Effects of media characteristics on the performance of upflow anaerobic packed-bed reactors by Show, Kuan Yeow.

“…Aerobic treatment of wastewaters has often encountered problems caused by excessive solids production and limitations to adequate oxygen transfer. …”
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A genetic algorithm for two-dimensional bin packing with due dates by Bennell, Julia A., Lee, Lai Soon, Potts, Chris N.

“…This paper considers a new variant of the two-dimensional bin packing problem where each rectangle is assigned a due date and each bin has a fixed processing time. …”
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Synthesis of biodiesel in continuous flow packed with ion exchange kenaf fiber by Zabaruddin, Nur Haryani

“…There is an approach that involves the use of heterogeneous catalysts that could be packed in a packed-bed reactor, and this would enable a continuous process to be developed. …”
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Experimental and analytical assessment of a packed bed for thermal energy storage by Khor, Jun Onn

“…However, usage of side inlet alone is unable to solve the problem directly, as mixing occurs between diverted flow from the side inlet and the flow from the main inlet, resulting in great exergy losses, especially if the resultant mixture has temperature higher than the PCM phase change temperature. …”
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Nutritional composition and sensory properties of oyster mushroom-based patties packed with biodegradable packaging by Wan Rosli, W.I., Solihah, M.A.

“…The increase use of synthetic packaging films in food products has led to serious environmental problems due to their total non-biodegradability property. …”
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Performance Of An Alumina Ball Packed Bed Porous Media Burner Fueled By Producer Gas by Ho, John Chung Eng

“…Investigation has been done on a 2-layer alumina balls packed bed PMB with first and second layer consist of 10 mm and 20mm alumina balls respectively.…”
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Packed bed regenerators using cascaded phase change materials : overcharging and possible solutions by Khor, Jun Onn, Li, Yongliang, Romagnoli, Alessandro

“…In this paper, packed bed regenerators using different phase change materials cascaded in series for cold energy storage are investigated with specific focus on charging behaviour. …”
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Consistency evaluation of electric vehicle battery pack: multi-feature information fusion approach by Tian, Jiaqiang, Chang, Guoyi, Liu, Xinghua, Wei, Zhongbao, Wen, Haibing, Yang, Lei, Wang, Peng

“…In this work, a battery pack consistency evaluation approach is proposed based on multi-feature information fusion. …”
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Nutritional composition and lipid oxidation stability of beef patties packed with biodegradable and non-biodegradable materials by Lim, S.L, Wan Rosli, W.I.

“…There were no differences in most of the nutrients analyzed and lipid oxidation values of beef patties packed with either biodegradable or non-biodegradable plastics after storage. …”
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Kinetic and simulation studies of the esterification of acrylic acid with 2- ethyl hexanol in a batch and packed bed reactor by Mohd Amirul Asyraf, Ahmad

“…The continuous flow tubular packed bed reactor (PBR), a system mimicking the reactive section in the intensified processes was used. …”
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Chiral resolution of (R,S)-1-phenylethanol using immobilized lipases in batch stirred tank and recirculated packed bed reactors by Chua, Lee Suan

“…The problems of channelling effect and immobilized enzyme particles compaction exacerbated the enzymes performance in the scaled up of recirculated packed bed reactor.…”
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The stability of nutritional composition and physical traits of chicken patty containing oyster mushroom packed with biodegradable and non-degradable packaging materials by Wan Rosli, W. I., Solihah, M.A., Shazwan, Z.

“…Extensive use of synthetic-based polymer plastic as packaging medium to pack food products has led to serious environmental problems due to their total non-biodegradability property. …”
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Ant colony optimization for container loading problem. by Yap, Ching Nei, Lee, Lai Soon, Abdul Majid, Zanariah, Seow, Hsin Vonn

“…Problem statement: The Container Loading Problem (CLP) considers packing a subset of given rectangular boxes into a rectangular container of fixed dimensions in the most optimum way. …”
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An improved GRMOD heuristic for container loading problem by Ho, Ziao Fung, Lee, Lai Soon, Abdul Majid, Zanariah, Seow, Hsin Vonn

“…The Container Loading Problem (CLP) is a study of loading a subset of goods or parcels of different sizes into a three-dimensional rectangular container of fixed dimensions such that the volume of packed boxes is maximized. …”
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Mathematical programming formulations for the strategic berth template problem by Iris, Çağatay, Lalla-Ruiz, Eduardo, Lam, Jasmine Siu Lee, Voß, Stefan

“…One is based on a conceptual but yet unexplored mathematical model and another is based on a generalized set-packing problem (GSP). Both formulations are assessed on a well-defined set of problem instances. …”
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Kinetic parameter studies of 6-amino penicillanic acid (6-APA) production by agarose immobilized penicillin acylase in a packed column reactor by Banerjee, Sujoy, Debnath, Mira

“…The present work involves the continuous production of 6- APA in a packed column reactor by using agarose immobilized penicillin acylase as a block polymer. …”
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Hybrid ant colony optimization algorithm for container loading problem by Yap, Ching Nei

“…The aim of the CLP is to pack a subset of given three-dimensional rectangular boxes of different sizes into a three-dimensional rectangular container of fixed dimensions in order to achieve optimal space utilization. …”
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Microbial survey of ready-to-eat salad ingredients sold at retail reveals the occurrence and the persistence of Listeria monocytogenes Sequence Types 2 and 87 in pre-packed smoked... by Chau, Man Ling, Aung, Kyaw Thu, Hapuarachchi, Hapuarachchige Chanditha, Lee, Pei Sze Valarie, Lim, Pei Ying, Kang, Joanne Su Lin, Ng, Youming, Yap, Hooi Ming, Yuk, Hyun-Gyun, Gutiérrez, Ramona Alikiiteaga, Ng, Lee Ching

“…Further molecular analysis revealed that L. monocytogenes Sequence Type (ST) 2 and ST87 were present in a particular brand of pre-packed salmon products over a 4-year period, implying a potential persistent contamination problem at the manufacturing level. …”
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Graph coloring heuristics for solving examination timetabling problem at Universiti Utara Malaysia by Abdul Rahman, Syariza, Sobri, Nur Suriani, Omar, Mohd Faizal, Benjamin, Aida Mauziah, Ramli, Razamin

“…Examination timetabling is a well-studied combinatorial optimization problem involving scheduling a set of examinations into a restricted number of time-slots while satisfying a defined set of constraints.This paper presents a real-world, capacitated examination timetabling problem from Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), Malaysia. …”

An anaerobic hybrid bioreactor of granular and immobilized biomass for anaerobic digestion (AD) and dark fermentation (DF) of palm oil mill effluent: Mass transfer evaluation in gr... by Zinatizadeh, A.A., Mohammadi, P., Mirghorayshi, M., Ibrahim, S., Younesi, H., Mohamed, A.R.

“…The results showed that the packing material could retain biomass in the reactor and had outstanding contribution in the granulation enhancement. …”