ICAFEE 2019 18 – 21, October 2019, Taichung, Taiwan The 4th International Conference on Alternative Fuels, Energy and Environment (ICAFEE): Future and Challenges 18th – 21st, October 2019 Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan Contents Welcome Messages ........................................... 2 Committee Members ......................................... 5 Our Partners and Sponsors .............................17 Speakers ...........................................................18 ICAFEE 2019 Programme .................................26 Venue ................................................................36 Journals Special Issues ...................................37 Conference and Hotels.....................................38 Airport and Transfer Information ....................39 List of Submissions .........................................41 Abstract .............................................................61 Plenary speaker ...........................................61 Keynote speaker ..........................................63 Invited speaker .............................................70 Oral and Poster papers ................................86 -1- ICAFEE 2019 18 – 21, October 2019, Taichung, Taiwan Welcome Messages Welcome Message from ICAFEE 2019 chairs The International Conference on Alternative Fuels, Energy and Environment (ICAFEE series) is a leading international forum established in 2016 and aims to provide a good platform for scholars, researchers and industry representatives to discuss the latest developments, trends and achievements in Alternative Fuels and Energy and Environmental Protection. I am deeply indebted to Feng Chia University for supporting the 4th ICAFEE (ICAFEE 2019). On behalf of the ICAFEE series and honorary chairs, it is our pleasure to welcome all delegates, participants and visitors to attend this event. We are honored to have twenty-six distinguished researchers/practitioners from internationally renowned institutions as our plenary, keynote and invited speakers, to share with us state-of-art research and development, innovative advances and other related issues surrounding the main topics. An interactive scientific writing and skill development workshop will be conducted for MS and PhD researchers attending ICAFEE 2019 to provide a high-level training of key writing/re-writing, data interpretation, peer-reviewing and other soft skills required for publishing articles in SCI journals. To date, we have accepted a total of more than 300 technical papers and posters from participants from Algeria, Australia, Bangladesh, China, Columbia, Egypt, Finland, Hungary, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, UK, USA and Vietnam. Accepted full papers are to be selected for submission to one of the special issues of our journal partners available at: Bioresource Technology, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Biotechnology Reports, Fuel, Waste and Biomass Valorization, Journal of Environmental Management and International Journal of Energy Research. Finally, we would like to thank all ICAFEE 2019 participants and sponsors (GWon green supply Ltd, Shang-Jhan Laboratory Containers, Ta Fong Plastic Co., LTD and Today’s Instruments Co., LTD) for contributing to this year’s conference. We hope that the conference will grow to become one of the globally well-known events in the field of alternative fuels, energy and environment. We welcome you to our conference and wish you a rewarding and enjoyable time. Prof. Dr. Chiu-Yue LIN Conference Chair of ICAFEE 2019 Chair of Green Energy and Biotechnology Industry Research Center, Feng Chia University, Taiwan -2- ICAFEE 2019 18 – 21, October 2019, Taichung, Taiwan Welcome Message from ICAFEE series chairs Respected honorary chairs, series chairs, chairs, co-chairs, organizing committee, scientific committee, speakers, participants, colleagues and students; Welcome to ICAFEE 2019! The International Conference on Alternative Fuels, Energy and Environment (ICAFEE series) is a leading international forum established in 2016. ICAFEE series aims to provide a good platform for scholars, researchers and industry representatives to discuss the latest developments, trends and achievements in Alternative Fuels and Energy, Water Treatment and Environmental Protection. This promising event was established in 2016 and known as ICAF (International Conference on Alternative Fuels). Our successful journey continued then in 2017 in South Korea and expanded to ICAFE (International Conference on Alternative Fuels and Energy) followed by further expansion in 2018 in China as ICAFEE (International Conference on Alternative Fuels, Energy and Environment). All of which towards being a world-class event in the near future. On behalf of ICAFEE 2019 series chairs, it is our honor and pleasure to welcome all delegates, participants and