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Colour Removal from Effluents Using Micromaterials
Abstract: In this study, the ability of Micromaterials to adsorb color from an aqueous solution was investigated by using flocculants and activated carbon prepared from Rice Bran, an agricultural by-product, and batch mode adsorption experiments were conducted. The influence of various factors such as initial concentration (20, 40, 60, 80 mg/L), contact time, pH (4.0-9.0), and dosage on the adsorption capacity was investigated and optimal experimental conditions were ascertained. Adsorption data …
Published in Journal of Energy, Environment & Carbon Credits · Vol. 2, Issue 1-3, 2012 · pp. 1–8 Read article
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Eco-friendly Corrosion Inhibitors for N80 Steel in Hydrochloric Acid
Abstract: An important method of protecting metallic materials against deterioration due to acid corrosion is by the use of corrosion inhibitors. In the present investigation, corrosion inhibition study of two compounds,1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-ethylimidazoline(Inh I) and 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-decylimidazoline (Inh II) have been performed for oil-well tubular steel (N80) in 15% HCl using weight loss, electrochemical polarization, AC impedance and SEM. The inhibition efficiencies of the inhibitors follow the sequence, Inh II > Inh I. The …
Published in Journal of Materials & Metallurgical Engineering · Vol. 2, Issue 1-3, 2012 · pp. 71–83 Read article
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Study on Solar Water Heater with Thermal Energy Storage System
Abstract: AbstractRenewable power supplies are progressively gaining increasing importance in all the nations. Specially, solar electricity, being non-polluting and inexhaustible, has obtained extensive interest among scientists and engineers. Although, there are many advantages, an essential factor is that solar power is time structured power source with an intermittent individual. Consequently, some form of thermal power storage (TES) is necessary for the only usage of this energy supply. Thermal energy can be …
Published in Journal of Nuclear Engineering & Technology · Vol. 10, Issue 1, 2020 · pp. 24–36 Read article
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Analysis of Oxidation Behavior on T-22 Boiler steel at 800°C
Abstract: The behavior of boiler steel T-22 in a rich air environment has been studied under the condition of isothermal at 800°C for 50 cycles in a cyclic manner. The kinetics of oxidation was established for boiler steel T-22under cyclic conditions for 50 cycles by weight change technique per unit area. Each cycle heating the sample at 1 hour followed by cooling 20 minutes at ambient temperature. Detonation gun spray techniques …
Published in Journal of Polymer & Composites · Vol. 8, Issue 1, 2020 · pp. 18–25 Read article
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Facile Fabrication and Characterization of Novel Sterculia Gum–graft-poly(n-isopropylacrylamide-co-acrylamide) Hydrogel for Efficient Removal of Cationic Dyes from Aqueous Solution
Abstract: Water is indispensable component of life. Contamination of water is a severe problem that affects human health, aquatic vegetation, and fauna. Aside from various effluents, a variety of cationic dyes generated by industrial effluents contributes significantly to water contamination. In this study, a sterculia gum graft-poly(n-isopropylacrylamide-co-acrylamide) hydrogel was made using a graft copolymerization technique with N,N′-methylene-bis-acrylamide as a crosslinker, ammonium persulphate as an initiator, and tetramethylethylenediamine as an accelerator to …
Published in Journal of Polymer & Composites · Vol. 10, Issue 2, 2022 · pp. 29–59 Read article
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Boron Nitride Nanoplatelets and Aluminium Nitride Incorporated Organic Organic Eutectic Phase Change Materials with Enhanced Thermal Conductivity with Low-Loading Nanoadditives
Abstract: Miniaturized high performance electronic appliances generate tremendous heat during the duty cycle, has led research community to explore advanced thermal management strategies. Operating electronics at high temperature may result in malfunctioning of compact appliances. Thus, phase change materials (PCM) are applied to maintain isothermal temperature by implementing phase transition through latent heat. To improve the thermal conductivity and to deduce at suitable phase transition temperature of novel eutectic PCM, nanoplatelets …
Published in Journal of Polymer & Composites · Vol. 12, Issue 2, 2024 · pp. 1–9 Read article
