12 articles in this issue
Kridsada Khammona, Wisitsree Wiyaratn, Weerinda Appamana, Suttichai Assabumrungrat
This paper studies the development of Mn-Na2WO4 catalysts on YSZ support for oxidative coupling of methane reaction. It can be divided into two parts; (1) study in fixed bed reactor (FBR), and (2) study in solid oxide fuel cell reactor (SOFC). In part I, ... see more
Puchong Sri-uam, Chenwit Linthong, Sorawit Powtongsook, Kunn Kungvansaichol, Prasert Pavasant
This work aimed to study the effect of several environmental parameters (light intensity, temperature, and aeration rate) on the accumulation of nutritional components and lutein production in a green microalgae Chlorella sp. It was proven in this work th... see more
Siti Machmudah, Wahyudiono Wahyudiono, Hideki Kanda, Mitsuru Sasaki, Motonobu Goto
Japanese rice straw, an agricultural by-product, was utilized for the extraction of lignin by hot compressed water at temperatures of 443 - 503 K and a pressure of 4.0 MPa using a flow-through system, a simple and environmentally friendly extraction ... see more
Werapong Koedsin, Alfredo Huete
The rubber stand age information is an important variable for determining the distribution of carbon pools and fluxes in rubber plantation ecosystems as well as for production management. This study demonstrates the capability of high spatial resolution s... see more
Siripol Suvunnapob, Borvorn Israngkura Na Ayudhya, Boonsri Kusuktham
Various textile-industrial wastes such as cotton wastes, polyester fibres, lumps and old rags can be a source of energy. Cotton dust seems to be one of the most interesting bio-waste energy sources because its shares of the high heat energy and organic ma... see more
Visoth Sambath Ky, Akhrawat Lenwari, Thaksin Thepchatri
This paper proposes a heuristic algorithm (HA) for the optimum design of steel structures in accordance with all three methods specified in the ANSI/AISC 360-10 "Specification for Structural Steel Buildings". These methods include the direct analysis meth... see more
Somsak Saisinchai, Thitisak Boonpramote, Pinyo Meechumna
Large reserves of feldspar ores exist in the pegmatite veins at Ban Tak district, Tak province. The main impurities of these deposits are muscovite, biotite and garnet which resulted in high Fe-content that does not meet the raw materials specification fo... see more
Hooi Sim Yeoh, Thomas Shean Yaw Choong, Noranizan Mohd Adzahan, Russly Abdul Rahman, Gun Hean Chong
The solubility of camphene and caryophyllene oxide in subcritical and supercritical carbon dioxide were determined using dynamic off-line analysis method. Under subcritical condition, solubility of camphene and caryophyllene oxide were (1.738 to 18.118) ·... see more
Gholamali Shafabakhsh, Hossein Naderpour, Mana Motamedi
Studying the stress, strain and deformation in pavement under traffic loads is one of the most important areas in pavement engineering. Tensile strain in the bottom of asphalt, leads to the most common type of failure (fatigue); therefore, it is an import... see more
Sengottaiyan Thirumurugan, Sivakumar Anandan
Mechanical properties of polymer based concrete exposed to high temperature effects are evaluated in the present study. Concrete mixtures were prepared using SBR (styrene butadiene rubber) latex and reinforced with polypropylene fibres (PP). Latex polymer... see more
Uthai Prasopchingchana, Tul Manewattana
A new scheme applied to the finite volume method for solving the partial differential equations of fluid flow is proposed. The Lagrange interpolating polynomial with a setting of zero for the spatial domain at the cell faces, and the present time at the c... see more
Tawiwan Kangsadan, Thanarak Srisurat, Pattaraporn Kim, Navadol Laosiripojana, Sunisa Jindasuwan, Unalome Wetwatana Hartley
This work studies thermodynamic analysis of hydrogen production via autothermal reforming of palmitic acid. A Gibbs free energy minimization method was applied to analyze thermodynamic of syngas production via oxidative reforming of palmitic acid. Equilib... see more