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View article: Process Feasibility Study of Energy Integrated Distillation Columns Sequence (EIDCS) for NGL Separation Process
Process Feasibility Study of Energy Integrated Distillation Columns Sequence (EIDCS) for NGL Separation Process Open
Distillation is a well-known process in the chemical and petrochemical industries for performing intended separation tasks. However, a common problem with this process is the high energy consumption of multicomponent distillation systems. …
View article: Integration of a spreadsheet software in first year introduction to engineering and seminar course to develop students’ digital skills
Integration of a spreadsheet software in first year introduction to engineering and seminar course to develop students’ digital skills Open
The Introduction to Engineering (ITE) and Industrial Seminar and Profession (ISP) courses conducted at the School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, are integrated courses, which implement the Cooperative Pr…
View article: Constructive alignment in designing 1st year introduction to engineering-industrial seminar and profession integrated course using student centred learning approaches
Constructive alignment in designing 1st year introduction to engineering-industrial seminar and profession integrated course using student centred learning approaches Open
The Introduction to Engineering (ITE) course is designed to stimulate students' passion, strengthen their motivation, as well as enhancing their technical knowledge and relevant professional skills. ITE course is integrated with an Industr…
View article: Refined Palm Oil Product Quality Predictor for Supporting Palm Oil Refinery Energy Management System
Refined Palm Oil Product Quality Predictor for Supporting Palm Oil Refinery Energy Management System Open
As a part of the smart palm oil refining purported to be the factory for the future achieving Industry 4.0 targets, smart quality prediction tools have been developed to minimise current hourly manual sampling practice. The quick and excel…
View article: Quality Prediction Improvement through Adaptive Nonlinear Principal Component Regression
Quality Prediction Improvement through Adaptive Nonlinear Principal Component Regression Open
The purpose of this paper is to present the predictor improvement for the refined palm oil quality based on the adaptive multivariate statistical process control. The time-varying behaviour of the palm oil refinery process has made it diff…
View article: Quality Prediction of Refined, Bleached and Deodorised Palm Oil using Multiple Least Squares Regression
Quality Prediction of Refined, Bleached and Deodorised Palm Oil using Multiple Least Squares Regression Open
The predictive modelling for refined, bleached, and deodorised palm oil (RBDPO) quality was performed with an aim to shape a smart and economically sustainable palm oil refining industry. The aim of this study is to improve the RBDPO predi…
View article: CO2 Capture for Dry Reforming of Natural Gas: Performance and Process Modeling of Calcium Carbonate Looping Using Acid Based CaCO3 Sorbent
CO2 Capture for Dry Reforming of Natural Gas: Performance and Process Modeling of Calcium Carbonate Looping Using Acid Based CaCO3 Sorbent Open
Several industrial activities often result in the emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane (a principal component of natural gas). In order to mitigate the effects of these greenhouse gases, CO 2 can be captured, st…
View article: Natural gas liquid (NGL) distillation process using driving force and thermal pinch analysis methods: Energy and economic assessment
Natural gas liquid (NGL) distillation process using driving force and thermal pinch analysis methods: Energy and economic assessment Open
Distillation column is one of the effective unit operations that is commonly used to separate chemical mixtures. The only drawback of this separation process is its huge energy consumption especially for a multicomponent separation process…
View article: Comparison and improvement of driving force-based distillation columns system designs
Comparison and improvement of driving force-based distillation columns system designs Open
The aim of this paper is to compare two driving force-based approaches for designing distillation column systems. A new methodology intended as a comparison tool is presented, where a distillation column system designed at maximum driving …
View article: Quality prediction and diagnosis of refined palm oil using partial correlation analysis
