25 articles in this issue
Iqbal Khalaf Erabee, Amimul Ahsan, Abid Wahid Zularisam, Syazwani Idrus, Nik Norsyahariati Nik Daud, Thirugnanasambantham Arunkumar, Ravishankar Sathyamurthy, Aiman Eid Al-Rawajfeh
This study aimed to use sago palm bark to formulate a new adsorbent activated carbon (AC) contains highly surface area through physicochemical method via ZnCl2 activation. Conduction of the activation process was performed at varying impregnation ratios (... see more
Muhammad Irsyad, Yuli S. Indartono, Ari D. Pasek, Willy Adriansyah
One of the efforts in minimizing energy consumption chiller type air conditioning system is the use of phase changing material in secondary refrigerant. Secondary refrigerant functions to obtain heat from the air to cool a room and to release heat in chil... see more
Kamol Rodyou, Sirirat Rengpipat, Mana Sriyudthsak
The efficiency of microbial fuel cell (MFC) performance depends on the competence of microorganisms on being an essential role in primarily converting organic compound into electricity. In this study, the possibility of using electrical current to select ... see more
Eduarda Moreira Nascimento, Júnio Damasceno de Souza
The search for sustainability permeates present-day society, seeking new ways of development that combine the economic, social, and environmental sectors. The energy segment has an important role with regard to the change of developmental models. Hybrid m... see more
Kimthet Chhouk, Wahyudiono Wahyudiono, Hideki Kanda, Motonobu Goto
Recently, ultrasound assisted supercritical fluid is used for extraction the valuable compounds from a number of plant materials as an alternative to conventional method because it can enhance the extraction rate and yield. Curcumin is an important compon... see more
Kebsiri Manusilp, David Banjerdpongchai
This paper presents analysis of the multi-objective optimal operation of designed BEMS which contains cogeneration or combined heat and power (CHP) and thermal energy storage (TES) as energy sources. The previously designed BEMS consists of CHP as the mai... see more
Chutimon Satirapipatkul, Wiboonluk Pungrasmi, Kasidit Nootong, Thanaporn Wannachod
Cultivation of recently identified Gluconobacter nephelii to produce 1,3-dihydroxyacetone (DHA) was conducted using the growth medium containing the external nitrogen source from agro-industrial wastes. Cell cultivation in 250 mL glass flasks using ... see more
Tul Suthiprasert, Tanes Limpurimongkol, Sirichai Jirawongnuson, Tanet Aroonsrisopon, Ekathai Wirojsakunchai
A Diesel Dual Fuel (DDF) engine is an adapted diesel engine that uses natural gas and diesel fuel as the energy source at the same time. Natural gas is mixed with air at the intake manifold while diesel fuel is injected into the combustion chamber directl... see more
Nutthanun Keerlatiyadatanapat, Thanarath Sriveerakul, Nat Suvarnakuta, Kulachate Pianthong
In this research, performance of a hybrid compressor and ejector refrigeration system for automotive air conditioning application was investigated theoretically and experimentally. Mathematical modeling integrated the 1-dimensional analysis of ejector wit... see more
Chittin Tangthieng
The GHG inventory from the cement sector in Thailand is analyzed by using the CSI protocol. The data are provided by five participated cement industries in the country starting from the year 2001 to 2014. The key performance indices corresponding to the G... see more
Gholam Ali Shafabakhsh, Masoud Vafaei, Nadia Amiri, Afshin Famili
In this paper, to analyze the Jointed Plain Concrete Pavement (JPCP), a 3-D dynamic model of the pavement was modeled using ABAQUS. Moving load with different speed and interaction between the Dowel bar and concrete has been considered in this research. T... see more
Rinrada Jiravanstit, Wipawee Tharmmaphornphilas
In terms of maintenance, parts must be maintained to satisfy operating conditions. Although, maintenance is costly and unprofitable, it is indispensable. Thus, reducing maintenance costs without reducing maintenance is one of the critical issues. Since ma... see more
Noppadon Jokkaw, Pramual Suteecharuwat, Peechanut Weerawetwat
According to the information of accidents, fall from height makes the highest death of construction workers. Nowadays, the design standards of fall protection system, e.g., guardrail have not considered workers’ feelings. However, workers’ feelings such a... see more
Pusit Suriyavejwongs, Ekachai Leelarasmee, Wanchalerm Pora
Two pixel sensors, namely active pixel sensor (APS) and pseudo-active pixel sensor (PAPS), are reviewed to show that APS suffers from dark current while PAPS suffers from leakage current. Then a new pixel sensor called zero bias pixel sensor (ZBPS) ... see more
Khanittha Chaibandit, Supasit Konyai, Donald C. Slack
This paper aims to present the three kinds of water footprint of sugarcane in eastern Thailand. The water footprints of sugarcane were assessed as the volume of yield in water per product unit (m3/ton). Because of, sugarcane is an important crop in Thaila... see more
Withit Chatlatanagulchai, Sirichai Nithi-uthai, Pisit Intarawirat
Input shaping technique can be used to suppress residual vibration, occurring from moving rapidly a flexible system from one point to another point. An input shaping filter produces a shaped input signal that avoids exciting the flexible modes of the flex... see more
Chakrit Suvanjumrat
The open source code software (OpenFOAM) was applied to simulate the thermal convection of airflow. The fresh inlet airflow past a circular cylindrical heater through the variable cross-section duct by the centrifugal fan had been employed to study the th... see more
Jyoti Agarwal, Sanjay Kumar Dubey, Rajdev Tiwari
Increasing demand of rapid and cost effective development of software system has increased the demand of Component Based Software Engineering (CBSE). In CBSE, software system is developed by using existing components. These components can be in-house comp... see more
Nart Sooksil, Vacharapoom Benjaoran
Most construction workers’ behaviors are shaped by task objective constraints and their capability during the operation. This research describes the construction workers’ behaviors are an interaction between the task demand and the worker capability. The ... see more
Noppakorn Phuraya, Isaratat Phung-on, Jongkol Srithorn
An accelerated creep test was implemented to study the effects of heat treatment on the creep properties of INCONEL 617. Three heat treatment conditions were set on the test specimens, including 1) as-received, 2) aged as the simulation of service conditi... see more
Abbas Naderpour, Javad Majrouhi Sardroud, Masood Mofid
Time management can be effective in a project when the project schedule is based on comprehensive time scheduling. In the industries with complicated processes, many uncertainties and risks affect the timing of projects. Considering the very low reliabili... see more
Thilantha Dammalage, D. N. De Silva, Chalermchon Satirapod
Satellite-Based Augmentation Systems (SBAS) are being developed worldwide due to their unique advantage of wide area coverage. GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) is an Indian implementation of SBAS, with three (03) geo stationary satellites in spa... see more
Kritsada Saensomboon, Boonchai Sangpetngam
Image processing (IP) techniques have recently been applied in the field of asphalt materials to help identify aggregate particles and measure their geometrical information based on sectional images of the material. This study examined IP techniques to im... see more
Sabah K. Hussein
In this work an investigation to the temperature distribution during the stud arc welding process by building a thermal finite element (FE) model with the aid of Comsol- program was conducted. Also, an optimization to the ultimate applied torque of the we... see more
Rosy Pradhan, Santosh Kumar Majhi, Jatin Kumar Pradhan, Bibhuti Bhusan Pati
This paper considers the design and performance evaluation of PID controller for an automobile cruise control system (ACCS). A linearized model of the cruise control system has been studied as per the dominant characteristics in closed loop system. The de... see more