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Design and Testing of Self-inflating Tyres for Passenger Car Using Peristaltic Pump Principle
Abstract: One of the major issues in today’s automotive sector is under-inflated tyres. In this category at least a single tyre in 27% of passenger’s cars and 33% of light trucks and SUV faces under-inflation by more than 25%, finally concludes with 4.69 billion liter of fuel wasted per year. Under-inflation and over-inflation conditions also affect the safety, fuel economy, tyre longevity, environmental and driving performance. One of the solutions to …
Published in Journal of Automobile Engineering and Applications · Vol. 6, Issue 3, 2019 · pp. 11–17 Read article
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Fabrication and Vibration Analysis of a Single-Passenger Car
Abstract: So far the world is trying to make economic, compact car for a single passenger to travel. The authors also took part in such an endeavor to develop a compact 4-wheel car for a single passenger with minding of two main considerations called fuel consumption and travelling comfort. This car is exclusively fabricated for the alteration of two wheelers. Two wheelers give good fuel economy but there will be deficiency …
Published in Journal of Automobile Engineering and Applications · Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2014 · pp. 11–17 Read article
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Experimental Test for the Replacement of Aluminum Sheets Instead of Steel Sheets in the Automotive Industry and the Effect of this Replacement
Abstract: Nowadays, vehicles cause air pollution due to high fuel consumption, and it has a direct relationship with increasing vehicle weigh. The increase of pollution will lead to rise in greenhouse gases that will cause special damages during a long period time. In this paper, instead of using steel sheets, aluminum sheets are proposed for the vehicle body and its interior components. It is attractive to increase its speed by reduction …
Published in Journal of Automobile Engineering and Applications · Vol. 7, Issue 3, 2020 · pp. 34–39 Read article
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Problem formulation for predicting optimum trans-esterification process parameters of biodiesel production and their performance analysis in diesel engine
Abstract: The various alternate fuels have been used in the past research to run the compression ignition engines. One of the fuel is the biodiesel which is used in the blended form with diesel. The emission parameters are reduced to 30-40% and the performance parameters are increased to some extent. This paper represents the various past research related to biodiesel based engines. The various steps in predicting the optimum process parameters …
Published in Journal of Automobile Engineering and Applications · Vol. 10, Issue 1, 2023 · pp. 41–44 Read article
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Vertical Opposed Piston Engine: A Review
Abstract: Nowadays many new technologies are available in our daily life. Now there is need to change the technology of automobiles also. We all know that we don't have more fuel in earth therefore we need to design new engines which are light in weight, more efficient, more powerful, have more speed, etc. In today's market, people want all these features in only one engine. People are also using hybrid engines, …
Published in Journal of Automobile Engineering and Applications · Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2016 · pp. 34–38 Read article
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Elimination of Super Chargers in Automobiles by Using Cooling System
Abstract: Nowadays, the fossil fuels are depleting day by day. The efficiency of an automobile has to be increased to overcome the shortage of fossil fuels. If we reduce the consumption of the brake power obtained during combustion for other purposes rather than running the vehicle such as super chargers, cooling systems etc., we can increase the efficiency. We are using almost 35% of the output power of the crankshaft for …
Published in Journal of Automobile Engineering and Applications · Vol. 3, Issue 3, 2016 · pp. 8–10 Read article
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Electric Vehicle Technologies: A Review
Abstract: Conventional vehicles used in the transportation sector cause the emission of harmful gases into the environment which causes environmental issues. In addition to that, conventional fuels are exhausted day to day which leads to looking at alternative energy sources in the transportation sector. Electrical energy has emerged as one of the best alternative energy sources over conventional fuels. The vehicles that run on electrical energy are Electric Vehicles (EVs). Electric …
Published in Journal of Automobile Engineering and Applications · Vol. 10, Issue 2, 2023 · pp. 17–26 Read article
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Feasibility Study of Mahua (Madhuca Indica) Fruit Pulp as a Feedstock for Bio-Alcohol Industry
Abstract: AbstractFor a developing nation like India, adequate sources of energy are basic requirement. As fossil fuels are depleting day by day, the necessity of renewable energy sources is increasing rapidly. Apart from that, burning of fossil fuels is polluting our environment drastically and increasing the threat of global warming. Thus, there is a need to adopt a cleaner and renewable source of energy. Among the different sources of energy, bioalcohol …
Published in Journal of Alternate Energy Sources & Technologies · Vol. 10, Issue 1, 2019 · pp. 32–35 Read article
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A Review of the Advancements in Geothermal Heating and Cooling System
Abstract: The increasing demand for energy and the depleting fossil fuels have fuelled explorations in new frontiers of renewable energy technology. Geothermal heating and cooling is a new advancement in HVAC industry of India. It uses earth’s heat for space heating and cooling with the use of heat pump systems, saving up to 51% electricity consumption in HVAC, and reduced CO2 emissions. The main prospects of geothermal energy are longer equipment …
Published in Journal of Alternate Energy Sources & Technologies · Vol. 8, Issue 1, 2017 · pp. 1–5 Read article
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Organic Solar Cells: A Technological Review
Abstract: In today’s technologically advanced era, our society needs an eco-friendly technology that is efficient and at the same time has low manufacturing cost. Solar energy is one of the major sources of renewable energy entering the earth’s atmosphere in bulk. It is a fact that the amount of solar energy lighting up the earth’s land mass over a year is around 3000 times the total amount of annual human energy …
Published in Journal of Alternate Energy Sources & Technologies · Vol. 8, Issue 1, 2017 · pp. 18–22 Read article
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Development of 12V-30W Solar Cell by Local Materials of Rural Bangladesh
