Grants & Publications

1. Research Consumables Support Grant, Monash (2026, PI) - Towards Zero-Emission Power Generation: Optimizing Hydrogen-Powered Genset Performance Integrated with PEM Electrolyzer and Electric Turbo Compounding - RM 4,550

2. Trident Nova Sdn Bhd (2026, PI) - Experimental Evaluation and Optimization of HHO-Assisted Hydrogen-Diesel Combustion for Light-Duty Trucks and Stationary Engine Applications - RM 23,400

3. Net-Zero Strategic Funding Scheme, CNZT (2025-2026, PI) - Towards Zero-Emission Power Generation: Optimizing Hydrogen-Powered Genset Performance Integrated with PEM Electrolyzer and Electric Turbo Compounding - RM 79,400

4. Monash Seed Grant (2022-2024, PI, completed) - Investigation on the performance and emission characteristics of a diesel engine fuelled with ternary palm biodiesel-diethyl ether-ethanol blends using RSM - RM 24,000

5. UTAR Research Fund (2019-2021, PI, completed) - Blending Effects of Diethyl Ether and Ethanol on the Combustion and Emission Behaviours of Malaysian Palm Biodiesel Droplet - RM 33,900

6. High Degree Research Consumables Grant, Monash (2015, completed) - Carbon-based Nanoparticles as Diesel Fuel Additives for Light Duty Diesel Engine Applications - RM 8,220

1. Raj, A. A. R. K., C. C. Chow, M.-C. Chiong and J. B. Ooi (2026). System-level techno-economic analysis of hydrogen-fuelled genset internal combustion engines with exhaust-driven power recovery. Energy Conversion and Management 369: 122082.

2. Chow, C. C., Y. M. Hung and J. B. Ooi (2026). Effects of graphene quantum dots on droplet combustion of ternary diesel/palm-oil biodiesel/waste plastic oil blends. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer 178: 111660.

3. Chow, C. C., Y. M. Hung and J. B. Ooi (2026). Advances in carbon-based quantum dots for sustainable diesel engine applications: a critical review of combustion, performance and emissions. Progress in Energy 8(2): 022001.

4. Yang, W., X. Zhao, S. Xian, G. R. Mong, J. B. Ooi, K. Y. Wong, W. H. Lim, W.-C. Wang and M.-C. Chiong (2026). Thermo-scalar flame structure and NH2 radical chemistry in NH3/CH4 and NH3/Biogas swirl combustion. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 201: 152997.

5. Gamage, A., H. V. Pal Singh Sandhu, K. H. Kua, C. C. Chow, M.-C. Chiong, Y. M. Hung and J. B. Ooi (2026). Ammonia borane as a hydrogen-rich additive for cleaner and enhanced combustion of Biodiesel-Diesel Blends: Experimental insights. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 200: 152825.

6. Chow, C. C., M. A. Anuar, M.-C. Chiong, X. Wang, Y. M. Hung and J. B. Ooi (2025). Waste tire oil in quaternary fuel blends: Optimizing performance and emissions in a light-duty diesel engine using response surface methodology. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress 66: 104023.

7. Zhao, X., Y. Zhang, G. R. Mong, J. B. Ooi, K. Y. Wong, C. K. Ang, W. H. Lim and M.-C. Chiong (2025). N2O formation pathways in swirl-stabilised NH3/CH4 and NH3/Biogas combustion. Journal of the Energy Institute 121: 102176.

8. Zhao, X., J.-H. Ng, G. R. Mong, S. Mashruk, C. T. Lee, X. Fang, K. Y. Wong, J. B. Ooi, A. Valera-Medina and M.-C. Chiong (2024). Thermochemical analysis of premixed ammonia/biogas flames in a model gas turbine swirl combustion system. Renewable Energy 236: 121478.

9. Ooi, J. B., X. L. Chan, F. Jaliliantabar, B. T. Tan, X. Wang, C. P. Song, M.-C. Chiong and Y. M. Hung (2024). Experimental study of quaternary blends with diesel/palm-oil biodiesel/ethanol/diethyl ether for optimum performance and emissions in a light-duty diesel engine using response surface methodology. Energy 301: 131782.

