Despite the effectiveness and advantages of natural fibres from plants as reinforcement in the production of composite materials, it has been observed that natural fibres from plants have this limitation of high rate of ...

A comparative study of biogas production from poultry droppings, cow dung, and wastewater was conducted under the same operating conditions by subjecting each substrate to both conventional and electrolysed digester. Twenty ...

An experimental research work was conducted to characterise Erythrophleum suaveolens (ES) charcoal and Okaba coal (OK). The tests were conducted for proximate analysis and ultimate analysis of ES charcoal and Okaba coal. ...

The study compares the residential household energy consumption pattern between the Nigerians’ densely and sparsely populated areas on the basis of income level classification. This research identified, determined and ...

Facilities are increasing in industrial environment everyday as a result of change in technology which leads to further expansion. Facility layout must be flexible to cater for these changes. This research proposes the ...

In this work, a manually-operated reciprocating water pump was developed. In designing the machine, the working principles of bicycle a pump as well as that of piston in an automotive engine block were studied. These devices ...

In an attempt to reduce the rate of ozone-depletion and global warming effects, a refrigerant recovery/recycling machine was designed, fabricated and evaluated. The machine consists of a heat exchanger, capillary tubes, ...

There must be proper means to sinter an agglomerated iron ore concentrate before it can be further processed into the blast furnace. Sintering machine of 5kg capacity of agglomerated ore was designed and fabricated using ...

This research work examined the viability of producing bioethanol from seven lignocellulosic biomass feedstock samples of grass, maize grain, maize husk, maize cob, cassava, sawdust and paper through bio-chemical and ...

This work focused on toughness and corrosion behaviour of heat treated and nickel plated mild steel to replace austenitic stainless steel for yam beater in yam pounding machine. Four standard samples were prepared for ...