Pub Date : 2021-05-20DOI: 10.1109/ICBIR52339.2021.9465862
Yuzhuo Wen
As more foreigners work in Thailand, more research about cultural issues affecting management is required to facilitate better teamwork and organizational performance. Six supervisors working in professional occupations from various organizations in Thailand were interviewed in a qualitative research about working in multicultural teams. The interviewees were asked open-ended questions about their backgrounds, experiences, required skills as well as advantages and disadvantages of working in multicultural teams. The results showed a general consensus among supervisors about the importance of employees gaining experience in working in multicultural teams to increase global integration despite having its disadvantages.
{"title":"Interviewing Supervisors about Experiences, Advantages, and Disadvantages of Working in Multicultural Teams in Thailand","authors":"Yuzhuo Wen","doi":"10.1109/ICBIR52339.2021.9465862","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICBIR52339.2021.9465862","url":null,"abstract":"As more foreigners work in Thailand, more research about cultural issues affecting management is required to facilitate better teamwork and organizational performance. Six supervisors working in professional occupations from various organizations in Thailand were interviewed in a qualitative research about working in multicultural teams. The interviewees were asked open-ended questions about their backgrounds, experiences, required skills as well as advantages and disadvantages of working in multicultural teams. The results showed a general consensus among supervisors about the importance of employees gaining experience in working in multicultural teams to increase global integration despite having its disadvantages.","PeriodicalId":447560,"journal":{"name":"2021 6th International Conference on Business and Industrial Research (ICBIR)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131820632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-05-20DOI: 10.1109/ICBIR52339.2021.9465861
Wannapol Suphaskuldamrong, C. Gan, D. Cohen
Over the past three decades the demand for organic products has risen steadily, as has their price. Consumers belief that organic products are better for their health than conventional products. However, differentiating between organic and conventional products is difficult. Skepticism about the virtues of organic products increases consumers’ risk perceptions, which affects their purchasing decisions. Consumers’ risk perceptions and their risk reduction strategies influence their behaviour and impact upon their willingness to pay premium prices (WTPpp) for food products. However, there are no studies on consumers’ risk perceptions and their risk reduction strategies, including their WTPpp for organic products. This study investigates consumers’ purchasing behaviour in the context of their risk perceptions, risk reduction strategies and their WTPpp for organic products. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from 784 respondents who purchased organic products in Bangkok, Thailand. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to analyse the survey data. This study's finding is the first to confirm that consumers' WTPpp for organic products is driven by their risk perceptions and risk reduction strategies. The study shows that while consumers’ risk perceptions have a positive influence on their WTPpp for organic products, their risk reduction strategies have a negative influence. Consumer lifestyles and attitudes towards organic products have positive influences on their risk perceptions.
{"title":"Consumers’ Risk Perceptions, Risk Reduction Strategies and Willingness to Pay Premium Prices for Organic Products","authors":"Wannapol Suphaskuldamrong, C. Gan, D. Cohen","doi":"10.1109/ICBIR52339.2021.9465861","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICBIR52339.2021.9465861","url":null,"abstract":"Over the past three decades the demand for organic products has risen steadily, as has their price. Consumers belief that organic products are better for their health than conventional products. However, differentiating between organic and conventional products is difficult. Skepticism about the virtues of organic products increases consumers’ risk perceptions, which affects their purchasing decisions. Consumers’ risk perceptions and their risk reduction strategies influence their behaviour and impact upon their willingness to pay premium prices (WTPpp) for food products. However, there are no studies on consumers’ risk perceptions and their risk reduction strategies, including their WTPpp for organic products. This study investigates consumers’ purchasing behaviour in the context of their risk perceptions, risk reduction strategies and their WTPpp for organic products. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from 784 respondents who purchased organic products in Bangkok, Thailand. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to analyse the survey data. This study's finding is the first to confirm that consumers' WTPpp for organic products is driven by their risk perceptions and risk reduction strategies. The study shows that while consumers’ risk perceptions have a positive influence on their WTPpp for organic products, their risk reduction strategies have a negative influence. Consumer lifestyles and attitudes towards organic products have positive influences on their risk perceptions.","PeriodicalId":447560,"journal":{"name":"2021 6th International Conference on Business and Industrial Research (ICBIR)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128205979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-05-20DOI: 10.1109/ICBIR52339.2021.9465844
Anchalee Supithak, W. Supithak, Phusanisa Tosak
The research aims to determine proper vehicle routes and travelling schedules, for tourism management, in order to minimize the total system cost composed of transportation cost, vehicle cost, and driver cost. A mathematical model based on two-phase problem solving is developed. The first phase is to determine the sequence of visiting places for each tour program in such a way that the travelling distance is minimized, and the operating time constraint of each visiting place is not violated. The second phase is to assign proper types and number of travelling vehicles for each tour program. The developed model is constructed on the spreadsheet and solved using the solver. The result obtained from the company of case study, a tourism company located in the North of Thailand, shows that the proposed method provides practical solutions in the real situation.
