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PREPARATION AND APPLICATION OF ZnFe2O3/α- Al2O3 COMPOSITE PHOTOCATALYSTS FOR TEXTILE EFFLUENT TREATMENT

ABSTRACTPhotocatalysis has continued to attract increasing attention due to its numerous applications in the energy and environmental fields. Present work was aimed at the development of ZnFe2O4 and α-Al2O3 supported ZnFe2O4 visible - light responsive photocatalysts for the treatment of textile e...

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📄 90 pages | 🧠 12771 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF AN AXIAL-FLOW MILLET THRESHER

ABSTRACTExisting millet threshers have not been performing up to expectation. Based on this, the physical properties of pearl millet grains were determined and used to design an axial-flow millet thresher. The length, width, thickness, geometric diameter, sphericity, surface area of the grains we...

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📄 81 pages | 🧠 12607 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT OF MULTICAST ALGORITHM FOR THE DETERMINATION OF MINIMUM COST OF BANDWIDTH OVER CODED PACKET WIRELESS NETWORK

ABSTRACTMinimum cost of multicast is the process of finding the node transmission cost such that the total cost of bandwidth used for sending messages from source to any destination nodes is minimized. The Network Coding Algorithm(NCA) was developed using linear programming framework by consideri...

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📄 98 pages | 🧠 12681 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EFFECT OF GASIFICATION OPERATING PARAMETERS ON QUALITY OF SYNGAS PRODUCED USING SAWDUST FEEDSTOCK

ABSTRACTThis research work investigates the effect of gasification operating parameters, namely: equivalence ratio (ER), gasification agent, reaction zone temperature, and residence time on quality of syngas produced using sawdust.The research experiments were conducted using a pilot scale downdr...

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📄 83 pages | 🧠 6699 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EVALUATION OF RHEOLOGY OF HIGH DENSITY POLYPROPYLENE ASPHALT

ABSTRACTConventional flexible pavement road surfacings are failing due to increasing automobile traffic and heavy axle loading. In order to overcome the challenge, researchers and road authorities have used various materials as modifiers or reinforcements to improve on the properties. This resear...

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📄 89 pages | 🧠 7158 words | 📚 5 chapters

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STUDIES OF INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER EFFLUENT TREATMENT IN WASTE STABILIZATION POND

ABSTRACTLarge volumes of wastewater are generated in Nigeria from industrial activities which often cause water pollution when they are not properly treated before being discharged into receiving water bodies. The conventional wastewater treatment plants are expensive and associated with high run...

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📄 92 pages | 🧠 10806 words | 📚 5 chapters

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STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISATION OF CONCRETE AND SANDCRETE HOLLOW BLOCK PRODUCED FROM SELECTED CEMENT BRANDS IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACTThe current wave of collapse of building structures all over the world including Nigeria necessitates the need to carryout research on the properties of the construction materials. Concrete and sandcrete hollow blocks are major construction materials used in the building industry. The obj...

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📄 90 pages | 🧠 12246 words | 📚 5 chapters

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RELIABILITY ANALYSIS OF A PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BEAM

ABSTRACTThe Reliability Analysis of a Prestressed Concrete Beam (PCB) was presented using First Order Reliability Method and Eurocode 2 procedures to carry out the analysis. The results show that the safety of the PCBin bending decreasedfrom 2.9 to 1.0 and 3.1 to 2.6 as prestress force and the de...

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📄 83 pages | 🧠 11097 words | 📚 5 chapters

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RELIABILITY ANALYSIS OF REINFORCED CONCRETE BRIDGE DECKS SUBJECT TO FATIGUE

ABSTRACTIn this thesis the reliability analysis of reinforced concrete bridge decks subjected to high cycle fatigue was undertaken. A simply supported (single span) reinforced concrete bridge deck was specifically used for the investigation. The statistical models of capacity loss were derived. T...

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📄 91 pages | 🧠 11807 words | 📚 5 chapters

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PERFORMANCE OF TWO AGRO-HYDROLOGICAL MODELS IN SIMULATING SOIL WATER BALANCE OF A RAINFED MAIZE FIELD

ABSTRACTRoles of water balance components in any agro-ecological system are indispensible for most physical and physiological processes within the soil-plant-atmosphere system. The performance of two agro-hydrological models: the Soil-Water-Atmosphere-Plant (SWAP) and Irrigation Scheduling Impact...

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📄 80 pages | 🧠 9252 words | 📚 5 chapters

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OPTIMUM DESIGN OF REINFORCED CONCRETE RAFT FOUNDATIONS USING FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS

ABSTRACTThis work presents the finite element analysis (FEA) of the requirements of compression reinforcements in raft foundations using ABAQUS. The model helps to confirm and provide a valuable supplement to the theoretical design. For validation, a reinforced concrete raft foundationis modeled ...

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📄 100 pages | 🧠 11133 words | 📚 5 chapters

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MODIFICATION AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF IAR GROUNDNUT SHELLER FOR SOME SELECTED VARIETIES OF PULSES

ABSTRACTIAR groundnut sheller was developed in 1985 and the design was based on the properties of the then groundnut variety known as Ex-Dakar. New varieties were later developed whose acceptability in practice override, this called for its modification and determination of the characteristics of...

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📄 86 pages | 🧠 12734 words | 📚 5 chapters

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INVESTIGATION INTO YIELD REDUCTION OF SUGARCANE PLANTATION OF THE SAVANNAH SUGAR COMPANY, NUMAN NIGERIA

ABSTRACTThis study was undertaken to identify the factors responsible for declining of sugarcane production in Savannah Sugar Company (Dangote Group). Soil samples were collected from the field within the irrigated plots P1, G2 and K2. The pH and EC were determined using the pH meter and EC meter...

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📄 92 pages | 🧠 10494 words | 📚 5 chapters

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IMPACT OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC EMISSIONS ON AMBIENT AIR QUALITY IN KADUNA METROPOLIS

ABSTRACTThe study investigates the concentrations of CO, NO2, SO2, CO2 and HC arising mainly from the activities of motor vehicles on the ambient air quality of selected sites in Kaduna metropolis. The sites are situated in the Central market area, the Stadium Roundabout, and Kawo area. Others in...

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📄 99 pages | 🧠 9819 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EFFECTS OF MIXING ON THE PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION OF PYROLYSED PLASTIC WASTES

ABSTRACTThe effect of mixing different plastic types on the product distribution of pyrolysed plastic wastes was successfully investigated. Samples of waste low density polyethylene (LDPE), high density polyethylene (HDPE), polystyrene (PS), and polypropylene (PP) were subjected to thermal pyroly...

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📄 82 pages | 🧠 7942 words | 📚 5 chapters

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