Aluminium base alloy (Al-Cu-Si) was reinforced with silicon carbide (SiC) particles, in various percentage compositions from 0-20 wt%. Silicon carbide particle size of 20µm was selected. The molten slurry of SiC reinforced base aluminium metal was casted through green and dry sand casting methods and solidification process was carried out under ambient conditions. A selected population...

To reduce the membrane fouling in an immersed membrane bioreactor (MBR) during the treatment of food wastewater, an additional continuous stirring was introduced. The results showed that both a better membrane performance and a higher degradation efficiency for food wastewater were obtained. The membrane contributed mostly in concentrating the activated sludge. The bioreactor ensured the degrad...

This paper investigated the effect of the amine-functionalized carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on the thermomechanical properties of CNT/epoxy nanocomposites. Mechanical stirring and ultra-sonication were utilized to uniformly disperse CNTs into the epoxy matrix. Non-functionalized and amine-functionalized CNTs with different weight percentages (wt. %) were mixed into the epoxy resin. Using standard te...

CaCO3 precipitation is physical-chemical basis of biomineral formation hard tissue (shells, skeletons) in marine calcifying organisms (=biomineralization). Processes controlling biomineralization are still not fully clarified, so the study influence pH on basic processes should contribute to better understanding under climate change. This paper reports effect initial (pH0) and type stirring (me...

This paper proposes a fertilizer mixing device that combines pressure relief return and mechanical agitation to address the issues in current water-fertilizer integration equipment related limited methods inconvenient irrigation regulation. The employs different modes for various forms uses adjust pressure, thereby enhancing efficiency of optimizing energy consumption. experimental results indi...

The present study aims at developing A356/Al2O3(np) nano-composite with a novel and cost effective method for attaining homogeneous dispersion of Al2O3 nanoparticles in the Al matrix. In the current research, Al micro powders distributed on aluminum foil and then Al2O3 nanoparticles ultra-sounded in ethanol and sprayed on Al substrate. Subsequently, the sandwich foil was added to molten A356 du...

The idea of separating content from its presentation information was one of the key aspects in developing Extensible Markup Language (XML) and its supporting technologies such as e.g. Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL). XML vocabularies are not much good for human viewing and navigating; they do not need to be and they (primarily) have not be designed with this purpose in mind. Instead, trans...