12 articles in this issue
Wiwut Tanthapanichakoon, Hajime Tamon, Kyuya Nakagawa, Tawatchai Charinpanitkul
Ice-templating is a simple, practical kind of template synthesis which consists of sol-gel polycondensation, unidirectional freezing of hydrosols or hydrogels, and pore-preserving drying method, such as freeze drying, thereby resulting in desirable porous... see more
Weerin Wangjiraniran, Raksanai Nidhiritdhikrai, Bundhit Eua-Arporn
The objective of this study is to explore the possible scenarios under the constraint of nuclear and coal-fired power development. In addition, the consequence on the overall cost, greenhouse gas and diversification index of Thailand power generation syst... see more
Shamsun Nahar, M. A. Khan, R. A. Khan, E. C. B. Abdullah, M. J. H. Khan, R. Islam, F. Karim, M. Rahman, A. Rahman, A. A. Mahmood, A. K. Deb, U. H. B. Nahar
Among all the natural fiber, leather fiber is one of the animal fibers which is bearing hydrophilic and hydrophobic functional group. Leather is tanned with different types of chemicals and scraped crust leather containing chemical are coming from the lea... see more
Getkaew Pansamut, Tawatchai Charinpanitkul, Achariya Suriyawong
Humic acid is commonly found in natural water as it is one of the by-products from decomposition of plants and animal residues. In a conventional water treatment process, which chlorine is common used as a disinfectant, the presence of humic acid could le... see more
Ekrachan Chaichana, Somsakun Pathomsap, Takeshi Shiono, Bunjerd Jongsomjit
Nano-TiO2 and its modification with gallium (nano-TiO2-Ga) and zirconium (nano-TiO2-Zr) were used here as nanofillers in production of linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE). The nanoparticles were immobilized by modified-methyl aluminoxane (MMAO) to be ... see more
Foued Chabane, Noureddine Moummi, Said Benramache, Djamel Bensahal, Okba Belahssen
This paper presents the study of heat transfer in a solar air heater by using new design of solar collector. The collector efficiency in a single pass of solar air heater without, and with using fins attached under the absorbing plate has been investigate... see more
Sperisa Distantina, Rochmadi Rochmadi, Mohammad Fahrurrozi, Wiratni Wiratni
Glutaraldehyde-crosslinked kappa carrageenan hydrogel was prepared using glutaraldehyde (GA) as the crosslinking agent. Kappa carrageenan film obtained from extraction of Kappaphycus alvarezii seaweed was immersed in GA solution (1 - 5 wt%) for 2 min and ... see more
Hooi Sim Yeoh, Gun Hean Chong, Norazinan Mohd Azahan, Russly Abdul Rahman, Thomas Shean Yaw Choong
Supercritical fluids technology (SFT) is gaining significance application in the field of food and drug processing. Since supercritical fluid possess dual characteristic of gas and liquid, it exhibits outstanding extraction features such as high penetrati... see more
Sunday Ayoola Oke
A comprehensive review of the Quality Function Deployment (QFD) literature is made using extensive survey as a methodology. The most important results of the study are: (i) QFD modelling and applications are one-sided; prioritisation of technical attribut... see more
Peng Zhao, Guoquan Tan
In recent years, cloud computing services and virtualization technology have been widely used. Virtualization requires the access to underlying resources to go through a virtualization layer, which reduces the operation efficiency, especially the access t... see more
Sabur Ajibola Alim, Nahrul Khair B. Alang Md. Rashid, Md. Mozasser Rahman
The level crossing (LX) or railway crossing being an intersection between a public road and a railway line, can be controlled actively or passively. Sound recognition can be used to actively control a level crossing. A system is proposed in this study for... see more
Soamsiri Chantaraskul
In the pass years, IEEE 802.15.4 based Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have received great attention and have been employed in many areas such as inventory checking, local monitoring and alarming etc. One of the key issues affecting WSN's system performan... see more