{"title":"Vehicle Scheduling for Tourism Routing Problem","authors":"Anchalee Supithak, W. Supithak, Phusanisa Tosak","doi":"10.1109/ICBIR52339.2021.9465844","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICBIR52339.2021.9465844","url":null,"abstract":"The research aims to determine proper vehicle routes and travelling schedules, for tourism management, in order to minimize the total system cost composed of transportation cost, vehicle cost, and driver cost. A mathematical model based on two-phase problem solving is developed. The first phase is to determine the sequence of visiting places for each tour program in such a way that the travelling distance is minimized, and the operating time constraint of each visiting place is not violated. The second phase is to assign proper types and number of travelling vehicles for each tour program. The developed model is constructed on the spreadsheet and solved using the solver. The result obtained from the company of case study, a tourism company located in the North of Thailand, shows that the proposed method provides practical solutions in the real situation.","PeriodicalId":447560,"journal":{"name":"2021 6th International Conference on Business and Industrial Research (ICBIR)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115834558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-05-20DOI: 10.1109/ICBIR52339.2021.9465852
Nontanee Wiboonkul
In September 2015, United Nations member states adopted the 2030 agenda for promoting peace and sustainable development, which is known as the Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs. The goal eleventh in the SDGs is "sustainable cities and communities." Inside the goal eleventh of the SDGs has ten targets. The target number 11.2 of the goal eleventh in the SDGs aims at affordable and sustainable transportation.How have the NGOs based in Bangkok promoted the target number 11.2 of the goal eleventh in the SDGs during 2016 – 2020, the research found that there are ten NGOs based in Bangkok involved in road safety promotion and sustainable transport building, which promoted the target number 11.2 of the goal eleventh of the SDGs in change agent perspective. NGOs advocate the SDGs and assist the public sector in developing a sustainable public transport system and using the SDGs as a tool to create the liability of their projects. There are three prominent roles of NGOs in promoting the SDGs comprise (1) collaborating with the public sector, (2) implementing projects, and (3) raising public awareness. Even though the roles of NGOs are broader at the general level, but the weaknesses of NGOs based in Bangkok are related to the low influence of NGOs in the policy-making process. Some NGOs receive funds from government agencies or private companies, this limits their ability to provide unbiased inputs in some sensitive issues that relevant to their funders. Moreover, NGOs have limited implementation capacity and resources, making it harder to corporate with the public sector. Significantly, influencing the public sector in developing affordable and sustainable transport systems is a troublesome issue for NGOs because most public transportation projects are related to the conflict of interests and authoritarians. They may have the ability only in public advocacy and knowledge sharing about the importance of sustainable transport systems at the public level.
