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Volume-4 Issue-5, October 2014, ISSN:  2278-3075 (Online)
Published By: Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering & Sciences Publication Pvt. Ltd. 

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Authors:

Tahereh Nasrollahzadeh, Abdul Kadir Marsono, Masine Md. Tap

Paper Title:

Applying the Principles of Blue Ocean Strategy in Supply Chain Management on Corporate Performance

Abstract: This paper aims to expand the justification on role of the principles of blue ocean strategy (BOS) in supply chain management (SCM) for increasing the corporate performance of companies. The principle of blue ocean strategy is first explain in supply chain management field. Then using a structural model, the role of applying these principles on corporate performance is illustrated. In order to verify the BOS model, a study was presented and distributed among the 68 international companies. Based on the results, SCM and corporate performance are found to be mostly affected by the Overcome key organizational hurdles, reconstruct market boundaries and Focus on the big picture, not the numbers, respectively.

Keywords: Blue ocean strategy (BOS)- supply chain management(SCM) - corporate performance – PLS path modeling

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10.    Jafari Samimi, A., & Mohammadi, R. (2011). Measuring Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) in Iranian Tile Industry Using PlS Path Modeling Technique. Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research , 8: 141-149.
11.    Low, J. and Kalafut, P.C. (2002). Invisible AdvantageHow Intangibles are Driving Business Performance. Cambridge: Perseus Publishing.
12.    Trujillo, G. (2009). PATHMOX Approach: Segmentation Trees in Partial Least Squares Path Modeling. Doctoral' Degree, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya

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Authors:

Dharuv Singla, K. S. Dhillon, Tarun Goyal, Harpreet Singh Oberoi

Paper Title:

Analysis of MRR and SR of Die Steel H-11

Abstract:  This study has been done on Die Steel H-11 with the Electro discharge machining. Input parameters are current, pulse on time, pulse off time and flushing pressure. Hexagonal copper electrode is used as a tool. The work has been analyzed by using Taguchi’s method for the material removal rate (MRR) and surface roughness (SR). Pulse on time is most effective for MRR and current is most effective for SR.

Keywords:  H-11, EDM, MRR, SR, Taguchi Design

References:
1.       Mehra Rahul, Kalra C. S., Kumar Ajay, Goyal Tarun, “Comparison of    surface roughness of ductile cast iron using Taguchi design”, J. Acad. Indus. Res. (2013), Vol. 1(10), pages 631-633.
2.       Chen D.C., Jhang J. J., Guo. M. W., “Application of Taguchi design method to optimize the electrical discharge machining”, Journal of Achievements in Material and Manufacturing Engineering (2013), Vol. 57, Issue 2, pages 76-82.
3.       Raghuraman S., Thiruppathi K., Panneerselvam T., Santosh S., “Optimization of EDM parameters using Taguchi method and Grey relational analysis for mild steel IS 2026”, International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology (2013), Vol. 2, Issue 7, pages 3095-3104.
4.       Subrahmanyam S. V., Sarcar M. M. M., “Evaluation of optimal parameters for machining with Wire cut EDM using Grey-Taguchi method”, International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications (2013), Vol. 3, Issue 3,  pages 1-9.
5.       Sanghani C. R., Acharya G. D., “A review of research on improvement and optimization of performance measures for electrical discharge machining”, Int. Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (2014), Vol. 4, Issue 1(Version 2), page 433-450.
6.       Bergaley Ajeet, Sharma Narendra. “Optimzaion of electrical and non electrical factors in EDM for machining die steel using copper electrode by adopting Taguchi technique” International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering (2013), Vol. 3, Issue 3, pages 44-48.
7.       Singh H., Garg R., “Effects of process parameters on material removal rate in WEDM”, Journal of Achievements in Material and Manufacturing Engineering (2009), Vol. 32, Issue 1, pages 70-74.

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Authors:

Neha Verma

Paper Title:

A Present Day Android Technology Security Analysis

Abstract:   The important motive is to analyze the security of Android phones. Smartphone usage is increasing with a wide and unlimited variety of applications. Some applications are critical as banking and users are not known to the future risks involved with these android applications. Android adaptation percentage is increasing fast in this modern epoch. Android has also beaten windows. In this paper, Android security has been analyzed considering penetration testing. We have considered the popular tools for testing the security in the suite of TCP/IP. The paper includes a discussion about conclusion that is the android secure or not and up to what extent we can trust using its applications. This work is worthful and useful for researchers who use smartphones having android technology in a critical environment.

Keywords:   Android, Penetration testing, Smartphones, Linux, Vulnerability

References:
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9.          system," Consumer Electronics (ISCE), 2010  IEEE 14th International Symposium on, vol.,  no., pp.1,5, 7-10 June 2010
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14.       Wei Pan; Weihua Li, "A Penetration Testing Method for E-Commerce Authentication System  Security," Management of e-Commerce and  e Government, 2009. ICMECG '09. International Conference on, vol.,no., pp.449,453, 16-19 Sept. 2009
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Authors:

Sheila Mahapatra, Aman Jain, Divyanshu Singh

Paper Title:

PLC-Based Home Automation System

Abstract: This paper is projected as an overview of home automation system. The aim is to introduce in brief the fundamental theory, main and practical results of home automation. The designed control module comprised of software and hardware. The correct incentive for applying automation is to increase productivity and quality that is possible with current human labour levels so as to realize economies of scale and realize predictable quality levels. Home automation identifies a rising practice of features in residential dwellings and increased automation of household appliances, particularly through electronic and electrical means that allow for impractical  things  , highly expensive or simply not possible in recent past decades.

