Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Separation Technology 2020 (ICoST 2020)
40 articles
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Synergistic Formulation for Turquoise Blue Dye Extraction Using Mixed Trioctylamine/Cyanex 302 in Liquid-Liquid Extraction System
Norela Jusoh, Norasikin Othman, Nurfarahin Mohd Amin, Raja Norimie Raja Sulaiman, Norul Fatiha Mohamed Noah, Syahira Nurulashikin, Muhammad Abbas Ahmad Zaini
This study presents the synergistic liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) of turquoise blue dye through the formulation of synergist extractants in the organic liquid phase, their extraction mechanism, as well as the selection of the best stripping agent. The results showed that a single extractant provides...
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Efficient Delignification of Pineapple Waste by Low-Pressure Steam Heating Pre-Treatment
Norhafiza Nordin, Rosli Md Illias, Nor Hasmaliana Abdul Manas, Aizi Nor Mazila Ramli, Nur Izyan Wan Azelee
Fermentable sugars synthesized from pineapple waste (PW) biomass can be potentially used to supplement increasing demand for the application in fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, cosmetics, and many more. To produce fermentable sugars, pre-treatment process is required to break the complex...
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Comparative Study on Bioactive Constituents and Extraction Procedure of Malaysian Medicinal Plants: A Review
Hasmida Mohd-Nasir, Zarith Asyikin Abdul Aziz, Wong Lee Peng, Siti Hamidah Mohd-Setapar
This article aims to provide an overview on bioactive constituents and extraction procedure used of Malaysian medicinal plants. Search on the electronic databases including “ScienceDirect’, ‘Scopus, and ‘Web of Science’ was done based on related keywords, ‘Malaysia’,’ medicinal plant’ and ‘extraction...
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Effect of Process Parameters on the Production of Cyclodextrin Using Cyclodextrin Glucanotransferase From Bacillus licheniformis
R. C. Man, S. Selvanathan, S. M. Shaarani, Z. I. M. Arshad, S. K. A. Mudalip, S. Z. Sulaiman
Cyclodextrin (CD) is a non-reducing oligosaccharides constituted by variable number of units of glucose. CD has a doughnut-shaped molecule with hydrophilic outer surface and hydrophobic inner cavity. Such structure features enables CD to form inclusion complexes with guest compound. CD is produced by...
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Central Luconia Carbonate Build-Ups: A Review and Future Outlook
Adeleke Teslim Oyediran, Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed Salim, Abd Al-Salam Abduh Saeed Almasgari
It is known that carbonate reservoirs account for about half of the world’s oil and gas reserves but not many have been put to production. In Central Luconia, Offshore Sarawak, Malaysia for example, there are about 200-250 known carbonate buildups that can account for between 40-70% of the country’s...
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Sonication Technique Application on Cellulose Producing Bacteria Acetobacter xylinum
Muhamad Elias Alamin Kamaludin, Ida Idayu Muhamad, Saiful Izwan Abd Razak
Cellulose is abundantly obtained from plant however the main drawback it has to be extracted from its source and purified by chemical separation process to remove the hemicellulose and lignin. Certain bacteria such as Acetobacter xylinum produce cellulose during fermentation process. This technique is...
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Valuation of Industrial Water Quality on Coconut Composite as Filter Media
Sazali Said, Iqbal Adnan, Norisha Shabri, Ahmad Syafiq, Shafiq Azman, Shahrizan Yusoff
Deterioration of surface water quality is the effect of anthropogenic activities in research areas due to rapid industrialization. The study was conducted to determine the spatial variation of the water quality of the industrial water effluent following the Malaysian National Quality Standard (MNQS)....
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Saponins Rich Fractions From Eurycoma longifolia Extract
Abirame Segaran, Lee Suan Chua
Eurycoma longifolia which is a renowned folk medicinal herb in South East Asia is rich in saponins. This study investigated the different extraction and fractionation techniques of saponins from the roots of the plant. Organic solvents such as acetone and ethyl acetate were used to precipitate and partition...
