Varit Kunopagarnwong, T. Srinophakun, Theerawat Sritaweewat, Y. Chisti
{"title":"Design of a Stacked-layer Tubular Photobioreactor for Microalgae Cultivation","authors":"Varit Kunopagarnwong, T. Srinophakun, Theerawat Sritaweewat, Y. Chisti","doi":"10.14416/j.ijast.2015.07.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14416/j.ijast.2015.07.004","url":null,"abstract":"A tubular photobioreactor is one of the most effective methods of microalgae cultivation because of the high solar receiver area and better biomass productivity. However, the pressure drop along the tubular solar receiver induces a relatively high dead zone. An optimal design is necessary to maximize biomass productivity. In this article, the proposed model can reduce the dead zone by up to 15% under a pressure drop of 106 Pa. To optimize the area requirement, three configurations with different stacking angles of 30, 45, and 60°, are simulated. The optimal 60° stacked-layer model is then connected to an airlift device to demonstrate the complete system. This model can circulate seawater inside the reactor at an average velocity of 0.188 m/s with 0.07 m/s of air inlet velocity. The radial flow can force the microalgae from the inner part of the tube to the outer part and back again throughout the entire stacked section. This turbulence will enhance biomass productivity because the microalgae are moved from the darker interior of the tube to the periphery where they are exposed to solar radiation. The optimal stacked-layer tubular photobioreactor has a slope of 60° with four stacked layers. This modification promotes the circulation of microalgae in both axial and radial directions.","PeriodicalId":352801,"journal":{"name":"King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok International Journal of Applied Science and Technology","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116918526","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aiya Chantarasiri, P. Boontanom, Nattawut Yensaysuk, Puwanat Ajwichai
{"title":"Isolation and Identification of a Cellulase-producing Bacillus sp. Strain BR0302 from Thai Coastal Wetland Soil","authors":"Aiya Chantarasiri, P. Boontanom, Nattawut Yensaysuk, Puwanat Ajwichai","doi":"10.14416/j.ijast.2015.07.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14416/j.ijast.2015.07.002","url":null,"abstract":"This study proposed the isolation, screening and identification of cellulase-producing bacteria from Thai coastal wetland soil. Eighty seven bacterial strains which demonstrated cellulase-producing bacteria were investigated for cellulolytic properties. The bacterium identified as Bacillus cereus strain BR0302 exhibited the highest hydrolysis activity on carboxymethylcellulose agar plates. Cellulolytic performance for CMCase activity and FPase activity was 0.121 ± 0.006 and 0.057 ± 0.001 U/mL respectively. Cellulolytic characteristics showed that the B. cereus strain BR0302 could be used for the hydrolysis of cellulosic biomass for biofuel production.","PeriodicalId":352801,"journal":{"name":"King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok International Journal of Applied Science and Technology","volume":"80 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128338385","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of a Low-cost Eye Tracking System for Computer Input","authors":"Veerawan Janthanasub, P. Meesad","doi":"10.14416/j.ijast.2015.07.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14416/j.ijast.2015.07.001","url":null,"abstract":"Eye tracking technology has become one of the most popular techniques within the human and computer interaction (HCI) era, this is especially important research for people which have difficulty with speech and movement disabilities. The primary function of this technology is based on a device that tracks the movement of the eye to identify a position or scan a display. Suitable devices for eye movement can then be integrated in concordance with the requirements of the organization. Currently, eye tracking devices are becoming increasingly cheaper which make them an interesting resource for research. Although numerous studies have been conducted involving applications of eye tracking with a low-cost device, few studies have compared the actual eye tracking systems themselves. This paper empirically evaluated the performance of three independent low-cost eye tracking devices, Gazepoint’s GP3, EyeTribe, and DIY (Do-It-Yourselt). The performance evaluation used a multi-directional point-select task based on visual searching and selection to change the ground colour of a circular menu conforming to ISO 9241-9 standards for computer pointing devices. Results indicated that the spatial accuracy and speed were a good reflection of targeted tracking of errors, completion time and throughput. Consequently, the experiment with the target task showed that all devices can be a potentially valuable resource for human computer interaction research. Additionally, this basic result will be used to develop an advanced system for Thai text entry to aid communication for handicapped