Engineering

POTENTIAL OF SESAME OIL (Sesanum indicum) BATH AS AN AUSTEMPERING MEDIUM FOR DUCTILE CAST IRON

ABSTRACTThe effect of hot-sesame oil bath as an austempering medium for ductile cast iron was investigated. Samples of ductile cast iron were machined to standard dimensions for tensile, impact and hardness/microstructural analysis test specimens prior to the austempering process. Sesame oil was ...

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📄 82 pages | 🧠 7988 words | 📚 5 chapters

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MODIFICATION AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF AN IMPROVED SOYABEAN THRESHER

ABSTRACTThe study was conducted to investigate some physical properties of soybean at three moisture levels (10, 12 and 14%) and also to modify an existing soyabean thresher developed by Amadu, (2012) which has a low output capacity (25.5 kg/hr) and a major problem of chocking during threshing op...

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📄 93 pages | 🧠 9236 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF HYDRAULIC PISTON PRESS BIOMASS HOLLOW BRIQUETTE MAKING MACHINE

ABSTRACTIn this study, a simple four-mould hydraulic piston press biomass hollow briquette making machine, suitable for household and small-scale production of circular briquettes with a centre hole was developed. The briquetting machine was operated using a 4-tons hydraulic jack. Other members o...

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📄 94 pages | 🧠 7683 words | 📚 5 chapters

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PRODUCTION OF BIOGAS FROM CO-DIGESTION OF COW DUNG, HORSE DUNG AND CHICKEN FEATHER

ABSTRACTThere is a great deal of environmental pressure in many parts of the country to ascertain how organic waste can best be handled in the absence of appropriate disposal methods can cause adverse environmental and health problems. Anaerobic digestion has been considered as waste-to-energy te...

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📄 84 pages | 🧠 9734 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT OF A TRAFFIC LIGHT CONTROLLER MODEL USING ARTIFICIAL BEE COLONY BASED ADAPTIVE DYNAMIC SCHEDULING ALGORITHM

ABSTRACTAn Adaptive Dynamic Scheduling Algorithm (ADSA) based on Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) was developed for vehicular traffic control. The developed model optimally schedule green light timing in accordance with traffic condition in order to minimize the Average Waiting Time (AWT) at the cross...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 93 pages | 🧠 6246 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT OF AN ARTIFICIAL FISH SWARM ALGORITHM BASED ENERGY EFFICIENT TARGET TRACKING SCHEME IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS

ABSTRACTOptimal deployment of sensor node in other to ensure optimum network coverage is one of the challenging problems faced by Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) researchers due to the complexity and exhaustive nature of WSN. Target tracking problem is concerned with maximizing the lifetime of the ...

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📄 95 pages | 🧠 9051 words | 📚 5 chapters

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IMPROVED MODELLING OF HARMATTAN DUST EFFECT ON THE CROSS POLARIZATION OF A MICROWAVE ACCESS RADIO LINK OPERATING BETWEEN 15GHz AND 38GHz BY HENRY AIKHIONBARE

ABSTRACTDust carry non-spherical particles which in the absence of turbulence or shear wind and hydrodynamic forces, tend to orient their major axis in the vertical plane, thus resulting in particles anisotropy which may contribute to Cross Polarization Discrimination (XPD) degradation due to dif...

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📄 83 pages | 🧠 9093 words | 📚 5 chapters

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RESPONSE TIME IMPROVEMENT ON ONE TIME PASSWORD (OTP) TECHNIQUE TO PREVENT REPLAY ATTACK IN A RADIUS ENVIRONMENT

ABSTRACTThis research is aimed at the modification of the Remote Access Dial in User Server (RADIUS) protocol with the one-time password (OTP) technique for the authentication environment with a captive portal to prevent replay attacks. One of the important network security measures on a campus n...

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📄 99 pages | 🧠 9731 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF AIR SAMPLER IN AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT FOR SELECTED HEAVY METALS

A CASE STUDY OF KADUNA METROPOLIS

ABSTRACTInvestigations were carried out for heavy metals composition of ambient air using a special instrument designed for this purpose. The lack of portable air sampler is a major obstacle to air pollution studies in Nigeria of recent. As a remedy to this, a simplified air sampler was designed ...

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📄 93 pages | 🧠 10391 words | 📚 5 chapters

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CEMENT STABILIZATION OF LATERITIC SOIL USING IRON ORE TAILING AS ADMIXTURE

ABSTRACTThe study was aimed at the evaluation of the effect of iron ore tailings as an admixture in cement stabilization of lateritic soil. Air-dried soil was treated with ordinary Portland cement (OPC) - iron ore tailing (IOT) blend in stepped concentration of 0, 2, 4, 6 and 8 % by dry weight of...

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📄 87 pages | 🧠 8580 words | 📚 5 chapters

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KINETIC STUDIES ON GLUCOSE PRODUCTION FROM ELEPHANT GRASS (Pennisetum purpureum)

ABSTRACTTo utilize the economic benefits of elephant grass (pennisetum purpereum) and exploit its potential as biomass for glucose production, the kinetic model for the production of glucose from the grass was investigated at the optimum conditions of hydrolysis (pH 4.5, temperature 45 oC, time 2...

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📄 81 pages | 🧠 7276 words | 📚 5 chapters

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THE USE OF SELECTED PLANT EXTRACTS IN GREY- WATER TREATMENT

ABSTRACTGrey water is the left over water from baths, showers, hand basin and washing machine; in some cases water from the kitchen sink. The use of some synthetic chemical reagents in the treatment of grey water has been reported to be cancerogenic. The present study is an investigation into the...

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📄 83 pages | 🧠 11254 words | 📚 5 chapters

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MODELLING AND SIMULATION OF BIODIESEL BLENDS PERFORMANCE IN COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINES

ABSTRACTThis research was conducted to investigate the suitability of using a renewable, sustainable and environmentally friendly biodiesel as part or full substitute of the petroleum diesel. Biodiesel from Cotton, Jatropha and Neem seeds, were produced and their compositions were analysed using ...

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📄 89 pages | 🧠 10149 words | 📚 5 chapters

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MODELLING AND OPTIMIZATION OF PID CONTROLLER’s PARAMETERS FOR DEEP SPACE ANTENNA POSITIONING SYSTEM USING GENETIC ALGORITHM

ABSTRACTProportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) controllers have been widely used in process industry for decades, from small industry to high technology industry, but they still remain poorly tuned by use of conventional tuning methods like the Zeigler-Nichols method. In this work, PID controller...

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📄 100 pages | 🧠 8623 words | 📚 5 chapters

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MODELING AND SIMULATION OF COMPACT FLUORESCENT LAMP FOR THE ANALYSIS AND MITIGATION OF HARMONICS INJECTION INTO POWER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK

ABSTRACTModern electrical devices such as Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL), many of which are non-linear loads inject harmonics into the Power Distribution Network (PDN). For the devices to operate efficiently as well as reduce electricity consumption and environmental impacts without introducing u...

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📄 89 pages | 🧠 8127 words | 📚 5 chapters

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