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Solvent Partition for Terpenoid Rich Fraction From Crude Extract of Eurycoma longifolia
Nurul Izzati Mohd Ismail, Lee Suan Chua
The root of Eurycoma longifolia or locally called as Tongkat Ali contains numerous health benefits, mainly due to the bioactive compounds. The main compound of interest is from the group of quassinoids which is also known as degraded triterpenoids such as eurycomanone, eurycomalactone, longilactone,...
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Concentration of Cucumber Juice Using Progressive Freeze Concentration for Total Phenolic Content Increment
Nur Nabilah Hanani Mohd Rosdi, Norshafika Yahya, Zaki Yamani Zakaria, Roshanida A. Rahman, Mazura Jusoh
Concentration process of cucumber juice is an essential step in cucumber extracts and juice production in the industry in order to minimise the volume and weight for storage and handling purposes besides to keep the quality of the products. Enriching total phenolic content (TPC) in cucumber juice that...
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Wound Healing and Antioxidant Activities of Swietenia Macrophylla Seed and Syzygium Aromaticum Bud
Nur Alaina Baharom, Nur Salsabila Md Norodin, Mohamad Khairul Hafiz Idris, Mohd Amzar Mohamed Zahari, Liza Md Salleh
This study analysed the wound healing and antioxidant activities of Swietenia macrophylla seed and Syzygium aromaticum bud. The antioxidant activity of Swietenia macrophylla seed and Syzygium aromaticum bud were determined using diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging assay. The cytotoxicity activity...
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Application of Natural Starch Coagulant Followed by Membrane Filtration for the Elimination of Color From Stabilized Leachate
Zaber Ahmed, Mohd Suffian Yusoff, N.H Mokhtar Kamal, Hamidi Abdul Aziz
The existence of humic substances is the key factor for antagonistic coloration of stabilized landfill leachate, which is a remarkable pollutant parameter. To examine the performance of natural starch from oil palm trunk (OPTS) like a coagulant is the focus of the current study, for the removal of color...
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Metals Hydroxide Activation of Casuarina Empty Fruit for Methylene Blue and Congo Red Removal
Fadina Amran, Muhammad Abbas Ahmad Zaini, Asmadi Ali
Casuarina equisetifolia empty fruit has been utilized as activated carbon material because it is abundantly available in nature. The fruit was activated by metals hydroxide, namely potassium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide for dyes adsorption. The present work was aimed to evaluate the adsorption properties...
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Effect of Pretreatment of Carbon Black Derived From Pyrolysis Waste Tire on Adsorption of Ammonium Ion in Aqueous Solution
Nurul Balqis Mohamed, Norzita Ngadi, Khairudin Ahmad, Saat Talib, Anwar Johari, Agus Arsad, Syieluing Wong
Ammonium ion is an common pollutant which exist in municipal sewage, fertilizer plant discharge and agriculture wastewater. This study aims to investigate the potential of carbon black (from pyrolysis of tire waste) and modified carbon black on the adsorption of ammonium ion in aqueous solution. The...
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Optimally Efficient Biodiesel Conversion From Used Cooking Oil by Zeolite Supported Calcium Oxide Catalyst
Nurul Saadiah Lani, Norzita Ngadi, Roshanida A. Rahman, Zaki Yamani Zakaria, Agus Arsad, Mimi Haryani Hassim
Biodiesel is conventionally catalyzed by homogeneous catalyst such as sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide, which possesses several disadvantages as they are difficult to separate from biodiesel products and require a multiple neutralization step. Therefore, the usage and development of heterogeneous...
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Screening Factors Influencing Adsorption of Methylene Blue Aqueous Solution Onto Immobilized Glycerine Pitch/Sodium Alginate Beads
Amir Asyraf Nasarudin, Norzita Ngadi, Noorhalieza Ali, Roshanida A. Rahman, Aziatul Niza Sadikin, Nor Adha Omar
Methylene blue (MB) as a basic dye usually found in coloring usage industries can cause several injuries to human health and body. The current trend of treating MB is by using several wastewater treating techniques and adsorption technology. However, adsorption technology was considered to be efficient...