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Studies on Removal of Coomassie Brilliant Blue R250(CBB) dye Usingligninas Adsorbent
Abstract: Coomassie brilliant blue R-250 (CBB), an organic dye present in wastewater effluent, affects environment by reducing the photosynthetic activity in aquatic ecosystems. CBB must be eliminated from effluent as a result. In the present study, lignin was utilized as a low-cost bio adsorbent for the removal of CBB dye employing an adsorption technique in order to minimize pollution caused by CBB dye. By studying the effect of several parameters includes …
Published in Journal of Thin Films, Coating Science Technology & Application · Vol. 9, Issue 3, 2022 · pp. 9–19 Read article
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Comparative study on defluoridation by adsorption using rice husk ash, tamarind seed powder and activated
Abstract: In the present study, the ability and suitability of low cost adsorbents such as rice husk ash (RHA), tamarind seed powder (TSP) to adsorb fluoride ions was investigated in jar test apparatus and results were compared with that of commercially available activated charcoal powder (ACP). The major parameters such as pH, concentration of F- ions, stirring rate, contact time and different adsorbent dosages were studied and optimized. The maximum removal …
Published in Recent Trends in Civil Engineering & Technology · Vol. 10, Issue 1, 2020 · pp. 25–32 Read article
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Effect of Internal Heat Generation on the Onset of Rayleigh-Bѐnard Chandrashekar Convection in a Micropolar Fluid with Maxwell Cattàneo Law
Abstract: AbstractThe effect of result from the substitution of the classical Fourier law by the nonclassical Maxwell-Cattàneo law and influence of internal heat generation on the Rayleigh-Bѐnard Chandrashekar internal heat generation parameter has a significant impact on the thermal mode making the system unstable. The eigen value is obtained for free-free, rigid-free and rigid-rigid velocity boundary combinations with isothermal temperature on the spin-vanishing boundaries. The influence of various micropolar fluid parameters …
Published in Recent Trends in Fluid Mechanics · Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 31–43 Read article
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Thermal Instability in a Second-Order Fluid under the Effects of Suction-Injection-Combination and Maxwell-Cattaneo Law
Abstract: AbstractThe onset of Rayleigh-Bénard convection in a Second-Order fluid under the effects of Suction-Injection-Combination and Maxwell-Cattaneo Law is studied. The classical Fourier law is replaced with the Non-Classical Maxwell-Cattaneo heat flux law in the energy equation. A linear stability analysis is performed to obtain the eigenvalues for free-free isothermal boundary conditions. The influence of the parameters like Cattaneo number, Prandtl number, and Visco-elastic parameter has been analysed and found that …
Published in Recent Trends in Fluid Mechanics · Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 75–85 Read article
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Effect of Throughflow on the Onset of Electro-Thermo Convection in a Micropolar Fluid with Maxwell-Cattaneo Law
Abstract: AbstractThe effect of throughflow on the onset of Electro-thermo convection in a micropolar fluid with Maxwell-Cattaneo law is studied using the linear theory. The eigenvalue is obtained for free-free, rigid-rigid and rigid-free velocity boundary combinations with isothermal and adiabatic on the spin-vanishing boundaries using galerkin technique. The influence of Peclet number, Electric Rayleigh number and various micropolar fluid parameters on the onset of convection has been analyzed. It is found …
Published in Recent Trends in Fluid Mechanics · Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 1–17 Read article
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Effect of Temperature on Inhibitory Efficacy of Tamarindus indica fruit extract on acid corrosion of Aluminium
Abstract: An attempt has been made to investigate the anti-corrosive propensity of ethanolic extract of Tamarindus indica fruit at elevated temperature between 303 to 343 K, so as to replace the exploitation of toxic chemicals as corrosion inhibitors. Inhibition efficiency has been observed significantly high (84.06%) at room temperature at concentration 0.45 %. The inhibition efficiency is found to increase with increasing concentration of extract and decrease with rise in temperature. …
Published in Recent Trends in Fluid Mechanics · Vol. 10, Issue 3, 2023 · pp. 42–50 Read article