Shahril Nizam Mohamed Soid

University of Kuala Lumpur | unikl · Malaysian Spanish Institute

Machine-learning is one of popular technique suitable for adaptation in Industrial Revolution 4.0 (IR4). There is a dire problem whereby increasing occupational accident especially in the manufacturing sectors. The root cause of these accidents are because of fatigue while performing repetitive task in production line. To solve this problem, a rese...

A micro-turbogenerator is a combination of an alternator and a turbocharger which is used to convert rotational mechanical energy into electrical energy. It can be configured with different prime movers such as a steam turbine, a gas turbine in single-cycle or in a combined-cycle arrangement. The primary objective of this project is to study the pe...

This project deals with an experimental study of a micro-turbocharger test rig for engine performance with and without a turbocharger system. In order to achieve higher performance, bigger engines are needed. With the turbocharger, the performance of the engine can be increased without the need of a bigger engine. This is called a downsize. Therefo...

An understructure platform is also called underbody platform where is a platform that can be divided into three sections which are the rear section that is designed support for the steering system. The mid-section is the main structure of the vehicle that will be a structure protected the battery of the EV and also support the full weight of the pa...

It is important to reduce the vibration level on the electric grass trimmer so that it is safe to be used by the user to avoid illness such as white fingers. The objective of this study is to measure the vibration level of an existing electric grass trimmer and to reduce the vibration level at the handle of the electric grass trimmer. The vibration...

The usage of palm oil diesel blends as an alternative fuel in a diesel engine has been proven by many researchers. However, the high viscosity of palm oil produced heavy low-volatility compounds that are difficult to combust in the main combustion phase, and produce longer combustion period when compared to diesel. This phenomenon will contribute t...

Continuous usage and excavation of crude petroleum create a global alarm that in several years, the petroleum resources would be depleted. Researches on biomass resources such as palm oil, to replace diesel fuel have been conducted comprehensively to find the most suitable alternative fuel to diesel fuel. Blends of 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100% of palm o...

Over the past few years, many researchers have conducted experimental and simulation studies using alternative fuels for internal combustion engines. Selected fuels should contain less or no carbon products from combustion process and eventually decrease the primary energy usage. Hydrogen has been taken into consideration. Previous researchers foun...

This paper presents the results of an investigation on the performance characteristics of a small spark ignition (SI) engine fueled by liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to be compared with gasoline fueled. The LPG delivery systems used was fuel injection while carburetor was used for gasoline. In the experiment, wide open throttle (WOT) was run on a fo...

Climate change and increased demands for energy, tends the researchers to search for environmental friendly resources of alternative fuels that can be used in internal combustion engines. There are many types of existing alternative fuels that can be used in internal combustion engines, but the fundamental information about their combustion process...

This paper covers the design and fabrication of a micro-hydro turbine that is using a conventional water pipeline to generate additional home power. The process started with identifying the suitable design and then uses the standard design as reference to develop the micro-hydro turbine. The project included computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simul...

The braking performance has become a very important factor for automotive manufacturers and passenger because of the safety requirements. In general, brake squeal occurrences can be reduced by decreasing the friction coefficient; however, the braking performances also decrease. The objectives of this study are obtaining the dynamics properties (nat...

Climate changes and increased demands for energy, tends researchers in searching for environmental friendly resources of energy that can be used in internal combustion engines (ICEs). Hydrogen fuel is one of alternative fuels that produces zero emission. It has been extensively studied by various researchers in internal combustion engines. However,...

A turbo charger is a device driven by exhaust gas that increases the engine power by pumping air into the combustion chambers. This project is to develop the electric turbo generator by assembling the turbine from the turbo charger with the alternator. This experiment is about to use the function of the turbo charger to generate the current for fur...

The door hinges for automobiles are used to hold the door in a predefined axis during closing and opening operation. Apart from that, the door hinges are also important in automobiles as it holds the door in position during car accidents. The hinge itself is the combination of a pin, bushing, male and female hinge that will form an operating system...

This study was conducted to investigate the impact of torrefaction process on surface morphology as well as functional group of EFB before undergoing further processing method so that it can be used as renewable energy. Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) showed surface structure of EFB after undergoing torrefaction by which it is completely decompo...