Keywords:  Home automation, Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), RSLinx, RSLogix500

References:
1.       Xiaohu, G. and Z. Guangxi, 2006.Empowering ubiquitous services in next-generation smart homes. Inform. Technol. J., 5: 64-69.
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5.       W. Bolton, 2009.Programmable  Logic Controllers.  5:113.

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Authors:

Parveen Kr. Saini, Mukesh Verma

Paper Title:

Experimental Investigation of Wire-EDM Process Parameters on MRR of Ti-6al-4v Alloy

Abstract:  The objective of the present work was to investigate the effect of the wire electrical discharge machining process parameters on material removal rate of titanium alloy using Taguchi approach. A brass wire of 250µm was applied as a tool electrode to cut the specimen. L36 mixed orthogonal array (21×38) has been selected for experimentation under different variables like dielectric conductivity, pulse width, time between pulses, maximum feed rate, servo control mean reference voltage, short pulse time, wire feed rate, wire mechanical tension and injection pressure. The predicted optimal setting of process parameters for material removal rate has been obtained and analyzed by using Taguchi method. The significant process parameters have also been identified and their effects on material removal rate have been studied in detail. The predicted value for MRR at optimal parameter setting is 28.483mm3/min and the experimental average value for MRR at optimal parameter setting is 27.584mm3/min. So the above mathematical prediction for MRR using MINITAB 15 is validated by confirmation experiment with percentage error of 3.25%.

Keywords: Titanium alloy, Material removal rate, Taguchi approach, Wire-EDM

References:
1.       Lok, Y.K. and Lee, T.C. (1997), “Processing of advanced ceramics using the wire-cut EDM process”, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 63, 839-843.
2.       Kuriakose, S., Mohan. K, and Shunmugam, M. S. (2003), “Data mining applied to wire-EDM process”, Journal of Material Processing and Technology, 142,182-189.
3.       Swarup S. Mahapatra, Amar Patnaik., “Parametric Optimization of Wire Electrical Discharge Machining (WEDM) Process using Taguchi Method”, Journal of Brazil society of mech. Sci. & Eng, Vol. 28, No. 4, December 2006, PP 422-429.
4.       Sarkar, S., Mitra, S. and Bhattacharyya, B. (2005), “Parametric analysis and optimization of wire electrical discharge machining of γ-titanium aluminide alloy”, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 159, 286-294.
5.       Sarkar, S., Mitra, S. and Bhattacharyya, B. (2008), “Modelling and optimization of wire electrical discharge machining of γ-TiAl in trim cutting operation”, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 109, 367-370.
6.       Poros, D. and Zaborski, S. (2009), “Semi-empirical model of efficiency of wire electrical discharge machining of hard-to-machine materials,” Journal of Material Processing Technology, 207, 343-349.
7.       K.H. Ho, S.T. Newman, S.Rahimifard, and R.D.Allen, “State of the art in wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM)”, International journal of machine tools & manufacture,44, 2004, PP 1247-1259.
8.       Shah, A., Mufti, N.A., Rakwal, D. and Bamberg, E. (2011), “Material Removal rate, Kerf and Surface Roughness of Tungsten Carbide machined with wire electrical discharge machining” Journal of materials engineering and performance, 20(1), 71-76.
9.       Kumar. J. and Chalisgaonkar. R. (2011), “Effect of process parameters on machining characteristics of pure titanium (ASTM grade 2) using WEDM,” International Journal of Advanced Engineering Technology, Vol. 2, 88-99.
10.    Alias, A., Abdullah, B., and Abbas, N.M. WEDM: Influence of machine feed rate in machining Titanium Ti-6Al-4v using Brass wire and constant current (4A), Procedia Engineering, Vol. 41, 1812-1817, 2012.
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13.    Roy, R. K., “Design of Experiments using The Taguchi Approach: 16 Steps to Product and Process Improvement,” John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2001.

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Authors:

Deepti Jhaman Punjabi, Ajitkumar Khachane, Ranjana Gite

Paper Title:

