Four-in-one utilities plant for the tropics

A research team led by Assoc Prof Ernest Chua from the Dept of Mechanical Engineering at NUS Faculty of Engineering has come up with a greener and cheaper way to produce electricity, water, air-conditioning and heat. The team’s smart quad-generation plant, custom-made for the tropics, produces all four key utilities simultaneously using a single, integrated system. It could lower energy usage by 25 to 30 per cent and shave carbon dioxide emissions by one-third.

• The Straits Times, 13 October 2017, Science, pB13
• Capital 95.8FM, 13 October 2017