• Nanocomposite Ultrafiltration Membranes Incorporated with Zeolite and Carbon Nanotubes for Enhanced Water Separation 

  Hazmo, N. H. W؛ Naim, R؛ Ismail, A. F؛ Lau, W. J؛ Wan Azelee, I؛ Ramli, M. K. N (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2018-08-01)

  The objective of this work is to develop a new class of nanocomposite ultrafiltration (UF) membranes with excellent solute rejection rate and superior water flux using zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) and multi-walled ...

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• Zwitterion Embedded Thin Film Composite Membrane for Oily Wastewater Treatment 

  Lee, W. J؛ Goh, P. S؛ Lau, W. J؛ Ong, C. S؛ Ismail, A. F (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2018-08-01)

  The recent development in oil and gas industry increases the production and consumption of oil. The enormous amount of oily wastewater produced is urged to be treated to prevent humanity and environment from being threatened. ...

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• Analysis of Bacterial Contaminant in Pasir Gudang, Johor Tap Water Supply–Varies pH Value Observation 

  Nurani Zulkifli, S؛ Abdul Rahim, H؛ Adilla Subha, N (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2018-08-01)

  The number of breakthrough pathogenic activity in water distribution network system is constantly increasing day by day especially at level of consumption. Bacterial growth or survival rate often relates to acidity and ...

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• Influence of Particle Size and Pressure Drop in Cake Filtration Process on Removal of Suspended Solids in Anaerobically Digested Palm Oil Mill Effluent 

  Zafisah, N. S؛ Ang, W. L؛ Mohammad, A. W؛ Hilal, N (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2018-08-01)

  Palm oil mill effluent (POME) poses a great threat to the environment. However, it contains valuable resources such as energy, water and nutrients that could be recovered for sustainable development. Currently, anaerobic ...

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• Total Phenolic Content, Total Flavonoid Content and Radical Scavenging Activity from Zingiber zerumbet Rhizome using Subcritical Water Extraction 

  Mokhtar, N؛ Nordin, M. F. M؛ Morad, N. A (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2018-08-01)

  Subcritical water extraction (SWE) is an alternative technique that implement water as a solvent. The objective of this work was to compare the efficiency of SWE in temperature range from 100ºC to 180ºC at extraction times ...

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• Preliminary Characterization of Corn Cob Ash as an Alternative Material for Ceramic Hollow Fiber Membrane (CHFM/CCA) 

  Kamarudin, N. H؛ Harun, Z؛ Othman, M. H. D؛ Hubadillah, S. K؛ Jamaluddin, M. R؛ Yusof, K. N (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2018-08-01)

  Currently, exchanging trends in the expensive usage of ceramic materials such as alumina, zirconia etc. into economical ceramic raw sources have been studied extensively over the last decade for various technological ...

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• Performance Evaluation of Hybrid Coagulation/Nanofiltration Process for AT-POME Treatment 

  Abdullah, W. N. A. S؛ Nooruan, T؛ Lau, W. J؛ Aziz, F؛ Ismail, A. F (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2018-08-01)

  The presence of lignin and its degraded products such as tannin and humic acids is the main reason causing the aerobically-treated palm oil mill effluent (AT-POME) to display colour at the point of discharge. In this work, ...

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• Extraction of Acetaminophen from Aqueous Solution by Emulsion Liquid Membrane Using Taylor-Couette Column 

  Zaulkiflee, N. D؛ Shah Buddin, M. M. H؛ Ahmad, A. L (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2018-08-01)

  A study on the extraction of Acetaminophen (ACTP) which is also known as paracetamol, from aqueous solution by emulsion liquid membrane process using Taylor-Couette Column (TCC) was investigated. An ELM consists of three ...

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• The Coating Effect of PANI/Silver on Performance of Polysulfone Membrane Toward Protein Separation 

  Rashid, A. Q. A؛ Harun, Z؛ Yunos, M. Z؛ Ahma, A؛ Ahamd, R. A. R؛ Azhar, F. H (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2018-08-01)

  The effects of different coating time of PANI/Silver onto polysulfone (PSf) membrane surface were investigated based on the morphology, contact angle, surface roughness and rejection towards BSA, pepsin and trypsin. The ...

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• D2EHPA-Sulfuric Acid System for Simultaneous Extraction and Recovery of Nickel Ions via Supported Liquid Membrane Process 

  Othman, N؛ Sulaiman, R. N. R؛ Daud, M. H. A (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2018-08-01)

  This research addresses the extraction and recovery of nickel ions from real electroplating wastewater using SLM process. The process involves three main phase system which are feed, organic and stripping phase. The feed ...

