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Synthesis of chitosan-based bioplastic from seafood waste
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2019-06)Through these recent years, the application of plastic has increase especially in food packaging field. This results in increase of the environment pollution such as emission of CO2 and landfills since the plastics are ... -
Transport properties of evaporative cooling in a seashell packed bed cooling tower
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2019-06)Packing material is the most crucial part in the operation of cooling tower. This project was aimed to investigate the transport properties of evaporative cooling using seashell as packing material in a packed bed tower. ... -
Evaluation of polyferric silicate sulfate derived from rice husk for turbidity removal
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2019-06)Rice husk is a natural material available in large quantities as agricultural waste. The rice husk is rich in silicon oxide which is up to 98% from the ash content. Burning rice husk generates rice husk ash (RHA) which is ... -
Optimization of enzymatic saccharification of acetic acid pretreated rice biomass using ofat method
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2019-06)Rice biomass which is a comprised of rice straw and rice husk known as the most abundant and high-volume of biomass in the world. It is recorded that 1 ton of paddy harvested generate approximately 220 kg of rice husk. ... -
Insecticidal activity of kaffir lime (citrus hystrix) against rice weevil (sitophilus oryzae)
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2019-06)Rice weevil, Sitophilus oryzae L. known as one of the major pests of stored grain, they ate the rice and lay eggs inside rice kernels. Bioinsecticide have known as one of the safest insecticide in term of its sustainability ... -
Production of Hydroxyapatite (HAP) nanoparticles by direct precipitation
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2017-06)Hydroxyapatite (HAp) nanoparticles, (Ca₁₀(PO₄)6(OH)₂) has been extensively used in biomedical field and drug delivery system. HAp nanoparticles were synthesized via direct precipitation method by varying different processing ... -
Extraction kinetic of antioxidant and total phenolic content from Clinacanthus Nutans
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2017-06)Clinacanthus nutans or Belalai Gajah is one of the herbs that contain natural antioxidant. This natural antioxidant can be used commercially in food as well as pharmaceutical industries. This research explored antioxidant ... -
A green approach to synthesis of iron nanoparticles by using Tamarindus Indica Linn
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2017-06)This study were made to synthesis of the iron nanoparticles (Fe-NPs) using the extracts from the different parts of Tamarindus indica Linn (Tamarind). These extracts act as natural reducing and stabilizing agent in the ... -
Solubility enhancement of crystalline nanocellulose (CNC) via dissolution of banana trunk
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2017-06)Crystalline nanocellulose (CNC) was prepared via dissolution of banana trunk. CNC was investigated using optimization study on acid hydrolysis with hydrochloric acid (HCl) and its characterization. Optimization study was ... -
Extraction of spear grass (imperata cylindrica) as pro-oxidant in polymer blends
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2017-06)Packaging material such as plastic bags is one of the main factors that contribute to the environmental pollution due to slow degradation. The usage of metal oxide as pro-oxidant has proved to accelerate the degradation ... -
Conversion of rice husk into fermentable sugar by two stage hydrolysis
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2017-06)Rice husks, a complex lignocellulosic biomass which comprised of high cellulose content (38-50%), hemicellulose (23-32%) and lignin (15-25%) possesses the potential to pursue as low cost feedstock for production of ethanol. ... -
Mechanical strength of calcium alginate gel beads
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2019-06)To date, there is no survey relates the relationship between these process variables such as gelation time of alginate beads, mechanical strength, size and shape of the beads, concentration of gelling agent and alginate ... -
Quality evaluation of microwave dried guava
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2017-06)This study is carried out to evaluate the effect of different microwave powers on the quality of microwave-dried guava in term of vitamin C degradation. The study was conducted by determining the initial moisture content ... -
Establishment of maturity index level of ‘Pisang Berangan’ based on extracted color features at 3 different maturity stages
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2014-06)Banana is one of the food sources which contain a lot of vitamins that are beneficial to the human body. It is a popular tropical fruit that has high market value all over the world. Currently, banana is sorted manually ... -
Comparison of different media filtration for rainwater harvesting system
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2016-06)In Malaysia, the rapid growth of urbanization, population and industrial has caused the water demand getting higher over a year including Perlis State. So, this study was conducted to treat the rainwater as a water supply ... -
Soil Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium (NPK) mapping using ArcGIS for Harumanis under greenhouse at Sg.Chuchuh, Perlis
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2016)Final Year Project (FYP) was carried out to determine the Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium (NPK) for Harumanis under greenhouse at JPB Asia Pacific, Sg Chuchuh Perlis using ArcGIS. The study starts by collecting soil ... -
Effects of varying fertilization rates on morphological and mechanical characteristics of rice MR263 grown on rice husk ash (RHA) engineered alluvial soils
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2021-12)This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of different rates of RHA inclusion in soil and varying fertilizer rates on morphological, yield and mechanical characteristics of MR263 rice variety. A completely randomized ... -
Determination of feed additive concentration for optimum growth of Red Tilapia in aquarium system
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2016)Final Year Project (FYP) was carried out to determine the feed additive concentration to promote optimum growth of Red Tilapia. The project starts by setting up the system. The system set was a simple aeration system for ... -
Constructed wetland system to treat agricultural runoff
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2014-06)This study was carried out to analyze the status of current water quality caused by agricultural runoff from four different pond which located at Institute of Sustainable Agrotechnology (INSAT), Sg. Chucuh, Universiti ... -
Classification of cultivated rice Seed MR219 and MR269 varieties based on colour features using machine vision technique
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2016-06)Final Year Project (FYP) was carried out to extract the colour feature of cultivated rice seed MR219 and MR269 using image analysis. Mostly in rice seed factory, seed inspection need experienced worker to distinguish the ...