School of Bioprocess Engineering (FYP): Recent submissions
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Separation of Acetone Butanol Ethanol (ABE) mixture solvent using fractional distillation
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2017-06)Fractional distillation is the most common separation method used to separate and purify liquid sample. In this study, ABE mixture in the ratio of 3:6:1 combined with a volume of water undergo fractional distillation, ... -
Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using piper sarmentosum leaf extracts and their antimicrobial properties against isolated phyto-pathogens model
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2017-06)There is an increasing commercial demand for nanoparticles due to their wide applicability in various areas such as electronics and medicine. In this research article, green synthesis method of nanoparticles was presented ... -
Physico-chemical and functional properties of Perlis Sunshine Mango Seed Flour
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2017-06)The objective of this project was to determine the physico-chemical and functional properties of mango seed flour with three different level (control, 3 %, 5 % and 10 %) of mango seed flour. The functional properties of ... -
Decolorization of crude Glycerol using activated carbon
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2017-06)Glycerol is a very valuable product that is high in demand in cosmetic, pharmaceutical and food industries. Crude glycerol is the main source of glycerol and is obtained as by-product from biodiesel industry. However, due ... -
Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) simulation of flow in cooling tower
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2017-06)This study was designed to focus on Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) Simulation of flow in cooling tower. The use of computational fluid dynamics to predict internal and external flow has risen dramatically in the past ... -
The effect of organic surfactant for stabilizing engineered functional pharmaceutical biodegradable polymeric nanoparticles
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2017-06)Biodegradable polymeric nanoparticles (NPs) are produced via nanoprecipitation method also known as solvent displacement method that involved chemical reaction of organic phase to aqueous phase. The objectives of this study ... -
Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD)
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2017-06)This study was designed to focus on Computational Fluid Dynamics which were investigated for their effects on oxygenation capacity (OC) in simulations and experiments. Experiments were conducted in an aeration tank. OC had ... -
Optimization of extracellular lipase production by thermotolerant bacteria isolated from a hot spring
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2017-06)There is high demand for lipase globally where more than 1000 tons of it produced each year. A lipase produced from thermophilic bacteria is revised to have the advantage of thermal stability at 65°C-70°C, which makes them ... -
Isolation of biohydrogen producing strain from palm oil sludge pond
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2017-06)Hydrogen is an environment-friendly source of energy which has the potential to be the alternative fuel to replace the fossil fuels. It is a carbon free fuel which does not provide the greenhouse effect to the environment. ... -
Thermodynamic analysis of Nitrate adsorption onto spent mushroom substrate and granular activated carbon
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2017-06)The removal of nitrate from water sources is important because the presence of nitrate can affect bad consequence on human health and environment. Adsorption using biomass adsorbent is one of suitable methods for nitrate ... -
Removal of Nitrate onto spent mushroom compost in a fixed-bed column
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2017-06)In this study, the Spent Mushroom Substrate (SMS) was prepared by two different methods, which the SMS were washed by water and other method without washing. Then, for SMS pretreatment, the SMS was treated by acid and ... -
Inactivation of lipase enzyme of locally produced rice bran using microwave heating
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2017-06)This research is carried out due to the development of rice bran, the by-product of rice which is applicable in a wide range in various industries. There are serious rancidity problem inside rice bran that affect its ... -
The evaluation of soil NPK mapping of Harumanis plant under greenhouse in ArcGIS software using statistical method
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2017-06)The spatial and temporal of N, P, and K in the soil were studied in greenhouse (GH05) at Sustainable Agrotechnology Institute (INSAT), University Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Campus Sungai Chuchuh, Padang Besar, Perlis. The ... -
The effects of rice husk ash (RHA) on growth, yield and lodging of flooded rice
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2017-06)The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of silica rich rice husk ash and nitrogen rates on growth, yield and lodging of flooded rice. Huge amount of silica rich RHA are obtainable in numerous country of Asia ... -
Production of Hydroxyapatite (HAp) nanoparticles by Sol-Gel method
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2017-06)Hydroxyapatite (HAp) with chemical formula of Ca₁₀(PO₄)₆(OH)₂ is one of well -known bioceramic from calcium phosphate (CaP) family because of the similarities between natural bone minerals and posseses the biological ... -
Effect of autohydrolysis pretreatment on rice straw for sugar production
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2017-06)Rice straw is one of the agriculture by-product in Malaysia. In this study, the rice straw was used to undergo pre-treatment to synthesize sugar. The rice straw was physically pretreated using grinder and it was sieved. ... -
Effect of acid hydrolysis on the properties of nanocrystalline cellulose-reinforced polyvinyl alcohol composites
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2017-06)Cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) was extracted from Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) fiber by different types of acid during acid hydrolysis. The acids used include sulphuric acid, hydrochloric acid and phosphoric acid. A few tests ... -
Antimicrobial activity of aloe vera, citrus hystrix and zingiber officinale against fungus pyricularia oryzae and bacteria bacillus subtilis
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2017-06)Rice blast disease is caused by the seed-borne pathogenic fungus known as Pyricularia oryzae. Rice blast disease which attacked the paddy plants has become an important and serious disease nowadays which it caused the ... -
Classification of rice seed MR219 and MR269 varieties based on morphological features using machine vision technique
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2016-06)This project was carried out to classify the morphological features of rice seed varieties of MR219 and MR269 using machine vision technique. The study starts from acquiring image of the rice seed varieties of MR219 and ... -
Assessing of Aloe Vera for antimicrobial against infected Capsicum Annuum by Colletotrichum Capsici for Anthracnose disease and Bacillus Subtilis
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2017-06)Nowadays, overuse of chemical fungicide has side effect which is harmful to human consumption, causes environmental problem, and destroy the antagonist microorganisms. Overuse of antibiotic also resulted to multi drug-resistant ...