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Mar 05

Post Doctoral Fellowship Scheme

By Zaki2 Comments

Chemical Reaction Engineering Group (CREG) is searching for a Post Doc to assist its research activity. Anybody who fulfills the requirements are encourage to apply. Closing date: 23rd of March 2009.

Details of the Post Doctoral Fellowship Scheme:

This schemes provide funds for appointment post doctoral research fellow who will conduct full time research work and thereby contributes towards enhancing and strengthening research work in particular research area. Candidate must be foreign researcher (non-Malaysian citizen) who possesses a doctorate or will obtain within 6 months in related field of studies from a recognized institution of higher education.

Terms of appointment:

1. The tenure for the post-doctoral is one (1) year subjected to research performance.
2. Monthly allowances is RM5,000.00 based on his/her proven skills and experiences.
3. Travel expenses (economy class only).

Eligibility Criteria:

1. Application must be made by the Post Doctoral candidate through his/her UTM supervisor.
2. Non-Malaysian Post Doctoral candidate need to prove his/her proficiency in English through TOEFL (minimum score 600) or IELTS (minimum score 6.5).

Documents to be attached together with application form:

1. Passport
2. Recent photograph
3. Academic certificates
4. TOEFL/IELTS results
5. CV
6. Research proposal

For interested candidates, please contact fadhzir@yahoo.com or zakiyamani@fkkksa.utm.my.

Nov 15

CREG Awarded RM30K from ExxonMobil

By ZakiNo Comments

A newspaper cut from Utusan Malaysia date 14th november 2008 showing “UTM terima geran RM30,000 geran ExxonMobil”.

Nov 14

CREG EFB-Diesel (Silver Medal – INATEX 2008)

By Mailin1 Comment

ABSTRACT

An innovative process offers an environmental friendly technology for the production of alternative energy from a sustainable renewable resource. In the new process, EFB-Diesel is innovatively produced from biomass via a two-step reaction of pretreatment and pyrolysis. The reaction produced highly valuable oil (EFB-Diesel), gaseous and char. The conversion and the yield of EFB-Diesel were 58 wt% and 22 wt%, respectively. The innovative process is feasible for commercialization in the gas, fuel, and petrochemical industries.

Keywords: Renewable, wastes, fuel, energy

Product

Component

Application

Liquid

Hydrocarbons, Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (Biodiesel)

Transportation fuel, petrochemical industries and for power plants

Gas

Bio-ethane

Fuel cells applications

Char

-

Activated carbon

PROBLEM

Environmental concerns and petroleum depletion lure the search for a new alternative fuel. One such solution is to convert renewable agricultural biomass to energy source. Being the world’s largest producer of palm oil, Malaysia generates about 40 million tons of empty fruit bunches (EFB) annually.

Although EFB is utilized for power generation, the heating value of EFB is still small. Even pyrolysis of EFB produces bio-oil that contains mixtures of chemical components that do not meet the fuel specifications.

OUR SOLUTION

An innovative process was developed for the conversion of empty palm fruit bunch to fuel (EFB-Diesel). The invention offers promising solution for the recent controversial issue of biodiesel production from food sources. The quality of EFB-Diesel is comparable to the conventional bio-diesel.

ADVANTAGES OF INVENTION

ü New technology for conversion of Empty Palm Fruit Bunch (EPFB) into Biodiesel

ü Environmental friendly alternative energy

ü Economically viable and sustainable method

ü Utilization of renewable resources

ü EFB-Diesel for heating oil or blended with diesel

PRODUCT FEATURES

· Converts solid biomass waste into renewable fuel

· Non-food source for biodiesel

· Waste to Wealth (W2W)

· High quality products

POTENTIAL MARKET

§ Solid Waste Management Industries

§ Agriculture Industries

§ Industrial Power Plants (eg. Tenaga Nasional Berhad, Malakoff, YTL)

§ Automotive Industries

PRODUCT PROPERTIES

Properties

EFB-Diesel

Typical Bio-Oil

Petroleum

Diesel

pH

3.8

3

7

Water Content (wt%)

17

31.5

131 ppm

Ash

1.02

5.36

-

Moisture (%)

0

6.7

-

Density (kg/L) a

0.73

1.17

0.85

Kinematic Viscosity, (Cst)b

3.63

17

1.2-4.1

High heating value (MJ/kg)c

27

20.6

42.79

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION KINDLY CONTACT:
Prof. Dr. Nor Aishah Saidina Amin
Chemical Reaction Engineering Group (CREG),
Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Enginering,                                                                           Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Skudai, Johor.                                                                                     Tel: +607- 553 5502; +607- 553 6044                                                                                                        Fax: +607- 558 1463;  Email: noraishah@fkkksa.utm.my                                                      www.fkkksa.utm.my/creg, www.cregutm.com

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