Remote Sensing Image Retrieval using Semantic Mining

Abstract:  Understanding of images continues to be one of the most exciting and rapidly-growing research areas in various fields of technology. The recent advancements in hardware and telecommunication technologies like satellite communication in combination with the ongoing web proliferation have boosted growth of digital visual content on a large scale. However, this rate of growth has not been matched by the simultaneous improvement of technologies to support efficient image analysis and their retrieval. As a result, the overflow of available visual content resulted in large number of users facing hindrance in accessing information of the appropriate visual content. Moreover, with the immense number of diverse application areas that have emerged, which rely solely on image processing systems, has further revealed the tremendous potential for effective use of visual content through intelligent analysis. Better access to image databases, enhanced surveillance and authentication support systems, content filtering, adaptation and transcoding services, improved human and computer interaction, etc. are among the several application fields that can benefit from semantic image analysis or semantic mining. In this, images from desired database have been subjected to various steps involved in processing of images like pre-processing, segmentation, region level feature extraction and semantic mining. Satellite images are used to monitor the remotely sensed geographic area under consideration. Pre-processing involves steps where low level features are easily obtained using content based image retrieval scheme. Semantic mining technique is used to obtain other high level features for better image retrieval. Furthermore, region based segmentation allows systematic decoding of visual information and quantization based on different color intensities involved in the image. In this segmentation is performed based on the proposed JSEG (J Segmentation) algorithm. A probabilistic method will be used to mine the relationship among semantic features, regions, and images for region based feature extraction. Finally the Expectation Maximization method is used to analyze the relationship and extract the latent semantic concepts. This involves implementation of this approach on a dataset consisting of thousands of satellite images to obtain a high retrieval precision, thus solving our purpose.

Keywords:  Segmentation, image retrieval, object-based image analysis, remote sensing (RS) image,

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Authors:

M. A. Modibbo, A. Aliyu, N. I. Medugu, I. A. Macjoe

Paper Title:

Surveying and Appraising the Impact of Oil Production Activities on Ogoniland, Niger-Delta

Abstract:   Crude oil exploration areas in Nigeria is found predominantly in marine environment of coastal areas which are fragile, vulnerable and complex containing critical habitat as well as valuable resources of great socio economic significance. Oil spill activities are endemic mostly in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria; this is because of the oil production activities take place in the area and intense environmental degradation. Thus, this paper aimed at appraising the impact of oil production activities on the environment of Ogoniland and also examines the socioeconomic impact on the people. A stratified random sampling technique method was adopted for precision of the sample and a total number of 120 respondents were selected from the area of study and questionnaires were administered among them. The data collected were analyzed using simple descriptive statistics which include the use of frequencies and percentages. The findings of this paper revealed that the externalities of oil production have resulted in profound adverse impacts on traditional lifestyles and livelihood patterns in the study area where unchecked oil exploration and exploitation had taken place for the past forty years. Therefore, this paper suggests the use of abatement procedures and environmentally sound and cleaner technologies for oil exploration and exploitation in order to mitigate/minimize these negative impacts and enhance the positive impacts to achieve a sustainable healthy environment. 

Keywords:   exploitation, exploration, Environmental pollution, Niger-Delta and Ogoniland.

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Authors:

Amit Kumar Bhadrawat, Sourabh Sharma

Paper Title:

BIST based can Bus Control System Implemented into FPGA

Abstract: Electronics components in many application required maximum level of fault tolerance and high   reliability . Application like   avionic, railway ,deep space mission can serve as an example of these applications. In these applications, electronics components are exhibited to the environment conditions, from among them especially cosmic radiation can have an undesired and destructive effect. In this paper,the design and implementation of BIST  based CAN bus control system into FPGA  is described. The bus control system uses CAN Aerospace application protocol .the fault tolerant features of the developed system are improved by BIST architecture. Then, experiments With SEU injection into the FPGA configuration memory with both non-TMR and BIST architectures are described, the results presented and evaluated.       

Keywords: CAN bus, BIST, fault, fault tolerant, FPGA, TMR.

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Authors:

Vipin Venugopal, Deborah Thomas, Arya Prasad

Paper Title:

Indian Currency Recognizer and Counter System

Abstract:  The invention of ATM machine marked a revolutionary change in the Banking sector. It made the money withdrawal an easier and flexible task. This changed the acronym of ATM from Automated Teller Machine to Any Time Money. This popularity was gained only with a single feature WITHDRAW. It is difficult to deposit the money to a Bank account through the traditional method of going to the bank, writing the slip, standing in the queue and depositing the money. So, what if DEPOSIT is also made possible in an ATM? As per the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data, cash in the system (currency with people) stands at Rs. 11,64,450crore as on September 6, 2013. Approximately 10 per cent of the economy is cash with people. So, if a part of that cash comes back into the system, that itself puts more resources with the banks and the country would benefit. Today, bank branches close at 4 or 5 p.m. whereas most of India’s retail trade happens in the evening. So, banks need to have the ability to set up cash deposit machines. We propose a system that can not only accept bank notes, but also detect the presence of counterfeit notes, separate notes based on genuineness and denomination, and give the total amount deposited; and hence provide a highly useful extension to existing ATMs and a secure way of cash deposits.

Keywords: Image processing, Embedded System, Mechatronic, Counterfeit detection, Indian currency, currency recognition, correlation, microcontroller.

