KEYNOTE ADDRESS AND PLENARY SPEECH
GREEN POLYMERS FROM RENEWABLE RESOURCES ......................... 3
H. Hatakeyama
ENERGY RESOURCES FROM BIOMASS .................................. 11
G.H. Covey
DEVELOPMENT OF EPOXIDISED RUBBER TOUGHENED EPOXY REINFORCED
KENAF AND CARBON FIBRE COMPOSITES .............................. 18
S.H. Ahmad and M.A. Abu Bakar
POLYLACTIC ACID (PLA): NANO BIOCOMPOSITES AND GREEN
BIOCOMPOSITES .................................................. 26
Azman Hassan, Harintharavimal Balakrishnan, Muhammad Imran
OLD OIL PALM TRUNKS: A PROMISING SOURCE OF SUGARS FOR BIOMASS
REFINERY ....................................................... 32
Akihiko Kosugi, Ryohei Tanaka, Othman Sulaiman, Rokiah
Hashim, Zubaidah Aimi Abdul Hamid, Takamitsu Arai,
Yoshinori Murata, Mohd Nor Mohd Yusof, Wan Asma Ibrahim,
Hajime Yamada, Kengo Magara and Yutaka Mori (Presenter:
Kenji Iiyama)
USM-JIRCAS COLLABORATION WORKS
-----under the Research Project "Woody Biomass Conversion into
Bio-Composites and Functional Materials in the Tropics "
FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES ON POLYURETHANE (PU) COMPOSITES
CONTAINING OIL PALM FIBRES AND GLYCEROL-BASED POLYOLS .......... 39
Tanaka R., Tay G.S., Rozman H.D., Sugimoto T. and
Hatakeyama H.
STUDY ON SOME PHYSICAL, MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF
BINDERLESS PARTICLEBOARD MADE FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF OIL
PALM BIOMASS ................................................... 43
W.N.A. W. Nadhari, R. Hashim, O. Sulaiman, F. Kawamura,
M. Sato, T. Sugimoto, G.S. Tay and R. Tanaka
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF OIL PALM BINDERLESS BOARDS WITH
DIFFERENT PRESSING TEMPERATURES ................................ 48
Noraflzah Said, Othman Sulaiman, Tomoko Sugimoto,
Masatoshi Sato, Ryohei Tanaka, and Rokiah Hashim
STUDY ON BINDERLESS PARTICLEBOARD: THE EFFECT OF PARTICLE
GEOMETRY USING OIL PALM TRUNK AS RAW MATERIAL .................. 52
Norhafizah Saari, Othman Sulaiman, Tomoko Sugimoto,
Masatoshi Sato, Ryohei Tanaka, Rokiah Hashim
EFFECT OF ADDITIVES ON THE PROPERTIES OF OIL PALM TRUNK
BINDERLESS BOARD ............................................... 56
Junidah Lamaming, Tomoko Sugimoto, Othman Sulaiman,
Masatoshi Sato, Ryohei Tanaka and Rokiah Hashim
SOME PROPERTIES OF PARTICLEBOARD MANUFACTURED FROM OIL PALM
TRUNK USING POLYHYDOXYALKANOATES ............................... 60
Mohana Baskaran, Kumar Sudesh, Othman Sulaiman, Takamitsu
Arai, Akihiko Kosugi, Yutaka Mori, Tomoko Sugimoto,
Masatoshi Sato, Rokiah Hashim
RADICAL SCAVENGING ACTIVITIES, TOTAL PHENOLS CONTENTS AND
ANTIFUNGAL PROPERTIES OF SOME MALAYSIAN TIMBERS FROM
SELECTED HARDWOODS SPECIES ..................................... 64
Sitti Fatimah Mhd.Ramle, Fumio Kawamura, Othman Sulaiman
and Rokiah Hashim
IDENTIFICATION AND QUANTIFICATION OF 2-PYRONE-4,6-
DICARBOXYLIC ACID PRECURSORS FROM OIL PALM BIOMASS BY HIGH
PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY (HPLC) ....................... 69
Nur Syahirah Saary, Fumio Kawamura, Rokiah Hashim, Othman
Sulaiman, Koh Hashida, Yuichiro Otsuka, Masaya Nakamura
and Seiji Ohara
RESOURCES, PROPERTIES AND CHARACTERIZATION
MAXIMUM THEORETICAL, WATER AND GAS PERMEABILITY OF OIL PALM
WOOD ........................................................... 77
Adrian Choo Cheng Yong, Paridah Md Tahir, Alingahi Karimi,
Edi Suhaimi Bakar, Khalina Abdan and Azmi Ibrahim
COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF PRODUCTS OBTAINED FROM SOLVOLYSIS
LIQUEFACTION OF EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH FIBRES USING DIFFERENT
SOLVENTS ....................................................... 82
S.P. Fan, S. Zakaria, C.H. Chia, F. Jamaluddin,
S. Nabihah, T.L. Liew and F.L. Pua
STRUCTURAL STUDY OF LIGNIN USING THE VARIETY OF SYRINGYL/
GUAIACYL RATIO IN DIFFERENT WOOD SPECIES ....................... 88
Takuya Akiyama
DISTRIBUTION OF EXTRACTIVES IN OIL PALM (ELAEIS GUINEENSIS) .... 92
Balkis Fatomer А.В., Paridah M.T. and Karimi A.
