Peter Wilberforce Olupot

Dr. Peter Wilberforce Olupot

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Academic Career Length

17Years (2010-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 January 2018 in Chemical Engineering Research and Design
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EMEmmanuel Menya
Emmanuel Menya
POPeter Wilberforce Olupot
Peter Wilberforce Olupot
HSH. Storz
H. Storz
MLM. Lubwama
M. Lubwama
YKY. Kiros
Y. Kiros


1 March 2016 in Chemical Engineering Research and Design
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POPeter Wilberforce Olupot
Peter Wilberforce Olupot
ACA. Candia
A. Candia
EMEmmanuel Menya
Emmanuel Menya
RWR. Walozi
R. Walozi

13 March 2019 in Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery
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EMEmmanuel Menya
Emmanuel Menya
POPeter Wilberforce Olupot
Peter Wilberforce Olupot
HSH. Storz
H. Storz
MLM. Lubwama
M. Lubwama
YKY. Kiros
Y. Kiros
MJM. J. John
M. J. John

12 February 2019 in Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials
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VYVianney Andrew Yiga
Vianney Andrew Yiga
SPSinja Pagel
Sinja Pagel
MLMichael Lubwama
Michael Lubwama
SEStefan Epple
Stefan Epple
POPeter Wilberforce Olupot
Peter Wilberforce Olupot
CBChristian Bonten
Christian Bonten
Incorporation of agricultural wastes as fillers in fiber-reinforced plastics is gaining momentum in plastics engineering research. In this study, fiber-reinforced polypropylene (PP) with rice and coffee husks as filler material were developed. The effect of alkali (sodium hydroxide) pretreatment of the husks on mechanical and thermal properties of developed PP biocomposites was observed. Filler material loading was varied from 0% to 20% for rice husks and 0% to 10% for coffee husks. A twin-screw extruder was used for compounding the PP matrix with rice and coffee husk filler materials. Tensile strengths and percentage elongation results varied from 27.4 to 37.4 MPa and 2.4% to 70.3% (unmodified coffee husks), 31.1 to 37.4 MPa and 5% to 70.3% (unmodified rice husks), 30.7 to 37.4 MPa and 5.3% to 70.3% (modified coffee husks), and 30.7 to 37.4 MPa and 4.8% to 70.3% (modified rice husks). Young’s modulus ranged between 1656 and 2247.8 MPa for biocomposite PP samples with unmodified filler material. Young’s modulus ranged between 1740 and 2160 MPa after alkali treatment of the filler material. Charpy impact strengths ranged from 1.2 to 4 kJ/m 2 and 3.1 to 19.6 kJ/m 2 for samples containing unmodified and modified filler material, respectively. Thermogravimetric analysis showed that an increase in filler content resulted into delayed weight loss at high degradation temperatures. The results suggest that these developed fiber-reinforced plastics can be used in applications requiring high thermal stability and good mechanical properties.

9 February 2023 in Results in Engineering
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JWJoel Wakatuntu
Joel Wakatuntu
POPeter Wilberforce Olupot
Peter Wilberforce Olupot
JJJoseph Jjagwe
Joseph Jjagwe
EMEmmanuel Menya
Emmanuel Menya
MOMackay Okure
Mackay Okure