<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <article key="pdf/9996699" mdate="2013-11-06 00:00:00"> <author>Aziatul Niza Sadikin and Norasikin Othman and Mohd Ghazali Mohd Nawawi and Umi Aisah Asli and Roshafima Rasit Ali and Rafiziana Md Kasmani</author> <title>Thermal Properties of ChitosanFilled Empty Fruit Bunches Filter Media</title> <pages>936 - 939</pages> <year>2013</year> <volume>7</volume> <number>12</number> <journal>International Journal of Chemical and Molecular Engineering</journal> <ee>https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9996699</ee> <url>https://publications.waset.org/vol/84</url> <publisher>World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology</publisher> <abstract>Nonwoven fibrous filter media from empty fruit bunches were fabricated by using chitosan as a binder. Chitosan powder was dissolved in a 1 wt aqueous acetic acid, and 1 wt to 4 wt of chitosan solutions was prepared. Chitosanfilled empty fruit bunches filter media have been prepared via wetlayup method. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) was performed to study various thermal properties of the fibrous filter media. It was found that the fibrous filter media have undergone several decomposition stages over a range of temperatures as revealed by TGA thermograms, where the temperature for 10 weight loss for chitosanfilled EFB filter media and binderless filter media was at 150oC and 300oC, respectively. </abstract> <index>Open Science Index 84, 2013</index> </article>