users.","PeriodicalId":352801,"journal":{"name":"King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok International Journal of Applied Science and Technology","volume":"16 7","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113935119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimization of Hydrogen Production from Pickle Bamboo Shoot Wastewater by Rhodopseudomonas palustris TN1","authors":"Wiboon Riansa-ngawong, Wanticha Savedboworn, Maneewan Suwansa-ard","doi":"10.14416/j.ijast.2015.06.004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14416/j.ijast.2015.06.004","url":null,"abstract":"A pickle bamboo shoot is a top marketing product in the East of Thailand, especially Prachinburi province. Vinegar (acetic acid) and sea salt (NaCl) are added during pickle bamboo shoot productions to preserve the color and texture. These high acidity (pH 3-4), high salt concentration (6.0%) and dark-brown color of the pickle bamboo shoot wastewater (PBSW) lead to the difficulty for bioremediation of PBSW treatment. Rhodopseudomonas palustris TN1 was capable of surviving in 3.0% (w v -1 ) NaCl medium and produce hydrogen under anaerobic-light condition. The Aim of this study is to investigate the ability of biohydrogen production in the PBSW by TN1, the effect of initial pH (6.5, 7.0 and 7.5) and light intensities (1,000, 3,000 and 5,000 lux) were performed under anaerobic-light condition. The hydrogen content in biogas using wastewater as the medium was found to be 98.51%. The optimal condition for the highest hydrogen production was pH 7.36 and light intensity of 3,200 lux at room temperature (30±2oC) giving hydrogen 73.57±5.29 mL L -1 and dry cell weight (DCW) of 5.36±0.51 g L -1 within 96 hrs. In conclusion, TN1 can consume the PBSW as a carbon source to produce hydrogen.","PeriodicalId":352801,"journal":{"name":"King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok International Journal of Applied Science and Technology","volume":"103 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116674649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessment of Locust Bean Pod Extract for Foundry Core Making","authors":"O. A. Oyelaran, J. K. Abidoye, Y. Tudunwada","doi":"10.14416/j.ijast.2015.06.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14416/j.ijast.2015.06.003","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports the experimental results on the use of locust bean pod extract as core binder in the foundry industry. Binders appropriate for foundry cores must not only hold the sand grains together, but must also be adequately resistant to high temperature, so as to avoid collapse before the metal solidifies, but after solidification and cooling, they must be able to collapse completely allowing easy removed from the casting. The Locust Bean Pod (Parkia biglobosa) is a waste material that is normally discarded after the seeds had been harvested. Results of the properties of cores produced with the locust bean pod extract as binder showed baking strength of 510 kN/m 2 , green compression strength of 74 N/mm 2 , bulk density of 1840 kg/m 3 , green permeability of 100 perm unit, moisture content of 4.6%, mouldability index of 24 and 45% flowability. The results obtained showed that the locust bean pod extract could serve as an effective binder of high core strength for core making process.","PeriodicalId":352801,"journal":{"name":"King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok International Journal of Applied Science and Technology","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124796537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Turbo Codes: Analysis and Design","authors":"M. Al-Rawi, M. Al-Rawi","doi":"10.14416/j.ijast.2015.06.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14416/j.ijast.2015.06.002","url":null,"abstract":"This paper studies briefly the design and performance of turbo codes. It focuses on studying the effects of three parameters beside the termination process on the performance of turbo codes. These parameters include, number of iterations, frame size and code rate. Simulation results show that the performance proportional to these three parameters, in addition, the termination process improves the performance.","PeriodicalId":352801,"journal":{"name":"King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok International Journal of Applied Science and Technology","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123326461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Bodhipadma, S. Noichinda, Chitlada Yompakdee, Wannaporn Tamtimdee, Utorn Chikhuntod, D. Leung
