@Research Paper
<#LINE#>Study on the Effect of Pore Fluids on the Liquid Limit of Dispersive and Non Dispersive Clays<#LINE#>V.@Rani,Cyrus@Sobha <#LINE#>1-4<#LINE#>1.ISCA-RJEngS-2016-034.pdf<#LINE#>Division of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, CUSAT, Cochin, Kerala, India@Division of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, CUSAT, Cochin, Kerala, India<#LINE#>24/2/2016<#LINE#>28/5/2016<#LINE#>The surface and subsurface contamination mainly occurs due to acid rain, disposal of industrial, mining, agricultural wastes and accidental spillage of chemicals on the land. Clays that have high erosion tendency are known as dispersive clays which constitutes of predominance of dissolved sodium in the pore water. They are different from ordinary clays. The dispersive clays are identified by the crumb test. Various environmental factors like overburden pressure, temperature, pore fluid, mineral types, dry density etc. control the properties like shrinkage, swelling, cracking and shear strength. As pore fluid changes properties of soil also changes. This necessitates the study of behaviour of different type of soil in different environmental conditions. The geotechnical behaviour of soils are greatly influenced by the variations in concentrations and properties of pore fluids. The objective of this paper is to determine the influence of various pore fluids on liquid limit of dispersive and non dispersive soils. Various pore fluids used in the study are ammonium chloride and sodium hydroxide which are the common constituents of acid rain and alkali rain. Identification of dispersive soil and effect of pore fluids on liquid limit of dispersive and non dispersive soils were discussed.<#LINE#>Chen and Anandarajah A. (1998).@Influence of pore fluid composition on volume Of Sediments in Kaolinite Suspensions.@Clays and Clay Minerals, 1(46),145-152.@Yes$Mahabir Dixit and Gupta, S.L. (2011).@Problems in characterization and identification of dispersive soils-casestudy.@International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering, 1(4),143-146.@Yes$Michele Calvello (2005).@Compressibility And Residual Shear Strength of Smectitic Clays: Influence Of Pore Aqueous Solutions And Organic Solvents.@Italian Journal of Soil, 34-46.@Yes$Umesh T. S., Dinesh S.V., Puvvadi V. and Sivapullaiah P.V. (2011).@Characterization of Dispersive Soils.@Materials Sciences and Applications.@Yes$Kinney and James L. (1979).@Laboratory procedures for determining the Dispersibility of clayey soils.@ASTM D 6572-12, Standard test methods for determining the dispersive characteristics of clayey soils using crumb test, Bureau of Reclamation report No. REC- EERC 70-10, 20.@Yes$I.S 2720 Part 5-1985. (1995).@Method of Test for soils.@Part 5: Determination of liquid and plastic limit, CED 43, Soil and Foundation Engineering.@No
<#LINE#>Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Food Waste and Straw for Methane Production<#LINE#>B.@Shanmathiee,R.@Saraswathi  <#LINE#>5-9<#LINE#>2.ISCA-RJEngS-2016-097.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Civil Engineering, Coimbatore Institute of technology, Coimbatore, India@Department of Civil Engineering, Coimbatore Institute of technology, Coimbatore, India<#LINE#>17/4/2016<#LINE#>16/5/2016<#LINE#>Solid waste management programmes are driven by a desire to keep environment clean in the hope of promoting environmental quality and public health. Large quantity of food waste produced results in nuisance and cause foul smell due to their nature. These wastes are disposed off by dumping, thermo chemical process, sanitary landfill, composting. The biodegradable organic waste was carried out in anaerobic digestion in enclosed space under controlled conditions of temperature, moisture, pH, etc. Co-digestion of food wastes and straw is the best suited process, apart from biogas production, the methane fermentation process produces stabilized waste. Codigestion is combined digestion with different waste carried out in a single reactor. The present study focus on the Anaerobic digestion of mixed food and straw waste carried out in laboratory scale at ambient temperature condition and investigates on  volume of biogas produced per unit weight of waste . Daily and cumulative gas produced was measured by water displacement method. Analysis of variability of feedstock during the digestion process was carried out .Samples showed considerable reduction in total solids, total volatile solids and COD during degradation process indicating the waste stabilization.