Engineering

DEVELOPMENT OF CANNY OPERATOR BASED GUI FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF OPTICAL RETURN LOSS

ABSTRACTIn this dissertation we developed a fiber optic connector optical return loss (ORL) model from the connector endface image profile of a 200X inspection microscope. The connector endface profiles were histogram equalized and then evaluated with the Canny, Sobel, Prewitt, Laplacian of the G...

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📄 81 pages | 🧠 11048 words | 📚 5 chapters

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PREDICTION OF LINK RELIABILITY IN A WIRELESS MOBILE AD HOC NETWORK (MANET) DUE TO PATH LOSS EFFECTS USING WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION

ABSTRACTMobile ad-hoc networks are multi hop wireless networks comprising of a collection of wireless mobile nodes configured to communicate among each other without the aid of an existing infrastructure. They are free to move randomly and organize themselves arbitrarily. The network's wireless t...

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📄 88 pages | 🧠 12479 words | 📚 5 chapters

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OPTIMIZATION OF ACTIVATED CARBON PREPARATION FROM CORNCOB WASTEWATER TREATMENT

ABSTRACTCorncob Activated Carbon (AC) was produced via chemical activation with phosphoric acid (H3PO4) for the hydrolysis step and potassium hydroxide (KOH) for the impregnation step. In this work, optimization and development of the model equations for the preparation conditions of AC, Design E...

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📄 91 pages | 🧠 8143 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT OF ZnO/SiO2 PHOTOCATALYSTS FOR ESTERIFICATION OF WASTE COOKING OIL

ABSTRACTWaste cooking oil (WCO) as a feedstock used for biodiesel production is recognized as an attractive alternative to vegetable oil. However, the high concentration of free fatty acid (FFA) coupled with other impurities in WCO may require several pretreatments prior to transesterification. T...

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📄 98 pages | 🧠 7141 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EFFECT OF FAULTY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ON BUILDING MAINTENANCE

A CASE STUDY OF AFDIN AND MOTHER CAT CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES IN KADUNA STATE

ABSTRACTThe study examined the effects of faulty design and construction on the maintenance of building. A survey of randomly selected samples of 20 builders and 15 architects were conducted. Questionnaires were used to collect data from Architects and Builders. The survey included 11 groups of d...

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📄 80 pages | 🧠 11559 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EVALUATION OF SAW DUST ASH AS MINERAL FILLER IN ASPHALT MIXTURE

ABSTRACTThe quest for economy in asphalt production using locally available materials necessitated this research which is aimed at evaluating the suitability of Saw Dust Ash (SDA) as mineral filler in asphalt mixture.Chemical analysis, sieve analysis, specific gravity and plasticity index tests w...

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📄 85 pages | 🧠 8769 words | 📚 5 chapters

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THE APPLICATION OF STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL TECHNIQUE IN FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY A CASE STUDY OF HABILA FOOD AND BREVERAGES NIGERIA LTD- KANO

ABSTRACTControlling and improving Quality has become an important business strategy for many organizations, because a business that can delight customers by improving and controlling quality can dominate its competitors. Hence, this project work focused on the application of statistical quality c...

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📄 87 pages | 🧠 9834 words | 📚 5 chapters

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ROUTE OPTIMIZATION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT (CASE STUDY OF MINNA METROPOLIS)

ABSTRACTIncreasing population level, booming economy, rapid urbanization and the rise in community living standards have greatly accelerated the municipal solid waste generation rate in Minna metropolis. With about 0.22kg/person/day solid waste is generated and over 20 tons of wastes are dumped i...

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📄 97 pages | 🧠 12802 words | 📚 5 chapters

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PREPARATION AND APPLICATION OF ?-FeOOH AND ?-FeOOH-SiO2-Al2O3 CATALYSTS FOR TANNERY EFFLUENT TREATMENT USING FENTON OXIDATION PROCESS

ABSTRACTOne of the problems facing leather industries is to come up with an efficient way of reducing the organic pollutant loads of their wastewaters. This research dissertation was aimed at the preparation and application of α-FeOOH and α-FeOOH-SiO2-Al2O3 catalysts for tannery effluent treatmen...

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📄 92 pages | 🧠 10132 words | 📚 5 chapters

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TIME-SERIES FORECAST OF NIGERIA’S ELECTRICITY STATISTICS FROM 1991-2028 USING AUTO-REGRESSIVE INTEGRATED MOVING AVERAGE (ARIMA) MODEL

ABSTRACTIn Nigeria, there is a problem of inadequate electricity supply to the populace. A recognized reason for the energy poverty in the country is the poor handling of the electricity statistics provided by the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (Ajayi, 2006). Absence of good forecast ...

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📄 94 pages | 🧠 12118 words | 📚 5 chapters

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PREPARATION AND APPLICATION OF ZnO/MULLITE FOR THE INACTIVATION OF ESCHERICHIA COLI AND SALMONELLA ENTERICA IN WATER

ABSTRACTSeveral procedures are commonly used for water disinfection from bacteria. Unfortunately each procedure has its shortcomings. The most important shortcoming is the formation of disinfection by-products. Photodegradation of microorganisms using photocatalysts (such as ZnO) could be a good ...

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📄 100 pages | 🧠 10909 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EVALUATION OF RAIL TRANSPORTATION FOR PETROLEUM PRODUCTS DELIVERY

A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIA

ABSTRACTThe perennial problem of petroleum products scarcity in Nigeria has instigated technocrats and scholars to take a critical look into the distribution system of petroleum products in the country. Seeing that other countries are exploiting the advantage of using railway transportation for d...

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📄 97 pages | 🧠 7994 words | 📚 5 chapters

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ADSORPTION AND PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION OF ACETAMINOPHEN USING ZnFe2O4-TiO2 COMPOSITE

ABSTRACTFrequent occurrence of pharmaceutical compounds in aquatic environments and drinking water has raised a concern about their potential effects on environment and human health. Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) including heterogeneous photocatalysis have proved to be one of the most effec...

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📄 94 pages | 🧠 12083 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF AN AGITATED QUENCHING TANK/BATH

ABSTRACTHeat treatment is one of the most important industrial finishing operations which helps in the improvement of mechanical properties such as hardness, tensile strength and impact strength of components being used in our day-to-day activities. A common method of achieving this is through qu...

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📄 90 pages | 🧠 8292 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT AND SIMULATION OF A SINUSOIDAL PULSE WIDTH MODULATION-BASED CONTROL SCHEME FOR IMPROVED EFFICIENCY AND TORQUE PRODUCTION IN SINGLE PHASE INDUCTION MACHINES

ABSTRACTThis study developedmethods to improve the efficiency and torque production of the single phase induction machine using a sinusoidal pulse width modulation (SPWM) control scheme. This research targets the capacitor-run single phase induction motor(CRSPIM) which is a large consumer of dome...

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📄 99 pages | 🧠 6129 words | 📚 5 chapters

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