visitors to The 4th International Conference on Alternative Fuels: Futures and Challenges (ICAFEE 2019), to be held at Feng Chia University (FCU) in the beautiful city of Taichung, Taiwan (October 18-21, 2019). This event is organized by Green Energy and Biotechnology Industry Research Center (GEBC) of Feng Chia University (Taiwan) in collaboration with Alternative Fuels Research Laboratory (AFRL) of Erciyes University (Turkey), Environmental Bio-Technology/Engineering Laboratory of University of Stavanger (Norway), Yonsei University (South Korea) and BrainKorea 21PLUS program (South Korea). With kindest regards, Prof. Dr. Chiu-Yue Lin (Feng Chia University), Asst. Prof. Dr. Abdulaziz Atabani (Erciyes University), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gopalakrishnan Kumar (University of Stavanger), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Chyi-How Lay (Feng Chia University) and all co-chairs are pleased to have you all in ICAFEE 2019. Our conference embraces a diverse program for Plenary Speeches, Keynote Speeches, Invited Speeches, Oral Sessions, Posters Presentations, Virtual Sessions. P2P (Peer to Peer meetings), B2B (Business to Business meetings), Industry Booths. Besides, a one-day workshop on 'Scientific Writing and Skill Development' to be conducted by our co-chair; Dr. Eldon R Rene of IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (Netherlands) and mini symposiums on “Future Challenges: Artificial intelligence with big data applications” by VIT University (India) and “2nd International Symposium on Resilient Water, Energy and Infrastructure” by Yonsei University (South Korea) will be part of our rich program. With this, we hope that such enriched and interesting program will be of great benefits to all participants. -3- ICAFEE 2019 18 – 21, October 2019, Taichung, Taiwan Finally, we hope that your experience with ICAFEE 2019 will be diverse, enjoyable, and rewarding. Again, welcome! Sincerely yours, Asst. Prof. Dr. Abdulaziz ATABANI Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gopalakrishnan KUMAR ICAFEE Series Chair and Founder ICAFEE Series Chair and Co-founder Head; Alternative Fuels Research Laboratory Department of Chemistry, Bioscience and (AFRL) Environmental Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Science and Technology Faculty of Engineering University of Stavanger, Norway Erciyes University, Turkey -4- ICAFEE 2019 18 – 21, October 2019, Taichung, Taiwan Committee Members ICAFEE Series Honorary Chairs Prof. Dr. Ashok PANDEY CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, India Prof. Dr. Sebahattin ÜNALAN Erciyes University, Turkey Prof. Dr. Gro JOHNSEN University of Stavanger, Norway -5- ICAFEE 2019 18 – 21, October 2019, Taichung, Taiwan ICAFEE Series Chairs Founder Asst. Prof. Dr. Abdulaziz ATABANI Head, Alternative Fuels Research Laboratory (AFRL) Erciyes University, Turkey Co-Founder Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gopalakrishnan KUMAR University of Stavanger, Norway -6- ICAFEE 2019 18 – 21, October 2019, Taichung, Taiwan ICAFEE 2019 Chair Prof. Dr. Chiu-Yue LIN Director, Green Energy and Biotechnology Industry Research Center (GEBC) Feng Chia University, Taiwan ICAFEE 2019 Co-chairs Prof. Dr. Shu-Yii WU Dean, College of Engineering and Science Feng Chia University, Taiwan Prof. Dr. Beng-Ray JAI Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences Feng Chia University, Taiwan -7- ICAFEE 2019 18 – 21, October 2019, Taichung, Taiwan Prof. Dr. Jo-Shu CHANG National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan Prof. Dr. Wei-Hsin CHEN National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan Assoc. Prof. Dr. Chyi-How LAY Feng Chia University, Taiwan Dr. Eldon R RENE UN-IHE, Delft, The Netherlands -8- ICAFEE 2019 18 – 21, October 2019, Taichung, Taiwan Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sang-Hyoun KIM Yonsei University, Republic of Korea Asst. Prof. Dr. Muhammad ASLAM COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore, Pakistan Asst. Prof. Dr. Rahul BHOSALE Qatar University, Qatar Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fares A. ALMOMANI Qatar University, Qatar -9- ICAFEE 2019 18 – 21, October 2019, Taichung, Taiwan ICAFEE19 International Scientific Committee Dr. Aino-Maija Dr. Marika KOKKO Dr. Francesco DI CAPUA LAKANIEMI Tampere University, Finland Federico II" University of Tampere University, Napoli, Italy Finland Assoc. Prof. Dr. Raul MUÑOZ Dr. Péter BAKONYI Dr. Takurou KOBAYASHI Universidad de Vallodolid, University of Pannonia, National Insitute for Spain Hungary Environmental Studies, Japan Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ala'a H. Asst. Prof. Dr. Arulazhgan Dr. Ackmez MUDHOO AL-MUHTASEB PUGAZENDHI University of Maurtitius, Sultan Qaboos University, King Abdulaziz University, Mauritius Sultanate of Oman Kingdom of Saudi Arabia -10- ICAFEE 2019 18 – 21, October