Anurita Selvarajoo

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  Malaysia Campus
  Jalan Broga
  43500 Semenyih
  Selangor Darul Ehsan
  Malaysia
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• Anurita.Selvarajoo@nottingham.edu.my

Biography

Dr Anurita Selvarajoo graduated with B.Eng. (Hons) in Civil Engineering (Environmental) from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, in 2006. She received her Ph.D in Fuels and Sustainability from University of Nottingham Malaysia, in 2013. She currently works as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia. Her current research encompasses on biomass and biomass-derived biochar. Key area of the research is to characterize biomass and biochar through pyrolysis process for potential applications as energy, water and wastewater treatment, soil enhancement and remediation, climate change mitigation, building materials etc. Anurita also works in the field of natural coagulants and flocculants for agricultural wastewater and enhanced landfill mining. Anurita has authored over 50 papers in different journals, conference proceedings, online articles and also book chapter. She serves as a reviewer in a number of journals. Anurita is also an affiliate member with the Young Scientists Network of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (YSN - ASM) and a graduate member in Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) and Malaysia Board of Technologies (MBOT).

Expertise Summary

Dr Anurita Selvarajoo current research encompasses on biomass and biomass-derived biochar. Key area of the research is to characterize biomass and biochar through pyrolysis process for potential applications as energy, water and wastewater treatment, soil enhancement and remediation, climate change mitigation, building materials etc. Anurita also works in the field of natural coagulants and flocculants for agricultural wastewater and enhanced landfill mining.

Teaching Summary

Anurita is currently teaching in the Department of Civil Engineering. She is the module convenor of Fundamentals of Materials and co-module convenor Group Design Project Year 1. She is the… read more

Research Summary

Biomass, biochar, water and wastewater treatment

Recent Publications

• PENG MEI CHUEN, VASANTHI SETHU and ANURITA SELVARAJOO, 2021. Performance Study of Chia Seeds, Chia Flour and Mimosa pudica Hydrogel as Polysaccharide-Based Superabsorbent Polymers for Sanitary Napkins Materials Today Communications. 26, 101712
• FARAH AMIRA MOHAMMAD LANAN, ANURITA SELVARAJOO, VASANTHI SETHU and SENTHIL KUMAR ARUMUGASAMY, 2021. Utilisation of Natural Plant-based Fenugreek (Trigonella foenumgraecum) Coagulant and Okra (Abelmoschus escluentus) Flocculant for Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) Treatment Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering. 9(1), 104667
• LIM KAI SOON, VASANTHI SETHU and ANURITA SELVARAJOO, 2021. Natural plant materials as coagulant and flocculants for the treatment of palm oil mill effluent Materials Today: Proceedings. (In Press.)
• KHOO MIINYI, VASANTHI SETHU, ANURITA SELVARAJOO and SENTHIL KUMAR ARUMUGASAMY, 2021. Performance of fenugreek and okra for the physico-chemical treatment of Palm Oil Mill Effluent – Modeling using Response Surface Methodology Progress in Energy and Environment. 15, 8-30

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Anurita is currently teaching in the Department of Civil Engineering. She is the module convenor of Fundamentals of Materials and co-module convenor Group Design Project Year 1. She is the facilitator for a number fo workshops like Engineering Drawing, Technical Report Writing and Concrete Mix Design. She also contributes to the supervision of Final Year Projects.