BIOLOGICAL RESISTANCE OF CHEMICALLY MODIFIED ACACIA SPP. ....... 98
Irshad-ul-Haq Bhat, H.P.S. Abdul Khalil, Khairul B. Awang
DO PHENOLIC HYDROXYL GROUPS IN KRAFT LIGNIN HELP FORM A
COMPLEX WITH AND REDUCE THE TOXICITY OF ALUMINUM? ............. 101
Hikaru Aimi, Yasuji Kurimoto, Shigeru Yamauchi, Tsutomu
Ikeda and Kengo Magara
ADSORPTION OF REMAZOL BRILLIANT BLUE R REACTIVE DYES BY
COCOA POD HUSK BASED ACTIVATED CARBON ......................... 105
Mohd Azmier Ahmad, Lim Yit Ping and Olugbenga Solomon
Bello
LC-SEPARATION AND PROFILING OF STARCH FOR PAPERMAKING ......... 111
N. Pircher and A. Huber
A METABOLIC PRODUCT OF ANTIFUNGAL LIGNAN FROM THE HEARTWOOD
OF GMELINA ARBOREA WITH A WHITE-ROT FUNGUS, TRAMETES
VERSICOLOR .................................................... 119
Fumio Kawamura, Rokiah Hashim, Othman Sulaiman, Seiji
Ohara
DETERMINATION OF PENTOSANS IN KENAF (HIBISCUS CANNABINUS L.)
CORE .......................................................... 124
Janet S.L. and Paridah M.T.
STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF CELLULOSE FROM TROPICAL
BIOMASS ....................................................... 128
Eiji Togawa, Ryohei Tanaka, Yoshinori Murata, Akihiko
Kosugi, Takamitsu Arai, and Yutaka Mori
ANATOMICAL STUDY ON THE CHANGE IN THE TRUNK TISSUES OF AN
OIL PALM TREE DURING STORAGE IN THE ATMOSPHERE OF TROPICAL
CLIMATE ....................................................... 131
Hisashi Abe, Chunhua Zhang, Ryohei Tanaka, Othman
Sulaiman, Rokiah Hashim, Akihiko Kosugi and Yutaka Mori
A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON STRUCTURAL CHANGES OF LIGNIN IN OIL
PALM (ELAEIS GUINEENSIS JACQ.) EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH (EFB)
FIBERS AND CHEMICAL PULPS ..................................... 135
Y.Y. H'ng, S.W. Goh, C.Y. Goh, and C.P. Leh
LIGNOCELLOLOSE BASED MATERIALS/PRODUCTS
POTENTIAL UTILIZATION OF THE OIL PALM EMPTY FRUIT BUNCHES
(OP-EFB) FOR PRODUCING CELLULOSE ACETATE MEMBRANE ............. 143
Fauzi Muhammad Djuned, Wan Rosli Wan Daud
OPTIMIZATION OF CHEMICAL ENHANCED-MODULATED PADDY STRAW TO
IMPROVE CITRIC ACID PRODUCTION USING RESPONSE SURFACE
METHODOLOGY ................................................... 148
Hayder Kh.Q. Ali and M.M.D. Zulkali
APATITE-FORMING ABILITY OF CELLULOSE PHOSPHATE GELS FROM
BIOMASS RESIDUES IN A SIMULATED BODY FLUID (SBF) .............. 155
M.K. Mohamad Haafiz, W.D. Wan Rosli, S. Azman and S. Eda
FORMULATION OF VANILLIN DERIVED FROM PADDY STRAW .............. 160
Noor Hasyierah Mohd Salleh, Mohamed Zulkali Mohamed Daud
and Dachyar Arbain
