This research aims to study the ant repellent effects of the crude ethanolic extracts from 7 herbs; Piper nigrum Linn. Alpinia galanga (L.) Willd Ocimum basilicum L. Cymbopogon citratus Stapf Citrus aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle Citrus hystrix DC and Stemona collinsae Craib. Whatman filter paper was dipped with each concentration of the crude ethanolic extracts (0.625 1.25 2.5 and 5 % w/v) and placing the bait on a treated filter paper. The experiments were conducted in the natural. The numbers of weaver ants were recorded at 0 - 30 minutes. From the results the crude ethanolic extracts at 5% w/v of A. galanga was the most effective for repellent the ant (repellent rate; %R = 94.72 ± 2.39) followed with C. citratus (%R = 89.45 ± 3.85) S. collinsae (%R = 82.92 ± 4.47) and P.nigrum (%R = 81.20 ± 5.92). The repellent rates of those crude ethanolic extracts were significantly difference from distilled water which use for the negative control (P < 0.05). The crude ethanolic extract of A. galanga at concentration 5% w/v was prepared as spray cream chalk and powder. At 30 minutes of the observation the ethanolic extracts of A. galanga spray was the best ant repellent effect (%R = 100). The result from questionnaires reveals that a spray preparation was the more satisfaction for the using ant repellent products.

Ethanol is a form of renewable energy. That can be used as fuel. Can replace gasoline or diesel. Fuel is an important factor driving the countrys economy. Ethanol can be produced from agricultural products garbage and various waste. his research uses watermelon rind. Which is waste from the community as a raw material for the production of ethanol by the fermentation process the microorganisms used in the fermentation process are ball flour. After fermentation for 6 hours it was found that the watermelon rind weighing 10 grams measured the concentration of alcohol. The concentration was 9.3 % VOL 18 Brix %. 20 grams of watermelon rind measuring the concentration of alcohol The concentration of 8.1 % VOL 16 Brix % of watermelon rind at 30 grams measured the concentration of alcohol. Get the concentration 8 % VOL 16 Brix % watermelon rind at 40 grams measure the concentration of alcohol get the concentration of 7.9 % VOL 15.1 Brix % and watermelon rind at 50 grams measure the concentration of alcohol the concentration of 7 % VOL 15 Brix %. Therefore it can be said that the watermelon rind which is waste from the community. Is a raw material with high potential for ethanol production to be used as a renewable energy source Instead of using raw materials from food plants and other energy crops.

Most of ethanol production processes are limited by low ethanol production rate and recyclable problem of ethanologenic organisms. In the present study Saccharomyces cerevisiae TISTR 5339 entrapped in an aqueous mixture of alginate and pretreated-bagasse was used for ethanol production of immobilization parameter of yeast cells consisting of amount of bagasse and alginate concentration on ethanol production were investigated. The results showed that increase in alginate concentration and the amount of bagasse can increase structural strength and reduce deterioration of bead. The optimal condition of immobilization was 1.0% (w/v) bagasse and 2.5% alginate. Ethanol yield (Yp/s) ethanol production rate (Qp) and efficiency of fermentation (Ey) obtained from the bagasse-alginate immobilized yeast cell was 3.39±0.72 g/l0.14±0.03 g/l/h and 70.98±14.08% respectively. The ultrastructure obtained from SEM illustrated that S. cerevisiae TISTR 5339 was well incorporated within the bagasse-alginate matrix. Moreover the bagasse-alginate immobilized yeast cells were reusable at least 5 times with Ey higher than 50% of 1st round of fermentation. Therefore the pretreated bagasse-alginate immobilized yeast cells is an alternatively interesting techniques with effiiciency for ethanol production in the future.

Dehydration of ethanol to ethylene was investigated over Mn- and Ni-containing mordenites. The synthesized catalysts were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) BET method and temperature programmed desorption of ammonia. The performances on dehydration of ethanol to ethylene for these catalysts were compared at temperature range 250-450°oC WHSV (weight hourly space velocity) of 1 h-1 time on stream of 30-240 min and catalyst weight of 1.0 g. The results showed that conversion of ethanol of the Mn-MOR and Ni MOR was quite similar but selectivity to ethylene of the Mn-MOR catalyst was much higher. The Ni-MOR showed high selectivity to ethane due to its hydrogenation ability.

จากการวิจัยเรื่องการหมักเปลือกทุเรียนแบบกึ่งแห้งเพื่อผลิตไบโอเอทานอล เป็นการอนุรักษ์ทรัพยากรธรรมชาติ และประยุกต์ใช้ของเสีย (Residue/waste) ที่ได้จากการเกษตร เป็นจุดเริ่มต้นของความจำเป็นเร่งด่วนในการพัฒนาเพื่อให้ทรัพยากรที่มีอยู่ให้เกิดประโยชน์สูงสุด โดยการนำประโยชน์ของเปลือกทุเรียนที่เป็นของเหลือ ทิ้งทางการเกษตรที่มีในท้องถิ่น เพื่อนำมาแปรรูปหมักเพื่อให้ได้แอลกอฮอล์เพื่อใช้ประโยชน์เป็นพลังงานเชื้อเพลิงทดแทนน้ำมัน อันก่อให้มีมูลค่าเพิ่มสูงขึ้น เพื่อลดปริมาณสารที่จะต้อง กำจัดก่อนปล่อยออกจากโรงงานอุตสาหกรรม