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• CO2 Selective Carbon Tubular Membrane: The Effect of Stabilization Temperature on BTDA-TDI/MDI P84 Co-polyimide 

  Sazali, N.؛ Salleh, W. N. W.؛ Ismail, A. F.؛ Ismail, N. H.؛ Sokri, M. N. M.؛ Nordin, N. A. H. M. (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2018-08-01)

  Membranes offer remarkable attributes such as possessing small equipment footprints, having high efficiency and are environmentally friendly, with carbon membranes progressively investigated for gas separation applications. ...

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• Adsorptive Removal of Cr(VI) and Cu(II) Ions from Water Solution using Graphene Oxide-Manganese Ferrite (GMF) Nanomaterials 

  Shahrin, S؛ Lau, W. J؛ Goh, P. S؛ Jaafar, J؛ Ismail, A. F (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2018-08-01)

  Chromium (Cr) and copper (Cu) are heavy metals known for their dangerous effect towards human health and could enter into human body mainly through ingestion. Over the years, different treatment methods have been used to ...

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• Improving Hydrophilicity of Polyethersulfone Membrane Using Silver Nanoparticles for Humic Substances Removal 

  Wai, K. P؛ Koo, C. H؛ Chong, W. C؛ Lai, S. O؛ Pang, Y. L (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2018-08-01)

  Silver-impregnated membrane was facilely prepared by ex situ silver nanoparticles (NPs) blending method using polyethersulfone (PES) as the base polymer. A total of three membranes [F1(S0), F2(S0.5) and F3(S2.0)] were ...

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• Prospect of Emission Reduction Standard for Sustainable Port Equipment Electrification 

  Jonathan, Y. C. E.؛ Kader, S. B. A. (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2018-08-01)

  Despite efficient carbon monitoring system and the commercialization of battery technology for intra-port transportation, port management are found not adopting these environmental yet costly equipments. Port authority who ...

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• Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Two Different Traditional Hand-Baking Flatbread Bakery Units in Kashan, Iran 

  Sadripour, S؛ Estajloo, M؛ Hashemi, S. A؛ Adibi, M (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2018-08-01)

  In present study, experimental measurements and mathematical modeling were employed to investigate the different parameters, such as temperature of different parts of oven, natural gas consumption, flue gases temperature ...

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• Inhibitory Effects of Swietenia Mahagoni Seeds Extract on Α-Glucosidase and Α-amylase 

  Md Norodin, N. S.؛ Md Salleh, L.؛ Yusof, N؛ Mustapha, N. M؛ Kamarulzaman, F؛ Mohamed Zahari, M. A؛ Bakeri, N. A (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2018-08-01)

  This study analyzed the inhibition activity of Swietenia mahagoni seeds extract on α-glucosidase and α-amylase enzymes inhibition assays.  Swietenia mahagoni seeds were extracted by using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide ...

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• Synthesis and Characterization of CaO-TiO2 for Transesterification of Vegetable Palm Oil 

  Mohamad, M؛ Ngadi, N؛ Wong, S؛ Yahya, N. Y؛ Inuwa, I. M؛ Lani, N. S (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2018-08-01)

  This study explores the potential of titanium oxide impregnated on calcium oxide (CaO-TiO2) as catalyst in transesterification of vegetable palm oil (VPO) to produce biodiesel. The biodiesel yield increased with catalyst ...

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• Biodiesel Production via Transesterification of Low Grade Cooking Oil over Heterostructure Nano Particles of Ni/Mg/Al2O3 Catalyst 

  Kamal, N. M؛ Bakar, W. A. W. A؛ Toemen, S؛ Ali, R (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2018-08-01)

  Biodiesel which were synthesis from transesterification reaction in the present of heterogeneous base catalyst has been intensively studied over the last decades. This catalyst has an excellent result in producing high ...

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• Fabrication of Gelatin Scaffolds Using Thermally Induced Phase Separation Technique 

  Sultana, N؛ Hassan, M. I؛ Ridzuan, N؛ Ibrahim, Z؛ Soon, C. F (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2018-08-01)

  Gelatin is considered as a partially degraded product of collagen and it is a biodegradable polymer which can be used to produce scaffolds for tissue engineering. Three-dimensional, porous gelatin scaffolds were fabricated ...

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• Comparative Studies on Ultrasound Pre-treated Peanut Husk Powder and Ultrasound Simultaneous Process on Heavy Metal Adsorption 

  Low, S. K؛ Tan, M. C؛ Chin, N. L؛ Tan, K. W (Materials and Energy Research Center, 2018-08-01)

  The removal of copper (II) ion by using ultrasound pre-treatment to increase the pores structure and surface area on peanut husk powder via direct sonication (ultrasound probe) and indirect ultrasound (ultrasound bath) at ...

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