Experimental Analysis of Pyramidal Solar Still with Sponge as Absorber

The availability of drinking water is one of the most important requirements of the world. Desalination process through solar energy is a very useful process for converting impure water into drinking water. In the present article a pyramidal solar still (PSS) has been designed and fabricated and its performance has been compared with a fabricated conventional solar still (CSS). Sponge as absorber is being used for enhancing the quantity of distillate. The absorber increases the surface area for evaporation and this, in turn, increases the distillate obtained. 

A comparison of performance was done. The results show that the maximum temperature of water in the basin of PSS was 47-ºC at 2:30 P.M. and the maximum temperature of basin water of CSS was 43-ºC at 2:30 P.M. Maximum temperature of PSS upper glass was 46-°C, PSS inner glass temperature was 54-°C and CSS glass temperature was 42-°C. The maximum hourly productivity of PSS is 314.47% higher than CSS basin. 

Accumulated productivity of Pyramidal solar still (PSS) is 419.42% higher than the conventional solar still (CSS). Maximum accumulated distillate of PSS and CSS are 1480 ml and 278 ml, respectively, at 4:30 P.M. The optimum water input flow was 250 ml/hr. 

By Anju Kaushal | Rajiv Varshney | Ashish Verma"Experimental Analysis of Pyramidal Solar Still with Sponge as Absorber"

Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-2 | Issue-1 , December 2017,

URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd7073.pdf  

Direct URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/mechanical-engineering/7073/experimental-analysis-of-pyramidal-solar-still--with-sponge-as-absorber/anju-kaushal

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Experimental Study on Partial Replacement of Cement with Nano Silica in the Concrete

The main objective of this work is to study the mechanical strength and durability of the concrete when the particular cement dosage in concrete in replaced with Nano silica powder. However it is expected that the use of Nano-silica in concrete improve the strength properties of concrete. Also it is an attempt made to develop the concrete using Nano sized particles as a partial replacement of cement, which satisfies the various structural properties of concrete like compressive strength and tensile strength. 

It is expected that the final outcome of the project will have an overall beneficial effect on the utility of Nano-silica concrete in the field of civil engineering construction work. 

By Rahul K | Andavan S"Experimental Study on Partial Replacement of Cement with Nano Silica in the Concrete"

Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-2 | Issue-1 , December 2017,

URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd7032.pdf  

Direct URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/civil-engineering/7032/experimental-study-on-partial-replacement-of-cement--with-nano-silica-in-the-concrete/rahul-k

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Power Quality Standards, Problems and their Solutions

Recently, power quality has become an important subject and area of research because of its increasing awareness and impacts on the consumers, manufacturers, and utilities. There are a number of economic and reliability issues for satisfactory operation of electrical equipment. As power quality problems are increasing manifold due to the use of solid-state controllers, which cannot be dispensed due to many financial benefits, energy conservation, and other production benefits, the research and development in mitigation techniques for power quality problems is also becoming relevant and important to limit the pollution of the supply system. 

In such a situation, it is quite important to study the causes, effects, and mitigation techniques for power quality problems. In this paper different power quality standards like standards such as IEEE 519-1992, IEC 61000, and many others in different countries have been developed on the permissible limits in the levels of deviations and distortions in various electrical quantities such as voltage, current, and power factor are being discussed. Further power quality problems and their possible solutions are also discussed. 

By Navneet Kaur | Gagan Deep Yadav"Power Quality Standards, Problems and their Solutions"

Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-2 | Issue-1 , December 2017,

URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd7128.pdf  

Direct URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/electrical-engineering/7128/power-quality-standards-problems-and-their-solutions/navneet-kaur

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Bio-fortification of underutilized Himalayan pear and plum- A next hotspot for nutritional strategies of the 'œneglected' micronutrients

Functional foods/nutraceuticals have received considerable interest in recent times, because of their presumed safety and potential nutritional and pharmaceutical value. Nutraceuticals are the substances which are not traditionally recognized nutrients, but which have positive physiological effects on the human health and claimed to possess multiple therapeutic benefits. The medicinal plants represent one of the important fields of traditional medicine all over the world and hence established constituents of nutraceuticals. 

