Final Year Project Papers & Reports: Recent submissions
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Ammonium adsorption-desorption by using sugarcane bagasse biochar
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2018-12)Sugarcane Bagasse (SCB) was utilized into biochar by pyrolysis and used as adsorbent for ammonium removal. SCB biochar were produced at temperatures of 300 °C, 400 °C, 450 °C and 500 °C. Characteristics of biochar were ... -
Kinetic and isotherm studies of empty fruit bunch biochar on Ammonium adsorption
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2018-12)Empty fruit bunch (EFB) was utilized into biochar using pyrolysis method and being used as adsorbent for ammonium removal. Different temperatures were used to produce the EFB biochar at temperature 350°C, 450°C, 500°C and ... -
Production of wood vinegar from woodchips
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2018-12)Woodchips waste could be converted into wood vinegar through pyrolysis process. Wood vinegar is a type of liquid oil used by the industry as growth catalyze, disease control agent for plant and etc. It is a great challenge ... -
Numerical simulation of biodiesel synthesis in T-channel microreactor
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2018-12)Biodiesel promising as an alternative to the diesel. The transesterification reaction process involved the reaction of triglyceride with alcohol in the presence of catalyst. In the research, the sunflower oil and ethanol ... -
Torrefaction of sawdust in a fixed bed reactor
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2018-12)Torrefaction of sawdust was performed in a fixed bed reactor under nitrogen flowrate of 150 ml/min from room temperature to torrefaction temperature of 200-300 °C at holding time of 20, 40 and 60 minutes. It was observed ... -
Evaluation of compressive strength and density of rubber sludge waste treated with ordinary portland cement via stabilisation and solidification technique
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2018-12)The untreated rubber sludge waste from industries lead to environmental pollution and human health. The high heavy metals content in rubber sludge waste can leached out to surrounding during heavy rains and flash floods, ... -
Effect of Glycerol as plastizicing agent on the mechanical properties of oil palm ash/polyvinyl alcohol blend film
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2018-12)Plastic has been widely used and become important material in our daily life. Majority of the plastics used are petroleum-based which exposed threat to the environment due to their non-biodegradability characteristic. ... -
Synthesis of activated carbon from Kenaf core fibre for removal of Methylene Blue
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2018-12)Kenaf core fiber (KF) which is an agricultural biomass was synthesized into activated carbon and used as an adsorbent for removal of methylene blue (MB) dye. Kenaf Activated Fiber Carbon (KAFC) was produced using pre-treatment ... -
Methylene Blue removal by adsorption using chemically sugarcane bagasse
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2018-12)A research was carried out to evaluate feasibility study on Methylene Blue removal by using chemically treated sugarcane bagasse. Various parameters were studied in order to identify the optimum condition and adsorption ... -
Colour removal of Methylene Blue using treated Banana peel adsorbent
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2018-12)The natural banana peel (NBP) was prepared and part of them were treated by using 1M sodium hydroxide (NaOH). Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy analyses showed that the ... -
Synthesis and characterization of polyethersulfone-magnetic nanoparticle nanocomposite membrane for membrane defouling
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2018-12)A major factor limiting the use of membrane in water treatment process is the membrane fouling by natural organic matter such as humic acid (HA). In this study, polyethersulfone (PES)-magnetic nanoparticle (Fe3O4) nanocomposite ... -
Fabrication of Double Template Imprinted Polymeric Membrane (DIPM) for simultaneous extraction of Quercetin and Caffeic acid bioactive compounds
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2018-12)This study presents the performance of the molecular imprinted membrane (DIPM) towards the extraction of quercetin and caffeic acid. The PVDF membrane as the supporting membrane in this experiment were fabricated by utilizing ... -
Studies on photocatalytic degradation of Methyl Orange via inorganic-organic hybrid-polyoxometalates as photocatalyst
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2018-12)The synthesis hybrid-polyoxometalates (HPOM) were characterized by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transforms infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and X-Ray diffraction (XRD). SEM images show that the synthesized ... -
Modelling and mathematical optimization of Methylene Blue adsorption on magnetized SBA-15: an industrial dye effluent remediation
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2018-12)Magnetik SBA-15 telah disintesis dengan menggunakan kaedah impregnasi basah dengan FeCl3 sebagai prekursor besi disebarkan dalam air ternyahion ke dalam SBA-15 tulen. SBA-15 magnetik kemudiannya dicirikan oleh Fourier ... -
Synthesis of magnetic multi-walled carbon nanotube via solvent free direct doping of Iron Oxide nanoparticles for dye removal
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2018-12)Magnetic multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MMWCNTs) of c-MMWNCTs and s-MMWCNTs were synthesized using direct doping method of iron oxide nanoparticles (Fe3O4) with c-MWCNTs and s-MWCNTs respectively. Reflux under nitric acid ... -
Microwave assisted synthesis of Polyacrylic acid grafted cellulose extracted from waste tea
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2018-12)Cellulose was extracted from waste tea through the chemical treatments and characterized by FTIR, SEM and XRD. By using microwave assisted synthesis method, the extracted cellulose was used to prepare polyacrylic acid ... -
Removal of Malachite Green aqueous solution by Pomelo peel
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2018-12)In this study, the adsorption capacity of pomelo peel powder for removal of malachite green (MG) dye in aqueous solution was investigated. Pomelo peel powder was analysed by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy ... -
Removal of Methylene Blue using magnetic multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MMWCNTs): optimization and kinetic study
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2018-12)In this study, magnetic multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MMWCNTs) was used to study the effect of adsorption parameters, predict optimization of adsorption condition and deduce the kinetic and isotherm on the adsorption of ... -
Adsorption-desorption of Malachite Green dye by using empty fruit bunch biochar
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2018-12)Global industrialization has resulted in high amount of hazardous material discharges into wastewater. Biochar was found as one of the adsorbent for wastewater treatment. This study was conducted to analyse the capability ... -
Numerical simulation of transesterification reaction in Y-shaped microreactor
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2018-11)Numerical simulation is a technique to examine problems of transesterification reaction in microreactor by mathematically using COMSOL Multiphysics 5.3a. Three different geometries configuration of microreactors are Y-shaped ...