World Journal of Engineering: Volume 12 Issue 5

Fabrication and characterization of CuPc and PCBM based organic solar cell with metal interlayer

Muhammad Ahsan Naveed, A. Hussain, K. Islam, P. Akhter

Organic solar cells have potential as an alternative to conventional inorganic solar cell due to low processing cost, flexibility and easy fabrication technique.The goal of this…

Large-amplitude vibration of imperfect angleply laminated rectangular plates with four boundary conditions

He Huang, David Hui

This paper solves the modified-Duffing ordinary differential equation for the largeamplitude vibration problem of imperfect angle-ply laminated rectangular plate. Two inplane and…

Microstructural evolution and mechanical properties response of the ZT40 alloy with hot rolling

Xu Qiao, Shunxing Liang, Lixia Yin, Dandan Li

The Zr-40Ti-4.5Al-4.2V (ZT40) alloy is one of new developed Zirconium alloys with high mechanical properties and great potential for application. The investigation about effects…

High performance thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) nanocomposite based on graphene nanoplates (GNPs)

Mou’ad. A. Tarawneh, L. J. YU, Musab A. Tarawni, Sahrim Hj. Ahmad, O. Al-Banawi, Mohammad A. Batiha

This paper examines the enhancement in the properties of thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) reinforced by graphene nanoplates (GNPs). TPE is a blend of polypropylene (PP), natural…

Impact of dynamic slippage on productivity of shale reservoirs

Samarth D. Patwardhan, Niranjan Bhore, Anirban Banerjee, G. Suresh Kumar

Ultra low permeability rocks such as shales exhibit complex fracture networks which must be discretely characterized in our reservoir models to evaluate stimulation designs and…

Organic geochemical characteristics and their roles on barium enrichment in the No. 2 Coal from Huanglong Jurassic Coalfield, China

Shu Yi, Lin Xiao, Yong Zhang, Dujuan Duan, Maksim G. Blokhin

This paper describes the organic geochemical characteristics and their roles on barium enrichment in the No. 2 Coal from Huanglong Jurassic Coalfield, China. A total of 18 bench…

Exergy analysis of Eregli sugar factory

Necmettin Sahin, Erkan Kaplan, Mustafa Bayrak, I. Faruk Yaka, Afsin Gungor

Progressive decline in world energy resources, rising costs, on behalf of the various studies has led businesses to use energy resources efficiently. This work is at the top of…

Selection of semiconductor switches in high frequency inverter fitted contactless power transfer system for reducing input current distortion

Prabhat Chandra Ghosh, Pradip K Sadhu, Debabrata Roy, Soumya Das

This paper investigates the selection of semiconductor switches used in contactless power transfer (CPT) system. In the present paper a single phase high frequency full bridge…

Stability analysis of tractor mounted hydraulic elevator for horticultural orchards

Kishor Purushottamrao Kolhe

Konkan tractor mounted elevator is a semiautomatic harvesting mechanism recommended for harvesting mango and coconut orchards upto 12 m to 14 m tree height by Dr. Balasaheb Sawant…

Modelling and finite element analysis of turning tables of micro-controller based versatile machine tools desktop learning module

Ibraheem A. Samotu, Fatai O. Anafi, Muhammad Dauda, Abdulkarim S. Ahmed, Raymond B. Bako, David O. Obada

The general-purpose engine lathe is the most basic turning machine tool. As with all lathes, the two basic requirements for turning are a means of holding the workpiece while it…

Signal processing analysis of DSP based PWM generation for high switching frequency voltage source inverter

Hardik A. Shah, Satish K. Shah, Rakesh M. Patel

This paper presents real time hardware implementation of DSP based 180 degree control algorithm and MATLAB SIMULINK based software Implementation for 3-phase 4-leg IGBT based…

Determination of crown space in hedgerow orchard in different directions of sunny hill slope

Yongchao Liu, Baoguo Ma

In certain latitude areas, fruit growth is determined by the slope between 5° and 20°. According to the designed sunny slope direction and the parallel lines to the slope…