Future Research

Biomass, biochar, water and wastewater treatment, climate change

• PENG MEI CHUEN, VASANTHI SETHU and ANURITA SELVARAJOO, 2021. Performance Study of Chia Seeds, Chia Flour and Mimosa pudica Hydrogel as Polysaccharide-Based Superabsorbent Polymers for Sanitary Napkins Materials Today Communications. 26, 101712
• FARAH AMIRA MOHAMMAD LANAN, ANURITA SELVARAJOO, VASANTHI SETHU and SENTHIL KUMAR ARUMUGASAMY, 2021. Utilisation of Natural Plant-based Fenugreek (Trigonella foenumgraecum) Coagulant and Okra (Abelmoschus escluentus) Flocculant for Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) Treatment Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering. 9(1), 104667
• LIM KAI SOON, VASANTHI SETHU and ANURITA SELVARAJOO, 2021. Natural plant materials as coagulant and flocculants for the treatment of palm oil mill effluent Materials Today: Proceedings. (In Press.)
• KHOO MIINYI, VASANTHI SETHU, ANURITA SELVARAJOO and SENTHIL KUMAR ARUMUGASAMY, 2021. Performance of fenugreek and okra for the physico-chemical treatment of Palm Oil Mill Effluent – Modeling using Response Surface Methodology Progress in Energy and Environment. 15, 8-30
• CHU RUI LYNN, VASANTHI SETHU and ANURITA SELVARAJOO, 2021. Aloe vera as a natural flocculant for Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) treatment – Characterisation and Optimisation studies In: 32nd Symposium of Malaysian Chemical Engineers 2021.
• TE, WEI ZUN, MUHANIN, KAVINESH NAIR MANOR, CHU, YU-MING, SELVARAJOO, ANURITA, SINGH, AJIT, AHMED, SHAMS FORRUQUE, VO, DAI-VIET N. and SHOW, PAU LOKE, 2021. Optimization of Pyrolysis Parameters for Production of Biochar From Banana Peels: Evaluation of Biochar Application on the Growth of Ipomoea aquatica FRONTIERS IN ENERGY RESEARCH. 8,
• LIM, YIK FU, CHAN, YI JING, ABAKR, YOUSIF ABDALLA, SETHU, VASANTHI, SELVARAJOO, ANURITA, SINGH, AJIT, LEE, JUNYAN and GARETH, MILTON, 2021. Evaluation of potential feedstock for biogas production via anaerobic digestion in Malaysia: kinetic studies and economics analysis ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY.
• LIM YIK FU, CHAN YI JING, YOUSIF ABDALLA ABAKR, VASANTHI SETHU, ANURITA SELVARAJOO, AJIT SINGH, LEE JUNYAN and MILTON GARETH, 2021. Review of Biowastes to Energy in Malaysia: Current Technology, Scalability and Socioeconomic Analysis Cleaner Engineering and Technology. 100257
• CHU RUI LYNN, VASANTHI SETHU and ANURITA SELVARAJOO, 2021. Aloe vera as a natural flocculant for Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) treatment – Characterisation and Optimisation studies Carbon Resources Conversion. (In Press.)
• NEOH JIA HSIANG, ANURITA SELVARAJOO and SENTHIL KUMAR ARUMUGASAMY, 2021. Artificial Neural Network Modelling for Slow Pyrolysis Process of Biochar from Banana Peels and Its Effect on O/C Ratio Advances in Robotics, Automation and Data Analytics.
• ANURITA SELVARAJOO, ANWAR P.P. ABDUL MAJEED, RABIU MUAZU MUSA and SENTHIL KUMAR ARUMUGASAMY, 2021. The prediction of biochar yield produced from banana peels: A Support Vector Regression Evaluation In: ASM International Scientific Virtual Conference (ISVC) 2021, 29 March-1 April, Malaysia.
• YI JING CHAN, HOONG WY LEE and ANURITA SELVARAJOO, 2021. Comparative study of the synergistic effect of Decanter Cake (DC) and Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) as the co-substrates in the anaerobic co-digestion (ACD) of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) Environmental Challenges. 4, 100257
• ANURITA SELVARAJOO, LEE CHI WEI, DOOSHANTSINGH OOCHIT and KHALID HUSSEIN OMAR ALMASHJARY, 2021. Bio-Pellets from Empty Fruit Bunch and Durian Rinds with Adhesive of Cornstarch for Potential Renewable Energy Materials Science for Energy Technologies. 4, 242-248
• KEXIN WANG, KUAN SHIONG KHOO, KIT WAYNE CHEW, ANURITA SELVARAJOO, WEI-HSIN CHEN, JO-SHU CHANG and PAU LOKE SHOW, 2021. Microalgae: The Future Supply House of Biohydrogen and Biogas Frontiers in Energy Research. 9, 158
• ANURITA SELVARAJOO, 2021. Slow pyrolysis of Durio zibethinus rind and the influence of carbonization temperature on biochar properties IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering.
