**Author details**

Wan Nur Athirah Mazli1,2, Mohd Afnan Ahmad1,2 and Shafirah Samsuri1,2\*

1 Chemical Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia

2 Centre for Biofuel and Biochemical Research, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia

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