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Deep Eutectic Solvents as the New Norm for Oil and Gas Industry: A Mini Review
Vinayagam Sivabalan, Jai Krishna Sahith, Bhajan Lal
As the new type of green solvents, Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) might be the key to a better future. This mini review presents a brief discussion on the applications of DESs especially in oil and gas sector published in the past half a decade. Several reviews made on applications of DESs in different...
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Investigation of CO2 Hydrate Formation in the presence of Gasoline
S. Jai Krishna Sahith, Vinayagam Sivabalan, Srinivasa Rao Pedapati, Bhajan Lal
In this research, an experimental investigation was carried out in the existence of gasoline on the Carbon Dioxide hydrate. This was done to replicate or Understanding the development of gas hydrates in multi-phase transmission pipelines. The experiments are conducted in a Rocking cell Gas hydrate reactor,...
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Adsorptive Removal of Acetylsalicylic Acid in Wastewater Onto Crosslinked-Chitosan
Abu Hassan Nordin, Norzita Ngadi, Noor Fathiah Haziqah Othman, Nurul Afiza Razali, Walid Nabgan, Muhd Nazrul Hisham Zainal Alam, Syieluing Wong, Er Hong An
The detection of pharmaceutical such as acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) in water bodies has gained a great concern due to causing adverse effects on the environment. This study aims to explore the potential of magnetic crosslinked-chitosan (MACsorb) adsorbent in the removal of ASA. In the adsorbent synthesis...
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CO2 Transportation via Hydrates and Liquefaction: Technical Analysis and Comparison
Manvindeep Kaur, Jai Krishna Sahith, Vinayagam Sivabalan, Bhajan Lal
Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS), has been deemed an essential component for climate change mitigation. Commercialization of CCUS requires an efficient transportation method of the captured carbon dioxide (CO2). Previous works have investigated the technological aspects for conventional...
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Black Box Modelling and Simulating the Dynamic Indoor Air Temperature of a Laboratory Using the Continuous-Time Transfer Function Model
Shamsul Faisal Mohd Hussein, Noor Bazila Sharifmuddin, Mohd. Fitri Alif Mohd. Kasai, Abdulqader Omar Al-Rabeei, Amrul Faruq, Siti Munirah Zulkapli, Noorazizi Mohd Samsuddin, Sheikh Ahmad Zaki Shaikh Salim, Shahrum Shah Abdullah
The air conditioner is one of the devices that uses a high amount of electricity – more electricity consumption means more heat and greenhouse gases emitted to the environment if the electricity is generated by fossil fuel sources such as coal, diesel, natural gas etc. Energy-efficient control algorithms...
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Oil Removal From Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) by Using Kenaf Core (Hibiscus Cannabinus)
Nor Halaliza Alias, Luqman Chuah Abdullah, Thomas Choong Shean Yaw, Siti Nurul Ain Md Jamil, Ahmad Jaril Asis, Nur Haziqah Rusli
Increasing attention on the environmental issue especially the wastewater from the palm oil mill effluent (POME) has become one of the great concern to many researchers. The excessive amount of untreated POME may cause the reduction of oxygen and sunlight in the water, which in turn affects the aquatic...
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Effect Bed Height on Adsorption of Cu(II) by Using Corncob Based Activated Carbon
Mohamad Firdaus Mohamad Yusop, Mohd Azmier Ahmad, Nasehir Khan E.M. Yahaya, Jamilah Karim, Muhammad Azroie Mohamed Yusoff, Noor Haza Fazlin Hashim, Nor Salmi Abdullah
A variety of toxic and harmful matters contribute to the severe impacts of water sources. Toxic pollutant such as heavy metals tend to deteriorate the environment vigorously due to its mobility. In this study, corncob based activated carbon (CCAC) was prepared for Cu (II) adsorption from aqueous solution....
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The Development of Indoor Air Quality Pre-Assessment Tool for Determining Risk Level at Pre-School Building
M.A.A. Rahman, M. Awang, M.K. Musa, M.S.S. Mustafa, N. Hamidon, M.H. Khamidun, N. Hashim, F. Ahmad
A tool is constructed for Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) pre-assessment of pre-school buildings on the basis of a methodology that incorporates structured expert judgment and analytic hierarchy process (AHP). The tool calculates the level of indoor air pollutants such as Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Carbon Monoxide...
