Browsing School of Environmental Engineering (Articles) by Issue Date
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A study on Hydrogen Sulphide as potential tracer in landfill gas monitoring
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013)Municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills are one of the major source of hydrogen sulphide (H2S) which is the offensive odours potentially creating annoyance in adjacent communities. This project focuses on H2S emission from ... -
Production of methane gas from organic fraction municipal solid waste (OFMSW) via anaerobic process: Application methodology for the Malaysian condition
(Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, 2013)Solid waste management in Malaysia is confronted with many problems, including low collection coverage, irregular collection services, inadequate equipment used for waste collection, crude open dumping and burning without ... -
An evaluation of overstrength factor of seismic designed low rise RC buildings
(Elsevier, 2013)This study investigates the overstrength factor of reinforced concrete frame designed according to EC2 and EC8. There are two families of building considered in this study, i.e: regular and irregular in elevation with ... -
Lightweight fly ash-based geopolymer concrete
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013)The experiments of this study were preformed to study the synthesis process for lightweight aggregate geopolymer concrete (LWAGC) using normal sand as a fine aggregate and expanded clay as lightweight aggregate. The LWAGC ... -
Mechanical and microstructural evaluations of lightweight aggregate geopolymer concrete before and after exposed to elevated temperatures
(MDPI, Basel, Switzerland, 2013)This paper presents the mechanical and microstructural characteristics of a lightweight aggregate geopolymer concrete (LWAGC) synthesized by the alkali-activation of a fly ash source (FA) before and after being exposed to ... -
Mechanical properties of polymer composites with sugarcane bagasse filler
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013)Natural fibers reinforced polymer composites have gained more interest because of their biodegradable, light weight, less expensive sources, easy processing, high specific modulus and also environmentally friendly appeal. ... -
Effect of dolomite on pyrolysis of rice straw
(2013)A study of catalytic pyrolysis on rice straw was carried out in a fixed-bed reactor. The objectives were to determine the effect of dolomite catalyst on the distribution of product yield and bio-oil characterization. The ... -
Mechanical properties of ZTA composite using cold isostatic pressing and uniaxial pressing
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013)Alumina-zirconia composite is an engineering material with a great potential to be develop for application as high temperature resistance structural material. In this research, zirconia toughness alumina (ZTA) was produced ... -
Strength of concrete based cement using recycle ceramic waste as aggregate
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013)The main focus of this research is to study the strength of concrete with ceramic waste as coarse aggregate. The sources of ceramic waste are obtained from the industrial in Malaysia. Presently, in ceramics industries the ... -
Biosorption of iron (III) from aqueous solution using pleurotus ostreatus spent mushroom compost as biosorbent
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013)The ability of Pleurotus ostreatus spent mushroom compost for the biosorption of Iron (III) from aqueous solutions was investigated. The study was conducted in batch experiments under varying operating conditions. The ... -
Sorption of methylene blue and acid orange 7 onto ananas comosus peels and leaves based activated carbon
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013)The adsorption of Methylene Blue (MB) and Acid Orange 7 (AO7) dye onto Ananas Comosus Mixed Peels and Leaves (ACMPL) were carried out by conducting four different parameters such as initial concentration, pH, dosage of ... -
Awareness of the Industrialized Building System (IBS) implementation in Northern Malaysia - A case study in Perlis
(Elsevier B.V., 2013)The Industrialized Building Systems (IBS) can be defined in which all building components such as the wall, slab, beam, column and staircase are mass-produced either in the factory or on the factory site under strict quality ... -
Alteration in the microstructure of fly ash geopolymer upon exposure to elevated temperatures
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013)This paper represents the mechanical and microstructure changes in geopolymeric material synthesized by the alkali activation of locally source fly ash at high temperatures of 400, 600 and 800 °C. The high compressive ... -
Strength of concrete with ceramic waste and quarry dust as aggregates
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013)This research focuses on a study of the strength of concrete with ceramic waste as coarse aggregate and quarry dust as fine aggregate. The sources of ceramic waste and quarry dust are obtained from the industrial in Malaysia. ... -
Decolorization of methyl orange using upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor-An investigation of co-substrate and dye degradation kinetics
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)Decolorization of a synthetic wastewater containing Methyl Orange (MO) azo dye was performed in an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor. Color removal efficiencies approaching 94, 90 and 96% were obtained with ... -
Decanter cake as a feedstock for biodiesel production: A first report
(Elsevier Ltd., 2013)Decanter cake (DC), with an oil content of 11.5 ± 0.18 wt.%, was subjected to ultrasound-aided transesterification using boiler ash as a base catalyst, petroleum ether and hexane as co-solvents. Optimization work revealed ... -
The effects of fly ash and polystyrene bead additions on compressive strength of foamed cement composites
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013)The effects of both additions of fly ash and polystyrene (PS) beads were studied on compressive strength of foamed cement composites. The increasing amount of fly ash addition up to 6 wt. % has been found to increase the ... -
Fire resistance of biomass ash panels used for internal partitions in buildings
(Elsevier B.V., 2013)This study was to develop fire-resistant panels with a high biomass ash ratio from the combustion of EFB at an industrial scale to be used in different fire-resistant internal partitions in buildings and industrial ... -
Performance of lightweight foamed concrete with replacement of concrete sludge aggregate as coarse aggregate
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013)The use of waste materials in construction industry is very essential in order to reduce the depletion of natural sources. Thus, this study is focused to determine the performance of lightweight foamed concrete made with ... -
Mineralization of Methyl Orange-containing wastewater by integrated anaerobic and aerobic processes using spent granular activated carbon-biofilm under sequencing batch reactor operation
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)Mineralization of azo dye required combination of anaerobic and aerobic processes either in two stages or single stage of treatment. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the treatment performance in the decolorization ...