Abstract: Sustainable social and economic development depends on adequate power generation capacity of a country. In order to increase the power generation by fuel diversification, the development of renewable energy is one of the important strategies. Bangladesh is one of the densely populated countries which do not have sufficient supply of energy. The present crisis in power supply hints at the troublesome time to come ahead. To cope with the exponential …
Published in Journal of Alternate Energy Sources & Technologies · Vol. 7, Issue 1, 2016 · pp. 39–43 Read article
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BY USING FLYWHEEL TO PRODUCE ELECTRICITY WITH POWER MULTIPLICATION
Abstract: Electricity production using conventional methods consume lot of energy, utilize from the fuels and which in turn converted from one source of energy to another. To produce free energy experiments conducted on the perpetual motion states that it is practically impossible to run a machine on the perpetual motion 100 percent . Instead of pursuing on perpetual motion, when we support the perpetual motion with slight energy boost just before …
Published in Journal of Catalyst & Catalysis · Vol. 5, Issue 3, 2018 · pp. 5–7 Read article
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Sulfated Zirconia Catalyzed Biodiesel Production from Acid Oil Containing High Free Fatty Acids
Abstract: Biodiesel fuel has shown great promise as an alternative to petro-diesel fuel. Biodiesel production is widely conducted through esterification and transesterification reaction, catalyzed by homogeneous or heterogeneous catalysts. In the present endeavour, sulphated zirconia has been prepared using microwave method and characterized by using XRD, FT-IR, BET surface area, SEM and acidity measurement. The utility of synthesized catalyst is demonstrated in catalytic biodiesel production from acid oil feed stock. The …
Published in Journal of Catalyst & Catalysis · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2017 · pp. 35–45 Read article
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Biocatalytic Process by Biodiesel Production to the help of Environment
Abstract: The synthesis of fatty acid esters using vegetable oils seems to be a crucial process that yields good diesel fuel substitutes and useful oleochemical intermediates. Biodiesel is made from fatty acid methyl esters, which are a mixture of mono-alkyl esters produced from vegetable oils including sunflower oil, soyabean oil, rapeseed oil, peanut oil, cotton seed oil, and animal fats like pig fats and lard. Biodiesel can also be made from …
Published in Journal of Catalyst & Catalysis · Vol. 8, Issue 3, 2021 · pp. 29–33 Read article
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Driving Industrial Transformation: Catalytic Engineering for Chemicals, Energy, Materials, Food, Healthcare, and Environmental Protection
Abstract: Catalytic engineering encompasses diverse fields including heterogeneous catalysis, molecular catalysis, and biocatalysis, all of which have profound industrial impacts across various sectors such as chemicals, energy, materials, foods, healthcare, and environmental protection. In heterogeneous catalysis, solid catalysts play a pivotal role in facilitating chemical reactions at industrial scales. These catalysts are used in processes ranging from petrochemical refining to environmental remediation, enabling the efficient production of fuels, polymers, and other …
Published in Journal of Catalyst & Catalysis · Vol. 10, Issue 2, 2023 · pp. 26–32 Read article
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Microgrid System Control Identification and Evaluation for Enhanced Dynamic Operation
Abstract: Networking the distributed generators (DG) in a microgrid system involves a large number of electronic components and filters. Small changes or drifts in operating conditions as well as disturbances at the point of common coupling can excite the associated eigenvalues giving rise to slowly growing instability in the system. This article considers the stability of a microgrid system consisting of a micro alternator, wind generator, photovoltaic (PV) system, fuel cell …
Published in Journal of Control & Instrumentation · Vol. 9, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 33–44 Read article
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Types of Motors Used in Electric Vehicles
Abstract: A large number of pollutants is being emitted through conventional vehicles due to internalcombustion in its engine which increases pollution in the atmosphere. The price and demandfor fuel have also increased. So future demand and development of electric vehicles (EV)growing because it is eco-friendly, economical and high efficient. This paper presents thecomparison between different types of motors which can be used in electric vehicles so that itcan run with its …
Published in Journal of Control & Instrumentation · Vol. 11, Issue 2, 2020 · pp. 1–9 Read article
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Renovation, Modernisation and Uprating of Hydropower Station
Abstract: Although hydropower has been used since ancient times to grind floor and to perform other tasks, the world’s first hydro electrical power generation started in England in 1881. Hydropower facilities now generate nearly a quarter of the world's electricity. Hydropower is produced in more than 150 nations throughout the world. Hydropower has many advantages over other conventional sources of power and so it is the main attractive source for developers. …
Published in Journal of Control & Instrumentation · Vol. 13, Issue 1, 2022 · pp. 1–6 Read article
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Solar Electric Powered Hybrid Vehicle
Abstract: The renewable energy is vital for today’s world as the nonrenewable sources that we are using are going to get exhausted in near future. The solar vehicle is a step in saving these nonrenewable sources of energy. The basic principle of Solar/Electric Powered Hybrid Vehicle (SEPHV) is to use energy that is stored in a battery during and after charging it from a solar panel. The charged batteries are used …
Published in Journal of Electronic Design Technology · Vol. 6, Issue 3, 2015 · pp. 9–16 Read article
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Fleet Guard: Advanced Fleet Management and Vehicle Monitoring System
Abstract: FleetGuard: Advanced Fleet Management and Vehicle Monitoring is a game changing IoT solution, crafted using Flutter in the Dart language, set to revolutionize conventional fleet management practices. It seamlessly integrates software and hardware components, with a primary focus on Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS) and GPS sensors. This innovative system offers real-time tire pressure monitoring, predictive maintenance, and driver behavior analysis, emphasizing efficiency and safety, ultimately reducing operational costs, and …
Published in Journal of Electronic Design Technology · Vol. 14, Issue 2, 2023 · pp. 18–24 Read article