{"title":"The Roles of NGOs Based in Bangkok in Promoting the Target Number 11.2 of the Goal Eleventh in the SDGs","authors":"Nontanee Wiboonkul","doi":"10.1109/ICBIR52339.2021.9465852","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICBIR52339.2021.9465852","url":null,"abstract":"In September 2015, United Nations member states adopted the 2030 agenda for promoting peace and sustainable development, which is known as the Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs. The goal eleventh in the SDGs is \"sustainable cities and communities.\" Inside the goal eleventh of the SDGs has ten targets. The target number 11.2 of the goal eleventh in the SDGs aims at affordable and sustainable transportation.How have the NGOs based in Bangkok promoted the target number 11.2 of the goal eleventh in the SDGs during 2016 – 2020, the research found that there are ten NGOs based in Bangkok involved in road safety promotion and sustainable transport building, which promoted the target number 11.2 of the goal eleventh of the SDGs in change agent perspective. NGOs advocate the SDGs and assist the public sector in developing a sustainable public transport system and using the SDGs as a tool to create the liability of their projects. There are three prominent roles of NGOs in promoting the SDGs comprise (1) collaborating with the public sector, (2) implementing projects, and (3) raising public awareness. Even though the roles of NGOs are broader at the general level, but the weaknesses of NGOs based in Bangkok are related to the low influence of NGOs in the policy-making process. Some NGOs receive funds from government agencies or private companies, this limits their ability to provide unbiased inputs in some sensitive issues that relevant to their funders. Moreover, NGOs have limited implementation capacity and resources, making it harder to corporate with the public sector. Significantly, influencing the public sector in developing affordable and sustainable transport systems is a troublesome issue for NGOs because most public transportation projects are related to the conflict of interests and authoritarians. They may have the ability only in public advocacy and knowledge sharing about the importance of sustainable transport systems at the public level.","PeriodicalId":447560,"journal":{"name":"2021 6th International Conference on Business and Industrial Research (ICBIR)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122984104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-05-20DOI: 10.1109/ICBIR52339.2021.9465841
Yuniarty, Idris Gautama So, S. Abdinagoro, M. Hamsal
Entrepreneurship development is about the presence of strategic postures through business organizations so that risk-taking is at the organizational level, capable of developing competitive, proactive, and innovative behavior. This study is designed to reveal a theoretical model that best describes how to improve the innovation performance of SMEs in Indonesia. The model suggested at the end of this paper will picture the complete configuration of digital eco-dynamic to improve the performance of e-business SMEs in Indonesia seems promising. However, the author argues that amid the new normal era and besides the digital eco-dynamic, the innovation performance of SMEs in Indonesia is influenced by psychometric factors.
{"title":"Completing the Configuration of Digital Eco-Dynamic to Improve the Innovation Performance of SMEs","authors":"Yuniarty, Idris Gautama So, S. Abdinagoro, M. Hamsal","doi":"10.1109/ICBIR52339.2021.9465841","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICBIR52339.2021.9465841","url":null,"abstract":"Entrepreneurship development is about the presence of strategic postures through business organizations so that risk-taking is at the organizational level, capable of developing competitive, proactive, and innovative behavior. This study is designed to reveal a theoretical model that best describes how to improve the innovation performance of SMEs in Indonesia. The model suggested at the end of this paper will picture the complete configuration of digital eco-dynamic to improve the performance of e-business SMEs in Indonesia seems promising. However, the author argues that amid the new normal era and besides the digital eco-dynamic, the innovation performance of SMEs in Indonesia is influenced by psychometric factors.","PeriodicalId":447560,"journal":{"name":"2021 6th International Conference on Business and Industrial Research (ICBIR)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124381756","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-05-20DOI: 10.1109/ICBIR52339.2021.9465863
Rachata Rungtrakulchai
This study aimed to present the conceptual framework of the effects of social media influencers on the consumer perception on brand image and also investigate how influencers’ image transfer to the brands. The research framework is developed with consumer learning process and network associative theory. The propositions are developed and presented in the paper.
