March - 2019 (Volume-9 ~ Issue-3 ~ Series-1)

Paper Type :: Research Paper
Title :: Optimization of Subsea Processing By Compression in Offshore West Africa
Country :: Nigeria
Authors :: Samuel Olusegun Oladele || Chinwuba Victor Ossia || Tayo Awolola
Page No. :: 01-09

Subsea processing technologies such as boosting, separation, water re-injection and compression has been used in other oilfields but alien to West Africa. The technologies can increase oil recovery, extend the field life, and reduce topside equipment requirements. In this study Subsea, compression was adopted to model a typical field in the Niger Delta region whose data was collected and inputted into Flow ManagerTM Software that generated values for production and cost analyses. Though, there are many relevant field parameters but this study focuses mainly on the production profile of gas produced using subsea compression as against natural reservoir pressure. From the results, the field could produce 28,371,557Sm3/hr using natural reservoir pressure for the field life. Introducing 2-compressors at intervals increased the production to 32,050,438 Sm3/hr, hence extending the production plateau by 7-years with 13% oil recovery increase. Also, the cost analysis showed a $115.4m profit after subsea compression integration in this West African field.

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Paper Type :: Research Paper
Title :: Evaluation of Apricot Kernel, Avocado and African Pear Seed Oils as Vegetable Based Cutting Fluids in Turning AISI 1020 Steel
Country :: Nigeria
Authors :: Eziwhuo, S.J || Ossia, C.V. || Alibi, S.I.
Page No. :: 10-19

A study on the evaluation of Avocado (Persea Americana L.)seed (AS), and African pear (Dacryodes Edulis L.)seed (APS) and Apricot (Prunus Armeniaca L.)kernel (AK), as vegetable based cutting fluids (VBCFs) in the turning of Ф25mm AISI 1020 Steel with high speed steel (HSS) cutting tool was carried out. The turning was performed at varied spindle speeds of 90, 125, 180rpm at constant 0.5mm/rev feed rate and 2mm cutting depth. The cutting fluids were fed to the tribo-interface by gravity. The surface temperature, surface roughness and chip thickness measured in the turning operations using the different VBCFs formulated were compared with those from commercial cutting fluids (CCF). The results showed that increase in speed decreased the surface roughness of AISI 1020 steel; and the least roughness-value was obtained at 180 rpm for AK oil-based fluids. The VBCFs of different formulations all showed good lubricity properties which compared favorably with the CCFs. The VBCFs formulation that showed the best tribological surface cooling characteristics, and lowest roughness and lowest chip thickness formation was Apricot Kernel Oil Cutting fluids (AKOF), even better than the CCFs.

[1]. Jeevan T.P., Jayaram S, R. Experimental investigation on the performance of Vegetable oil based cutting fluids in drilling AISI 304L using Taguchi technique, Tribology Online –Publication of the Japanese Society of Tribologist. 2018;13(2):50-56
[2]. Jeevan T.P., Jayaram S.R. Performance Evaluation of Jatropha and Pongamia Oil Based Environmentally Friendly Cutting Fluids for Turning AA 6061", Advances in Tribology. 2018, Article ID 2425619, 9 pages, https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/2425619.
[3]. Noor El-Din, M. R., Mishrif, M. R., Kailas, S. V, Suvin P. S., Mannekote, J. K. Studying the lubricity of new eco-friendly cutting oil formulation in metal working fluid, Industrial Lubrication and Tribology. 2018; 2017-0330.https://doi.org/10.1108/ILT-11-
[4]. Mbishida M.A., Muhammad M.H., Tokan A Vegetable Oils as Metal Cutting Fluids in Machining Operations: A Review, Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research. . 2018;5:108-116


Paper Type :: Research Paper
Title :: Underground Cable Fault Detector Using Smart Technology
Country :: India
Authors :: Anjana Sengupta || Rimpa Karmakar || Kaustav Mallick
Page No. :: 20-22