EFFECTS OF ALKALINE PEROXIDE PERCENTAGES ON HAND SHEET MADE
FROM ALKALINE PEROXIDE PULP OF OIL PALM EMPTY FRUIT BUNCHES ... 166
M.K. Azli, A. Ghazali, W.D. Wan Rosli
COMPARISON BETWEEN PYCNOPORUS SANGUINEUS AND OXYPORUS
LATEMARGINATUS IN DELIGNIFYING KENAF CHIPS .................... 172
Rasmina Halis, Tan Hui Rus, Zaidon Ashaari and Rozi
Mohamed
CELLULOSE ACETATES FROM ALKALINE PEROXIDE PULP OF EFB ......... 178
Nurul Hasanah Kamaludin, Arniza Ghazali, Wan Rosli Wan
Daud
MARKETING EXPERIENCES FOR A PAPER FROM EMPTY FRUITS BUNCH
(EFB) OF OIL PALM ............................................. 183
Yoshitaka Hamazaki
A STUDY OF CORRELATION BETWEEN KAPPA NUMBER AND KLASON
LIGNIN OF VARIOUS OIL PALM (ELAEIS GUINEENSIS JACQ.) EMPTY
FRUIT BUNCH (EFB) CHEMICAL PULPS .............................. 190
C.Y. Goh, S.W. Goh, Y.Y. H'ng, В.T. Poh and C.P. Leh
BLEACHABILITY OF OIL PALM (ELAEIS GUINEENSIS JACQ.) EMPTY
FRUIT BUNCH (EFB) AND KENAF (HIBISCUS CANNABINUS L.)
CHEMICAL PULPS BY HYPOCHLORITE AND ALKALI OXYGEN TREATMENTS ... 195
S.W. Goh, Y.Y H'ng, C.Y. Goh, and C.P. Leh
EXTRACTION OF LOW-MOLECULAR WEIGHT PHENOLIC PRECURSORS FOR
THE PRODUCTION OF 2-PYRONE-4,6-DICARBOXYLIC ACID FROM
TROPICAL TREE BIOMASS ......................................... 201
Koh Hashida, Fumio Kawamura, Yuichiro Otsuka, Chiharu
Suzuki, Ryohei Tanaka, Seiji Ohara, Nur Syahirah Saary,
Rokiah Hashim, Othman Sulaiman
EFFECTS OF CHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF LIGNIN IN THE
PREPARATION OF LIGNIN-UV CURABLE RESINS ....................... 206
E.L. Koay, G.S. Tay and H.D. Rozman
BIOCOMPOSITES AND BIOPOLYMERS
EFFECT OF LAYERING PATTERN ON FLEXURAL PROPERTIES OF OIL
PALM EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH/JUTE FIBRE REINFORCED EPOXY
COMPOSITES .................................................... 213
M. Jawaid, H.P.S. Abdul Khalil and A. Abu Bakar
MECHANICAL, WATER ABSORPTION AND BIODEGRADATION BEHAVIOURS
OF POLY(BUTYLENE SUCCINATE)/KENAF FIBRES COMPOSITES ........... 219
J.M. Lee and Z.A. MohdIshak
POLYMER COMPOSITES FILLED WITH FIBERS FROM OIL PALM TREES ..... 225
Masahiro Funabashi, Fumi Ninomiya, Masao Kunioka
ASSESMENT OF THE DIMENSIONAL STABILITY OF BAGASSE FIBER/
POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITE EXPOSED TO WHITE ROT FUNGUS
(CORIOLUS VERSICOLOR) ......................................... 231
S. Karimi, E. Nadali, A. Karimi and P.Md. Tahir
PRODUCTION OF LIGHTWEIGHT PARTICLEBOARD FROM DECORTICATED
KENAF (HIBISCUS CANNABINUS L.) CORE RESIDUES .................. 235
Paridah M.T., Juliana A.H., Khafizah M.N. and Saiful
Azry S.O.A.
EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT TREATMENTS OF OIL PALM EMPTY FRUIT
BUNCH (OPEFB) ON RESIDUAL OIL CONTENT AND MEDIUM DENSITY
FIBREBOARD (MDF) PERFORMANCE .................................. 241
Norul Izani M.A. and Paridah M.T.
EFFECTS OF PROCESSING PARAMETERS ON THE COMPRESIVE STRENGTH
OF WOOD CEMENT AGGREGATES MANUFACTURED FROM A CA CIA SEYAL .... 246
Amel B. Ahmed, Abdelazim Y.A., Osman T. Elzakii and
Paridah M. Tahir
EFFECT OF MOLECULAR WEIGHT AND LOADING SPEED FOR TESTING ON
ADHESION PROPERTY OF PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVES (PSA)
PREPARED FROM EPOXIDIZED NATURAL RUBBER (ENR 25) .............. 251
Imran Khan and В.T. Poh
CHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF CULTIVATED KENAF BAST FIBERS:
MORPHOLOGICAL AND SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES ....................... 256
N.L. Suraya and H.P.S. Abdul Khalil
EFFECTS OF THERMO-MECHANICAL REFINING ON THE MORPHOLOGY OF
KENAF (HIBISCUS CANNABINUS L.) BAST FIBRES AND ITS INFLUENCE
ON MDF PERFORMANCE ............................................ 261
Aisyah H.A. and Paridah M.T.
PARTICLE GEOMETRY OF KENAF STEM (HIBISCUS CANNABINUS L.) AND
IT'S INFLUENCE ON THE PROPERTIES OF PARTICLEBOARD ............. 264
A.H. Juliana and M.T. Paridah
BANANA FIBER AS REINFORCEMENT FOR POLYMERIC COMPOSITES:
A REVIEW ...................................................... 270
A.H. Ma'Radzi and N.A Mohamad Saleh
INFLUENCE OF MICROFLUIDIZER PASSES AND PRESSURE ON PARTICLE
SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF OIL PALM ASH BASED THERMOPLASTIC
NANOBIOCOMPOSITES AND ITS MATERIAL PROPERTIES ................. 276
A.H. Bhat, H.P.S. Abdul Khalil
DEVELOPMENT OF THERMOFORMABLE THERMOPLASTIC STARCH FROM
NATIVE AND MODIFIED STARCHES .................................. 282
M.M. Pang, M.Y. Pun, Mary Teoh, Z.A. Mohd. Ishak
THERMAL PROPERTIES OF ULTRA-VIOLET (UV) CURABLE RESIN BASED
ON PALM OIL TREATED WITH GLYCIDYL METHACRYLATE ................ 286
N.L. Tai, G.S. Tay and H.D. Rozman
DEVELOPMENT OF PALM OIL BASED UNSATURATED POLYESTER ........... 291
С.M. Lai, G.S. Tay аnd H.D. Rozman
NON-WOVEN POLYURETHANE COMPOSITES BASED ON KENAF BAST FIBRE ... 296
A.B. Azizah, I.I. Intan, G.S. Tay and H.D. Rozman
POLYPROPYLENE-KENAF COMPOSITES PREPARED FROM DIFFERENT
COMPOUNDING TECHNIQUES PRELIMINARY STUDY OF KENAF-
POLYPROPYLENE NONWOVEN COMPOSITES ............................. 302
S.H. Shannon-Ong, A.B. Azizah, G.S. Tay and H.D. Rozman
POLYPROPYLENE-KENAF COMPOSITES PREPARED FROM DIFFERENT
COMPOUNDING TECHNIQUES ........................................ 307
A. Sobra Mulisa, H.D. Rozman and G.S. Tay
NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS
UTILIZATION OF GREEN AND RIPE BANANA PEEL AS A FUNCTIONAL
INGREDIENT IN YELLOW NOODLE ................................... 315
Saifullah Ramli, Abbas F.M. Alkarkhi, Yeoh Shin Yong and
Azhar Mat Easa
ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
PHYTOREMEDIATION OF POLLUTED SOIL BY SOME WOODY TREE
SPECIES ....................................................... 325
T.A. El-Maghraby
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER OBTAINED
FROM PEAT SWAMP WATER ......................................... 332
K.S. Katsumata, Z. Jin and K. Iiyama
