ABSTRACT The objective of this paper is to design, fabricate and experimentally investigate the working of Pedal Powered Centrifugal Pump (PPCP) which is used in small drinking water supply and garden irrigation.PP
ABSTRACT This study reports synthesis of solidacid catalyst from cheaper raw materials for efficient biodiesel production. The dissertation consists of six main research section including: (1) Synthesis and characterization of ordered solidacid catalyst from kaolin; (2) Synthesis and characterization of hierarchical nanoporous HY zeolite from acid activated kaolin; (3) Synthesis of nanoporous HY zeolites from activated kaolin, a central composite design (CCD) optimization study; (4) Synthesis...
ABSTRACT This research project assesses the geotechnical characterization of soils used for the construction of the failed sections along Ikole- Oye Ekiti Road, Ekiti State, Nigeria. This road spans 23kms. The study area falls within coordinates 7. 7979306° N (Oye) - 7. 7982660 N (Ikole) and 5.3285505°E (Oye) - 5.5144930°E (Ikole). It is a known fact throughout the world that the conditions of any road largely depend upon its geotechnical properties such properties includes soil strength,...
ABSTRACT Water scarcity is a problem in many parts of the world. In some regions, there is physical water scarcity because there are not enough resources of water to meet the increasing demand, while other parts of the world have an economic scarcity, where resources are more abundant but poor governance and other problems render water unavailable for most of the population. Where the problem is economic water scarcity, there are many solutions that could ameliorate the problem, but most tim...
ABSTRACT Globally, natural disasters are becoming places lately, and they are the results of climate change due to natural forces. Some of these disasters like floods, earthquakes, landslides and draught happen, resulting in loss of human lives and properties. Flood occurs when two or more acres of dry land or two or more properties are inundated by water or mudflow. In this study, the reconnaissance survey of the study area was carried out. The topographical map of the area contributing run...
ABSTRACT The human eye is a vital organ of vision which gives the sense of sight. However, there are many diseases that affect the human eye and can lead to partial or total blindness. The major causes of blindness include cataract, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and several other corneal and retinal infections but most of them can be prevented with an early diagnosis. Therefore, there is the need for a cheaper, easy-to-understand and readily available system to aid the diagnostic proces...
ABSTRACT Zeolites are important chemical materials used in chemical processes. The manufacture of the materials usually involves the use of expensive chemicals. This study involves the use of Elefun Nigerian Kaolin (ENK) as precursor material for the development of zeolite Y. The synthesis of zeolite Y was successful following a sequence: collection of raw kaolin clay from Elefun area of Ogun state, Nigeria; subjecting it to, calcination, partial dealumination and final hydrothermal syn...
ABSTRACT Converting the huge amount of waste cooking oils presently generated globally to biodiesel as complementary energy source to fossil fuel is one of the major routes to sustainable energy management. However, producing quality biodiesel at established optimum conditions, through a clean technology with favourable environmental implications is of greater importance. This research focused on achieving the latter through alkali catalysed trans-esterification process of biodiesel producti...
ABSTRACT Recognition is an important task in many organisations ranging from law enforcement to education. Therefore, organisations are constantly in search of more efficient and error free ways to carry out the recognition process. Existing methods of recognition can be categorized as traditional or technology assisted. The aim of this project is to develop a recognition system that is based on authentication using one physiological trait of an individual. The proposed recognition system wa...
ABSTRACT The utilization of lignocellulosic biomass as feedstock for the production of fuel ethanol has attracted considerable interests in the last few decades. The emergence of new technologies has provided hope for fuel ethanol potential uses. Lignocellulose is a valuable alternative energy source. The enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass is constrained due to its complex structural features, so pretreatment is important to enhance its enzymatic digestibility. In this study, the...
ABSTRACT This report presents the design and implementation of contactless height measuring instrument. This project is based on developing and creating a device that utilizes ultrasonic sensors to determine height of an object ranging up to 200cm or 2m. The device is intended to be used as an alternative to the other more bulky and expensive models found either at home or at health centers. The ultrasonic height measurement device makes use of ultrasonic sound transducers to generate ultraso...
ABSTRACT This project is titled the design and constmction of an automatic water pump controller with level indicator. The project is designed to give a display of water level in a tank and control a pump motor as required. The reading given is in the scale of centimeter and percentage. The project circuitry mainly comprises an ATMEGA328P microcontroller which is the processing unit of the system, 16 X 2 liquid crystal display (LCD) which displays the level of the water in the water tank as ...
Abstract This research aims to analyze and address the technical study Fault Tolerance in controlling the fuel map by predicting the expected failures to occur in the actuators unit the internal system (Fuel Map) and make the necessary compensatory accounts and estimates to ensure the continuation of the work the engine on an ongoing basis with a failure until the failure treatment or programmatically change the system on part if necessary. Through research was to explain the definition of c...
ABSTRACT This research work presents the design concept, construction and testing of portable crucible furnace which uses diesel oil as fuel. The diesel fired crucible furnace was designed, constructed using locally available engineering materials mild steel sheet of 1.5 mm, the materials used in this work were obtained from the local markets within Akure and Lagos. They include: mild steel sheet of 1.5mm thickness, compressor pot, stainless steel pipe of 60mm diameter, refractory material (...
ABSTRACT Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) is a group of flammable hydrocarbon gases that are liquefied through pressurization and commonly used as fuel. This project aims to design and implement a micro-controller based Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) gas monitoring & leakage detection system with GSM alert system. Design and implementation of gas detection system as well as SMS alert systems were done to achieve the project aim. Gas leaks can cause major incidents resulting in both human injurie...