This research presents a building management system (BMS), which is the key module in order to perform the controlling and automation. The main area of this BMS focuses on switching and controlling of the power input/output, besidethis security. Modern building services systems are an integration of mechanical, electrical and control components. In the world of today, various subsystems in a big building have been traditionally operated separately, each with their own Information Techn...
Abstract A novel study on biomass-air gasification using a horizontal entrained-flow gasifier and catalytic processing of the product gas has been conducted. The study was designed to investigate the effect of catalyst loading on the product gas. The use of a horizontal entrained-flow gasifier reactor was used to assess the effect of the gasifier reactor orientation on the gasification process. Both experimental and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) approaches were employed. The gasificatio...
ABSTRACT This study utilized correlation and distribution analyses to investigate the acceptability of application of two fractal dimension estimators to characterize the waveforms originating from excited nonlinear pendulum. Parameters selection sensitive simulation of the excited nonlinear pendulum waveforms was performed with the constant time step fourth order Runge-Kutta algorithm with codes developed in FORTRAN90. However, the waveforms validated by Gregory and Jerry (1990) and treate...
The Sudanese air force college trains its pilots using a world renowned light aircraft for basic pilot training called UTVA-75, during operation in the climate of Portsudan the exhaust tubes experienced failure in the shape of cracking and therefore become dangerous to operate. The study tackles the issue from a material point of view, as properties that eliminate or reduce cracking or any failure are essentially material properties. The research examines material selection methods to ...
ABSTRACT Although there are many computer codes available for analysis of fluid transients, only. a few are known to be applicable to linebreak situations and their scope is limited. There is, therefore, still a big potential for development work in the subject. Discrepancies between different models which have been developed have mainly centred on the assumptions used in developing the basic partial differential equations of flow, and subsequent simplifications; the thermophysical model use...
ABSTRACT The aim of this work is to determine the mechanical properties of cold drawn low carbon steel subjected to full annealing. The specimens were slowly heated up to a temperature of 9000C followed by soaking treatment of 60 minutes under this temperature in a muffle furnance. Tensile, charpy and Brinnel hardness tests were conducted to determine the yields strengths, tensile strengths, impact strengths and hardness of the annealed steel. The yield strength, tensile strength, hardness an...
Abstract For decade, thermal contact resistance (TCR) has been measured experimentally. Unfortunately, the database, which should regularly support decision-making on TCR coefficients, seems not to exist. Thus, companies result to using outdated or irrelevant data that limits lifespan of electronics devices, their performance and reliability. This paper mathematically models the problem of TCR between two media (plastic-metal interface) in semi conductors with reference to resistance and the ...
ABSTRACT The traffic situation at many university campuses in developing countries has been a source of concern to both the school authority and the campus populace. This may be largely due to the increasing enrolment level for university admissions since most employers are certificate-biased instead of skill rewarding. The roads are often congested during the day thereby causing inconveniences to everyone. During the "peak period" when vehicular traffic is beyond what the road can contain co...
ABSTRACT This study exploited the possibility of new fractal creation in order to increase drastically the stock number of handy fractal images through the combination of limited base symmetric attractors' codes. the randomized play of chaos game with the iterated function systems (IFS) comprising a finite set of contractive affine maps coupled with simple coordinate transformation and linear superposition provides a framework for the new fractal image creation.
Abstract In general, the electrowinning process consumes substantial electrical energy. Considering the ever-increasing unit cost of electrical power there is a need to improve current efficiency so that electrical energy is utilised efficiently. In light of the research/knowledge gap identified, this research aims to design a continuous quality improvement framework for improving electrowinning current efficiency. The objectives of this research are as follow: (i) To explore factors that inf...
Abstract A novel study on biomass-air gasification using a horizontal entrained-flow gasifier and catalytic processing of the product gas has been conducted. The study was designed to investigate the effect of catalyst loading on the product gas. The use of a horizontal entrained-flow gasifier reactor was used to assess the effect of the gasifier reactor orientation on the gasification process. Both experimental and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) approaches were employed. The gasifica...
ABSTRACT In many types of buildings, both single and multi-storey, including schools, offices, places of worship, factories and residential buildings, the attic space is often given paramount consideration because its thermal characteristics have great influence on the conditions of the space directly below it. A significant amount of the cooling load in residential and industrial buildings is the result of heat transfer across the ceiling from the attic. Also, in some rural areas in the trop...
ABSTRACT The laminar free convective heat transfer characteristics of parabolic enclosures have been investigated using numerical computation and experimental modeling methods. The geometry is a long cavity made up of a parabolic wall bowed over a horizontal wall. Due to symmetry, the analytical model is one half of a two-dimensional cross-section consisting of a hot parabolic upper-wall, a cold horizontal base-wall of width B, and an adiabatic vertical wall of height, H. Two cases of heat-in...
ABSTRACT Offshore pipeline and flow line systems define a variety of subsea architectures associated with Floating Production Storage and Offloading units (FPSOs) or Floating Storage and Offloading units (FSOs) that are usually employed for oil and gas production in deep and ultra deep waters. The design of such transmission facilities, must satisfactorily account for various phenomena such as hydrodynamic wave loading, fluid transport velocity, operating pressure and temperature of the inte...
ABSTRACT Energy benchmarking and carbon footprint reduction opportunities in Portland cement manufacturing processes in Nigeria are presented. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is used to estimate the environmental impact of three cement manufacturing processes in Nigeria. The energy consumption of the cement manufacturing processes are evaluated using energy Benchmarking and Energy Savings Tool for cement (BEST-Cement). BEST-Cement evaluates and compares the energy consumption of the cement manufa...