EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractFuel Crisis vis-à-vis Green FuelSusmita KamilaThe real sense of crisis often leads to bring some changes for betterment of society. We are in an age, where every day we are facing the crisis of energy. Decisions on current energy as well as fuel crisis in right direction can bring about a better, more sustainable future for our planet. We have huge opportunities and scope for … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 16, Issue 2 · 4 Mar 2019 · 7,248 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAn Alpha-Exhaustive Multiple Testing ProcedureMark Chang, Xuan Deng, John BalserA multiple testing procedure can be a single-step procedure such as Bonferroni's method or a stepwise procedure such as Hochberg's stepup method and Hommel's method. It can be an α-exhaustive or α-conservative approach. We develop a single α-exhaustive procedure that can improve power 2-5% over Hochberg's and Hommel's methods in common situations when the test statistics are mutually independent. The … …Current Research in Biostatistics, Vol. 6, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2017 · 8,095 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDevelopment and Evaluation of a Low-Density Biomass Feeding System for Fluidized Bed GasifiersA. E. Ghaly, A. Ergudenler, S. Alsuhaibani, V. V. RamakrishnanFor efficient operation of a biomass gasifier, the biomass material must be fed continuously to the system. A feeding system for chopped straw and rice husk was designed, constructed and evaluated. It consisted of: a frame, a hopper, an auger, two agitators, a drive system and a power unit. Initial testing showed that wheat straw and rice husk, being highly … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 3 · 7 Nov 2013 · 8,039 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractIntelligent Controller for Reduction of Total Harmonics in Single Phase InvertersSpencer Prathap Singh, Kesavan NairDue to the increased use of nonlinear loads, the problem of power harmonics becomes more and more complex. This work investigates the reduction of Harmonics in voltage controlled single phase full bridge inverter. The mapping state-space equations are generated by examining the single phase full bridge inverter. The PI and fuzzy logic controllers are used for the experimental simulation in … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 11 · 18 Sep 2013 · 6,647 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAn Investigation of Compressed Natural Gas Engine for Nitrogen Oxides ReductionP. M. Diaz, B. Durga PrasadProblem statement: This study describes the use of Reformer Gas (RG) to alter NOx emission in a CNG-fueled HCCI engine. Comparison with diesel, natural gas has a very high octane number (≈120) and high auto-ignition temperature (≈600°C). Composed mostly of methane, natural gas is the only common fuel to manifest relatively pure, single-stage combustion. Other fuels have stronger low-temperature reaction … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 7 · 15 May 2012 · 7,298 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractNumerical Simulation of Micro-Channel Heat Sink with Dimpled SurfacesSuabsakul GururatanaProblem statement: The power density of electronic devices has been increasing along with the rapid technology development. Cooling off electronic systems is essential in controlling the component temperature and avoiding any hot spot. The micro-devices are now extensively used in electronic application especially for cooling the computer chip. Approach: Micro-channel heat sinks are adopted in electronics cooling together with different … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 3 · 28 Jan 2012 · 7,649 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Evaluation of Relative Efficiency of Teaching HospitalsFereshteh Farzianpour, Shayan Hosseini, Tahera Amali et al.Problem statement: The main purpose of applying practical and scientific ways to evaluate the hospital’s performance and activities the optimal use of physical facilities ‘technology and the present human power. One the scientific way used for this purpose is using economic analysis and tools one of which is to determining hospitals’ technical efficiency the present study tries to determine the … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 3 · 27 Jan 2012 · 7,580 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMicrowave Assisted Bioethanol Production from Sago Starch by Co-Culturing of Ragi Tapai and Saccharomyces CerevisiaeN. Saifuddin, Refal HussainProblem statement: Environmental issues such as global warming and recent events throughout the world, including the shortage of petroleum crude oil, the sharp increase in the cost of oil and the political instability of some crude oil producing countries, have demonstrated the vulnerability of the present sources for liquid fuel. These situations have created great demand for ethanol from fermentation … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 7, Issue 3 · 18 Jul 2011 · 7,898 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractModeling of Piezoelectric Actuators Based on Bayesian Regularization Back Propagation Neural NetworkWen Wang, Zhu Zhu, Yanding Wei, Zichen ChenProblem statement: Piezoelectric actuator is a kind of key driving components for micropositioning stages, micropumps, micro valves, micro gripper and so on in the fields of micro/nano technology such as integrated circuit manufacturing, precision instruments, ultra precision fabrication, biomedical manipulation. It has lots of advantages including high stiffness, fast response times, less heat generating, low power consumption and large force … …Current Research in Nanotechnology, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 15 Jun 2011 · 7,059 accessesView PDFCite