• KEXIN WANG, KUAN SHIONG KHOO, HUI YI LEONG, DILLIRANI NAGARAJAN, KIT WAYNE CHEW, HUONG YONG TING, ANURITA SELVARAJOO, JO-SHU CHANG and PAU LOKE SHOW, 2021. How does the Internet of Things (IoT) help in microalgae biorefinery? Biotechnology Advances. 107819
• ANURITA SELVARAJOO, 2021. Biochar: Black is the New Green At: National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan (Online)
• ANURITA SELVARAJOO, AJIT SINGH, KAVINESH NAIR MANOR MUHAMIN and TE WEI ZUN, 2021. Assessing the potential of biochar as plant growth promoter In: YSN-ASM International Scientific Virtual Conference 2021.
• MOHAMMAD ASAD TARIQ, VASANTHI SETHU, SENTHIL KUMAR ARUMUGASAMY and ANURITA SELVARAJOO, 2020. Rambutan and Fenugreek seeds for the treatment of Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) and its Feedforward Neural Network (FANN) modelling Research Communication in Engineering Science & Technology. 4, 1-14
• ISABELLE TAY SUI KIM, VASANTHI SETHU, SENTHIL KUMAR ARUMUGASAMY and ANURITA SELVARAJOO, 2020. Fenugreek seeds and okra for the treatment of palm oil mill effluent (POME) - Characterization studies and modeling with backpropagation feedforward neural network (BFNN) Journal of Water Process Engineering. 37, 101500
• NURUL ASYIKIN MOHD NAJIB, VASANTHI SETHU, SENTHIL KUMAR ARUMUGASAMY and ANURITA SELVARAJOO, 2020. Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Modelling of Palm oil mill effluent (POME) treatment with Natural Bio-coagulants Environmental Processes. 7(2), 509-535
• ANURITA SELVARAJOO and DOOSHANTSINGH OOCHIT, 2020. Effect of pyrolysis temperature on product yields of palm fibre and its biochar characterictics Materials Science for Energy Technologies.. 3, ,575-583
• ANURITA SELVARAJOO, 2020. Biomass Char Gasification with Carbon Dioxide As An Alternative Energy In: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 15th International Conference on Atmospheric Sciences and Applications to Air Quality (ASAAQ 2019), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.. 489.
• ANURITA SELVARAJOO, DINIE MUHAMMAD and SENTHIL KUMAR ARUMUGASAMY, 2020. An Experimental and Modelling Approach to Produce Biochar From Banana Peels Through Pyrolysis As Potential Renewable Energy Resources Modeling Earth System and Environment. 6, 115-128
• WONG YONG JIE, SENTHIL KUMAR ARUMUGASAMY, CHANG HAN CHUNG, ANURITA SELVARAJOO and VASANTHI SETHU, 2020. Comparative study of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) for modelling of Cu (II) adsorption from aqueous solution using biochar derived from rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum) peel Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 192(7), 1-20
• ANURITA SELVARAJOO, IANATUL KHOIROH, VASANTHI SETHU and BILLIE HIEW YAN ZHANG, 2020. Implementing Gamification Approach using Kahoot! For Engineering Education
• ANURITA SELVARAJOO, 2020. The Visual Laboratory: Development and Implementation for Chemical Engineering Undergraduates
• BILLIE HIEW YAN ZHANG, ANURITA SELVARAJOO, VASANTHI SETHU and IANATUL KHOIROH, 2020. Game-Based Learning: Kahoot! in Chemical Engineering Education IChemE Education Special Interest Group. Available at: <https://www.icheme.org/media/14762/edsig-newsletter-nov-2020-i88.pdf>
• CHIA, WEN YI, CHONG, YEN YEE, CHEW, KIT WAYNE, VIMALI, ELAMATHI, JAYARAM, MOORTHY, SELVARAJOO, ANURITA, MUTHUVELU, KIRUPA SANKAR, VARALAKSHMI, PERUMAL, SHOW, PAU LOKE and ARUMUGASAMY, SENTHIL KUMAR, 2020. Outlook on biorefinery potential of palm oil mill effluent for resource recovery JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING. 8(6),
• SENTHIL KUMAR ARUMUGASAMY, ANURITA SELVARAJOO and MOHAMMAD ASAD TARIQ, 2020. Artificial neural networks modelling: Gasification behaviour of palm fibre biochar Materials Science for Energy Technologies. 3(1), 868-878
• ANURITA SELVARAJOO, KAVINESH NAIR MANOR MUHAMIN and AJIT SINGH, 2020. Effect of Banana (Musa spp.) Peel Biochar on the Growth Performance of Water Spinach (Ipomoea ambara Forsk.) In: PYRO ASIA 2020 E-SYMPOSIUM.
