Engineering

EVALUATION OF THE FACTORS AFFECTING THE SELF-PURIFICATION CAPACITY OF RIVER KADUNA, NIGERIA

ABSTRACTThe study of the evaluation of the factors affecting the Self-Purification Capacity of River Kaduna, Nigeria in addition to developing an empirical relationship for the reaeration constant was investigated during the period of February, 2014 to July, 2014. The physico-chemical properties ...

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📄 89 pages | 🧠 7440 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EVALUATION OF NOISE LEVELS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES WITHIN ZARIA METROPOLIS

A CASE STUDY OF KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA

ABSTRACTIn recent times, noise has been recognized as a major source of pollution in many urban and semi-urban settlements. This study identified the various sources of noise, compared noise levels in various parts of the study area with recommended standards and determined the geo-physical chara...

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📄 82 pages | 🧠 11238 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPROVED FRAME LEVEL REDUNDANCY SCRUBBING ALGORITHM FOR STATIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY BASED FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAY

ABSTRACTThe use of Static Random Access Memory (SRAM)-based Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) in critical applications has been considered a solution in space and avionics domain due to its flexibility in achieving multiple requirements such as re-programmability and good performance. However,...

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📄 97 pages | 🧠 7938 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND TESTING OF A FLUIDISED BED COMBUSTION BOILER FOR ENERGY PRODUCTION

ABSTRACTWith the ever-growing energy demand over the globe, fluidised bed combustion (FBC) technology is continuously gaining importance due to its ability to burn different low-grade coals and biomass as source of fuel. This study presents a waste-to-energy process by incineration of corncob as ...

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📄 86 pages | 🧠 7567 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DETERMINATION OF THE SUITABILITY OF CASSAVA STARCH AS AN ADMIXTURE IN CEMENT PASTE AND CONCRETE

ABSTRACTThis research work was carried out to investigate the effects and suitability of Cassava starch as an admixture in cement paste and concrete. A standard consistency test was carried out on the cement paste with concentrations of the cassava starch at 0%, 0.5%, 1%, 2%, 3%, 4% and 5% by wei...

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📄 85 pages | 🧠 8572 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT OF AN ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR IBBUL COMMUNICATION NETWORK

ABSTRACTBandwidth utilization in a campus network if not properly managed,may leads to the congestion of the network bandwidth. This research work presents bandwidth control system implemented at the access layer of a campus network which is aimed at reducing the processing time at the core of th...

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📄 98 pages | 🧠 6106 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT OF AUTOMOBILE DISK BRAKE PADS USING ECO-FRIENDLY PERIWINKLE SHELL AND FAN PALM SHELL MATERIALS

ABSTRACTThis research was conducted to produce asbestosfree automobile disk brake pads using eco-friendly; Periwinkle and Fan palm shells materials. The use of asbestos fiber is being avoided due to its carcinogenic nature that might cause health risks. A new brake pad was produced using agro was...

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📄 85 pages | 🧠 6658 words | 📚 5 chapters

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BACTERIAL FORAGING ALGORITHM BASED TUNING OF ON-LOAD TAP CHANGING TRANSFORMER FOR VOLTAGE REGULATION IN POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORK

ABSTRACTThe control of voltage level has been identified as one of the most important operational needs for efficient and reliable operation of power system equipment. Due to the fact that both the utility and customer equipment are designed to operate at certain voltage ratings. Prolonged operat...

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📄 100 pages | 🧠 12700 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEPURATION STUDIES ON KADUNA REFINERY WASTEWATER USING MODIFIED Cu-DOPED GOETHITE CATALYST

ABSTRACTUndoped and copper doped goethite catalysts were synthesized and applied in Fenton depuration of Kaduna refinery wastewater. The percentage of copper in the doped catalysts are 0.2 wt% copper in Cu-doped (A), 1.6 wt% copper in Cu-doped (B) and 3.3 wt% copper in Cu-doped (C), respectively....

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📄 90 pages | 🧠 11999 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT OF A VIDEO FRAME ENHANCEMENT TECHNIQUE BASED ON PIXEL INTENSITY AND HISTOGRAM DISTRIBUTION FOR IMPROVED COMPRESSION

ABSTRACTResearch attention has been focussed on the reduction of image data size (major problem) for its efficient compression, storage, and transmission. In this work, the developed brightness enhancement model was used to enhance the Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT), Discrete Wavelet Transform (...

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📄 98 pages | 🧠 11086 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT OF BAOBAB/SISAL REINFORCED LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE HYBRID COMPOSITE

ABSTRACTIn this work, the properties of baobab/sisal fibre reinforced low density polyethylene hybrid composites were studied. The effect of fibre loading and fibre treatment with varying sodium hydroxide (NaOH)concentration on the composite properties was investigated. The developed composites w...

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📄 99 pages | 🧠 12801 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT OF EUCALPYTUS TERETICORNIS COMPOSITE (BARKS AND LEAVES) ADSORBENT FOR ADSORPTION OF CHROMIUM (VI) AND LEAD (II) IONS FROM SIMULATED WASTEWATER

ABSTRACTThe research titled Development of Eucalpytus tereticornis composite for chromium (VI) and lead (II) ions adsorption from simulated wastewater was aimed to establish the efficacy of Eucalpytus tereticornis composite as an adsorbent applied in the adsorption of Cr6+ and Pb2+ ions from simu...

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📄 94 pages | 🧠 9057 words | 📚 5 chapters

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HARMONICS MITIGATION ON VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVE USING SINGLE PHASE SHUNT ACTIVE POWER FILTER CONTROLLED BY ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK A CASE STUDY OF KILN UNIT OF DANGOTE CEMENT PLANT OBAJANA

ABSTRACTThis research presents effect of harmonic generated by variable frequency drives (VFD).In the past, electrical power system equipment and devices were designed to produce nearly sinusoidal voltage and current waveforms. However, nowadays, with much interest and wide spreads of power elect...

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📄 92 pages | 🧠 12559 words | 📚 5 chapters

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INVESTIGATION OF THE THERMAL PROPERTIES OF WOOD ASH AND CLAY-SAWDUST MIXTURE FOR USE AS INSULATION MATERIALS IN A ROCKET STOVE

ABSTRACTIn recent years there has been an increased awareness to conserve energy through efficient use of fuels, energy saving devices and insulation against heat losses. Consequently, the construction of a rocket stove was undertaken in this research and the thermal property tests for ash and cl...

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📄 100 pages | 🧠 6544 words | 📚 5 chapters

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PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF MINI SPRINKLER IRRIGATION SYSTEM: COMPARISON OF THE PLASTIC AND IRON MADE SPRINKLER SYSTEM

ABSTRACTThis dissertation is a study to evaluate and compare the hydraulic performance of plastic and iron mini sprinkler system using 8mm and 14mm diameter nozzle sizes. The study was carried out at a farm land of the national water resources institute, Mando, Kaduna. In this study, meteorologic...

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📄 98 pages | 🧠 8345 words | 📚 5 chapters

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