ABSTRACT In Nigeria, a large number of jacket platforms installed in the Niger Delta have been operating beyond design life of 25 years due to the exorbitant cost of replacement with new ones. These Jacket structures often undergo corrosion and fatigue damages due to hostile offshore conditions and accidental release of corrosive agents from crude oil production activities. Therefore, there is a growing need to closely monitor the structures to protect unexpected failures. Applications of ap...
ABSTRACT Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs), titanium dioxide (TiO2), and their composites Graphene nanoribbons/titanium dioxide (GNRs/TiO2) were employed towards the simultaneous detection of nevirapine (NVP) and glucose (GLC). The nanomaterials were characterized Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), UV-vis and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), cyclic voltammetry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, linear sweep voltammetry, differential pulse voltammetry, and chronoamperometry were ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to implement a frequency reuse in 3GPP-LTE downlink cellular system which was to be used as the main measurement and as analysis tool for interference mitigation and to evaluate the performance for various conditions enabling the efficient deployment and optimization of femto cells on multi-tier networks. The Mat Lab Vienna LTE simulator was used to analyses the degrading impact of interference on channel capacity when Femto-cells are deployed over a Macr...
ABSTRACT The present study designed, constructed and undertook the performance evaluation of a post harvest passive solar crop dryer for drying agricultural produce. The solar crop dryer consists of a solar collector with dimensions 110 x 61 x 10cm, a drying chamber measuring 102 x54cm, a movable heat storage unit with the dimensions 40 x 35 x 13cm and drying trays each having an area of 1806cm2. The performance evaluation was conducted using three cropstomatoes, pepper and okra which are loc...
ABSTRACT For accurate and high rate of lung cancer detection using image processing, an effective preprocessing technique is required. A quality preprocessing technique is necessary to ensure effective removal of noise that interferes with the features of the image and hence improves lung cancer detection rate and accuracy. In this research, an Improved Gaussian Filter (IGF) technique was developed for effective lung image preprocessing. For image segmentation, Otsu thresholding method was us...
ABSTRACT Simulation of complex hydrological responses in large watersheds over years has prompted the need for procedures for autocalibration. The commonly available models of watershed hydrology are of the event type applicable on a basin scale or continuous models applicable on a field scale. The Watershed Resources Management (WRM) model is a basin-scale model for continuous simulation. It is generally applicable in planning, forecasting and operational hydrology, to the study of environme...
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...
ABSTRACT Telecommunications companies, over the last decade, have undergone major change in terms of the manner in which they do business. The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of change implementation on staff turnover in telecommunications industry by reviewing the following key issues, the effect of change implementation on staff turnover, the implementation of change within the industry, the communication of change initiatives by management in the industry, and the eff...
ABSTRACT Multiphase induction machine offers numerous advantages compared to the conventional three phase induction machine. It is an upgrade from the conventional three phase induction machine. By splitting the phase belt of a three phase, a sixphase machine is realised. The areas of application of multiphase machines are enormous, mostly where reliability is paramount. This research presents the modelling and implementation of a split phase induction machine with Saturation and skin effects...
ABSTRACT Abakpa-Nike is notorious for chaotic traffic due to driver's indiscipline and poor road nehvork. This study was therefore undertaken to determine the level of traffic congestion at four major intersections: The Abakpa-Nike- Trans-Ekulu T-Junction; Abakpa-Nike Liberty Junction; Afia Abakpa Junction and Nowas Roundabout Intersection in Abakpa-Nike area of Enugu, Enugu State. These intersections are notorious for high traffic volumes. Vehicular traffic volume were measured to quantify o...
Abstract Pedestrian visitors at Gweru General Hospital are facing challenges crossing the Shurugwi road into the hospital premises due to high vehicular traffic influx to and from town. Thus this Arduino based pedestrian crossing control system has been designed to give priority to these pedestrians so that they can safely cross this perilous main road. The system incorporates the concept of passive pedestrian detection to sense the presence of pedestrians and in turn automatically controls t...
ABSTRACT This work presents the synthesis of a motor with hysteresis motor torque-speed characteristic. The machine is synthesized from a conventional squirrel cage induction motor (SCIM) with high rotor resistance to leakage reactance ratio and a polyphase transfer field (TF) reluctance effect machine with an inverted torque-speed characteristics about the speed axis. Both motors are mechanically coupled and are connected in parallel to the supply. It is shown that the resultant torque which...
Abstract Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is one of the most important technologies in the world of communication.Mass business sector VoIP telephony started in 2004 with the presentation of VoIP calling arrangements which allowed endorsers of make calls generally as they would with traditional phone organization administrations [1]. VoIP is the steering of voice conversation over the Internet or some other IP-based system [2]. The voice information streams over a broadly useful parcel exc...
ABSTRACT The unavailability of strong technologies in the police force as far as traffic offenses are concerned has led to many law violators going unpunished, and the root cause of this is the limitation that all traffic road blocks around the country are totally dependent on human effort or power. The need for cheaper, smarter and efficient traffic monitoring system facilities in the police force has brought to introduction of small unmanned copters that can execute human tasks with less re...
This paper will aim at investigating effect of permeability on selecting best diverter in carbonate matrix acidizing. Two types of diverters were used, 15% HCl Gelled Acid and Slickwater+15% HCl. Permeability varied from 50md, 100 and 300md. Results showed that 15% HCl Gelled Acid gave better results than VDA where it had lower skin value and better invasion depth.