References:
1.          Hanish Aggarwal and Padam Kumar, “Indian Currency Note Denomination Recognition in Color Images”, International Journal on Advanced Computer Engineering and Communication Technology, Vol-1 Issue:1 :ISSN 2278 – 5140.
2.          Archana Bade, Deepali Aher, Prof.Smita Kulkarni, “Note To Coin Exchanger Using Image Processing”, International Journal on Recent and Innovation Trends in Computing and Communication ,ISSN 2321 – 8169,Volume: 1 Issue: 3 154 – 158
3.          Vipin Kumar Jain and Dr.Ritu Vijay, “Indian Currency Denomination Identification Using Image Processing Technique”, International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technologies, Vol 1(4), 2013, 126-128.
4.          Sanjana, Manoj Diwakar, Anand Sharma, “An Automated Recognition Fake or Destroyed Indian Currency Notes in Machine Vision”, IJCSMS International Journal of Computer Science & Management Studies, Vol. 12, Issue 02, April 2012 ,ISSN (Online): 2231 –5268.
5.          Ms. Trupti Pathrabe, Mrs. Swapnili Karmore, “A Novel Approach of Embedded System for Indian Paper Currency Recognition”, International Journal of Computer Trends and Technology, May to June Issue 2011, ISSN:2231-2803.
6.          Zol Bahri Razali ,Gunasegaran Madasamy, “An Application of Image Processing for Automated Mixed Household Waste Sorting System”, International Conference on Man Machine Systems (ICoMMS2012), 27-28 February, 2012, Penang. MALAYSIA.
7.          Dhiraj Vasant Kapare, Sadashiv Lokhande, Sayaji Kale, “Automatic Cash Deposite Machine With Currency Detection Using Fluorescent And UV Light”, International Journal Of Computational Engineering Research, (ijceronline.com) Vol. 3 Issue. 3.
8.          K. Satish, Y.K.Viswanadham, I Leela Priya, “ Money to ATM – Fake Currency Detection”, K. Sathish et al, / (IJCSIT) International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technologies, Vol. 3 (5) , 2012,5046-5050.

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Authors:

N. V. Subba Rao, G. Kesava Rao, S. Sivanaga Raju

Paper Title:

Tracing based Loss Allocation to Generators in Deregulated Power Systems

Abstract:   Deregulation is the major trend in the electric power industry throughout the world. The main focus in deregulated system operation is to optimize the system welfare by introducing competition, mainly, among generators. The grid operator is required to know how the power offered by the generators is reaching the load; for which the power flow is to be traced along the lines. Tracing of electricity plays very important role in the open market, as it increases the clarity in open market and promote efficient system. In this paper, tracing based loss allocation methodology is developed to allocate the transmission losses to generators alone. This method works based on the principle of power flow tracing which in turn uses proportional sharing principle. The effectiveness of the proposed loss allocation methodology is tested on standard IEEE-5 bus, IEEE-30 bus and real time Indian-24 bus systems and the loss allocation results are also compared with the existing Bialek method.

Keywords: Proportional sharing principle, Power flow tracing, Loss allocation, Bialek method, Tracing based coefficients.

References:
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Authors:

Tapas Chakrabarti, Subir Kumar Sarkar

Paper Title:

VWF Tool based T-J Solar Cell Modeling and Analyzing the Performance

Abstract:    The solar cell structure is an important factor for realization of better efficiency of a solar cell in conversion of optical source in to electrical source. Using more efficient solar cell, the production cost of solar power can be minimized. Multi-junction Tandem Solar Cells are most effective in conversion of solar energy in to electrical energy. One triple junction III-V tandem solar cell is fabricated in virtual wafer fabrication lab (VWF) in this paper. Three numbers of multi-junction solar cells are designed and fabricated with the III-V materials and stacked on each other with the sequence of descending order of band gap energy and these three cells are inter connected with two tunnel diode. The mesh structure of this fabrication is done in auto-mesh mode which creates cylinders in mesh. The efficiency of this Triple Junction (T-J) solar cell is achieved 30.671% and the Fill Factor of this cell is derived 77%.

Keywords: Triple Junction (T-J), Virtual Wafer Fabrication (VWF), Photovoltaic (PV), Current- Voltage curve (I-V curve), Fill Factor (FF), Air Mass ratio (AM), Metal organic vapor phase epitaxial (MOVPE).

References:
1.          Hector Cotal, Chris Fetzer, Joseph Boisvert, Geoffrey Kinsey, Richard King, Peter Hebert, Hojun Yoon and Nasser Karam, “III–V multijunction solar cells for concentrating photovoltaics”, Energy Environ. Sci., 2009, 2, 174–192.
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4.          Khomdram Jolson Singh, Subir Kumar Sarkar, “Highly efficient ARC less InGaP/GaAs DJ solar cell numerical modeling using optimized InAlGaP BSF layers”, Opt. Quant Electron of Springer, November,2011.
5.          Melissa J. Archer1, Daniel C.Law2, “GaInP/GaAs Dual junction solar cells on Ge/Si Epitaxial templates”, IEEE conference 2008, 978-1-4244-1641.
6.          Jose L. Cruz-Campa, Gregory N. Nielson, Anthony L. Lentine, Anton A. Filatov, Paul J. Resnick, Carlos A, “Fabrication of Lattice Mismatched Multijunction Photovoltaic Cells Using 3D Integration Concepts”, IEEE conference 2011,978-1-4673-0066-7/12.
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Authors:

S. Arun, K. Velmurugan, S. Shankar Balaji

Paper Title:

Experimental Studies on Drying Characteristics of Coconuts in a Solar Tunnel Greenhouse Dryer

Abstract:  A natural convection solar tunnel greenhouse dryer was designed and fabricated for studying the drying characteristics of coconuts in Pollachi region of Tamil Nadu. Three experimental runs with 5000 coconuts were carried out in the dryer during the month of March 2014. The drying time and the product quality were the main deciding performance parameters of the dryer which are studied in comparison with the traditional drying method (open sun drying). It was found that the coconuts which has an initial moisture content of 53.84% (w.b.) were dried to final moisture content of 7.4% (w.b.) in the solar tunnel greenhouse dryer for a time period of 56 hours whereas the open sun drying method took 147 hours for the same. Also, the quality of dried coconuts in the solar tunnel greenhouse dryer was found to be free from fungal and bacterial infections which prove the possibility of production of superior quality coconuts from the dryer than that of open sun drying method.

