RESEARCH
CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE & RESEARCH CLUSTER / GROUPS
Centre for Biofuel and Biochemical Research
Overview & Aspiration
A variety of fuels can be produced from biomass resources including liquid fuels, such as, ethanol, methanol, biodiesel and gasoline, and gaseous fuels, such as hydrogen and methane. Biofuels are primarily used on fuel vehicles, but can also fuel engines or fuel cells for electricity generation. Through chemical and biofuel research, the Centre is developing technologies to convert biomass-plant matter such as trees, grass and other materials to fuels and materials. These biofuels will reduce the nation's dependence on fossil fuel, improve air quality and support rural economies.
Focus Areas : Solid fuel, Liquid fuel, Gas fuel, Chemicals & Socio-economics
For further information, please visit http://usite.utp.edu.my/COE/CBBR-Center
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING UTP PROFESSOR'S INNOVATION IN AGRICULTURE
A padi farmer's nightmare is made up of bad weather and nasty pests. Droughts aside, a sweet dream would be a genuinely green pesticide – safe for the farmer, the land and for the people who eat the rice grown in those fields. Yields and incomes diminished by pests are part of the padi farming narrative of Perak Tengah. Still, farmers hesitate at the thought of using conventional pesticides.
That's why in 2015, Professor Dr Suzana Yusup and her team of researchers at UTP embarked on a project to test the efficacy of an organic pesticide. It is a collaboration between the Agriculture Department and Bio-X Techno Sdn Bhd, a private company which had formulated a neem-based pesticide.
"On-going field trials are aimed at studying the effect of a bio-pesticide on crop yield," says Dr Suzana, a biomass study pioneer and lecturer at UTP's Chemical Engineering Department. "Bio-pesticides will also help farmers move away from toxic pesticides and towards more sustainable practices."
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Dept. of Chemical Engineering
Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
32610 Seri Iskandar
Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia
Phone: :+605-368 7565
Fax: +605-365 6176