<#LINE#>Berlian Sitorusa, Sukandarb and Seno D. Panjaitanc (2013).@Biogas recovery from anaerobic digestion process of mixed fruit -vegetable wastes.@Energy Procedia, 32, 176-182.@Yes$Velmurugan B. and Alwar Ramanujam R. (2011).@Anaerobic digestion of vegetable wastes for biogas production in a Fed-batch reactor.@Int. J. Emerg. Sci., 1, 478-486.@Yes$Nirmala B, Deepak S and Sunil K (1996).@Biomethanation of Banana peel and Pineapple waste.@Bioresource Technology, 58, 73-76.@Yes$Jia Lin, Jiane Zuo, Lili Gan and Peng Li. (2011).@Effects of mixture ratio on anaerobic co-digestion with fruit and vegetable waste and food waste of China.@Journal of Environmental Sciences, 23(8) 1403-1408.@Yes$Selina K. and Kurian Joseph (2008).@Biomethanation of vegetable wastes.@J IPHE, 3, 9-13.@Yes$APHA (1998).@Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Waste Water, 20th Edition.@American Public Health Association, Washington DC.@Yes$Behera P. K.  (2014).@Soil & Solid Waste Analysis: A Laboratory Manual.@Dominant Publishers & Distributors Pvt Ltd Niw Delhi, India.@Yes$Kapp H. (1992).@On-line messung der organischen saüren.@Korrespondenz Abwasser, 39(7), 999-1004.@Yes$Pei Zhan-jiang, Liu Jie, Shi Feng-mei and Zhang Da-lei (2014).@High-solid Anaerobic Co-digestion of Food Waste and Rice Straw for Biogas Production.@Journal of Northeast Agricultural University, 21(4), 61-66.@Yes$Meena Krishania, Virendra Kumar and Anushree Malik (2013).@Analysis of different techniques used for improvement of biomethanation process: A Review.@Fuel, 106, 1–9.@Yes$Yalei Zhang, Xiaohua Chen and Yu Gu (2015).@A physiochemical method for increasing methane production from rice straw: Extrusion combined with alkali pretreatment.@Applied energy, 160, 39-48.@Yes$Krishna Nand, Sumitra Devi S., Prema Viswanath S., Somayaji Deepak and Sarada R. (1991).@Anaerobic digestion of canteen wastes for biogas production process optimization.@Process Biochemistry, 6, 1-5.@Yes$S.P Jeyapriya and M. K. (2008).@Saseetharan Energy recovery from municipal solid waste in an anaerobic reactor.@Journal of Environmental Science & Engg., 50(3), 235-238.@Yes$Yongming Sun and Yao wang (2013).@Improved biogas production from rice straw by co-digestion with kitchen waste and pig manure.@Waste management, 33, 2653-8.@Yes
<#LINE#>Effectiveness and Viability of a Bio-Material Based Coagulant in Removing Realistic Turbidity<#LINE#> Nandini@G.K. Monica ,S.@Keerthinarayana <#LINE#>10-14<#LINE#>3.ISCA-RJEngS-2016-100.pdf<#LINE#>Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India @Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India <#LINE#>27/4/2016<#LINE#>6/6/2016<#LINE#>It deals with bio-material based coagulant and determination of its residual turbidity removal. The objective of this thesis is to identify Planet-friendly materials for the water treatment, to remove the suspended impurities, to find optimum coagulant dosages and to check the water quality standards as per World Health Organisation (WHO). The bio-materials are identified by studying the Journal papers collected from various reliable sources. The materials are selected based on the following criteria: i. The turbidity removal should be greater than 70% ii. Easily available and economical. The Turbid water is prepared using Red soil available locally. The pH of water is determined initially for the purpose of deciding effective turbidity removal. So far, the bio-materials chosen is Acacia catechu bark powder. The extracts of the chosen material is prepared using distilled water. The extracts are added to the turbid water samples at various dosages, various pH, various levels of turbidity, various volume of extract and various soaking time. Three different sizes of powdered material are used. Finally, using optimum values, water collected from lakes in and around Coimbatore were tested. For the above mentioned purpose, Jar Testing Apparatus and Nephelo Turbidity Meter are to be used.<#LINE#>Madhukar V.J. and Yogesh S.M. (2013).@Comparative study of natural coagulants in flocculation of local clay suspensions of varied turbidity.