{"title":"The Effects of Social Media Influencers on Consumer Memory toward Brand Image: The Role of Image Transfer","authors":"Rachata Rungtrakulchai","doi":"10.1109/ICBIR52339.2021.9465863","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICBIR52339.2021.9465863","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to present the conceptual framework of the effects of social media influencers on the consumer perception on brand image and also investigate how influencers’ image transfer to the brands. The research framework is developed with consumer learning process and network associative theory. The propositions are developed and presented in the paper.","PeriodicalId":447560,"journal":{"name":"2021 6th International Conference on Business and Industrial Research (ICBIR)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125570833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-05-20DOI: 10.1109/ICBIR52339.2021.9465853
M. Muroyama, Shuji Tanaka
We have developed a multi-sensor system by using own multi-sensor platform LSI for versatile applications including next generation robots. For a unified system implementation, the LSI provides the followings: several principle sensor readout circuits, 8-single or 4-differential multi-channels for multi-axis sensing, outputs as a haptic driver controller, flexible system parameter configuration, a RS485 compatible differential signal serial bus communication method, and event-driven response. The LSI can realize wide variety of sensing principle sensor fusion and many sensor installation. So far, we developed 2.5mmX2.5mm size MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems)-LSI integrated 3-axis force and temperature sensing devices and a 100 device connected tactile sensor network system. However, the system was complex and it took a long time for the development. For reducing the development time and increasing system reliability, we developed an application programming interface (API) for the system. The API consists of documents and basic sensor instruction sets such as system start/stop, sensor configuration setup, capacitive type sensing, analog type sensing, temperature sensing, and digital output. By using this API, we could make high performance multi-sensor systems easily without considering detailed system structures which include sensor platform LSI based sensor nodes, FPGA based relay nodes, and a host software.
{"title":"Development of an Application Programming Interface for a Multi-Sensing System Based on Sensor Platform LSIs","authors":"M. Muroyama, Shuji Tanaka","doi":"10.1109/ICBIR52339.2021.9465853","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICBIR52339.2021.9465853","url":null,"abstract":"We have developed a multi-sensor system by using own multi-sensor platform LSI for versatile applications including next generation robots. For a unified system implementation, the LSI provides the followings: several principle sensor readout circuits, 8-single or 4-differential multi-channels for multi-axis sensing, outputs as a haptic driver controller, flexible system parameter configuration, a RS485 compatible differential signal serial bus communication method, and event-driven response. The LSI can realize wide variety of sensing principle sensor fusion and many sensor installation. So far, we developed 2.5mmX2.5mm size MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems)-LSI integrated 3-axis force and temperature sensing devices and a 100 device connected tactile sensor network system. However, the system was complex and it took a long time for the development. For reducing the development time and increasing system reliability, we developed an application programming interface (API) for the system. The API consists of documents and basic sensor instruction sets such as system start/stop, sensor configuration setup, capacitive type sensing, analog type sensing, temperature sensing, and digital output. By using this API, we could make high performance multi-sensor systems easily without considering detailed system structures which include sensor platform LSI based sensor nodes, FPGA based relay nodes, and a host software.","PeriodicalId":447560,"journal":{"name":"2021 6th International Conference on Business and Industrial Research (ICBIR)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130398688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-05-20DOI: 10.1109/ICBIR52339.2021.9465870
Amarawadee Tappoon
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced a sudden change in many sectors worldwide including the education sector. The closure of schools, colleges, and universities has impacted all educational institutes on teaching transformation method from face-to-face classroom to online classroom abruptly. Getting in-depth insights from online EFL teachers is vital to understand and enables to resolve their difficulties and teaching limitations. The purposes of this study were to explore EFL teachers’ attitudes and opinions in a Thai university in Bangkok, Thailand towards their online teaching amid the Covid-19 pandemic and to examine their problems occurred while they were managing online teaching. The participants were 19 English lecturers at a Thai university consisting of 15 Thai and 4 foreigner lecturers. A researcher collected data through an online survey, focus-group discussions, and individual interviews with open-ended questions, and then used content analysis, a conventional approach to analyze the data. The findings revealed that all lecturers were willing to teach online, but they lacked the comprehensive training on online teaching techniques and some effective equipment to support online language teaching.