EFFECTS OF INDISCRIMINATE WASTE DISPOSAL ON AGRICULTURAL
SOILS IN AKURE, NIGERIA ....................................... 338
C.O. Akinbile, Т.O. Ajayi and Mohd S. Yusoff
ELECTROCOAGULATION OF CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING (CMP)
WASTEWATER - A STEP TOWARDS ZERO WASTE ........................ 344
Joanne Lee and Anees Ahmad
REVIEW OF SEASONAL WETLANDS, CASE STUDY: AG-GOL WETLAND IN
HAMADAN PROVINCE, IRAN ........................................ 349
M. Reyahi Khoram, V. Norisharikabad and H. Vafaei
KINETIC AND THERMODYNAMIC STUDIES OF EOSIN DYE ADSORPTION
ONTO FLY ASH .................................................. 354
Olugbenga Solomon Вello, Oluwole Abraham Olusegun, Mohd
Azmier Ahmad
EQUILIBRIUM AND KINETIC STUDIES OF THE SORPTION OF Cd (II)
AND Zn(II) BY COCOA POD HUSK .................................. 360
V.O. Njoku
DECOLORIZATION OF METHYLENE BLUE DYE AQUEOUS SOLUTION USING
RAW MAIZE COB ................................................. 366
Kah Aik Tan, Norhashimah Morad, Tjoon Tow Teng, Norli
Ismail, P. Panneerselvam
ENERGY RESOURCES FROM BIOMASS
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL FOR BIO-ENERGY PRODUCTION WITH
WATER SAVING IRRIGATION ....................................... 375
T.A. El-Maghraby and A.A. Elwan
WOODY BIOMASS AS A POSSIBLE ENERGY SOURCE IN EAST AND
SOUTH-EAST ASIA ............................................... 385
Koichi Yamamoto
PRETREATMENT METHODS ON MALAYSIAN WEEDY GRASS (PENNISETUM
PURPUREUM) FOR BIOETHANOL PRODUCTION .......................... 390
Liong Yan Yee, Rasmina Halis, Lai Oi Ming and Rozi
Mohamed
DIRECT FERMENTATION OF 226 WHITE ROSE TAPIOCA STEM TO
ETHANOL BY FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM ................................. 394
A. Magesh, B. Preetha and T. Viruthagiri
DEVELOPMENT OF A SAP SQUEEZING SYSTEM FOR THE EXTRACTION OF
SAP FROM OLD OIL PALM TRUNKS FOR THE PURPOSE OF BIOETHANOL
PRODUCTION .................................................... 398
Y. Murata, R. Tanaka, K. Fujimoto, A. Kosugi, T. Arai,
E. Togawa, Т. Takano, K. Yamamoto, M.N. Yusoff,
W.A. Ibrahim, P. Elham, O. Sulaiman, R. Hashim, and
Y. Mori
CATALYTIC PYROLYSIS OF EMPTY FRUIT BUNCH (EFB) BY COPPER
OXIDE COATED ONTO SILICA (CuO/SiO2) CATALYSTS PREPARED VIA
IMPREGNATION TECHNIQUE ........................................ 401
Alina Rahayu Mohamed, Ding Tai Yoon, Mohamed Zulkali
Mohamed Daud, Khairuddin Md Isa, Razi Ahmad
COMPARISON OF GASIFICATION BEHAVIORS OF WOODY BIOMASS IN THE
UPDRAFT AND DOWNDRAFT PACKED BED GASIFIER ..................... 406
J. Naruse, Y. Ueki, H. Ono, R. Yoshiie and J.H. Kihedu
EXPRESSION, PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF LIPASE FROM
PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA FOR ITS APPLICATION IN BIODIESEL
PRODUCTION .................................................... 412
Uscategui Y., Abello J., Diaz L.E., Prieto E.
BIODIESEL SYNTHESIS: CATALYZED BY PRETREATED VOLCANIC ASH ..... 419
Yi Kung, Hiroo Takahashi and Richie. L. C. Chen
MANUFACTURING ENERGY OF SMALL PARTICLE FROM OIL PALM (ELAEIS
GUINEENSIS) TRUNKS ............................................ 423
Fujimoto Kiyohiko, Hirano Aya, Yoshida Takahiro, Ikami
Yuji and Takano Tsutomu
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