Keywords:  Coconuts, drying time, moisture content, open sun drying, quality, solar tunnel greenhouse dryer.

References:
1.          D. Jain, G. N. Tiwari, “Effect of greenhouse on crop drying under natural forced convection. II. Thermal modeling and experimental validation, Energy Conversion and Management, 2004, (45), pp. 2777–2793.
2.          D. Jain, G. N. Tiwari, “Effect of greenhouse on crop drying under natural forced convection. I. Evaluation of convective mass transfer coefficient, Energy Conversion and Management, 2004, (45), pp. 765-783.
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4.          M. Mohanraj and P.Chandrasekar, “Comparison of drying characteristics and quality of copra obtained in a forced convection solar drier and sun drying”, Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, 2008, vol. 67, pp.381-385.
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14.       C. Ertekin & O. Yaldiz, “Drying of eggplant and selection of a  suitable thin layer drying model”, Journal of Food Engineering, 2004, vol. 63(3), pp. 349-359.

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Authors:

S. Arun, S. Shankar Balaji, P. Selvan

Paper Title:

Experimental Studies on Drying Characteristics of Coconuts in a Solar Tunnel Greenhouse Dryer Coupled with Biomass Backup Heater

Abstract:   A natural convection solar tunnel greenhouse dryer coupled with biomass backup heater was designed and developed for studying the drying characteristics of coconuts in Pollachi region of Tamil Nadu. Three trails of loading 5000 coconuts in the dryer were carried out during the month of January, 2014. The biomass backup heater was used after 5PM where there would be no sufficient solar radiation and was loaded with the remains of coconut such as coconut fronts, coconut husk and coconut shells which could be used as a fuel for biomass heater. The drying time and the product quality were the main deciding performance parameters of the dryer which are studied in comparison with the traditional drying method (open sun drying). It was found that the coconuts which has an initial moisture content of 53.84% (w.b.) were dried to final moisture content of 7.003% (w.b.) in the solar tunnel greenhouse dryer for a time period of 44 hours whereas the open sun drying method took 148 hours for the reduction of moisture content of the coconuts to the same level. Also, the superior quality coconuts can be produced from the solar tunnel greenhouse dryer since the dryer is free from contamination, dust & dirt, damage by birds and infections by bacteria and fungus.

Keywords:   Biomass backup heater, coconuts, drying time, moisture content, open sun drying, product quality, solar radiation, solar tunnel greenhouse dryer.

References:
1.          M. Condori,  R. Echazu,  & L. Saravia, “Solar drying of sweet  pepper and garlic using the tunnel greenhouse drier”, Renewable  Energy, 2001, vol. 22, pp. 447-460.
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5.          sultana grapes and experimental investigation on it”, İnternational Conference on Thermal Engineering and Thermogrammetry (THERMO), 18-20 June 2003, Budapest,  Hungary.
6.          B. K. Bala, M. R. A.  Mondol, B. K. Biswas, B. L. Das Chowdury, & S. Janjai, “Solar drying of pineapple using solar tunnel drier”,  Renewable Energy, 2003, vol. 28, pp.183-190.
7.          H. N. Yılmaz, N. Ozbalta, & A. Gungor, “Performance analysis of a solar cabinet drier for tomatoes”, International Conference on Agricultural Mechanisation and Energy, 26 – 27 May 1999, Adana, Turkey
8.          Y. M. Gallali, Y. S. Abujnah, & F. K. Bannani, “Preservation of  fruits and vegetables using solar dryer: a comparative study of  natural and solar drying, III; chemical analysis and sensory evaluation data of the dried samples (grapes, figs, tomatoes and onions)”, Renewable   Energy, 2000, vol. 19, pp. 203-212.
9.          I. Doymaz, & M. Pala, “ Hot-air drying characteristics of red pepper”, Journal of Food Engineering, 2002, vol. 55(4), pp. 331-335.
10.       K. Sacilik, R. Keskin, & A. K. Elicin, “Mathematical modeling  of solar tunnel drying of thin layer organic tomato”, Journal of Food Engineering, 2005.
11.       D. Jain, G. N. Tiwari, “Effect of greenhouse on crop drying under natural forced convection. II. Thermal modeling and experimental validation, Energy Conversion and Management, 2004, (45), pp. 2777–2793.
12.       D. Jain, G. N. Tiwari, “Effect of greenhouse on crop drying under natural forced convection. I. Evaluation of convective mass transfer coefficient, Energy Conversion and Management, 2004, (45), pp. 765-783.
13.       P. S. Madamba, R. H. Driscoll  & K. A. Buckle , “The thin layer drying characteristics of garlic slices”, Journal of Food Engineering, 1996, vol. 29, pp. 75-97.
14.       P. N. Sarsavadia, R. L. Sawhney, D. R.  Pangavhane  & S. P. Singh, “Drying behaviour of brined onion slices”, Journal of Food Engineering, 1999, vol. 40, pp. 219-226..
15.       T. Togrul, D. Pehlivan, “Mathematical modelling of solar drying of apricots in thin layers”, Journal of Food Engineering, 2002, vol. 55, 209-216.
16.       M. Mohanraj and P.Chandrasekar, “Comparison of drying characteristics and quality of copra obtained in a forced convection solar drier and sun drying”, Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, 2008, vol. 67, pp.381-385.

