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Techno-Societal 2016
Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Societal Applications
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Phase Sensitive Detector: Fabrication, Processing, and Applications
Phase Sensitive Detector (PSD) were designed and fabricated on a single printed circuit board. The sinusoidal test signal is amplified to assume reasonable amplitude and then applied to the switching system. T...
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Shark Smell Optimization (SSO) Algorithm
In this chapter, the shark smell optimization (SSO) algorithm is presented, which is inspired by the shark’s ability to hunt based on its strong smell sense. In Sect. 10.1, an overview of the implementations of S...
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Design and Construction of Briefcase Type Portable Solar Dryer
Sun drying is one of the old method of drying farm produce ever known to man and it includes simply laying the agricultural products in the sun on mats, roofs or drying floors. This has many disadvantages sinc...
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Simulation of Micro-indentation Process of Black NiAl Coated Aluminum Substrate Using FEM
The purpose of this paper is to select more reliable/sustainable coating for solar collectors used in solar water heater systems (SWHSs) by evaluating and comparing mechanical properties of traditionally used ...
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Biofuels—Sustainable Alternative to Petroleum (Fossil Fuels) and New Revenue for Farmers
In today’s era energy is an important thing which is needed to everyone in this world. Because of the depletion in the production of the fossil fuels, everyone is searching for new energy efficient, cost effec...
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Study on Behavior of Externally Bonded RC Beams Using Armid Fiber Sheets
This paper explores the flexural behavior of armid fiber reinforced polymer (AFRP) strengthened reinforced concrete (RC) beams of M-20 grade of concrete [12, 14]. The experimental program consists of strengthenin...
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Shape Optimization of Microfluidic Pump Using Fluid-Structure Interaction Approach
Microfluidic pumps are becoming popular in the lab-on-a-chip (LOC) devices for pumping the fluid of very small quantity. In this study, a focus is given on simulating the diffuser/nozzle type of micropump usin...
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Experimental Study of Thermal Energy Storage System Using Nanofluid
Efficient and reliable thermal energy storage systems are required for solar applications to overcome their existing discontinuous nature and abrupt change in weather conditions. In Thermal energy storage syst...
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Gradient Evolution (GE) Algorithm
In this chapter, a meta-heuristic optimization algorithm named gradient evolution (GE) is discussed, which is based on a gradient search method. First, the GE algorithm and the underlying idea are introduced a...
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Thermal Performance of Parabolic Dish Water Heater with Helical Coiled Receiver
Solar parabolic dish type collectors are being tested for their thermal performance using different designs of cavity receivers for diverse applications such as water heating, industrial process heat, thermal ...
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Sustainable Raft Based Hydroponic System for Growing Spinach and Coriander
According to the existing problems of low efficiency and hard labor, intellectualized agricultural production system is designed. Agricultural production is moved toward a road to soilless agriculture by devel...
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Augmented Reality in Higher Education Supported with Web 2.0: A Case Study in Chemistry Course
Augmented reality is a technology which can formulate interactive learning environment and foster intellectual curiosity of the students. This study has targeted ‘‘the NMR spectroscopy of hydrocarbons’’ segmen...
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Kinetic and Thermodynamic Study of Mixed Crystals of Cadmium-Calcium Levo-Tartrate Dihydrate Grown in Silica Gel
In the present study pure and mixed crystals of tartrate, compound has the variety of application in the different field of science and technology. The growth observation of CaCd mixed Levo-tartrate crystals w...
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Efficient Electrodeposited Nickel Oxide Thin Films for Supercapacitor Electrode
Nickel oxide (NiO) electrode was successfully electro synthesized for supercapacitor application. The NiO electrode characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and contact a...
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Crow Search Algorithm (CSA)
The crow search algorithm (CSA) is novel metaheuristic optimization algorithm, which is based on simulating the intelligent behavior of crow flocks. This algorithm was introduced by Askarzadeh (2016) and the prel...
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Development of Prototype of Light Passenger Quarter Car for Improved Vehicle Ride Characteristics
This paper describes the development of a prototype of light passenger quarter car for improved vehicle ride characteristics. A prototype of 2 degree-of-freedom (DOF) quarter passenger car passive suspension s...
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Dry Sliding Wear Performance Optimization of MoS2 Filled PTFE Composites Using Taguchi Approach
The present research focuses on the influence of independent parameters such as normal load (A), sliding distance (B), velocity (C), filler content on wear performance of Molybdenum Disulphide (MoS2) filled in Po...
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Wireless Healthcare Monitoring System
Rapid development in remote monitoring systems and communication devices have prompted the development of many services using Wireless Sensor Network in recent years. In hospital, patients’ physiological param...