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Factors Contributing to Carbon Emission in Construction Activity
Nadzirah Zainordin, Dhuny Bibi Fatimah Zahra
The construction industry has become one of the world’s biggest carbon emitter with the rapid urbanization process and rapid economic growth. It is actually believed that the built environment is a major contributor to a nation’s carbon emissions. The carbon emissions connected with the built environment...
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Future Flood Forecasting in Bukit Merah Using HEC-HMS Software
Nuramidah Hamidon, Chin Jun Hong, Mariah Awang, Mohammad Ashraf Abdul Rahman, Faridahanim Ahmad, Kamaruzaman Musa, Fatimah Mohamed Yusof, Suraya Hani Adnan, Mohd Syafiq Syazwan Mustafa
Flood has occurred many times in Malaysia and it has greatly affected the residents that live in flood risk area such as Bukit Merah. Due to the climate change and land use changes issues, the flood and drought events seem to be occurred more frequently in larger scale in Bukit Merah. Therefore, the...
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Advancement in Gas Hydrate Water Based Produced Water Desalination: An Overview
Sirisha Nallakukkala, Zamzila Kassim, Nurzatil Aqmar Othman, Bhajan Lal
In the petroleum industry, produced water is regarded as the significant waste stream that constitutes a comparatively higher fraction of hydrocarbons, heavy metal ions & various contaminants. Because of the minimal quantity of freshwater, there is a need to investigate other resources. Using produced...
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Synthesizing Green Chitosan-Magnetic Composite Particles From Fenneropenaeus indicus sp. for Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) Pre-Treatment
Veknesh Arumugam, Muhammad Heikal Ismail
Biodegradable materials have attracted the industry with the increasingly global trend of biopolymers of low toxicity and durability. Chitosan is a high molecular weight and charging density naturally organic polyelectrolyte (biopolymer), which is obtained from chitin’s de-acetylation from the crustaceans...
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Application of Recycled Fish Wastes for the Recovery of Struvite Fertilizer From Actual Landfill Leachate
Nur Zulaikha Yaakub, Mohamad Darwish, Khalida Muda, Azmi Aris, Mohamed Zuhaili Mohamed Najib
The crystallization of struvite (MgNH4PO4.6H2O) is known as an effective way for recovering nutrients from landfill leachate (LL). Recently, several studies have been done to examine nonconventional sources of phosphorus, in order to improve the applicability of struvite technology. This study aimed...
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Breakthrough Analysis of Empty Fruit Bunch-Based Hydrogel Biochar Composite (EFB-HBC) for Hydrogen Sulphide (H2S) Adsorption Study Removal
Nik Muhammad Faisal Mat Yasin, Nor Hidayah Meri, Norhayati Talib, Wan Azlina Wan Abdul Karim Ghani, Zulkifli Abdul Rashid, Azil Bahari Alias
Hydrogen sulphide (H2S) is always present in biogas, and causes odours, corrosiveness, and sulphur emissions when the gas is burned. It is used regularly in internal combustion engines, turbines or fuel cells, the removal of hydrogen sulphide from biogas is required to protect the equipment. More importantly,...
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A Review of Production, Properties and Application in Scavenging of Dyes of Biochar
Yeo Shi Hao, Helen Kong, Muhammad Abbas Ahmad Zaini, Mohd Azizi Che Yunus
Biochar is a charcoal that produce from biomass feedstock and act as promising agent for many application such as wastewater treatment, energy production, soil amendment and gas storage. This review summarizes recent research development on production, properties and application of biochar. This review...
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Optimization of Chemical Activation Conditions for Activated Carbon From Coconut Shell Using Response Surface Methodology (RSM) and Its Ability to Adsorb CO2
Nur Afiqah Anuwar, Putri Faizura Megat Khamaruddin
Coconut shell was used as a precursor to prepare activated carbon using potassium hydroxide (KOH) as a chemical activating agent for carbon dioxide (CO2) adsorption at ambient conditions. The purpose of this study was to determine the optimum activation parameters of the activated carbon using Response...
