The optimal pretreatment condition of coconut husk by physicochemical methods for biogas production was investigated. The coconut husk was dried and ground into powder (~0.1 nm) and was then determined for chemical contents such as cellulose hemi-cellulose and lignin respectively. The chemical contents of cellulose hemi-cellulose and lignin were 35.67±2.02 7.41±0.69 and 40.82±0.62 w/w respectively. After pretreatment with 4 different methods the results showed that the pretreatment of sodium hydroxide 30 % (w/w) gave the highest chemical contents of cellulose hemi-cellulose and lignin with 43.30±0.03 33.69±7.48 and 27.36±0.03 w/w respectively. As for the biogas production the result showed that the ratio of coconut husk to cow dung of 1:4 with C:N ratio of 23:1 gave the highest cumulative biogas of 442.6 ml for 30 days. Methane and carbon dioxide contents were 46.1 and 23.1 %. Moreover the removal percentages of the total solids (TS) volatile solid (VS) suspended solids (SS) and COD were 69.3 32.5 50.0 and 58.4 % respectively. The coconut husk could be used as an alternative material for the application of biogas production with cow dung in the near future.

At present a problem found in the soft candy producing process in the food producing department of Company Case Study is time-consuming roller washing process due to an ineffective washing process. A roller is washed one by one from a total of 10 roller (a set) in one machine. As a result the operation rates of other producing processes have been forced to delay. The objective of this research is to resolve the problem found in the process of roller washing by designing a machine for washing a set of roller per time. The research begins from examining design concepts of roller washing machine from patents and the current quantity of water and stream used for washing before conducting design of a new soft candy type roller washer machine. And eventually the efficiency of new roller washer machine is compared with current one. The findings indicate that the newly developed design can reduce washing period from 24.48 minutes/set to 5.56 minutes/set and increase operation time by 18.92 minutes or accounting for 77.28 percent. Meanwhile water quantity used in the process is reduced from 124.82 liters/set to 28.35 liters/set and stream quantity used in the process is also contracted from 0.83 kilogram/hour/set to 0.18 kilogram/hour/set. This reduction can save expenses equal to 28795 baht/year. As the budget for making new roller washer machine is 53000 baht and payback period is only 1.84 year.

The objectives were to study microbiological hazard of Khao kluk ka pi for school food service risk assessment and critical control points (CCP) according to HACCP principles.The production of Khao kluk ka pi had the improper hygienic practice. Thus TPC counts were found in shallots coriander and chilli at 1.9×106 3.2×107 and 5.9×106 cfu/g respectively and found E. coli in chopped coriander more than 1100 MPN/g. The TPC S. aureus C. perfringens Salmonella and V. parahaemolyticus were not detected in cooked ingredients. The number of TPC in Khao kluk ka pi held at ambient temperature for 0 2 4 and 6 hours were founed an increase from 1.2×106 cfu/g to 7.6×106 1.8×107 and 3.4×108 cfu/g respectively that was as a result of the uncooked ingredients and mixing process. The microbial numbers were increased when this food was held for a long time before serving. The CCP of Khao kluk ka pi production were indicated at the process of washing raw vegetables cooking process and holding cooked food at room temperature for a long time before serving.

This research is aimed to developed and evaluate a competency model of production engineer in the automotive industry. The data is collected from Amata City Rayong. The research is performed with two steps: 1) create an engineering competency in the automotive industry using Delphi technique with 17 experts. Then 2) review the engineering competency with the focus group of management staffs from automotive industry in Amata City Rayong. The statistics used in the analysis were percentile median and inter-quartile range. The results show that competency is consist of three parts. Part 1: management competency Part 2: functional competency Part 3: production engineering characteristic and consisted of four parts 1) the management of operational performance 2) production engineering 3) engineering knowledge 4) personal characteristics. Examining results in the competency model of production engineer in the automotive industry: the data is collected from Amata City Rayong created are appropriate and feasible in practice and performance as a performance model is built according to expert opinion.

This research aims to study the properties of natural rubber STR 20 at 100 phr with various contents of coir (e.g. 0 5 10 20 40 and 80 phr) and then mixed with chemical substance at constant ratio. After that the samples are ground by two-roll mill and formed by compression molding at 150 degree Celsius. This leads into the coir reinforcement natural rubber plate of dimension 30x30x0.5 cm. The properties of the natural rubber plates are tested under ASTM standard. From the results it is found that increasing in coir then the properties of resilience and density are improved at every mix ratio. However the tensile strength tear strength and wearing are increased at some certain value of coir. The samples give no water absorption at every mix ratio. The results from this research indicate that it can develop into the rubber floor tiles and rubber wall tiles for furnishing the buildings in natural style.