• ANURITA SELVARAJOO, 2020. Slow pyrolysis of Durio zibethinus rind and the influence of carbonization temperature on biochar properties In: The 2nd International Conference on Innovative Technology, Engineering and Sciences (iCITES 2020).
• ANURITA SELVARAJOO, MARGARET SIVAPRAGRASAM and UTAMI IRAWATI, 2020. Valorization of banana peel waste as a source for bioenergy production In: Valorization of banana peel waste as a source for bioenergy production, The 6th International Online Conference on Science, Technology, and Interdisciplinary Research (IC-STAR UTM 2020).
• M. SANMUGAM, A. SELVARAJOO, B.RAMAYAH and K. LEE, 2019. Use Of Nearpod As Interactive Learning Method In: 13th International Technology, Education and Development Conference. 8908-8915
• VASANTHI SETHU, ANURITA SELVARAJOO, LEE CHEE WEI, PAVITREN GANESAN, GOH SEE LIM and MOK XIN YUAN, 2019. Opuntia cactus as a novel bio-coagulant for the treatment of Palm Oil Mill Effluent(POME) Progress in Energy and Environment. 9, 11-26
• SENTHIL KUMAR ARUMUGASAMY and ANURITA SELVARAJOO, 2019. Artificial Neural Networks Modelling: Gasification behaviour of palm fibre biochar In: 5th Postgraduate Colloquium for Environmental Research (POCER) 2019, Malaysia.
• ANURITA SELVARAJOO, 2019. Biochar From Biomass for Potential Applications In: Asean Emerging Researchers Conference, Sunway University, Malaysia.
• ANURITA SELVARAJOO and DOOSHANTSINGH OOCHIT, 2019. Temperature effect on the products yield of palm fibre from slow pyrolysis. In: 5th Postgraduate Colloquium for Environmental Research (POCER 2019), Putrajaya, Malaysia..
• ANURITA SELVARAJOO and IANATUL KHOIROH, 2019. Evaluation of CO2 reacitivity for biochar derived from durian rinds In: 5th Postgraduate Colloquium for Environmental Research (POCER 2019), Putrajaya, Malaysia..
• ANURITA SELVARAJOO, 2019. Thermal conversion of food waste to value-added products In: International Conference on Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (ICCBE), Hanoi, Vietnam..
• ANURITA SELVARAJOO and SVENJA HANSON, 2019. Suitability of biochar produced from banana peels as a source of bioenergy In: 8th International Congress on Sustainability Science & Engineering (ICOSSE 2019), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia..
• NURUL ASYIKIN, FARAH AMIRA, ISABELLE TAY, KHOO MIINYI, VASANTHI SETHU, ANURITA SELVARAJOO and SENTHIL KUMAR ARUMUGASAMY, 2019. Final year research project: Educational visit to palm oil mill
• LEE KEAN WAH, ANURITA SELVARAJOO and BAVANI RAMAYAH, 2019. Nearpod to the rescue: Engendering active learning in large class In: Globalization and Localization in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (GLoCALL 2019) Conference in Danang, Vietnam..
• ANURITA SELVARAJOO, 2019. Biomass Char Gasification with Carbon Dioxide As An Alternative Energy In: 15th International Conference on Atmospheric Sciences and Applications to Air Quality (ASAAQ 2019), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia..
• BRIAN LEE CHOONG LEK, ANGELA PAUL PETER,, KEVIN HWANGQI CHONG, PAVITHRAN RAGU, VASANTHISETHU, ANURITA SELVARAJOO and SENTHIL KUMAR ARUMUGASAMY, 2018. Treatment of palm oil mill effluent (POME) using chickpea (Cicer arietinum) as a natural coagulant and flocculant: Evaluation, process optimization and characterization of chickpea powder Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering. 6, 6243-6255
• CHEE YAP CHUNG, ANURITA SELVARAJOO, VASANTHI SETHU, APURAV KRISHNA KOYANDE, ARVIN ARPUTHAN and ZHI CHIEN LIM, 2018. Optimisation and Evaluation of Coagulation–Flocculation Process for Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) Treatment using Peanut–Okra and Wheat Germ–Okra Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy. 20(9), 1951-1970
• DOOSHYANTSINGH OOCHIT, ANURITA SELVARAJOO and SENTHIL KUMAR ARUMUGASAMY, 2017. Pyrolysis of Biomass. In: LAKHVEER SINGH and VIPIN CHANDRA KALIA, eds., Waste Biomass Management – A Holistic Approach: Pyrolysis of Biomass Springer. 215-229
