. The effect of CeO₂ and Fe₂O₃ dopants on Ni-Alumina based catalyst for dry reforming of methane to hydrogen. Advanced Materials Research, 2012 ; 364: 519-523. (Scopus cited journal)
   
   
2. Surahim, Y.H. Taufiq-Yap, S. Sivasangar, A.R Nur Faizal and M. Z. Hussien 2012. Hydrogen production from rice straw gasification over modified-limestone catalyst. Advanced Materials Research, 2012; 550-553: 488-492. (Scopus cited journal)
   
   
3. H. Taufiq-Yap, S. Sivasangar and A. Salmiaton. Enhancement of hydrogen production by secondary metal oxide dopants on NiO/CaO material for catalytic gasification of empty palm fruit bunches, Energy, 2012; 47 : 158-165. (Impact factor : 3.651)
   
   
4. H. Taufiq-Yap, P. Wong, T. S. Marliza, N. M. Nurul Suziana , L. H. Tang and S. Sivasangar. Hydrogen production from wood gasification promoted by waste eggshell catalyst. International Journal of Energy Research, 2013; 37: 1866-1871. (Impact factor : 1.987)
   
   
5. H. Taufiq-Yap, A. R. Nur-Faizal, S. Sivasangar, M. Z. Hussein1and A. Aishah. Modification of Malaysian Dolomite Using Mechanochemical Treatment via Different media for Oil Palm Fronds Gasification. International Journal of Energy Research, 2014; 38 (8): 1008-1015. (Impact factor : 1.987)
   
   
6. Sivasangar , Y. H. Taufiq-Yap and K. Kitagawa. Thermal Behavior of Lignocellulosic materials under aerobic / anaerobic environments. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2013; 38: 16011-16019. (Impact factor: 3.548)
   
   
7. Sivasangar, Z. Zainal, A. Salmiaton and Y. H. Taufiq-Yap. Supercritical water gasification of empty fruit bunches from oil palm for hydrogen production. Fuel, 2015; 143: 563-569. (Impact factor : 3.406).

8. Sivasangar, M. S. Mastuli, A. Islam and Y. H. Taufiq-Yap. Screening of modified CaO based catalysts with series of dopants for supercritical gasification of empty palm fruit bunches to hydrogen. RSC advances, 2015; 5: 36798-36808. (Impact factor: 3.708). doi:10.1016/j.energy.2015.06.036.

9. Abdul Raheem, S. Sivasangar, W.A.K.G. Wan Azlina,Y.H.TaufiqYap, Michael K. Danquah, Razif Harun. Thermogravimetric study ofChlorella vulgarisfor syngas production. Algal Research, 2015; 12: 52–59.  (Impact factor: 5.014).

10. M.S. Mastuli, N. Kamarulzaman, M.F. Kasim, S. Sivasangar, M.I. Saiman, Y.H. Taufiq-Yap. Catalytic gasification of oil palm frond biomass in supercritical water using MgO supported Ni, Cu and Zn oxides as catalysts for hydrogen production. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. Volume 42, Issue 16, 20 April 2017, Pages 11215–11228. (Impact factor: 3.548)

11. Abdul Raheem, G. Ji, A. Memon, S. Sivasangar, W. Wang, M. Zhao, Y H. Taufiq-Yap. Catalytic gasification of algal biomass for hydrogen-rich gas production: Parametric optimization via central composite design. Energy Conversion and Management, 2018; 158: 235-245. (Impact factor : 6.337)

12. Sudarno, S.M. Razali, N. Asikin Mijan, S. Sivasangar, Y.H. Taufiq Yap. Enhanced dry reforming toward hydrogen production over Ni/CeO2-SiO2 via different catalyst synthesis routes. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2018 (In press). (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.12.018) (Impact factor: 3.548)

13. Y.H. Taufiq-Yap and S. Sivasangar. A Catalyst Applicable For Gasification of Biomass And A Method Using The Same. 2013. File for patent (P12013701336).

14. V.G. Kumar Das, W. Pei Meng, Irene Ling, M.Z Noor Idayu, S. Sivasangar, S. Nitia K, R. Nur Dayana. Captivating Lindau-Dedicated to Chemistry. Kuala Lumpur: Akademik Sains Malaysia, 2013. ISBN 978-983-2915-06-5.

15. Islam, Y. H. Taufiq-Yap, P. Ravindra, S. H. Teo, S. Sivasangar, C. Eng-Seng. Biodiesel synthesis over millimetricg-Al₂O₃/KI catalyst. Energy, 2015, (1-9). (Impact factor: 4.844).

Updated:: 07/06/2022 [lanz]