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Authors:

S. Arun, S. Ayyappan, V. V. Sreenarayanan

Paper Title:

Mathematical Modeling of Solar Tunnel Greenhouse Dryer for Describing the Drying Kinetics of Copra

Abstract:    The most important aspect of drying technology is the mathematical modelling of the drying processes ad equipments. Since moisture ratio and dryer temperature are the deciding parameters for the modelling of a natural convection solar tunnel greenhouse dryer, a mathematical modeling analysis was carried out in the solar tunnel greenhouse drier with biomass backup heater under full load conditions during the month of January 2014. About 5000 coconuts were dried in the dryer from 53.84% initial moisture content to about 7.003% final moisture content for 44 hours and the moisture ratio of the coconuts were calculated for every one hour interval. Ten different modelling were used for determining the theoretical moisture ratio of the coconuts. From the analysis, it was found that the Page method is the best method available for determining the drying characteristics of coconuts since the ᵪ2 and RMSE values are found to be very minimum.

Keywords: Biomass backup heater, coconuts, drying, mathematical modelling, moisture content, moisture ratio, solar tunnel greenhouse dryer.

References:
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3.          R. K. Goyal, A. R. P.  Kingsly, M. R. Manikantan and S. M. Ilyas “Mathematical modelling of thin layer drying kinetics of plum in a tunnel dryer”, Journal of Food Engineering, 2007, vol.79, pp.176-180.
4.          P. C. Panchariya, D. Popovic, and A. L. Sharma, “Thin layer modelling of black tea drying process”, Journal of Food Engineering, 2002, vol.52, pp.349-357.
5.          E. KavakAkpinar, Y. Bicer, and F. Cetinkaya, “Modelling of thin layer drying of parsley leaves in a convective dryer and under open sun”, Journal of Food Engineering, 2006, vol.75, pp.308-315.
6.          K. Sacilik, “Effect of drying methods on thin-layer drying characteristics of hull-less seed pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo L.)”, Journal of Food Engineering, 2007, vol. 79 (1), pp. 23-30.
7.          T. Togrul and D. Pehlivan, “Modelling of thin layer drying kinetics of some fruits under open-air sun drying process”, Journal of Food Engineering, 2004, vol. 65, pp. 413-425.
8.          Midilli, H. Kucuk and Z. Yapar, “A new model for single layer drying”, Drying Technology, 2002, vol. 20 (7), pp. 1503-1513.
9.          O. Yaldiz, C. Ertekin & H. I. Uzun, “Mathematical modelling of thin layer solar drying of sultana grapes”, Energy, 2001, vol. 26, pp. 457-465.
10.       Doymaz, “Sun drying of figs: an experimental study”, Journal of Food Engineering, 2005, vol. 71 (4), pp. 403-407.
11.       E. K. Akpinar, Y. Bicer and A. Midilli, “Modeling and experimental study on drying of apple slices in a convective cyclone dryer”, Journal of Food Process Engineering, 2003, vol.  26(6), pp. 515-541.
12.       H. O. Menges and C. Ertekin, “Thin layer drying model for treated and untreated stanley plums”, Energy Conversion and Management, 2006, vol. 47 (15-16), pp. 2337-2348.
13.       T. Günhan, V. Demir, E. Hancioglu and A. Hepbasli, “Mathematical modelling of drying of bay Leaves”, Energy Conversion and Management, 2005, vol. 46 (11-12), pp. 1667-1679.
14.       Midilli and H. Kucuk, “Mathematical modelling of thin layer drying of pistachio by using solar energy”, Energy Conversion and Management, 2003, vol. 44, pp. 1111-1122.
15.       P. S. Madamba, R. H. Driscoll, & K. A, Buckle, “The thin layer drying  characteristics of garlic slices”, Journal of Food Engineering, 1996, vol. 29, pp. 75-97.
16.       K. Sacilik, R. Keskin, & A. K. Elicin, “Mathematical modeling of solar   tunnel drying of thin layer organic tomato”, Journal of Food Engineering, 2005.
17.       Gungor & N. Ozbalta, “ Design of a greenhouse for solar drying of sultana grapes and experimental investigation on it”, International Conference on Thermal Engineering and Thermogrammetry (THERMO), 18-20 June 2003, Budapest,  Hungary.
18.       Kaya, O. Aydin, C. Demirtas, & M. Akgun, “An experimental study on  the drying kinetics of quince”, Desalination, 2007a, vol. 212, pp. 328–343.
19.       A. Kaya, O. Aydin, C. Demirtas, "Drying kinetics of red delicious apple”,   Biosystems Engineering, 2007b, vol. 96, 517-524.
20.       U. S. Pal & A. Chakraverty, “Thin layer convection drying of Mushrooms”. Energy Conversion and Management, 1997, vol. 38(2), pp. 107-113,
21.       P. N. Sarsavadia, R. L.  Sawhney, D. R. Pangavhane & S. P. Singh, “Drying behaviour of brined onion slices”, Journal of Food Engineering, 1999, vol. 40, pp. 219-226.
22.       C. Ertekin & O. Yaldiz, “Drying of eggplant and selection of a suitable thin layer drying model”, Journal of Food Engineering, 2004, vol. 63 (4), pp. 349-359.

