Silica is an amorphous and nanometer scale voids and porous form of silicon dioxide. As long known for its high specific surface area synthetic silica has been used to adsorb water readily and applied for keeping many biological products dry protecting equipment from moisture damage. In the study the researchers have interested in making the tentative eco-friendly dehumidifying products based on the silica extract from bamboo leaves. The extraction procedures were performed by boiling dry bamboo leaves with various concentrated hydrochloric acid (HCl) at 1 2 3 and 4 M then burning them at 650oC for 4 hr before analyzing the purity of the biosilica with the X-ray Fluorescence Method. The results showed that the highest purity of the biosilica sample at 96% could be obtained after treated with 4 M HCl comparing with the control commercial silica. By hygroscopic test the extracted biosilica with 2 M HCl showed the highest moisture absorption properties close to the commercial silica. While the highest adsorption capacity was found in the biosilica sample treated with 3 M HCl. The dehumidifying efficiencies of all HCl treated biosilica power were not much different comparing to the commercial silica gel. Instead of using synthetic silica therefore this high environmentally friendly and cheaper biosilica from bamboo leaves can preferably be decent and further applied in green industry.

This paper present the engineering properties of asphalt (AC 60/70) modified with different ratios of natural rubber. Then select the best properties of the binder to mix asphaltic concrete. From laboratory testing results with adding 6% natural rubber into mixtures for the best results. The properties of asphaltic concrete can be improved by adding 6% natural rubber. For asphaltic concrete Marshall Stability increased and flow decreased with adding natural rubber into asphalt. Comparing to ordinary asphaltic concrete (AC 60/70) the rutting resistance was increased 22% for natural rubber modified asphalt respectively. Moreover the fatigue resistance of natural rubber modified asphalt improved to be 2.06 times compared to AC 60/70.

The purposes of this research were to investigate anaerobic digestion of concentrated food waste in biogas production system at mesophilic temperature (37 C). The effect of grinding and pH controlled at 6.20 and 7.00 on methane production were also studied. It was found that the ability of mix bacteria which had initial concentration of 2100 mg/l for digesting concentrated food waste with grinding was higher than that without grinding because of the increase in surface area (about 1.37 time). In this system the optimum condition for bacteria growth was found at pH 7.00. Under optimal condition the digestion efficiency in term of chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal was 18.81% higher corresponding to an increase in methane production rate (19.10%) than other conditions

The biosorption of Rhodamine B using modified water hyacinth roots was studied. The adsorption experiments were conducted in a batch setup. Parameters affecting the adsorption of Rhodamine B including pH of a solution adsorption time adsorbent dose and dyes concentration were investigated. With the 80 mg/L Rhodamine B solution of pH 6.0 adsorption time of 60 min and 0.10 g of modified water hyacinth roots the kinetic models pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order kinetic model were applied to examine the kinetic adsorption. The adsorption kinetic data correlates with pseudo-second order kinetic model. The Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption models were applied to describe the isotherms and isotherm constants. Adsorption isotherm data correlates with Langmuir adsorption model. The maximum adsorption capacity of modified water hyacinth roots for Rhodamine B was found to be 63 mg/g

The purposes of this research were : 1. To study the personal factors of tourists 2. To The objective of this study was to investigate 1) personal factors of tourists 2) the decision making of purchasing One Tambon One Product (OTOP) and 3) the relationship between personal factors of tourists purchasing/ ever purchase OTOP in Nontaburi floating market and the decision making of purchasing products. Data collection were from 400 tourists in Koh Kred Floating Market Sainoi Floating Market and Wat Yaisawangarom Flaoting Market. Purposive selection used were frequency and percentage. Chi-square test and Contingency Coefficient at statistically significant level were 0.05. SPSS was used in this analysis. The result found that most tourists were women 31 - 40 years old Government officers were the most married bachelor degree and monthly income 10001 - 20000 baht. The decision making of purchasing products were from quality. Raw materials through primary processing were chosen because they were tasty. Non-alcohol drink purchase was from the benefits motivation purchase was from quality and product purchase was from indication labels. The relationship between personal factors and Thai motivation occupation related with reason of purchasing food products selling style and monthly income related with purchasing non-alcohol drinks. Educational levels related with 6 aspects except non-alcohol drinks. Marital status did not relate with purchasing One Tambon One Product in Nonthaburi Floating Market of Thai tourists at statistically significant level was 0.05.