Quality prediction and diagnosis of refined palm oil using partial correlation analysis Open
Regression technique such as partial correlation analysis has been widely used as tool of prediction in business, finance and biomedical field. However, the application of predictive analysis in chemical process, specifically palm oil refi…
View article: Control and energy analyses of a driving force-based aromatic mixture distillation columns sequence
Control and energy analyses of a driving force-based aromatic mixture distillation columns sequence Open
To minimize the energy usage of distillation systems, past researchers have developed algorithms that exploit the driving force of distillation, which is the difference in vapour and liquid fractions due to relative volatilities. So far, l…
View article: Thermogravimetric Kinetics of Catalytic Pyrolysis of Sugarcane Bagasse over Nickel-Cerium/HZSM-5 Catalyst
Thermogravimetric Kinetics of Catalytic Pyrolysis of Sugarcane Bagasse over Nickel-Cerium/HZSM-5 Catalyst Open
The objective of this research is to investigate the performance of Nickel-Cerium/HZSM-5 catalyst on pyrolysis of sugarcane bagasse and kinetic analysis via thermogravimetric analyzer.The sample is pyrolyzed from 30 to 700 °C at multiple h…
View article: Moving Windows Prediction of Refined, Bleached and Deodorized Palm Oil Quality Using Multiple Least Squares and Partial Least Squares Regressions
Moving Windows Prediction of Refined, Bleached and Deodorized Palm Oil Quality Using Multiple Least Squares and Partial Least Squares Regressions Open
With the goal of shaping a smart, economically-sustainable palm oil refining industry, this paper aims to improve the prediction modelling of Refined, Bleached and Deodorized Palm Oil (RBDPO) quality for early quality fault detection and r…
View article: Natural gas liquid (NGL) distillation process using driving force and thermal pinch analysis methods: Energy and economic assessment / Munawar Zaman Shahruddin ... [et al.]
Natural gas liquid (NGL) distillation process using driving force and thermal pinch analysis methods: Energy and economic assessment / Munawar Zaman Shahruddin ... [et al.] Open
Distillation column is one of the effective unit operations that is commonly used to
\nseparate chemical mixtures. The only drawback of this separation process is its huge
\nenergy consumption especially for a multicomponent separation pro…
View article: Cost Optimisation of a Flexible Heat Exchanger Network with Fluctuation Probability using Break-Even Analysis
Cost Optimisation of a Flexible Heat Exchanger Network with Fluctuation Probability using Break-Even Analysis Open
Heat exchanger network (HEN) which is designed to achieve the maximum energy recovery (MER) involves the integration and interactions of multiple process streams. Small disturbances on one stream can affect other connecting streams. In ord…
View article: Interaction and performance analysis of a ternary mixture distillation process
Interaction and performance analysis of a ternary mixture distillation process Open
The objective of this study was to analyse the controllability of a driving force-based distillation columns sequence for the separation a benzene, toluene, and p-xylene mixture. Primarily, a methodology for this study was constructed, whi…
View article: Kinetic analysis of Malaysia type biomasses via thermogravimetric analyser (TGA)
Kinetic analysis of Malaysia type biomasses via thermogravimetric analyser (TGA) Open
The kinetic behaviour of biomass pyrolysis samples was successfully studied via thermogravimetric analysis. The biomass samples were empty fruit bunch, oil palm trunk, rice husk, coconut copra, sawdust, coconut shell, sugarcane bagasse, an…
View article: Temperature Disturbance Management in a Heat Exchanger Network for Maximum Energy Recovery Considering Economic Analysis
Temperature Disturbance Management in a Heat Exchanger Network for Maximum Energy Recovery Considering Economic Analysis Open
The design of heat exchanger networks (HEN) in the process industry has largely focused on minimisation of operating and capital costs using techniques such as pinch analysis or mathematical modelling. Aspects of operability and flexibilit…
View article: Economic, feasibility, and sustainability analysis of energy efficient distillation based separation processes
Economic, feasibility, and sustainability analysis of energy efficient distillation based separation processes Open
The aim of this paper is to develop and carry out additional analyses aside from economics in designing distillation columns which are feasibility and sustainability analyses. The analyses’ results for an existing design and driving force …
