World Journal of Engineering: Volume 13 Issue 6

Experimental investigation into the adherence of novel coating of auto-catalyst on cordierite supports

David O. Obada, Muhammad Dauda, Fatai O. Anafi, Abdulkarim S. Ahmed, Olusegun A. Ajayi

A structural and textural characterization study has been performed to investigate the adherence of zeolite-based catalyst washcoated onto honey-comb-type cordierite monoliths…

Effects of interrupted aging on the intergranular corrosion behavior of Al–Cu–Mg–Ag heat-resistant alloy

Ruijie Zhang, Xiaoyan Liu, Zhaopeng Wang, Fei Gao

The purpose of this study is to research the effects of interrupted aging on the corrosion behavior of Al–Cu–Mg–Ag heat-resistant alloy by means of intergranular corrosion (IGC…

Searching the fertility potential of iron and steel industry blast furnace slag

Mehmet Ozkaymak, Selcuk Selimli, Durmus Kaya, Umit Uzun

The purpose of this paper is to study the fertility potential of the iron- and steel-making process waste granulated blast furnace slag to recover it as a beneficial product.

A semi-analytical analysis on beam-column ultimate strength with different initial deflections

Zhongwei Li, Xiaochuan Yu

A new beam-column ultimate strength calculation method has been developed and compared with nonlinear finite element analysis by ANSYS and ABAQUS.

Comparison of developed FLC and P&O MPPT algorithms for improving PV system performance at variable irradiance conditions

Ehsan Mohsin Alhamdawee, Nashiren Farzilah Binti Mailah, Mohd Amran Mohd Radzi, Suhaidi Bin Shafie, Shahrooz Hajighorbani, Ahmed Qasim Turki

This work aims to overcome the drawbacks of the nonlinear characteristics of the photo-voltaic (PV) system which are affected by the atmospheric variations.

Wind turbine rank method for a wind park scenario

Mohd Zamri Ibrahim, Aliashim Albani

This paper aims to present a method of the wind turbine ranking, either stall or pitch-regulated wind turbine (WTG), to determine the suitability of wind turbine in a selected…

Estimation of monthly wind speed distribution basing on hybrid Weibull distribution

Razika Ihaddadene, Nabila Ihaddadene, Marouane Mostefaoui

The purpose of this paper is to analyze and compare four numerical methods to estimate the most suitable one which describes wind speed distribution of M’Sila, a province of…

DC-DC converter for photovoltaic powered battery charger

Shahrooz Hajighorbani, Mohd Amran Mohd Radzi, Mohd Zainal Abidin Ab Kadir, Suhaidi Bin Shafie

The purpose of this study is to show in power-voltage curve, a unique maximum power point (MPP) is existed which has the maximum power.

Speed characteristics analysis and simulation of the water hydraulic axial piston motor

Lijie Yang, Guimei Wang, Songlin Nie

The purpose of this study is to analyze the speed characteristics of the water hydraulic axial piston motor. The speed performance of water hydraulic piston motor which uses water…

Quad-porosity shale systems – a review

Samarth D. Patwardhan, Fatemeh Famoori, Suresh Kumar Govindarajan

This paper aims to review the quad-porosity shale system from a production standpoint. Understanding the complex but coupled flow mechanisms in such reservoirs is essential to…

The design of Viterbi decoder for low power consumption space time trellis code without adder architecture using RTL model

Mohd Azlan Abu, Harlisya Harun, Mohammad Yazdi Harmin, Noor Izzri Abdul Wahab, Muhd Khairulzaman Abdul Kadir

This paper aims to describe the real-time design and implementation of a Space Time Trellis Code decoder using Altera Complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLD).

An integrated fuzzy simulation-mathematical programming approach for layout optimization by considering resilience engineering factors: a gas transmission unit

Ali Azadeh, Razieh Heydari, Reza Yazdanparast, Abbas Keramati

This study aims to present an integrated approach based on resilience engineering (RE) for layout optimization of a maintenance workshop in a large transmission unit.