{"title":"Comparative Study of in Vitro and in Vivo Inflorescence of Feathered Amaranth","authors":"K. Bodhipadma, S. Noichinda, Chitlada Yompakdee, Wannaporn Tamtimdee, Utorn Chikhuntod, D. Leung","doi":"10.14416/j.ijast.2015.06.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14416/j.ijast.2015.06.001","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to compare the inflorescence, florets and pollen formed by the plantlets of feathered amaranth [Celosia argentea var. plumosa (Burvenich) Voss] developed and grown under in vitro conditions with those formed by the plants grown under in vivo conditions. Plantlets were first derived from nodal explants of feathered amaranth cultured on Murashige and Skoog (MS) semi-solid medium under in vitro aseptic conditions, and then the plantlets produced in vitro inflorescences, florets and pollen. In parallel, inflorescences, florets and pollen of plants raised from feathered amaranth seeds under in vivo conditions were obtained for the comparative purpose. The results revealed that florets from both sources were largely similar except the size. The in vitro florets were mainly smaller than those of the in vivo ones. Also in vivo pollen exhibited a higher germination percentage and average pollen tube length than in vitro pollen when cultured on a pollen germination medium.","PeriodicalId":352801,"journal":{"name":"King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok International Journal of Applied Science and Technology","volume":"191 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132596043","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integrating Reliability Centered Maintenance with Statistical Forecasting Techniques and Cost Engineering on Machine in Casting Plant of Automotive Parts","authors":"S. Butdee, Tadpon Kullawong","doi":"10.14416/J.IJAST.2015.04.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14416/J.IJAST.2015.04.002","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the integration of reliability centered maintenance (RCM), Statistical Forecasting Techniques (SFT) and cost engineering to develop maintenance and cost management on Machine in Casting Plant of Automotive Parts. The main objective of RCM, SFT and cost engineering is the effective maintenance and cost management of the components of a machine inherent reliability value. Consequently, this research aims to manage the costs necessary to extend the service life of a machine through the use of probabilistic methods and simulation techniques in order to better identify the importance of every components in a machine with respect to maintenance costs. As a result of this research, our costing model allows to develop a methodology to determine maintenance costs which must be applied to some subsets of the elements of a machine, grouped according to their criticality and to identify the gap of costs between the true solution and the optimal maintenance interval.","PeriodicalId":352801,"journal":{"name":"King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok International Journal of Applied Science and Technology","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124663316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mechanical and Tribological Properties of Graphene Modified Epoxy Composites","authors":"N. Khun, He Zhang, L. H. Lim, Jinglei Yang","doi":"10.14416/J.IJAST.2015.04.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14416/J.IJAST.2015.04.001","url":null,"abstract":"The effects of graphene content on the mechanical and tribological properties of epoxy composites were systematically investigated. The stiffness, hardness and elastic modulus of the composites increased with increased graphene content due to the higher hardness and elastic modulus of graphene sheets than those of epoxy matrix. The friction and wear of the composites measured using steel ball-on-disc microtribological test decreased with increased graphene content due to the solid lubricating effect of graphene sheets. It could be concluded that the mechanical and tribological properties of the epoxy composites could be significantly influenced by the incorporation of graphene sheets.","PeriodicalId":352801,"journal":{"name":"King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok International Journal of Applied Science and Technology","volume":"175 4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115702032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Efficient and Flexible Technology for Binder Roving Manufacturing","authors":"J. Mack, P. Mitschang","doi":"10.14416/J.IJAST.2015.03.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14416/J.IJAST.2015.03.002","url":null,"abstract":"Liquid Composite Molding (LCM) processes are state of the art for the manufacturing of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites (FRPC). In the present paper a newly developed method for the manufacturing of binder rovings is defined. The binder roving consists of heavy tow carbon fibers combined with thermoset binder material. Different manufacturing units, such as the binder conveying system or the binder application system, were developed and optimized regarding the distribution quality and the output rate. For all tests a 50k SGL roving and a Huntsman XB 3366 binder material were used as input material.","PeriodicalId":352801,"journal":{"name":"King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok International Journal of Applied Science and Technology","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132768001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}