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Authors:

Amirhossein Soltani Afarani, Gholamreza Ghodrati Amiri, Seyed Ali Razavian Amrei

Paper Title:

Peak Ground Acceleration on Bedrock and Uniform Seismic Hazard Spectra for Different Regions of Golpayegan, Iran

Abstract: The present paper was done under the title of peak ground acceleration(PGA) on bedrock and uniform seismic hazard spectra(UHS) for different regions of Golpayegan city. A set of seismic sources, historical and instrumental seismicity data within the radius of 200 kilometers from the city center since the year 1316 until now has been collected and used. Kijko[2000] method has been applied for estimating the seismic parameters considering lack of suitable seismic data, inaccuracy of the available information and uncertainty of magnitude in different periods. The calculations were performed by using the logic tree method, Five weighted attenuation relationships  were used; including Ghodrati et al (2007), 0.3; Ambraseys et al (1996), 0.2 ; Campbell-Bozorgnia (2000), 0.15 ; Campbell-Bozorgnia (2009), 0.15 and Akkar & Bommer(2010), 0.2. Furthermore in order to determine the seismic  spectra based on weighted attenuation spectral relationships, and also for the reason of being spectral and more suitable with the conditions of the zone, Ambraseys et al (1996), 0.3 ; Ghodrati et al (2010), 0.3 ; Campbell (1997), 0.2 & Berge-Thierry (2003), 0.2 were used. The SEISRISKIII  (1987) software was used to calculate the earthquake hazard. The results of this analysis were submitted including the spectra and maps for 10% and 2% probability of event in 50 years.                                        

Keywords:  Seismic hazard analysis, Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA), Uniform seismic hazard spectra, uniform spectra, attenuation relations, Golpayegan and Iran.

References:
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11.       [Campbell, K.W. and Bozorgnia, Y., [2009] NGA ground motion model for the geometric mean horizontal component of PGA, PGV, PGD and 5% damper linear elastic response spectra for periods ranging from 0.01 to 10 s. Earthquake Spectra, 24(1), 139-171.
12.       Akkar, S. and Bommer, J.J. [2010] Empirical equation for the prediction of PGA, PGV and spectral accelerations in Europe, the Mediterranean region and the Middle East. Seismological Research Letters, 81(2), 195-206.
13.       G. Ghodrati Amiri, M. Khorasani, R. Mirza Hesabi, and S.A .Razavian Amrei, “Ground-Motion Prediction Equations of Spectral ordinates and Arias Intensity for Iran”, Journal of Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 14, Issue 1, pp. 1-29, 2010.
14.       Campbell, K.W. 1997. Empirical near-source attenuation relationships for horizontal and vertical components of peak ground acceleration, peak ground velocity, and pseudo-absolute acceleration response spectra. Seismological Research Letters, 68(1), 154–179.
15.       Berge-Thierry, C., Cotton, F., Scotti, O., Anne, D., Pommera, G., and Fukushima, Y., 2003. New empirical response spectral attenuation laws for moderate European earthquakes. Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 7: 193-222.
16.       Bender, D.M. Perkins, “SEISRISK-ІІІ: A computer program for seismic hazard estimation”, US Geological Survey, Bulletin 1772, 1987.
17.       IIEES. Seismic Rehabilitation Code for Existing Buildings in Iran, International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Tehran, Iran, 2002.
18.       BHRC. Iranian Code of Practice for Seismic Resistant Design of Building, Standard No. 2800, Third Revision, Building and Housing Research Center, Tehran, Iran, 2005.

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Authors:

Mohammad Javad Ghasemi Dastjerdi, Seyed Ali Razavian Amrei, Gholamreza Ghodrati Amiri

Paper Title:

Peak Ground Acceleration on Bedrock (PGA) and Uniform Seismic Hazard Spectra (UHS) for Different Regions of Kashan, Iran

Abstract:  The present paper was done under the title of peak ground acceleration (PGA) on bedrock and uniform seismic hazard spectra (UHS) for different regions of Kashan city in two hazard levels. A set of seismic sources, historical and instrumental seismicity data of International Institute of Earthquake authoritative books and websites has been collected, which covers the period of the forth century BC until now. Kijko[2000] method has been applied for estimating the seismic parameters considering lack of suitable seismic data, inaccuracy of the available information and uncertainty of magnitude in different periods.  The calculations were performed by using the logic tree method. Five weighted attenuation relations were used ;including Ghodrati et al (2007), 0.3, Akkar & Bommer (2010),0.2, Ambraseys et al (1996),0.2, Campbell-Bozorgnia (2000),0.15 and Campbell-Bozorgnia (2009) ,0.15. Meanwhile in order to determine the seismic spectra based on weighted attenuation spectral relations, and also for the reason of being spectral and more suitable with the conditions of the zone, Ambraseys et al (1996), 0.3, Ghodrati Amiri et al (2010), 0.3, Campbell (1997), 0.2 and Berge-Thierry et al (2003),0.2  were used. The SEISRISK III (1987) software was used to calculate the earthquake hazard. The results of this analysis were submitted including the spectra and maps for 10% and 2% PE in 50 years.

