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Engineering and Technology
Saudi Arabia
2026

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
77
Citations
19009
World Ranking
671
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Saudi Arabia Leader Award

Overview

Kim Choon Ng is affiliated with the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. Their research primarily spans the fields of engineering, energy, and environmental science with a strong focus on mechanical engineering and renewable energy technologies.

Their work extensively covers several subfields, including mechanical engineering, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, water science and technology, building and construction, and electrical and electronic engineering.

Main topics explored by Kim Choon Ng include:

  • Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
  • Adsorption and Cooling Systems
  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies
  • Heat Transfer and Optimization
  • Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems
  • Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems

Kim Choon Ng's research output includes contributions to multiple publications, frequently appearing in the following venues:

  • Desalination
  • Energy Conversion and Management
  • Applied Thermal Engineering
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Energy

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Kim Choon Ng include:

  • "A zero liquid discharge system integrating multi-effect distillation and evaporative crystallization for desalination brine treatment," 2021, Desalination
  • "Low-temperature desalination driven by waste heat of nuclear power plants: A thermo-economic analysis," 2024, Desalination
  • "A spatiotemporal indirect evaporative cooler enabled by transiently interceding water mist," 2020, Energy
  • "A decentralized water/electricity cogeneration system integrating concentrated photovoltaic/thermal collectors and vacuum multi-effect membrane distillation," 2021, Energy
  • "Simultaneous production of cooling and freshwater by an integrated indirect evaporative cooling and humidification-dehumidification desalination cycle," 2020, Energy Conversion and Management

Frequent co-authors of Kim Choon Ng include:

  • Muhammad Wakil Shahzad
  • Qian Chen
  • Muhammad Burhan
  • Doskhan Ybyraiymkul
  • M. Kumja

Their book publication includes a contribution to the volume "Advances in Air Conditioning Technologies," published by Springer Science+Business Media in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Energy-water-environment nexus underpinning future desalination sustainability

    Muhammad Wakil Shahzad;Muhammad Burhan;Li Ang;Kim Choon Ng

  • A 3D Photothermal Structure toward Improved Energy Efficiency in Solar Steam Generation

    Yusuf Shi;Renyuan Li;Yong Jin;Sifei Zhuo

  • Experimental investigation of the silica gel–water adsorption isotherm characteristics

    K. C. Ng;H. T. Chua;C. Y. Chung;C. H. Loke

  • Modeling the performance of two-bed, sillica gel-water adsorption chillers

    H.T. Chua;K.C. Ng;A. Malek;T. Kashiwagi

  • Renewable energy-driven innovative energy-efficient desalination technologies

    NorEddine Ghaffour;Sabine Lattemann;Thomas M. Missimer;Kim Choon Ng;Kim Choon Ng

  • Adsorption desalination: An emerging low-cost thermal desalination method

    Kim Choon Ng;Kyaw Thu;Youngdeuk Kim;Anutosh Chakraborty

  • Adsorption Characteristics of Silica Gel + Water Systems

    Hui T. Chua;Kim C. Ng;Anutosh Chakraborty;Nay M. Oo

  • Waste heat driven dual-mode, multi-stage, multi-bed regenerative adsorption system

    B.B. Saha;S. Koyama;T. Kashiwagi;A. Akisawa

  • Transient modeling of a two-bed silica gel–water adsorption chiller

    Hui Chua;K.C. Ng;W. Wang;C. Yap

  • Multi effect desalination and adsorption desalination (MEDAD): A hybrid desalination method

    Muhammad Wakil Shahzad;Kim Choon Ng;Kim Choon Ng;Kyaw Thu;Kyaw Thu;Bidyut Baran Saha

  • Recent developments in thermally-driven seawater desalination: Energy efficiency improvement by hybridization of the MED and AD cycles

    Kim Choon Ng;Kim Choon Ng;Kyaw Thu;Seung Jin Oh;Li Ang

  • Performance investigation of a solar-assisted direct contact membrane distillation system

    Young Deuk Kim;Kyaw Thu;Noreddine Ghaffour;Kim Choon Ng;Kim Choon Ng

  • A Universal Isotherm Model to Capture Adsorption Uptake and Energy Distribution of Porous Heterogeneous Surface

    Kim Choon Ng;Muhammad Burhan;Muhammad Wakil Shahzad;Azahar Bin Ismail

  • Centrifugal chillers: Thermodynamic modelling and a diagnostic case study

    J.M Gordon;Kim Choon Ng;Hui Tong Chua

  • Experimental investigation on activated carbon–ethanol pair for solar powered adsorption cooling applications

    I. I. El-Sharkawy;I. I. El-Sharkawy;B. B. Saha;S. Koyama;J. He

  • Study on a waste heat-driven adsorption cooling cum desalination cycle

    Kim Choon Ng;Kyaw Thu;Bidyut Baran Saha;Anutosh Chakraborty

  • Improved thermodynamic property fields of LiBr-H2O solution

    H. T. Chua;H. K. Toh;Abdul Malek;K. C. Ng

  • Experimental investigation of an adsorption desalination plant using low-temperature waste heat

    Xiaolin Wang;Kim Choon Ng

  • Operational strategy of adsorption desalination systems

    Kyaw Thu;Kim Choon Ng;Bidyut B. Saha;Anutosh Chakraborty

  • On the thermodynamic modeling of the isosteric heat of adsorption and comparison with experiments

    A. Chakraborty;B. B. Saha;S. Koyama;K. C. Ng

  • Experimental investigation of activated carbon fibers/ethanol pairs for adsorption cooling system application

    I.I. El-Sharkawy;K. Kuwahara;B.B. Saha;S. Koyama

Frequent Co-Authors

Bidyut Baran Saha
Bidyut Baran Saha Kyushu University
Kyaw Thu
Kyaw Thu Kyushu University
Anutosh Chakraborty
Anutosh Chakraborty Nanyang Technological University
Muhammad Wakil Shahzad
Muhammad Wakil Shahzad Northumbria University
Hui Tong Chua
Hui Tong Chua University of Western Australia
Shigeru Koyama
Shigeru Koyama Kyushu University
Young-Deuk Kim
Young-Deuk Kim Hanyang University
Ibrahim I. El-Sharkawy
Ibrahim I. El-Sharkawy University of Sharjah
Kian Jon Chua
Kian Jon Chua National University of Singapore
Christopher Yap
Christopher Yap National University of Singapore

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