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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 ... -
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 ... -
Decolorization of Orange II using an anaerobic sequencing batch reactor with and without co-substrates
(The Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2012-02)We investigated the decolorization of Orange II with and without the addition of co-substrates and nutrients under an anaerobic sequencing batch reactor (ASBR). The increase in COD concentrations from 900 to 1750 to 3730 ... -
Design, processing and characterization of fly ash-based geopolymers for lightweight concrete application
(Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), 2013-04)The mix design of geopolymers plays important role in obtaining desirable compressive strength. Optimum mix design of geopolymers can be applied for application, such as lightweight concrete. In order to determine the ... -
Effect of alkali concentration on mechanical properties of kaolin geopolymers
(Foundation for Materials Science and Engineering, 2012)Alkali concentration is the most significant factor in geopolymerization process that must be taken into consideration during the synthesis of kaolin geopolymers. The kaolin geopolymers were prepared by mixing kaolin and ... -
Effect of alkali concentration on mechanical properties of kaolin geopolymers
(Procema SA, 2012)Alkali concentration is the most significant factor in geopolymerization process that must be taken into consideration during the synthesis of kaolin geopolymers. The kaolin geopolymers were prepared by mixing kaolin and ... -
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 ... -
Effect of mechanical activation on kaolin-based geopolymers
(Trans Tech Publications, 2012)Raw materials kaolin was subjected to mechanical modification; the effect of the mechanical activation of kaolin on the compressive strength and morphological properties of the geopolymers has been studied. Mechanical ... -
The effect of silane treatment on processing characteristic and swelling behavior of polypropylene/recycled acrylonitrile butadiene rubber/rice husk powder composites
(Trans Tech Publications, 2011-03-22)The effect of silane treatment on processing characteristic and swelling behavior of recycled acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (NBRr)/polypropylene (PP)/rice husk powder (RHP) composites has been studied. Polypropylene/recycled ... -
Effects of calcination temperature and zinc-source concentration on chemical-solution synthesized ZnO nanorods
(Electrochemical Society, 2006)In this paper, ZnO nanoparticles, in particular nanorods, were prepared by a time-saving and a cost effective chemical-solution process. Zinc acetate dehydrates, 2-propanol and diethanolamine were used as the source to ... -
Effects of elevated temperatures on the thermal behavior and mechanical performance of fly ash geopolymer paste, mortar and lightweight concrete
(Elsevier, 2014-01)This paper reports a comparative study of the influence of elevated temperature on geopolymer paste, mortars and lightweight aggregate geopolymer concrete (LWAGC) systems made by using fly ash (FA) as only source material. ... -
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 ... -
Enhanced photocatalytic activity of fish scale loaded TiO 2 composites under solar light irradiation
(Elsevier B.V., 2012-06)Fish scale (FS) loaded TiO2 composites were investigated as photocatalysts in degradation of Methyl Orange under solar light irradiation. Composites were prepared through sol-gel method by varying mass ratio of TiO2/FS at ... -
Estimation of missing values for air pollution data using Interpolation technique
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis, 2006)Air pollution data such as PM10, sulphur dioxide, ozone and carbon monoxide are usually obtained using automated machines located at different sites. These are usually due to mechanical failure, routine maintenance, changes ... -
Estimation of missing values in air pollution data using single imputation techniques
(Science Society of Thailand, 2008)Air pollution data obtained using automated machines often contain missing values which can cause bias due to systematic differences between observed and unobserved data. We used interpolation and mean imputation techniques ... -
Evaluation of integrated anaerobic-aerobic biofilm reactor for degradation of azo dye methyl orange
(Elsevier Ltd., 2013-09)This study was to investigate the mineralization of wastewater containing methyl orange (MO) in integrated anaerobic-aerobic biofilm reactor with coconut fiber as bio-material. Different aeration periods (3. h in phase 1 ... -
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 ... -
Feasibility of producing wood fibre-reinforced geopolymer composites (WFRGC)
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013)Wood fibres have long been known as a fibre reinforcement for concrete. Due to its availability and low production cost, this natural fibre has been used in less developed country where conventional construction materials ... -
Filling missing data using interpolation methods: Study on the effect of fitting distribution
(Trans Tech Publications, 2014)The presence of missing values in statistical survey data is an important issue to deal with. These data usually contained missing values due to many factors such as machine failures, changes in the siting monitors, routine ... -
Fire resistance evaluation of lightweight geopolymer concrete system exposed to elevated temperatures of 100-800 °C
(Trans Tech Publications, 2014)This paper reports the fire resistance property of a lightweight aggregate geopolymer concrete (LWAGC) material synthesized by the alkali-activation of locally source fly ash (FA) after exposed to elevated temperatures ...