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» ABSTRACT This study was to examine the effects of process parameters on tensile strength of coconut fibre reinforced cashew nut shell liquid (CNSL) resin composites. Cashew Nut Shell Resin (CNSR) was reinforced with chemically modified coconut fibres. Modified fibres were treated with alkali solutions of NaOH (10%) and bleached with sodium hypochlorite. The bio composites were fabricated using han...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Since the beginning of human civilization, medicinal plants have been used by mankind for its therapeutic value. Nature has been a source of medicinal agents for thousands of years and an impressive number of modern drugs have been isolated from natural sources. Many of these isolations were based on the uses of the agents in traditional med...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 REFRIGERATOR SYSTEM Refrigeration is the process of removing heat from a substance and transfers it to another. It is also the science of production and maintaining a temperature below that of a surrounding atmosphere. That is, is the act of removing heat from a substance to be cooled Robet (2011). In any refrigeration system, the maintenance of low temperature require...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDYThe machining industries is faced with great challenge achieving high quality, good surface and high material removal rate with view in economizing during machining. Nowadays, lots of machines have been produced to be used for making parts such as in automotive industries, plastic industries, etc. Behind these industries, all machines have been produc...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION This our project work is all about design and construction of a complete radio broadcasting equipment that is compact and miniaturized. It is capable of delivering a power output of 1 watt and assumed to cover a distance of 400 meters ie 200 meters radius depending on obstructions. The transmitted signal is frequency modulated stays constant and its frequency varies accord...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE 1.1 AIR CONDITIONER Indoor climate, once adjusted to human need only by opening of heating in winter and by opening windows or using fans. In summer, is now capable of being varied to meet almost any comfort of industrial demand, anywhere on earth with precise automatic control. With the introduction of air conditioner, the indoor air can be controlled through the blowing and sucking s...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Packaging of materials such as food stuffs, textile etc. is a phenomenon encountered in every day life. Various packaging media have been employed but they all have their limitation like cost availability, efficiency, machinability etc. with the advent in chemical technology, different ranges of polythene have been produced with ranging properties. Cellophane cutting and s...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION A bookshelf is an invention with partition where books and files are packed on offices, libraries and even homes. A bookshelf can be wooden, metallic or even glass. They can also be dismountable and undismountable. In our project, we dedicated to design and fabricate on undismountable met6allic bookshelves. Certain advantages were considered before starting off this projec...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION The term refurbishing has been defined in many ways by many experts from both building, and furniture perspective. The oxford advance learners dictionary definition of refurbishing is the widely and a generally accepted definition of refurbishing. It defines refurbishing as the work embark or undertaken in order to clean and decorate a room, building or in order to make it...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION The project is a pre requisite for the award of Higher National Diploma (HND) in Mechanical Engineering. The project “Design and fabrication a corn shelling machine” is indeed an essential one in a time like this when almost al human endeavour is embracing technology for efficiency and realiability. First a corn shelling exercise is a function which could eithe...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION The purpose of this project is to help the reader to under standard few thing about electric car. Those specialist who have slayer long in electric vehicle design recognize this alternative type of transportation as a challenge to commanding importance to contemporary mankind. The construction of electric car could achiever the speed and acceleration of those of internal c...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study The grinding of grain occurs by the application of mechanical forces that alter the structure of the grain by overcoming the interior binding forces, after which the state of the solid is changed to flour. Grain produce on the farm is processed in some form before it is actually consumed. One of the important processes involving a non chemical c...Continue Reading »
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» ABSTRACT The construction of the five (5) litre Electric Kettle was carried out in mechanical workshop of the Institute of Management and Technology Enugu. (I.M.T). The fabrication process, included measuring and marking out operations of which the following dimensions was taken; the cylindrical body was taken as 170mm by 700mm in height and length respectively, the base diameter was 223mm, the li...Continue Reading »
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» ABSTRACT The 20000 liters storage tank was constructed for effective storage and conservation of third with three (3) mild steel sheets of 14gauge (2mm) thickness. The construction started by marketing out 1½ (One and half) mild steel of 2440 Mm by 113Mmusing metal meter rule and critter the already market out dimension underwent cutting with a backsaw and after marking out and cutting oper...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Yam is another crop cultivated across Nigeria. It is a seasonal crop and very difficult to preserve as it tends to rot. Nearly all Nigerians consume yam on regular basis and in large quantities particularly the Yoruba tribe in Nigeria. Nature allows yam to form a bond when it pounded or beaten in a mortar, it is then consumed as a meal with a choice soup. Pounded yam i...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION TO MAINTENANCE OF WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT All action necessary for retaining a machine or machine component to its normal condition, including servicing, repair, modification, over hauled, inspection and condition verification. It can also be referred to as the procedural and periodic actions taken to restore a machine to its designed function and these are of different pri...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION Millions of children need to be moved from home to school and vice versa every day. For parents, obtaining a safe transport for their children is a crucial issue. The students ride their bicycle getting to and from school safety. A research undertaken by the Scottish executive central research unit with purpose of increasing the proportional of non car travel to school...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION: Chapter two literature review explain the various past projects that have been done about stimulation and calculation involving laminar flow in a pipe using CFDANSYS FLUENT software package. Chapter three give details on calculation modeling where Reynolds experiment and procedure followed have been analyzed. Chapter four gives the details about the building of Geomet...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Many years ago, different types of doors were in use, which includes doors made of woods or grasses. These doors were made to meet the purpose of security to both life and properties. It was later discovered that doors made of wood do not last longer. They have short life span and they can easily get burnt. More so, considering the rate at which armed robbers break int...Continue Reading »
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» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Transportation is the movement of people and goods from one part or place to another. So road transportation is one of the most efficient means of transportation all over the world. The efficiency and convenience of transportation of goods and passengers are determined by function of road pavement our daily activities required the movement f...Continue Reading »
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