@International journal of civil and Environmental Engineering, 35(1), 26-39.@Yes$Chaudhari S.K., Tripathi S., Singh D.P., Verma N.K., Chandra V. and Roshan A. (2012).@An overview of Acacia catechu.@International Journal of Research and Reviews in Pharmacy and Applied science, 2(2), 342-346.@No$Zurina Z.A., Nur S.M.S., Norhafizah M. and Shafreeza S. (2013).@Optimization of a method to extract active coagulant form the jatropha curcas seed for use in turbidity removal.@Industrial Crops and Products, 4, 319-323.@Yes$Anuja B., Meenal J. and Kulkarni V.S. (2014).@Screening of certain herbs for Turbidity Removal and Anti-microbial activity for waste water.@IJCLS, 3(3), 1289-1293.@Yes$Sunita S.T. and Sonal C. (2014).@Use of Tannin based natural coagulant for water treatment: An alternative to inorganic chemicals.@International journal of Chemtech Research, 6(7), 3628-3634.@Yes$Vijayaraghavan G., Sivakumar T. and Vimal K.A. (2014).@Application of plant based coagulant for waste water treatment.@IJAERS, 1(1), 88-92.@Yes$Fayyad M.K. (2014).@Testing the efficiency of Acacia bark as disinfectant for polluted water.@Journal of Water Resource and Protection, 6, 157-164.@Yes$Pulkkinen E. and Mikkhohen H. (1992).@Preparation and performance of Tannin-Based Flocculant.@Basic life sciences, 59, 953-966.@Yes$Isabele M.d.O.,Vinicius C., Leila and Marcia D. (2013).@Tannin treated water for use in the emulsion polymerization of SBR.@23(3), 326-330.@Yes$Moa M., Abebe B., Argaw A. and Bizuneh W. (2014).@The use of indigenous plant species for drinking water treatment in developing countries: a Review.@5(3), 269-281.@Yes$Mitchel D.B., Minnis R.L., Curran T.P., Deboo S.M., Kelly J.A., Patwardhan R. and Tai W.T. (1998).@Treatment of aqueous systems using chemically modified tannin.@US Patent 5, 843, 33J.@Yes$Beltra´n-Heredia J., Sa´nchez-Mart&#305;´n and Rodr&#305;´guez-Sa´nchez M.T. (2011).@Textile waste water purification through natural coagulants.@Appl water sci,1, 25–33.@Yes$Saurabh R., Nagori B.P., Singh G.K., Dubey B.K., Prashant D. and Sanjay J. (2012).@A Review on Acacia arabica -an Indian medicinal plant.@International journal of pharmaceutical sciences and Research, 3(7), 2012.@Yes$Swati M. and Govindan V.S.  (2005).@Coagulation studies on natural seed extracts.@J Indian Water Works Assoc, 37(2),145-149.@Yes$Sanchez-Martin J., Beltran-Heredia J. and Solera-Hernandez C. (2010).@Surface water and wastewater Treatment Using a New Tannin-Based coagulant.pilot plant trials.@Journal of Environmental Management, 91(10), 2051-2058.@Yes$Clair N.Sawyer Perry L. McCarty and Gene F. Parkin (2003).@Chemistry for Environmental Engineering and Science.@McGraw Hill, India, 1-752. ISBN-10: 0072480661@Yes$Howard S. Peavy, Donald R. Rowe and George Tchnobanoglous (2013).@Environmental Engineering.@McGraw Hill Education, India, 1-736, ISBN-10: 9351340260.@Yes
@Short Communication
<#LINE#>PLC Based Automation System for Proportioning of Raw Mix in Sinter Plant-2 under Modernization and Expansion Project of Bhilai Steel Plant<#LINE#>V.G.@Varalakshmi ,K.@Uma ,S.V.@Nandanwar  <#LINE#>15-17<#LINE#>4.ISCA-RJEngS-2016-089.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Bhilai Institute of Technology Durg, India@Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Bhilai Institute of Technology Durg, India@Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai, CG, India<#LINE#>24/2/2016<#LINE#>18/5/2016<#LINE#>The main objective of this paper is proportioning of raw material in Sinter Plant-2 (SP-2) to achieve required quality of sinter at blast furnace. The proposed work deals with proportioning and mixing of the raw material by a particular chemical analysis, which is required for sinter making. This is achieved through utilization of belt weighing system using load cells and controllers. In this paper it is envisaged how modernization techniques are used for sinter making. By implementation of the improved PLC based raw material feeding or proportioning system, Sinter Plant II is able to produce Sinter of consistent quality.<#LINE#>Nandesh K.N., Kiran B.V., Jiby C. Jose and Souryasen K. (2014).@Improving the Efficiency of Weigher Using PLC Control.@International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology.