School of Bioprocess Engineering (FYP): Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Dehydration of stingless bee honey using microwave drying technique
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2017-06)The objectives of this research were to establish the microwave drying kinetics for the dehydration of stingless bee honey, evaluate the effect of microwave heating on the quality of stingless bee honey and establish the ... -
Utilization of paddy straw for oyster mushroom production
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2017-06)Waste paddy straw can be used as a quality substrate to cultivate mushroom. The organic nutrient content of the paddy straw will help the growth of the mushroom. The purpose of this research is to utilize waste paddy straw ... -
Properties of empty fruit bunch cellulose nanocrystal reinforced chitosan biocomposites
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2017-06)The focus of this research was to isolate the cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) from Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) and evaluate the properties of the CNC content loading from 0 wt % to 5 wt % reinforced chitosan biocomposites. The ... -
Shape classification of Sunshine mango using machine vision
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2017-06)This thesis presents the application of machine vision to classify the shape regularity of sunshine mango. The algorithm were successfully developed and programmed for image processing and image acquisition and then the ... -
Solid waste characterization study and management in Perlis
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2011-05)This paper presents a study of solid waste characterization and management in Kangar Perlis. In order to identify wastes composition, the sampling was carried out based on the spot sampling method, whereas the laboratory ... -
Transesterification of crude glycerol for the production of glycerol carbonate
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2017-06)Glycerol Carbonate or called as GC as short formed has been currently produced to assist in industrial applications which bring back the benefits to the industries. Therefore, the synthesized of glycerol carbonate can be ... -
Effect of different amount of water supply on plant growth performance of Cucumis Melo (var. Cantalupensis) grown under control environment using Rice Husk Ash (RHA)
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2017-05)Cucumis melo is an important crop from an economic perspective. Right amount of water supply to irrigate the Cucumis melo is crucial to get high and maximum crop yield. The different amount of water supply or treatment ...