Everywhere the electrical cable work is preferably underground because it is not easily damaged and also not affected by weather, therefore more reliable and has no risk of electrocution. Whenever a fault occurs within the underground cable, it is very difficult to find out the exact location of the fault for the exact cable. The main concept of this project is to find the distance of underground cable fault from the base station in kilometres. This project uses Ohms Law concept, when a low voltage DC is applied to the feeder end through a series resistor, then the current would differ based on the location of fault occurred in the cable. There are three types of cable fault like an open circuit fault, short circuit fault, ground fault or earth fault. All these types of faults are detected by the prototype of our project. The model uses Power supply , Arduino microcontroller , 16*2 liquid crystal display , GSM, Transformer, Rectifier, Voltage regulation, DC 0804,Relay, Relay driver, Fault Switches, Buzzer.

Keywords: Underground cable, Underground cable fault, arduino.

[1]. Simulation and analysis of underground power cables faults M. Fonseca_Badilloa*, L. Negrete_Navarretea , A. González_Paradaa , A. Castañeda_Mirandab a University of Guanajuato, Lascurain de Retana No. 5, Guanajuato, 36000, México b Polytechnic University of Queretaro, state highway 420 , El Rosario, Queretaro de Arteaga,76240 El Marqués,Mexico.
[2]. Analysis of fault detection and its location using microcontroller for underground cables 1 Sahana S ,2Harish Kumar B M, 3Anu S M 4 Vani H V, 5Sudha T, 6Prashanth Kumar H K 1,2,3 U.G Student, Department of EEE, SJMIT, Chitradurga, Karnataka, INDIA 4,5,6 Associate Professor, Department of EEE, SJMIT, Chitradurga, Karnataka, INDIA.
[3]. Fault Analysis In Underground Cables December 2011 :CEC5002013094 Prepared for: California Energy Commission Prepared by: Dr. Igor Paprotny, Prof. Paul Wright, Prof. Dick White, Prof. Jim Evans, Prof. Thomas Devine, University of California, Berkeley.


Paper Type :: Research Paper
Title :: River Sediment Monitoring Using Remote Sensing and GIS
Country :: Portugal
Authors :: Kasra Hossein Mostofi || Mohamadamin Oyar Hossein || Seyed Hamid Bayat Ghiasi || vahid Khiali || Mostafa Adineh
Page No. :: 23-30

Since the volume level of the reservoir and impounding of the reservoir depend on the amount of sediment deposition, so the calculation of sediment has a great importance in the design of reservoirs and hydraulic structures. Soil erosion in the catchment and subsequently sedimentation in rivers, lakes and reservoirs is the main concern for two reasons; first, the basin surface soil loses its fertility, second, reservoir capacity is reduced and downstream water quality is reduced. Many studies have shown that the suspended sediments can be received, processed and estimated by remote sensing techniques and related software such as ENVI and GIS. Since applying the remote sensing technique has a greater speed and precision compared to traditional methods, it is used as an efficient technique in the modern.............

Keywords: Sediments, Karaj Dam, remote sensing, GIS

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[3]. Feng, L.; Hu, C.; Chen, X.; Tian, L.; Chen, L. Human induced turbidity changes in Poyang Lake between 2000 and 2010: Observations from MODIS. J. Geophys. Res. 2012, 117, 1–19.
[4]. Petus, C.; Chust, G.; Gohin, F.; Doxaran, D.; Froidefond, J.M.; Sagarminaga, Y. Estimating turbidity and total suspended matter in the Adour riverplume (south bay of biscay) using MODIS 250-m imagery. Cont. Shelf Res. 2010, 30, 379–392


Paper Type :: Research Paper
Title :: CFD simulation of the aerodynamic sealing of plane jets
Country :: Portugal
Authors :: J. Dias || A. Gogotsi || J.C. Viegas
Page No. :: 31-53

Controlling air quality is of the utmost importance within today's buildings. Vertical air curtains are often used to separate two different climatic zones in order to reduce heat transfer. This research work proposes an air curtain aimed to ensure a proper separation between two zones, a clean one and a contaminated one, which is to be used together with an air extraction from the ―contaminated‖ compartment. A CFD parametric study was carried out in order to assess the optimal parameters for achieving the aerodynamic sealing of the air curtain. The software OpenFOAM was used to carry out the simulations. This paper presents the numerical validation of the computational fluid dynamics model for contaminant control applications and the final simulation results...............