@No$Rishi Sumeet Kumar, Soni R, Prasad B.K., Shrivastava V.K., Nigam D.S. and hiyagarajan D. (2013).@Implementation of an Advanced Process Automation System for Improvement of Sinter Machine: 3 Operation at Bokaro Steel Plan@Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology.@Yes$KoshtiMohit D., Patel Pavan N., Chaudhari Tanvi N. (2014).@Concept of Sinter Plant using Automation.@International Journal of Advanced Research.@No$Angelika Klinger, Thomas Kronberger, Martin Schaler, Bernhard Schurz and Klaus Stohl (2010).@Expert systems Controlling  the iron making processing in closed loop operation.@Expert systems book edited by Petrica Vizureanu, INTECH, Crcatia, ISBN 978-953-307-032-2,  238.@Yes$Coelho R.J., Fioroni M.M. and da Silva L.B. (2006).@Operational simulation Model of the Raw Material Handling in an integrated Steel Making Plant.@proceeding of the 2009 Winter Simulation IEEE Conference for controlling Sinter chemical composition” proceeding of Iron Making and Steel Making.@Yes$Mitra S., Gangadaran M., Raju M.T., Balaji S.A., Santra B.K. and Neogi N. (2005).@A process model for uniform transvars temperature distribution in Sinter Plant.@Steel Times International, 27(5), 17-18.@Yes$Sun Wendong, Bettigar D., Straka G. and Stohl K. (2002).@Sinter Plant Automation on a new level.@Proceedings of AISE Annual Convention, N Ashville, USA.@Yes$Nandesh K.N., Kiran B.V., Jiby C. Jose K and Souryasen (2014).@Improving the Efficiency of Weigher Using PLC Control.@International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology.@No
@Mini Review Paper
<#LINE#>Implementation of Digital Hearing and Speech Aid using MATLAB:  A Survey<#LINE#>Ratnani@Nikita ,Sharma@Manisha <#LINE#>18-20<#LINE#>5.ISCA-RJEngS-2016-076.pdf<#LINE#>Dept. of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Bhilai Institute of Technology, Bhilai House Durg, CG, India@Dept. of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Bhilai Institute of Technology, Bhilai House Durg, CG, India<#LINE#>24/2/2016<#LINE#>3/5/2016<#LINE#>The analog hearing aids can be tuned and adjusted for volume, bass and treble. Hence they are similar to a simple radio. The digital technology filters the signals in such a way that it allows the speech signals while filters out the background noise. Thus, the digital hearing aids offer various advantages over analog hearing aids through the use of digital signal processing. Thus the implementation of digital hearing aid using MATLAB includes noise reduction filter, frequency shaping function and amplitude compression function. The inability to produce the normal speech is referred as speech impairment. There are various types of speech disorders in which dysarthria refers to that type of disorder in which there is difficulty in production of normal speech. The prototype system senses the vocal chord vibrations which are then amplified. Then the spoken word will be displayed in MATLAB programming language. In this, the digital hearing and speech aid implementation is to be done using MATLAB programming language. Thus, the system is a blend of hardware and software. Thus with this system, the basic needs of impaired people can be understood.<#LINE#>G. Mota Gonzalez and E. Cardiel (2002).@Hearing aid based on frequency transposing.@Second Joint EMBS/BMES Conference, Houston, TX, USA, 23rd-26th October, 2432-2433.@Yes$Makhtar M. H. and Baharom M. S. (2004).@Hearing Aids system for Impaired people.@International Journal of Computing and Information Sciences, 2(1), 23-26.@Yes$Pandey Ashutosh and Mathews V. John (2010).@Improving Adaptive feedback cancellation in DHAs through offending frequency suppression.@International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Dallas, Texas, USA, 173-176, ISBN 978-1-4244-4295-9.@Yes$Aparna P. and Jeba Jaculin B. (2012).@Development of an Assistive Aid for speech impaired.@International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 2(3), 1-4, ISSN : 2250-3153.@Yes$Pandey Ashutosh and Mathews V. John (2011).@Low-delay signal processing for DHAs.@IEEE Transactions on audio, speech and language processing, 19(4), 699-710, ISSN : 1558-7916.@Yes$Mahendru Harish Chander (2014).@Quick review of Human Speech production mechanism.@International Journal of Engineering Research and Development, 9(10), 48-54, E-ISSN : 2278-067X, P-ISSN : 2278-800X.@Yes