A clear insight into the affinity of biochar towards water is critical for its intended application. The state of the biochar would govern its use for a particular application. For example, hydrophilic biochar is preferred when sorption or organic contaminants are concerned. It is, at present, not clearly established the factors that govern the hydrophilicity and/or hydrophobicity of a biochar. Comprehension of the factors that affect the affinity of biochar towards water would aid to create ...
African locust bean is a leguminous plant that is rich in nutrients and is used as food condiment. The traditional method of processing this food condiment is mostly unhygienic; consume a lot of fire wood, human energy and time. Using traditional methods for boiling 33.7Kg of locust bean would take about 12 hours. This study attempts to mechanize the existing traditional methods of boiling locust bean by designing, constructing, and evaluating electrically powered locust bean boiler. The...
TABLE OF CONTENT TITLE PAGE CERTIFICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT DEDICATION ABSTRACT TABLE OF CONTENT LIST OF TABLES LIST OF FIGURES CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION RATIONALE FOR SIWES AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF SIWES BENEFITS OF INDUSTRIAL TRAINING QUANTITY SURVEYING PROFESSION 1.4.1ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF QUANTITY SURVEYING 1.4.2WHO IS A QUANTITY SURVEYOR? 1.4.3SERVICES RENDERED BY A QUANTITY SURVEYOR CHAPTER TWO THE FIRM 2.1 COMPANY PROFILE 2.2 COMPANY BACKGROUND 2.3 COMPANY VISION 2.4 ORGANI...
Masonry structures are prone to extensive damage followed by failure and collapse when subjected to loads resulting from wind, earthquake and other natural or man-made events. Recent earthquakes and terrorist acts have clearly demonstrated the need for the development of effective and affordable strategies for the strengthening of masonry. As a response to these challenges, fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites are found to offer technically and economically viable solutions. In the...
Ultrasonic Object Detection Project The main aim of this system is to detect object that will be ahead of ultrasonic transducer. This application is very useful in areas like monitoring and also very useful in wild life photography. There are two main parts of the ultrasonic detector. First one is emitter that produces a 40kHz sound wave. Second one is detector that helps to detect 40kHz sound wave. This signal is then sent back to microcontroller. In this system the ultrasonic module is...
Nowadays, consumption of rice is increasing that leads to the greater demand in the production of it. After harvesting and shelling, husk remains and comes in great volume. Thus this rice husk is one of the big problems to be considered. Some studies suggested a solution to put rice husk ash as partial substitute to cement in concrete mixing in order to minimize the large quantity of rice husks build up as time goes by. Reinforced concrete is concrete in which reinforcing bars or other typ...
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Company background and overview Anbessa City Bus Service Enterprise is the largest City Public Transportation Company in Ethiopia established immediately after the Italian invasion in 1943 by collecting old vehicles and garage equipment from the invader. At the time its name was Public Transport and guided by Italians and other foreigners. In 1952, it was organized in to a share company by getting legal entity from the government. At that particular year the enterprise had only 10 buses t...
Impact of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in Northern Nigeria: Ojie Moses Okim Department of ICT Cross River State University, Cross River Abstract The main constraints to the use of information and communications technology (ICT) in Northern Nigeria are identified, argued and related to the setting up of a common computerized system based on the National Bureau of Statistics’ (NBS) report which places mostly northe...
Abstract The main constraints to the use of information and communications technology (ICT) in Northern Nigeria are identified, argued and related to the setting up of a common computerized system based on the National Bureau of Statistics’ (NBS) report which places mostly northern states at the bottom of the list with exception of Kogi. Examples of existing technologies are given to provide guidelines as to how technology can successfully be used in Northern Nigeria despite the...
ABSTRACT This project report describes the design and construction of an electronic door lock which uses a microcontroller as the main control unit. The project’s objective was to interface this microcontroller with an LCD, keypad and a DC motor. However, programming the PIC chip to perform a task like identifying an authorised user is also among the objectives of this project. Codes were developed in assembly language, complied, debugged and downloaded to the PIC microcontroller. These cod...
Equipment development in Ghana to harvest oranges have over the years focused on simple units such as Garden tool, basket style picker etc. and common methods of harvesting oranges in Ghana are the use of manual branch shaking, manual pull with the hook stick. The effects leads to:Infestation of a bacteria called Alicyclobacillus when the fruits fall on the ground.The bacteria lives on the fruit which contaminates it.Bruises through impact on the hard surface.The main aim of this study is to ...
The Crude Oil Quality Group (COQG) is sponsoring this document as an informational tool to be usedby personnel in the petroleum industry. This document is intended to provide basic information on theeffects that certain crude oil contaminants have on refinery operations. COQG’s goal is for thisdocument to provide beneficial material to all parties involved in the crude oil supply chain - from thewellhead, to pipelines, and to the refinery gate.This initial document is intended to be the fir...
ABSTRACT In a study at KNUST weather station, the crop co-efficient values at initial, development, mid-season, and late season stages of ABONTEM MAIZE (hybrid variety) were determined as 0.42, 0.98, 1.05, and 0.32, respectively. These locally determined values of ABONTEM hybrid maize compared favourably with those recommended by FAO. The corresponding FAO values are 0.4, 0.80, 1.15, and 0.70. The FAO values are average values and recommended for a wide range of locations, but those dete...
ABSTRACT The Student Industrial Working Scheme (SIWES) is a program that was designed by the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) with the aim of aiding young science and engineering university students to have an experience of working in industries and companies based on their fields of study in order to extend their learning outside the classrooms and lecture halls. This is a report which contains information about my SIWES experience. It contains details on the company I worked in which wa...