In this study, torrefaction via microwave irradiation was introduced towards oil palm empty fruit bunches (EFB) samples. The samples was fed into the alumina type crucible inside the microwave with the power input limit at 385W. Experimental was carried in atmosphere at 50 ml/min continous flow of nitrogen gas into the torrefaction system. The effe...

This paper focuses on the properties of raw and torrified pellet from EFB by varying different parameters including energy consumption, moisture adsorption, Meyer hardness test and pellet density. To save storage space and transport costs, it can be compressed into fuel pellets of high physical and energetic density. The pelletizing properties were...

In order to meet consumer and legislation requirements, big investments on key technology strategies have been made to ensure fuel consumption is reduced. Recent technologies for gasoline engines are lean combustion technologies (including direct injection and homogenous charged compression ignition), optimizing intake and exhaust valve timing with...

In this study, torrefaction via microwave irradiation was introduced towards oil palm empty fruit bunches (EFB) samples. The samples of 10 g was fed into the quartz type crucible inside the microwave with the power input limit to 385 W. Continous nitrogen up to 50 ml/min were induced and promoted the non oxidative atmosphere in the closed crucible....

Over the past few years, many researchers have conducted experimental and simulation studies using alternative fuels for Internal Combustion Engine (ICE). There are many types of existing alternative fuels can be used in Internal Combustion Engine, but the fundamental information about their combustion process is still limited due to difficulties i...

Heat distribution characteristics e.g. temperature, the local Nusselt number, local heat flux etc., contribute to ice accretion on all critical surfaces of aircraft. The non-uniformity in heat distribution at these surfaces results in low temperatures and runback ice accretion downstream from these surfaces areas. Most of the previous studies merel...

Recent concerns on environment, fuel price and scarcity of its supply have promoted interest in the development of renewable sources as a replacement. This paper aims to show the gasifier experimental finding based on performance and process efficiency. Wood chip was fed in stratified downdraft gasifier with air as gasifying agent. The biomass feed...

Recent concerns on environment, fuel price and scarcity of its supply have promoted interest in the development of renewable sources as a replacement. This paper aims to show the gasifier experimental finding based on performance and process efficiency. Wood chip was fed in stratified downdraft gasifier with air as gasifying agent. The biomass feed...

Many efforts have been invested to improve the fuel efficiency of vehicles mainly for the local consumers. One of the main techniques to have better fuel efficiency is cylinder deactivation system. In this paper, the main research area is focus on the investigation of cylinder deactivation (CDA) technology on common engine part load conditions with...

This paper presents the results of an investigation on the effect of 2T oil blend on the performance of Spark Ignition (SI) engine. Three different types of 2T-oils; mineral oil, semi-synthetic oil and fully synthetic oil were tested according to blend ratio before the mixing process with fuel in the carburetor. In the experiment, a two-stroke sing...

Torrefaction is a thermal treatment step in a relatively low temperature range of 240-300°C, which aims to produce a higher energy biomass in terms of low heating value (LHV) and light weight properties. Biomass in wood (sawdust) was used in this work due availability in tropical climate and relatively cheap. LHV of torrified sawdust was found to b...

Biomass is one of the alternatives energy which are abundant, relatively cheap, and widespread availability. This paper is aim to show the process finding according experimental work of wood using suction biomass gasifier. Energy can be extracted from biomass through gasification process. The experiment focuses on woody gasification. A suction biom...

Concern with fossil fuel depletion and environmental degradation promotes the use of renewable energy sources in particular bio-fuel for automotive and power generation. Palm oil in its refined form as cooking oil can be used as fuel in diesel engines. Present study evaluates macroscopic spray characteristics, such as tip penetration, cone angle an...

The number of studies on spray and combustion characteristics in IC (internal combustion) engines using optical techniques has rapidly increased in the past few years due to an increase in the number of alternative fuels and stricter emission standard regulations. This study investigates better ways of controlling the combustion process, thus ensur...

The interest in biomass technology has got a lot of attention due to the increase in fuel prices and issues like global warming. Producer gas as a alternative fuel, produced from biomass gasification process can be used to generate power and electricity. However, in air blown gasification, the producer gas produced has Low Calorific Value (LCV) abo...

The use of biomass as an alternative fuel in diesel engines has advantages from both economic and environmental standpoint. This paper presents the combustion characteristic of a direct injection four stroke diesel engine using computational fluids dynamic (CFD) software. A model of a combustion chamber from a research engine: Yanmar L60AE-DTM sing...