ABSTRACT One of the major problems encountered in rural and urban communities is that of traffic congestion and accidents at blind spots on the road. Several traffic control systems has been designed but in most cases it is targeted towards road intersections, T-junctions, and round-abouts, whereas, congestions and accidents on road blind spots is on the rise. This project, Intelligent Traffic Control System is aimed at controlling the traffic at such points. The system function is based on ...
ABSTRACT The predominance of English language over Okun language in almost all human endeavour is threatening the existence of Okun language and even Okun culture. It is therefore necessary to employ modem day processing tools for the language to catch up with the technological growth the world is experiencing. This project work focuses on the design of a bidirectional English - Okun prepositional phrase machine translation system using rule based approach. The system was designed using Pyth...
Abstract To fulfill the need of higher bandwidth, enhanced number of users, enhanced speed of communication of today’s users, the concept of wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) and fiber optic are developed. In which the multiple input signals are combined together and transfers as a single input. It uses the concept of multiplexing and de-multiplexing. WDM system comprises of amplifiers that are used to enhance the performance of the optical fiber system. This study analyzes a hybrid c...
ABSRACT Hypertensive-patient monitoring usually requires the use of non-invasive sensors that are hardwired to bedside monitors. This set-up is cumbersome, forcing the patient to be confined to his hospital bed thereby not allowing him to move around freely within the hospital premises. Presently, in order to continuously track a patient's Blood Pressure (BP) remotely over a period of time, physicians hand over specialized devices to patients. Most of these devices are cuff-based that are wo...
ABSTRACT Numerous failures and eventual losses in the chemical industry have been traced to corrosion processes. Failures resulting from the inability of metals to support designed load requirements because of losses imposed by corrosion effects can be combated economically through the use of chemical inhibitors. Despite the fact that synthetic inhibitors are effective, nonetheless they are associated with problems of toxicity, disposal, litigation and enormous costs. In order to protect the...
ABSTRACT Rate decline analysis is an essential tool in predicting reservoir performance and formation property estimation. The use of historical production data to predict future performance is the focus of the empirical domain of decline analysis while the theoretical domain focuses on the use of such data to estimate formation properties. A number of attempts have been made to establish the theories of rate decline in solutiongas drive reservoirs. Such attempts have established the theoreti...
ABSTRACT Power system voltage instability often results in voltage collapse and/or system blackout which is a source of concern for power network operators and consumers. This work proposes a new line stability index that is suitable for investigating the voltage stability condition of Power System Networks (PSNs). This index, which is called the New Line Stability Index-1 (NLSI_1), is derived from first principles and shown to incorporate the Line Stability Index (Lmn) and the Fast Voltage ...
ABSTRACT The design of switched local area networks in practice has largely been based on heuristics and experience; in fact, in many situations, no network design is carried out, but only network installation (network cabling and nodes/equipment placements). This has resulted in local area networks that are sluggish, and that fail to satisfy the users that are connected to such networks in terms of speed of uploading and downloading of information, when, a user’s computer is in a co...
ABSTRACT The purpose of Maintenance is to extend equipment life time or at least the mean time to the next failure. Asset Maintenance, which is part of asset management, incurs expenditure but could result in very costly consequences if not performed or performed too little. It may not even be economical to perform it too frequently. The decision therefore, to eliminate or minimize the risk of equipment failure must not be based on trial and error as it was done in the past. In this thesis, ...
ABSTRACT Power system stabilizers and other controllers are employed to damp oscillations in power systems, thereby guaranteeing satisfactory dynamic performance following major network disturbances. However, the parameters of these controllers are often tuned based on the power system linearized model which generally is a function of the system operating point or state. These controllers suffer from poor performance when the system state changes. The aim of the research work reported in thi...
ABSTRACT This Project report presents details of the design and construction of a microcontrollerbased automated intelligent street lighting system. The circuits are designed specifically for self-intelligence and fault detection of the system. The street light system consists of two circuit boards; the main printed circuit boards and the street light pole printed circuit board. The major components of the main printed circuit board are PIC microcontroller, GSM module, voltage translator, mu...
ABSTRACT A power system is set up basically to meet the demands of the customers. However, interruptions which are largely unavoidable contribute to the unavailability of power and thus prevent power system from achieving this. In most cases, it is the sustained interruptions that greatly affect both the utility company and its customers. Hence, it is necessary to find means of determining which component failure contributes most to the unavailability of the distribution system, and how t...
ABSTRACT Body amour describes the object that is worn or carried to provide an individual protection against external energy. This research work was carried out to formulate powdered alumina for body amour application. Alumina powder (Al203), magnesium oxide (MgO), calcium oxide (CaO) and polyvinyl alcohol (PY A) were the materials used in the formulation procedure for the research work, the materials were mixed thoroughly to form six different formulation samples; binder and alumina po...
Abstract Covenant University aspires to be one of the ten leading university in the world by 2022. To achieve this noble goal, the university has set in motion various strategies, some of which are to improve the learning process of students, empowerment of faculty and staff in gaining skills in teaching methodologies and the use of e-learning/new technologies. The university has currently invested a lot of funds in the acquisition of relevant and contemporary e-learning technologies, such a...
ABSTRACT This project presents the design and construction of a microcontroller based Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS) for a single phase system. The ATS, which is based on a switch gear control system, gives a functional system that provides an automatic switching of power supply between a primary source (public utility) and a secondary power source (generator). The methods employed in designing the ATS involve the use of switching and power relays, Atmega8 microcontroller, diodes, resis...