Engineering

CHARACTERIZATION OF GUJENI IRON ORE DEPOSIT

A CASE STUDY OF KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA

ABSTRACTThe characterization of Gujeni iron ore was carried out in the course of this research work. The iron ore deposit is located in Gujeni village, Kagarko Local Government Area, Kaduna State. The Samples were taken from four different pits 1, 2, 3 and 4 at 100m apart and at 3m depth. The fou...

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📄 85 pages | 🧠 8134 words | 📚 5 chapters

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THE EFFECT OF ELAPSED TIME AFTER MIXING ON THE PROPERTIES OF MODIFIED LATERITE

ABSTRACTThis study is an investigation into the effect of elapsed time after mixing on the properties of modified laterite. The modifiers used are portland cement and hydrated lime. The laterite was modified with 1, 2 and 3 percent of portland cement and hydrated lime. The elapsed time used for t...

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📄 83 pages | 🧠 9679 words | 📚 5 chapters

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ASSESSMENT OF DUMPSITE IMPACT ON SOIL AND GROUNDWATER QUALITY IN TUDUN WADA

A CASE STUDY OF KADUNA

ABSTRACTThe assessment of dumpsite impact on soil and groundwater quality in Tudun Wada, Kaduna was carried out. Eight samples of soil and groundwater respectively were collected using grid sampling method and analysed by using Atomic Absorption spectrometer, colony counter, data logging spectrom...

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📄 83 pages | 🧠 7674 words | 📚 5 chapters

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POTENTIALS OF EXTRACTS OF AFRICAN STAR APPLE AND COCK’S COMB LEAVES AS CORROSION INHIBITORS FORMEDIUM CARBON LOW ALLOY STEEL IN ACIDIC MEDIA

ABSTRACTThe potentials of African Star Apple (Chrysophyllum albidium; (CA) and Cock's Comb (Heliotropium indicum;(HI)as corrosion inhibitorsfor medium carbon low alloy steel in 1.0M H2SO4 and HCl acidic media were evaluated and compared with a known conventional standard inhibitor (Shell Ensis SX...

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📄 97 pages | 🧠 6523 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF GLASS CERAMIC FROM COCA-COLA GLASS BOTTLE AND MAGNESITE

ABSTRACTIn a bid to address environmental challenges associated with the management of waste Coca cola glass bottle, this study sets out to develop glass ceramic materials using waste Coca cola glass bottles. Magnesite from Sakatsimta in Adamawa state and reagent grade chrome (coloring agent) wer...

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📄 84 pages | 🧠 12305 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EFFECT OF STORAGE CONTAINER AND TIME ON POTABLE WATER QUALITY

ABSTRACTWater tanks are liquid storage containers that store water for human consumption. They are usually made of polyethylene (plastic), steel, clay, ceramics and fiber glass. The need to investigate thechanges in water quality during storage in different types of water storage tanks or vessels...

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📄 99 pages | 🧠 11361 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EVALUATION OF LEVELISED COST OF ELECTRICITY GENERATED FROM HOT SPRING GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES IN NIGERIA

A CASE STUDY OF RAFIN REEWA HOT SPRING, LERE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF KADUNA STATE

ABSTRACTThis study work, Evaluation of Levelised Cost of Electricity Generated From Hot Spring Geothermal Resources in Nigeria aims to investigate the economical and technical prerequisites for electricity generation from Rafin Reewa hot spring located at Lere local government of Kaduna state; a ...

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📄 91 pages | 🧠 11564 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF QUOTIENTS REGRESSION BASED EMPIRICAL AND ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK BASED MODELS FOR PATH LOSS PREDICTION

ABSTRACTThe aim of this study is to develop and analytically compare Quotients Regression based empirical models with artificial neural network (ANN) based models for path loss prediction. The terrains considered as case study include i) the rural terrain between Jos and Abuja ii) the Urban terra...

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📄 89 pages | 🧠 10251 words | 📚 5 chapters

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ASSESSMENT OF OIL SPILLAGE AND ITS CONTROL IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACTThe physical presence of the oil industry in Nigeria is so large and has resulted in a lot of activities in the upstream sector which has deleterious effects on ecosystem stability and local biodiversity - which the peoples' livelihoods depend upon. This research provides an overview of e...

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📄 88 pages | 🧠 6271 words | 📚 5 chapters

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COST EVALUATION OF ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT IN NIGERIA USING HUMAN CAPITAL APPROACH

A CASE STUDY OF ABUJA-LOKOJA ROAD

ABSTRACTNigeria experiences the highest rate of road traffic accidents resulting in fatalities and various levels of injuries. On Abuja-Lokoja road, traffic accident takes the lion's share of the risk having highest number of vehicular accidents withcorresponding fatalities and injurieswhich has ...

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📄 93 pages | 🧠 11989 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF A FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING UNIT OF A MINI REFINERY

ABSTRACTNigeria is one of the top oil-producing nations in the world but processing this oil into finished products has been a major challenge for the countries. Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Units of Nigerian Refineries produced petroleum products at far below their installed capacities.This wo...

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📄 94 pages | 🧠 6747 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EFFECTS OF SOME BITUMEN COATING TREATMENTS ON THE CORROSION AND MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF LOW CARBON STEEL

ABSTRACTThe research work highlights the problem of corrosion of low carbon steel as a prime structural material in relation to the Nigerian economy. The work contributes to provide detailed analyses that can be used for sourcing, grading, modification and engineering coat-application of abundant...

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📄 88 pages | 🧠 6320 words | 📚 5 chapters

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ASSESSMENT OF OIL EXTRACTS FROM TIGER NUT(Cyperus esculentus), WATER MELON (Citrullus vulgaris) and NEEM SEEDS (Azadirachta indica) AS CUTTING FLUIDS IN DRILLING OPERATION OF MILD STEEL

ABSTRACTIn this study, three vegetable cutting fluid namely: Tiger nut, water melon seed and neem seed were selected in drilling operation of mild steel using High Speed Steel (HSS) cutting tool at varying spindle speeds, feed rate and constant depth of cut. A commercially available convectional ...

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📄 86 pages | 🧠 12774 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GAS INCUBATOR

ABSTRACTStudies showed that the use of an automated incubator powered from the mains electricity, a solar powered incubator or the kerosene type incubator for the production of day-old chicks is either very expensive to manage or ineffective in operation. Hence, this research work is aimed at des...

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📄 80 pages | 🧠 8255 words | 📚 5 chapters

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ENERGY DISSIPATION LOSSES IN DIFFERENT GEOMETRIES OF STEPPED SPILLWAY

ABSTRACTThis research study the rate of energy dissipation losses taking place in various types of stepped spillway geometries (end sill at all steps, inclined at all steps, inclined between two steps, end sill between two steps, combination of inclined and end sill on the stepped spillway starti...

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📄 90 pages | 🧠 6032 words | 📚 5 chapters

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