• MANIMALA SELVANATHAN, KHOO TIONG YANN, CHANG HAN CHUNG, ANURITA SELVARAJOO, SENTHIL KUMAR ARUMUGASAMY and VASANTHI SETHU, 2017. Adsorption of Copper(II) Ion from Aqueous Solution Using Biochar Derived from Rambutan (Nepheliumlappaceum) Peel: Feedforward neural network modelling study Water, Air & Soil Pollution. (In Press.)
• CHUNG CHEE YAP, APURAV KRISHNA KOYANDE, ARVIN ARPUTHAN, LIM ZHI CHIEN, ANURITA SELVARAJOO and VASANTHI SETHU, 2017. Optimisation and Evaluation of Coagulation–Flocculation Process for Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) Treatment using Peanut–Okra and Wheat Germ–Okra In: 4th Postgraduate Colloquium for Environmental Research 2017 (POCER).
• LEE CHI WEI, DOOSHYANTSINGH OOCHIT, KHALID HUSSEIN OMAR ALMASHJARY, ANURITA SELVARAJOO and LAU PHEI LI, 2017. Preparation and Characterisation of Bio-char from Mixed Biomass In: 4th Postgraduate Colloquium for Environmental Research 2017 (POCER). 102-103
• ANURITA SELVARAJOO and SVENJA HANSON, 2015. Pyrolysis of Pineapple Peel: Effect of Temperature, Heating Rate and Residence Time on the Bio-char Yield International Journal Of Environmental Engineering. 2(1), 192-196
• SENTHIL KUMAR ARUMUGASAMY and ANURITA SELVARAJOO, 2015. Feedforward Neural Network Modeling of Biomass Pyrolysis Process for Biochar Production In: 3rd Postgraduate Colloquium for Environmental Research 2015, August 24-26, Kuching, Sarawak.
• ANURITA SELVARAJOO and SVENJA HANSON, 2015. Investigation of Biochar from Banana Peel In: International Conference on Biological and Environmental Science (BIOES-15) Oct. 1-3, 2015 Phuket (Thailand).
• C.W. LEE, S.L. GOH, S. ANURITA and V.S. SETHU, 2015. Evaluation of novel plant-based coagulant-flocculants for the treatment of palm oil mill effluent (POME) In: 28th Symposium of Malaysian Chemical Engineers (SOMChE 2015), Oct. 21-22, Putrajaya, Malaysia.
• SENTHIL KUMAR ARUMUGASAMY and ANURITA SELVARAJOO, 2015. Feedforward Neural Network Modelling of Biomass Pyrolysis Process for Biochar Production Chemical Engineering Transactions. 45, 1681-1686
• ANURITA SELVARAJOO and SVENJA HANSON, 2014. Pyrolysis of Pineapple Peels: Effect of Temperature, Heating Rate and Residence Time on Biochar Yield In: Second International Conference On Advances in Applied Science and Environmental Engineering - ASEE 2014. 24-28
• ANURITA SELVARAJOO, TEE CHOUN ZHI and SVENJA HANSON, 2010. The Characterisation of Bio-char Derived From The Pyrolysis of Durian Rinds In: The 17th Regional Symposium on Chemical Engineering, Bangkok, Thailand. (22-23 Nov 2010).
• ANURITA SELVARAJOO, TEE CHOUN ZHI and SVENJA HANSON, 2009. Gasification of Malaysian Biomass: Selection Criteria In: 23rd Symposium of Malaysian Chemical Engineers (SOMCHE) 2009 in conjunction with 3rd International Conference on Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering (ICCBPE), Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, 12-14 August 2009.
• TEE CHOUN ZHI, ANURITA SELVARAJOO and SVENJA HANSON, 2009. Design Criteria for an Experimental Fluidized Bed Pyrolyser for EFBs In: 23rd Symposium of Malaysian Chemical Engineers (SOMCHE) 2009 in conjunction with 3rd International Conference on Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering (ICCBPE), Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, 12-14 August 2009.
• ANURITA SELVARAJOO, TEE CHOUN ZHI and SVENJA HANSON, 2009. Sustainable Energy Production from Crop Residues in Malaysia In: Research for a Better Tomorrow: Impacts in the 21st Century”, The University of Nottingham, Selangor, August 2009.
• ABDULLAH, M.M.,, FAULKNER, D., HANSON, S., HARIRAJ, S., SELVARAJOO, A., and TEE, C.Z.,, 2008. Feasibility Study into the Production of a value-added Fuel from Empty Oil Palm Fruit Bunches by Pyrolysis In: SOMCHE/RSCE 2008, Kuala Lumpur, 2-3 Dec 2008.
• SVENJA HANSON, KISHNU VARMA, ANURITA SELVARAJOO and TEE CHOUN ZHI, Compatibilty of Phyto-mining and Gasification: A preliminary Study of Jatropha curcas Seedcake and Zn In: 9th European Gasification Conference, Dusseldorf, Germany, 23-25 March 2009.
• Biochar: Black is the New Green At: Chemistry Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Lambung Mangkurat University, Indonesia