{"title":"Voices of EFL Teachers in Online Teaching amid Covid-19 Pandemic Period in Bangkok","authors":"Amarawadee Tappoon","doi":"10.1109/ICBIR52339.2021.9465870","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICBIR52339.2021.9465870","url":null,"abstract":"The Covid-19 pandemic has forced a sudden change in many sectors worldwide including the education sector. The closure of schools, colleges, and universities has impacted all educational institutes on teaching transformation method from face-to-face classroom to online classroom abruptly. Getting in-depth insights from online EFL teachers is vital to understand and enables to resolve their difficulties and teaching limitations. The purposes of this study were to explore EFL teachers’ attitudes and opinions in a Thai university in Bangkok, Thailand towards their online teaching amid the Covid-19 pandemic and to examine their problems occurred while they were managing online teaching. The participants were 19 English lecturers at a Thai university consisting of 15 Thai and 4 foreigner lecturers. A researcher collected data through an online survey, focus-group discussions, and individual interviews with open-ended questions, and then used content analysis, a conventional approach to analyze the data. The findings revealed that all lecturers were willing to teach online, but they lacked the comprehensive training on online teaching techniques and some effective equipment to support online language teaching.","PeriodicalId":447560,"journal":{"name":"2021 6th International Conference on Business and Industrial Research (ICBIR)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121887124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-05-20DOI: 10.1109/ICBIR52339.2021.9465866
Wichakan Kunsiripunyo, N. Sathirakul
Coffee chain enterprises in Nan province were small groups, most of businesses interdependent with other business in Nan coffee industry. This research studied about sustainable supply chain in Nan’s coffee chain enterprises from the beginning as coffee agriculture to selling coffee to customers. Coffee shop in Nan downtown use the coffee beans that cultivate and process in Nan, for this reason that farmers are able to sale more beans, not only to coffee manufactories but also to SMEs coffee houses. Moreover, to increase number of new specialty coffee drinkers. The researchers founded that government agencies included governor, ministry of Tourism and Sports etc. also supported Nan’s coffee products and travelling follow coffee places. Besides, the growth rate of Nan coffee chain enterprises made new blood returned their homes in order to start coffee businesses. Accordingly, Nan new generations continue coffee business which conform to Nan dominant. This research aimed to conduct new entrants in coffee chain industry and other industries about sustainable industry in each hometown.
{"title":"Application of Community Enterprise for Sustainable Supply Chain: Case Study of Coffee Enterprise in Nan Province, Thailand","authors":"Wichakan Kunsiripunyo, N. Sathirakul","doi":"10.1109/ICBIR52339.2021.9465866","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICBIR52339.2021.9465866","url":null,"abstract":"Coffee chain enterprises in Nan province were small groups, most of businesses interdependent with other business in Nan coffee industry. This research studied about sustainable supply chain in Nan’s coffee chain enterprises from the beginning as coffee agriculture to selling coffee to customers. Coffee shop in Nan downtown use the coffee beans that cultivate and process in Nan, for this reason that farmers are able to sale more beans, not only to coffee manufactories but also to SMEs coffee houses. Moreover, to increase number of new specialty coffee drinkers. The researchers founded that government agencies included governor, ministry of Tourism and Sports etc. also supported Nan’s coffee products and travelling follow coffee places. Besides, the growth rate of Nan coffee chain enterprises made new blood returned their homes in order to start coffee businesses. Accordingly, Nan new generations continue coffee business which conform to Nan dominant. This research aimed to conduct new entrants in coffee chain industry and other industries about sustainable industry in each hometown.","PeriodicalId":447560,"journal":{"name":"2021 6th International Conference on Business and Industrial Research (ICBIR)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116532048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-05-20DOI: 10.1109/ICBIR52339.2021.9465858
Waritsara Lersin, Mahunnop Fakkao, Supitchaya Cerdkeadttikul, T. Ida, J. Chaichanawong
Currently, Thailand is attempting to overcome the energy security issues by initiating a sustainable solution with an alternative energy development plan. One of the potential energy sources for Thai society is the solid biofuels, so-called biocoke. The biocoke can be made from agricultural or municipal wastes. This study is focused on the production of biocoke from coconut shells since Thailand exports the product from coconuts, leaving numerous coconut shells behind. To produce the biocoke, raw coconut shells were ground into a particle size less than 1 mm. The moisture content of coconut shells was varied every 5 wt% from 0 to 15 wt% to investigate the effect of moisture content on properties of biocoke. Then, the raw materials were pressed using the uniaxial pressing method with the pressure of 16 MPa for 15 minutes at the forming temperature of 180 °C. The biocoke properties, which are calorific value, density, and compressive strength, were examined. It is found that the coconut shell biocoke has the highest density of 1.25 g/cm3 under the temperature of 160 °C and 190 °C.
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