Keywords: Plane jets; Contaminant control; Air curtain; OpenFOAM

[1]. Garcia, H.G. Numerical Study and Experimental Optimization of air Curtains. Ph.D. Thesis, University Politècnica Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, 2015.
[2]. Gonçalves, J.C.; Costa, J.J.; Figueiredo, A.R.; Lopes, A.M.G. CFD modelling of aerodynamic sealing by vertical and horizontal air curtains. Energy Build. 2012, 52, 153–160.
[3]. Costa, J.J.; Oliveira, L.A.; Silva, M.C.G. Energy savings by aerodynamic sealing with a downward-blowing plane air curtain—A numerical approach. Energy Build. 2006, 38, 1182–1193.
[4]. Viegas, J.C. Saltwater experiments with air curtains for smoke control in the event of fire. J. Build. Eng. 2016, 8, 243–248.
[5]. Krajewski, G. Efficiency of air curtains used for separating smoke free. In Proceedings of the BS2013: 13th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association, Chambéry, France, 26–28 August 2013.


Paper Type :: Research Paper
Title :: Investigations of Characteristic Assoociation of Lithofacies, Numerical Hierarchy of Bounding Surfaces, Geometry of Sedimentary Bodies, Architectural Elements, And Typical Sequences of Lower Triassic Braided Rivers of Clastites Kladnica Formation (SW Serbia)
Country :: Serbia
Authors :: Radmilo Jovanović
Page No. :: 54-66

The Clastites Kladnica Formation was investigated and defined in thirty nine measured sections in right bank of Kladnica river, Studena river and Lug Creek, on the road Ivanjica-Sjenica (SW Serbia). Selected nineteen representative sections and their details are described, discused and interpreted. The results are given in paper as a text, tables and figure attachments. All structural and textural characteristics of sedimentary rocks where researched and interpreted with measured dimensions of sedimentary bodies. Particularly where investigated internal and external stratification, two and threedimensional geometry of sedimentary bodies, characteristic associations of lithofacies, numerical hierarchy of bounding surfaces and analysis of architectural elements of fluvial sedimentary bodies................

Keywords: Clastites Kladnica Formation,braided rivers deposits, Lower Triassic,channels, bars, overbank, SW Serbia.

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Paper Type :: Research Paper
Title :: SOA Cloud Computing: Modernized the Supply Chain Management Applications
Country :: India
Authors :: Mr Sujit Kr Singh || Prof. (Dr) S.Srinivasan || Deepinder Kaur
Page No. :: 67-74

Due to the growth of web and internet technologies in last few decades rapid changed has been seen in most of the Manufacturing industry which revolutionized the manufacturing industry from local to global competitive industry. There are increased in customer demand for customized and high quality product with lower cost and shorter life cycle. In this agile environment, manufacturing industry need to be competitive, innovative, inter operative and collaborative to meet the changing demands of customer while maintaining productivity. Traditional manufacturing execution systems, supply chain management (SCM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) are built upon rigid architecture that can't respond fully in dynamic environment. In these circumstances, the challenge is to develop an integrated solution that is intelligent, agile and robust and have the potential to meet environmental and customer demands................

Keywords: Multi-Agent System (MAS), SOA Cloud Computing Technology (CCT), Cloud based Supply Chain Management, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS).

[1]. Design of multi-agent based cloud integrated manufacturing system (CIMS) for new product development, The Business and Management Review, Volume 6 Number 4, August 2015.
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[4]. The Cloud Supply Chain:A Framework for Information, Monitoring,Accounting and Billing, Maik Lindner , Ferm´ın Gal´an, Clovis Chapman , Stuart Clayman , Daniel Henriksson January 2011
[5]. B.Andal Supriya, Ilango Djearamane , RFID based Cloud Supply Chain Management, International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, Volume 4, Issue 5, May-2013, 2157, ISSN 2229-5518.