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Application of Gas Hydrate Based Technique in Wastewater Treatment - A Mini Review
Adeel ur Rehman, Dzulkarnain B Zaini, Bhajan Lal
Worldwide economic growth, professional and domestic lifestyle and the ecosystem are affected by a lack of fresh water supplies. Oceans are the 97% part of earth’s crust, due to increasing demand of growing industrialization and population it has become an important source of freshwater over the last...
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High Pressure CO2-Assisted Extraction for Rapid Phenolic Isolation: A Brief on Recent Progress and Its Future Direction
Zul Aiman Mohd Ismuil, Mohd Azizi Che Yunus, Md Maniruzzaman A. Aziz, Syed Anuar Faua’ad Syed Muhammad
Phenolics are bioactive compounds produced in plants, which are primarily associated with plants defense mechanisms. The compounds possessed antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties which exert favourable effects on human health. However in order to achieve the benefit, the phenolics need to be isolated...
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Cenozoic Stratigraphy, Sedimentation and Tectonic Setting, Onshore Peninsular Malaysia: A Review
Sani Ado Kasim, Mohd Suhaili Ismail, Ahmad Mohamed Salim
Cenozoic sediments in Peninsular Malaysia occur along the western and eastern part of the Peninsular as onshore basins and in the South China Sea and the Straits of Malacca as offshore basins. The study is about reviewing the stratigraphy, sedimentation and tectonic pattern of the onshore Cenozoic basins/sediments,...
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Coconut Coir Mat for Slope Vegetation
A. Jaafar, M.F.A. Rahman, M.L.A. Jeni, M.H. Osman, Z. Awang, M.S. Abdullah, T.N.H.T. Ismail, M.E. Sanik
Soil erosion is a common challenge faced by geotechnical engineers, occurrings naturally in the environment due to wind, water, and gravity. The loss of soil from the land surface can be detrimental to both terrestrial and aquatic environments by depleting nutrients, increasing runoff and affecting aquatic...
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Sulfonated Activated Sugarcane Bagasse as Heterogeneous Catalyst for Biodiesel Production From Waste Cooking Oil via Microwave Irradiation
Muhammad Hamza Nazir, Muhammad Ayoub, Rashid B Shamsuddin, Imtisal Zahid, Zulqarnain
In the last decade, high consumption of fossil fuels has led to a serious energy crisis because of the increased energy demand for industrialization and modernization. It caused many environmental concerns because of the greenhouse gas emission along with energy security issues. These fossil fuels resources...
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Glycerol Derivatives as Fuel Additive: Synthesis of Solketal From Glycerol and Acetone With Various Acid Clay Catalysts
Imtisal Zahid, Muhammad Ayoub, Bawadi B. Abdullah, Muhammad Hamza Nazir, Zulqarnain
Currently, the huge bulk of glycerol formed during biodiesel production as a by-product offered an abundant and low-cost feedstock. Researchers have shown a growing interest in using glycerol as a sustainable feedstock to produce functional chemicals. In this work, ketalization of glycerol using acetone...
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Synthesis and Characterization of Hybrid Alginate/Cellulose Aerogels as Drug Delivery Carrier
Siti Hajar Zolkepli, Ana Najwa Mustapa, Angel Martin Martinez, Maria Jose Cocero
Technology of material development on drug delivery system has expanded vastly nowadays. The potential of alginate and carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) as drug delivery carrier is presented. The alginate and CMC was prepared as hybrid hydrogels via sol-gel method and dried by supercritical CO2 and at ambient...
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Batch Adsorptive Removal of Btex From Aqueous Solution: A Review
Helen Kong, Hanapi Mat, Mohd Azizi Che Yunus
This study performs a review of the adsorptive removal of volatile organic compounds such as benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene (BTEX) from various industrial wastewaters. The literature has been reviewed in accordance with a variety of adsorbents that have been applied in BTEX removal based on...