10. Ooi, J. B., C. C. Kau, D. N. Manoharan, X. Wang, M.-V. Tran and Y. M. Hung (2023). Effects of multi-walled carbon nanotubes on the combustion, performance, and emission characteristics of a single-cylinder diesel engine fueled with palm-oil biodiesel-diesel blend. Energy 281: 128350.

11. Ali, A., M. Houda, A. Waqar, M. B. Khan, A. Deifalla and O. Benjeddou (2024). A review on application of hydrogen in gas turbines with intercooler adjustments. Results in Engineering 22: 101979.

12. Sodhro, A. A., T. A. Lemma, S. I. Ul-Haq Gilani and W. M. Salilew (2024). Comparative performance analysis of gas turbine with and without intercooler using natural gas and hydrogen fuels. Engineering, Technology and Applied Science Research 14(6): 18283-18289.

13. Lee, C. C., M.-V. Tran, B. T. Tan, J. B. Ooi, C. T. Chong and G. Scribano (2022). A numerical study on soot formation in methane-ethanol diffusion flames. Fuel 328: 125313.

14. Ittoo, B., J. B. Ooi, M.-V. Tran, F. Jaliliantabar, G. Hasan Najafi and V. Swamy (2022). Effects of dispersed multiwalled carbon nanotubes on the micro-explosion and combustion characteristics of 2-methylfuran-diesel mixture droplets. Fuel 316: 123308.

15. Jahanbakhshi, A., S. Karami-Boozhani, M. Yousefi and J. B. Ooi (2021). Performance of bioethanol and diesel fuel by thermodynamic simulation of the Miller cycle in the diesel engine. Results in Engineering 12: 100279.

16. Lee, C. C., M.-V. Tran, B. T. Tan, G. Scribano, C. T. Chong and J. B. Ooi (2021). Chemical effect of ethanol on the aromatics formation in methane-ethanol coflow diffusion flame at pressures from 1 to 6 bar: A numerical study. Energy 234: 121215.

17. Chow, M. R., J. B. Ooi, K. M. Chee, C. H. Pun, M.-V. Tran, J. C. Kong Leong and S. Lim (2021). Effects of ethanol on the evaporation and burning characteristics of palm-oil based biodiesel droplet. Journal of the Energy Institute 98: 35-43.

18. Lee, C. C., M.-V. Tran, G. Scribano, C. T. Chong, J. B. Ooi and H. T. Cong (2019). Numerical Study of NOx and Soot Formations in Hydrocarbon Diffusion Flames. Energy & Fuels 33(12): 12839-12851.

19. Ooi, J. B., J.-H. Yap, M.-V. Tran and J. C. K. Leong (2019). Experimental Investigation on the Droplet Burning Behavior of Diesel-Palm Biodiesel Blends. Energy & Fuels 33(11): 11804-11811

20. Ooi, J. B., H. M. Ismail, B. T. Tan and X. Wang (2018). Effects of graphite oxide and single-walled carbon nanotubes as diesel additives on the performance, combustion, and emission characteristics of a light-duty diesel engine. Energy 161: 70-80.

21. Ooi, J. B., J. R. Rajanren, H. M. Ismail, V. Swamy and X. Wang (2017). Improving combustion characteristics of diesel and biodiesel droplets by graphite oxide addition for diesel engine applications. International Journal of Energy Research 41(14): 2258-2267.

22. Ooi, J. B., H. M. Ismail, V. Swamy, X. Wang, A. K. Swain and J. R. Rajanren (2016). Graphite oxide nanoparticle as a diesel fuel additive for cleaner emissions and lower fuel consumption. Energy & Fuels 30(2): 1341-1353.

1. Yap, J. H., J. B. Ooi, M. V. Tran and K. L. Jeffrey Chin (2019). Isolated Droplet Combustion Study of Malaysian Palm Biodiesel-Diesel Blends. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 268(1): 012089.

2. Swamy, V., J. B. Ooi, A. Kurnosov, L. S. Dubrovinsky, A. Y. Kuznetsov and A. F. M. Noor (2015). Hydrostatic Compression of Graphite Oxide to 49 GPa: A Raman Spectroscopic Study. MRS Proceedings 1727: mrsf14-1727-k1710-1710.

3. Ooi, J. B., H. M. Ismail, V. Swamy and X. Wang (2014). Functionalized Nano-Particle Colloids as Diesel Fuel Additives. International Symposium on Advanced Functional Materials (ISAFM 2014), Monash University Malaysia.