Keywords: Seismic hazard analysis, Peak ground acceleration (PGA), Uniform seismic hazard spectra (UHS), Uniform spectra, Attenuation relationships and Kashan.

References:
1.        M.J. Ghasemi Dastjerdi, “Peak Ground Acceleration on Bedrock (PGA) and uniform Seismic Hazard Spectra (UHS) for different Regions of Kashan, Iran”, M.Sc. thesis, Azad University of Shahrekord, Supervised by Prof. Ghodrati Amiri, and Dr. Razavian Amrei, 2014.
2.        International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology website: http://www.iiees.ac.ir
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7.        Kijko, “Statical estimation of peak regional earthquake magnitude Mmax”, Workshop of Seismicity Modeling in Seismic Hazard Mapping, poljce, Slovenia, May, 22-24, 2000.
8.        G. Ghodrati Amiri, A. Mahdavian, F. Manouchehri Dana, “Attenuation Relationship for Iran”, Journal of Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 11, Issue 4, pp. 469-492, 2007.
9.        Akkar, S. and Bommer, J.J. [2010] Empirical equation for the prediction of PGA, PGV and spectral accelerations in Europe, the Mediterranean region and the Middle East. Seismological Research Letters, 81(2), 195-206.
10.     N.N. Ambraseys, K.A. Simpson and J.J. Bommer. “Prediction horizontal response spectra in Europe”. Earthquake Eng. Struct. Dynam. Vol. 25, pp. 371-400, 1996.
11.     Campbell, K. W., & Bozorgnia, Y. 2000 (Nov). New empirical models for predicting near-source horizontal, vertical, and V/H response spectra. Implications for design. In Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Seismic Zonation.
12.     Campbell, K.W. and Bozorgnia, Y., [2009] NGA ground motion model for the geometric mean horizontal component of PGA, PGV, PGD and 5% damper linear
elastic response spectra for periods ranging from 0.01 to 10 s. Earthquake Spectra, 24(1), 139-171.
13.     G. Ghodrati Amiri, M. Khorasani, R. Mirza Hesabi, and S.A .Razavian Amrei, “Ground-Motion Prediction Equations of Spectral ordinates and Arias Intensity for Iran”, Journal of Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 14, Issue 1, pp. 1-29, 2010.
14.     Campbell, K.W. 1997. Empirical near-source attenuation relationships for horizontal and vertical components of peak ground acceleration, peak ground velocity, and pseudo-absolute acceleration response spectra. Seismological Research Letters, 68(1), 154–179.
15.     Berge-Thierry, C., Cotton, F., Scotti, O., Anne, D., Pommera, G., and Fukushima, Y., 2003. New empirical response spectral attenuation laws for moderate European earthquakes. Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 7: 193-222.
16.     Bender, D.M. Perkins, “SEISRISK-ІІІ: A computer program for seismic hazard estimation”, US Geological Survey, Bulletin 1772, 1987.
17.     IIEES. Seismic Rehabilitation Code for Existing Buildings in Iran, International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Tehran, Iran, 2002.
18.     BHRC. Iranian Code of Practice for Seismic Resistant Design of Building, Standard No. 2800, Third Revision, Building and Housing Research Center, Tehran, Iran, 2005. pp. 876—880.   Available: http://www.halcyon.com/pub/journals/21ps03-vidmar.

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Authors:

V. Giridhar Kumar, V. Pradeep

Paper Title:

Strength Characteristics of Normal Weight Aggregate Concrete with Diatomite Powder as an Admixture

Abstract:   Diatomite is a naturally available mineral resource material which contains large amounts of amorphous silica and cristabolite. It is available at a low cost in many areas. It provides a viable alternative admixture to cement in concrete. Investigations on concrete with diatomite as partial replacement of cement are presented in this paper. Results show that 28 - day compressive strength of mix with diatomite is 43.5 MPa at 10 percent partial replacement of cement. The mix shows similar trends for the development of split tensile strength as well as flexural strength.  The investigations show that diatomite has a good potential as fine aggregate in concrete construction. It not only reduces the cost of construction but also helps to consume natural mineral resource material for few concrete applications .It is also used as a prime filter material for water treatment processes.

Keywords:  Diatomite, Pozzolanas, Natural mineral material, Cement replacement, Mechanical properties of concrete.

References:
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3.          Stamatakis. MG, Fragoulis. D, Csirik. G, Bedelean. I, Pedersen. S. The influence of biogenic micro-silica-rich rocks on the properties of blended cements. Cement concrete composites 2003 Vol 25, pp.177 - 184
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5.          Uygunoglu. T, Unal. O. Use of lightweight block element produced by diatomite in the construction. Antalya, Turkey: Antalya yoresi insaat muhendisligi  sorunlari  2009 Vol. 23. pp 284 - 288 (Turkish)       
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