The use of food for promoting health is as old as the practice of phyto-medicine for treating or preventing various types of illness. Presently, health awareness around the globe is increasing, leading to the demand for functional food products with special characteristics and health benefits. These functional foods can play an important role in preventing the occurrence of certain chronic diseases besides providing a means to reduce increasing burden on the health care system with a continuous preventive mechanism. 

Further, fruits and herbs are considered as protective foods, as they contain numerous phytochemicals and natural bioactive compounds such as polyphenols, flavonoids, anthocyanins and carotenoids, which provide protection against many diseases. Therefore, the fruits and herbs rich in different bioactive compounds can be investigated for the development of functional food products and the present review could eventually be helpful in drawing the attention of researchers and scientists to work on it. 

By Manjeet Singh | Pankaj Kumar Chauhan | Pankaj Kumar"Bio-fortification of underutilized Himalayan pear and plum- A next hotspot for nutritional strategies of the 'œneglected' micronutrients"

Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-2 | Issue-1 , December 2017,

URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd7050.pdf  

Direct URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/food-engineering/7050/bio-fortification-of-underutilized-himalayan-pear-and-plum--a-next-hotspot-for-nutritional-strategies-of-the-'œneglected'-micronutrients/manjeet-singh

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A Review on Detection of Plant Diseases using Image Processing Technique

Identification of the plant diseases is the key topreventing the losses in the yield and quantity of the agricultural product. The studies of the plant diseases mean the studies of visually observable patterns seen on the plant. Health monitoring and disease detection on plant is very critical for sustainable agriculture. It is very difficult to monitor the plant diseases manually requires tremendous amount of work, expertize in the plant diseases, and also require the excessive processing time. Hence, image processing is used for the detection of plant diseases. 

Disease detection involves the steps like image segmentation, feature extraction and classification. This paper discussed the method used for the detection of plant diseases using their leaves images. Agriculture is a most important and ancient occupation in India. As economy of India is based on agricultural production, utmost care of food production is necessary. Pests like virus, fungus and bacteria causes infection to plants with loss in quality and quantity production. There is large amount of loss of farmer in production. Hence proper care of plants is necessary for same. 

By Ms. Shweta R. Astonkar | Prof. V. K. Shandilya"A Review on Detection of Plant Diseases using Image Processing Technique"

Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-2 | Issue-1 , December 2017,

URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd7085.pdf  

Direct URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/computer-engineering/7085/a-review-on-detection-of-plant-diseases-using-image-processing-technique/ms-shweta-r-astonkar

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Case Study of Flood Risk Evaluation in Surat City

There are many ways a disaster come and create huge damages to human surroundings. Flood is one of them. But for the flood it can be said that flood is a horrible disaster which affect many of human beings, animals and properties. Till day many floods came to the all over world. In India also many flood came and created huge disturbances to humanitarians and flood came in 2006 August in Surat city of Gujarat is one of heavy floods in India. Flood in Surat came in August of 2006 and left a huge mark in history of Surat. In this article, it is been studied that how flood occurred in city, what actions city commission took during and after flood and how flood risk evaluation were been done. 

By Parth Desani | Dr. Neha Bansal"Case Study of Flood Risk Evaluation in Surat City"

Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-2 | Issue-1 , December 2017,

URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd7071.pdf  

Direct URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/civil-engineering/7071/case-study-of-flood-risk-evaluation-in-surat-city/parth-desani

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A Review on Real Time Ethernet Communication For Robotic Arm Application

A real time Ethernet communication has become an important issue in electronics field regarding to various robotics applications. Nowadays, robots are increasingly being integrated into working tasks to replace humans specially to perform the repetitive task. These robots are currently used in many fields of applications including office, military tasks, hospital operations, dangerous environment and agriculture. So many researcher's have worked on different techniques with robotic arm application. In this context further review has been taken. 

Anuja Jayaram Waingankar | Dr. P. C. Bhaskar"A Review on Real Time Ethernet Communication For Robotic Arm Application"

Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-2 | Issue-1 , December 2017,

URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd7063.pdf  

Direct URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/electronics-and-communication-engineering/7063/a-review-on-real-time-ethernet-communication-for-robotic-arm-application/anuja-jayaram-waingankar

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