View article: In-situ catalytic upgrading of pyrolysis vapours from sugarcane bagasse over newly-developed ni-ce/hzsm-5 catalyst: effect of catalyst to biomass mass ratio
In-situ catalytic upgrading of pyrolysis vapours from sugarcane bagasse over newly-developed ni-ce/hzsm-5 catalyst: effect of catalyst to biomass mass ratio Open
The main objective of this paper is to investigate the influence of catalyst to biomass ratio (by mass %) on the in-situ catalytic upgrading of oxygenated pyrolysis vapours over the newly-developed Nickel-Cerium/HZSM-5 catalyst via in-situ…
View article: Controllability and Performance Analysis of Quaternary Aromatic Distillation Columns Sequence
Controllability and Performance Analysis of Quaternary Aromatic Distillation Columns Sequence Open
The purpose of this study is to show the application of a four-stage distillation columns sequence controllability analysis framework on a Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and o-Xylene (BTEX) mixture. The controllability aspects of interest…
View article: Effect of Particle Size and Temperature on Pyrolysis of Palm Kernel Shell
Effect of Particle Size and Temperature on Pyrolysis of Palm Kernel Shell Open
Pyrolysis is a viable solution to curb the issue of growing lignocellulosic waste in the world through conversion to potential biofuel and bio-based chemicals. This study focused on the effect of biomass particle size on the feedstock char…
View article: Energy Integrated Distillation Columns Sequence (EIDC) of 5-Component Alcohol Mixture via Driving Force and Thermal Pinch Analysis Approach.
Energy Integrated Distillation Columns Sequence (EIDC) of 5-Component Alcohol Mixture via Driving Force and Thermal Pinch Analysis Approach. Open
Distillation column is a well-known unit operation to perform the intended separation task in chemical and petrochemical industries. However, the common issue for distillation column is the large energy requirement especially for multicomp…
View article: Thermal Characterization of Malaysian Biomass via Thermogravimetric Analysis
Thermal Characterization of Malaysian Biomass via Thermogravimetric Analysis Open
In this work, thermal degradation behavior of six local biomasses such as empty fruit bunch, rice husk, coconut pulp, saw dust, coconut shell, and sugarcane bagasse in Malaysia via pyrolysis was studied. The pyrolysis process was carried o…
View article: Thermal pinch analysis application on distillation columns sequence of 5-component alcohol mixture
Thermal pinch analysis application on distillation columns sequence of 5-component alcohol mixture Open
Distillation column is a well-known unit operation in chemical and petrochemical industries. However, large energy requirement has always become major concern to perform the intended separation task. Therefore, heat integration via thermal…
View article: Olefin Mixture Direct Sequence Energy Retrofitting: Feed Compositions Sensitivity Analysis
Olefin Mixture Direct Sequence Energy Retrofitting: Feed Compositions Sensitivity Analysis Open
The objective of this research is to retrofit the Olefin Mixture (OM) direct sequence and to analyze the sensitivity with respect to the feed composition. In order to perform the study and analysis, a methodology for retrofitting the direc…
View article: Energy Integrated Distillation Column Sequence by Driving Force Method and Pinch Analysis
Energy Integrated Distillation Column Sequence by Driving Force Method and Pinch Analysis Open
Distillation is a common separation process since its emergence in the early 20th century due to its capability for mass production without compromising the product(s) quality. However, the energy efficiency is still become the challenge f…
View article: Forecasting of Refined Palm Oil Quality using Principal Component Regression
Forecasting of Refined Palm Oil Quality using Principal Component Regression Open
Over the past few decades, Malaysia has led the world in terms of production and export of palm oil. Driven by the prolific growth of palm oil industry, the quality of refined palm oil has become one of the predominant parts in related pal…
View article: Catalytic pyrolysis of sugarcane bagasse using molybdenum modified HZSM-5 zeolite
Catalytic pyrolysis of sugarcane bagasse using molybdenum modified HZSM-5 zeolite Open
The main objective of the present work is to study the effect of molybdenum (Mo) loading amount on Hydrogen exchanged Zeolite Socony Mobil-5 (HZSM-5, Si/Al = 23) catalyst on pyrolysis of sugarcane bagasse via in-situ fixed bed reactor. HZS…