HAIRUL MUBARAK BIN HASSIM

EDUCATION

Master in Mechanical Engineering
Universiti Tun Hussein Onn, Malaysia

Degree in Mechanical Engineering
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Machining

Scopus Publications

Techno-economic feasibility of Palm Fatty Acid Distillate (PFAD) blend as alternative to diesel fuel
H A R Mantari M, H M Hassim, R A Rahman, A F M Zin, M S Yahya, et al.
Iop Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering, 2020
Palm oil had been as fuel in Malaysia with implementation of petroleum diesel and Palm Methyl Ester (PME) blend at 5% in 2014 and mandatory 10% blend in 2019. The high cost of the feedstock is the major drawback of PME. Not only PME comes from expensive low Free Fatty Acid (FFA) feedstock, the cost to convert FFA to PME through the process of transesterification and purification of palm oil fatty acid also expensive. Another feedstock for palm based biofuel is palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD). PFAD is a by-product of crude palm oil (CPO) refining. It is inedible and cheaper compared with other palm oil product thus attractive as a feedstock for biofuel. Five blends of PFAD and diesel with 5%, 10%, 15%, 20% and 25% were produce in this study. The blending was done using magnetic stirrer and was mix continuously for 30 minutes at 60 ~. The properties of the blends such as density, viscosity, surface tension, pour point and calorific value were determined experimentally. Result from these experiments showed that density, viscosity, surface tension and pour point were increase proportionately when PFAD content increase except for calorific value. The calorific value showed minor reduction with maximum reduction at 3% as compared with diesel fuel. This happen when the PFAD content was at 25% blend. In term of availability of PFAD as biofuel source, data from year of 2016 to 2019 showed that the amount of PFAD produce in Malaysia suffice to support 5% blends of PFAD as biofuel.
Analysis on absorption sound acoustic panels from egg tray with corn husk and sugar cane
International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering, 2019
Face Recognition Technique (FRT) was a unique Biometric Technique which tries to spot the people from still images or video frames by using techniques of pattern recognition. Face recognition includes both face identification and face verification (authentication). The FR Design system follows two basic steps i.e. Feature extraction and classification of patterns. Automated FR finds many applications in real time environment ranging from Social Media, surveillance to biometric authentications. Many state-of-the-art face recognition techniques had been implemented, but the Automated Face Recognition (AFR) taken by digital cameras in unconstraint real‐world environment continues to be terribly difficult, since it involves vital variations in each acquisition conditions, yet as in facial expressions and in pose variations. Thus, this paper presents the theme of computer based automatic face recognition in lightweight of the most contests therein areas with developed solutions that supports applications of signal, image processing and computing strategies.
Physical Characterization of Palm Fatty Acid Distillate (PFAD) Blends as Biofuel
M.H.A.R. Mantari, H.M. Hassim, R.A. Rahman, A.F.M. Zin, M.A.H. Mohamad, et al.
Matec Web of Conferences, 2017
Palm oil has been accepted to be used as fuel with the introduction of petroleum diesel and Palm Methyl Ester (PME) in 2014. The high cost is the major drawback of PME. Not only PME is derived from an expensive low Free Fatty Acid (FFA) feedstock, the cost to convert FFA to PME through the process of trans esterification and purification of palm oil fatty acid is also expensive. Alternative feedstock of FFA is palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD). PFAD is a by-product of crude palm oil (CPO) refining. It is inedible and a low price palm oil product making it attractive as a feedstock for biofuel. The high viscosity of PFAD can be reduced by blending it with diesel fuel. Five blends of PFAD and diesel blends with 2%, 4%, 6%, 8% and 10% volumetric ratio were produced in this study. The physical properties of the blends such as density, viscosity, surface tension and flash point were determined and the results were compared to the Malaysian Standard for Diesel Fuel (MS123:2014). The results show that all properties of the blends are within the acceptable value for diesel fuel.
Penetration resistance force of sandwich panels composite with kenaf foam as a core material against deformable projectiles
Defence S and T Technical Bulletin, 2017