Engineering

PRODUCTION AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF BIODEGRADABLE GREASE (BIOGREASE) FROM Balanites aegyptiaca (DESERT DATE) SEED OIL

ABSTRACTThis work focused on the production and testing of biodegradable grease from Balanites aegyptiaca seed kernel oil. This was carried out by extracting the oil from the seeds using solvent n-Hexane extraction and reacting a given quantity of the extracted oil with a lithium soap to produce ...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 93 pages | 🧠 10997 words | 📚 5 chapters

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A CUCKOO SEARCH BASED CO-ORDINATION OF DISTRIBUTED GENERATION UNITS AND SHUNT CAPACITOR BANK IN RADIAL DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS

ABSTRACTThis research work presents the Application of Cuckoo Search Algorithm for the simultaneous placement of distributed generation units and shunt capacitor banks in radial distribution networks. The approaches used in most literatures for determining the optimal allocation of DG units and C...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 92 pages | 🧠 9425 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DESIGN, SIMULATION, CONSTRUCTION AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A SOLAR BOX COOKER

ABSTRACTA solarbox cooker is a device that converts solar energy into useful heat in a confined space. The solar cooking system which captures and utilizes the abundant solar energy was designed, simulated, constructed and tested. Plane reflectors were used to concentrate solar radiations continu...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 85 pages | 🧠 8887 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSITIONAL PROBABILITY MATRIX MODEL FOR PAVEMENT DESIGN

ABSTRACTA model of transitional probability matrix for Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design was developed with the aim of tarnishing the traditional method obtained from the judgment of an expert panel. The model was developed using fatigue and rutting as the critical factors in pavement failure...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 98 pages | 🧠 8764 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT AND OPTIMIZATION OF THE THRESHING PERFORMANCE OF A MULTICROP THRESHER

ABSTRACTThe existing IAR multicrop thresher was evaluated and found to have low feed rate and output with millet and soybean crops. The machine was modified and reconstructed to increase its threshing performance. Its components were increased in size and a shredder was added below the feed hoppe...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 87 pages | 🧠 7570 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT OF A MODIFIED TOKEN BASED CONGESTION CONTROL SCHEME WITH ADAPTIVE FORWARDING FOR OPPORTUNISTIC NETWORK

ABSTRACTThis research presents the development of a modified token-based congestion control scheme with adaptive forwarding mechanism (mTBCC) algorithm for addressing congestion problems in opportunistic networks (OppNets). The algorithm addresses the limitations associated with the standard toke...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 84 pages | 🧠 6169 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPROVED SHORT-TERM PEAK LOAD FORECASTING MODEL BASED ON SEASONAL AUTOREGRESSIVE INTEGRATED MOVING AVERAGE AND NONLINEAR AUTOREGRESSIVE NEURAL NETWORK FOR NIGERIA POWER SYSTEM GRID

ABSTRACTElectricity demand forecasting is a central and integral process for planning periodical operations and facility expansion in the electricity sector. Demand pattern is very complex due to the highly unpredictable behavior of consumers load consumption. Therefore, finding an appropriate fo...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 89 pages | 🧠 8240 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT OF CONCEPTUAL MODELS FOR PLANTS AND EQUIPMENT PROCUREMENT IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN KADUNA STATE

ABSTRACTThis research sole aim is to improve on the development of conceptual procurement models that can create direct and indirect impacts of various forms of plant and equipment procurement in Kaduna state Tertiary Institutions in relation to, need assessment, delay in completion, costs and no...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 96 pages | 🧠 6541 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT OF FIREFLY ALGORITHM BASED METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED GENERATION PLANNING IN AN UNBALANCED THREE-PHASE DISTRIBUTION NETWORK USING VOLTAGE STABILITY INDEX

ABSTRACTThis research work presents development of Firefly algorithm (FA) and application of voltage stability index (VSI) for optimal planning of Distribution Generation (DG) in an unbalanced threephase distribution network. The VSI was used to find the DG location while the FA was used for the ...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 88 pages | 🧠 8983 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT OF PILOT SIZE PROCESS FOR ZEOLITE Y AND ZSM-5 PRODUCTION FROM KANKARA KAOLIN

ABSTRACTThe successes recorded at the laboratory for the synthesis of zeolite Y and ZSM-5 using Kankara kaolin sourced from Katsina state, Nigeria as starting material necessitated the need for upscale of the production process. This thesis focused on the development of three pilot size productio...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 94 pages | 🧠 12786 words | 📚 5 chapters

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THE EFFECT OF PERIWINKLE SHELL ASH AND DUST ON THE COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF CONCRETE

ABSTRACTThe study examined the partial replacement of Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) with Periwinkle shell Ash (PSA) and Periwinkle Shell Dust which was obtained from burning 200kg of Periwinkle shell at 6000C and grinding 200kg with ball mill respectively. Concrete cubes were prepared from desig...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 89 pages | 🧠 9687 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT OF A DYNAMIC OUTPUT-FEEDBACK REGULATOR FOR STABILIZATION AND TRACKING OF NON-SQUARE MULTI-INPUT MULTI-OUTPUT SYSTEMS

ABSTRACTThis research work is aimed at the development of an observer-based dynamic output feedback controller for stabilization and tracking of nonlinear systems. The developed controller is designed after the immersion-invariance and internal model principle (IMP) frameworks and targets non-squ...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 95 pages | 🧠 11324 words | 📚 5 chapters

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FAILURE EVALUATION OF ENGINEERING PROJECTS IN NIGERIA

A CASE STUDY OF PIPELINE AND PRODUCT MARKETING COMPANY LIMITED, A SUBSIDIARY OF NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION

ABSTRACTThis study centres on Failure Evaluation of Engineering Projects in Nigeria, A case study of Pipeline and Product Marketing Company Limited (PPMC). The instrument used in this study is analysis of some randomly selected Projects and questionnaires administered to Professionals involved in...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 89 pages | 🧠 7646 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT OF A MODIFIED EAST-WEST INTERFACE FOR DISTRIBUTED CONTROL PLANE IN SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORK FOR WIDE AREA NETWORKS

ABSTRACTThis research is aimed at the development of a modified East-West Interface for distributed control plane in Software Defined Network (SDN) for Wide Area Network (WAN). The East-West Interface is important in achieving communication across a Software Defined WAN, to enable scalability and...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 98 pages | 🧠 10163 words | 📚 5 chapters

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ASSESSMENT OF SAWDUST ACTIVATED CARBON (SAC) IN THE TREATMENT OF AQUACULTURE EFFLUENT

ABSTRACTThis study is aimed at the assessment of sawdust activated carbon in the treatment of aquaculture effluent with various objectives which includes the determination of the SAC properties, effluent parameters, effect of operating conditions and application of relevant adsorption isotherms. ...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 94 pages | 🧠 6785 words | 📚 5 chapters

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