Browsing Conference Papers by Subject "Waste products"

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    • Characterization of pulp produced from sugarcane bagasse and rice straw 

      Saiful Azhar, Saad; Farizul Hafiz, Kasim; Suhardy, Daud; Mohd Nazry, Salleh (Malaysian Institute for Nuclear Technology Research (MINT), Xapp Malaysia-MNS & Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), 2006-11-29)
      The amount of sugarcane bagasse and rice straw are abundant while its utilization are still limited. One of the alternatives for the bagasse and straw utilization are as pulp raw material. This paper reviews pulp produced ...

    • Effect of rice husk additions on the final composition of fired kaolinite ceramic 

      Azlin Fazlina, Osman; Syed Nuzul Fadzli, Syed Adam (Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), 2007-04-11)
      During production of rice, huge amounts of rice husks are left as abundant waste product. Rice husk is usually disposed off by combustion and this contributes to environmental problem due to the air and water pollution. ...

    • Isolation and charazterization of pulp from Perlis sugarcane bagasse and rice straw 

      Suhardy, Daud; Farhana Diyana, Mohd Yunos; Farizul Hafiz, Kasim; Saiful Azhar, Saad; Harbant, Singh (Forest Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM), 2005-08-16)
      The amount of sugarcane bagasse and rice straw in the state of Perlis (Malaysia) is abundant while its utilization is still limited. One of the alternatives for the bagasse and straw utilization is as pulp raw material. ...

    • Physical properties of particle board from paddy straw, an agricultural waste 

      Farizul Hafiz, Kasim; Suhardy, Daud; Mohd Nazry, Salleh; Khairuddin, Md Isa; Saiful Azhar, Saad (Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) & Institution of Chemical Engineers, Malaysia, 2007-12-12)
      Paddy straw, which is abundantly found in northern region of Malaysia as waste product from agriculture sector had been used as a raw material for particle board in this research. By means of 20, 30, 35, 40 and 45 wt % ...

    • Preliminary study on concrete with polystyrene waste coarse aggregate 

      Mohd Mustafa, Al Bakri Abdullah; Che Mohd Ruzaidi, Ghazali; Norazian, Mohamed Noor; Kamarudin, Hussin; Abu Bakar, Mohamad Diah; Mohd Tajuddin, Mohd Idris (Construction Industry Development Board, Malaysia (CIDB), Construction Research Institute of Malaysia (CREAM) & Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 2007-03-14)
      Polymer recycling has received a great deal of attention in this recent year. Presently, small percentage of polymer wastes in Malaysia has been under going the recycling process. This recycling process has typically been ...

    • Straw and rice husk and their suitability for paper production 

      Suhardy, Daud; Mohd Nazry, Salleh; Farizul Hafiz, Kasim; Saiful Azhar, Saad (Kolej Universiti Teknologi Tun Hussein Onn (KUiTTHO), 2006-12-18)
      Various agricultural residues such as sugarcane bagasse, rice straw and rice husk have taken a significant place in supplementing the dwindling supply of conventional forest raw material for catering the ever-increasing ...