Dyes are used in various industries, such as food, paper, carpet and others. Among these, textile industries rank first in the usage of dyes. The discharge of coloured wastewater from these industries had caused many ...

About 55 billion of coconuts are harvested annually in the world. Only 15% of the coir fibers are actually recovered for use. Most coir are abondoned in the nature, this is a waste of natural resources and a course of ...

The RBD palm oil was converted to gasoline by passing its vapor through HZSM-catalyst. Three samples of HZSM-5 with different silica-alumina ratio (SiO2/ Al2O3) of 30, 50 and 70 were prepared and used to investigate the ...

Non-wood raw materials account for 5-7 % of the lotal pulp and paper production worldwide Production of pulp from non-wood resources has many advantages such as easy pulping capability. In this study, the formic acid and ...

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. ...

Ultrasonic technique has been used in many applications including the food industry, biomedical application and materials evaluation. Ultrasonic propagation parameters, especially velocity has a rich source of information ...

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 % ...

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 ...